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Današnji imendani i blagdani na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
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Imendan imaju: Nikola biskup, Nikša
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Povijesni događaji na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
Povijesni događaji na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
- 1060: Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
- 1240: Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1492: After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.
- 1534: The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1648: Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial.
- 1704: Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
- 1745: Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1790: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
- 1803: Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.
- 1865: Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- 1882: Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
- 1884: The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- 1897: London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1904: Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
- 1907: A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
- 1912: The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
- 1916: World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- 1917: Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.
- 1917: Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
- 1917: World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
- 1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
- 1922: One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1928: The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- 1933: In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.
- 1941: World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.
- 1956: A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
- 1957: Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1967: Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
- 1969: Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
- 1971: Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- 1973: The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387-35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92-3.)
- 1975: The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- 1977: South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1978: Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
- 1982: The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- 1989: The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
- 1990: A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.
- 1991: Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.
- 1992: The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
- 1995: The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.
- 1998: in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
- 1999: A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
- 2005: An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
- 2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- 2015: Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
- 2017: Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Rođeni na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
Rođeni na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
- 846: Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
- 1285: Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
- 1421: Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
- 1478: Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
- 1520: Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551)
- 1545: Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604)
- 1586: Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
- 1592: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676)
- 1608: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
- 1637: Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
- 1640: Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
- 1645: Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (d. 1703)
- 1685: Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
- 1721: Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794)
- 1721: James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
- 1732: Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (d. 1818)
- 1752: Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
- 1778: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1792: William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1803: Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
- 1805: Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (d. 1876)
- 1812: Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
- 1823: Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
- 1827: William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901)
- 1833: John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916)
- 1835: Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (d. 1910)
- 1841: Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
- 1848: Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (d. 1925)
- 1849: August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1853: Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
- 1853: Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
- 1863: Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
- 1864: William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
- 1875: Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
- 1875: Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)
- 1876: Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
- 1878: Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (d. 1968)
- 1882: Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (d. 1954)
- 1884: Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
- 1886: Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
- 1887: Lynn Fontanne, British actress (d. 1983)
- 1887: Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
- 1888: Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
- 1890: Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
- 1890: Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
- 1890: Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
- 1892: Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
- 1893: Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)
- 1893: Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (d. 1978)
- 1896: Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)
- 1898: Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
- 1898: John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (d. 1977)
- 1898: Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1898: Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964)
- 1900: Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1901: Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (d. 1990)
- 1903: Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
- 1904: Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1905: Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
- 1907: John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (d. 1989)
- 1908: Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)
- 1908: Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
- 1908: Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1908: Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
- 1909: Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
- 1909: Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996)
- 1910: David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
- 1913: Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
- 1913: Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (d. 2004)
- 1914: Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1916: Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
- 1916: Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
- 1916: Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
- 1917: Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
- 1917: Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)
- 1917: Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
- 1918: Tauba Biterman, Polish Holocaust survivor (d. 2019)
- 1919: Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)
- 1919: Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (d. 1983)
- 1920: Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1920: Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
- 1920: George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1921: Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1921: Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
- 1922: John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
- 1922: Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
- 1924: Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1927: Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
- 1928: Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980)
- 1929: Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host
- 1929: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1929: Frank Springer, American comic book illustrator (d. 2009)
- 1929: Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
- 1930: Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
- 1931: Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
- 1932: Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
- 1933: Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (d. 2010)
- 1933: Donald J. Kutyna, American general
- 1934: Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
- 1935: Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician (d. 2022)
- 1936: Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
- 1936: Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author
- 1936: David Ossman, American writer and comedian
- 1937: Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
- 1938: Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor
- 1939: Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator
- 1940: Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1940: Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer
- 1941: Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress
- 1941: Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator
- 1941: Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
- 1941: Bill Thomas, American academic and politician
- 1942: Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942: Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
- 1943: Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2008)
- 1943: Keith West, English rock singer-songwriter and music producer
- 1944: Jonathan King, English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender
- 1945: Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946: Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (d. 2024)
- 1946: Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2021)
- 1947: Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1947: Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
- 1947: Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter
- 1948: Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014)
- 1948: Don Nickles, American businessman and politician
- 1948: Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver
- 1948: JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 1949: Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator
- 1949: Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1949: Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (d. 2007)
- 1949: Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire
- 1950: Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician
- 1950: Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1950: Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1951: Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer
- 1951: Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer
- 1952: Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic (d. 1999)
- 1952: Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist
- 1952: Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1953: Sue Carroll, English journalist (d. 2011)
- 1953: Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1953: Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1953: Tom Hulce, American actor
- 1953: Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1954: Nicola De Maria, Italian painter
- 1954: Chris Stamey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
- 1955: Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician
- 1955: Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
- 1955: Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster
- 1955: Tony Woodcock, English footballer
- 1955: Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
- 1956: Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1956: Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide
- 1956: Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1982)
- 1957: Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
- 1957: Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York
- 1957: Bill Hanzlik, American basketball player and coach
- 1958: Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959: Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic
- 1959: Stephen Hepburn, English politician
- 1959: Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015)
- 1959: Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer
- 1960: Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer (d. 2018)
- 1961: David Lovering, American drummer
- 1961: Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (d. 1996)
- 1961: Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
- 1962: Janine Turner, American actress
- 1962: Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter
- 1963: Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer
- 1964: Mall Nukke, Estonian painter
- 1965: Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1966: Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
- 1966: Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer
- 1967: Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967: Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer
- 1967: Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
- 1968: Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author
- 1968: Ali Latifiyan, Iranian writer and political theorist
- 1968: Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player
- 1969: Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
- 1970: Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1970: Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
- 1970: Mark Reckless, English politician
- 1970: Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
- 1971: Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971: José Contreras, Cuban baseball player
- 1971: Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971: Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
- 1971: Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
- 1971: Ryan White, American activist (d. 1990)
- 1972: Ewan Birney, English scientist
- 1972: Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician
- 1974: Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer
- 1974: Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975: Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1975: Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer
- 1976: Lindsay Price, American actress
- 1977: Kevin Cash, American baseball player and manager
- 1977: Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
- 1977: Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- 1978: Chris Başak, American baseball player
- 1978: Darrell Jackson, American football player
- 1978: Adriana Moisés Pinto, Brazilian basketball player
- 1978: Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player
- 1979: Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1980: Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (d. 2014)
- 1980: Steve Lovell, English footballer
- 1980: Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer
- 1981: Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
- 1982: Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer
- 1982: Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1982: Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982: Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1982: Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer
- 1982: Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
- 1984: Syndric Steptoe, American football player
- 1984: Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician
- 1984: Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
- 1985: Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
- 1985: Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
- 1985: R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1986: Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1986: Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
- 1988: Adam Eaton, American baseball player
- 1988: Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer
- 1988: Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist
- 1988: Nils Petersen, German footballer
- 1988: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor
- 1989: Felix Schiller, German footballer
- 1990: Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
- 1991: Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player
- 1991: Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete
- 1991: Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player
- 1992: Viktor Antipin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1992: Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer
- 1992: Johnny Manziel, American football player
- 1993: Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer
- 1993: Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000
- 1993: Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
- 1994: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player
- 1994: Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1994: Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer
- 1995: A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter
- 1996: Davide Calabria, Italian footballer
- 1996: Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
- 1997: Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player
- 1998: Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater
Preminuli na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
Preminuli na datum: 6. prosinca 2024
- 343: Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
- 735: Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
- 762: Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
- 1185: Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1305: Maximus, Metropolitan of Kyiv
- 1306: Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270)
- 1352: Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1562: Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (b. 1495)
- 1616: Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1618: Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658: Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1675: John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
- 1686: Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
- 1716: Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
- 1718: Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746: Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771: Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
- 1779: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788: Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
- 1855: William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
- 1867: Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
- 1868: August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
- 1878: Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
- 1879: Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
- 1882: Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
- 1882: Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
- 1889: Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892: Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
- 1918: Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
- 1921: Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
- 1924: Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
- 1945: Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
- 1951: Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
- 1955: Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
- 1956: B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
- 1961: Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
- 1964: Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
- 1972: Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
- 1974: Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
- 1976: João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1980: Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
- 1982: Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
- 1983: Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
- 1983: Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
- 1985: Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1985: Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
- 1985: Carroll Cole, American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (b. 1938)
- 1988: Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
- 1989: Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989: Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
- 1989: John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
- 1990: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
- 1990: Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
- 1991: Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
- 1991: Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1993: Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994: Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 1994: Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
- 1996: Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 1997: Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
- 1998: César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
- 2000: Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
- 2000: Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
- 2001: Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2002: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
- 2003: Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2005: Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2005: Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2005: Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
- 2005: William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
- 2006: John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
- 2010: Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
- 2011: Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 2012: Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
- 2012: Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
- 2012: Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
- 2012: Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951)
- 2012: Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
- 2013: Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939)
- 2013: Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2013: M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2014: Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
- 2014: Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
- 2014: Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923)
- 2014: Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
- 2015: Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
- 2015: Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
- 2015: Nicholas Smith, British actor (b. 1934)
- 2016: Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)