Emperor Justinian I dies in Constantinople. AI analysis
Second Crusade army conquers Lisbon from Moors. AI analysis
King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12. AI analysis
Arthur Tudor marries Catherine of Aragon. AI analysis
Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cusco. AI analysis
First blood transfusion is performed by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. AI analysis
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, dies in famous duel. AI analysis
James Bruce discovers source of Blue Nile. AI analysis
Captain George Vancouver becomes first European to enter San Francisco Bay. AI analysis
Napoleon's army reaches Smolensk during retreat from Moscow. AI analysis
Georg Hegel, influential philosopher, dies in Berlin. AI analysis
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" is published. AI analysis
President Lincoln approves plan for Port Royal Experiment. AI analysis
Charles J. Guiteau trial begins for assassination of President Garfield. AI analysis
Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly begins round-the-world journey. AI analysis
Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light. AI analysis
First airplane takeoff from a ship, by Eugene Ely. AI analysis
BBC begins daily radio broadcasts. AI analysis
German Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England. AI analysis
Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown launches to join Atlantic Fleet. AI analysis
First European Parliament meets in Strasbourg. AI analysis
Ruby Bridges becomes first African-American child to attend all-white school. AI analysis
NASA launches Apollo 12, second manned mission to Moon. AI analysis
US spacecraft Mariner 9 reaches Mars orbit. AI analysis
Space Shuttle Columbia completes first operational flight. AI analysis
Cambodia peace treaty signed in Paris. AI analysis
First trains run through Channel Tunnel between UK and France. AI analysis
Northern Alliance captures Kabul, Afghanistan. AI analysis
First day of Ramadan bombing in Istanbul. AI analysis
First G-20 economic summit begins in Washington, D.C. AI analysis
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party. AI analysis
Paris terrorist attacks kill 130 people. AI analysis
UN announces record-breaking global temperatures. AI analysis
Zimbabwe military places President Mugabe under house arrest. AI analysis
Venice experiences worst flooding in 50 years. AI analysis
Sidonie of Poděbrady
daughter of King of Bohemia
(d. 1510)
John III of Pernstein
Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko
(d. 1548)
Anna of Oldenburg
Regent of East Frisia
(d. 1575)
Richard Topcliffe
English torturer
(d. 1604)
John Eudes
French priest and missionary
(d. 1680)
William III of England
Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
(d. 1702)
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
German organist and composer
(d. 1712)
Leopold Mozart
Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor
(d. 1787)
Robert Fulton
American engineer, Early steamboat pioneer
(d. 1815)
Marie François Xavier Bichat
French anatomist and physiologist
(d. 1802)
Henri Dutrochet
French physician, botanist, and physiologist
(d. 1847)
Nathaniel Claiborne
American farmer and politician
(d. 1859)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Austrian pianist and composer
(d. 1837)
Adam Oehlenschläger
Danish poet and playwright
(d. 1850)
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
(d. 1875)
Jacob Abbott
American author
(d. 1879)
Fanny Mendelssohn
German pianist and composer
(d. 1847)
Aleardo Aleardi
Italian poet
(d. 1878)
John Curwen
English minister and educator
(d. 1880)
James B. McPherson
American general
(d. 1864)
Henry Strangways
English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia
(d. 1920)
August Šenoa
Croatian author, poet, and critic
(d. 1881)
Claude Monet
French painter
(d. 1926)
Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott
American activist
(d. 1945)
Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian and author
(d. 1932)
Leo Baekeland
Belgian-American chemist and engineer
(d. 1944)
John Lumsden
Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland
(d. 1944)
Wajed Ali Khan Panni
Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist
(d. 1936)
Gregorio del Pilar
Filipino general and politician
(d. 1899)
Jakob Schaffner
Swiss author and activist
(d. 1944)
Norman Brookes
Australian tennis player
(d. 1968)
Julie Manet
French painter and art collector
(d. 1966)
Leopold Staff
Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic
(d. 1957)
Ado Birk
Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia
(d. 1942)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India
(d. 1964)
Frederick Banting
Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1941)
Addie Viola Smith
American lawyer and trade commissioner
(d. 1975)
Walter Jackson Freeman II
American physician and psychiatrist
(d. 1972)
John Steuart Curry
American painter and academic
(d. 1946)
Benjamin Fondane
Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic
(d. 1944)
Aaron Copland
American composer, conductor, and educator
(d. 1990)
Harold Haley
American lawyer and judge
(d. 1970)
Harold Larwood
English-Australian cricketer
(d. 1995)
Dick Powell
American actor, singer, director, and producer
(d. 1963)
John Henry Barbee
American singer and guitarist
(d. 1964)
Louise Brooks
American actress and dancer
(d. 1985)
Howard W. Hunter
American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(d. 1995)
Astrid Lindgren
Swedish author and screenwriter
(d. 2002)
William Steig
American author, illustrator, and sculptor
(d. 2003)
Joseph McCarthy
American captain, lawyer, and politician
(d. 1957)
Rosemary DeCamp
American actress and singer
(d. 2001)
Eric Malpass
English author
(d. 1996)
Barbara Hutton
American philanthropist
(d. 1979)
Tung-Yen Lin
Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge
(d. 2003)
Ken Carson
American Western singer
(d. 1994)
Mabel Fairbanks
American figure skater and coach
(d. 2001)
Martha Tilton
American singer and actress
(d. 2006)
Roger Apéry
Greek-French mathematician and academic
(d. 1994)
Sherwood Schwartz
American screenwriter and producer
(d. 2011)
Park Chung Hee
South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea
(d. 1979)
John Bromwich
Australian tennis player
(d. 1999)
Johnny Desmond
American singer
(d. 1985)
Lisa Otto
German soprano and actress
(d. 2013)
Mary Greyeyes
the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces
(d. 2011)
Ea Jansen
Estonian historian and academic
(d. 2005)
Brian Keith
American actor and director
(d. 1997)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations
(d. 2016)
Veronica Lake
American actress and singer
(d. 1973)
Leonid Kogan
Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator
(d. 1982)
Stirling Colgate
American physicist and academic
(d. 2013)
James Mellaart
English archaeologist and author
(d. 2012)
Lawrie Barratt
English businessman, founded Barratt Developments
(d. 2012)
Bart Cummings
Australian horse trainer
(d. 2015)
McLean Stevenson
American actor and screenwriter
(d. 1996)
Narciso Yepes
Spanish guitarist and composer
(d. 1997)
Kathleen Hughes
American actress
Shirley Crabtree
English wrestler
(d. 1997)
Jimmy Piersall
American baseball player and sportscaster
(d. 2017)
Peter Katin
English pianist and academic
(d. 2015)
Monique Mercure
Canadian actress
(d. 2020)
Michael Robbins
English actor
(d. 1992)
Ed White
American engineer and astronaut
(d. 1967)
Gunter Sachs
German astrologer and photographer
(d. 2011)
Fred Haise
American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
Dave Mackay
Scottish-English footballer and manager
(d. 2015)
Ellis Marsalis
Jr., American pianist and educator
(d. 2020)
Catherine McGuinness
Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
Michael Busselle
English photographer and author
(d. 2006)
Lefteris Papadopoulos
Greek songwriter and journalist
Carey Bell
American singer and harmonica player
(d. 2007)
Freddie Garrity
English singer and actor
(d. 2006)
Cornell Gunter
American R&B singer
(d. 1990)
Alan J. W. Bell
English director and producer
(d. 2023)
Murray Oliver
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
(d. 2014)
Wendy Carlos
American keyboard player and composer
Manon Cleary
American painter and academic
(d. 2011)
Natalia Gutman
Russian cellist and educator
Peter Norton
American programmer and author
Karen Armstrong
English author and academic
Mike Katz
American bodybuilder and football player
Louise Ellman
English academic and politician
Vikram Gokhale
Indian actor and director
(d. 2022)
Brett Lunger
American race car driver
Bharathan
Indian director and screenwriter
(d. 1998)
Roland Duchâtelet
Belgian businessman and politician
P. J. O'Rourke
American political satirist and journalist
(d. 2022)
Nat Young
Australian surfer and author
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordion player
(d. 2016)
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom
Paul Dacre
English journalist
Michael Dobbs
English author and politician
Robert Ginty
American actor and producer
(d. 2009)
Raúl di Blasio
Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
Enzo Cucchi
Italian painter
Gary Grubbs
American actor
Ryo Hayami
Japanese actor
James Young
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Stephen Bishop
American singer-songwriter and actor
Leszek Cichy
Polish mountaineer
Zhang Yimou
Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
Johnny A.
American guitarist and songwriter
Dimitra Galani
Greek singer, composer and songwriter
Maggie Roswell
American voice actress and singer
Tim Bowler
English children's author
Dominique de Villepin
Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
Willie Hernández
Puerto Rican baseball player
(d. 2023)
Bernard Hinault
French cyclist
Condoleezza Rice
American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
Eliseo Salazar
Chilean race car driver
Yanni
Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
Philip Egan
English bishop
Jack Sikma
American basketball player and coach
Babette Babich
American philosopher, author, and scholar
Avi Cohen
Israeli footballer and manager
(d. 2010)
Peter R. de Vries
Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter
(d. 2021)
Valerie Jarrett
American government official
Paul Attanasio
American screenwriter and producer
Paul McGann
English actor
D. B. Sweeney
American actor
Laura San Giacomo
American actress
Harland Williams
Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
Stéphane Bern
French journalist, radio and television presenter
Bill Hemmer
American journalist
Joseph Simmons
American hip-hop artist
Patrick Warburton
American actor and comedian
Charles Hazlewood
English conductor
Petra Rossner
German cyclist
Nina Gordon
American singer-songwriter
Lionel Simmons
American basketball player
Butch Walker
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Dana Stubblefield
American football player
Adam Gilchrist
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Vikas Khanna
Indian chef and author
Marco Leonardi
Australian-Italian actor
Matt Bloom
American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
Josh Duhamel
American model and actor
Lara Giddings
Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
Edyta Górniak
Polish singer
Dougie Payne
Scottish bass player
Martin Pike
Australian footballer and coach
Aaron Taylor
American football player and sportscaster
Dariusz Żuraw
Polish footballer and manager
Lawyer Milloy
American football player
Rubén Rivera
Panamanian baseball player
Andrew Strong
Irish singer and actor
Adina Howard
American singer-songwriter and chef
Sofie Merckx
Belgian politician
David Moscow
American actor
Joe Principe
American singer and bass player
Travis Barker
American drummer, songwriter, and producer
Stephen Guarino
American actor
Gary Vaynerchuk
Russian-American businessman and critic
Brian Dietzen
American actor
Obie Trice
American rapper and producer
Bobby Allen
American ice hockey player
Michala Banas
New Zealand actress and singer
Delphine Chanéac
French model and actress
Xavier Nady
American baseball player and coach
Carl Hayman
New Zealand rugby player
Mavie Hörbiger
German-Austrian actress
Olga Kurylenko
Ukrainian-French model and actress
Pushkar Lele
Indian singer
Moitheri Ntobo
Lesothan footballer
Miguel Sabah
Mexican footballer
Brock Pierce
American actor and businessman
Brooke Satchwell
Australian model and actress
Vanessa Bayer
American actress
Tom Ferrier
English race car driver
Russell Tovey
English actor
Boosie Badazz
American rapper
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai
Kyle Orton
American football player
Joy Williams
American singer-songwriter
Guillermo Moscoso
American baseball player
Naqqash Tahir
English cricketer
Chelsea Wolfe
American singer-songwriter
Lisa De Vanna
Australian footballer
Courtney Johns
Australian footballer
Marija Šerifović
Serbian singer
Thomas Vermaelen
Belgian footballer
Kalisto
Mexican-American wrestler
Danielle Page
American-Serbian basketball player and coach
Cory Michael Smith
American actor
Giorgos Georgiadis
Greek footballer
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa
Japanese sumo wrestler
Nanase Hoshii
Japanese singer and actress
Vlad Chiricheș
Romanian footballer
T. Y. Hilton
American football player
Jake Livermore
English footballer
Stella Maeve
American actress
Roman Bürki
Swiss footballer
Jessica Jacobs
Australian actress and singer
(d. 2008)
Miriam Brouwer
Canadian cyclist
Taylor Hall
Canadian ice hockey player
Graham Patrick Martin
American actor
Thinzar Shunlei Yi
Burmese activist
Francisco Lindor
Puerto Rican baseball player
Shūhei Nomura
Japanese actor
Samuel Umtiti
French footballer
Borna Ćorić
Croatian tennis player
Dawson Knox
American football player
Axel Tuanzebe
English footballer
Sofia Kenin
American tennis player
DeVonta Smith
American football player
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
(b. 482)
Fujiwara no Kamatari
Japanese politician
(b. 614)
Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami
Samanid vizier
Taizu
Chinese emperor
(b. 927)
Geoffrey II
count of Anjou
William de Mandeville
3rd Earl of Essex
Frederick of Isenberg
German politician
(b. 1193)
Alexander Nevsky
Russian saint
(b. 1220)
Ostasio I da Polenta
Lord of Ravenna
Gregory Palamas
Greek archbishop and saint
(b. 1296)
Nikola Tavelić
Croatian missionary and saint
(b. 1340)
Yolande of Aragon
French noblewoman
(b. 1384)
Anne of France
duchess of Bourbon
(b. 1461)
Hugh Faringdon
English monk and abbot
Giovanni della Casa
Italian archbishop and poet
(b. 1504)
William Ames
English philosopher and academic
(b. 1576)
Nell Gwyn
English mistress of Charles II of England
(b. 1650)
Tosa Mitsuoki
Japanese painter
(b. 1617)
Gottfried Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher
(b. 1646)
Louise de Kérouaille
duchess of Portsmouth
(b. 1649)
Juan de Galavís
Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá
(b. 1683)
Georg Wilhelm Steller
German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer
(b. 1709)
Maruyama Gondazaemon
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna
(b. 1713)
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Colombian seamstress and spy
(b. 1795)
Jean Paul
German journalist and author
(b. 1763)
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
French pharmacist and chemist
(b. 1763)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher, author, and academic
(b. 1770)
Ignaz Pleyel
Austrian-French composer and piano builder
(b. 1757)
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
American farmer and politician
(b. 1737)
John Abercrombie
Scottish physician and philosopher
(b. 1780)
Flora Tristan
French author and activist
(b. 1803)
Franz Müller
German tailor and murderer
(b. 1840)
Andrew Inglis Clark
Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
(b. 1848)
John La Farge
American artist
(b. 1835)
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
Indian lawyer and journalist
(b. 1861)
Booker T. Washington
American educator, essayist and historian
(b. 1856)
Henry George
Jr., American journalist and politician
(b. 1862)
Saki
British short story writer
(b. 1870)
Matti Lonkainen
Finnish politician
(b. 1874)
Isabel
Princess Imperial of Brazil
(b. 1846)
Sandy Pearce
Australian rugby league player
(b. 1883)
Charles Hylton Stewart
English organist and composer
(b. 1884)
Jack O'Connor
American baseball player and manager
(b. 1866)
Bluey
Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog
(b. 1910)
Carl Flesch
Hungarian violinist and educator
(b. 1873)
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
English air marshal
(b. 1892)
Manuel de Falla
Spanish pianist and composer
(b. 1876)
Joseph Allard
Canadian fiddler and composer
(b. 1873)
Peter Baker
English captain, author, and politician
(b. 1921)
Martin Dies
Jr., American lawyer and politician
(b. 1900)
Johnny Mack Brown
American football player, actor, and singer
(b. 1904)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(b. 1896)
Robert Bradford
Irish footballer and politician
(b. 1941)
Cesar Climaco
Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City
(b. 1916)
Nikitas Platis
Greek actor and cinematographer
(b. 1912)
Haywood S. Hansell
American general
(b. 1903)
Jimmy Murphy
Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout
(b. 1910)
Sol Kaplan
American composer and conductor
(b. 1919)
Tony Richardson
English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
(b. 1928)
Ernst Happel
Austrian footballer and coach
(b. 1925)
Tom Villard
American actor
(b. 1953)
Jack Finney
American author and screenwriter
(b. 1911)
Joseph Bernardin
American cardinal
(b. 1928)
John A. Cade
American soldier and politician
(b. 1929)
Eddie Arcaro
American jockey and sportscaster
(b. 1916)
Jack Pickersgill
Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada
(b. 1905)
Robert Trout
American journalist
(b. 1908)
Charlotte Coleman
English actress
(b. 1968)
Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Argentinian footballer and manager
(b. 1922)
Eddie Bracken
American actor
(b. 1915)
Elena Nikolaidi
Greek-American soprano and educator
(b. 1909)
Gene Anthony Ray
American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
(b. 1962)
Michel Colombier
French-American composer and conductor
(b. 1939)
Sumner Shapiro
American admiral
(b. 1926)
Kristin Hunter
American author and academic
(b. 1931)
Robert E. Valett
American psychologist, teacher, and author
(b. 1927)
Wes Santee
American runner
(b. 1932)
Esin Afşar
Italian-Turkish singer and actress
(b. 1936)
Neil Heywood
English-Chinese businessman
(b. 1970)
Jackie Leven
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
(b. 1950)
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento
Brazilian footballer
(b. 1974)
Brian Davies
Australian rugby player and manager
(b. 1930)
Martin Fay
Irish fiddler
(b. 1936)
Ahmed Jabari
Palestinian commander
(b. 1960)
Abubakar Olusola Saraki
Nigerian physician and politician
(b. 1933)
Sudhir Bhat
Indian producer and manager
(b. 1951)
Hari Krishna Devsare
Indian journalist and author
(b. 1938)
Bennett Masinga
South African footballer
(b. 1965)
Eugene Dynkin
Russian-American mathematician and theorist
(b. 1924)
Glen A. Larson
American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica
(b. 1937)
Morteza Pashaei
Iranian singer-songwriter
(b. 1984)
K. S. Gopalakrishnan
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
(b. 1929)
Warren Mitchell
English actor and screenwriter
(b. 1926)
Gwen Ifill
American television journalist
(b. 1955)
Peter Florjancic
Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete
(b. 1919)
Des O'Connor
English comedian, singer and television presenter
(b. 1932)