March 24
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March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1603 – James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.[7]
- 1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.[8][9]
- 1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.[10][11]
- 1720 – Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February.[12][13]
- 1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.[14][15]
- 1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.[16][17]
- 1794 – In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.[18][19][20]
- 1829 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.[21][22]
- 1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.[23][24]
- 1854 – President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.[25][26]
- 1860 – Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese chief minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.[27]
- 1869 – The last of Tītokowaru's forces surrender to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.[28]
- 1870 – A Chilean prospecting party led by José Díaz Gana discovers the silver ores of Caracoles in the Bolivian portion of Atacama Desert,[29] leading to the last of the Chilean silver rushes[30] and a diplomatic dispute over its taxation between Chile and Bolivia.[31][32]
- 1878 – The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.[33][34][35]
- 1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.[36][37]
- 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.[38][39][40]
- 1900 – Carnegie Steel Company is formed in New Jersey; its capitalization of $160 million is the largest to date.[41]
- 1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event.[42][43]
- 1922 – The McMahon killings take place in Belfast. Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted. Police were suspected as being responsible, but no one was prosecuted.[44]
- 1927 – Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defence of the foreign citizens within the city.[45][46]
- 1934 – The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.[47][48]
- 1939 – The 1939 Liechtenstein putsch takes place; approximately 40 members of the VBDL starting from Nendeln march towards Vaduz with the intention of overthrowing the government and provoking Liechtenstein's annexation into Germany.[49]
- 1944 – German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome.[50][51]
- 1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.[52][53][54]
- 1946 – A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.[55][56]
- 1949 – Hanns Albin Rauter, a chief SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.[57]
- 1961 – The Quebec Board of the French Language is established.[58]
- 1972 – Direct rule is imposed on Northern Ireland by the Government of the United Kingdom under Edward Heath.[59]
- 1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.[60][61]
- 1977 – Morarji Desai becomes the prime minister of India, the first prime minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.[62][63]
- 1980 – El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.[64][65]
- 1982 – Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law.[66]
- 1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.[67]
- 1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.[68][69]
- 1990 – Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the last ship of Indian Peace Keeping Force leaving Sri Lanka.[70]
- 1992 – Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-45.[71]
- 1993 – Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, and David Levy at the Palomar Observatory in California.[72][73]
- 1998 – Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, open fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.[74][75]
- 1998 – A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.[76]
- 1998 – Dr. Rüdiger Marmulla performs the first computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation at the University of Regensburg, Germany.[77][78]
- 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO begins attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.[79][80]
- 1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel, creating an inferno that kills 39 people.[81]
- 2003 – The Arab League votes 21–1 in favor of a resolution demanding an end to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[82][83]
- 2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.[84]
- 2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.[85]
- 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Syrian National Army (SNA) take full control of Afrin District, marking the end of the Afrin offensive.[86]
- 2018 – Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.[87]
- 2019 – Jakarta MRT, a rapid transit system in Jakarta, begins operation.[88]
- 2023 – An EF4 tornado strikes the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City, Mississippi, causing mass destruction.[89]
- 2024 – The 2024 Senegalese presidential election is held following anti-government protests.[90]
- 1607 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (died 1667)[95]
- 1628 – Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1685)
- 1657 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese academic and politician (died 1725)[96]
- 1693 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer (died 1776)[97][98]
- 1725 – Samuel Ashe, American lawyer and politician, 9th governor of North Carolina (died 1813)[99][100]
- 1725 – Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (died 1788)[101][102][103]
- 1755 – Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 1827)
- 1762 – Marcos Portugal, Portuguese organist and composer (died 1830)
- 1775 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (died 1835)[104]
- 1782 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian-Italian painter (died 1836)[105]
- 1796 – Zulma Carraud, French author (died 1889)[106]
- 1796 – John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1878)[107]
- 1803 – Egerton Ryerson, Canadian minister, educator, and politician (died 1882)[108]
- 1808 – Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano (died 1836)[109]
- 1809 – Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (died 1837)[110]
- 1809 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (died 1882)[111][112]
- 1816 – Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Mexican politician and Roman Catholic archbishop, regent during the Second Mexican Empire (died 1891)[113]
- 1820 – Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (died 1891)[114]
- 1820 – Fanny Crosby, American poet and composer (died 1915)[115]
- 1823 – Thomas Spencer Baynes, English philosopher and critic (died 1887)[116]
- 1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American activist and author (died 1898)[117]
- 1828 – Horace Gray, American lawyer and jurist (died 1902)[118][119][120]
- 1829 – George Francis Train, American businessman (died 1904)[121][122]
- 1829 – Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (died 1862)[123]
- 1830 – Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet and playwright (died 1889)[124]
- 1834 – William Morris, English textile designer, poet, and author (died 1896)[125]
- 1834 – John Wesley Powell, American soldier, geologist, and explorer (died 1902)[126]
- 1835 – Joseph Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 1893)[127]
- 1848 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th mayor of Montreal (died 1906)[128][129]
- 1850 – Silas Hocking, English minister and author (died 1935)[130][131]
- 1854 – Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th premier of Western Australia (died 1930)[132]
- 1855 – Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1937)[133]
- 1855 – Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (died 1920)[134]
- 1862 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (died 1951)[135][136]
- 1869 – Émile Fabre, French author and playwright (died 1955)[137]
- 1871 – Alec Hurley, English music hall singer (died 1913)
- 1874 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd president of the Italian Republic (died 1961)[138]
- 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and actor (died 1926)[139]
- 1875 – William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player (died 1953)[140]
- 1879 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher, poet, and composer (died 1953)[141][142]
- 1882 – Marcel Lalu, French gymnast (died 1951)[143]
- 1882 – George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th governor-general of New Zealand (died 1943)[144]
- 1883 – Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (died 1945)
- 1884 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)[145][146]
- 1884 – Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (died 1968)[147]
- 1884 – Eugčne Tisserant, French cardinal (died 1972)[148]
- 1885 – Charles Daniels, American swimmer (died 1973)[149]
- 1885 – Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian violinist and composer (died 1978)[150]
- 1886 – Edward Weston, American photographer (died 1958)[151]
- 1886 – Robert Mallet-Stevens, French architect and designer (died 1945)[152]
- 1887 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1933)[153]
- 1888 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (died 1922)
- 1889 – Albert Hill, English-Canadian runner (died 1969)[154]
- 1890 – Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (died 1954)[155]
- 1891 – Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Russian physicist and academic (died 1951)
- 1892 – Marston Morse, American mathematician and academic (died 1977)[156][157]
- 1893 – Walter Baade, German astronomer and author (died 1960)[158]
- 1893 – George Sisler, American baseball player and scout (died 1973)[159]
- 1897 – Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic (died 1957)[160]
- 1901 – Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse (died 1971)[161]
- 1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th governor of New York (died 1971)[162]
- 1903 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)[163]
- 1903 – Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar (died 1990)[164]
- 1905 – Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino author and diplomat (died 2007)[165]
- 1907 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th premier of Quebec (died 1960)[166]
- 1909 – Clyde Barrow, American criminal (died 1934)[167]
- 1909 – Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian pastor and evangelist (died 2001)[168]
- 1910 – Richard Conte, American actor, singer, and director (died 1975)
- 1911 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2006)[169]
- 1912 – Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (died 2010)[170]
- 1915 – Eugčne Martin, French racing driver (died 2006)
- 1916 – Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (died 2006)[171]
- 1916 – Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (died 2010)[172]
- 1917 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (died 2007)[173]
- 1917 – John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)[174]
- 1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore (died 2021)[175][176][177]
- 1919 – Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (died 2005)[178]
- 1920 – Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)[179][180]
- 1920 – Mary Stolz, American author (died 2006)[181]
- 1921 – Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (died 1987)[182]
- 1921 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (died 2010)[183]
- 1922 – Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer (died 2005)[184]
- 1923 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (died 1986)
- 1923 – Michael Legat, English author and publisher (died 2011)[185]
- 1924 – Norman Fell, American actor (died 1998)
- 1926 – Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (died 2017)[186]
- 1926 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)[187]
- 1926 – William Porter, American hurdler (died 2000)
- 1927 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (died 2014)[188]
- 1927 – Martin Walser, German author and playwright (died 2023)
- 1928 – Byron Janis, American pianist and composer (died 2024)
- 1929 – Pat Renella, Italian-American actor (died 2012)[189]
- 1930 – David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st president of the Central African Republic (died 2003)[190][191]
- 1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (died 1980)[192]
- 1931 – Hanno Drechsler, German educator and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 2003)
- 1933 – Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (died 2011)[193]
- 1933 – Lee Mendelson, American television producer (died 2019)[194]
- 1935 – Mary Berry, English writer, chef, author, and television presenter[195]
- 1935 – Carol Kaye, American bass guitarist[196]
- 1936 – Don Covay, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)[197][198]
- 1936 – Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player (died 2020)[199]
- 1937 – Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist (died 1970)[200]
- 1938 – Holger Czukay, German musician (died 2017)[201]
- 1938 – David Irving, English historian and author[202][203]
- 1938 – Larry Wilson, American football player (died 2020)[204]
- 1940 – Bob Mackie, American fashion designer[205]
- 1941 – Michael Masser, American songwriter, composer and producer (died 2015)[206][207]
- 1942 – Jesús Alou, Dominican baseball player (died 2023)[208]
- 1944 – R. Lee Ermey, American sergeant and actor (died 2018)[209]
- 1944 – Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian academic and politician, 8th prime minister of Serbia[210]
- 1945 – Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist and academic
- 1945 – Curtis Hanson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)[211][212]
- 1945 – Patrick Malahide, English actor and screenwriter
- 1946 – Klaus Dinger, German guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)[213]
- 1946 – Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman (died 2018)[214]
- 1947 – Dennis Erickson, American football player and coach
- 1947 – Christine Gregoire, American lawyer and politician, 22nd governor of Washington[215]
- 1947 – Mick Jones, English footballer and coach (died 2022)
- 1947 – Alan Sugar, English businessman
- 1948 – Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (died 2013)[216]
- 1948 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (died 1989)
- 1948 – Lee Oskar, Danish musician[217]
- 1949 – Tabitha King, American author and poet
- 1949 – Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1949 – Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (died 2017)
- 1949 – Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer[217]
- 1949 – Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian academic and politician, 36th Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran[218]
- 1949 – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th prime minister of Sri Lanka[219]
- 1950 – Gary Wichard, American football player and agent (died 2011)[220][221]
- 1951 – Peter Boyle, Scottish-Australian footballer and manager (died 2013)
- 1951 – Pat Bradley, American golfer[222]
- 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation[223]
- 1951 – Dougie Thomson, Scottish bass player[217]
- 1951 – Anna Włodarczyk, Polish long jumper and coach[224]
- 1952 – Greg McCrary, American football player (died 2013)
- 1953 – Anita L. Allen, American lawyer, philosopher, and academic
- 1953 – Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (died 2022)[225]
- 1954 – Robert Carradine, American actor (died 2026)[217]
- 1954 – Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (died 1992)[226]
- 1954 – Donna Pescow, American actress and director[217]
- 1955 – Doug Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1955 – Pat Price, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1956 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman
- 1956 – Bill Wray, American cartoonist and painter
- 1957 – Pierre Harvey, Canadian cyclist and skier
- 1958 – Mike Woodson, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 – Emmit King, American sprinter (died 2021)
- 1959 – Renaldo Nehemiah, American hurdler and football player
- 1959 – Derek Statham, English footballer
- 1960 – Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist
- 1960 – Barry Horowitz, American wrestler
- 1960 – Kelly Le Brock, English-American actress and model[217]
- 1960 – Nena, German singer-songwriter and actress
- 1960 – Scott Pruett, American race car driver
- 1960 – Annabella Sciorra, American actress
- 1961 – Dean Jones, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2020)[227][228]
- 1961 – Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1962 – Angčle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
- 1962 – Star Jones, American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host[217]
- 1962 – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
- 1963 – Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2015)[229]
- 1963 – Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1963 – Torsten Voss, German decathlete and bobsledder
- 1964 – Patterson Hood, American singer-songwriter[230]
- 1965 – Peter Jacobson, American actor[217]
- 1965 – The Undertaker, American wrestler and actor[195]
- 1966 – Floyd Heard, American sprinter and coach
- 1966 – Rico Hizon, Filipino broadcast journalist[231]
- 1967 – Diann Roffe, American skier
- 1968 – Minarti Timur, Indonesian badminton player
- 1969 – Stephan Eberharter, Austrian skier
- 1969 – Ilir Meta, Albanian politician, incumbent president of Albania[232]
- 1970 – Lauren Bowles, American actress[217]
- 1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress[217]
- 1970 – Sharon Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and violinist[217]
- 1970 – Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer
- 1970 – Erica Kennedy, American journalist and author (died 2012)[233]
- 1970 – Mike Vanderjagt, Canadian-American football player
- 1971 – Tig Notaro, American comedian and actor[195]
- 1971 – Megyn Price, American actress[217]
- 1972 – Christophe Dugarry, French footballer
- 1972 – Steve Karsay, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 – Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer
- 1973 – Philippe Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1973 – Steve Corica, Australian footballer and coach
- 1973 – Jure Ivanušič, Slovenian actor, concert pianist and chansonnier
- 1973 – Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer
- 1973 – Glen Jakovich, Australian footballer
- 1973 – Jim Parsons, American actor[217]
- 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress[217]
- 1974 – Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper
- 1974 – Tado, Filipino comedian and activist (died 2014)
- 1975 – Thomas Johansson, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player
- 1976 – Aaron Brooks, American football player
- 1976 – Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer and coach
- 1976 – Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer
- 1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur[217]
- 1977 – Olivia Burnette, American actress[217]
- 1977 – Jessica Chastain, American actress[217]
- 1977 – Maxim Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Amir Arison, American actor
- 1978 – Michael Braun, Australian footballer and coach
- 1978 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer and manager
- 1978 – José Valverde, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 – Lake Bell, American actress, director, and screenwriter[217]
- 1979 – Norris Hopper, American baseball player
- 1979 – Periklis Iakovakis, Greek hurdler
- 1979 – Graeme Swann, English cricketer
- 1980 – Ramzi Abid, Canadian ice hockey player[234]
- 1980 – Andrew Hutchinson, American ice hockey player[235]
- 1980 – Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Mike Adams, American football player
- 1981 – Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player
- 1981 – Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player
- 1981 – Mark Looms, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Gary Paffett, English racing driver
- 1981 – Philip Winchester, American actor[217]
- 1982 – Epico Colon, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
- 1982 – Jake Hager, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- 1982 – Corey Hart, American baseball player
- 1982 – Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer
- 1982 – Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
- 1983 – Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer
- 1983 – T. J. Ford, American basketball player
- 1983 – Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Benoît Assou-Ekotto, French-Cameroonian footballer[236]
- 1984 – Park Bom, South Korean singer
- 1984 – Chris Bosh, American basketball player
- 1984 – Adrian D'Souza, Indian field hockey player
- 1984 – Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Kenyan runner
- 1984 – Philipp Petzschner, German tennis player
- 1985 – Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 – CJ Perry, American wrestler, manager, and actress
- 1987 – Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer[237]
- 1987 – Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer[238]
- 1987 – Billy Jones, English footballer[239]
- 1987 – Ramires, Brazilian footballer[240]
- 1988 – Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete[241]
- 1988 – Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer[242]
- 1988 – Finn Jones, English actor[195]
- 1988 – Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer[243]
- 1988 – Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer[244]
- 1988 – Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player[245]
- 1989 – Zyzz, Russian-Australian bodybuilder and internet personality (died 2011)[246][247]
- 1990 – Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor[248]
- 1990 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress[249]
- 1990 – Starlin Castro, American baseball player[250]
- 1990 – Lacey Evans, American wrestler[251][252][253]
- 1990 – Alyssa Healy, Australian cricketer[254]
- 1990 – JonTron, American YouTuber[255]
- 1991 – Nick Browne, English cricketer[256]
- 1991 – Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player[257][258]
- 1993 – Daniel Sazonov, Finnish politician[259]
- 1995 – Enzo Zidane, French-Spanish footballer[260]
- 1996 – Myles Turner, American basketball player[261]
- 1997 – Mina, Japanese singer and dancer[262]
- 1998 – Christopher Briney, American actor[263]
- 1998 – Ethel Cain, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and model[264]
- 1998 – Damar Hamlin, American football player[265]
- 809 – Harun al-Rashid, Arab caliph (born 763)[269]
- 832 – Wulfred, archbishop of Canterbury[270]
- 1284 – Hugh III of Cyprus (born 1235)[271]
- 1296 – Odon de Pins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller[272]
- 1381 – Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (born 1332)[273]
- 1396 – Walter Hilton, English mystic and saint (born 1340)[274]
- 1399 – Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (bornc. 1320)[275]
- 1443 – James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (born 1371)[276]
- 1455 – Pope Nicholas V (born 1397)[277]
- 1499 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (born 1470)[278]
- 1563 – Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese daimyō (born 1514)[citation needed]
- 1575 – Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Spanish-Portuguese rabbi and author (born 1488)[279]
- 1603 – Elizabeth I of England (born 1533)[280]
- 1653 – Samuel Scheidt, German organist and composer (born 1587)[281]
- 1684 – Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (born 1629)[282]
- 1684 – Elizabeth Ridgeway, English woman convicted of poisoning her husband[283]
- 1773 – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (born 1694)[284]
- 1776 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (born 1693)[98]
- 1824 – Louis Marie de La Révelličre-Lépeaux, French lawyer (born 1753)[285]
- 1838 – Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (born 1748/49)[286][287]
- 1866 – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (born 1782)[288]
- 1869 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (born 1779)[289]
- 1881 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (born 1817)[290]
- 1882 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (born 1807)[291]
- 1887 – Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (born 1837)[292]
- 1888 – Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (born 1855)[293][294]
- 1905 – Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1828)[295][296]
- 1909 – John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (born 1871)[297][298]
- 1915 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (born 1848)[299][300]
- 1915 – Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (born 1846)[301]
- 1916 – Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1867)[302][303]
- 1926 – Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (born 1872)[304][305]
- 1932 – Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (born 1871)[306]
- 1938 – Yondonwangchug, Mongolian politician (born 1870)[307]
- 1940 – Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (born 1844)[308][309]
- 1944 – Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (born 1903)[310]
- 1946 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (born 1892)[311][312]
- 1946 – Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (born 1869)[313]
- 1948 – Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1885)[314]
- 1950 – James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1865)[315]
- 1951 – Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (born 1887)[316][317]
- 1953 – Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom (born 1867)[318]
- 1956 – E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (born 1873)[319]
- 1962 – Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (born 1899)[320][321]
- 1962 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (born 1884)[322]
- 1968 – Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1873)[323]
- 1971 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (born 1902)[324][325]
- 1971 – Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (born 1895)[326]
- 1973 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th premier of New South Wales (born 1889)[327]
- 1976 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (born 1887)[328][329]
- 1978 – Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (born 1916)[330]
- 1980 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (born 1917)[331]
- 1984 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (born 1891)[332]
- 1988 – Turhan Feyzioğlu, Turkish academic and politician, 27th deputy prime minister of Turkey (born 1922)[333]
- 1990 – Ray Goulding, American comedian and radio host (born 1922)[334]
- 1991 – John Kerr, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th governor-general of Australia (born 1914)[335]
- 1993 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (born 1905)[336]
- 1993 – John Hersey, American journalist and author (born 1914)[337][338][339]
- 1995 – Joseph Needham, English historian and academic (born 1900)[340][341]
- 1999 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (born 1902)[342]
- 1999 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (born 1912)[343]
- 2001 – Muriel Young, English television host and producer (born 1928)[344][345]
- 2002 – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)[346][347][348]
- 2002 – Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsledder (born 1932)[349]
- 2003 – Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian cardinal (born 1919)[350][351]
- 2006 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1926)[352]
- 2007 – Shripad Narayan Pendse, Indian Marathi novelist (born 1913)[citation needed]
- 2008 – Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (born 1955)[353]
- 2008 – Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (born 1941)[354][355][356]
- 2008 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (born 1926)[357]
- 2008 – Richard Widmark, American actor (born 1914)[358][359]
- 2008 – Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (born 1939)[360]
- 2009 – George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1922)[361][362][363]
- 2009 – Hans Klenk, German racing driver (born 1919)[364]
- 2009 – Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian ice hockey player (born 1975)[365][366][367]
- 2010 – Robert Culp, American actor (born 1930)[368]
- 2010 – Jim Marshall, American photographer (born 1936)[369]
- 2012 – Paul Callaghan, New Zealand physicist and academic (born 1947)[370]
- 2012 – Nick Noble, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)[371]
- 2013 – Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (born 1926)[372][373]
- 2013 – Inge Lřnning, Norwegian theologian, academic, and politician (born 1938)[374]
- 2013 – Gury Marchuk, Russian physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1925)[375]
- 2013 – Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer (born 1972)[376]
- 2013 – Mohamed Yousri Salama, Egyptian dentist and politician (born 1974)[377][378]
- 2013 – Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, English diplomat (born 1912)[379]
- 2014 – Oleksandr Muzychko, Ukrainian activist (born 1962)[380][381]
- 2014 – John Rowe Townsend, English author and scholar (born 1922)[382]
- 2014 – David A. Trampier, American illustrator (born 1954)[383]
- 2015 – Yehuda Avner, English-Israeli diplomat (born 1928)[384]
- 2015 – notable deaths of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash:
- 2016 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer (born 1947)[390]
- 2016 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1949)[391][392]
- 2018 – Lys Assia, Swiss singer and First Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest (born 1924)[393][394]
- 2018 – Rim Banna, Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist (born 1966)[395]
- 2019 – Joseph Pilato, American film and voice actor (born 1949)[396]
- 2020 – Albert Uderzo, French comic book artist (born 1927)[397]
- 2020 – Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician and songwriter (born 1933)[398]
- 2021 – Jessica Walter, American actress and voice artist (born 1941)[399]
- 2022 – Dagny Carlsson, Swedish blogger and influencer (born 1912)[400]
- 2023 – Gordon Moore, American businessman, engineer and co-founder of Intel Corporation (born 1929)[401]
- 2023 – Pradeep Sarkar, Indian writer and director (born 1955)[402]
- 2024 – Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer, mountain guide, and businessman (born 1929)[403]
- 2025 – Dick Carlson, American journalist and diplomat (born 1941)[404]
Holidays and observances
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