From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of the year (324 in leap years).
Events
- 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
- 1177 – John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
- 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1626 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
- 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
- 1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
- 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
- 1826 – University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1826 – Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
- 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
- 1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
- 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1858 – Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
- 1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- 1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
- 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
- 1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
- 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1925 – Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Inc. Was Founded At The College of New Jersey
- 1929 – Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
- 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
- 1939 – A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
- 1943 – World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
- 1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- 1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1968 – Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage.
- 1968 – The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.
- 1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
- 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
- 1978 – Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- 1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1981 – Around 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- 1990 – Buster Douglas, a 40:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause one of the largest upsets in sports history.
- 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
- 2008 – Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire.
- 2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
- 2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
- 2015 – A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
Births
- 1380 – Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (d. 1459)
- 1466 – Elizabeth of York (d. 1503)
- 1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
- 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (d. 1625)
- 1637 – Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer and director (d. 1718)
- 1649 – William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (d. 1715)
- 1657 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (d. 1757)
- 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer (d. 1775)
- 1755 – Albert Christoph Dies, German composer and painter (d. 1822)
- 1764 – Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (d. 1811)
- 1774 – Maxim Gauci, Maltese lithographer (d. 1854)
- 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (d. 1831)
- 1796 – Giovanni Pacini, Italian composer (d. 1867)
- 1799 – Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. 1873)
- 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
- 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
- 1805 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, American explorer (d. 1866)
- 1812 – Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1883)
- 1813 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)
- 1819 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (d. 1890)
- 1821 – Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (d. 1881)
- 1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)
- 1833 – Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
- 1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (d. 1903)
- 1847 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (d. 1931)
- 1855 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter (d. 1940)
- 1860 – Rachilde, French author and playwright (d. 1953)
- 1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (d. 1939)
- 1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (d. 1945)
- 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (d. 1953)
- 1874 – Fritz Hart, English composer and conductor (d. 1949)
- 1881 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966)
- 1890 – David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (d. 1965)
- 1891 – J. W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1898 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 1964)
- 1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (d. 2002)
- 1900 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
- 1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
- 1903 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
- 1904 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
- 1908 – Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (d. 1999)
- 1909 – Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
- 1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
- 1912 – Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
- 1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (d. 2011)
- 1915 – Richard Hamming, American mathematician (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Pat Welsh, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 1995)
- 1920 – Boyd Bartley, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Farouk of Egypt (d. 1965)
- 1920 – Daniel F. Galouye, American author (d. 1976)
- 1920 – Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1920 – Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 1978)
- 1921 – Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Edward Seidensticker, American scholar and translator (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef
- 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Sinclair Stevens, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and politician
- 1928 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Larry Merchant, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1932 – Dennis Skinner, English politician
- 1934 – Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Tina Louise, American actress and singer
- 1934 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama
- 1934 – Mary Quant, English-Welsh fashion designer
- 1934 – John Surtees, English motorcycle racer and race car driver
- 1934 – David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
- 1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
- 1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1937 – Brian Lemon, English pianist and composer
- 1937 – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1937 – Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress and singer
- 1938 – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1939 – Bryan Gould, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
- 1939 – Jane Yolen, American author and poet
- 1940 – Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
- 1941 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
- 1943 – Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
- 1943 – Serge Lama, French singer-songwriter
- 1943 – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (The Blues Brothers) (d. 2011)
- 1943 – Stan Szelest American keyboard player (The Band) (d. 1991)
- 1944 – Joy Williams (American writer) American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- 1944 – Michael Oxley, American politician (d. 2016)
- 1945 – Burhan Ghalioun, Syrian academic and politician
- 1946 – Pierre Curzi, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and politician
- 1946 – Chris Rush, American comedian, actor, and author
- 1946 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
- 1947 – Roy Carrier, American accordion player (d. 2010)
- 1947 – Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1947 – Johnny Manahan, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 – Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
- 1947 – Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)
- 1948 – Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Unifics) (d. 2013)
- 1948 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (d. 2014)
- 1951 – Hardo Aasmäe, Estonian geographer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1953 – Philip Anglim, American actor
- 1953 – Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
- 1953 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1954 – Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
- 1956 – H.R., American singer and guitarist (Bad Brains)
- 1956 – Catherine Hickland, American actress and singer
- 1956 – Didier Lockwood, French violinist (Magma)
- 1957 – Peter Klashorst, Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer
- 1957 – Mitchell Symons, English journalist and author
- 1957 – Oddmund Finnseth, Norwegian bassist
- 1959 – Bradley Cole, American actor
- 1959 – Deborah Meaden, English businesswoman
- 1959 – Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
- 1959 – Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Iranian educator and politician, Iranian Minister of Health
- 1960 – Momus, Scottish-Japanese author, journalist, and songwriter
- 1960 – Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
- 1961 – Carey Lowell, American model and actress
- 1962 – Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
- 1962 – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1962 – Bestia Salvaje, Mexican wrestler (d. 2008)
- 1962 – Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
- 1963 – José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1963 – Diane Franklin, American actress and producer
- 1963 – Dan Osman, Japanese-American rock climber (d. 1998)
- 1963 – Glenn Pennyfather, English footballer
- 1963 – Nini Stoltenberg, Norwegian activist (d. 2014)
- 1964 – Adrian Hasler, Liechtensteiner police officer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
- 1964 – Sarah Palin, American activist and politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
- 1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
- 1965 – Robert David Stevens, Scientist
- 1965 – Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player and coach
- 1966 – Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, French comedian, actor, and activist
- 1967 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
- 1967 – Ty Treadway, American actor and talk show host
- 1968 – Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
- 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress, director, and producer
- 1969 – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
- 1969 – John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1969 – P.J. Sparxx, American porn actress and director
- 1970 – Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Meshuggah)
- 1971 – Damian Lewis, English actor and producer
- 1971 – Evan Tanner, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)
- 1972 – Brian Daubach, American baseball player and manager
- 1972 – Craig Jones, American keyboard player (Slipknot)
- 1972 – Steve McManaman, English footballer
- 1972 – Bernd Meier, German footballer and coach (d. 2012)
- 1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer and actor
- 1972 – Noboru Yamaguchi, South Korean-Japanese author (d. 2013)
- 1973 – Hernandez, American wrestler and promoter
- 1973 – Jeon Do-yeon, South Korean actress
- 1973 – Ethan Iverson, American pianist and composer (The Bad Plus)
- 1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Burzum, Mayhem, and Old Funeral)
- 1974 – D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soulquarians)
- 1974 – Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager
- 1974 – Alex Jones, American radio host and author
- 1974 – Isaiah Mustafa, American football player and actor
- 1974 – Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Zain Verjee, Kenyan-Canadian journalist
- 1975 – Andy Lally, American race car driver
- 1975 – Marek Špilár, Slovak footballer (d. 2013)
- 1975 – Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
- 1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player
- 1976 – Brice Beckham, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976 – Peter Hayes, American singer and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
- 1976 – Jorge Luiz dos Santos Dias, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Jao Mapa, Filipino actor and painter
- 1976 – André Wickström, Finnish-Swedish comedian and actor
- 1977 – Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer
- 1977 – Mike Shinoda, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Linkin Park and Fort Minor)
- 1979 – Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1980 – Rael Artel, Estonian art writer, curator and gallerist
- 1980 – Mark Bresciano, Australian footballer
- 1980 – Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
- 1980 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
- 1980 – Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (d. 2004)
- 1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
- 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
- 1982 – Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
- 1982 – Jürgen Schmid, German footballer
- 1983 – Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress
- 1983 – Emmanuel Krontiris, German footballer
- 1983 – Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress and singer
- 1983 – Tihhon Šišov, Estonian footballer
- 1983 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
- 1983 – Andrew Welsh, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
- 1984 – Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
- 1984 – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Robin Hawkins, Welsh vocalist and guitarist (The Automatic)
- 1986 – Kees Luyckx, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Ebba Busch, Swedish politician
- 1987 – Jürgen Kuresoo, Estonian footballer
- 1987 – Brian Matusz, American baseball player
- 1987 – Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
- 1987 – Lembi Vaher, Estonian pole vaulter
- 1987 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
- 1988 – Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
- 1988 – Alwyn Uytingco, Filipino actor
- 1989 – Alexander Büttner, Dutch footballer
- 1989 – Lovi Poe, Filipino actress and singer
- 1990 – Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordan
- 1990 – Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
- 1990 – Go Ara, South Korean actress and singer
- 1991 – Hwang Chansung, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (2PM)
- 1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor and martial artist
- 1997 – Yuumi Shida, Japanese model and actress
- 1997 – Mateusz Wieteska, Polish footballer
Deaths
- 55 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)
- 244 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
- 641 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)
- 731 – Pope Gregory II (b. 669)
- 806 – Shun Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 761)
- 824 – Pope Paschal I
- 1141 – Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
- 1160 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
- 1503 – Elizabeth of York (b. 1466)
- 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1552)
- 1650 – René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
- 1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
- 1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
- 1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
- 1797 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (b. 1713)
- 1829 – Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
- 1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and model (b. 1829)
- 1868 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
- 1901 – Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
- 1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
- 1918 – Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
- 1923 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
- 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
- 1935 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (b. 1866)
- 1939 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1874)
- 1940 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
- 1942 – Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist, founded Bajaj Group (b. 1884)
- 1942 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1889)
- 1945 – Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (b. 1891)
- 1947 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
- 1954 – Adolph M. Christianson, Norwegian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
- 1958 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
- 1959 – William Henry Ansell, English architect and engraver (b. 1872)
- 1959 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
- 1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
- 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist (b. 1932)
- 1967 – Trần Tử Bình, Vietnamese general and diplomat (b. 1907)
- 1967 – A.J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (b. 1885)
- 1968 – Howard Lindsay, American actor, director, producer, and playwright (b. 1888)
- 1968 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian journalist, economist, and politician (b. 1916)
- 1972 – Jan Wils, Dutch architect, designed the Olympic Stadium (b. 1891)
- 1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1975 – Maria Balcerkiewiczówna, Polish actress (b. 1903)
- 1975 – Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (b. 1879)
- 1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
- 1976 – Frank Arnau, German journalist and author (b. 1894)
- 1976 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)
- 1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (b. 1905)
- 1977 – Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
- 1978 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893)
- 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish sailor and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1981 – Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (b. 1926)
- 1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
- 1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
- 1985 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
- 1985 – C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan academic, lawyer, and politician (b. 1895)
- 1986 – Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Kamal Amrohi, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- 1993 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
- 1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (b. 1930)
- 1994 – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
- 1994 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Nicole Germain, Canadian actress and journalist (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Harry Merkel, German racing driver (b. 1918)
- 1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, Zambian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
- 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (b. 1930)
- 1996 – Bob Shaw, Irish journalist and author (b. 1931)
- 2000 – Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (b. 1917)
- 2000 – Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian calypsonian (b. 1922)
- 2000 – Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2002 – Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
- 2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and coach (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
- 2008 – Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (The Ronettes) (b. 1941)
- 2009 – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (b. 1911)
- 2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded Alexander McQueen (b. 1969)
- 2011 – Bad News Brown, Haitian-Canadian rapper (b. 1977)
- 2012 – Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (b. 1958)
- 2012 – Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Rem Viakhirev, Russian businessman (b. 1934)
- 2013 – D. Vinayachandran, Indian poet and educator (b. 1946)
- 2014 – Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (b. 1932)
- 2014 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Anne Cuneo, Swiss journalist and author (b. 1936)
- 2015 – Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Bob Simon, American journalist (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances
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