July 17 — في هذا اليوم

Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

Scillitan Martyrs · Scillium · Tunisia

Damasus II is elected pope.

Pope Damasus II

The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.

Fourth Crusade · Constantinople · Byzantine emperor · Alexios III Angelos

Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.

Regnal name · Yongle Emperor · Ming dynasty

Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc

Hundred Years' War · Charles VII of France · Coronation of the French monarch · Reims Cathedral · Joan of Arc

Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.

Battle of Castillon · Hundred Years' War · Jean Bureau · John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury · Gascony

Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.

Battle of Montes Claros · Portuguese Restoration War

King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.

George I of Great Britain · River Thames · George Frideric Handel · Water Music (Handel)

Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.

Catherine the Great · Tsar · Peter III of Russia

Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.

Bloody Falls massacre · Chipewyan · Matonabbee · Samuel Hearne · Inuit

Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.

National Guard (France) · Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · Champ de Mars Massacre · Jacobin (politics) · Champ de Mars

The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.

Carmelites · Martyrs of Compiègne · Reign of Terror

Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine · Boston

NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

NEC

Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.

Willis Carrier · Buffalo, New York

the first Tour de France was won by Maurice Garin.

1903 Tour de France · Maurice Garin

King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.

George V · British Royal Family · House of Windsor

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Nicholas II of Russia · Russian Empire · Shooting of the Romanov family · Bolshevik · Cheka

The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.

RMS Carpathia · RMS Titanic · SM U-55

Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.

Altona Bloody Sunday · Nazi Party · Schutzstaffel · Sturmabteilung · Communist Party of Germany

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.

Spanish Civil War · Spanish coup of July 1936 · Popular Front (Spain)

Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.

Douglas Corrigan · Floyd Bennett Field

Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.

Port Chicago disaster · San Francisco Bay · Ammunition · Port Chicago, California

World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.

World War II · Napalm · Lockheed P-38 Lightning · Saint-Lô

World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery.[1] in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was strafed by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.

World War II · Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery · Erwin Rommel

World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.

Allies of World War II · Winston Churchill · Harry S. Truman · Joseph Stalin · Potsdam Conference

The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.

Midshipman · USMC R4Q NROTC crash

Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.

Disneyland · Anaheim, California

Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.

Nuclear weapons testing · Little Feller (nuclear tests) · Nevada National Security Site

Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.

Abdul Rahman Arif · 17 July Revolution · Ba'ath Party · Iraq · Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.

Mohammed Zahir Shah · Afghanistan · Mohammed Daoud Khan

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project · Apollo program · Soyuz (spacecraft) · Orbit

East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.

East Timor · Annexation · Provinces of Indonesia · Indonesia

The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.

1976 Summer Olympics · Montreal · New Zealand · IOC · South Africa

Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.

Nicaragua · Anastasio Somoza Debayle · Miami, Florida

A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.

Hyatt Regency walkway collapse · Kansas City, Missouri

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

National Minimum Drinking Age Act

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

Eureka (organization) · François Mitterrand · Helmut Kohl

First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

Holy See-Poland relations are restored.

Holy See-Poland relations

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

TWA Flight 800 · Long Island · Boeing 747

The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.

1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake · Tsunami · Papua New Guinea

A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court · International Criminal Court · Genocide · Crimes against humanity · War crime

Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.

Concorde · Air France Flight 4590

The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.

2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami · Java

TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo-Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 · Airbus A320 family · São Paulo-Congonhas Airport

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 · Boeing 777 · Ukraine

A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.

Transport express régional · Denguin rail crash · TGV · Denguin

At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Province, Iraq.

2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing · Diyala Province

Adrian Fortescue, English Roman Catholic martyr (d. 1539)

Adrian Fortescue (martyr)

Ismail I of Iran (d. 1524)

Ismail I

Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman (d. 1543)

Maria Salviati

Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1574)

Antoine de Créqui Canaples

Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)

Isaac Watts

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766)

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759)

Pierre Louis Maupertuis

Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769)

Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)

Elbridge Gerry · Vice President of the United States

John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)

John Jacob Astor

John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (d. 1856)

John Wilbur (Quaker minister)

Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic (d. 1856)

Paul Delaroche

Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910)

Leander Clark

Xianfeng Emperor of China (d. 1861)

Xianfeng Emperor

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1886)

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau · Secretary of State for Canada

Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (d. 1916)

Ephraim Shay · Shay locomotive

Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)

Alexius Meinong

Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)

Henri Nathansen

Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (d. 1939)

Charles Davidson Dunbar · Bagpipe

Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)

Lyonel Feininger

Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960)

Jack Laviolette

James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (d. 1949)

James Somerville · Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

Shmuel Yosef Agnon · Nobel Prize in Literature

Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (d. 1970)

Erle Stanley Gardner

Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)

Georges Lemaître

Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (d. 1919)

Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)

Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991)

Berenice Abbott

Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)

Osmond Borradaile

James Cagney, American actor and dancer (d. 1986)

James Cagney

Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)

Marcel Dalio

Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994)

Luigi Chinetti

Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (d. 1938)

Bruno Jasieński

Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 1982)

Patrick Smith (politician) · Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (d. 1983)

Christina Stead

James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012)

James Coyne · Governor of the Bank of Canada

Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (d. 1953)

Frank Olson

Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (d. 2014)

Lionel Ferbos

Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)

Heinz Lehmann

Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958)

Erwin Bauer

Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)

Art Linkletter

Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (d. 1997)

Bertrand Goldberg · Marina City

Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (d. 1990)

Eleanor Steber

Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)

Bijon Bhattacharya

Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (b. 1985)

Arthur Rothstein

Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)

Lou Boudreau

Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012)

Phyllis Diller

Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015)

Kenan Evren · President of Turkey

Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)

Christiane Rochefort

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio · President of Guatemala

Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)

Red Sovine

Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (d. 2005)

Gordon Gould · Laser

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)

Juan Antonio Samaranch · President of the International Olympic Committee

George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977)

George Barnes (musician)

Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)

Louis Lachenal

Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)

Mary Osborne

Toni Stone, American baseball player (d. 1996)

Toni Stone

František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)

František Zvarík

Jeanne Block, American psychologist (d. 1981)

Jeanne Block

John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)

John Cooper (car maker) · Cooper Car Company

Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)

Garde Gardom · Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (d. 2014)

Jimmy Scott

Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)

Édouard Carpentier

Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (d. 2015)

Willis Carto

Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)

Vince Guaraldi

Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic

Sergei K. Godunov

Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist

Quino

Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (d. 1996)

Niccolò Castiglioni

Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)

Johnny Kerr

Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2013)

Wojciech Kilar

Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)

Karla Kuskin

Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)

Hal Riney · Publicis & Hal Riney

Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (d. 2014)

Keiko Awaji

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici · Prime Minister of Malta

Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2006)

Tony Pithey

Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer

Diahann Carroll

Peter Schickele, American composer and educator

Peter Schickele

Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer

Donald Sutherland

Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator

Hermann Huppen

Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician

Andrée Champagne

Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

Spencer Davis

Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran

Ali Khamenei · Supreme Leader of Iran

Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Daryle Lamonica, American football player

Daryle Lamonica

Bob Taylor, English cricketer

Bob Taylor (cricketer)

Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager

Achim Warmbold

Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager

Don Kessinger

Gale Garnett, New Zealand-born Canadian singer

Gale Garnett

Connie Hawkins, American basketball player

Connie Hawkins

Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Zoot Money

LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator

LaVyrle Spencer

Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer

Mark Burgess (cricketer)

Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress

Catherine Schell

Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2016)

Carlos Alberto Torres

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education

John Patten, Baron Patten · Secretary of State for Education

Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer

Chris Crutcher

Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician

Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's

Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager

Robert Begerau

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)

Wolfgang Flür · Kraftwerk

Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet) (d. 2002)

Mick Tucker · The Sweet

Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)

Ron Asheton

Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (d. 2015)

Luc Bondy

Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter

Geezer Butler

Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster

Charley Steiner

Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

Phoebe Snow

Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer

Lucie Arnaz

Mark Bowden, American journalist and author

Mark Bowden

Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Andrew Robathan · Minister of State for the Armed Forces

David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer

David Hasselhoff

Nicolette Larson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)

Nicolette Larson

Thé Lau, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

Thé Lau

Robert R. McCammon, American author

Robert R. McCammon

António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal

António Costa

Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany

Angela Merkel · Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)

Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015)

Edward Natapei · Prime Minister of Vanuatu

J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer

J. Michael Straczynski

Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter

Sylvie Léonard

Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author

Paul Stamets

Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Julie Bishop · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)

Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Bryan Trottier

Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (d. 2015)

Bruce Crump

Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer

Wendy Freedman

Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter

Wong Kar-wai

Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus

Thérèse Rein · Ingeus

Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician

Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin

Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach

Kim Barnett

Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer

Mark Burnett

Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress

Nancy Giles

Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and actor

Robin Shou

Dawn Upshaw, American soprano

Dawn Upshaw

Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager

Jan Wouters

Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor

Jeremy Hardy

Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Regina Belle

Letsie III of Lesotho

Letsie III of Lesotho

Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer

Matti Nykänen

Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Craig Morgan

Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter

Alex Winter

Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter

Lou Barlow

Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence

Sten Tolgfors · Minister for Defence (Sweden)

Scott Johnson, American cartoonist

Scott Johnson (cartoonist)

Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist

Jaan Kirsipuu

Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach

Calbert Cheaney

Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist

Cory Doctorow

Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist

Nico Mattan

Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist

Elizabeth Cook

Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster

Donny Marshall

Jason Rullo, American drummer

Jason Rullo

Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager

Jaap Stam

Eric Williams, American basketball player

Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)

Eric Moulds, American football player

Eric Moulds

Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer

Andre Adams

Elena Anaya, Spanish actress

Elena Anaya

Darude, Finnish DJ and producer

Darude

Harlette, Australian-English fashion designer

Harlette

Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete

Loretta Harrop

Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Luke Bryan

Gino D'Acampo, Italian chef and author

Gino D'Acampo

Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress

Dagmara Domińczyk

Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976)

Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer

Andrew Downton

Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist

Leif Hoste

Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player

Marc Savard

Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Ricardo Arona

Panda Bear, American musician and songwriter

Panda Bear (musician)

Jason Jennings, American baseball player

Jason Jennings

Trevor McNevan, Canadian singer-songwriter

Trevor McNevan

Mike Vogel, American actor

Mike Vogel

Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer

Javier Camuñas

Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player

Ryan Miller

Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner

Hely Ollarves

Omari Banks, Anguillan cricketer

Omari Banks

Natasha Hamilton, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Natasha Hamilton

Jessi Cruickshank, Canadian television host

Jessi Cruickshank

Ryan Guettler, Australian motocross racer

Ryan Guettler

Adam Lind, American baseball player

Adam Lind

Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player

Loui Eriksson

Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Fletcher

Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer

Neil McGregor

DeAngelo Smith, American football player

DeAngelo Smith

Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler

Lacey Von Erich

Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player

Darius Boyd

Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver

Jan Charouz

Jeremih, American singer-songwriter and producer

Jeremih

Billie Lourd, American actress

Billie Lourd

Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter

Kali Uchis

Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop

Magnus Felix Ennodius

Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790)

Pope Leo IV · Catholic Church

Edward the Elder, English king (b. 877)

Edward the Elder

Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)

Wu Hanyue

Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty

Empress Dowager Du · Song dynasty

Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030)

Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders · County of Flanders

Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer

Robert Guiscard

Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093)

Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders

Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210)

Sverker II of Sweden · Sweden

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251)

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer

Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374)

Jadwiga of Poland · Poland

Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow

Dmitry Shemyaka · Moscow

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (b. 1387)

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)

Hosokawa Takakuni

Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)

Georg Fabricius

Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)

Mimar Sinan · Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) · Süleymaniye Mosque

Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)

Mózes Székely

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset · Lord Chamberlain

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur

Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)

Robert Bolling

Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)

Peter III of Russia

Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)

Adam Smith

Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)

Martin Dobrizhoffer

Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)

Charlotte Corday

John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)

John Roebuck

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Carl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)

Carl Tausig

Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)

Aleardo Aleardi

Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)

Maurycy Gottlieb

Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)

Jim Bridger

Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)

Tự Đức

Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)

Jean-Charles Chapais · Minister of Agriculture (Canada)

Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)

Dorothea Dix

Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)

Frederick A. Johnson

Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

Leconte de Lisle

Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)

Josef Hyrtl

Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)

Thomas McIlwraith · Premier of Queensland

Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)

Hector Malot

Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)

Henri Poincaré

Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901) Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1899) Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897) Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1872) Aleksei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1904) Nikolai II of Russia (b. 1868) Anna Demidova (b. 1878) Ivan Kharitonov (b. 1872) Alexei Trupp (b. 1858) Yevgeny Botkin (b. 1865)

Shooting of the Romanov family · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia · Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918) · Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia · Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

Robert Philp, Scottish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of Queensland (b. 1851)

Robert Philp · Premier of Queensland

Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)

Lovis Corinth

Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)

Giovanni Giolitti · Prime Minister of Italy

Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)

Álvaro Obregón · President of Mexico

Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)

Rasmus Rasmussen (actor)

George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

George William Russell

William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)

William James Sidis

Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)

Ernst Busch (field marshal)

Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

Florence Fuller

Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)

Draža Mihailović

Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)

Evangeline Booth · General of The Salvation Army

Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)

Antonie Nedošinská

Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)

Billie Holiday

Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)

Eugene Meyer (financier)

Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)

Ty Cobb

Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)

Emin Halid Onat

John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)

John Coltrane

Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)

Dizzy Dean

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

Don "Red" Barry

Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)

Boris Delaunay

Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)

Bruiser Brody

Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)

Itubwa Amram

John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)

John Patrick Spiegel

Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)

Jean Borotra

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)

Juan Manuel Fangio

Victims of TWA Flight 800 Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (b. 1971) Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951) David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949) Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)

TWA Flight 800 · Michel Breistroff · Marcel Dadi · David Hogan (composer) · Jed Johnson (designer)

Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (b. 1938)

Chas Chandler

Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

Lillian Hoban

Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)

Katharine Graham

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)

Joseph Luns · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944)

David Kelly (weapons expert)

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)

Rosalyn Tureck · Harpsichord

Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)

Walter Zapp · Minox

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)

Edward Heath · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)

Joe Vialls

Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

Sam Myers

Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (b. 1918)

Mickey Spillane

Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959)

Grant Forsberg

Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)

Júlio Redecker

Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)

Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza

Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)

Walter Cronkite

Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)

Leszek Kołakowski

Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)

Larry Keith

David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)

David Ngoombujarra

Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)

Richard Evatt

Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)

Forrest S. McCartney

İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)

İlhan Mimaroğlu

William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (b. 1935)

William Raspberry

Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)

Marsha Singh

Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)

Henri Alleg

Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)

Peter Appleyard · Vibraphone

Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)

Vincenzo Cerami

Don Flye, American tennis player (b. 1933)

Don Flye

Ian Gourlay, English general (b. 1920)

Ian Gourlay

David White, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)

David White (Scottish footballer)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (b. 1957) Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (b. 1976) Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954) Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 · Liam Davison · Shuba Jay · Joep Lange · Willem Witteveen

Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)

Henry Hartsfield

Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)

Otto Piene

Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)

Elaine Stritch

Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

Bill Arnsparger

Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)

Jules Bianchi

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916)

Owen Chadwick

Van Miller, American sportscaster (b. 1927)

Van Miller

John Taylor, English pianist and educator (b. 1942)

John Taylor (jazz)