February 3 — On This Day

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Douce I, Countess of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona · Douce I, Countess of Provence

More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath".

Cesena · Condottieri · Cesena Bloodbath

Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.

Sultan · Mehmed II · Ottoman Empire

Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.

Bartolomeu Dias · Mossel Bay · Cape of Good Hope

The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.

Portuguese Empire · Ottoman Empire · Republic of Venice · Mahmud Begada · Burji dynasty

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.

Massachusetts · Paper money

During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.

Battle of Fraustadt · Saxony · Double envelopment

American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.

American Revolutionary War · Capture of Sint Eustatius · Dutch Republic · Sint Eustatius

American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.

Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.

Benjamin Lincoln · Shays' Rebellion · Petersham, Massachusetts

A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay.

Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer) · Spanish Empire · Montevideo · Uruguay

The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.

Illinois Territory · 10th United States Congress

José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.

José de San Martín · Battle of San Lorenzo · Argentine War of Independence

The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.

London Protocol (1830) · Greece · Ottoman Empire · Greek War of Independence

Wake Forest University is established.

Wake Forest University

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.

Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Greco-Turkish War breaks out.

Greco-Turkish War (1897)

The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · Federal government of the United States · Income tax

The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.

Centre Block · Parliament of Canada · Ottawa

World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

World War I · Submarine

The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.

Twin Peaks Tunnel · San Francisco · California · Streetcar

Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.

Communist Party of Vietnam · Kowloon Peninsula · British Hong Kong

The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.

1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.

Adolf Hitler · Lebensraum · Germanisation · Third Reich

The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.

SS Dorchester

World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.

World War II · Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign · United States Army · United States Marines · Battle of Kwajalein

World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.

Bombing of Berlin in World War II · B-17 Flying Fortress · Eighth Air Force · Dehousing

World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.

Commonwealth of the Philippines · Battle of Manila (1945) · Manila · Empire of Japan

The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.

Batepá massacre · São Tomé · Creole peoples · Forro Creole

Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.

Benelux · European Economic Community

Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Buddy Holly · Ritchie Valens · The Big Bopper · The Day the Music Died · Clear Lake, Iowa

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Harold Macmillan · Wind of Change (speech)

The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.

United States Air Forces · Operation Looking Glass · Strategic Air Command

In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.

Cairo · Yasser Arafat · Palestine Liberation Organization · Palestinian National Congress

New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.

Frank Serpico · Brooklyn

The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.

1972 Iran blizzard · List of natural disasters by death toll

John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.

John Buster · Embryo transfer

Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.

Space Shuttle program · STS-41-B · Space Shuttle Challenger

After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.

Stroke · President of South Africa · P. W. Botha · National Party (South Africa)

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.

Alfredo Stroessner · Paraguay · 1954

Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Eileen Collins · Space Shuttle program · STS-63 · Kennedy Space Center · Florida

Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.

Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) · Trento

A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.

3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing

Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

2014 Moscow school shooting · Moscow, Russia

Joanna of Bourbon (d. 1378)

Joanna of Bourbon

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (d. 1455)

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1458)

Helena Palaiologina

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (d. 1521)

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Scipione Rebiba, Italian cardinal (d. 1577)

Scipione Rebiba

Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau (d. 1723)

Jan Santini Aichel · Karlova Koruna Chateau

Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)

Blas de Lezo

Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (d. 1755)

Richard Rawlinson

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and theorist (d. 1809)

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Samuel Osgood, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Postmaster General (d. 1813)

Samuel Osgood · United States Postmaster General

Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1833)

Joseph Forlenze

Caroline von Wolzogen, German author (d. 1847)

Caroline von Wolzogen

John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (d. 1836)

John Cheyne (physician)

Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (d. 1830)

Antonio José de Sucre · President of Bolivia

Joseph E. Johnston, American general and politician (d. 1891)

Joseph E. Johnston

Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1847)

Felix Mendelssohn

Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician (d. 1872)

Horace Greeley

Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1881)

Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse

Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (d. 1863)

Émile Prudent

Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician and educator (d. 1910)

Elizabeth Blackwell

Ranald MacDonald, American explorer and educator (d. 1894)

Ranald MacDonald

Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (d. 1877)

Walter Bagehot

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (d. 1881)

Sidney Lanier

William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (d. 1915)

William Cornelius Van Horne

Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue (d. 1935)

Giuseppe Moretti · Vulcan statue

Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (d. 1935)

Hugo Junkers · Junkers J 1

James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge (d. 1946)

James Clark McReynolds

Charles Henry Turner, American biologist, educator and zoologist (d. 1923)

Charles Henry Turner (zoologist)

Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

Lou Criger

Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, (d. 1946)

Gertrude Stein

Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1943)

Gordon Coates · Prime Minister of New Zealand

Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (d. 1914)

Georg Trakl

Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1977)

Artur Adson

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (d. 1968)

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1956)

Juan Negrín · Prime Minister of Spain

Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1978)

Gaston Julia

Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (d. 1978)

Norman Rockwell

Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (d. 1976)

Alvar Aalto · Finlandia Hall · Aalto Theatre

Café Filho, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil (d. 1970)

Café Filho · President of Brazil

Anni Frind, German lyric soprano (d. 1987)

Anni Frind

Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984)

Mabel Mercer

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 1973)

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton

Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)

Pretty Boy Floyd

Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)

Paul Ariste

Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)

Arne Beurling

George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist (d. 1989)

George Adamson

James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (d. 1997)

James A. Michener

André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (d. 1989)

André Cayatte

Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1943)

Simone Weil

Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)

Jehan Alain

Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (d. 1990)

Jacques Soustelle

Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer

Mary Carlisle

Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (d. 1998)

Johannes Kotkas

Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994)

Shlomo Goren

Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)

Joey Bishop

Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (d. 1994)

Helen Stephens

Russell Arms, American actor and singer (d. 2012)

Russell Arms

Tony Gaze, Australian race car driver and pilot (d. 2013)

Tony Gaze

Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (d. 2016)

Henry Heimlich

E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (d. 1993)

E. P. Thompson

Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)

Martial Asselin · Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)

Shelley Berman

John Fiedler, American actor (d. 2005)

John Fiedler

Hans-Jochen Vogel, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin

Hans-Jochen Vogel · Governing Mayor of Berlin

Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Kenneth Anger

Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 2003)

Blas Ople · President of the Senate of the Philippines

Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician

Paul Sarbanes

Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Juan Carlos Calabró

Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (d. 1984)

Elizabeth Peer

Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach

Bob Simpson (cricketer)

Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer

Billy Meier

Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)

Victor Buono

Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (d. 2013)

Emile Griffith

Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)

Michael Cimino

Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster

Fran Tarkenton

Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer

Dory Funk, Jr.

Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Howard Phillips (politician)

Blythe Danner, American actress

Blythe Danner

Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer

Dennis Edwards

Eric Haydock, English bass player

Eric Haydock

Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist

Shawn Phillips

Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)

Johnny Cymbal

Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster

Bob Griese

Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet

Paul Auster

Dave Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dave Davies

Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director

Stephen McHattie

Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (d. 2015)

Henning Mankell

Jim Thorpe, American golfer

Jim Thorpe (golfer)

Morgan Fairchild, American actress

Morgan Fairchild

Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host

Grant Goldman

Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager

Eugenijus Riabovas

Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (d. 2014)

Michael Ruppert

Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster

Fred Lynn

Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Tiger Williams

John Jefferson, American football player and coach

John Jefferson

Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian

Nathan Lane

Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic

Eric Lander

Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut

Joe F. Edwards, Jr.

Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance

Óscar Iván Zuluaga · Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia)

Tim Chandler, American bass player

Tim Chandler

Marty Jannetty, American wrestler and trainer

Marty Jannetty

Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager

Joachim Löw

Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)

Kerry Von Erich

Linda Eder, American singer and actress

Linda Eder

Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic

Raghuram Rajan

Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician

Indrek Tarand

Kathleen Kinmont, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Kathleen Kinmont

Maura Tierney, American actress and producer

Maura Tierney

Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter

Frank Coraci

Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster

Danny Morrison (cricketer)

Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach

Tim Flowers

Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach

Mixu Paatelainen

Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster

Vlade Divac

Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer

Marwan Khoury

Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (d. 2015)

Beau Biden · Attorney General of Delaware

Retief Goosen, South African golfer

Retief Goosen

Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer

Óscar Córdoba

Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Warwick Davis

Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor

Hong Seok-cheon

Jayne Middlemiss, English television and radio presenter

Jayne Middlemiss

Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer

Jesper Kyd

Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer

Ilana Sod

Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress

Isla Fisher

Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player

Marek Židlický

Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer

Joan Capdevila

Paul Franks, English cricketer and coach

Paul Franks

Becky Bayless, American wrestler

Becky Bayless

Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater

Marie-Ève Drolet

Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress

Angela Fong

Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player

Andrei Kostitsyn

Lucas Duda, American baseball player

Lucas Duda

David Edwards, Welsh footballer

David Edwards (footballer)

Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater

Mathieu Giroux

Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress

Kanako Yanagihara

Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer

Cho Kyuhyun

Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer

Gregory van der Wiel

Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer

Slobodan Rajković

Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter

Sean Kingston

Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player

Martin Taupau

Nikola Hofmanova, Austrian tennis player

Nikola Hofmanova

Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player

Corey Norman

Peter Pawlett, English footballer

Peter Pawlett

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Welsh race car driver

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

Luke Keary, Australian rugby league player

Luke Keary

Kim Domingo, Filipino actress and model

Kim Domingo

Rhap Salazar, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

Rhap Salazar

Paige Mary Hourigan, New Zealand tennis player

Paige Mary Hourigan

Ping, emperor of Han China (b. 9 BC)

Emperor Ping of Han · Han dynasty · 9 BC

Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II, ruler of Tikal

Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II · Tikal

K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I, ruler of Piedras Negras

K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I · Piedras Negras (Maya site)

Werburgh, English nun and saint (b. 650)

Werburgh

Ansgar, Frankish archbishop (b. 801)

Ansgar

Guy ("the Philosopher"), margrave of Tuscany

Guy, Margrave of Tuscany

Zhou Ben, Chinese general (b. 862)

Zhou Ben

William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)

William IV, Duke of Aquitaine

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark, England, and parts of Norway (b. 960)

Sweyn Forkbeard

Coloman, King of Hungary (b. 1070)

Coloman, King of Hungary

King Inge I of Norway (b. 1135)

Inge I of Norway

Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1196)

Sviatoslav III of Vladimir

John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1340)

John of Gaunt · Lord High Steward

Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)

Ashikaga Yoshimochi

Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)

Murad II

Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the Printing press (b. 1398)

Johannes Gutenberg · Printing press

Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (b. 1513)

Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare

George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1513)

George Cassander

Philip II, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1573)

Philip II, Duke of Pomerania

Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1564)

Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham · Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1648)

Tommaso Ceva

Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1723)

Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes

Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)

Juan Bautista Cabral

Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)

Gia Long

George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)

George Crabbe

Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)

Jean-Baptiste Biot

François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)

François-Xavier Garneau

Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)

Isaac Baker Brown

John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)

John Butler Yeats

Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)

Woodrow Wilson · President of the United States · Nobel Peace Prize

Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)

Agner Krarup Erlang

Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)

Hugo Junkers · Junkers J 1

Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)

Yvette Guilbert

Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)

Roland Freisler

Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)

Marc Mitscher

Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)

Harold L. Ickes · United States Secretary of the Interior

Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)

Vasily Blokhin

Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)

Émile Borel

Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)

Johnny Claes

The Day the Music Died The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1930) Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

The Day the Music Died · The Big Bopper · Buddy Holly · Ritchie Valens

Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)

Fred Buscaglione

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil · Governor-General of Australia

Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)

Anna May Wong

Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)

Joe Meek

C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)

C. N. Annadurai · List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)

Eduardo Mondlane

William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)

William D. Coolidge

Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)

Umm Kulthum

Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)

Frank Oppenheimer

John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

John Cassavetes

Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)

Lionel Newman

Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)

Nancy Kulp

Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)

Françoys Bernier

Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)

Audrey Meadows

Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)

Gwen Guthrie

Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)

Zurab Zhvania · Prime Minister of Georgia

Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)

Ernst Mayr

Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)

Al Lewis (actor)

Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)

Sheng-yen · Dharma Drum Mountain

Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

Dick McGuire

Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)

Frances Reid

Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)

Maria Schneider (actress)

Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1921)

Toh Chin Chye · Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)

Ben Gazzara

Terence Hildner, American general (b. 1962)

Terence Hildner

Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)

Raj Kanwar

Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1942)

Zalman King

Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (b. 1938)

Andrzej Szczeklik

Cardiss Collins, American politician (b. 1931)

Cardiss Collins

Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (b. 1921)

Oscar Feltsman

James Muri, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

James Muri

Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (b. 1954)

Jam Mohammad Yousaf · Chief Minister of Balochistan

Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1936)

Martin Gilbert

Mary Healy, American actress and singer (b. 1918)

Mary Healy (entertainer)

Charlie Sifford, American golfer (b. 1922)

Charlie Sifford

Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1929)

Nasim Hasan Shah · Chief Justice of Pakistan

Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (b. 1923)

Balram Jakhar · Governor of Madhya Pradesh

József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (b. 1945)

József Kasza

Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian violinist and conductor (b. 1928)

Saulius Sondeckis

Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (b. 1931)

Dritëro Agolli

Gordon Aikman, Scottish ALS campaigner (b. 1985)

Gordon Aikman