April 20 — On This Day

The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.

Sapienza University of Rome · Pope Boniface VIII

Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.

Byzantine Empire · Blockade runner · Fall of Constantinople

Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Jacques Cartier · Newfoundland (island)

The sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.

Sun dog · Stockholm · Vädersolstavlan

Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.

Oliver Cromwell · Rump Parliament

Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Robert Blake (admiral) · Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)

Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).

Freedom of religion · New Amsterdam

Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.

James II of England · Siege of Derry · Derry

Start of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740-57).

Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War

The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.

Georgia (country) · Erekle II · Russian Empire · Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben · Ottoman Empire

American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.

American Revolutionary War · Siege of Boston · Battles of Lexington and Concord

George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.

George Washington · Grays Ferry, Philadelphia · First inauguration of George Washington

France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor · French Revolutionary Wars

The Septinsular Republic is established.

Septinsular Republic

Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.

First French Empire · Napoleon · Battle of Abensberg

The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.

Caracas

The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.

Ashford v Thornton · Trial by battle

Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.

Alexander Gordon Laing

René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter, and the first to return from, Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.

René Caillié · Timbuktu · Alexander Gordon Laing

U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.

United States Congress · Wisconsin Territory

American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.

American Civil War · Robert E. Lee · Virginia

Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation.

Louis Pasteur · Claude Bernard · Spontaneous generation

Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.

Angelo Secchi · Secchi disk · Pope Pius IX

The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.

April Uprising · Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)

Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.

Pope Leo XIII · Encyclical · Humanum genus

President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of War against Spain, beginning the Spanish-American War.

President William McKinley · Spanish-American War

Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.

Pierre Curie · Marie Curie · Radium chloride

Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.

New South Wales Rugby League

Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.

Baseball · Tiger Stadium (Detroit) · Detroit · Fenway Park · Boston

Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.

Ludlow Massacre · Colorado

The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.

Chicago Cubs · Weeghman Park · Cincinnati Reds

Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.

Manfred von Richthofen

The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.

Soviet Union · South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast · Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.

World War II · Leipzig · Soviet Union

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.

Führerbunker · Adolf Hitler · Iron Cross · Hitler Youth

Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.

Neuengamme concentration camp · Bullenhuser Damm

The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.

League of Nations · Dissolution (law) · United Nations

Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

Bay of Pigs Invasion · Cuba

English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.

Enoch Powell · Rivers of Blood speech

Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon.

Apollo 16 · John Young (astronaut)

Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.

Columbine High School massacre · Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold · Columbine High School · Columbine, Colorado

Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.

Johnson Space Center shooting · Handgun · NASA · Johnson Space Center · Houston, Texas

Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.

Danica Patrick · Indy Japan 300 · American Championship car racing

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.

Deepwater Horizon · Deepwater Horizon explosion · Deepwater Horizon oil spill

One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.

Bhoja Air Flight 213 · Benazir Bhutto International Airport · Islamabad

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.

Moment magnitude scale · 2013 Lushan earthquake · Lushan County, Sichuan · Ya'an · Sichuan

Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.

2015 Garowe attack · United Nations · Garowe · Puntland

Pietro Aretino, Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556)

Pietro Aretino

Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)

Johannes Agricola

Renata of Lorraine, Duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602)

Renata of Lorraine

Rose of Lima, Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617)

Rose of Lima

Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1654)

Emperor Go-Kōmyō

Charles Plumier, French botanist and author (d. 1704)

Charles Plumier

William Bedloe, English spy (d. 1680)

William Bedloe

David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)

David Brainerd

Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)

Cornelius Harnett

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)

Philippe Pinel

Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831)

Georg Michael Telemann

William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general (d. 1824)

William Lawless

Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)

Napoleon III · President of France

Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)

Bogoslav Šulek

Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)

Heinrich Göbel

Dinah Craik, English author and poet (d. 1887)

Dinah Craik

Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic (d. 1895)

Eli Whitney Blake, Jr.

Carol I of Romania, King of Romania (d. 1914)

Carol I of Romania

Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (d. 1916)

Odilon Redon

Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)

Daniel Chester French · Abraham Lincoln (1920 statue)

Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)

Siegmund Lubin · Lubin Manufacturing Company

Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (d. 1933)

Justinien de Clary

Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)

Sydney Chapman (economist)

Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)

Vladimir Vidrić

Paul Poiret, French fashion designer (d. 1944)

Paul Poiret

Holland Smith, American general (d. 1967)

Holland Smith

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Oliver Kirk, American boxer (d. 1960)

Oliver Kirk

Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915)

Daniel Varoujan

Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996)

Albert Jean Amateau

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, French mystic (d. 1918)

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser

Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)

Adolf Hitler · Chancellor of Germany

Tonny Kessler, Dutch footballer (d. 1960)

Tonny Kessler

Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)

Maurice Duplessis · Premier of Quebec

Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (d. 1965)

Adolf Schärf · President of Austria

Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)

Dave Bancroft

Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971)

Harold Lloyd

Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)

Joan Miró

Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)

Emile Christian

Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972)

Henry de Montherlant

Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)

Wop May

Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

Alan Arnett McLeod · Victoria Cross

Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)

Bruce Cabot

Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1991)

Miran Bux

Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop (d. 2010)

Augoustinos Kantiotes

Lionel Hampton, African-American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)

Lionel Hampton

Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961)

Fatin Rüştü Zorlu

Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet (d. 1986)

Mimis Fotopoulos

Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976)

Willi Hennig

Roger Rochard, French runner (d. 1993)

Roger Rochard

Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)

Betty Lou Gerson

Joseph Wolpe, South African-American psychotherapist and physician (d. 1997)

Joseph Wolpe

Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)

Nasiba Zeynalova

Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

Kai Siegbahn · Nobel Prize in Physics

Richard Hillary, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)

Richard Hillary

Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (d. 2002)

Frances Ames · Neurologist

Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State (d. 2000)

Clement Isong · List of Governors of Cross River State

Ronald Speirs, American colonel (d. 2007)

Ronald Speirs

John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

John Paul Stevens · Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)

Mother Angelica · Eternal Word Television Network

Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)

Irene Lieblich

Tito Puente, American drummer and producer (d. 2000)

Tito Puente

Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)

Nina Foch

Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer

Leslie Phillips

Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic

Guy Rocher

Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (d. 2006)

Ernie Stautner

Elena Verdugo, American actress (d. 2017)

Elena Verdugo

Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration (d. 2005)

Bud Cullen · Minister of Employment and Immigration (Canada)

Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)

Phil Hill

K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

K. Alex Müller · Nobel Prize in Physics

Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (d. 2013)

Robert Byrne (chess player)

Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)

Johnny Gavin (footballer)

Harry Agganis, American baseball and football player (d. 1955)

Harry Agganis

Bobby Hollander, American film director, actor, and magazine publisher (d. 2002)

Bobby Hollander

Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)

Dwight Gustafson

Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)

Antony Jay

Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)

Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby

John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician

John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles

Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)

Pauli Ellefsen · Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

Pat Roberts, American captain, journalist, and politician

Pat Roberts

Christopher Robinson, English organist and conductor

Christopher Robinson (musician)

Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2011)

Jiří Dienstbier · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia)

Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower

Antonios Kounadis

Harvey Quaytman, American painter and educator (d. 2002)

Harvey Quaytman

George Takei, American actor

George Takei

Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter

Betty Cuthbert

Manfred Kinder, German runner

Manfred Kinder

Peter Snow, British historian and journalist

Peter Snow

Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)

Eszter Tamási

Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter

Peter S. Beagle

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway

Gro Harlem Brundtland · Prime Minister of Norway

Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter

Johnny Tillotson

James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010)

James Gammon

Ryan O'Neal, American actor

Ryan O'Neal

Giles Henderson, English lawyer and academic

Giles Henderson

Arto Paasilinna, Finnish journalist and author

Arto Paasilinna

Alan Beith, English academic and politician

Alan Beith

John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor and director

John Eliot Gardiner

Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (d. 1971)

Edie Sedgwick

Toivo Aare, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1999)

Toivo Aare

Michael Brandon, American actor and director

Michael Brandon

Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden, English historian and author

Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden

Thein Sein, Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma

Thein Sein · President of Burma

Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach

Steve Spurrier

Naftali Temu, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)

Naftali Temu

Sandro Chia, Italian painter and sculptor

Sandro Chia

Tommy Hutton, American baseball player and sportscaster

Tommy Hutton

Julien Poulin, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Julien Poulin

Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (d. 1982)

Gordon Smiley

Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian economist and politician

Rita Dionne-Marsolais

David Leland, English actor, director, and screenwriter

David Leland

Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author

Viktor Suvorov

Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author

Andrew Tobias

Gregory Itzin, American actor

Gregory Itzin

Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (d. 2015)

Matthias Kuhle

Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress

Veronica Cartwright

Toller Cranston, Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015)

Toller Cranston

Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy

Massimo D'Alema · Prime Minister of Italy

Jessica Lange, American actress

Jessica Lange

Steve Erickson, American author and critic

Steve Erickson

Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)

Alexander Lebed

N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

N. Chandrababu Naidu · Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)

Luther Vandross

Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician

Louka Katseli

Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball player and coach

Božidar Maljković

Eric Pickles, English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Eric Pickles · Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author

Sebastian Faulks

Donald Pettit, American engineer and astronaut

Donald Pettit

Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice

Beatrice Ask · Minister for Justice (Sweden)

Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (d. 2014)

Kakha Bendukidze · Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Georgia)

Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player and coach

Viacheslav Fetisov

Debbie Flintoff-King, Australian hurdler and coach

Debbie Flintoff-King

Don Mattingly, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Don Mattingly

Maurício Gugelmin, Brazilian race car driver

Maurício Gugelmin

Rachel Whiteread, English sculptor

Rachel Whiteread

Crispin Glover, American actor

Crispin Glover

Andy Serkis, English actor and director

Andy Serkis

Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater

Rosalynn Sumners

Kostis Chatzidakis, Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism

Kostis Chatzidakis · Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism

Adrián Fernández, Mexican race car driver

Adrián Fernández

David Chalmers, Australian philosopher and academic

David Chalmers

David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

David Filo · Yahoo!

Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player

Vincent Riendeau

Mike Portnoy, American drummer and songwriter

Mike Portnoy

Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player

Raymond van Barneveld

Yelena Välbe, Russian skier and manager

Yelena Välbe

Roman Virastyuk, Ukrainian shot putter

Roman Virastyuk

Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper

Felix Baumgartner · BASE jumping

Will Hodgman, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania

Will Hodgman · Premier of Tasmania

Sarantuya, Mongolian soprano

Sarantuya

Avishai Cohen, Israeli singer-songwriter and bassist

Avishai Cohen (bassist)

Shemar Moore, American actor

Shemar Moore

Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer, physiologist, and academic

Carla Geurts

Allan Houston, American basketball player and manager

Allan Houston

Nikos Kyzeridis, Greek footballer

Nikos Kyzeridis

Lê Huỳnh Đức, Vietnamese footballer, coach, and manager

Lê Huỳnh Đức

Carmen Electra, American model and actress

Carmen Electra

Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer-songwriter and producer

Željko Joksimović

Stephen Marley, American singer, guitarist, and producer

Stephen Marley (musician)

Lamond Murray, American basketball player

Lamond Murray

Urmas Paet, Estonian journalist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Urmas Paet · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)

Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer

Aldo Bobadilla

Shay Given, Irish footballer and manager

Shay Given

Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player

Chris Mason (ice hockey)

Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer and coach

Ludovic Magnin

Nate Marquardt, American mixed martial artist

Nate Marquardt

Gunta Baško, Latvian basketball player

Gunta Baško

Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist

Jacqueline Govaert

Dario Knežević, Croatian footballer

Dario Knežević

Danny Granger, American basketball player

Danny Granger

Miranda Kerr, Australian model

Miranda Kerr

Nelson Évora, Ivorian-Portuguese triple jumper

Nelson Évora

Edixon Perea, Colombian footballer

Edixon Perea

Jenna Shoemaker, American triathlete

Jenna Shoemaker

Curt Hawkins, American wrestler

Curt Hawkins

Brent Seabrook, Canadian ice hockey player

Brent Seabrook

Brandon Belt, American baseball player

Brandon Belt

Carlos Valdes, Colombian-American actor and singer

Carlos Valdes (actor)

Luhan, Chinese singer, actor and ex-member of Korean boy band EXO (band).

Luhan (entertainer) · EXO (band)

Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer

Kristian Álvarez

Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer

Marko Meerits

Jean Marie Dongou, Cameroonian footballer

Jean Marie Dongou

Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)

Cædwalla of Wessex · Wessex

Taichō, Japanese monk (b. 682)

Taichō

Xi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 862)

Emperor Xizong of Tang

Peter Bartholomew (b. 1061)

Peter Bartholomew

Antipope Victor IV

Antipope Victor IV (1159-1164)

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1130)

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke · Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

Güyük Khan, Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1206)

Güyük Khan · Great Khan

Hōjō Tokimune, regent of Japan (b. 1251)

Hōjō Tokimune

Pope Clement V (b. 1264)

Pope Clement V

Simon Rinalducci, Italian Augustinian friar

Simon Rinalducci

Zhengde, Chinese emperor (b. 1491)

Zhengde Emperor

Elizabeth Barton, English nun and martyr (b. 1506)

Elizabeth Barton

Johannes Bugenhagen, German priest and theologian (b. 1485)

Johannes Bugenhagen

Christoph Demantius, German composer and poet (b. 1567)

Christoph Demantius

Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)

Lancelot Addison

Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)

Chief Pontiac

John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)

John Abernethy (surgeon)

William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)

William Tite · Royal Exchange, London

Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)

Alexander H. Bailey

William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)

William Burges

Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)

Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville · List of French ambassadors to the United States

Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)

Muhammad Sharif Pasha · Prime Minister of Egypt

Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)

Joseph Wolf

Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)

Joaquim de Sousa Andrade

Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)

Bram Stoker · Count Dracula

Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)

Karl Ferdinand Braun · Nobel Prize in Physics

Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)

Enrique Simonet

Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)

Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)

Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)

Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet

Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)

Giuseppe Peano

John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)

John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)

Jüri Jaakson · Head of State of Estonia

Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)

Elmer Gedeon

Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)

Erwin Bumke

Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)

Mae Busch

Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)

Christian X of Denmark

Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)

Ivanoe Bonomi · Prime Minister of Italy

Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)

Ado Vabbe

Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)

Léo-Paul Desrosiers

Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)

Rudolph Dirks

Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian war criminal and Porajmos perpetrator (b. 1911)

Vjekoslav Luburić

M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)

M. Canagaratnam

Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)

Archibald MacLeish

Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)

Sibte Hassan

Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

Steve Marriott

Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)

Don Siegel

Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Benny Hill

Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)

Cantinflas

Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)

Milovan Đilas

Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)

Trần Văn Trà

Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre: Cassie Bernall, American student (b. 1981) Eric Harris, American student and murderer (b. 1981) Dylan Klebold, American student and murderer (b. 1981) Rachel Scott, American student, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (b. 1981)

Columbine High School massacre · Cassie Bernall · Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold · Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold · Rachel Scott

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)

Alan Dale (singer)

Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)

Daijiro Kato

Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

Bernard Katz · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)

Fumio Niwa

Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)

Andrew Hill

Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)

Michael Fu Tieshan

Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)

Monica Lovinescu

Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)

Dorothy Height

Tim Hetherington, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)

Tim Hetherington

Bert Weedon, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)

Bert Weedon

Mithat Bayrak, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)

Mithat Bayrak

Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (b. 1937)

Rubin Carter

Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)

Neville Wran · Premier of New South Wales

Chyna, American wrestler (b. 1969)

Chyna

Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer and actor (b. 1944)

Cuba Gooding Sr.