June 7 — Este Día en la Historia

Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding was celebrated at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).

Theodosius II · Aelia Eudocia · Wedding · Istanbul · Byzantine Empire

Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under duke Branimir as an independent state.

Pope John VIII · Duchy of Croatia · Branimir of Croatia

First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.

First Crusade · Siege of Jerusalem (1099)

Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.

Republic of Venice · Udine · Patria del Friuli

Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.

Treaty of Tordesillas · New World

The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.

Petition of Right · Fundamental Laws of England · Royal Assent · Charles I of England

Louis XIV is crowned King of France.

Louis XIV of France · Kingdom of France

Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.

Port Royal, Jamaica · 1692 Jamaica earthquake

Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.

Richard Henry Lee · Lee Resolution · Continental Congress · John Adams · United States Declaration of Independence

French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.

French Revolution · Day of the Tiles · Grenoble

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

David Thompson (explorer) · Saskatchewan River · Manitoba

The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.

Gazeta de Buenos Ayres

Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.

1829-51 cholera pandemic · Quebec · Irish Canadian · Lower Canada

The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.

Lyons-Seward Treaty of 1862 · Atlantic slave trade

During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.

French intervention in Mexico · Second French Empire

One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Quebec.

Fenian · Saint-Armand, Quebec · Frelighsburg, Quebec · Quebec

War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).

War of the Pacific · Battle of Arica · Morro de Arica

Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.

Homer Plessy · Plessy v. Ferguson

American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.

Temperance movement in the United States · Carrie Nation · Vandalism · Kiowa, Kansas

Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.

Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden · Union between Sweden and Norway · Plebiscite · August 13

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.

Cunard Line · RMS Lusitania · John Brown Shipyard · Glasgow · Clydebank

World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.

Battle of Messines (1917) · Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917)

Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.

Sette Giugno · Valletta · Malta

The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.

Lateran Treaty · Vatican City

The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.

Douglas DC-4E

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.

Second Sino-Japanese War · Kuomintang · 1938 Yellow River flood · Imperial Japanese Army

King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later

Haakon VII of Norway · Olav V of Norway · Tromsø

World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.

Battle of Midway

World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.

Aleutian Islands Campaign · Empire of Japan · Attu Island · Kiska · Aleutian Islands

World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.

Crete · Santorini

World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.

Invasion of Normandy · Ardenne Abbey · SS Division Hitlerjugend · Ardenne Abbey massacre · Prisoners of war

BBC One, the main channel of the United Kingdom's BBC returns to airing after being off air for 7 years due to the Second World War.

BBC One · BBC · Second World War

Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.

Edvard Beneš · List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovakia · Ninth-of-May Constitution · Communist state

Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.

Lux Radio Theatre · Off-the-air · Broadway theatre

the Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.

Organisation Armée Secrète · OAS · University of Algiers

The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.

Supreme Court of the United States · Griswold v. Connecticut · Contraception

Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.

Six-Day War · Israel · Jerusalem

The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Cohen v. California · First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives · Internal Revenue Service · Ken Ballew raid · Hand grenade

Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.

Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II · Elizabeth II

The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.

Israeli Air Force · Iraq · Nuclear reactor · Operation Opera

Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.

Priscilla Presley · Graceland · Elvis Presley

Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.

Surinam Airways Flight 764 · Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport · Suriname

Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.

Mount Pinatubo

The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.

United Nations · Blue Line (Lebanon) · Israel · Lebanon

A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.

Xiamen bus fire · Xiamen

A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.

2013 Santa Monica shooting · Santa Monica College · Santa Monica, California

At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.

2014 South Kivu attack · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Kivu

Emperor Wu of Han (d. 87 BC)

Emperor Wu of Han

Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997)

Emperor Taizong of Song

Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (d. 1048)

Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia

Emperor Huizong of Song (d. 1135)

Emperor Huizong of Song

Federico da Montefeltro, Italian son of Guidantonio da Montefeltro (d. 1482)

Federico da Montefeltro · Guidantonio da Montefeltro

John III of Portugal (d. 1557)

John III of Portugal

Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1615)

Étienne Pasquier

Sultan Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (d. 1599)

Sultan Murad Mirza

Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian actor and singer (d. 1734)

Gaetano Berenstadt

Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1761)

Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806)

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)

John Rennie the Elder

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828)

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Beau Brummell, English cricketer and fashion designer (d. 1840)

Beau Brummell

James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician (d. 1870)

James Young Simpson

Amelia Edwards, English journalist and author (d. 1892)

Amelia Edwards

Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (d. 1903)

Alois Hitler

Carlota of Mexico (d. 1927)

Carlota of Mexico

Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1930)

Leopold Auer

Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (d. 1903)

Paul Gauguin

Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 1922)

Ture Malmgren

Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

Philipp Lenard · Nobel Prize in Physics

Bones Ely, American baseball player and manager (d. 1952)

Bones Ely

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect (d. 1928)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Roelof Klein, Dutch-American rower and engineer (d. 1960)

Roelof Klein

Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer (d. 1933)

Knud Rasmussen

Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1963)

Joan Voûte

Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect.

Ester Claesson

Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1948)

Sylvanus Morley

Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (d. 1972)

Henri Coandă · Coandă-1910

Clarence DeMar, American runner and educator (d. 1958)

Clarence DeMar

Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1975)

Leo Reise

Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (d. 1938)

Gillis Grafström

Alexander P. de Seversky, Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (d. 1974)

Alexander P. de Seversky · Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1990)

Douglas Campbell (aviator)

Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

Robert S. Mulliken · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Imre Nagy, Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1958)

Imre Nagy · List of Prime Ministers of Hungary

George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1970)

George Szell

Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author and critic (d. 1973)

Elizabeth Bowen

Georges Van Parys, French composer (d. 1971)

Georges Van Parys

Herman B. Wells, American banker, author, and academic (d. 2000)

Herman B. Wells

James J. Braddock, American lieutenant and boxer (d. 1974)

James J. Braddock

Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1963)

Glen Gray

Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (d. 2002)

Sigvard Bernadotte

Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (d. 1974)

Virginia Apgar · Apgar test

Peter W. Rodino, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2005)

Peter W. Rodino

Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (d. 1994)

Jessica Tandy

Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (d. 2014)

Arthur Gardner (producer)

Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (d. 1989)

Mike Sebastian

Bradford Washburn, American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (d. 2007)

Bradford Washburn

Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (d. 1990)

Marion Post Wolcott

Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile (d. 1995)

Brooks Stevens · Wienermobile

Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986)

Jacques Hélian

Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)

Gwendolyn Brooks

Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995)

Dean Martin

Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician (d. 1997)

Georges Marchais

Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (d. 2010)

Myrtle Edwards

Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2012)

Brian Talboys · Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)

Leo Reise, Jr.

Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2000)

Jules Deschênes

Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Argentine publisher and executive (d. 2017)

Ernestina Herrera de Noble

Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician

Jean-Noël Tremblay

Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (d. 1953)

Charles de Tornaco

Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (d. 2014)

Paul Salamunovich

Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1995)

Dave Bowen

James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter

James Ivory (director)

Randolph Turpin, English boxer (d. 1966)

Randolph Turpin

Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (d. 1983)

Ernie Roth

John Turner, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada

John Turner · Prime Minister of Canada

Virginia McKenna, English actress and author

Virginia McKenna

Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (d. 2013)

Per Maurseth

Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2012)

Harry Crews

Ian St John, Scottish footballer and manager

Ian St John

Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (d. 2013)

Yuli Turovsky

Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor

Tom Jones (singer)

Ronald Pickup, English actor

Ronald Pickup

Annette Lu, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of the Republic of China

Annette Lu · Vice President of the Republic of China

Clarence White, American guitarist and singer (The Byrds) (d. 1973)

Clarence White · The Byrds

Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

Gilles Marotte

John Olsen, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of South Australia

John Olsen · Premier of South Australia

Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria

Wolfgang Schüssel · Chancellor of Austria

Don Money, American baseball player and coach

Don Money

Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979)

Thurman Munson

Jim Walton, American businessman

Jim Walton

Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor

Liam Neeson

Orhan Pamuk, Turkish-American novelist, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Orhan Pamuk · Nobel Prize in Literature

Johnny Clegg, English-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist

Johnny Clegg

Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet

Louise Erdrich

William Forsythe, American actor and producer

William Forsythe (actor)

Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)

Tim Richmond

L.A. Reid, American songwriter and producer, co-founded LaFace Records

L.A. Reid · LaFace Records

Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer

Juan Luis Guerra

Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (d. 2016)

Prince (musician)

Surakiart Sathirathai, Thai politician and diplomat

Surakiart Sathirathai

Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States

Mike Pence · Vice President of the United States

Bill Prady, American screenwriter and producer

Bill Prady

Dave Catching, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Dave Catching

Thierry Hazard, French singer-songwriter

Thierry Hazard

Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese race car driver

Takuya Kurosawa

Roberto Alagna, French-Italian tenor and actor)

Roberto Alagna

Gordon Gano, American musician, vocalist of the Violent Femmes

Gordon Gano · Violent Femmes

Gia Carides, Australian actress

Gia Carides

Graeme Labrooy, Sri Lankan cricketer

Graeme Labrooy

Mick Foley, American wrestler, actor, and author

Mick Foley

Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer

Jean-Pierre François

Damien Hirst, English painter and art collector

Damien Hirst

Eric Kretz, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Eric Kretz

Tom McCarthy, American director, screenwriter and actor

Tom McCarthy (director)

Stéphane Richer, Canadian ice hockey player

Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward)

Dave Navarro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Dave Navarro

Helen Baxendale, English actress

Helen Baxendale

Cafu, Brazilian footballer

Cafu

Andrei Kovalenko, Russian ice hockey player

Andrei Kovalenko

Mike Modano, American ice hockey player

Mike Modano

Alex Mooney, American lawyer and politician

Alex Mooney

Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host

Bear Grylls

Allen Iverson, American basketball player

Allen Iverson

Necro, American rapper, producer, and director

Necro (rapper)

Mirsad Türkcan, Turkish basketball player

Mirsad Türkcan

Marcin Baszczyński, Polish footballer

Marcin Baszczyński

Mini Andén, Swedish-American model, actress, and producer

Mini Andén

Bill Hader, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Bill Hader

Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer

Kevin Hofland

Anna Torv, Australian actress

Anna Torv

Ed Moses, American swimmer

Ed Moses (swimmer)

Stephen Bywater, English footballer

Stephen Bywater

Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player

Anna Kournikova

Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer

Kevin Kyle

Larisa Oleynik, American actress

Larisa Oleynik

Milan Jurčina, Slovak ice hockey player

Milan Jurčina

Piotr Małachowski, Polish discus thrower

Piotr Małachowski

Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer-songwriter

Ari Koivunen

Arkadiusz Piech, Polish footballer

Arkadiusz Piech

Charlie Simpson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Charlie Simpson

Richard Thompson, Trinidadian sprinter

Richard Thompson (sprinter)

Keegan Bradley, American golfer

Keegan Bradley

Michael Cera, Canadian actor

Michael Cera

Milan Lucic, Canadian ice hockey player

Milan Lucic

Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper

Iggy Azalea

T. J. Brodie, Canadian ice hockey player

T. J. Brodie

Allison Schmitt, American swimmer

Allison Schmitt

Cenk Tosun, Turkish professional footballer

Cenk Tosun

Fetty Wap, American rapper

Fetty Wap

Sara Niemietz, American singer-songwriter and actress

Sara Niemietz

Mathias Gehrt, Danish professional footballer

Mathias Gehrt

Alípio, Brazilian footballer

Alípio

George Ezra, English singer-songwriter

George Ezra

Vigilius, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 500)

Pope Vigilius · Catholic Church

Al-Muntasir, Abbasid caliph (b. 837)

Al-Muntasir

Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (b. 877)

Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders

Qian Hongzun, heir apparent of Wuyue (b. 925)

Qian Hongzun · Heir apparent · Wuyue

Lu Wenji, Chinese chancellor (b. 876)

Lu Wenji

Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (b. 1274)

Robert the Bruce

William I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1286)

William I, Count of Hainaut

An-Nasir Muhammad, Egyptian sultan (b. 1285)

An-Nasir Muhammad

Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)

Ashikaga Takauji

Anne of Bohemia, English queen (b. 1366)

Anne of Bohemia

Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 (b. 1427)

Casimir IV Jagiellon

Rodrigo Lopez, physician of Queen Elizabeth (b. 1525)

Rodrigo López (physician)

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr · List of colonial governors of Virginia

George II Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1621)

George II Rákóczi

Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (b. 1641)

Henry Dodwell

William Warburton, English bishop and critic (b. 1698)

William Warburton

Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)

Luigi Schiavonetti

Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)

Frederick William III of Prussia

Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet (b. 1770)

Friedrich Hölderlin

Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787)

Norbert Provencher

Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)

Charles Baudin

David Cox, English painter (b. 1783)

David Cox (artist)

Patrick Brontë, Anglo-Irish priest and author (b. 1777)

Patrick Brontë

Antonio Valero de Bernabé, Latin American liberator (b. 1790)

Antonio Valero de Bernabé

Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (b. 1780)

Chief Seattle

William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist and academic (b. 1836)

William Tilbury Fox

Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)

Pavlos Carrer

Maurice Rouvier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)

Maurice Rouvier · Prime Minister of France

Charles Reed Bishop, American banker and politician, founded the First Hawaiian Bank (b. 1822)

Charles Reed Bishop · First Hawaiian Bank

Émile Faguet, French author and critic (b. 1847)

Émile Faguet

Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (b. 1905)

Archie Birkin

Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)

Edmund James Flynn · Premier of Quebec

John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (b. 1856)

John Verran · Premier of South Australia

Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian lawyer, judge, and poet (b. 1875)

Dragutin Domjanić

Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)

Stjepan Seljan

Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (b. 1911)

Jean Harlow

Alan Blumlein, English engineer (b. 1903)

Alan Blumlein

Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1870)

Kitaro Nishida

Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)

Alan Turing

John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1879)

John Willcock · Premier of Western Australia

Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (b. 1885)

Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster · Secretary of State for Transport

ZaSu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)

ZaSu Pitts

Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (b. 1921)

Judy Holliday

Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)

Jean Arp

Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)

Anatoly Maltsev

Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (b. 1893)

Dorothy Parker

Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)

Dan Duryea

E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (b. 1879)

E. M. Forster

Charles Moran, American race car driver (b. 1906)

Charles Moran (racing driver)

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1925)

Asa Earl Carter · Ku Klux Klan

Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (b. 1883)

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (b. 1913)

Philip Guston

Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (b. 1891)

Henry Miller

Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (b. 1906)

Klaudia Taev

Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1940)

Cahit Zarifoğlu

Martin Sommer, German SS officer (b. 1915)

Martin Sommer · SS

Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1907)

Chico Landi

William McLean Hamilton, Canadian politician, Postmaster General of Canada (b. 1919)

William McLean Hamilton · Postmaster General of Canada

Bill France Sr., American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR (b. 1909)

Bill France Sr. · NASCAR

Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 2002 (b. 1964)

Dražen Petrović

Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (b. 1918)

Hsuan Hua

Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (b. 1906)

Charles Ritchie (diplomat) · High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom

Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (b. 1904)

Max Factor, Jr.

Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (b. 1909)

Jacques Canetti

Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (b. 1907)

Víctor Paz Estenssoro · President of Bolivia

Carole Fredericks, French singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (b. 1952)

Carole Fredericks · Fredericks Goldman Jones

Betty Neels, English nurse and author (b. 1910)

Betty Neels

Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (b. 1915)

Signe Hasso

B. D. Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (b. 1912)

B. D. Jatti · Vice President of India

Lilian, Princess of Réthy (b. 1916)

Lilian, Princess of Réthy

Quorthon, Swedish musician (b. 1966)

Quorthon

Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (b. 1953)

Rudy Fernandez (actor)

Jim McKay, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1921)

Jim McKay

Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1916)

Dino Risi

Hugh Hopper, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1945)

Hugh Hopper

Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (b. 1937)

Paul Dickson (American football)

Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (b. 1925)

Phillip V. Tobias

Bob Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

Bob Welch (musician)

Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1928)

Pierre Mauroy · Prime Minister of France

Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)

Fernandão

Dora Akunyili, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1954)

Dora Akunyili

Epainette Mbeki, South African activist (b. 1916)

Epainette Mbeki

Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)

Christopher Lee

Sheikh Razzak Ali, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1928)

Sheikh Razzak Ali