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Acontecimientos
- 46 a. C.Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
- 715Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
- 1087William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
- 1142Stephen of Blois's army approaches Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.
- 1143Election of pope Celestine II following the death of pope Innocent II.
- 1212The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1345Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
- 1371Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fight against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
- 1423Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
- 1493Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
- 1580Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
- 1687Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
- 1688The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign.
- 1789George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
- 1799War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
- 1810A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1905Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
- 1907Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
- 1914The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
- 1919Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
- 1923The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
- 1933As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
- 1936Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
- 1942Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
- 1950Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1953Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
- 1954The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
- 1959Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
- 1960In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1978Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.
- 1980A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.
- 1983Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war.
- 1983Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.
- 1984The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
- 1992A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.
- 1994A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.
- 1997A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
- 1997An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2000Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000The sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2002The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, , capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2009Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- 2010The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.
- 2014A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
- 2022A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.
- 2024Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.
Nacimientos
- 932Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (died 975) fecha discutida
- 1329Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (died 1353)
- 1406Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1430)
- 1462Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1506)
- 1526Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1569)
- 1637Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (died 1714)
- 1641Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712)
- 1651Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (died 1720)
- 1660George William, Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675) las demás fuentes: 29 sep 1660
- 1698William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)
- 1711Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1779)
- 1750Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (died 1810) fecha discutida
- 1758Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (died 1820)
- 1767Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835) las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1759
- 1774Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845)
- 1783Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (died 1858)
- 1791Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (died 1824)
- 1792William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (died 1842)
- 1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891)
- 1840Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (died 1923)
- 1843Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (died 1912)
- 1848Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)
- 1849Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936) juliano y gregoriano
- 1856Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)
- 1865Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (died 1912)
- 1865Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 1937)
- 1869Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)
- 1870Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)
- 1872Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (died 1945)
- 1873Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (died 1940) fecha discutida
- 1874Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940)
- 1874Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963) las demás fuentes: 30 sep 1874
- 1875Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (died 1959) las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1877
- 1876Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)
- 1876Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952)
- 1877Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963)
- 1877Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962)
- 1877Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (died 1958)
- 1878Walter Steinbeck, German actor (died 1942)
- 1884Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951)
- 1886Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)
- 1887Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (died 1958)
- 1887Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967)
- 1887Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979)
- 1888J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (died 1964)
- 1888T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
- 1889Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (died 1946)
- 1889Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976)
- 1889Abdulkadir Inan, Bashkir/Turkish Turkologist (died 1976)
- 1890Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (died 1959)
- 1891William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (died 1985)
- 1891Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (died 1968)
- 1891Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953)
- 1892Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (died 1970)
- 1894Gladys Brockwell, American actress (died 1929)
- 1895Jürgen Stroop, German general (died 1952)
- 1897Pope Paul VI (died 1978)
- 1897Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)
- 1898George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (died 1937)
- 1900Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (died 1983)
- 1901George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)
- 1901Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (died 1963)
- 1902Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (died 1957)
- 1905Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011)
- 1905Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996)
- 1907Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983)
- 1907Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)
- 1907Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)
- 1909Bill France Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992)
- 1909A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977)
- 1911Al Helfer, American sportscaster (died 1975)
- 1913Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (died 1998)
- 1914Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009)
- 1914Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (died 2011)
- 1917Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976)
- 1917Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993)
- 1918Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000)
- 1919Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980)
- 1919Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012)
- 1922Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (died 1985)
- 1922Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (died 2014)
- 1923Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
- 1923Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015)
- 1923James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (died 2024)
- 1924Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997)
- 1925Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
- 1925Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982)
- 1926Julie London, American singer and actress (died 2000)
- 1926Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011)
- 1927Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007)
- 1927Patrick O'Neal, American actor (died 1994)
- 1927Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (died 2010)
- 1928Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (died 2019)
- 1928Wilford White, American football player (died 2013)
- 1930Philip Bosco, American actor (died 2018)
- 1930Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author (died 2020)
- 1931Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008)
- 1932Donna Douglas, American actress (died 2015)
- 1932Joyce Jameson, American actress (died 1987) fecha discutida
- 1932Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2024)
- 1932Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (died 2018)
- 1934Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
- 1935Bob Barber, English cricketer
- 1935Lou Myers, American actor (died 2013)
- 1935Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (died 2007) las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1930
- 1936Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (died 2010)
- 1936Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)
- 1937Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2003)
- 1937Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (died 2015)
- 1938Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021)
- 1938Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor
- 1938Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (died 2010)
- 1939Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
- 1941Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
- 1941Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
- 1941David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942Kent McCord, American actor
- 1942Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)
- 1943Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1943Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
- 1944Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
- 1944Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
- 1944Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
- 1945Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
- 1945Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (died 2022)
- 1945Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
- 1946Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (died 2005)
- 1946John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
- 1946Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (died 2026)
- 1946Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1946Louise Simonson, American author
- 1946Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister
- 1946Christine Todd Whitman, American politician (50th Governor of New Jersey)
- 1947Lucius Allen, American basketball player
- 1947Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (died 2015)
- 1947Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
- 1947Dick Roth, American swimmer
- 1948Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)
- 1948Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot
- 1949Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager las demás fuentes: 25 sep 1949
- 1949Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (died 2013)
- 1949Jane Smiley, American novelist
- 1949Minette Walters, English journalist and author
- 1950Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)
- 1951Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager
- 1951Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1948
- 1953Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
- 1953Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
- 1953Paul Stephenson, English police officer
- 1954Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
- 1954Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster las demás fuentes: 26 may 1954
- 1954Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter
- 1956Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
- 1956Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1957Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
- 1957Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
- 1957Michael Dweck, American photographer and director
- 1957Oscar Andrade, Brazilian politician (died 2026)
- 1958Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
- 1958Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (died 1980)
- 1958Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
- 1958Kenny Sansom, English footballer
- 1958Richard B. Weldon Jr., American sailor and politician
- 1959Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
- 1959Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
- 1959Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
- 1959Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (died 2007)
- 1960Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
- 1960Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
- 1960Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
- 1961Jeanie Buss, American sports executive
- 1961Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1961Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
- 1961Will Self, English novelist and journalist
- 1962Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
- 1962Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1962Mark Haddon, English author and poet
- 1962Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner
- 1962Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1962Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer
- 1962Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
- 1963Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
- 1963Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
- 1964Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
- 1965Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player
- 1965Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
- 1966Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster
- 1966Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
- 1966Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey
- 1966Craig Heyward, American football player (died 2006)
- 1967Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager
- 1967Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
- 1967Craig Janney, American ice hockey player
- 1968Jim Caviezel, American actor
- 1968Ben Shenkman, American actor
- 1969Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
- 1969David Slade, English director and producer
- 1969Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
- 1969Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
- 1970Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1970Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
- 1970David Parland, Swedish guitarist (died 2013)
- 1972Ras Kass, American rapper and producer las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1973
- 1972Beto O'Rourke, American politician
- 1972Shawn Stockman, American singer
- 1973Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter fecha discutida
- 1973Dr. Luke, American record producer and songwriter
- 1973Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach
- 1973Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
- 1974Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
- 1974Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer
- 1974Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
- 1975Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
- 1975Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
- 1975Chiara Schoras, German actress
- 1976Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1976Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
- 1977Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1977Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor
- 1978Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
- 1979Chris Kunitz, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
- 1979Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1979Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer
- 1979Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
- 1979Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1979Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1980Patrick Friesacher, Austrian racing driver
- 1980Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
- 1980Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981Asuka, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1981Yao Beina, Chinese singer (died 2015)
- 1981Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1981Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
- 1981Serena Williams, American tennis player
- 1982Rob Burrow, English rugby player (died 2024)
- 1982John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982Sun Li, Chinese actress
- 1983Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- 1984Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
- 1985Talulah Riley, English actress
- 1986Sean Doolittle, American baseball player
- 1987Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1988Chris Archer, American baseball player
- 1988James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1988Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
- 1988Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler
- 1989Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer
- 1991Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer
- 1991Dan Preston, English footballer
- 1992Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
- 1993Rosicleide Andrade, Brazilian Paralympic judoka fecha discutida
- 1993Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
- 1994Jack Conger, American swimmer
- 1995Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
- 1997Özge Yağız, Turkish actress
- 2000Frankie Amaya, American soccer player
- 2000Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
- 2001João Pedro, Brazilian footballer
- 2001Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
- 2003Jane Remover, American musician
- 2006Myles Lewis-Skelly, English footballer
Fallecimientos
- 800Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg las demás fuentes: 29 sep 794
- 862Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader (born c. 790)
- 1241Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
- 1290Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (born 1283) las demás fuentes: 29 sep 1290
- 1313Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
- 1327Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257)
- 1328Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263)
- 1345William II, Count of Hainaut
- 1371Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot
- 1413Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1337) las demás fuentes: 25 sep 1413
- 1417Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (born 1360)
- 1468Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388)
- 1536Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
- 1588Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (born 1532)
- 1600Claude Le Jeune, French composer (born 1530)
- 1620Taichang Emperor of China (born 1582)
- 1623Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1540)
- 1626Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1554)
- 1716Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (born 1666)
- 1764Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676)
- 1800William Billings, American composer and educator (born 1746)
- 1802Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754)
- 1820Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (born 1734)
- 1825José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)
- 1830Teresa Casati, Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (born 1787)
- 1846Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (born 1760)
- 1847John Oliver Curran, Irish physician (born 1819)
- 1868August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790)
- 1877Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)
- 1902Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)
- 1904Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850)
- 1904John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848)
- 1922Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (born 1863)
- 1935Andy Adams, American author (born 1859)
- 1935Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861)
- 1937Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (born 1894)
- 1943Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (born 1926)
- 1945Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881)
- 1946William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (born 1869)
- 1947Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886)
- 1951Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (born 1885)
- 1952George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863)
- 1953Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (born 1895)
- 1954Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (born 1868)
- 1957Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (born 1902)
- 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1899)
- 1959Leslie Morshead, Australian general (born 1889)
- 1959Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878)
- 1961Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1890)
- 1965James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898)
- 1968Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902)
- 1968Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (born 1915)
- 1968Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (born 1918)
- 1972Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (born 1890)
- 1973Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (born 1891)
- 1973Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (born 1928)
- 1973Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (born 1908)
- 1976Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
- 1977Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900)
- 1978Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
- 1979Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (born 1910)
- 1982Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (born 1902)
- 1984Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (born 1948)
- 1984John Facenda, American sportscaster (born 1913)
- 1987Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928)
- 1987Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912)
- 1988Branko Zebec, Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929)
- 1989Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920)
- 1990Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932)
- 1990Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (born 1907)
- 1991Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (born 1919)
- 1995Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (born 1931)
- 1996Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (born 1951)
- 1997Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)
- 1998Betty Carter, American singer (born 1930)
- 1999Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (born 1908)
- 2000Richard Mulligan, American actor (born 1932)
- 2000Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)
- 2002Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (born 1920) las demás fuentes: 21 sep 2002
- 2003Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)
- 2003Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (born 1949)
- 2004Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969)
- 2005Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2006Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (born 1912)
- 2006Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916)
- 2007Bill Wirtz, American businessman (born 1929)
- 2008Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)
- 2008Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)
- 2010Terry Newton, English rugby player (born 1978)
- 2010Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910)
- 2011Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (born 1949)
- 2012M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933)
- 2012Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)
- 2012Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (born 1930)
- 2012Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (born 1929)
- 2013Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944)
- 2013Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (born 1922)
- 2013Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)
- 2013Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (born 1929)
- 2014Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938)
- 2014Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921)
- 2014Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)
- 2014Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)
- 2015Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (born 1928)
- 2015Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924)
- 2015Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927)
- 2016Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. )
- 2019Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)
- 2024John Ashton, American actor (born 1948)
Celebraciones
- Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
- Dominion Day (New Zealand)
- European Day of Languages (European Union)
- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- Petrov day
- Revolution Day (Yemen)