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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1054]] &ndash; [[Siward, Earl of Northumbria]], invades Scotland and defeats [[Macbeth, King of Scotland]], somewhere north of the [[Firth of Forth]]. This is known as the [[Battle of Dunsinane]].
*[[1189]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Barbarossa]] arrives at [[Niš]], the capital of [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian King]] [[Stefan Nemanja]], during the [[Third Crusade]].
*[[1202]] &ndash; [[Georgian–Seljuk wars]]: At the [[Battle of Basian]] the [[Kingdom of Georgia]] defeats the [[Sultanate of Rum]].
*[[1214]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bouvines]]: [[Philip II of France]] decisively defeats [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]], [[Kingdom of England|English]] and [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] armies, effectively ending [[John of England]]'s [[Angevin Empire]].
*[[1299]] &ndash; According to [[Edward Gibbon]], [[Osman I]] invades the territory of [[Nicomedia]] for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the [[Ottoman state]].
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bapheus]]: Decisive [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] victory over the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] opening up [[Bithynia]] for Turkish conquest.
*[[1549]] &ndash; The [[Jesuit]] priest [[Francis Xavier]]'s ship reaches Japan.

===1601–1900===
*[[1663]] &ndash; The [[English Parliament]] passes the [[Navigation Acts#The Navigation Acts|second Navigation Act]] requiring that all goods bound for the [[American colonies]] have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the [[Acts of Union 1707]], Scotland would be included in the Act.
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Glorious Revolution]]: The [[Battle of Killiecrankie]] is a victory for the Jacobites.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeremy Black|title=European Warfare, 1660-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtyfhCBdPOEC&pg=PA107|year=1994|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85728-173-6|pages=107}}</ref>
*[[1694]] &ndash; A [[Royal charter]] is granted to the [[Bank of England]].
*[[1714]] &ndash; The [[Great Northern War]]: The first significant victory of the [[Russian Navy]] in the [[Battle of Gangut|naval battle of Gangut]] against the [[Swedish Navy]] near the [[Hanko Peninsula]].<ref>[http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap2-2.html Vyborg and Gangut] in [http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/book-cont.html History of Russian Navy]</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; Founding of the [[U.S. Army Medical Department]]:  The [[Second Continental Congress]] passes legislation establishing "an hospital for [[Continental Army|an army]] consisting of 20,000 men."  
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[First Battle of Ushant]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] and French fleets fight to a standoff.
*[[1789]] &ndash; The first U.S. [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] agency, the [[United States Department of State#History|Department of Foreign Affairs]], is established (it will be later renamed [[Department of State]]).
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Maximilien Robespierre]] is [[Thermidorian Reaction|arrested]] after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
*[[1816]] &ndash; Seminole Wars: The [[Battle of Negro Fort]] ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
*[[1857]] &ndash; Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men [[Siege of Arrah|hold out for eight days]] against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Y Wladfa|Welsh settlers]] arrive at [[Chubut River|Chubut]] in [[Argentina]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; The first permanent [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] is successfully completed, stretching from [[Valentia Island]], Ireland, to [[Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador|Heart's Content]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]].
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]: [[Battle of Maiwand]]: [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] forces led by [[Mohammad Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)|Mohammad Ayub Khan]] defeat the British Army in battle near [[Maiwand]], Afghanistan.
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Vincent van Gogh]] shoots himself and dies two days later.
*[[1900]] &ndash; Kaiser [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm&nbsp;II]] makes a [[Hun speech|speech]] comparing Germans to Huns;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Röhl |first=John C. G. |title=Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2017 |isbn=9781107544192 |pages=73–95 |chapter=The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad railway |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139046275 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139046275.006}}</ref> for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

===1901–present===
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] reach the [[Yser|Yser Canal]] at the [[Battle of Passchendaele]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Race Riot]] erupts after a racial incident occurred on a [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
*[[1921]] &ndash; Researchers at the [[University of Toronto]], led by [[biochemist]] [[Frederick Banting]], prove that the [[hormone]] [[insulin]] regulates [[blood sugar]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; The [[Geneva Convention of 1929]], dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The animated short ''[[A Wild Hare]]'' is released, introducing the character of [[Bugs Bunny]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Barrier|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Barrier|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2003|isbn=9780195167290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDJXnzMh7bkC|page=361}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces [[First Battle of El Alamein|successfully halt]] the final [[Axis powers|Axis]] advance into Egypt.
*[[1947]] &ndash; In Vatican City, Rome, [[canonization]] of [[Catherine Labouré]], the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide distribution of the [[Miraculous Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catholicsaints.info/tag/canonized-in-1947/|title = Canonized in 1947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/it/homilies.index.html|title = Omelie &#124; PIO XII}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; Initial flight of the [[de Havilland Comet]], the first jet-powered airliner.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: Cessation of hostilities is achieved when the United States, China, and North Korea [[Korean Armistice Agreement|sign an armistice agreement]]. [[Syngman Rhee]], [[President of South Korea]], refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[Austrian State Treaty]] restores Austrian sovereignty.
*  1955   &ndash; [[El Al Flight 402]] is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Continental League]] is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Puijo tower|Puijo observation tower]] is opened to the general public at [[Puijo Hill]] in [[Kuopio, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/3059999|title=Muistatko vielä nämä tapaukset?|first=Helena|last=Korpela|work=[[Savon Sanomat]]|date=2013-07-27|access-date=2021-11-22|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000002662687.html|title=Puijon torni avataan tämän kuun 27. pnä (HS helsingin sanomat 50 vuotta sitten 21 heinäkuuta 1963)|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=2013-07-21|access-date=2021-11-22|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to [[South Vietnam]] bringing the total number of United States forces in [[Vietnam]] to 21,000.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]] votes 27 to 11 [[Impeachment process against Richard Nixon|to recommend]] the first [[Article of impeachment|article]] of [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] (for [[obstruction of justice]]) against [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mayor of Jaffna]] and former MP [[Alfred Duraiappah]] is shot dead.
*[[1981]] &ndash; While landing at [[Chihuahua International Airport]], [[Aeromexico Flight 230]] [[Runway excursion|overshoots the runway]]. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the [[DC-9]] are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810727-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Black July]]: Eighteen [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]] political prisoners at the [[Welikada]] [[Welikada Prison|high security prison]] in [[Colombo]] are [[Welikada prison massacre|massacred]] by [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
*[[1989]] &ndash; While attempting to land at [[Tripoli International Airport]] in Libya, [[Korean Air Flight 803]] crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a [[DC-10]] in less than two weeks, the first being [[United Airlines Flight 232]].
*  1990   &ndash; The [[Jamaat al Muslimeen]] [[Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt|attempt a ''coup d'état'']] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Korean War Veterans Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[1996]] &ndash; In [[Atlanta, United States]], a [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park]] during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; About 50 people are killed in the [[Si Zerrouk massacre]] in [[Algeria]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ukraine airshow disaster]]: A [[Sukhoi Su-27]] fighter crashes during an air show at [[Lviv]], Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen [[2015 Gurdaspur attack|attack]] an Indian police station in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gurdaspur Attack: Encounter ends; 3 civilians, 4 policemen dead|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gunmen-attack-punjabs-gurdaspur/article7469246.ece|access-date=27 July 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[774]] &ndash; [[Kūkai]], Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of [[Shingon|Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism]] (died 835)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hakeda Yoshito S.|title=Kūkai : Major Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGtbmTMf3r4C|year=1972|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-23103-627-6|pages=14}}</ref>
*[[1452]] &ndash; [[Ludovico Sforza]], Italian son of [[Francesco I Sforza]] (died 1508)
*  1452   &ndash; [[Lucrezia Crivelli]], mistress of Ludovico Sforza (died 1508)
*[[1502]] &ndash; [[Francesco Corteccia]], Italian composer (died 1571)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond]] (died 1639)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Murad IV]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (died 1640)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich]] (died 1672)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Johann Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1748)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Jeremiah Dixon]], English surveyor and astronomer (died 1779)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Baré]], French explorer (died 1803)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[François-Hippolyte Barthélémon]], French-English violinist and composer (died 1808)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)|Samuel Smith]], American general and politician (died 1839)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Corday]], French assassin of [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (died 1793)
*  1768   &ndash; [[Joseph Anton Koch]], Austrian painter (died 1839)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Jacob Aall]], Norwegian economist and politician (died 1844)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]], Scottish-French poet and academic (died 1844)
*  1777   &ndash; [[Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre]], English general (died 1853)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Mauro Giuliani]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1828)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Denis Davydov]], Russian general and poet (died 1839)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Thomas Lanier Clingman]], American general and politician (died 1897)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Agostino Roscelli]], Italian priest and saint (died 1902)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Dumas, fils]], French novelist and playwright (died 1895)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Thomas George Bonney]], English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (died 1923)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Miguel Grau Seminario]], Peruvian admiral (died 1879)<ref>{{Cite book|last=De la Puente |first=José Agustín |title=Miguel Grau |year=2003 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Históricos-Marítimos del Perú |location=Lima |page=16 |isbn=9972-633-02-0 |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Giosuè Carducci]], Italian poet and educator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1907)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Loránd Eötvös]], Hungarian physicist and politician, [[Minister of Education of Hungary]] (died 1919)
*  1848   &ndash; [[Friedrich Ernst Dorn]], German physicist (died 1916)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Korolenko]], Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)
*  1853   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Plankinton]], American philanthropist (died 1923)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Takahashi Korekiyo]], Japanese accountant and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 1936)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[José Celso Barbosa]], Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (died 1921)
*  1857   &ndash; [[Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge]], English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[George Lyon (golfer)|George Lyon]], Canadian golfer and cricketer (died 1938)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[António José de Almeida]], Portuguese physician and politician, 6th [[President of Portugal]] (died 1929)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Enrique Granados]], Spanish pianist and composer (died 1916)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Hilaire Belloc]], French-born British writer and historian (died 1953)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Stanislav Binički]], Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (died 1942)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Francesco Gaeta (poet)|Francesco Gaeta]], Italian poet (died 1927)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ernő Dohnányi]], Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Hans Fischer]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1945)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey de Havilland]], English pilot and engineer, founded the [[de Havilland Aircraft Company]] (died 1965)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ernst May]], German architect and urban planner (died 1970)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Vera Karalli]], Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (died 1972)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Miessner]], American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Armas Taipale]], Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Jacob van der Hoeden]], Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (died 1968)
*1891 – [[Ruby McKim]], American quilter (died 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fullerton Jones |first=Christina |title=Ruby Short McKim – The Quilters Hall of Fame |url=https://quiltershalloffame.net/ruby-short-mckim/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Ugo Agostoni]], Italian cyclist (died 1941)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Mientje Kling]], Dutch actress (died 1966)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Robert George (RAF officer)|Robert George]], Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th [[Governor of South Australia]] (died 1967)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Henri Longchambon]], French lawyer and politician (died 1969)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Percy Hornibrook]], Australian cricketer (died 1976)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Yaroslav Halan]], Ukrainian playwright and publicist (died 1949)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Cherkasov]], Russian actor (died 1966)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Michail Stasinopoulos]], Greek jurist and politician, [[President of Greece]] (died 2002)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Mārtiņš Zīverts]], Latvian playwright (died 1990)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Lyudmila Rudenko]], Soviet chess player (died 1986)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Leo Durocher]], American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Jerzy Giedroyc]], Polish author and activist (died 2000)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Herbert Jasper]], Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Ross Alexander]], American stage and film actor (died 1937)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Carl McClellan Hill]], American educator and academic administrator (died 1995)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Irene Fischer]], Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (died 2009)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Joseph Mitchell (writer)|Joseph Mitchell]], American journalist and author (died 1996)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Julien Gracq]], French author and critic (died 2007)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Lupita Tovar]], Mexican-American actress (died 2016)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Rayner Heppenstall]], English author and poet (died 1981)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Vernon Elliott]], English [[bassoon]] player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[George L. Street III]], American Navy captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 2000)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[August Sang]], Estonian poet and translator (died 1969)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Mario Del Monaco]], Italian tenor (died 1982)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Josef Priller]], German colonel and pilot (died 1961)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick]], American literary critic, novelist, and short story  writer (died 2007)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Skippy Williams]], American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Keenan Wynn]], American actor (died 1986)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Leonard Rose]], American cellist and educator (died 1984)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Henry D. "Homer" Haynes]], American comedian and musician (died 1971) 
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Garry Davis]], American pilot and activist, created the [[World Passport]] (died 2013)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Émile Genest]], Canadian-American actor (died 2003)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Adolfo Celi]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Norman Lear]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norman-lear-tv-legend-dies-133220344.html |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 |via=[[Yahoo!]]|first1=Chris |last1=Morris |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Mas Oyama]], South Korean-Japanese martial artist (died 1994)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Vincent Canby]], American historian and critic (died 2000)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Otar Taktakishvili]], Georgian composer and conductor (died 1989)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Guy Carawan]], American singer and musicologist (died 2015)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]], French director and screenwriter (died 2007)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Will Jordan]], American comedian and actor (died 2018)
*  1927   &ndash; [[C. Rajadurai]], Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Batticaloa]]
*  1927   &ndash; [[John Seigenthaler]], American journalist and academic (died 2014)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Joseph Kittinger]], American colonel and pilot (died 2022)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jean Baudrillard]], French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Harvey Fuqua]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Jack Higgins]], English author and academic (died 2022)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Marc Wilkinson]], French-Australian composer and conductor (died 2022)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Joy Whitby]], English director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1930   &ndash; [[Shirley Williams]], English academic and politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] (died 2021)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Khieu Samphan]], Cambodian academic and politician, 28th [[List of Prime Ministers of Cambodia|Prime Minister of Cambodia]]
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jerry Van Dyke]], American actor (died 2018)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Forest Able]], American basketball player
*  1932   &ndash; [[Diane Webber]], American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Nick Reynolds]], American singer and bongo player (died 2008)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian football player and journalist (died 1995)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Hillar Kärner]], Estonian chess player (died 2017)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Billy McCullough]], Northern Irish footballer
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[J. Robert Hooper]], American businessman and politician (died 2008)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anna Dawson]],  English actress and singer
*  1937   &ndash; [[Don Galloway]], American actor (died 2009)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Robert Holmes à Court]], South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (died 1990)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Pierre Christin]], French comics creator and writer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-03 |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=fr}}</ref>
*1938 &ndash; [[Gary Gygax]], American game designer, co-created [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (died 2008)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[William Eggleston]], American photographer and academic
*  1939   &ndash; [[Michael Longley]], Northern Irish poet and academic (died 2025)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Paulo Silvino]], Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (died 2017)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Pina Bausch]], German dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Christian Boesch]], Austrian opera singer
*  1941   &ndash; [[Johannes Fritsch]], German viola player and composer (died 2010)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Édith Butler]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*  1942   &ndash; [[Bobbie Gentry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1942   &ndash; [[John Pleshette]], American actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1942   &ndash; [[Dennis Ralston]], American tennis player (died 2020)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Greenstock]], English diplomat, [[British Ambassador to the United Nations]]
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Leblanc]], French cyclist and journalist
*  1944   &ndash; [[Barbara Thompson (musician)|Barbara Thomson]], English saxophonist and composer (died 2022) 
*  1944   &ndash; [[Vito D'Amato]], Italian footballer (died 2025)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lazio, addio a Vito D'Amato: aveva 81 anni |trans-title=Lazio bids farewell to Vito D'Amato: he was 81 years old |url=https://www.lazialita.com/2025/09/03/lazio-addio-a-vito-damato-aveva-81-anni/ |access-date=3 September 2025 |work=lazialita.it |date=3 September 2025 |language=Italian}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Peter Reading]], English poet and author (died 2011)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (died 2008)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Giora Spiegel]], Israeli footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/the-club/history/past-players/|title=Past players|publisher=Maccabi Tel Aviv}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Betty Thomas]], American actress, director, and producer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Peggy Fleming]], American figure skater and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[James Munby]], English lawyer and judge
*  1948   &ndash; [[Henny Vrienten]], Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2022)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Maury Chaykin]], American-Canadian actor (died 2010)
*  1949   &ndash; [[André Dupont]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1949   &ndash; [[Rory Macdonald (musician)|Rory MacDonald]], Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Maureen McGovern]], American singer and actress
*  1949   &ndash; [[Robert Rankin]], English author and illustrator
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]], English actor
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Roseanna Cunningham]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs]]
*  1951   &ndash; [[Bob Diamond (banker)|Bob Diamond]], American-English banker and businessman
*  1951   &ndash; [[Rolf Thung]], Dutch tennis player
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Marvin Barnes]], American basketball player (died 2014)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Roxanne Hart]], American actress
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Chung Dong-young]], South Korean journalist and politician, 31st [[Ministry of Unification|South Korean Minister of Unification]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Yahoo Serious]], Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Philippe Alliot]], French race car driver and sportscaster
*  1954   &ndash; [[G. S. Bali]], Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Mark Stanway]], English keyboard player
*  1954   &ndash; [[Ricardo Uceda]], Peruvian journalist and author<ref name="IPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.freemedia.at/Heroes_IPIReport2.00/47Uceda.htm |title=IPI World Press Freedom Heroes |author=Michael Kudliak |year=2000 |publisher=freemedia.at |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627060348/http://www.freemedia.at/Heroes_IPIReport2.00/47Uceda.htm |archive-date=27 June 2010 }}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Cat Bauer]], American journalist, author, and playwright
*  1955   &ndash; [[Allan Border]], Australian cricketer and coach
*  1955   &ndash; [[John Howell (politician)|John Howell]], English journalist and politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Bobby Rondinelli]], American drummer 
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Carol Leifer]], American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Bill Engvall]], American comedian, actor, and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Christopher Dean]], English figure skater and choreographer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Kimmo Hakola]], Finnish composer
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Joe DeSa]], American baseball player (died 1986)
*  1959 &ndash; [[Hugh Green (American football)|Hugh Green]], American football player
*  1959 – [[Neil King Jr.]], American journalist and author (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=September 27, 2024 |title=Neil King Jr., Who Wrote of a Long Walk of 'Renewal,' Dies at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/books/neil-king-jr-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Yiannos Papantoniou]], French-Greek economist and politician, [[Minister for National Defence (Greece)|Greek Minister of National Defence]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jo Durie]], English tennis player and sportscaster
*  1960   &ndash; [[Conway Savage]], Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2018)
*  1960   &ndash; [[Emily Thornberry]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Ed Orgeron]], American football coach<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ed Orgeron|url=https://lsusports.net/sports/football/roster/coaches/ed-orgeron/2801|publisher=LSU Tigers|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Neil Brooks]], Australian swimmer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Karl Mueller]], American bass player (died 2005)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Donnie Yen]], Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Rex Brown]], American bass player and songwriter 
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[José Luis Chilavert]], Paraguayan footballer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Steve Tilson]], English footballer and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Rahul Bose]], Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1967   &ndash; [[Juliana Hatfield]], American singer-songwriter and musician  
*  1967   &ndash; [[Hans Mathisen]], Norwegian guitarist and composer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1967)|Neil Smith]], English cricketer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Craig Wolanin]], American ice hockey player
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]], Italian actress and producer
*  1968 &ndash; [[Tom Goodwin]], American baseball player and coach
*  1968 &ndash; [[Sabina Jeschke]], Swedish-German engineer and academic
*  1968 &ndash; [[Julian McMahon]], Australian actor and producer (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=July 4, 2025 |title=Julian McMahon Dies: 'Nip/Tuck', 'Fantastic Four', 'FBI: Most Wanted' Star Was 56 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1968 &ndash; [[Ricardo Rosset]], Brazilian race car driver
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Triple H]], American wrestler and actor
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jonty Rhodes]], South African cricketer and coach
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]], Danish actor and producer
*  1970   &ndash; [[David Davies (Welsh politician)|David Davies]], English-Welsh politician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Matthew Johns]], Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
*  1971   &ndash; [[Anna Menconi]], Italian Paralympic archer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Menconi |url=https://www.coni.it/it/attivita-istituzionali/onorificenze/home/scheda-persona/schedaatleta.html?cognome=MENCONI&nome=ANNA&id=121721 |website=www.coni.it |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Clint Robinson (canoeist)|Clint Robinson]], Australian kayaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clint Robinson|url=https://www.olympic.org/clint-robinson|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Maya Rudolph]], American actress 
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]], Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Cassandra Clare]], American journalist and author
*  1973   &ndash; [[Erik Nys]], Belgian long jumper
*  1973   &ndash; [[Gorden Tallis]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Eason Chan]], Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Pete Yorn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Serkan Çeliköz]], Turkish keyboard player and songwriter 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Shea Hillenbrand]], American baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Fred Mascherino]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Alessandro Pistone]], Italian footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Alex Rodriguez]], American baseball player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Singrid Campion]], French businesswoman and singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amar |first=Laurent |date=22 August 2018 |title=La chanteuse Singrid Campion dit tout à stars-media sur Marcel, les forains et la Ville de Paris |url=https://www.stars-media.fr/chanteuse-singrid-campion-dit-a-stars-media-marcel-forains-ville-de-paris/ |website=Stars Média |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Demis Hassabis]], English computer scientist and academic
*  1976   &ndash; [[Scott Mason (cricketer)|Scott Mason]], Australian cricketer (died 2005)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Foo Swee Chin]], Singaporean illustrator
*  1977   &ndash; [[Björn Dreyer (footballer born 1977)|Björn Dreyer]], German footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], Irish actor 
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Diarmuid O'Sullivan]], Irish hurler and manager
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Marielle Franco]], Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (died 2018)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jorge Arce]], Mexican boxer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Sidney Govou]], French footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Shannon Moore]], American wrestler and singer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Allan Davis (cyclist)|Allan Davis]], Australian cyclist
*  1980   &ndash; [[Wesley Gonzales]], Filipino basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Dolph Ziggler]], American wrestler and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolph Ziggler |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17122793/wwe-profile-page-dolph-ziggler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 July 2023 |date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Susan King Borchardt]], American basketball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Collins Obuya]], Kenyan cricketer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Dash Snow]], American painter and photographer (died 2009)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Christopher Weselek]], German rugby player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Neil Harbisson]], English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Lorik Cana]], Albanian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Martijn Maaskant]], Dutch cyclist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Goran Pandev]], Macedonian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Soccor Velho]], Indian footballer (died 2013)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Antoine Bethea]], American football player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Cecilie Myrseth]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cecilie Myrseth |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=16 October 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Cecilie_Myrseth |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Tsuyoshi Nishioka]], Japanese baseball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Max Scherzer]], American baseball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Taylor Schilling]], American actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kenny Wormald]], American actor, dancer, and choreographer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Husain Abdullah]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Matteo Pratichetti]], Italian rugby player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ajmal Shahzad]], English cricketer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[DeMarre Carroll]], American basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ryan Flaherty]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ryan Griffen]], Australian footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jacoby Ford]], American football player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Marek Hamšík]], Slovak footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jordan Hill (basketball)|Jordan Hill]], American basketball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sarah Parsons]], American ice hockey player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Adam Biddle (soccer)|Adam Biddle]], Australian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Yoervis Medina]], Venezuelan baseball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ryan Tannehill]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Tannehill |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/player/_/id/14876/ryan-tannehill |website=ESPN |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Maya Ali]], Pakistani actress
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Nick Hogan]], American race car driver and actor
*  1990   &ndash; [[Paolo Hurtado]], Peruvian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Cheyenne Kimball]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1990   &ndash; [[Stephen Li-Chung Kuo]], Taiwanese-American figure skater
*  1990   &ndash; [[Kriti Sanon]], Indian actress
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Wandy Peralta]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peralwa01.shtml|title=Wandy Peralta|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Tory Lanez]], Canadian singer and rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Tory Lanez |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tory-lanez/440458549 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Max Power (footballer)|Max Power]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Power |url=https://www.safc.com/players/1st-team/max-power |website=Sunderland Association Football Club |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Jordan Spieth]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Spieth {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jordan-Spieth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Miguel Gutiérrez (footballer, born 2001)|Miguel Gutiérrez]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Spain (ESP) |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce158/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf|publisher=FIFA|page=13|date=27 July 2024|access-date=16 December 2025}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Elvina Kalieva]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elvina Kalieva - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/elvina-kalieva_prs601417/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[903]] &ndash; [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid emir
* [[959]] &ndash; [[Chai Rong]], emperor of Later Zhou
*[[1144]] &ndash; [[Salomea of Berg]], High Duchess consort of Poland
*[[1061]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas II|Nicholas II]], pope of the Catholic Church
*[[1101]] &ndash; [[Conrad II of Italy|Conrad II]], king of Italy (born 1074)
*  1101   &ndash; [[Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester]] (born c. 1047)
*[[1158]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou]] (born 1134)
*[[1276]] &ndash; [[James I of Aragon]] (born 1208)
*[[1365]] &ndash; [[Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria]] (born 1339)
*[[1382]] &ndash; [[Joanna I of Naples]] (born 1326)
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)|William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke]] (born 1423)

===1601–1900===
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Salomo Glassius]], German theologian and critic (born 1593)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]], French general (born 1611)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee]], Scottish general (born c. 1648)<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL12|desc=Battle of Killiecrankie|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], French mathematician and philosopher (born 1698)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Robert Dinwiddie]], Scottish merchant and politician, [[Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (born 1693)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Lermontov]], Russian poet and painter (born 1814)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[John Dalton]], English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (born 1776)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[William Lowndes Yancey]], American journalist and politician (born 1813)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Jean-Joseph Dassy]], French painter and lithographer (born 1791)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Kunileid]], Estonian composer and educator (born 1845)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Albertus van Raalte]], Dutch-born American minister and author (born 1811)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Montgomery Blair]], American lieutenant and politician, 20th [[United States Postmaster General]] (born 1813)

===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Charles Fryatt]], English captain (born 1872)
*  1916   &ndash; [[William Jonas]], English footballer (born 1890)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Emil Theodor Kocher]], Swiss physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1841)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Myrddin Fardd]], Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (born 1836)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Auguste Forel]], Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (born 1848)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]], Irish seaman and explorer (born 1877)<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=David |title=Crean, Thomas ("Tom") |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/crean-thomas-tom-a2175 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Alfred Henry O'Keeffe]], New Zealand painter and educator (born 1858)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Karl Pärsimägi]], Estonian painter (born 1902)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Hermann Brauneck]], German physician and SA general (born 1894)<ref>[http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/plain-content?id=7537 Brauneck Death Notice: ''SA-Obergruppenführer Brauneck gefallen'' in ''Kösliner Zeitung'', No. 209, 31 July 1942, p. 2.]</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Stein]], American novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1874)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Woolf Barnato]], English race car driver and businessman (born 1898)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Joe Tinker]], American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd [[Estonian Minister of Education]] (born 1891)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Claire Lee Chennault]], American general and pilot (born 1893)<ref name="Rice p. 95">{{cite book |author=Earle Rice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zbr_z99E54QC&pg=PA95 |title=Claire Chennault: Flying Tiger |publisher=Infobase |year=2003 |isbn=9780791072172 |page=95}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Julie Vinter Hansen]], Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (born 1890)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Richard Aldington]], English poet and author (born 1892)
*  1962   &ndash; [[James H. Kindelberger]], American pilot and businessman (born 1895)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Hooks Dauss]], American baseball player (born 1889)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Garrett Morgan]], American inventor (born 1877)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Winifred Lenihan]], American actress, writer, and director (born 1898)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Daniel-Rops]], French historian and author (born 1901)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tone Peruško]], Croatian educator and social worker (born 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tone Peruško u kolektivnoj memoriji |url=https://skpu.unipu.hr/skpu/novosti?@=2fkqi |trans-title=Tone Peruško in collective memory |website=skpu.unipu.hr |language=hr |location=Pula |publisher=Sveučilišna knjižnica u Puli |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Babe Adams]], American baseball player and manager (born 1882)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[António de Oliveira Salazar]], Portuguese economist and politician, 100th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (born 1889)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Charlie Tully]], Irish footballer and manager (born 1924)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Alfred Duraiappah]], Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoole |first1=Rajan |title=The Murder Of Alfred Duraiappah |url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-murder-of-alfred-duraiappah/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=[[Colombo Telegraph]] |date=12 May 2016}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Kristian Welhaven]], Norwegian police officer (born 1883)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kristian Welhaven |first1=Willy |last1=Haugli |first2=Olav |last2=Garvik |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kristian_Welhaven |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Bob Heffron]], New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1890)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Willem van Otterloo]], Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1907)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], Iranian Shah (born 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!}} Biography, History, & White Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Rushdy Abaza]], Egyptian actor (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007781/ |title=Rushdy Abaza |publisher=IMDb |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[William Wyler]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Rona]], Hungarian American nuclear chemist (born 1890)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brucer |first1=M |title=Elizabeth Rona (1891?-1981). |journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine |date=January 1982 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=78–9 |pmid=7033484 |url=http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/23/1/78.full.pdf |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[James Mason]], English actor (born 1909)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Smoky Joe Wood]], American baseball player and coach (born 1889)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Travis Jackson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1903)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Frank Zamboni]], American inventor and businessman, founded the [[Zamboni Company]] (born 1901)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Bobby Day]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1928)
*  1990   &ndash; [[René Toribio]], Guadeloupean politician (born 1912)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[John Friedrich (fraudster)|John Friedrich]], German-Australian engineer and conman (born 1950)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Max Dupain]], Australian photographer and educator (born 1911)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Tzeni Karezi]], Greek actress and screenwriter <!-- year of birth questionable and unconfirmable -->
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Reggie Lewis]], American basketball player (born 1965)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Kevin Carter]], South African photographer and journalist (born 1960)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Melih Esenbel]], Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1915)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Rick Ferrell]], American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Miklós Rózsa]], Hungarian-American composer and conductor (born 1907)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Binnie Barnes]], English-American actress (born 1903)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]], Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (born 1912)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Harry Edison]], American trumpet player (born 1915)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gordon Solie]], American sportscaster (born 1929)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Rhonda Sing]], Canadian wrestler (born 1961)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Leon Wilkeson]], American bass player and songwriter (born 1952)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Vance Hartke]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Bob Hope]], English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (born 1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|title=This Is Bob Hope… Biography|author=Zoglin, Richard|date=November 30, 2017|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064753/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|archive-date=May 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Al Held]], American painter and academic (born 1928)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Marten Toonder]], Dutch author and illustrator (born 1912)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Maryann Mahaffey]], American academic and politician (born 1925)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[James Oyebola]], Nigerian-English boxer (born 1961)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Horst Stein]], German-born Swiss conductor (born 1928)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Isaac Saba Raffoul]], Mexican businessman (born 1923)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Maury Chaykin]], American-Canadian actor (born 1949)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Jack Tatum]], American football player (born 1948)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Norman Alden]], American actor (born 1924)
*  2012   &ndash; [[R. G. Armstrong]], American actor and playwright (born 1917)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Darryl Cotton]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1949)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]], English actor (born 1944)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]], American actor and singer (born 1913)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]], English footballer and referee (born 1930)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Fernando Alonso (dancer)|Fernando Alonso]], Cuban dancer, co-founded the [[Cuban National Ballet]] (born 1914)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lindy Boggs]], American politician and diplomat, 5th [[United States Ambassador to the Holy See]] (born 1916)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Bud Day]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Kidd Kraddick]], American radio host (born 1959)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ilya Segalovich]], Russian businessman, co-founded [[Yandex]] (born 1964)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Richard Bolt (RNZAF officer)|Richard Bolt]], New Zealand air marshal and pilot (born 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; [[George Freese]], American baseball player and coach (born 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Wallace Jones]], American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Francesco Marchisano]], Italian cardinal (born 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Paul Schell]], American lawyer and politician, 50th [[List of mayors of Seattle|Mayor of Seattle]] (born 1937)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Rickey Grundy]], American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
*  2015   &ndash; [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th [[President of India]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam: Five stories on the Missile Man's legacy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728170754/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |archive-date=28 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Samuel Pisar]], Polish-born American lawyer and author (born 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Anthony Shaw (British Army officer)|Anthony Shaw]], English general (born 1930)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], Finnish composer (born 1928)<ref name=WP>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/einojuhani-rautavaara-acclaimed-finnish-composer-dies-at-87/2016/08/03/12c60428-59be-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html |title=Einojuhani Rautavaara, acclaimed Finnish composer, dies at 87 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=28 July 2016 |first=Matti |last=Huuhtanen}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[James Alan McPherson]], American short story writer and essayist (born 1943)<ref name="nytimes-obit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=July 27, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 31, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Jerry Doyle]], American actor and talk show host (born 1956)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Jerry Doyle, Babylon 5 star, dies|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead-dies|access-date=July 28, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Piet de Jong]], Dutch politician and naval officer, [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Minister of Defence]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (born 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll213ezn/p_j_s_piet_de_jong|title=P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong|website=parlement.com|language=nl}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deb|first1=Sopan|title=Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|access-date=July 31, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=31 July 2017 |issue=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731155033/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|archive-date=July 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Marco Aurelio Denegri]], Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1286540-marco-aurelio-denegri-fallecio-80-anos-funcion-palabra|title=Marco Aurelio Denegri falleció a los 80 años tras una fibrosis pulmonar|work=La República|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2019|language=es}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Tony Dow]], American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/tony-dow-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-actor-was-77-1235077948/|title=Tony Dow Dies: "Leave It To Beaver" Actor's Passing Confirmed Following Earlier Confusion|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 27, 2022|author=Evans, Greg}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Edna O'Brien]], Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-28 |title=Edna O'Brien, groundbreaking Irish novelist, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/28/edna-obrien-irish-novelist-country-girls-dead/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* 2024 – [[Pavel Kushnir]], Russian pianist, writer, activist and political prisoner (born 1984)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/europe/russia-political-expression-prisoners-pavel-kushnir.html |title=He Had 5 Followers on YouTube. It Landed Him in Jail, Where He Died |work=The New York Times |date=18 September 2024 |last1=MacFarquhar |first1=Neil |last2=Mazaeva |first2=Milana }}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Arethas (martyr)|Arethas]] ([[Western Christianity]])
**[[Aurelius and Natalia]] and companions of the [[Martyrs of Córdoba]].
**[[Maurus, Pantalemon and Sergius|Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius]]
**[[Saint Pantaleon|Pantaleon]]
**[[Seven Sleepers of Ephesus]] ([[Roman Martyrology]])
***[[National Sleepy Head Day]] ([[Finland]])
**[[Theobald of Marly]]
**[[Titus Brandsma]], [[Carmelites|''O.Carm.'']]
**[[July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War]] ([[North Korea]])
*[[Iglesia ni Cristo Day]] ([[the Philippines]])
*[[José Celso Barbosa Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]])
*[[Medical Workers Day]] ([[Ukraine]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3272023-47033|title=Decree of the President of Ukraine №327/2023 |work=Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України }}</ref>
*[[Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day]] ([[Vietnam]])

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/27 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=27}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/27 |title=Historical Events on July 27 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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