September 6

### Up to 1900

- 3761 BC – The first day of the Hebrew Calendar.
- 394 – Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.
- 1492 – Christopher Columbus leaves La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his last land-stop on the way of his voyage that takes him to the Caribbean.
- 1522 – The _Victoria_, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to San Lucar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world, with captain Juan Sebastian de Elcano.
- 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.
- 1628 – Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nordlingen, the Catholic imperial army defeats the Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.
- 1689 – Imperial China and Russia agree on their border, which runs along the Amur River.
- 1776 – A tropical storm strikes the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, killing 6,000 people.
- 1781 – The Battle of Groton Heights takes place with the result of a British minor victory.
- 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- 1839 – Polynesian atoll Ahe in the Tuamoto Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean, is discovered and mapped by US naval officer Charles Wilkes.
- 1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control the mouth of the Tennessee River.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Islands in South Carolina.
- 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
- 1870 – The ship HMS _Captain_ sinks in a storm off Cape Finisterre, Galicia, Spain, killing almost 500 people.
- 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria.
- 1888 – Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J. T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
- 1891 – The first Paris–Brest–Paris cycling race is held, finishing on September 9.
- 1898 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is allowed to reign in her own right, having turned 18 the previous week, after Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont acted as regent for her over the previous eight years.

### 1901 – 2000

- 1901 – American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies on September 14 from his injuries.
- 1915 – The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.
- 1929 – Finnish steamship _Kuru_ sinks, killing 150, many of them school children.
- 1930 – Democratically elected President of Argentina Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
- 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
- 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates the throne. His son, Michael of Romania, succeeds him.
- 1941 – Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German–occupied areas.
- 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico is founded.
- 1943 – The Pennsylvania railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1944 – World War II: Ypres, Belgium, is liberated by Allied forces.
- 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
- 1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the US will follow a policy of Economic Reconstruction in post–war Germany.
- 1948 – Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands. This comes after the abdication from the throne of Queen Wilhelmina.
- 1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
- 1952 – Canada's first TV station, CBFT-TV opens in Montreal.
- 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England, UK, killing 29 people.
- 1965 – War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore in an hour.
- 1966 – In Cape Town, the South African architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
- 1968 – Swaziland becomes independent.
- 1970 – Jimi Hendrix performs what turns out to be his last concert, on the German Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, on the last day of the Love and Peace Festival.
- 1970 – Four passenger jets are simultaneously hijacked. Two are taken to Dawson's Field.
- 1972 – Munich Massacre: Israeli athletes and coaches are killed when police assault Black September members in a failed hostage rescue in Munich, West Germany.
- 1975 – An earthquake in Lice, Turkey kills 2,400 people.
- 1976 – Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido in Japan and requests political asylum from the United States.
- 1983 – The Soviet Union admits shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
- 1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
- 1986 – In Istanbul, two Arab terrorists from Abu Nidal's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
- 1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
- 1995 – With the jury absent, Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman invokes his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson.
- 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2131 consecutive baseball games.
- 1997 – The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds.
- 1997 – Uranus' moons of Caliban and Sycorax are discovered.
- 2000 – In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.

### From 2001

- 2001 – United States v. Microsoft: The United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.
- 2003 – EU foreign ministers categorise Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
- 2006 – The Germany national football team scores its biggest-ever away win, defeating the San Marino national football team 13–0.
- 2008 – The 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing begin, running until September 17.
- 2009 – The ferry _SuperFerry 9_ sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 people on board. All but 10 are rescued.
- 2012 – 61 people die and 48 are injured after a fishing boat capsizes off Izmir Province, Western Turkey, near Greece's Aegean Islands.
- 2017 – Hurricane Irma sweeps across the Lesser Antilles in the Eastern Caribbean; Almost every building on the island of Barbuda is destroyed.
- 2018 – Homosexuality is legalised in India, following a decision by the Supreme Court of India.
- 2018 – Brazilian Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed while campaigning; he survives the attack and is later elected President.
- 2022 – Liz Truss is appointed the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II.

### Up to 1850

- 1475 – Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (d. 1554)
- 1620 – Isabella Leonarda, composer (d. 1704)
- 1656 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)
- 1666 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)
- 1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the United States Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
- 1729 – Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (d. 1786)
- 1732 – Johan Wicke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)
- 1757 – Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and politician (d. 1834)
- 1761 – Marie-Gabrielle Capet, French painter (d. 1818)
- 1766 – John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (d. 1844)
- 1781 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher and composer (d. 1858)
- 1795 – Frances Wright, writer, activist, and lecturer (d. 1852)
- 1800 – Catharine Beecher, American educator (d. 1878)
- 1802 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (d. 1857)
- 1808 – Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian political figure (d. 1883)
- 1809 – Bruno Bauer, German philosopher (d. 1882)
- 1815 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
- 1817 – Mihai Kogalniceanu, Romanian politician (d. 1891)
- 1819 – William Rosecrans, American general and diplomat (d. 1898)
- 1825 – Giovanni Fattori, Italian painter (d. 1908)
- 1829 – Marie Zakrzewska, physician (d. 1902)
- 1838 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906)

### 1851 – 1900

- 1852 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician, military leader and State President (d. 1918)
- 1855 – Ferdinand Hummel, German harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1928)
- 1857 – Zelia Nuttall, archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
- 1859 – Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (d. 1962)
- 1860 – Jane Addams, American social activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner (d. 1935)
- 1861 – William Lane, English-Australian journalist (d. 1917)
- 1868 – Margaret Dreier Robins, American labor leader and reformer (d. 1947)
- 1869 – Felix Salten, Austrian writer (d. 1945)
- 1869 – Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)
- 1876 – John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physiologist, won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1935)
- 1877 – Buddy Bolden, American jazz musician (d. 1930)
- 1879 – Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
- 1879 – Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1952)
- 1879 – Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)
- 1883 – Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, British jurist and politician (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Otto Kruger, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American politician, businessman, diplomat and family patriarch (d. 1969)
- 1890 – Claire Chennault, soldier (d. 1958)
- 1892 – Sir Edward Appleton, English physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1965)
- 1893 – John W. Bricker, 54th Governor of Ohio (d. 1986)
- 1899 – Billy Rose, composer (d. 1966)
- 1900 – W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Julien Green, French-American writer (d. 1998)

### 1901 – 1950

- 1902 – Sylvanus Olympio, 1st President of Togo (d. 1963)
- 1904 – Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, boxer (d. 1976)
- 1905 – Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and archivist (d. 1942)
- 1905 – Walther Müller, German physicist (d. 1979)
- 1906 – Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine biochemist (d. 1987)
- 1908 – Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor (d. 1982)
- 1911 – Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Michele Andreolo, Uruguayan-Italian footballer (d. 1981)
- 1913 – Leonidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician and Minister-President of Bavaria (d. 1988)
- 1917 – Philipp von Boeselager, German military officer and Resistance activist (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Wilson Greatbatch, American inventor (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Carmen Laforet, Spanish writer (d. 2004)
- 1921 – David Petel, Iraqi-Israeli politician (d. 2019)
- 1921 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor (d. 2012)
- 1923 – King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
- 1924 – John Melcher, American politician (d. 2018)
- 1925 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter and director (d. 2019)
- 1925 – Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (d. 1976)
- 1926 – Claus van Amsberg, Prince Consort of the Netherlands (d. 2002)
- 1927 – Fouad el-Mohandes, Egyptian actor and comedian (d. 2006)
- 1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American writer (d. 2017)
- 1928 – Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
- 1928 – Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect
- 1928 – Sid Watkins, British neurosurgeon (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Yash Johar, Indian movie producer (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Lyubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
- 1930 – Charles Foley, American co-inventor of the game Twister (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Salvatore de Giorgi, Italian archbishop
- 1934 – Paul Naschy, Spanish actor, screenwriter and movie director (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French-American artist and author (d. 2014)
- 1936 – Anne Cuneo, Swiss writer and director (d. 2015)
- 1937 – Janusz Kurczab, Polish mountaineer and fencer (d. 2015)
- 1937 – Jo Anne Worley, actress
- 1937 – Sergio Aragonés, Spanish illustrator
- 1937 – Brigid Berlin, American actor and artist
- 1938 – Dennis Oppenheim, American artist (d. 2011)
- 1939 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist
- 1939 – David Allan Coe, American songwriter, singer and guitarist
- 1942 – Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player
- 1943 – Harris Hines, American judge (d. 2018)
- 1943 – Richard J. Roberts, British biochemist and molecular biologist
- 1943 – Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd)
- 1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
- 1944 – Donna Haraway, American writer and activist
- 1947 – Jane Curtin, American actress
- 1947 – Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1948 – Karlos Arguiñano, Spanish chef

### 1951 – 1975

- 1952 – Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter
- 1952 – Simon Burns, English politician
- 1954 – Carly Fiorina, American business executive and Presidential candidate
- 1955 – Carl E. Walz, American astronaut
- 1956 – Bill Ritter, former Governor of Colorado
- 1957 – Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada
- 1957 – José Sócrates, former Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, and writer
- 1958 – Arsinée Khanjian, Armenian-Canadian actress
- 1959 – Ronnie Cowan, Scottish politician
- 1961 – Scott Travis, American musician (Judas Priest)
- 1961 – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
- 1962 – Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey
- 1962 – Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat
- 1963 – Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer
- 1963 – Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
- 1964 – Rosie Perez, American actress
- 1965 – Takumi Horiike, Japanese footballer
- 1966 – Emil Boc, Romanian politician
- 1966 – Jill Ellis, English-American soccer coach
- 1967 – William DuVall, American singer (Alice in Chains)
- 1967 – Macy Gray, American singer
- 1968 – Paddy Boom, American drummer and songwriter (Scissor Sisters)
- 1968 – Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish writer
- 1969 – Norio Omura, Japanese footballer
- 1969 – Ce Ce Peniston, American singer
- 1970 – Paul Miller, (DJ Spooky) American composer, artist, writer
- 1970 – Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1970 – Emily Maitlis, English journalist
- 1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries) (d. 2018)
- 1971 – Leila K, Swedish rapper
- 1972 – China Miéville, writer
- 1972 – Dylan Bruno, American actor
- 1972 – Idris Elba, British actor
- 1973 – Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player
- 1973 – Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
- 1973 – Greg Rusedski, Canadian-British tennis player
- 1974 – Tim Henman, British tennis player
- 1974 – Justin Whalin, actor
- 1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer (The Cardigans)
- 1975 – Gala, Italian singer

### From 1976

- 1976 – Robin Atkin Downes, English actor and voice actor
- 1976 – Tom Pappas, American athlete
- 1976 – Naomie Harris, British actress
- 1978 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
- 1978 – Foxy Brown, American rapper
- 1978 – Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
- 1979 – Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Kerry Katona, British singer and television personality
- 1980 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
- 1981 – Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
- 1981 – Santiago Salcedo, Paraguayan footballer
- 1983 – Pippa Middleton, sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- 1984 – Luc Abalo, French handball player
- 1984 – Andarz Kirm, Slovenian footballer
- 1984 – Thomas Dekker, Dutch cyclist
- 1985 – Tadas Kijanskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1985 – Koki Mizuno, Japanese footballer
- 1985 – Webbie, American rapper
- 1988 – Max George, British singer (The Wanted)
- 1989 – Kim So-eun, South Korean singer
- 1989 – Audrey Deroin, French handball player
- 1990 – John Wall, American basketball player
- 1994 – Theo Trebs, German actor
- 2006 – Prince Hisahito of Akishino of Japan

### Up to 1900

- 394 – Eugenius, Roman Emperor
- 926 – Emperor Taizu of Liao of China (b. 872)
- 957 – Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (b. 930)
- 972 – Pope John XIII
- 1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
- 1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1481)
- 1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1494)
- 1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
- 1649 – Robert Dudley, English explorer and geographer (b. 1574)
- 1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b. 1619)
- 1708 – Sir John Morden, philanthropist (b. 1623)
- 1724 – Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler, ancestor of Barack Obama (b. 1640)
- 1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
- 1783 – Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (b. 1710)
- 1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
- 1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge and politician (b. 1797)
- 1871 – Josef Naus, Austrian surveyor and climber (b. 1791)
- 1885 – Narcis Monturiol i Estariol, Catalan intellectual, artist and engineer (b. 1819)

### 1901 – 2000

- 1902 – Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (b. 1827)
- 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French writer (b. 1839)
- 1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
- 1939 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
- 1945 – John McCain, Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
- 1950 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
- 1951 – Joan Vollmer, wife of William S. Burroughs (b. 1867)
- 1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b. 1898)
- 1956 – Alex Raymond, American comic artist (b. 1909)
- 1956 – Michael Ventris, English architect (b. 1922)
- 1962 – Seiichi Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
- 1962 – Hanns Eisler, German composer (b. 1898)
- 1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, South African prime minister (b. 1901)
- 1966 – Margaret Sanger, birth control activist (b. 1879)
- 1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
- 1972 – People killed in the Munich Massacre:
    - Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-born Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
    - David Mark Berger, American-born Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
    - Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
    - Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
    - Amitzur Shapira, Israeli short-distance runner and coach (b. 1932)
    - Kehat Shorr, Israeli shooting coach (b. 1919)
    - Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
    - Andre Spitzer, Romanian-born Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
    - Yakov Springer, Polish-born Israeli wrestler and weightlifting coach (b. 1921)
    - Lutif Afif, Palestinian terrorist
- 1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian actress (b. 1896)
- 1974 – Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1981 – Christy Brown, Irish writer (b. 1932)
- 1984 – Ernest Tubb, country music singer (b. 1914)
- 1985 – Franco Ferrera, Italian conductor (b. 1911)
- 1985 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (b. 1919)
- 1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer (b. 1941)
- 1991 – Pee Wee Gaskins, American serial killer (executed by electrocution; b. 1933)
- 1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b. February 24, 1944)
- 1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese movie director (b. 1910)
- 1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician (b. 1938)

### From 2001

- 2005 – Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
- 2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American writer (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2012 – Art Modell, American businessman and NFL team owner (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (b. 1946)
- 2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarussian chess player (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Odd Bondevik, Norwegian theologian (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Stefan Gierasch, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
- 2015 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
- 2015 – Calvin J. Spann, American pilot (b. 1924)
- 2016 – Lilian Uchtenhagen, Swiss economist and politician (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Carlo Caffarra, Italian cardinal (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Nicolae Lupescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1940)
- 2017 – Jim McDaniels, American basketball player (b. 1948)
- 2017 – Kate Millett, American feminist writer and human rights activist (b. 1934)
- 2017 – Mike Neville, British television broadcaster (b. 1936)
- 2017 – Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Solomon Efimovich Shulman, Belarussian writer (b. 1936)
- 2017 – Lotfi A. Zadeh, Azerbaijani-American mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2018 – Richard DeVos, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Liz Fraser, English actress (b. 1930)
- 2018 – Wilson Moreira, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2018 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2018 – Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Salawat Gallyamov, Russian linguist (b. 1959)
- 2018 – Gilbert Lazard, French linguist (b. 1920)
- 2019 – Chris Duncan, American baseball player (b. 1981)
- 2019 – Robert Mugabe, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)
- 2019 – Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1955)
- 2019 – Wally Westlake, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2019 – Chester Williams, South African rugby union player (b. 1970)

## Observances

- Independence Day (Swaziland)
- Unification Day (Bulgaria)
- Defence Day (Pakistan)