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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America .1710 – The Statute of Anne , the first law regulating copyright , comes into force in Great Britain .1717 – Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.[8] 1724 – Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen , BWV 66[9] 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession : Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz .1796 – War of the First Coalition : A surprise Austrian attack at the Battle of Voltri marks the beginning of the Italian Campaign , the decisive campaign under Napoleon Bonaparte that will end the war a year later.[10] 1809 – Napoleonic Wars : The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria .1814 – Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington attack Toulouse held by Marshall Soult , driving out the French after fierce fighting .[11] 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15 . The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States .1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus .1821 – Greek War of Independence : the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence.[12] 1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.1858 – After the original Big Ben , a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster , had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry .1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico .1865 – American Civil War : A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh .[13] 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia , British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II . While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska .1887 – On Easter Sunday , Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America .1896 – Summer Olympics : The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis .[14] 1900 – British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort . Six hundred British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.[15] 1901–present
1912 – RMS Titanic Southampton , UK, on her maiden and only voyage.1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos .1919 – The Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole .[16] 1925 – The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin , Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.[17] 1941 – World War II : The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia .1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp .1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.1968 – The TEV Wahine , a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.[13] 1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips , among them Sun Tzu 's Art of War Sun Bin 's lost military treatise , are discovered by construction workers in Shandong .1972 – Vietnam War : For the first time since November 1967 , American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam . 1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel , Switzerland, killing 108 people.1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak : A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas , killing 42 people.1981 – Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.[18] 1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad , Pakistan.1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno , Italy, killing 140.1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola , the first to be documented by satellites . 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.[19] 2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis .2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154 M crashes near Smolensk , Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński , his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.2016 – The Paravur temple accident , in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for the seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham , impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan. 2023 – A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky , that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.[20] Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1708)1656 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (died 1718)1704 – Benjamin Heath , English scholar and author (died 1766)1707 – Michel Corrette , French organist, composer, and author (died 1795)1713 – John Whitehurst , English geologist and clockmaker (died 1788)1755 – Samuel Hahnemann , German-French physician and academic (died 1843)1762 – Giovanni Aldini , Italian physicist and academic (died 1834)1769 – Jean Lannes , French marshal (died 1809)1778 – William Hazlitt , English essayist and critic (died 1830)1794 – Matthew C. Perry , English-Scottish American commander (died 1858)1806 – Juliette Drouet , French actress (died 1883)1806 – Leonidas Polk , Scottish-American general and bishop (died 1884) 1827 – Lew Wallace , American general, lawyer, author and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (died 1905)1829 – William Booth , English minister, founded The Salvation Army (died 1912)[13] 1847 – Joseph Pulitzer , Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (died 1911)[13] 1864 – Eugen d'Albert , Scottish-German pianist and composer (died 1932)1865 – Jack Miner , American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (died 1944)1867 – George William Russell , Irish author, poet, and painter (died 1935)1868 – George Arliss , English actor and playwright (died 1946)1868 – Asriel Günzig , Moravian rabbi (died 1931) 1873 – Kyösti Kallio , Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (died 1940)1875 – George Clawley , English footballer (died 1920)[21] 1877 – Alfred Kubin , Austrian author and illustrator (died 1959)1879 – Coenraad Hiebendaal , Dutch rower and physician (died 1921)1880 – Frances Perkins , American sociologist, academic, and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (died 1965)[13] 1880 – Montague Summers , English clergyman and author (died 1948) 1886 – Johnny Hayes , American runner and trainer (died 1965)1887 – Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)1889 – Louis Rougier , French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1982)1891 – Frank Barson , English footballer and coach (died 1968)1893 – Otto Steinböck , Austrian zoologist (died 1969)1894 – Ben Nicholson , British painter (died 1982)1897 – Prafulla Chandra Sen , Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1990)1900 – Arnold Orville Beckman , American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (died 2004)1901–present
1901 – Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil , Indian economist (died 1971)1903 – Patroklos Karantinos , Greek architect (died 1976)[22] 1903 – Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator (died 1970) 1906 – Steve Anderson , American hurdler (died 1988)1910 – Margaret Clapp , American scholar and academic (died 1974)1910 – Helenio Herrera , Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1997) 1911 – Martin Denny , American pianist and composer (died 2005)1911 – Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (died 1998) 1912 – Boris Kidrič , Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 1953)1913 – Stefan Heym , German-American soldier and author (died 2001)1914 – Jack Badcock , Australian cricketer (died 1982)1915 – Harry Morgan , American actor and director (died 2011)1915 – Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (died 2014) 1916 – Lee Jung-seob , Korean painter (died 1956)1917 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician (died 2013)1917 – Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)[13] 1919 – John Houbolt , American engineer and academic (died 2014)1921 – Chuck Connors , American baseball player and actor (died 1992)[13] 1921 – Jake Warren , Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 2008) 1921 – Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2003) 1923 – Roger Gaillard , Haitian historian and author (died 2000)1923 – Jane Kean , American actress and singer (died 2013) 1923 – Floyd Simmons , American decathlete and actor (died 2008) 1923 – Sid Tickridge , English footballer (died 1997)[23] 1923 – John Watkins , South African cricketer (died 2021) 1924 – Kenneth Noland , American soldier and painter (died 2010)1925 – Angelo Poffo , American wrestler and promoter (died 2010)1926 – Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer (died 2014)1926 – Junior Samples , American comedian (died 1983) 1927 – Norma Candal , Puerto Rican actress (died 2006)1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010) 1929 – Mike Hawthorn , English racing driver (died 1959)1929 – Liz Sheridan , American actress (died 2022)[24] 1929 – Max von Sydow , Swedish-French actor (died 2020) 1930 – Claude Bolling , French pianist, composer, and actor (died 2020)1930 – Dolores Huerta , American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers [13] 1930 – Spede Pasanen , Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (died 2001)[25] 1932 – Delphine Seyrig , Swiss /Alsatian French actress (died 1990)1932 – Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor and screenwriter (died 2015) 1933 – Rokusuke Ei , Japanese composer and author (died 2016)1933 – Helen McElhone , Scottish politician (died 2013)[26] 1934 – David Halberstam , American journalist and author (died 2007)1935 – Patrick Garland , English actor and director (died 2013)1935 – Peter Hollingworth , Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia (died 2026) 1935 – Christos Yannaras , Greek philosopher, theologian and author (died 2024)[27] 1936 – John A. Bennett , American soldier (died 1961)1936 – David A. Hardy , British artist[28] 1936 – John Howell , English long jumper 1936 – John Madden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)[29] 1936 – Bobby Smith , American singer (died 2013) 1937 – Bella Akhmadulina , Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (died 2010)1938 – Don Meredith , American football player and sportscaster (died 2010)1939 – Claudio Magris , Italian scholar, author, and translator1940 – Gloria Hunniford , British radio and television host1941 – Chrysostomos II of Cyprus , (died 2022)[30] 1941 – Harold Long , Canadian politician (died 2013) 1941 – Paul Theroux , American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer[13] 1942 – Nick Auf der Maur , Canadian journalist and politician (died 1998)1942 – Ian Callaghan , English footballer 1942 – Stuart Dybek , American novelist, short story writer, and poet 1943 – Andrzej Badeński , Polish-German sprinter (died 2008)1943 – Margaret Pemberton , English author 1945 – Kevin Berry , Australian swimmer (died 2006)1946 – David Angell , American screenwriter and producer (died 2001)1946 – Bob Watson , American baseball player and manager (died 2020) 1946 – Adolf Winkelmann , German director, producer, and screenwriter 1947 – David A. Adler , American author and educator1947 – Bunny Wailer , Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2021) 1948 – Mel Blount , American football player1948 – Jim Burns , Welsh artist[31] 1949 – Daniel Mangeas , French banker and sportscaster1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr. , American baseball player and manager1950 – Eddie Hazel , American guitarist (died 1992) 1951 – David Helvarg , American journalist and activist1952 – Narayan Rane , Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1952 – Masashi Sada , Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer 1952 – Steven Seagal , American actor, producer, and martial artist 1953 – David Moorcroft , English runner and businessman1953 – Pamela Wallin , Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician 1953 – Terre Roche , singer-songwriter, member of the sister group The Roches[32] 1954 – Paul Bearer , American wrestler and manager (died 2013)1954 – Anne Lamott , American author and educator 1954 – Peter MacNicol , American actor[13] 1954 – Juan Williams , Panamanian-American journalist and author 1955 – Marit Breivik , Norwegian handball player and coach[33] 1955 – Lesley Garrett , English soprano and actress 1955 – Mike Rinder , Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (died 2025)[34] 1956 – Carol V. Robinson , English chemist and academic1957 – Aliko Dangote , Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group 1957 – John M. Ford , American author and poet (died 2006) 1957 – Steve Gustafson , Spanish-American bass player 1957 – Rosemary Hill , English historian and author 1958 – Bob Bell , Northern Irish engineer1958 – Yefim Bronfman , Uzbek-American pianist 1958 – Brigitte Holzapfel , German high jumper 1959 – Babyface , American singer-songwriter and producer1959 – Yvan Loubier , Canadian economist and politician 1959 – Brian Setzer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 – Steve Bisciotti , American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group 1960 – Katrina Leskanich , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 – Terry Teagle , American basketball player 1961 – Nicky Campbell , Scottish broadcaster and journalist[35] 1961 – Carole Goble , English computer scientist and academic 1961 – Mark Jones , American basketball player 1962 – Steve Tasker , American football player and sportscaster1963 – Warren DeMartini , American guitarist and songwriter1963 – Jeff Gray , American baseball player and coach 1963 – Doris Leuthard , Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation 1965 – Tim Alexander , American drummer and songwriter1965 – Anna-Leena Härkönen , Finnish author[36] 1967 – Donald Dufresne , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1967 – David Rovics , American singer-songwriter 1968 – Metin Göktepe , Turkish photographer and journalist (died 1996)1968 – Orlando Jones , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1969 – Steve Glasson , Australian lawn bowler1969 – Ekaterini Koffa , Greek sprinter 1970 – Enrico Ciccone , Canadian ice hockey player1970 – Leonard Doroftei , Romanian-Canadian boxer 1970 – Kenny Lattimore , American singer-songwriter 1970 – Q-Tip , American rapper, producer, and actor 1971 – Indro Olumets , Estonian footballer and coach1971 – Al Reyes , Dominican-American baseball player 1972 – Ian Harvey , Australian cricketer1972 – Priit Kasesalu , Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype 1973 – Guillaume Canet , French actor and director1973 – Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballer and manager 1973 – Aidan Moffat , Scottish singer-songwriter 1973 – Christopher Simmons , Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic 1974 – Eric Greitens , American soldier, author and politician1974 – Petros Passalis , Greek footballer 1975 – Chris Carrabba , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1975 – Terrence Lewis , Indian dancer and choreographer 1976 – Clare Buckfield , English actress1976 – Yoshino Kimura , Japanese actress and singer 1976 – Sara Renner , Canadian skier 1977 – Stephanie Sheh , Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer1978 – Sir Christus , Finnish guitarist (died 2017)1979 – Iván Alonso , Uruguayan footballer1979 – Kenyon Coleman , American football player 1979 – Rachel Corrie , American activist (died 2003) 1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor 1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer-songwriter 1979 – Pavlos Fyssas , Greek rapper (died 2013)[37] 1979 – Peter Kopteff , Finnish footballer 1980 – Sean Avery , Canadian ice hockey player and model1980 – Charlie Hunnam , English actor 1980 – Shao Jiayi , Chinese footballer 1980 – Kasey Kahne , American race car driver 1980 – Andy Ram , Israeli tennis player[38] 1980 – Bryce Soderberg , American singer-songwriter and bass player 1981 – Laura Bell Bundy , American actress and singer1981 – Liz McClarnon , English singer and dancer 1981 – Michael Pitt , American actor, model and musician[13] 1981 – Alexei Semenov , Russian ice hockey player 1982 – Andre Ethier , American baseball player1983 – Jamie Chung , American actress1983 – Andrew Dost , American guitarist and songwriter 1983 – Ryan Merriman , American actor 1983 – Hannes Sigurðsson , Icelandic footballer 1984 – Faustina Agolley , Australian television host1984 – Jeremy Barrett , American figure skater 1984 – Mandy Moore , American singer-songwriter and actress 1984 – David Obua , Ugandan footballer 1984 – Damien Perquis , French-Polish footballer 1984 – Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez , Argentinian footballer 1985 – Barkhad Abdi , Somali-American actor and director1985 – Willo Flood , Irish footballer 1985 – Jesús Gámez , Spanish footballer 1985 – Dion Phaneuf , Canadian ice hockey player 1986 – Olivia Borlée , Belgian sprinter1986 – Fernando Gago , Argentine footballer and manager 1986 – Corey Kluber , American baseball pitcher 1986 – Vincent Kompany , Belgian footballer and manager 1986 – Tore Reginiussen , Norwegian footballer 1987 – Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam , Egyptian footballer[39] 1987 – Adam Friedland , American comedian[40] 1987 – Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano 1988 – Chris Heston , American baseball pitcher1988 – Kareem Jackson , American football player[41] 1988 – Haley Joel Osment , American actor[13] 1988 – Jan-Phillip Tadsen , German politician[42] 1989 – Charlie Culberson , American baseball player[43] 1990 – Ben Amos , English footballer1990 – Andile Jali , South African footballer 1990 – Alex Pettyfer , English actor 1992 – Jack Buchanan , Australian rugby league player1992 – Chaz Mostert , Australian racing driver[44] 1992 – Daisy Ridley , English actress[13] 1994 – Siobhan Hunter , Scottish footballer[45] 1996 – Andreas Christensen , Danish footballer[46] 1997 – Claire Wineland , American activist and author (died 2018)[47] 2000 – Fidias Panayiotou , Cypriot internet celebrity and politician[48] 2004 – Ismaël Gharbi , French-Spanish footballer[49] 2004 – Savinho , Brazilian footballer[50] Deaths
Pre-1600
879 – Louis the Stammerer , king of West Francia (born 846)948 – Hugh of Arles , king of Italy1008 – Notker of Liège , French bishop (born 940)1216 – Eric X , king of Sweden (born 1180)1282 – Ahmad Fanakati , chief minister under Kublai Khan 1309 – Elisabeth von Rapperswil , Swiss countess (born 1261)1362 – Maud , English noblewoman (born 1339)1500 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus , Greek scholar and poet1533 – Frederick I , king of Denmark and Norway (born 1471)1545 – Costanzo Festa , Italian composer1585 – Gregory XIII , pope of the Catholic Church (born 1502)[51] 1598 – Jacopo Mazzoni , Italian philosopher (born 1548)1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrées , French mistress of Henry IV of France (born 1571)1601–1900
1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish soldier and poet (born 1562)1619 – Thomas Jones , English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (born 1550)1640 – Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and theorist (born 1578)1644 – William Brewster , English official and pilgrim leader (born 1566)1646 – Santino Solari , Swiss architect and sculptor (born 1576)1667 – Jan Marek Marci , Czech physician and author (born 1595)1704 – Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg , German cardinal (born 1629)1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer (born 1661)1760 – Jean Lebeuf , French historian and author (born 1687)1786 – John Byron , English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1723)1806 – Horatio Gates , English-American general (born 1727)1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1736)1821 – Gregory V of Constantinople , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 1746)[52] 1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic (born 1757)1871 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla , Argentinian general and politician (born 1789)1889 – William Crichton , Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (born 1827)[53] [54] 1901–present
1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (born 1837)1919 – Emiliano Zapata , Mexican general (born 1879)1920 – Moritz Cantor , German mathematician and historian (born 1829)1922 – Luisa Capetillo , Puerto Rican labor organizer[55] 1931 – Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (born 1883)1935 – Rosa Campbell Praed , Australian novelist (born 1851)1938 – King Oliver , American cornet player and bandleader (born 1885)1942 – Carl Schenstrøm , Danish actor and director (born 1881)1943 – Andreas Faehlmann , Estonian-German sailor and engineer (born 1898)1945 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch printer and typographer (born 1882)1947 – Charles Nordhoff , English-American lieutenant and author (born 1887)1950 – Fevzi Çakmak , Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876)1954 – Auguste Lumière , French director and producer (born 1862)1954 – Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (born 1888) 1955 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French priest, theologian, and philosopher (born 1881)1958 – Chuck Willis , American singer-songwriter (born 1928)1960 – André Berthomieu , French director and screenwriter (born 1903)1962 – Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886)1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe , Scottish artist and musician (born 1940) 1965 – Lloyd Casner , American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (born 1928)1965 – Linda Darnell , American actress (born 1923) 1966 – Evelyn Waugh , English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (born 1903)1968 – Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian lieutenant and politician (born 1899)1969 – Harley Earl , American businessman (born 1893)1975 – Walker Evans , American photographer (born 1903)1975 – Marjorie Main , American actress (born 1890) 1978 – Hjalmar Mäe , Estonian politician (born 1901)1979 – Nino Rota , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)[56] 1980 – Kay Medford , American actress and singer (born 1919)1981 – Howard Thurman , American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (born 1899)1983 – Issam Sartawi , Palestinian activist (born 1935)1985 – Zisis Verros , Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (born 1880)1986 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (born 1948)1988 – Ezekias Papaioannou , Greek Cypriot politician (born 1908)[57] 1991 – Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (born 1955)1991 – Martin Hannett , English guitarist and producer (born 1948) 1991 – Natalie Schafer , American actress (born 1900) 1992 – Sam Kinison , American comedian and actor (born 1953)1993 – Chris Hani , South African activist and politician (born 1942)1994 – Sam B. Hall, Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1924)1995 – Morarji Desai , Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (born 1896)1997 – Michael Dorris , American author and academic (born 1945)1998 – Seraphim of Athens , Greek archbishop (born 1913)1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat , German-American biochemist and physician (born 1910)1999 – Jean Vander Pyl , American actress and voice artist (born 1919) 2000 – Peter Jones , English actor and screenwriter (born 1920)2000 – Larry Linville , American actor (born 1939)[58] 2003 – Little Eva , American singer (born 1943)2004 – Jacek Kaczmarski , Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (born 1957)2004 – Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (born 1933) 2005 – Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist (born 1923)2005 – Scott Gottlieb , American drummer (born 1970) 2005 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (born 1911) 2005 – Al Lucas , American football player (born 1978)[59] 2005 – Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1948) 2006 – Kleitos Kyrou , Greek poet and translator (born 1921)[60] 2007 – Charles Philippe Leblond , French-Canadian biologist and academic (born 1910)2007 – Dakota Staton , American singer (born 1930)[61] 2009 – Deborah Digges , American poet and educator (born 1950)2009 – Ioannis Patakis , Greek politician (born 1940)[62] 2010 – Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included :2010 – Dixie Carter , American actress and singer (born 1939) 2012 – Raymond Aubrac , French engineer and activist (born 1914)2012 – Barbara Buchholz , German theremin player and composer (born 1959) 2012 – Lili Chookasian , Armenian-American operatic singer (born 1921) 2012 – Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (born 1922) 2012 – Akin Omoboriowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (born 1932) 2013 – Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)2013 – Gordon Thomas , English cyclist (born 1921)[63] 2015 – Richie Benaud , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1930)2015 – Rose Francine Rogombé , Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (born 1942)[64] 2015 – Peter Walsh , Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (born 1935) 2016 – Howard Marks , Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (born 1945)2023 – Al Jaffee , American cartoonist (born 1921)[65] 2024 – O. J. Simpson , American football player, actor, and broadcaster (born 1947)[66] 2025 – Leo Beenhakker , Dutch football manager (born 1942)[67] 2025 – Ted Kotcheff , Canadian film and television director (born 1931)[68] 2025 – Peter Lovesey , British writer (born 1936)[69] 2026 – Eliot Engel , American politician (born 1947)[70] 2026 – Anja Hatakka , Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (born 1938)[71] 2026 – Sid Krofft , Canadian-American puppeteer and producer (born 1929)[72] 2026 – Browning Nagle , American football player (born 1968)[73] Holidays and observances
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