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Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1911 – "Jana Gana Mana ", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress .1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.1918 – Ukrainian War of Independence : The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine occupies Yekaterinoslav and seizes seven airplanes from the UPRAF , establishing an Insurgent Air Fleet .[12] 1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.1927 – Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway .1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class ".1932 – Radio City Music Hall , "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism .1939 – The 7.8 Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ). At least 32,700 people were killed.1939 – Winter War : Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja . 1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.1949 – Indonesian National Revolution : The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies .1966 – The Cave of Swallows , the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón , San Luis Potosí , Mexico.1968 – Apollo program : Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.1968 – North Central Airlines Flight 458 crashes at O'Hare International Airport , killing 28.[13] 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship .1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia 's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square .1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome , Italy, and Vienna , Austria.1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest .1991 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden , injuring 92.[14] 1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul , Afghanistan.1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland , United Kingdom.1999 – Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.[15] 2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny , Chechnya , Russia.2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa , Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election , triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis . 2008 – Operation Cast Lead : Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.2009 – Iranian election protests : On the Day of Ashura in Tehran , Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.2019 – Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty , Kazakhstan, killing 13.[16] 2025 – An estimated € were stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen , Germany.[17] Births
Pre-1600
1350 – John I of Aragon (died 1395)[18] 1390 – Anne de Mortimer , claimant to the English throne (died 1411)[19] 1459 – John I Albert , King of Poland (died 1501)[20] 1481 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Margrave of Bayreuth (died 1527)[21] 1493 – Johann Pfeffinger , German theologian (died 1573)[22] 1566 – Jan Jesenius , Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher (died 1621)[23] 1571 – Johannes Kepler , German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1630)[24] 1572 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus , Czech poet, playwright, and composer (died 1622)1584 – Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (died 1625)[25] 1595 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky , hetman of Ukraine (died 1657)1601–1900
1622 – Teofil Rutka , Polish philosopher (died 1700)[26] 1633 – Jean de Lamberville , French missionary (died 1714)[27] 1636 – William Whitelock , English gentleman, Member of Parliament (died 1717)[28] 1637 – Petar Kanavelić , Venetian writer (died 1719)[29] 1645 – Giovanni Antonio Viscardi , Swiss architect (died 1713)[30] 1655 – Abstrupus Danby , English politician (died 1727)[31] 1660 – Veronica Giuliani , Italian Capuchin mystic (died 1727)[32] 1663 – Johann Melchior Roos , German painter (died 1731)[33] 1683 – Conyers Middleton , English priest and theologian (died 1750)[34] 1689 – Jacob August Franckenstein , Encyclopedia editor, professor (died 1733)[35] (baptised) 1692 – Francis Blake Delaval , British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament (died 1752)[36] 1697 – Sollom Emlyn , Irish legal writer (died 1754)[37] 1705 – Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau , German prince of the House of Ascania (died 1781)[38] 1713 – Giovanni Battista Borra , Italian architect and engineer (died 1770)[39] 1714 – George Whitefield , English preacher and saint (died 1770)[40] 1715 – Philippe de Noailles , French general (died 1794)1721 – François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher and author (died 1790)[41] (baptised) 1761 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (died 1818)[42] 1773 – George Cayley , English engineer and politician (died 1857)[43] 1776 – Nikolay Kamensky , Russian general (died 1811)[44] 1797 – Ghalib , Indian poet (died 1869)[45] 1797 – Charles Hodge , American theologian (died 1878)[46] 1803 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier , Canadian activist (died 1839)[47] 1809 – Alexandros Rizos Rangavis , Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (died 1892)1822 – Louis Pasteur , French chemist and microbiologist (died 1895)[48] 1823 – Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1917)[49] 1827 – Stanisław Mieroszewski , Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (died 1900)[50] 1832 – Pavel Tretyakov , Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (died 1897)[51] 1838 – Lars Oftedal , Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (died 1900)[52] 1858 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes , Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile (died 1930)[53] 1863 – Louis Lincoln Emmerson , American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (died 1941)[54] 1864 – Hermann-Paul , French painter and illustrator (died 1940)[55] 1878 – Kalle Korhonen , Finnish politician (died 1938)[56] 1879 – Sydney Greenstreet , English-American actor (died 1954)[57] 1882 – Mina Loy , British modernist poet and artist (died 1966)[58] 1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton , Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1979)[59] 1888 – Thea von Harbou , German actress, director, and screenwriter (died 1954)[60] 1892 – Alfred Edwin McKay , Canadian captain and pilot (died 1917)[61] 1896 – Louis Bromfield , American author and theorist (died 1956)[62] 1896 – Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (died 1952)[63] 1896 – Carl Zuckmayer , German author and playwright (died 1977)[64] 1898 – Inejiro Asanuma , Japanese politician (died 1960)1900 – Hans Stuck , German racing driver (died 1978)[65] 1901–present
1901 – Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer (died 1992)[66] 1901 – Irene Handl , English actress (died 1987) 1904 – René Bonnet , French racing driver and engineer (died 1983)1905 – Cliff Arquette , American actor and comedian (died 1974)1906 – Oscar Levant , American pianist, composer, and actor (died 1972)1907 – Asaf Halet Çelebi , Turkish poet (died 1958)1907 – Sebastian Haffner , German journalist and author (died 1999) 1907 – Mary Howard , English author (died 1991) 1907 – Conrad L. Raiford , American baseball player and activist (died 2002) 1907 – Willem van Otterloo , Dutch conductor and composer (died 1978) 1909 – James Riddell , English skier and author (died 2000)1910 – Charles Olson , American poet and educator (died 1970)1911 – Anna Russell , English-Canadian singer and actress (died 2006)1913 – Elizabeth Smart , Canadian poet and novelist (died 1986)[67] 1915 – William Masters , American gynecologist, author, and academic (died 2001)1915 – Gyula Zsengellér , Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (died 1999) 1916 – Werner Baumbach , German pilot (died 1953)1916 – Cathy Lewis , American actress (died 1968) 1917 – Buddy Boudreaux , American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2015)1917 – T. Nadaraja , Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (died 2004) 1917 – Onni Palaste , Finnish soldier and author (died 2009) 1918 – John Celardo , American captain and illustrator (died 2012)1919 – Charles Sweeney , American general and pilot (died 2004)1920 – Bruce Hobbs , American jockey and trainer (died 2005)1921 – John Whitworth , English countertenor (died 2013)1923 – Bruno Bobak , Polish-Canadian painter and educator (died 2012)1923 – Lucas Mangope , South African politician (died 2018) 1924 – Jean Bartik , American computer scientist and engineer (died 2011)1924 – James A. McClure , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2011) 1925 – Michel Piccoli , French actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2020)1926 – Jerome Courtland , American actor, director, and producer (died 2012)1927 – Antony Gardner , English engineer and politician (died 2011)1927 – Nityanand Swami , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (died 2012) 1927 – Audrey Wagner , American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (died 1984) 1930 – Marshall Sahlins , American anthropologist and academic (died 2021)1930 – Wilfrid Sheed , English-born American novelist and essayist (died 2011) 1931 – Scotty Moore , American guitarist and songwriter (died 2016)1933 – Dave Marr , American golfer (died 1997)1934 – Larisa Latynina , Ukrainian gymnast and coach1934 – Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow , English businessman 1935 – Michael Turnbull , English bishop1936 – James Harrison , Australian blood plasma donor (died 2025)[68] 1936 – Phil Sharpe , English cricketer (died 2014) 1936 – Eve Uusmees , Estonian swimmer and coach (died 2026) 1939 – John Amos , American actor (died 2024)[69] 1940 – David Shepherd , English cricketer and umpire (died 2009)1941 – Miles Aiken , American basketball player and coach1941 – Mike Pinder , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2024) 1941 – Nolan Richardson , American basketball player and coach 1942 – Byron Browne , American baseball player1942 – Thomas Menino , American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (died 2014) 1942 – Ron Rothstein , American basketball player and coach 1943 – Cokie Roberts , American journalist and author (died 2019)[70] 1943 – Joan Manuel Serrat , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 – Peter Sinfield , English songwriter and producer (died 2024)[71] 1943 – Roy White , American baseball player and coach 1944 – Mick Jones , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer[69] 1946 – Lenny Kaye , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer1946 – Joe Kinnear , Irish footballer and manager (died 2024) 1946 – Janet Street-Porter , English journalist and producer 1946 – Polly Toynbee , English journalist and author[72] 1947 – Bill Eadie , American wrestler and coach1947 – Doug Livermore , English footballer and manager 1947 – Willy Polleunis , Belgian runner 1948 – Gérard Depardieu , French-Russian actor[73] 1949 – Terry Ito , Japanese director, producer, and critic1950 – Haris Alexiou , Greek singer-songwriter1950 – Roberto Bettega , Italian footballer and manager 1950 – Terry Bozzio , American drummer and songwriter 1951 – Karla Bonoff , American singer-songwriter[69] 1951 – Ernesto Zedillo , Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico [74] 1952 – Jay Hill , Canadian farmer and politician1952 – David Knopfler , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[69] 1954 – Kent Benson , American basketball player[75] 1954 – Mandie Fletcher , English director, producer, and production manager 1954 – Teo Chee Hean , Singaporean politician and 5th Senior Minister of Singapore [76] 1955 – Brad Murphey , American race car driver1955 – Barbara Olson , American journalist and author (died 2001) 1956 – Doina Melinte , Romanian runner1958 – Steve Jones , American golfer1959 – Gerina Dunwich , American astrologer, historian, and author1959 – Andre Tippett , American football player and coach 1960 – Maryam d'Abo , English actress[69] 1960 – Donald Nally , American conductor and academic 1960 – Terry Price , Australian golfer 1961 – Guido Westerwelle , German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 2016)1962 – Mark Few , American basketball player and coach1962 – John Kampfner , Singaporean journalist and author 1962 – Bill Self , American basketball player and coach 1962 – Sherri Steinhauer , American golfer 1963 – Gaspar Noé , Argentine-French director and screenwriter1964 – Ian Gomez , American actor[69] 1964 – Theresa Randle , American actress[69] 1965 – Salman Khan , Indian film actor and producer1966 – Marianne Elliott , English director and producer1966 – Bill Goldberg , American football player, wrestler and actor 1966 – Eva LaRue , American model and actress[69] 1969 – Jean-Christophe Boullion , French racing driver1969 – Chyna , American professional wrestler and actress (died 2016)[70] 1969 – Sarah Vowell , American author and journalist 1970 – Lorenzo Neal , American football player and radio host 1970 – Naoko Yamazaki , Japanese pilot and astronaut[77] 1971 – Duncan Ferguson , Scottish footballer and coach1971 – Guthrie Govan , English guitarist and educator 1971 – Savannah Guthrie , American television journalist[70] 1972 – Colin Charvis , Welsh rugby union player and coach1972 – Kevin Ollie , American basketball player and coach 1972 – Matt Slocum , American guitarist and songwriter[69] 1973 – Wilson Cruz , American actor[69] 1973 – Kristoffer Zegers , Dutch pianist and composer 1974 – Tomáš Janků , Czech high jumper1974 – Masi Oka , Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer[69] 1974 – Fumiko Orikasa , Japanese voice actress and singer 1974 – Jay Pandolfo , American ice hockey player and coach[78] 1975 – Aigars Fadejevs , Latvian race walker and therapist1975 – Heather O'Rourke , American actress (died 1988)[70] 1976 – Nikolaos Georgeas , Greek footballer1976 – Piotr Morawski , Polish mountaineer (died 2009) 1976 – Daimí Pernía , Cuban basketball player and hurdler 1976 – Fernando Pisani , Canadian-Italian ice hockey player 1977 – Jacqueline Pillon , Canadian actress1977 – Chris Tate , English footballer 1978 – Deuce McAllister , American football player1978 – Lisa Jakub , Canadian actress[79] 1979 – Pascale Dorcelus , Canadian weightlifter[80] 1979 – David Dunn , English footballer and manager 1979 – Carson Palmer , American football player 1980 – Bernard Berrian , American football player1980 – Claudio Castagnoli , Swiss wrestler 1980 – Dahntay Jones , American basketball player 1980 – Meelis Kompus , Estonian journalist 1981 – David Aardsma , American baseball player1981 – Emilie de Ravin , Australian actress[69] 1981 – Jay Ellis , American actor[69] 1981 – Moise Joseph , American-Haitian runner 1981 – Patrick Sharp , Canadian ice hockey player 1982 – Erin E. Stead , American illustrator1983 – Anthony Boric , New Zealand rugby union player1983 – Cole Hamels , American baseball player 1983 – Jesse Williams , American high jumper 1984 – Andrejs Perepļotkins , Ukrainian-Latvian footballer1984 – Gilles Simon , French tennis player[81] 1985 – Logan Bailly , Belgian footballer1985 – Jérôme d'Ambrosio , Belgian racing driver 1985 – Adil Rami , French footballer[82] 1985 – Paul Stastny , Canadian-American ice hockey player 1986 – Torah Bright , Australian snowboarder1986 – Jamaal Charles , American football player[83] 1986 – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Jamaican sprinter 1987 – Lily Cole , English model1988 – Jorge Gutiérrez , Mexican basketball player[84] 1988 – Hera Hilmar , Icelandic actress 1988 – Zavon Hines , Jamaican-English footballer 1988 – Ok Taec-yeon , South Korean singer and actor 1988 – Rick Porcello , American baseball player 1988 – Hayley Williams , American singer-songwriter[69] 1989 – Ingrid Várgas Calvo , Peruvian tennis player[85] 1990 – Max Lindholm , Finnish figure skater1990 – Jonathan Marchessault , Canadian ice hockey player 1990 – Milos Raonic , Canadian tennis player[86] 1990 – Zelina Vega , American wrestler[87] 1991 – Chloe Bridges , American actress[70] 1991 – Michael Morgan , Australian rugby league player 1991 – Beth Potter , Scottish triathlete and long-distance runner[88] 1991 – Danny Wilson , Scottish footballer 1992 – Joel Indermitte , Estonian footballer1992 – Maicel Uibo , Estonian decathlete 1993 – Olivia Cooke , English actress[69] 1994 – Isi Palazón , Spanish footballer[89] 1995 – Timothée Chalamet , French-American actor[69] 1995 – Nick Chubb , American football player[90] 1995 – Ghislain Konan , Ivorian footballer[91] 1995 – Mark Lapidus , Estonian chess player 1997 – Mads Juel Andersen , Danish footballer[92] 1997 – Vachirawit Chivaaree , Thai actor and singer[93] 1997 – Ana Konjuh , Croatian tennis player[94] 1997 – Jang Gyu-ri , South Korean actress[95] 1998 – Luka Garza , American basketball player[96] 1999 – Brock Purdy , American football player[97] 2001 – Ander Barrenetxea , Spanish footballer[98] Deaths
Pre-1600
683 – Gaozong of Tang , 3rd emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (born 628)870 – Aeneas of Paris , Frankish bishop975 – Balderic , bishop of Utrecht (born 897)1003 – Emma of Blois , French duchess and regent1005 – Nilus the Younger , Byzantine abbot (born 910)1076 – Sviatoslav II , Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1027)[99] 1087 – Bertha of Savoy , Holy Roman Empress (born 1051)1381 – Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , English politician (born 1352)1518 – Mahmood Shah Bahmani II , sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (born c. 1470)1543 – George , margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (born 1484)1548 – Francesco Spiera , Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1502)1601–1900
1603 – Thomas Cartwright , English minister and theologian (born 1535)[100] 1637 – Vincenzo Giustiniani , Italian banker (born 1564)[101] 1641 – Francis van Aarssens , Dutch diplomat (born 1572)[citation needed] 1642 – Herman op den Graeff , Dutch bishop (born 1585)[102] 1656 – Andrew White , English Jesuit missionary (born 1579)[103] 1660 – Hervey Bagot , English politician (born 1591)[104] 1663 – Christine of France , Duchess of Savoy (born 1606)[105] 1672 – Jacques Rohault , French philosopher (born 1618 )[106] 1683 – Maria Francisca of Savoy , Queen consort of Portugal (born 1646)[107] 1689 – Gervase Bryan , English clergyman (born 1622)[108] 1693 – Henri de Villars , French prelate (born 1621)[109] 1694 – Henrik Span , naval officer in the Dutch (born 1634)[110] 1704 – Hans Albrecht von Barfus , Prussian field marshal and politician (born 1635)1707 – Jean Mabillon , French monk and scholar (born 1632)[111] 1707 – Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale , English earl, politician (born 1654)[112] 1737 – William Bowyer , English printer (born 1663)1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud , French painter (born 1659)1771 – Henri Pitot , French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (born 1695)1776 – Johann Rall , Hessian colonel (born c. 1726)1782 – Henry Home, Lord Kames , Scottish judge and philosopher (born 1697)1800 – Hugh Blair , Scottish minister and author (born 1718)1812 – Joanna Southcott , English religious leader (born 1750)1834 – Charles Lamb , English essayist and poet (born 1775)1836 – Stephen F. Austin , American soldier and politician (born 1793)1858 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , French pianist and composer (born 1785)1895 – Eivind Astrup , Norwegian explorer (born 1871)[113] 1896 – John Brown , English businessman and politician (born 1816)1900 – William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong , English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (born 1810)1901–present
1914 – Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (born 1863)1919 – Achilles Alferaki , Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (born 1846)1923 – Gustave Eiffel , French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (born 1832)1924 – Agda Meyerson , Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (born 1866)1936 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet, academic, and politician (born 1873)1938 – Calvin Bridges , American geneticist and academic (born 1889)1938 – Osip Mandelstam , Polish-Russian poet and critic (born 1891) 1938 – Zona Gale , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1874) 1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo , American painter (born 1877)1943 – Ants Kurvits , Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (born 1887)1950 – Max Beckmann , German-American painter and sculptor (born 1884)1952 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan , Australian priest, author, and educator (born 1878)1953 – Şükrü Saracoğlu , Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1887)1953 – Julian Tuwim , Polish poet and author (born 1894) 1955 – Alfred Carpenter , English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1881)1956 – Lambert McKenna , Irish priest and lexicographer (born 1870)1965 – Edgar Ende , German painter (born 1901)1972 – Lester B. Pearson , Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada , Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)1974 – Vladimir Fock , Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1898)1974 – Amy Vanderbilt , American author (born 1908) 1978 – Chris Bell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)1978 – Houari Boumediene , Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (born 1932) 1978 – Bob Luman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937) 1979 – Hafizullah Amin , Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (born 1929)1981 – Hoagy Carmichael , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1899)1982 – Jack Swigert , American pilot, astronaut, and politician (born 1931)1985 – Jean Rondeau , French racing driver (born 1946)1986 – George Dangerfield , English-American historian and journalist (born 1904)1986 – Dumas Malone , American historian and author (born 1892) 1987 – Rewi Alley , New Zealand writer and political activist (born 1897)[114] 1988 – Hal Ashby , American director and producer (born 1929)1992 – Kay Boyle , American novelist, poet, and educator (born 1902)1993 – Feliks Kibbermann , Estonian chess player and philologist (born 1902)1993 – Evald Mikson , Estonian footballer (born 1911) 1993 – André Pilette , Belgian racing driver (born 1918) 1994 – Fanny Cradock , English author and critic (born 1909)1994 – J. B. L. Reyes , Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1902) 1995 – Shura Cherkassky , Ukrainian-American pianist (born 1909)1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan , Armenian chess player and composer (born 1910) 1997 – Brendan Gill , American journalist and essayist (born 1914)1997 – Billy Wright , Northern Irish loyalist leader (born 1960) 1999 – Michael McDowell , American author and screenwriter (born 1950)2002 – George Roy Hill , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)2003 – Alan Bates , English actor (born 1934)2003 – Iván Calderón , Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1962) 2004 – Hank Garland , American guitarist (born 1930)2007 – Benazir Bhutto , Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953)[115] 2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Polish director and screenwriter (born 1922) 2007 – Jaan Kross , Estonian author and poet (born 1920) 2008 – Delaney Bramlett , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1939)2008 – Robert Graham , Mexican-American sculptor (born 1938) 2009 – Isaac Schwartz , Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (born 1923)2011 – Catê , Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1973)2011 – Michael Dummett , English soldier, philosopher, and academic (born 1925) 2011 – Helen Frankenthaler , American painter and educator (born 1928)[116] 2011 – Johnny Wilson , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1929) 2012 – Harry Carey, Jr. , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)2012 – Lloyd Charmers , Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1938) 2012 – Tingye Li , Chinese-American physicist and engineer (born 1931) 2012 – Archie Roy , Scottish astronomer and academic (born 1924) 2012 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. , American general and engineer (born 1934) 2012 – Salt Walther , American race car driver (born 1947) 2013 – Richard Ambler , English-Scottish biologist and academic (born 1933)2013 – Mohamad Chatah , Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (born 1951) 2013 – Gianna D'Angelo , American soprano and educator (born 1929) 2013 – John Matheson , Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1917) 2013 – Farooq Sheikh , Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (born 1948) 2014 – Ben Ammi Ben-Israel , American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (born 1939)2014 – Ulises Estrella , Ecuadorian poet and academic (born 1939) 2014 – Ronald Li , Hong Kong accountant and businessman (born 1929) 2014 – Karel Poma , Belgian bacteriologist and politician (born 1920) 2015 – Stein Eriksen , Norwegian-American skier (born 1927)2015 – Dave Henderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1958) 2015 – Ellsworth Kelly , American painter and sculptor (born 1923) 2015 – Meadowlark Lemon , American basketball player and minister (born 1932) 2015 – Alfredo Pacheco , Salvadoran footballer (born 1982) 2015 – Stevie Wright , English-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1947) 2016 – Carrie Fisher , American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)2016 – Ratnasiri Wickremanayake , Sri Lankan politician (born 1933) 2018 – Frank Blaichman , Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)[117] 2019 – Maria Creveling , American League of Legends player (born 1995)[118] 2023 – Lee Sun-kyun , South Korean actor (born 1975)[119] 2023 – Gaston Glock , Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)[120] 2024 – Greg Gumbel , American sportscaster (born 1946)[121] 2024 – Olivia Hussey , Argentinian-English actress (born 1951)[122] 2024 – Charles Shyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)[123] Holidays and observances
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