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Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 – Beaver Wars : At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York ), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia , the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly , convenes for the first time.1627 – An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano , Italy.[1] 1635 – Eighty Years' War : The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange , begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army .1645 – English Civil War : Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven launch the Siege of Hereford , a remaining Royalist stronghold.[2] 1656 – The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish -Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force.1676 – Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley .1729 – Founding of Baltimore, Maryland .1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts .1756 – In Saint Petersburg , Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.1811 – Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla , leader of the Mexican insurgency , is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City , Mexico.1859 – First ascent of Grand Combin , one of the highest summits in the Alps .1863 – American Indian Wars : Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone ) sign the Treaty of Box Elder .1863 – Valuev Circular banned the publication of religious, educational and training books in Ukrainian in the Russian Empire .[3] 1864 – American Civil War : Battle of the Crater : Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.1865 – The steamboat Brother Jonathan Crescent City, California , killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.1866 – Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans , killing 48 people and injuring another 100.1871 – The Staten Island Ferry Westfield' s boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.1901–present
1912 – Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō .1916 – The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.[4] 1930 – In Montevideo , Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina .[5] 1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney 's Flowers and Trees [6] Technicolor [7] Academy Award winning cartoon short.[8] 1945 – World War II : sinks the USS Indianapolis , killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.1956 – A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower , authorizing In God We Trust motto .1962 – The Trans-Canada Highway , the then-longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.1965 – U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid .1966 – England defeats West Germany to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4–2 after extra time.1969 – Vietnam War : U.S. president Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.1971 – Apollo program : On Apollo 15 , David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover .1971 – An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate , Japan, killing 162. 1974 – Watergate scandal : U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States .1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan , a suburb of Detroit , at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.1978 – The 730 : Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side .1980 – Vanuatu gains independence.1980 – Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law . 1981 – As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland .1990 – Ian Gow , Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.[9] 2003 – In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line .2003 – Three years after the death of the last Pyrenean ibex , Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so-far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice.[10] [11] 2006 – The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops BBC Two . The show had aired for 42 years.2006 – An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.[12] 2011 – Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall .2012 – A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh , India.2012 – A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. 2014 – Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India .2020 – NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station .[13] 2024 – A series of landslides occurs in Kerala , India, causing over 420 fatalities.[14] 2025 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia,[15] Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1641 – Regnier de Graaf , Dutch physician and anatomist (died 1673)1751 – Maria Anna Mozart , Austrian pianist (died 1829)[16] 1763 – Samuel Rogers , English poet and art collector (died 1855)1781 – Maria Aletta Hulshoff , Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (died 1846)[17] 1809 – Charles Chiniquy , Canadian-American priest and theologian (died 1899)1818 – Emily Brontë , English novelist and poet (died 1848)[18] 1818 – Jan Heemskerk , Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1897) 1825 – Chaim Aronson , Lithuanian engineer and author (died 1893)1832 – George Lemuel Woods , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (died 1890)1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens , German-Swiss businessman (died 1919)1857 – Thorstein Veblen , American economist and sociologist (died 1929)1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn , English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (died 1939)1862 – Nikolai Yudenich , Russian general (died 1933)1863 – Henry Ford , American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947)[19] 1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (died 1955)1881 – Smedley Butler , American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1940)1890 – Casey Stengel , American baseball player and manager (died 1975)1898 – Henry Moore , English sculptor and illustrator (died 1986)1899 – Gerald Moore , English pianist (died 1987)1901–present
1901 – Alfred Lépine , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1955)1904 – Salvador Novo , Mexican poet and playwright (died 1974)1909 – C. Northcote Parkinson , English historian and author (died 1993)[20] 1910 – Edgar de Evia , Mexican-American photographer (died 2003)1913 – Lou Darvas , American soldier and cartoonist (died 1987)1914 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1999)1920 – Walter Schuck , German lieutenant and pilot (died 2015)[21] 1921 – Grant Johannesen , American pianist and educator (died 2005)1922 – Henry W. Bloch , American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (died 2019)1924 – C. T. Vivian , American minister, author, and activist (died 2020)[22] [23] 1925 – Stan Stennett , Welsh actor and trumpet player (died 2013)1925 – Alexander Trocchi , Scottish author and poet (died 1984) 1926 – Betye Saar , American artist[24] 1926 – George Shanard , American politician and businessman (died 2012)[25] 1927 – Richard Johnson , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)1927 – Pete Schoening , American mountaineer (died 2004) 1927 – Victor Wong , American actor (died 2001) 1928 – Sulochana Latkar , Indian actress (died 2023)[26] 1928 – Joe Nuxhall , American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007) 1929 – Sid Krofft , Canadian-American puppeteer and producer (died 2026)[27] 1931 – Dominique Lapierre , French historian and author (died 2022)1931 – Marina Popovich , Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)[28] 1934 – Bud Selig , 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner 1936 – Buddy Guy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1936 – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (died 2020) 1938 – Hervé de Charette , French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1938 – Terry O'Neill , English photographer (died 2019) 1939 – Peter Bogdanovich , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)[29] 1939 – Eleanor Smeal , American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation 1940 – Patricia Schroeder , American lawyer and politician (died 2023)1940 – Clive Sinclair , English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (died 2021)[30] 1941 – Paul Anka , Canadian singer-songwriter and actor1942 – Pollyanna Pickering , English environmentalist and painter (died 2018)1943 – Henri-François Gautrin , Canadian physicist and politician1944 – Gerry Birrell , Scottish race car driver (died 1973)1944 – Peter Bottomley , English politician 1944 – Frances de la Tour , English actress 1945 – Patrick Modiano , French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate1945 – David Sanborn , American saxophonist and composer (died 2024)[31] 1946 – Neil Bonnett , American race car driver and sportscaster (died 1994)1946 – Jeffrey Hammond , English bass player 1947 – William Atherton , American actor and producer1947 – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi , French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1947 – Jonathan Mann , American physician and author (died 1998) 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger , Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California 1948 – Billy Paultz , American basketball player1948 – Jean Reno , Spanish-French actor 1948 – Otis Taylor , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948 – Julia Tsenova , Bulgarian pianist and composer (died 2010) 1949 – Duck Baker , American guitarist1949 – Sonia Proudman , English lawyer and judge (died 2023) 1950 – Harriet Harman , English lawyer and politician1950 – Frank Stallone , American singer-songwriter and actor 1951 – Alan Kourie , South African cricketer1951 – Gerry Judah , Indian-English painter and sculptor 1952 – Stephen Blackmore , English botanist and author1954 – Ken Olin , American actor, director, and producer1955 – Rat Scabies , English drummer and producer1955 – Christopher Warren-Green , English violinist and conductor 1956 – Delta Burke , American actress1956 – Réal Cloutier , Canadian ice hockey player 1956 – Georg Gänswein , German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI [32] 1956 – Anita Hill , American lawyer and academic 1956 – Soraida Martinez , American painter and educator 1957 – Antonio Adamo , Italian director and cinematographer1957 – Bill Cartwright , American basketball player and coach 1957 – Clint Hurdle , American baseball player and manager 1957 – Nery Pumpido , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager 1958 – Kate Bush , English singer-songwriter and producer1958 – Liz Kershaw , English radio broadcaster1958 – Daley Thompson , English decathlete and trainer 1960 – Jennifer Barnes , American-English musicologist and academic1960 – Richard Linklater , American director and screenwriter 1960 – Brillante Mendoza , Filipino independent film director 1961 – Laurence Fishburne , American actor and producer1962 – Alton Brown , American chef, author, and producer1962 – Jay Feaster , American ice hockey player and manager 1962 – Yakub Memon , Indian accountant and terrorist (died 2015) 1963 – Peter Bowler , English-Australian cricketer1963 – Lisa Kudrow , American actress and producer 1963 – Antoni Martí , Andorran architect and politician 1963 – Chris Mullin , American basketball player, coach, and executive 1964 – Ron Block , American singer-songwriter and banjo player1964 – Vivica A. Fox , American actress 1964 – Alek Keshishian , Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann , German footballer and manager 1964 – Laine Randjärv , Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Culture 1965 – Tim Munton , English cricketer1966 – Kerry Fox , New Zealand actress and screenwriter1966 – Craig Gannon , English guitarist and songwriter 1966 – Allan Langer , Australian rugby league player and coach 1966 – Sean Patrick Maloney , American politician[33] 1966 – Louise Wener , English author and singer-songwriter 1968 – Terry Crews , American actor and football player[34] 1968 – Robert Korzeniowski , Polish race walker and coach 1968 – Sean Moore , Welsh drummer and songwriter 1969 – Simon Baker , Australian actor, director, and producer1969 – Errol Stewart , South African cricketer and lawyer 1970 – Alun Cairns , Welsh businessman and politician1970 – Dean Edwards , American comedian, actor, and singer 1970 – Christopher Nolan , English-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Elvis Crespo , American-Puerto Rican singer1971 – Tom Green , Canadian comedian and actor 1971 – Christine Taylor , American actress[34] 1972 – Jim McIlvaine , American basketball player and sportscaster1973 – Kenton Cool , English mountaineer1973 – Ümit Davala , Turkish footballer and manager 1973 – Anastasios Katsabis , Greek footballer 1973 – Markus Näslund , Swedish ice hockey player and manager 1973 – Sonu Nigam , Indian playback singer and actor 1973 – Clementa C. Pinckney , American minister and politician (died 2015) 1974 – Radostin Kishishev , Bulgarian footballer and manager1974 – Jason Robinson , English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach 1974 – Hilary Swank , American actress and producer 1975 – Graham Nicholls , English author and activist1975 – Kate Starbird , American basketball player and computer scientist 1977 – Diana Bolocco , Chilean model and journalist;1977 – Misty May-Treanor , American volleyball player and coach 1977 – Jaime Pressly , American actress 1977 – Bootsy Thornton , American basketball player 1977 – Ian Watkins , Welsh former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender (died 2025) 1979 – Carlos Arroyo , Puerto Rican basketball player and singer1979 – Chad Keegan , South African cricketer and coach 1979 – Graeme McDowell , Northern Irish golfer 1979 – Maya Nasser , Syrian journalist (died 2012) 1980 – Seth Avett , American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician1980 – Justin Rose , South African-English golfer 1981 – Nicky Hayden , American motorcycle racer (died 2017)1981 – Juan Smith , South African rugby union footballer 1981 – Hope Solo , American soccer player 1981 – Indrek Turi , Estonian decathlete 1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain , Syrian footballer1982 – James Anderson , English cricketer 1982 – Martin Starr , American actor and comedian[34] 1982 – Yvonne Strahovski , Australian actress 1983 – Seán Dillon , Irish footballer1984 – Marko Asmer , Estonian race car driver1984 – Gabrielle Christian , American actress and singer 1984 – Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir , Icelandic politician[35] 1984 – Trudy McIntosh , Australian artistic gymnast[36] 1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle , American basketball player 1984 – Gina Rodriguez , American actress[34] 1985 – Chris Guccione , Australian tennis player1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm , Norwegian footballer 1985 – Luca Lanotte , Italian ice dancer 1985 – Matthew Scott , Australian rugby league player 1986 – Tiago Alencar , Brazilian footballer1986 – William Zillman , Australian rugby league player 1987 – Anton Fink , German footballer1987 – Sam Saunders , American golfer 1988 – Wen Chean Lim , Malaysian rhythmic gymnast[37] 1989 – Aleix Espargaró , Spanish motorcycle racer1989 – Wayne Parnell , South African cricketer 1990 – Chris Maxwell , Welsh footballer1990 – Tom Morris , Australian journalist[38] 1991 – Diana Vickers , English singer-songwriter1992 – Hannah Cockroft , English wheelchair racer1993 – Jacob Faria , American baseball player1993 – André Gomes , Portuguese footballer 1993 – Margarida Moura , Portuguese tennis player 1993 – Miho Miyazaki , Japanese singer[39] 1994 – Nelydia Senrose , Malaysian actress1995 – Hirving Lozano , Mexican footballer[40] 1996 – Nina Stojanović , Serbian tennis player1996 – Dylan Larkin , American hockey player[41] 1999 – Joey King , American actress[34] Deaths
Pre-1600
578 – Jacob Baradaeus , Greek bishop579 – Pope Benedict I 734 – Tatwine , English archbishop (born 670)829 – Shi Xiancheng , general of the Tang Dynasty1286 – Bar Hebraeus , Syrian scholar and historian (born 1226)1393 – Alberto d'Este , Lord of Ferrara and Modena (born 1347)1516 – John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1455)1540 – Thomas Abel , English priest and martyr (born 1497)1540 – Robert Barnes , English martyr and reformer (born 1495) 1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton , English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1505)1566 – Guillaume Rondelet , French doctor (born 1507)1601–1900
1608 – Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell , last King of Tyrconnell (born 1575)1624 – Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox , British nobleman (born 1579)1652 – Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (born 1624)1680 – Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory , Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1634)1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain (born 1638)1691 – Daniel Georg Morhof , German scholar and academic (born 1639)1700 – Prince William, Duke of Gloucester , English royal (born 1689)1718 – William Penn , English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (born 1644)1771 – Thomas Gray , English poet (born 1716)1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla , Mexican priest and soldier (born 1753)1832 – Lê Văn Duyệt , Vietnamese general, mandarin (born 1763–4)[42] 1870 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje , Norwegian poet and journalist (born 1818)[43] 1875 – George Pickett , American general (born 1825)1889 – Charlie Absolom , England cricketer (born 1846)1898 – Otto von Bismarck , German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)1900 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1844)[44] 1901–present
1912 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (born 1852)1918 – Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, journalist, and poet (born 1886)1920 – Albert Gustaf Dahlman , Swedish executioner (born 1848)1930 – Joan Gamper , Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (born 1877)1938 – John Derbyshire , English swimmer and water polo player (born 1878)1941 – Hugo Celmiņš , Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1877)1947 – Joseph Cook , English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)1965 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Japanese author and playwright (born 1886)1970 – Walter Murdoch , Scottish-Australian academic (born 1874)1970 – George Szell , Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1897) 1971 – Thomas Hollway , Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (born 1906)1975 – James Blish , American author and critic (born 1921)1977 – Emory Holloway , American scholar, author, and educator (born 1885)1983 – Howard Dietz , American songwriter and publicist (born 1896)1983 – Lynn Fontanne , English actress (born 1887) 1985 – Julia Robinson , American mathematician and theorist (born 1919)1989 – Lane Frost , American professional bull rider (born 1963)[45] 1990 – Ian Gow , British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (born 1937)[46] 1992 – Brenda Marshall , Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915)1992 – Joe Shuster , Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914) 1994 – Konstantin Kalser , German-American film producer and advertising executive (born 1920)[47] 1996 – Claudette Colbert , French-American actress (born 1903)1998 – Buffalo Bob Smith , American television host (born 1917)2001 – Anton Schwarzkopf , German engineer (born 1924)2003 – Steve Hislop , Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1962)2003 – Sam Phillips , American record producer, founded Sun Records (born 1923) 2005 – Ray Cunningham , American baseball player (born 1905)2005 – John Garang , Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (born 1945) 2006 – Duygu Asena , Turkish journalist and author(born 1946)2006 – Al Balding , Canadian golfer (born 1924) 2006 – Murray Bookchin , American philosopher and author (born 1921) 2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini , American accordion player and composer (born 1904) 2006 – Akbar Mohammadi , Iranian activist (born 1972) 2007 – Michelangelo Antonioni , Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)2007 – Teoctist Arăpașu , Romanian patriarch (born 1915) 2007 – Ingmar Bergman , Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918) 2007 – Bill Walsh , American football player and coach (born 1931) 2008 – Anne Armstrong , American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1927)2009 – Mohammed Yusuf , Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (born 1970)2009 – Peter Zadek , German director and screenwriter (born 1926) 2011 – Bob Peterson , American basketball player (born 1932)2012 – Maeve Binchy , Irish author, playwright, and journalist (born 1939)2012 – Bill Doss , American singer and guitarist (born 1968) 2012 – Stig Ossian Ericson , Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) 2012 – Les Green , English footballer and manager (born 1941) 2012 – Jonathan Hardy , New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1940) 2012 – Bill Kitchen , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960) 2012 – Mary Louise Rasmuson , American colonel (born 1911) 2013 – Cecil Alexander , American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (born 1918)2013 – Berthold Beitz , German businessman (born 1913) 2013 – Robert Neelly Bellah , American sociologist and author (born 1927) 2013 – Harry F. Byrd Jr. , American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (born 1914) 2013 – Antoni Ramallets , Spanish footballer and manager (born 1924) 2013 – Ossie Schectman , American basketball player (born 1919) 2013 – Benjamin Walker , Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1913) 2014 – Robert Drew , American director and producer (born 1924)2014 – Harun Farocki , German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944) 2014 – Julio Grondona , Argentinian businessman (born 1931) 2014 – Peter Hall , English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932) 2014 – Dick Smith , American make-up artist (born 1922) 2014 – Dick Wagner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942) 2015 – Lynn Anderson , American singer (born 1947)2015 – Stuart Baggs , English businessman (born 1988)[48] 2015 – Endel Lippmaa , Estonian physicist (born 1930) 2015 – Francis Paul Prucha , American historian and academic (born 1921) 2015 – Alena Vrzáňová , Czech figure skater (born 1931) 2016 – Gloria DeHaven , American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1925)2018 – Michael A. Sheehan , American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955)[49] 2020 – Lee Teng-hui , Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981) (born 1923)[50] [51] 2020 – Herman Cain , American businessman and political activist (born 1945)[52] 2021 – Shona Ferguson , Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (born 1974)[53] 2022 – Pat Carroll , American actress and comedian (born 1927)[54] 2022 – Nichelle Nichols , American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)[55] 2023 – Paul Reubens , American actor and comedian (born 1952)[56] 2024 – Onyeka Onwenu , Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952)[57] 2025 – David Argue , Australian actor (born 1959)[58] [59] 2025 – George Nigh , American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (born 1927)[60] Holidays and observances
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