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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1641 – Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle , the seat of English rule in Ireland , so as to force concessions.1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War .1666 – The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale , strikes the county of Lincolnshire , with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).[4] 1707 – The First Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain convenes.1798 – The forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeat the French and capture the town of Preveza in the Battle of Nicopolis .[5] 1812 – General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon , claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign .1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts .1856 – Second Opium War : Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner Ye Mingchen 's reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul Harry Parkes's urging, British Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour launches an assault on the Barrier Forts outside Canton in the first military engagement of the Second Opium War .[6] 1864 – American Civil War : The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River , ending in a Union victory.1868 – Meiji Restoration : Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo , Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era .[7] 1882 – Assommoir bombing : Anarchists such as Fanny Madignier commit the first deadly anarchist attack in France.[8] 1901–present
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.1911 – The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.1912 – First Balkan War : The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.1923 – German October : Due to a miscommunication with the party leadership, a militant section of the Communist Party of Germany launches an insurrection in Hamburg .[9] 1924 – Second Zhili–Fengtian War : Warlord Feng Yuxiang , with the covert support of the Empire of Japan , stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique , crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.[10] 1927 – The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere , Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue [11] 1940 – Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War .[12] 1941 – The Holocaust : Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories .[13] 1942 – World War II : Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein , which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a U.S. Army Air Force bomber near Palm Springs, California . 1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodger's minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.[14] [15] 1955 – Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam .1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with West Germany instead of France .1956 – Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution .1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.1958 – Belgian artist Peyo 's comic characters, the Smurfs , make their debut in Spirou magazine.[16] 1959 – Aeroflot Flight 200 crashes while attempting to land at Vnukovo International Airport , killing 28.[17] 1965 – Vietnam War : The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) , in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam , launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me .1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame , fueled with natural gas .1972 – Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker , a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive , ends after five months.1978 – Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash , killing all 26 people aboard.[18] 1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.1983 – Lebanese Civil War : The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb , killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.1989 – The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic .1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine , the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. 1989 – An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas , which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale , kills 23 and injures 314.[19] 1991 – Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War .1993 – The Troubles : A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast , killing the bomber and nine civilians.1995 – Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena .1998 – Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum .2001 – Apple Computer releases the iPod .[20] 2002 – Second Chechen War : Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.2007 – A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.2007 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120 , with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.[21] 2011 – A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey , killing 582 people and injuring thousands.2011 – The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over. 2015 – The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere , and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia , which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.2017 – War against the Islamic State : Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi .[22] 2020 – Second Libyan Civil War : The Second Libyan Civil War comes to an end as all parties to the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military Commission agree to a ceasefire.[23] 2022 – Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee , beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China .[24] 2022 – Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township , Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre .[25] Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1634 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp , Swedish queen (died 1715)1654 – Johann Bernhard Staudt , Austrian composer (died 1712)1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel , French architect, designed the École Militaire (died 1782)1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne , Austrian field marshal (died 1757)1713 – Pieter Burman the Younger , Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)1762 – Samuel Morey , American engineer (died 1843)1766 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy , French general (died 1847)1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich , American minister, lexicographer, and educator (died 1860)1796 – Stefano Franscini , Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)[27] 1801 – Albert Lortzing , German singer-songwriter and actor (died 1851)1805 – John Russell Bartlett , American linguist and historian (died 1886)1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt , German-Australian explorer (died 1848)1815 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe , Brazilian politician (died 1889)1817 – Pierre Larousse , French lexicographer and author (died 1875)1822 – Gustav Spörer , German astronomer (died 1895)1832 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg , Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg , the first President of Finland (died 1873)[28] 1835 – Adlai Stevenson I , American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (died 1914)1837 – Moritz Kaposi , Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)1844 – Robert Bridges , English poet and playwright (died 1930)[29] 1857 – Juan Luna , Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)1863 – Mirko Breyer , Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (died 1946)1865 – Neltje Blanchan , American historian and author (died 1918)1869 – John Heisman , American football player and coach (died 1936)1870 – Francis Kelley , Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)1873 – William D. Coolidge , American physicist and engineer (died 1975)1874 – Charles Kilpatrick , American runner and educator (died 1921)1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis , American chemist and academic (died 1946)1876 – Franz Schlegelberger , German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (died 1970)1878 – Jaan Lattik , Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1967)[30] 1880 – Dominikus Böhm , German architect (died 1955)1880 – Una O'Connor , Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959) 1883 – Hugo Wast , Argentine writer (died 1962)1885 – Lawren Harris , Canadian painter and educator (died 1970)1888 – Onésime Gagnon , Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961)1892 – Speckled Red , American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (died 1973)1894 – Rube Bressler , American baseball player (died 1966)1894 – Emma Vyssotsky , American astronomer and academic (died 1975) 1896 – Hilario Abellana , Filipino politician (died 1945)[31] 1896 – Lilyan Tashman , American actress (died 1934) 1897 – John Baker , English air marshal (died 1978)1897 – Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena , Spanish writer (died 1975) 1899 – Bernt Balchen , Norwegian aviator (died 1973)1900 – Douglas Jardine , Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)1901–present
1902 – Robert Eberan von Eberhorst , Austrian engineer (died 1982)1902 – Luther Evans , American political scientist and politician (died 1981) 1904 – Harvey Penick , American golfer and coach (died 1995)1905 – Felix Bloch , Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)1905 – Yen Chia-kan , Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1993) 1905 – Gertrude Ederle , American swimmer (died 2003)[32] 1908 – František Douda , Czech shot putter (died 1990)1908 – Ilya Frank , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990) 1909 – Zellig Harris , American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)1910 – Richard Mortensen , Danish painter and educator (died 1993)1910 – Hayden Rorke , American actor (died 1987) 1911 – Jack Keller , American hurdler (died 1978)1915 – Simo Puupponen , Finnish writer (died 1967)1918 – Augusta Dabney , American actress (died 2008)1918 – James Daly , American actor (died 1978) 1918 – Paul Rudolph , American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (died 1997) 1919 – Manolis Andronikos , Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)1920 – Ted Fujita , Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)1920 – Bob Montana , American illustrator (died 1975) 1920 – Gianni Rodari , Italian writer (died 1980) 1920 – Vern Stephens , American baseball player (died 1968) 1922 – Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington , English politician (died 2018)1922 – Coleen Gray , American actress (died 2015)[33] 1923 – Aslam Farrukhi , Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)1923 – Ned Rorem , American composer and author (died 2022) 1923 – Frank Sutton , American actor (died 1974) 1924 – Arthur Brittenden , English journalist (died 2015)1925 – Johnny Carson , American television host (died 2005)[34] 1925 – Fred Shero , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)[35] 1927 – Sonny Criss , American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)1927 – Dezső Gyarmati , Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013) 1927 – Leszek Kołakowski , Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009) 1929 – Luis Alarcón , Chilean actor (died 2023)1929 – Shamsur Rahman , Bangladeshi poet and journalist (died 2006) 1930 – Unto Mononen , Finnish musician (died 1968)1931 – Jim Bunning , American baseball player and politician (died 2017)1931 – William P. Clark, Jr. , American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013) 1931 – Diana Dors , English actress (died 1984) 1931 – Johnny Kitagawa , Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)[36] 1932 – Vasily Belov , Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)1933 – Carol Fran , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2021)1933 – Carlos Lemos Simmonds , sixth Vice President of Columbia (died 2003) 1934 – Caitro Soto , Afro-Peruvian musician (died 2004)1935 – JacSue Kehoe , American neuroscientist (died 2019)1936 – Charles Goodhart , English economist and academic1936 – Philip Kaufman , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1937 – Johnny Carroll , American rockabilly musician (died 1995)1937 – Carlos Lamarca , Brazilian captain (died 1971) 1937 – Deven Verma , Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014) 1938 – Alan G'ilzean , Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)1939 – Charlie Foxx , American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)1939 – C. V. Vigneswaran , Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province 1940 – Ellie Greenwich , American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)1940 – Jane Holzer , American model, actress, producer, and art collector 1940 – Pelé , Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)[37] 1941 – René Metge , French rally driver (died 2024)1941 – Colin Milburn , English cricketer (died 1990) 1941 – Igor Smirnov , Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria 1942 – Douglas Dunn , Scottish poet, critic, and academic1942 – Bernd Erdmann , German footballer and manager 1942 – Anita Roddick , English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007) 1942 – Michael Crichton , American author and screenwriter (died 2008)[38] 1943 – Alida Chelli , Italian actress and singer (died 2012)1944 – Mike Harding , English singer-songwriter and comedian1945 – Maggi Hambling , English sculptor and painter1945 – Kim Larsen , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018) 1945 – Graça Machel , Mozambican politician and humanitarian 1945 – Ernie Watts , American saxophonist 1945 – Maury Yeston , American composer, lyricist, and music theorist 1946 – Graeme Barker , English archaeologist and academic1946 – Alicia Borinsky , Argentine writer 1946 – Mel Martínez , American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1946 – Miklós Németh , Hungarian javelin thrower 1947 – Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi , co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas (died 2004)1947 – Kazimierz Deyna , Polish footballer (died 1989) 1947 – Greg Ridley , English bass player (died 2003) 1948 – Hermann Hauser , Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory 1948 – Gerry Robinson , Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality (died 2021) 1948 – Brian Ross , American journalist 1948 – Jordi Sabatés , Spanish musician (died 2022) 1949 – Krešimir Ćosić , Croatian soldier and politician1949 – Oscar Martínez , Argentine theater actor 1949 – Nick Tosches , American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019) 1949 – Würzel , English singer and guitarist (died 2011) 1950 – Maths O. Sundqvist , Swedish businessman (died 2012)1951 – Ángel de Andrés López , Spanish actor (died 2016)1951 – Charly García , Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu , Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo 1951 – David Wills , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 – Pierre Moerlen , French drummer (died 2005)1952 – Ken Tipton , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1953 – Taner Akçam , Turkish sociologist and historian1953 – Joaquín Lavín , Chilean politician and economist 1953 – Pauline Black , English singer, actress and author[39] 1954 – Ang Lee , Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter[40] 1955 – Toshio Hosokawa , Japanese composer[41] 1956 – Adam Nawałka , Polish football player and manager1956 – Darrell Pace , American archer[42] 1956 – Dianne Reeves , American singer[40] 1956 – Dwight Yoakam , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[40] 1957 – Paul Kagame , Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda 1957 – Graham Rix , English footballer and coach 1957 – Martin Luther King III , American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate[43] 1958 – Michael Eric Dyson , American activist, author, and academic1958 – Rose Nabinger , German singer 1958 – Frank Schaffer , German sprinter 1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic , American comedy musician, writer, and actor[44] 1959 – Sam Raimi , American director, screenwriter and producer[45] 1960 – Mirwais Ahmadzaï , Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer1960 – Katoucha Niane , French model and actress (died 2008) 1960 – Randy Pausch , American author and academic (died 2008) 1960 – Wayne Rainey , American motorcycle racer 1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson , American author1961 – Vinicio Gómez , Guatemalan politician (died 2008) 1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta , Spanish footballer and sportscaster 1963 – Gordon Korman , Canadian-American author1963 – Rashidi Yekini , Nigerian footballer (died 2012) 1964 – Eddy Cue , American computer scientist and businessman1964 – Robert Trujillo , American bass player and songwriter[40] 1965 – Augusten Burroughs , American author and screenwriter1965 – Al Leiter , American baseball player and sportscaster 1966 – Alex Zanardi , Italian racing driver and cyclist (died 2026)1967 – Dale Crover , American musician1967 – Omar Linares , Cuban baseball player 1967 – Jaime Yzaga , Peruvian tennis player 1969 – Dolly Buster , Czech film producer and director, actress and author1969 – Trudi Canavan , Australian author and illustrator 1969 – Bill O'Brien , American football player and coach 1969 – Brooke Theiss , American actress 1970 – Matthew Barzun , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1970 – Grant Imahara , American television presenter and engineer (died 2020) 1970 – Kenji Nomura , Japanese voice actor 1970 – Zoe Wiseman , American model and photographer 1971 – Carlo Forlivesi , Italian-Japanese composer and scholar1971 – Chris Horner , American cyclist 1972 – Tiffeny Milbrett , American soccer player1972 – Dominika Paleta , Polish-Mexican actress 1972 – Eduardo Paret , Cuban baseball player 1972 – Bryan Pratt , American lawyer and politician 1972 – Jasmin St. Claire , Virgin Islander-American actress 1972 – Jimmy Wayne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[40] 1973 – Christian Dailly , Scottish footballer1974 – Aravind Adiga , Indian journalist and author1974 – Beatrice Faumuina , New Zealand discus thrower 1974 – Sander Westerveld , Dutch footballer 1974 – Christine Yoshikawa , Canadian pianist 1975 – Michelle Beadle , American sportscaster1975 – Odalys García , Cuban actress 1975 – Phillip Gillespie , Australian cricket umpire 1975 – Jessicka , American singer-songwriter 1975 – Yoon Son-ha , South Korean actress and singer 1975 – Keith Van Horn , American basketball player 1975 – Manuela Velasco , Spanish actress 1976 – Cat Deeley , English model, actress, and television host[40] 1976 – Sergio Diduch , Argentine footballer 1976 – Ryan Reynolds , Canadian-American actor and producer[40] 1977 – Brad Haddin , Australian cricketer1977 – Alex Tudor , English cricketer and coach 1978 – Jimmy Bullard , English footballer1978 – Steve Harmison , English cricketer and sportscaster 1978 – John Lackey , American baseball player 1978 – Archie Thompson , New Zealand-Australian footballer 1979 – Ramón Castro , Venezuelan baseball player1979 – Simon Davies , Welsh footballer 1979 – Lynn Greer , American basketball player[46] 1979 – Prabhas , Telugu film actor 1979 – Jorge Solís , Mexican boxer 1979 – Bud Smith , American baseball player 1980 – Mate Bilić , Croatian footballer1980 – Pedro Liriano , Dominican baseball player 1981 – Daniela Alvarado , Venezuelan actress1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen , Dutch racing driver 1981 – Leticia Dolera , Spanish actress 1981 – Ben Francisco , American baseball player 1981 – Lee Ki-woo , South Korean actor 1981 – Mirel Rădoi , Romanian footballer 1982 – Valentin Badea , Romanian footballer1982 – Kristjan Kangur , Estonian basketball player 1982 – Aleksandar Luković , Serbian footballer 1982 – Rickey Paulding , American basketball player 1982 – Rodolfo , Brazilian footballer 1983 – Filippos Darlas , Greek footballer1983 – Valentin Demyanenko , Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist[47] 1983 – Goldie Harvey , Nigerian singer-songwriter (died 2013) 1984 – Izabel Goulart , Brazilian model1984 – Jeffrey Hoogervorst , Dutch footballer 1984 – Simone Masini , Italian footballer 1984 – Meghan McCain , American journalist, author, and television personality[40] 1984 – Michael Sim , Australian golfer 1984 – Keiren Westwood , English footballer 1985 – Mohammed Abdellaoue , Norwegian footballer1985 – Masiela Lusha , Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian[40] 1985 – Miguel , American singer-songwriter and producer[40] 1985 – Chris Neal , English footballer 1985 – Luca Spinetti , Italian footballer 1985 – Panagiotis Vouis , Greek footballer 1986 – Emilia Clarke , English actress[40] 1986 – Briana Evigan , American actress and dancer 1986 – Inbar Lavi , Israeli actress[40] 1986 – Jovanka Radičević , Montenegrin handball player[48] 1986 – Jake Robinson , English footballer 1986 – Jessica Stroup , American actress[40] 1987 – Carmella , American wrestler[49] 1987 – Robin Copeland , Irish rugby player 1987 – Félix Doubront , Venezuelan baseball player 1987 – Faye , Swedish singer-songwriter 1987 – Kyle Gibson , American baseball player[50] 1987 – Seo In-guk , South Korean singer and actor 1987 – Miyuu Sawai , Japanese model and actress 1987 – Naomi Watanabe , Japanese actress 1988 – Jordan Crawford , American basketball player1988 – Aleksandr Salugin , Russian footballer 1988 – Carolin Schiewe , German footballer 1989 – Viktor Agardius , Swedish footballer1989 – Alain Baroja , Venezuelan footballer 1989 – Zach Brown , American football player[51] 1989 – Jonita Gandhi , Indo-Canadian singer 1989 – Anisya Kirdyapkina , Russian race walker 1989 – Andriy Yarmolenko , Ukrainian footballer 1991 – Emil Forsberg , Swedish footballer[52] 1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino , member of the Japanese Imperial Family [53] 1991 – Jorge Taufua , Australian rugby league player[54] 1992 – Álvaro Morata , Spanish footballer[55] 1993 – Josh Ruffels , English footballer[56] 1994 – Margaret Qualley , American actress[57] 1995 – Ireland Baldwin , American model[58] 1997 – Nick Bosa , American football player[59] 1997 – Élie Okobo , French basketball player[60] 1997 – Jaydn Su'A , New Zealand rugby league player[61] 1997 – Minnie , Thai singer[62] 1998 – Amandla Stenberg , American actress[63] 1998 – Jordan Goodwin , American basketball player[64] 1999 – Yui Kobayashi , Japanese idol[65] 2002 – Ningning , Chinese singer[66] 2003 – Jacob Bethell , English Cricket Legend [67] 2004 – Niccolò Pisilli , Italian footballer[68] Deaths
Pre-1600
42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger , Roman general and politician (born 85 BC)877 – Ignatios of Constantinople , Byzantine patriarch (born 797)891 – Yazaman al-Khadim , Abbasid general and politician902 – Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya , Aghlabid emir (born 850)930 – Daigo , Japanese emperor (born 885)945 – Hyejong of Goryeo , Korean king (born 912)949 – Yōzei , Japanese emperor (born 869)1134 – Abu al-Salt , Andalusian polymath1157 – Sweyn III , Danish king (born c. 1125)1456 – John of Capistrano , Italian priest and saint (born 1386)1550 – Tiedemann Giese , Polish bishop (born 1480)1581 – Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer (born 1529)1601–1900
1616 – Leonhard Hutter , German theologian and academic (born 1563)1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange , French philologist and historian (born 1610)1730 – Anne Oldfield , English actress (born 1683)1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte , French admiral (born 1683)1774 – Michel Benoist , French missionary and astronomer (born 1715)1852 – Georg August Wallin , Finnish explorer, orientalist , and professor (born 1811)[69] 1867 – Franz Bopp , German linguist and academic (born 1791)1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1799)1872 – Théophile Gautier , French journalist, author, and poet (born 1811)1885 – Charles S. West , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (born 1829)1893 – Alexander of Battenberg (born 1857)1901–present
1910 – Chulalongkorn , Thai king (born 1853)1915 – W. G. Grace , English cricketer and physician (born 1848)1916 – Richard McFadden , Scottish footballer and soldier (born 1889)1917 – Eugène Grasset , Swiss illustrator (born 1845)1921 – John Boyd Dunlop , Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (born 1840)1935 – Charles Demuth , American painter and educator (born 1883)1939 – Zane Grey , American dentist and author (born 1872)1942 – Ralph Rainger , American pianist and composer (born 1901)1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (born 1876)1944 – Charles Glover Barkla , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)1944 – Hana Brady , Czech holocaust victim (born 1931) 1950 – Al Jolson , Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)1953 – Adrien de Noailles , French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (born 1869)1959 – George Bouzianis , Greek painter (born 1885)[70] 1959 – Gerda Lundequist , Swedish actress (born 1871) 1964 – Frank Luther Mott , American historian and journalist (born 1886)1969 – Tommy Edwards , American singer-songwriter (born 1922)[71] 1975 – Marjorie Maynard British artist and farmer (born 1891)1978 – Maybelle Carter , American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family ) (born 1909)1980 – Tibor Rosenbaum , Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923)[72] 1983 – Jessica Savitch , American journalist (born 1947)1984 – Oskar Werner , Austrian-German actor (born 1922)1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)1988 – Asashio Tarō III , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (born 1929)1989 – Armida , Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)1990 – Thomas Williams , American author and academic (born 1926)1994 – Robert Lansing , American actor (born 1928)1996 – Bob Grim , American baseball player (born 1930)1997 – Bert Haanstra , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1916)1998 – Barnett Slepian , American physician (born 1946)1998 – Eric Ambler , English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1909)[73] 1999 – Eric Reece , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1909)2000 – Yokozuna , American wrestler (born 1966)2001 – Josh Kirby , English illustrator (born 1928)2001 – Daniel Wildenstein , French art dealer and historian (born 1917) 2002 – Adolph Green , American playwright and songwriter (born 1915)2003 – Tony Capstick , English actor and singer (born 1944)2003 – Soong Mei-ling , Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek , 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (born 1898) 2004 – Robert Merrill , American actor and singer (born 1919)2004 – Bill Nicholson , English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1919) 2005 – William Hootkins , American actor (born 1948)2005 – John Muth , American economist and academic (born 1930) 2005 – Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo , 10th First Lady of Nigeria (born 1945) 2006 – Lebo Mathosa , South African singer (Boom Shaka ) (born 1977)2007 – John Ilhan , Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (born 1965)2007 – Lim Goh Tong , Malaysian-Chinese businessman (born 1918) 2008 – Kevin Finnegan , English boxer (born 1948)2009 – Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor (born 1913)2010 – Fran Crippen , American swimmer (born 1984)2010 – Stanley Tanger , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (born 1923) 2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman , American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)2011 – Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer (born 1987) 2012 – William Joel Blass , American lawyer and politician (born 1917)2012 – Wilhelm Brasse , Polish photographer (born 1917) 2012 – Roland de la Poype , French soldier and pilot (born 1920) 2012 – Sunil Gangopadhyay , Indian author and poet (born 1934) 2012 – Michael Marra , Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1952) 2013 – Wes Bialosuknia , American basketball player (born 1945)2013 – Anthony Caro , English sculptor and academic (born 1924) 2013 – Niall Donohue , Irish hurler (born 1990) 2013 – Gypie Mayo , English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds ) (born 1951) 2013 – Bill Mazer , Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920) 2014 – Ghulam Azam , Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)2014 – John Bramlett , American football player (born 1941) 2014 – Bernard Mayes , English-American journalist and academic (born 1929) 2014 – Joan Quigley , American astrologer and author (born 1927) 2014 – Tullio Regge , Italian physicist and academic (born 1931) 2014 – Alvin Stardust , English singer and actor (born 1942) 2015 – Leon Bibb , American-Canadian singer (born 1922)2015 – Roger De Clerck , Belgian businessman (born 1924) 2015 – Jim Roberts , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1940) 2015 – Fred Sands , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (born 1938) 2016 – Jack Chick , American cartoonist and publisher (born 1924)2016 – Wim van der Voort , Dutch speed skater (born 1923) 2016 – Pete Burns , English singer-songwriter (born 1959) 2017 – Walter Lassally , German cinematographer (born 1926)2018 – Todd Reid , Australian tennis player (born 1984)2020 – Jerry Jeff Walker , American singer-songwriter (born 1942)[74] 2022 – Adriano Moreira , Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS – People's Party (born 1922 )[75] 2023 – Aira Samulin , Finnish entrepreneur and dance teacher (born 1927)[76] 2023 – Bishan Singh Bedi , Indian cricketer (born 1946)[77] 2024 – Geoff Capes , British shot putter and strongman (born 1949)[78] 2024 – Gary Indiana , American writer, playwright and poet (born 1950)[79] 2024 – Jack Jones , American singer and actor (born 1938)[80] 2025 – June Lockhart , American actress (b. 1925)[81] Holidays and observances
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