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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1912 – Italo-Turkish War : Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.1914 – World War I : The First Battle of Ypres begins.1921 – The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia .1936 – New York World-Telegram to travel around the world [5] New York Evening Journal Dorothy Kilgallen , who finished in second place, and New York Times 1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra 1943 – Streptomycin , the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. 1944 – United States forces land in the Philippines .1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides , beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution . 1948 – Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.[6] 1950 – China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.1950 – Korean War : The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea. 1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program . 1953 – Ray Bradbury 's Fahrenheit 451 [7] 1955 – The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.[8] 1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration , officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.1960 – The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes .1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.1986 – The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer , an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.1987 – Black Monday : The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. 1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.2001 – SIEV X 2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.2004 – Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri , while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport .[9] 2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. 2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.2013 – One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.2019 – Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War .[10] 2025 – Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris ..[11] Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1605 – Thomas Browne , English physician and author (died 1682)1609 – Gerrard Winstanley , English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)1610 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)1613 – Charles of Sezze , Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)1658 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)1676 – Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes , Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)[12] 1680 – John Abernethy , Irish minister (died 1740)1688 – William Cheselden , English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)1718 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie , French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)1720 – John Woolman , American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)1721 – Joseph de Guignes , French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)1784 – Leigh Hunt , English poet and critic (died 1859)1789 – Theophilos Kairis , Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay , American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)1814 – Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter (died 1878)1826 – Ralph Tollemache , English priest (died 1895)1850 – Annie Smith Peck , American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)1858 – George Albert Boulenger , Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)1862 – Auguste Lumière , French director and producer (died 1954)1868 – Bertha Knight Landes , American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)1873 – Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)1873 – Bart King , American cricketer (died 1965) 1876 – Mordecai Brown , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)1876 – Mihkel Pung , Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941) 1879 – Emma Bell Miles , American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)1882 – Umberto Boccioni , Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)1885 – Charles E. Merrill , American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)1895 – Frank Durbin , American soldier (died 1999)1895 – Lewis Mumford , American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990) 1896 – Bob O'Farrell , American baseball player and manager (died 1988)1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)1900 – Erna Berger , German soprano and actress (died 1990)1900 – Bill Ponsford , Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991) 1900 – Roy Worters , Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957) 1901–present
1901 – Arleigh Burke , American admiral (died 1996)1903 – Tor Johnson , Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn , American bandleader and composer (died 1962)1908 – Geirr Tveitt , Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)1909 – Marguerite Perey , French physicist and academic (died 1975)[13] 1910 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)1910 – Shunkichi Hamada , Japanese field hockey player (died 2009) 1910 – Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980) 1910 – Farid al-Atrash , Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)[14] 1913 – Vinicius de Moraes , Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)1914 – Juanita Moore , American actress (died 2014)1916 – Jean Dausset , French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)1916 – Emil Gilels , Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985) 1916 – Minoru Yasui , American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986) 1917 – William Joel Blass , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)1917 – Walter Munk , Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019) 1917 – Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande , Indian mathematician (died 2020)[15] 1918 – Charles Evans , English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)1918 – Russell Kirk , American theorist and author (died 1994) 1918 – Robert Schwarz Strauss , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014) 1920 – Peter Aduja , Filipino-American politician (died 2007)1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003) 1920 – LaWanda Page , American actress (died 2002) 1920 – Harry Alan Towers , English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009) 1921 – George Nader , American actor (died 2002)1922 – Jack Anderson , American journalist and author (died 2005)[16] 1923 – Ruth Carter Stevenson , American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)1923 – Baby Dalupan , Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016) 1925 – Bernard Hepton , English actor and producer (died 2018)1925 – Czesław Kiszczak , Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015) 1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera , Argentinian admiral (died 2010) 1926 – Arne Bendiksen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)1926 – Joel Feinberg , American philosopher and academic (died 2004) 1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh , Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015) 1926 – Marjorie Tallchief , American ballerina (died 2021) 1927 – Pierre Alechinsky , Belgian painter and illustrator1927 – Stephen Keynes , English businessman (died 2017) 1928 – Lou Scheimer , American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)1929 – Lewis Wolpert , South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)1930 – John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside , English union leader and politician (died 2016)1930 – Mavis Nicholson , Welsh-English journalist (died 2022) 1931 – Ed Emberley , American author and illustrator1931 – John le Carré , English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)[17] 1931 – Atsushi Miyagi , Japanese tennis player (died 2021)[18] 1932 – Robert Reed , American actor (died 1992)[16] 1933 – Brian Booth , Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)1933 – Anthony Skingsley , English air marshal (died 2019) 1934 – Yakubu Gowon , Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria 1934 – Dave Guard , American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991) 1935 – Don Ward , Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)1936 – James Bevel , American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)1936 – Tony Lo Bianco , American actor[19] [20] 1937 – Marilyn Bell , Canadian swimmer1937 – Peter Max , German-American illustrator[19] 1937 – Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield , English banker and politician (died 2018) 1938 – Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth , Jamaican-English union leader and politician1939 – David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere , Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1940 – Larry Chance , American singer-songwriter (died 2023)1940 – Michael Gambon , Irish-British actor (died 2023)[19] 1940 – Rosny Smarth , Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025) 1941 – Peter Thornley , English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki [21] 1941 – Simon Ward , English actor (died 2012) 1942 – Andrew Vachss , American lawyer and author (died 2021)1943 – Robin Holloway , English composer and academic1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos , Greek footballer and coach (died 2025) 1943 – L. E. Modesitt, Jr. , American author and poet 1944 – George McCrae , American singer1944 – Bill Melchionni , American basketball player[22] 1944 – Peter Tosh , Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987) 1945 – Angus Deaton , Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1945 – Divine , American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)[23] 1945 – Patricia Ireland , American lawyer and activist[16] 1945 – Gloria Jones , American singer-songwriter 1945 – John Lithgow , American actor[19] 1945 – Jeannie C. Riley , American singer[19] 1945 – Martin Welz , South African journalist 1946 – Bob Holland , Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)1946 – Philip Pullman , English author and academic[16] 1946 – Keith Reid , English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)[24] 1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano , Italian author and illustrator1948 – James Howard Kunstler , American author and critic1948 – Dave Mallow , American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025) 1948 – Patrick Simmons , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[19] 1949 – Lynn Dickey , American football player and radio host1950 – Yeslam bin Ladin , Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman1951 – Demetrios Christodoulou , Greek mathematician and physicist1951 – Annie Golden , American actress and singer[19] 1951 – Kurt Schrader , American veterinarian and politician 1952 – Peter Bone , English accountant and politician1952 – Verónica Castro , Mexican actress and singer 1953 – Lionel Hollins , American basketball player and coach1954 – Sam Allardyce , English footballer and manager1954 – Deborah Blum , American journalist and author 1954 – Joe Bryant , American basketball player and coach (died 2024) 1955 – Dan Gutman , American author1955 – LaSalle Ishii , Japanese actor and director 1955 – Lonnie Shelton , American basketball player (died 2018)[25] 1956 – Steve Doocy , American journalist and author1956 – Elena Garanina , Soviet ice dancer and coach 1956 – Grover Norquist , American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform [16] 1956 – Didier Theys , Belgian race car driver and coach 1956 – Carlo Urbani , Italian physician (died 2003) 1956 – Bruce Weber , American basketball player and coach 1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole , American singer-songwriter and pianist1957 – Ray Richmond , American journalist and critic 1957 – Karl Wallinger , Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)[19] 1958 – Carolyn Browne , English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan 1958 – Hiromi Hara , Japanese footballer and manager 1958 – Tiriel Mora , Australian actor 1958 – Michael Steele , American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1958 – Kevin Drum , American journalist and blogger (died 2025)[26] 1959 – Nir Barkat , Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem 1959 – Martin Kusch , German philosopher and academic 1960 – Dawn Coe-Jones , Canadian golfer (died 2016)1960 – Jennifer Holliday , American actress and singer[19] 1960 – Takeshi Koshida , Japanese footballer 1960 – Susan Straight , American author and academic 1960 – Ayuo Takahashi , Japanese-American singer-songwriter 1960 – Dan Woodgate , English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer 1961 – Sunny Deol , Indian actor and producer1961 – Cliff Lyons , Australian rugby league player and coach 1962 – Claude Callegari , English YouTube personality (died 2021)[27] 1962 – Tracy Chevalier , American-English author 1962 – Brian Henninger , American golfer 1962 – Bendik Hofseth , Norwegian saxophonist and composer 1962 – Evander Holyfield , American boxer and actor[16] 1962 – Svetlana Zainetdinova , Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach 1963 – Sinitta , American-British singer1964 – Ty Pennington , American model, carpenter and television host[19] 1965 – Brad Daugherty , American basketball player and sportscaster1965 – Todd Park Mohr , American rock singer-songwriter and musician[19] 1966 – Jon Favreau , American actor, director, and screenwriter[19] 1966 – Dimitris Lyacos , Greek poet and playwright 1966 – David Vann , American novelist and short story writer 1967 – Amy Carter , American illustrator and activist[16] 1967 – Yōji Matsuda , Japanese actor 1967 – Yoko Shimomura , Japanese pianist and composer 1968 – Rodney Carrington , American comedian, actor, and singer1969 – Pedro Castillo , Peruvian politician, President of Peru[28] 1969 – Zdeno Cíger , Slovak ice hockey player and coach[29] 1969 – John Edward , American psychic and author 1969 – Trey Parker , American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter[19] 1969 – Erwin Sánchez , Bolivian footballer and manager 1970 – Andrew Griffiths , English politician1970 – Chris Kattan , American actor, producer, and screenwriter[19] 1972 – Keith Foulke , American baseball player1972 – Pras , American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor[19] 1973 – Hicham Arazi , Moroccan tennis player1973 – Okan Buruk , Turkish footballer and manager 1973 – Joaquin Gage , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 – Burak Güven , Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player1976 – Bruno Dias , Portuguese politician[30] 1976 – Omar Gooding , American actor and producer[19] 1976 – Jostein Gulbrandsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer 1976 – Desmond Harrington , American actor[16] 1976 – Paul Hartley , Scottish footballer and manager 1976 – Hiroshi Sakai , Japanese footballer 1976 – Dan Smith , Canadian ice hockey player 1976 – Michael Young , American baseball player 1977 – Habib Beye , French-Senegalese footballer1977 – Louis-José Houde , Canadian comedian and actor 1977 – Jason Reitman , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter[19] 1977 – Raúl Tamudo , Spanish footballer 1977 – Mo Twister , Filipino radio and television host 1978 – Enrique Bernoldi , Brazilian race car driver1978 – Zakhar Dubensky , Russian footballer 1978 – Henri Sorvali , Finnish guitarist and keyboard player 1979 – José Luis López , Mexican footballer1979 – Brian Robertson , American trombonist 1979 – Sachiko Sugiyama , Japanese volleyball player 1980 – José Bautista , Dominican baseball player1980 – Rajai Davis , American baseball player 1980 – Benjamin Salisbury , American actor[19] 1981 – Leon Bott , Australian rugby league player1981 – Heikki Kovalainen , Finnish race car driver 1982 – Atom Araullo , Filipino journalist1982 – J. A. Happ , American baseball player[31] 1982 – Gillian Jacobs , American actress and director[19] 1982 – Louis Oosthuizen , South African golfer 1982 – Gonzalo Pineda , Mexican footballer 1982 – Daan van Bunge , Dutch cricketer 1983 – Rebecca Ferguson , Swedish actress[19] 1983 – Andy Lonergan , English footballer 1983 – Cara Santa Maria , American neuroscientist and blogger 1984 – Danka Barteková , Slovak skeet shooter1984 – Thundercat , American singer and record producer[32] 1987 – Tsunenori Aoki , Japanese actor1987 – Sam Groth , Australian tennis player 1988 – Zeph Ellis , English rapper and producer1988 – Markiyan Kamysh , Ukrainian writer 1988 – Chris Lawrence , Australian rugby league player 1989 – James Gavet , New Zealand rugby league player1989 – Mindaugas Kuzminskas , Lithuanian basketball player[33] 1989 – Miroslav Stoch , Slovak footballer 1989 – Rakuto Tochihara , Japanese actor 1989 – Janine Tugonon , Filipino model and television host 1990 – Tom Kilbey , English footballer1990 – Janet Leon , Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer 1990 – Ciara Renée , American actress and singer[19] 1990 – Endō Shōta , Japanese sumo wrestler 1991 – Colton Dixon , American singer-songwriter and pianist1992 – Lil Durk , American rapper[34] 1992 – Shiho , Japanese actress and model 1993 – Hunter King , American actress[19] 1993 – Abby Sunderland , American sailor 1994 – Cal Petersen , American ice hockey player[35] 1994 – Anthony Santander , Venezuelan baseball player[36] 1994 – Agnė Sereikaitė , Lithuanian speed skater 1995 – Sammis Reyes , Chilean-American football and basketball player[37] 1996 – Chance Perdomo , American-British actor (died 2024)[38] 1996 – Bernadeth Pons , Filipino volleyball athlete 1998 – Noof Al Maadeed , Qatari women's rights activist[39] 1999 – Carlotta Truman , German singer-songwriterDeaths
Pre-1600
727 – Frithuswith , English saint (born 650)993 – Conrad I , King of Burgundy (born c. 925)1216 – John, King of England (born 1166)1287 – Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli 1354 – Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)1375 – Cansignorio della Scala , Lord of Verona (born 1340)1401 – John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)[40] 1432 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)1595 – Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman (born 1537)1601–1900
1608 – Martin Delrio , Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)1609 – Jacobus Arminius , Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)1619 – Fujiwara Seika , Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)1636 – Marcin Kazanowski , Polish politician (born 1566)1678 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter (born 1627)1682 – Thomas Browne , English physician and author (born 1605)1723 – Godfrey Kneller , German-English painter (born 1646)1745 – Jonathan Swift , Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)1772 – Andrea Belli , Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)1790 – Lyman Hall , American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)1796 – Michel de Beaupuy , French general (born 1755)1813 – Józef Poniatowski , Polish general (born 1763)1815 – Paolo Mascagni , Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)1842 – Aleksey Koltsov , Russian poet and author (born 1808)1851 – Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)1856 – William Sprague III , American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)1889 – Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)1897 – George Pullman , American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)1901–present
1901 – Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)1905 – Virgil Earp , American marshal (born 1843)1914 – Robert Hugh Benson , English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)[41] 1916 – Ioannis Frangoudis , Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)1918 – Harold Lockwood , American actor (born 1887)1924 – Louis Zborowski , English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)1926 – Ludvig Karsten , Norwegian painter (born 1876)[42] 1936 – Lu Xun , Chinese author and critic (born 1881)1937 – Ernest Rutherford , New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)1943 – Camille Claudel , French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)[43] 1944 – Dénes Kőnig , Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)1945 – Plutarco Elías Calles , Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)1945 – N. C. Wyeth , American painter and illustrator (born 1882) 1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay , American poet and playwright (born 1892)1952 – Edward S. Curtis , American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)1956 – Isham Jones , American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)1960 – Hjalmar Dahl , Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)[44] 1960 – George Wallace , Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895) 1961 – Şemsettin Günaltay , Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)1964 – Sergey Biryuzov , Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)1964 – Nettie Palmer , Australian poet and critic (born 1885) 1964 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888) 1965 – Edward Willis Redfield , American painter and educator (born 1869)1969 – Lacey Hearn , American sprinter (born 1881)1970 – Lázaro Cárdenas , Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)1978 – Gig Young , American actor (born 1913)1983 – Maurice Bishop , Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)1984 – Jerzy Popiełuszko , Polish priest and activist (born 1947)1985 – Alfred Rouleau , Canadian businessman (born 1915)1986 – Dele Giwa , Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine 1986 – Samora Machel , Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933) 1987 – Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist and educator (born 1945)1987 – Hermann Lang , German race car driver (born 1909) 1988 – Son House , American singer and guitarist (born 1902)1992 – Magnus Pyke , English scientist and television host (born 1908)1994 – Martha Raye , American actress and comedian (born 1916)1995 – Don Cherry , American trumpet player (born 1936)1995 – Harilaos Perpessas , Greek pianist and composer (born 1907) 1996 – Shamsuddin Qasemi , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)[45] 1997 – Glen Buxton , American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)1997 – Ken Wood , inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916) 1999 – James C. Murray , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)1999 – Nathalie Sarraute , Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900) 2002 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov , Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)2003 – Road Warrior Hawk , American wrestler (born 1957)2003 – Alija Izetbegović , Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925) 2003 – Margaret Murie , American environmentalist and author (born 1902)[46] 2003 – Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911) 2005 – Ryan Dallas Cook , American trombonist (born 1982)2006 – James Glennon , American cinematographer (born 1942)2006 – Phyllis Kirk , American actress (born 1927) 2007 – Winifred Asprey , American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)2007 – Randall Forsberg , American activist and author (born 1943) 2007 – Michael Maidens , English footballer (born 1987) 2007 – Jan Wolkers , Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925) 2008 – Richard Blackwell , American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)2009 – Howard Unruh , American murderer (born 1921)2009 – Joseph Wiseman , Canadian-American actor (born 1918) 2010 – Tom Bosley , American actor (born 1927)2011 – Kakkanadan , Indian author (born 1935)2012 – Lincoln Alexander , Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)2012 – Wissam al-Hassan , Lebanese general (born 1965) 2012 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto , Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922) 2012 – Mike Graham , American wrestler (born 1951) 2012 – Fiorenzo Magni , Italian cyclist (born 1920) 2013 – John Bergamo , American drummer and composer (born 1940)2013 – Noel Harrison , English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934) 2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson , American drummer and composer (born 1940) 2013 – Mikihiko Renjō , Japanese author (born 1948) 2013 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun , Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920) 2014 – John Holt , Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)2014 – Stephen Paulus , American composer (born 1949) 2014 – Raphael Ravenscroft , English saxophonist and composer (born 1954) 2014 – Serena Shim , Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984) 2015 – Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)2015 – Fleming Mackell , Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929) 2015 – Ali Treki , Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938) 2016 – Phil Chess , Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)2016 – Giovanni Steffè , Italian rower (born 1928) 2017 – Umberto Lenzi , Italian film director (born 1931)2019 – Deborah Orr , Scottish journalist (born 1962)[47] 2021 – Jack Angel , American voice actor (born 1930)[48] 2023 – Atsushi Sakurai , singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)[49] 2025 – Daniel Naroditsky , American chess grandmaster (born 1995)[50] Holidays and observances
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