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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 – Russo-Japanese War : In New Hampshire , United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth , mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , ends the war.1914 – World War I : First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast , French Sudan , and Niger .1937 – Spanish Civil War : Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.1938 – Chile : A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.1942 – World War II : Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay , the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War .1943 – World War II: In the Pacific Theater , the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport , near Lae during the Salamaua–Lae campaign .1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux .1945 – Cold War : Igor Gouzenko , a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino , a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II , is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose . 1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister ; as such, he is the French negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.1954 – KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare , Ireland, killing 28.[6] 1957 – Cuban Revolution : Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos .1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal .1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome. 1968 – End of the Congress of Carrara , one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.[7] 1969 – Mỹ Lai Massacre : U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai .1970 – Vietnam War : Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province .1972 – Munich massacre : A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September " attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games . Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.1975 – Sacramento, California : Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford .1977 – Voyager Program : NASA launches the Voyager 1 1978 – Camp David Accords : Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland .1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo .1981 – The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.[8] 1984 – STS-41-D : The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment . 1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai , India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport .1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 , comes into force.1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear , North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.2005 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan , Indonesia, killing 149.[9] 2012 – An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon , western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.2021 – The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état .[10] 2022 – Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election , beating Rishi Sunak .[11] 2022 – At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan , China.[12] Births
Pre-1600
989 – Fan Zhongyan , Chinese chancellor (died 1052)1187 – Louis VIII , king of France (died 1226)1201 – Alix of Thouars , duchess of Brittany (died 1221)1269 – Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria (died 1296)[citation needed] 1319 – Peter IV , king of Aragon (died 1387)1451 – Isabel Neville , daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)1500 – Maria of Jever , ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)1533 – Jacopo Zabarella , Italian philosopher and logician (died 1589)1540 – Magnus of Holstein , prince of Denmark (died 1583)1567 – Date Masamune , Japanese daimyō (died 1636)1568 – Tommaso Campanella , Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)1601–1900
1638 – Louis XIV , king of France (died 1715)[13] 1641 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland , English diplomat (died 1702)1642 – Maria of Orange-Nassau , Dutch princess (died 1688)1651 – William Dampier , English explorer (died 1715)1666 – Gottfried Arnold , German historian and theologian (died 1714)1667 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri , Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)1694 – František Václav Míča , Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin , Swedish politician and diplomat (died 1770)1722 – Frederick Christian , Prince-Elector of Saxony (died 1763)1725 – Jean-Étienne Montucla , French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)1735 – Johann Christian Bach , German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)1750 – Robert Fergusson , Scottish poet and author (died 1774)1769 – John Shortland , English commander (died 1810)1771 – Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (died 1847)1772 – Fath-Ali Shah Qajar , Iranian king (died 1834)1774 – Caspar David Friedrich , German painter and etcher (died 1840)1775 – Juan Martín Díez , Spanish general (died 1825)1781 – Anton Diabelli , Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)1787 – François Sulpice Beudant , French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer , German pianist and composer (died 1864)1792 – Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy , French geologist and mineralogist (died 1857)1806 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière , French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1865)1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1875)1818 – Edmund Kennedy , Australian explorer and surveyor (died 1848)1826 – John Wisden , English cricketer and businessman (died 1884)1827 – Goffredo Mameli , Italian poet and songwriter (died 1849)1829 – Lester Allan Pelton , American inventor (died 1908)1831 – Victorien Sardou , French author and playwright (died 1908)1833 – George Huntington Hartford , American businessman (died 1917)1836 – Justiniano Borgoño , Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)1847 – Jesse James , American outlaw (died 1882)1850 – Eugen Goldstein , German physicist (died 1930)1856 – Thomas E. Watson , American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)1867 – Amy Beach , American pianist and composer (died 1944)1871 – Friedrich Akel , Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)1872 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai , Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)1872 – Horace Rice , Australian tennis player (died 1950)1873 – Cornelius Vanderbilt III , American general and engineer (died 1942)1874 – Nap Lajoie , American baseball player and manager (died 1959)1876 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , German field marshal (died 1956)1880 – José María of Manila , Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)1881 – Otto Bauer , Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (died 1938)1881 – Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson , English field marshal (died 1964) 1883 – Otto Erich Deutsch , Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)1892 – Joseph Szigeti , Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)1897 – Morris Carnovsky , American actor (died 1992)1897 – Arthur Nielsen , American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (died 1980) 1899 – Humphrey Cobb , American author and screenwriter (died 1944)1899 – Helen Creighton , Canadian author and educator (died 1989) 1901–present
1901 – Florence Eldridge , American actress (died 1988)1901 – Mario Scelba , Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1991) 1902 – Jean Dalrymple , American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (died 1998)1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979) 1904 – Vera Bradford , Australian pianist and educator (died 2004)1905 – Maurice Challe , French general (died 1979)1905 – Arthur Koestler , Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983) 1905 – Justiniano Montano , Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005) 1906 – Ralston Crawford , American painter, lithographer, and photographer (died 1978)1906 – Sunnyland Slim , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1995) 1908 – Josué de Castro , Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)1908 – Joaquín Nin-Culmell , German-American pianist and composer (died 2004) 1908 – Cecilia Seghizzi , Italian composer and painter (died 2019) 1908 – Renzo Rivolta , Italian engineer (died 1966)[14] 1909 – Hans Carste , German pianist and conductor (died 1971)1909 – Bernard Delfont , Russian-English talent manager (died 1994) 1909 – Archie Jackson , Scottish-Australian cricketer (died 1933) 1910 – Leila Mackinlay , English author (died 1996)1910 – Phiroze Palia , Indian cricketer (died 1981) 1912 – John Cage , American composer and theorist (died 1992)1912 – Kristina Söderbaum , Swedish-German actress and photographer (died 2001) 1912 – Frank Thomas , American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (died 2004) 1914 – Stuart Freeborn , English make up artist (died 2013)1914 – Gail Kubik , American violinist, composer, and educator (died 1984) 1914 – Nicanor Parra , Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 2018) 1916 – Frank Shuster , Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)1916 – Frank Yerby , American novelist (died 1991) 1917 – Pedro E. Guerrero , American photographer (died 2012)1917 – Sören Nordin , Swedish harness racer and trainer (died 2008) 1918 – Luis Alcoriza , Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)1918 – Bob Katter, Sr. , Australian captain and politician (died 1990) 1918 – Fred McCarthy , American cartoonist and monk (died 2009) 1919 – Elisabeth Volkenrath , German SS officer and executed war criminal (died 1945)1920 – Peter Racine Fricker , English-American composer and educator (died 1990)1920 – Fons Rademakers , Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007) 1921 – Murray Henderson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)1921 – Jack Valenti , American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007) 1922 – Denys Wilkinson , English physicist and academic (died 2016)1923 – David Hamer , Australian captain and politician (died 2002)1923 – Ken Meuleman , Australian cricketer (died 2004) 1924 – Paul Dietzel , American football player and coach (died 2013)1924 – Frank Armitage , Australian-American artist (died 2016) 1925 – Justin Kaplan , American author (died 2014)1927 – Paul Volcker , American economist and academic (died 2019)1928 – Joyce Hatto , English pianist and educator (died 2006)1928 – Albert Mangelsdorff , German trombonist and educator (died 2005) 1929 – Bob Newhart , American comedian and actor (died 2024)[15] 1929 – Andriyan Nikolayev , Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2004)[16] 1932 – Carol Lawrence , American actress and singer[17] 1932 – Robert H. Dennard , American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024) 1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa , Chilean cardinal1934 – Paul Josef Cordes , German cardinal (died 2024)1934 – Dennis Letts , American actor and educator (died 2008) 1934 – Kevin McNamara , English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017) 1935 – Werner Erhard , American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project 1935 – Helen Gifford , Australian composer and educator 1935 – Lucille Soong , Chinese-American actress[17] 1936 – Robert Burns , Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)1936 – John Danforth , American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1936 – Jonathan Kozol , American sociologist, author, and educator 1936 – Bill Mazeroski , American baseball player and coach (died 2026) 1936 – Knuts Skujenieks , Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022) 1937 – Antonio Valentín Angelillo , Argentine footballer and manager (died 2018)1937 – Dick Clement , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1938 – John Ferguson, Sr. , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2007)1938 – Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen , English politician (died 2024) 1939 – Claudette Colvin , American nurse and activist (died 2026)[18] 1939 – William Devane , American actor, director, and screenwriter[17] 1939 – George Lazenby , Australian actor, the second to play James Bond [17] 1939 – John Stewart , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008) 1939 – George Tremlett , English journalist, author, and politician (died 2021) 1940 – Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland , English politician1940 – Raquel Welch , American actress and singer (died 2023)[19] 1941 – Dave Dryden , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)[20] 1942 – Werner Herzog , German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[21] 1942 – Eduardo Mata , Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995) 1943 – Dulce Saguisag , Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (died 2007)1944 – Dario Bellezza , Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)1944 – Gareth Evans , Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945 – Eva Bergman , Swedish director and screenwriter1945 – Al Stewart , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[17] 1946 – Kyongae Chang , South Korean astrophysicist and academic1946 – Dennis Dugan , American actor and director[17] 1946 – Dean Ford , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018) 1946 – Freddie Mercury , British singer and songwriter (died 1991)[22] 1946 – Loudon Wainwright III , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[17] 1947 – Mel Collins , Manx saxophonist and flute player[17] 1947 – Chip Davis , American pianist, songwriter, and producer 1947 – Buddy Miles , American singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2008) 1947 – Bruce Yardley , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019) 1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner , Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria 1949 – Clem Clempson , English guitarist and songwriter1950 – Rosie Cooper , English businesswoman and politician1950 – Cathy Guisewite , American cartoonist, created Cathy [17] 1951 – Paul Breitner , German footballer1951 – Michael Keaton , American actor and producer[17] 1951 – Jamie Oldaker , American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)[17] 1952 – David Glen Eisley , American rock singer-songwriter and actor1953 – Victor Davis Hanson , American historian and journalist1953 – Murray Mexted , New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster 1953 – Eiki Nestor , Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs 1953 – Paul Piché , Canadian singer-songwriter 1954 – Richard Austin , Jamaican footballer and cricketer (died 2015)1954 – Frederick Kempe , American journalist and author 1956 – Low Thia Khiang , Singaporean businessman and politician1956 – Roine Stolt , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1956 – Debbie Turner , American actress 1957 – Rudi Gores , German footballer and manager1957 – Peter Winnen , Dutch cyclist 1958 – Lars Danielsson , Swedish bassist, composer, and producer1959 – Frank Schirrmacher , German journalist and publisher (died 2014)1960 – Willie Gault , American football player, athlete, and actor[23] 1960 – Don Kulick , Swedish anthropologist and academic 1961 – Marc-André Hamelin , Canadian pianist and composer1962 – Tracy Edwards , English sailor and coach1962 – John McGrath , Welsh businessman 1963 – Juan Alderete , American bass player and songwriter1963 – Kristian Alfonso , American actress and model[17] 1963 – Jeff Brantley , American baseball player and sportscaster 1963 – Terry Ellis , American R&B singer–songwriter and actress[17] 1963 – Taki Inoue , Japanese race car driver and manager 1964 – Frank Farina , Australian footballer and manager1964 – Sergei Loznitsa , Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter 1964 – Ken Norman , American basketball player 1964 – Thomas Mikal Ford , American actor (died 2016) 1965 – David Brabham , Australian race car driver1965 – Hoshitango Imachi , Japanese wrestler 1965 – Nick Talbot , English geneticist and academic 1966 – Achero Mañas , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter1966 – Milinko Pantić , Serbian footballer and manager 1967 – Matthias Sammer , German footballer and manager1967 – Jane Sixsmith , English field hockey player 1968 – Serhiy Kovalets , Ukrainian footballer and manager1968 – Dennis Scott , American basketball player and sportscaster 1968 – Robin van der Laan , Dutch footballer and coach 1968 – Brad Wilk , American singer-songwriter and drummer[17] 1969 – Leonardo Araújo , Brazilian footballer and manager1969 – Mariko Kouda , Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host 1969 – Mark Ramprakash , English cricketer and coach 1969 – Dweezil Zappa , American actor and musician[17] 1970 – Liam Lynch , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director1970 – Mohammad Rafique , Bangladeshi cricketer 1970 – Gilbert Remulla , Filipino journalist and politician 1970 – Johnny Vegas , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Adam Hollioake , Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist1972 – Shane Sewell , Canadian-American wrestler and referee1972 – Guy Whittall , Zimbabwean cricketer 1973 – Paddy Considine , English actor, director, and screenwriter[21] 1973 – Rose McGowan , American actress[17] 1974 – Lauren Jeska , British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs [24] 1974 – Rawl Lewis , Grenadian cricketer 1974 – Ken-Marti Vaher , Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior 1975 – Rod Barajas , American baseball player and manager1975 – George Boateng , Dutch footballer and manager 1975 – Randy Choate , American baseball player 1975 – Matt Geyer , Australian rugby league player and coach 1976 – Tatiana Gutsu , Ukrainian gymnast1976 – Carice van Houten , Dutch actress and singer[17] 1977 – Rosevelt Colvin , American football player and sportscaster1977 – Joseba Etxeberria , Spanish footballer 1977 – Minoru Fujita , Japanese wrestler 1977 – Nazr Mohammed , American basketball player 1978 – Laura Bertram , Canadian actress1978 – Chris Hipkins , New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand [25] 1978 – Chris Jack , New Zealand rugby player 1978 – Sylvester Joseph , Antiguan cricketer 1978 – Zhang Zhong , Chinese chess player 1979 – John Carew , Norwegian footballer1979 – Stacey Dales , Canadian basketball player and sportscaster 1979 – Julien Lizeroux , French skier 1979 – Salvatore Mastronunzio , Italian footballer 1979 – George O'Callaghan , Irish footballer 1980 – Franco Costanzo , Argentine footballer1980 – Kevin Simm , British singer 1981 – Daniel Moreno , Spanish cyclist1981 – Kai Rüütel , Estonian opera singer 1981 – Filippo Volandri , Italian tennis player 1982 – Alexandre Geijo , Spanish-Swiss footballer1983 – Eugen Bopp , Ukrainian-German footballer1983 – Pablo Granoche , Uruguayan footballer 1983 – Lincoln Riley , American football coach 1983 – Antony Sweeney , English footballer 1983 – Chris Young , American baseball player[26] 1984 – Alison Bell , Scottish field hockey player[27] 1984 – Chris Anker Sørensen , Danish cyclist (died 2021) 1985 – Justin Dentmon , American basketball player[28] 1985 – Ryan Guy , American soccer player 1986 – Colt McCoy , American football player1986 – Pragyan Ojha , Indian cricketer 1988 – Denni Avdić , Swedish footballer1988 – Felipe Caicedo , Ecuadorian footballer 1988 – Emmy Raver-Lampman , American actress and singer[21] 1989 – Elena Delle Donne , American basketball player1989 – Kat Graham , American actress and singer[21] 1989 – Craig Smith , American ice hockey player[29] 1989 – José Ángel Valdés , Spanish footballer 1989 – Ben Youngs , English rugby player 1990 – Lance Stephenson , American basketball player 1990 – Yuna Kim , South Korean figure skater[21] 1990 – Franco Zuculini , Argentine footballer 1991 – Skandar Keynes , English actor and political adviser[17] 1993 – Pablo Reyes , Dominican baseball player[30] 1993 – T. J. Warren , American basketball player[31] 1994 – Gregorio Paltrinieri , Italian swimmer1995 – Lucas Wallmark , Swedish ice hockey player[32] 1996 – Jarren Duran , American baseball player[33] 1996 – Sigrid , Norwegian singer 1996 – Richairo Zivkovic , Dutch footballer 1997 – Steven Kwan , American baseball player[34] 1997 – Kyōko Saitō , Japanese idol[35] 1998 – Caroline Dolehide , American tennis player[36] 1998 – Mac Jones , American football player[37] 1998 – Davion Mitchell , American basketball player[38] 1999 – Filip Chytil , Czech ice hockey player[39] 2001 – Bukayo Saka , English footballer[40] 2001 – Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow , Australian rugby league player[41] Deaths
Pre-1600
590 – Authari , Lombard king (born 540)714 – Shang , emperor of the Tang Dynasty1165 – Nijō , emperor of Japan (born 1143)1235 – Henry I , duke of Brabant (born 1165)1311 – Amadeus Aba , Hungarian oligarch1336 – Charles d'Évreux , count of Étampes (born 1305)1526 – Alonso de Salazar , Spanish explorer1548 – Catherine Parr , Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)1562 – Katharina Zell , German Protestant reformer (born 1497)1569 – Edmund Bonner , Bishop of London (born c. 1500)1601–1900
1607 – Pomponne de Bellièvre , French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)1629 – Domenico Allegri , Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)1734 – Nicolas Bernier , French composer (born 1664)1786 – Jonas Hanway , English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)1803 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , French general and author (born 1741)1803 – François Devienne , French flute player and composer (born 1759)1836 – Ferdinand Raimund , Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)1838 – Charles Percier , French architect and interior decorator (born 1764)1857 – Auguste Comte , French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)1876 – Manuel Blanco Encalada , Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)1877 – Crazy Horse , American tribal leader (born 1849)1894 – George Stoneman, Jr. , United States Army cavalry officer (born 1822)1898 – Sarah Emma Edmonds , Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (born 1841)1901–present
1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič , Slovenian physicist and academic (born 1853)1902 – Rudolf Virchow , German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann , Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)1909 – Louis Bouveault , French chemist (born 1864)1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr. , American LTG (Army) , Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)1917 – Marian Smoluchowski , Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (born 1872)1920 – Robert Harron , American actor (born 1893)1922 – Georgette Agutte , French painter (born 1867)1926 – Karl Harrer , German journalist and politician (born 1890)1930 – Robert Means Thompson , American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)1931 – John Thomson , Scottish footballer (born 1909)1932 – Francisco Acebal , Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)1932 – Paul Bern , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889) 1934 – Sidney Myer , Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)1936 – Gustave Kahn , French poet and critic (born 1859)1939 – Kathleen O'Melia , Canadian religious sister (born 1869)[42] 1942 – François de Labouchère , French soldier and pilot (born 1917)1945 – Clem Hill , Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1877)1948 – Richard C. Tolman , American physicist and chemist (born 1881)1953 – Richard Walther Darré , Argentine-German agronomist and politician, convicted war criminal[43] 1954 – Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1860)1955 – Haydn Bunton Sr. , Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)1961 – Lewis Akeley , American academic (born 1861)[44] 1965 – Thomas Johnston , Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1882)1966 – Dezső Lauber , Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (born 1879)1970 – Jochen Rindt , German-Austrian race car driver (born 1942)1972 – Alan Kippax , Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)1973 – Jack Fournier , American baseball player and coach (born 1889)1975 – Alice Catherine Evans , American microbiologist (born 1881)[45] 1977 – Marcel Thiry , Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)1979 – Alberto di Jorio , Italian cardinal (born 1884)1980 – Don Banks , Australian composer and educator (born 1923)1982 – Douglas Bader , English captain and pilot (born 1910)1983 – Meng Qingshu , Chinese politician (born 1911)[46] 1984 – Adam Malik , Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (born 1917)1984 – Jane Roberts , American psychic and author (born 1929) 1985 – Johannes Hint , Estonian engineer (born 1914)1986 – Neerja Bhanot , Indian flight purser , known for her heroic actions on Pan Am Flight 73 , during which she was killed (born 1963)1988 – Gert Fröbe , German actor and singer (born 1913)1989 – Philip Baxter , Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (born 1905)[47] 1990 – Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon , English academic and diplomat (born 1907)1990 – Jerry Iger , American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903) 1990 – Ivan Mihailov , Bulgarian politician (born 1896) 1991 – Sharad Joshi , Indian author and poet (born 1931)1992 – Fritz Leiber , American author and poet (born 1910)1993 – Claude Renoir , French cinematographer (born 1914)1994 – Shimshon Amitsur , Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)1994 – John Newman , Australian politician (born 1946) 1995 – Benyamin Sueb , Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)1995 – Salil Chowdhury , Indian music composer (born 1922) 1996 – Basil Salvadore D'Souza , Indian bishop (born 1926)1997 – Leon Edel , American author and critic (born 1907)1997 – Eddie Little Sky , American actor (born 1926)[48] 1997 – Georg Solti , Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912) 1997 – Mother Teresa , Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910) 1998 – Ferdinand Biondi , Canadian radio host (born 1909)1998 – Willem Drees, Jr. , Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922) 1998 – Verner Panton , Danish interior designer (born 1926) 1998 – Leo Penn , American actor and director (born 1921) 1999 – Alan Clark , English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)1999 – Allen Funt , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914) 1999 – Bryce Mackasey , Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921) 2000 – Roy Fredericks , Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)2001 – Justin Wilson , American chef and author (born 1914)2001 – Vladimir Žerjavić , Croatian economist and academic (born 1912) 2002 – David Todd Wilkinson , American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)2003 – Gisele MacKenzie , Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)2005 – Roberto Viaux , Chilean general (born 1917)2007 – Jennifer Dunn , American engineer and politician (born 1941)2007 – Paul Gillmor , American lawyer and politician (born 1939) 2007 – Thomas Hansen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976) 2007 – D. James Kennedy , American pastor and author (born 1930) 2007 – Nikos Nikolaidis , Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939) 2009 – Gani Fawehinmi , Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)2010 – Hedley Beare , Australian author and academic (born 1932)2010 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo , Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922) 2012 – Ian Dick , Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926) 2012 – Victoria Fyodorova , Russian-American actress and author (born 1946) 2012 – John Oaksey , English jockey and journalist (born 1929) 2013 – Edwin Bideau , American lawyer and politician (born 1950)2013 – Geoffrey Goodman , English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922) 2013 – Isamu Jordan , American journalist and academic (born 1975) 2014 – Bruce Morton , American journalist (born 1930)2014 – Mara Neusel , German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964) 2015 – Goh Eng Wah , Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)2015 – Aadesh Shrivastava , Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964) 2015 – Chester Stranczek , American baseball player and businessman (born 1929) 2016 – Hugh O'Brian , American actor (born 1925)[49] 2016 – Phyllis Schlafly , American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924) 2017 – Nicolaas Bloembergen , Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)[50] 2018 – Bhagwatikumar Sharma , Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)2018 – Beatriz Segall , Brazilian actress (born 1926) 2019 – Francisco Toledo , Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)[51] 2021 – Sarah Harding , English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)[52] 2024 – Rebecca Cheptegei , Ugandan athlete (born 1991)[53] 2024 – Herbie Flowers , English musician (born 1938)[54] 2024 – Radha Charan Gupta , Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)[55] 2024 – Sérgio Mendes , Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)[56] 2024 – Rich Homie Quan , American rapper (born 1990)[57] 2024 – Laurent Tirard , French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)[58] Holidays and observances
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