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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine , stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia , kills 362 workers.1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.1916 – World War I : The Central Powers capture Bucharest .1917 – Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire .1917 – Halifax Explosion : A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time . 1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53 .[8] 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.1922 – Ireland is partitioned , with Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State coming into existence, one year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty .1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.1933 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce 's novel Ulysses 1939 – Winter War : The Red Army 's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale .[9] 1941 – World War II : Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 .1957 – Project Vanguard : A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.[10] 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.1969 – Altamont Free Concert : At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones , eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment : The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States . (On November 27 , the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)1975 – The Troubles : Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege .1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana , although it is not recognized by any other country.1978 – Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.[11] 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland , killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine , an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal .1990 – A military jet of the Italian Air Force , abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna , Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.[12] 1991 – Yugoslav Wars : In Croatia , forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya , India, is demolished , leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.1995 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir , the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS . Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.[13] 1998 – in Venezuela , Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster , alleging copyright infringement .[14] 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran , killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars .2015 – Venezuelan parliamentary election : For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.2017 – Donald Trump 's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel .Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670)1637 – Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1714)1640 – Claude Fleury , French historian and author (died 1723)1645 – Maria de Dominici , Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)[16] 1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (died 1712)1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French minister and politician (died 1794)1721 – James Elphinston , Scottish philologist and linguist (died 1809) 1732 – Warren Hastings , British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)[17] 1752 – Gabriel Duvall , American jurist and politician (died 1844)1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French physicist and chemist (died 1850)1792 – William II of the Netherlands (died 1849)1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (died 1829)1805 – Richard Hanson , English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (died 1876)1812 – Robert Spear Hudson , English businessman and philanthropist (died 1884)1823 – Max Müller , German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900)1827 – William Arnott , Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (died 1901)1833 – John S. Mosby , American colonel (died 1916)1835 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig , German chemist (died 1910)1841 – Frédéric Bazille , French painter and soldier (died 1870)1848 – Johann Palisa , Austrian astronomer (died 1925)[18] [19] 1849 – August von Mackensen , German field marshal (died 1945)1853 – Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (died 1937)1853 – Haraprasad Shastri , Indian historian and scholar (died 1931) 1863 – Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (died 1914)1864 – William S. Hart , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)1875 – Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot (died 1946)1875 – Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author (died 1941) 1876 – Fred Duesenberg , German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932)1878 – Elvia Carrillo Puerto , Mexican politician (died 1968)[20] 1882 – Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (died 1954)1884 – Cornelia Meigs , American author, playwright, and academic (died 1973)1886 – Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918)1887 – Lynn Fontanne , British actress (died 1983)1887 – Joseph Lamb , American pianist and composer (died 1960) 1888 – Will Hay , English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949)1890 – Dion Fortune , Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (died 1946)1890 – Yoshio Nishina , Japanese physicist and academic (died 1951) 1890 – Rudolf Schlichter , German painter and illustrator (died 1955) 1892 – Osbert Sitwell , English-Italian captain, poet, and author (died 1969)1893 – Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (died 1984)1893 – Sylvia Townsend Warner , English author and poet (died 1978) 1896 – Ira Gershwin , American songwriter (died 1983)1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt , German-American photographer and journalist (died 1995)1898 – John McDonald , Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977) 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987) 1898 – Winifred Lenihan , American actress, writer, and director (died 1964) 1900 – Agnes Moorehead , American actress (died 1974)1901–present
1901 – Eliot Porter , American photographer and academic (died 1990)1903 – Tony Lazzeri , American baseball player and manager (died 1946)1904 – Ève Curie , French-American journalist and pianist (died 2007)[21] 1905 – Elizabeth Yates , American journalist and author (died 2001)[22] 1907 – John Barkley Rosser Sr. , American logician (died 1989)1908 – Herta Freitag , Austrian-American mathematician (died 2000)1908 – Pierre Graber , Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2003) 1908 – Baby Face Nelson , American gangster (died 1934)[21] 1908 – Miklós Szabó , Hungarian runner (died 2000) 1909 – Rulon Jeffs , American religious leader (died 2002)1909 – Alan McGilvray , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1996) 1910 – David M. Potter , American historian, author, and academic (died 1971)1912 – Eleanor Holm , American swimmer and actress (died 2004)[23] 1913 – Karl Haas , German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (died 2005)1914 – Cyril Washbrook , English cricketer (died 1999)1916 – Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot (died 1943)1916 – Kristján Eldjárn , Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (died 1982) 1916 – Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer (died 1986) 1917 – Dean Hess , American minister and colonel (died 2015)1917 – Kamal Jumblatt , Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977) 1917 – Irv Robbins , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 2008) 1918 – Tauba Biterman , Polish Holocaust survivor (died 2019)1919 – Skippy Baxter , Canadian-American figure skater and coach (died 2012)1919 – Paul de Man , Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (died 1983) 1920 – Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer (died 2012)[21] 1920 – Peter Dimmock , English sportscaster and producer (died 2015) 1920 – George Porter , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) 1921 – Otto Graham , American football player and coach (died 2003)[21] 1921 – Piero Piccioni , Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (died 2004) 1922 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman , American soldier and politician (died 2016) 1924 – Wally Cox , American actor (died 1973)1927 – Jim Fuchs , American shot putter and discus thrower (died 2010)1928 – Bobby Van , American actor, dancer, and singer (died 1980)1929 – Philippe Bouvard , French journalist and radio host1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt , German-Austrian cellist and conductor (died 2016) 1929 – Frank Springer , American comic book illustrator (died 2009) 1929 – Alain Tanner , Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) 1930 – Daniel Lisulo , Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2000)1931 – Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (died 1996)1932 – Kamleshwar , Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 2007)1933 – Henryk Górecki , Polish composer and academic (died 2010)1933 – Donald J. Kutyna , American general 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)1935 – Jean Lapointe , Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022)1936 – Bill Ashton , English saxophonist and composer (died 2025)[24] 1936 – Kenneth Copeland , American evangelist and author 1936 – David Ossman , American writer and comedian 1937 – Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian-American soccer player (died 2006)1938 – Patrick Bauchau , Belgian-American actor[25] 1939 – Franco Carraro , Italian politician and sports administrator1940 – Lawrence Bergman , Canadian lawyer and politician1940 – Richard Edlund , American visual effects designer and cinematographer 1941 – Helen Cornelius , American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)[25] 1941 – Bruce Nauman , American sculptor and illustrator 1941 – Richard Speck , American murderer (died 1991) 1941 – Bill Thomas , American academic and politician 1942 – Peter Handke , Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate1942 – Robb Royer , American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter 1943 – Mike Smith , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2008)1943 – Keith West , English rock singer-songwriter and music producer 1944 – Jonathan King , English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender1945 – Shekhar Kapur , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter[21] 1946 – Frankie Beverly , American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer[25] [26] 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen , Dutch footballer and manager (died 2021) 1947 – Lawrence Cannon , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1947 – Geoffrey Hinton , British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate[27] 1947 – Henk van Woerden , Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005) 1947 – Miroslav Vitouš , Czech-American bassist and songwriter 1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé , Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (died 2014)1948 – Don Nickles , American businessman and politician 1948 – Keke Rosberg , Finnish racing driver[28] 1948 – JoBeth Williams , American actress[21] 1949 – Linda Barnes , American author, playwright, and educator1949 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (died 1986) 1949 – Doug Marlette , American author and cartoonist (died 2007) 1949 – Peter Willey , English cricketer and umpire 1950 – Guy Drut , French hurdler and politician1950 – Joe Hisaishi , Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor 1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke , Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland [29] 1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes , English ballerina and producer1951 – Maurice Hope , Caribbean-English boxer[30] 1952 – Nicolas Bréhal , French author and critic (died 1999)1952 – Craig Newmark , American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist [31] 1952 – Shio Satō , Japanese illustrator (died 2010) 1953 – Sue Carroll , English journalist (died 2011)1953 – Gary Goodman , Australian cricketer and coach 1953 – Geoff Hoon , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe 1953 – Tom Hulce , American actor[25] 1953 – Masami Kurumada , Japanese author and illustrator 1954 – Nicola De Maria , Italian painter1954 – Chris Stamey , American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer 1955 – Anne Begg , Scottish educator and politician1955 – Rick Buckler , English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)[32] [25] 1955 – Graeme Hughes , Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster 1955 – Tony Woodcock , English footballer 1955 – Steven Wright , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter[25] 1956 – Peter Buck , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[25] 1956 – Hans Kammerlander , Italian mountaineer and guide 1956 – Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982) 1957 – Adrian Borland , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999)1957 – Andrew Cuomo , American politician, 56th Governor of New York [21] 1957 – Bill Hanzlik , American basketball player and coach[33] 1958 – Nick Park , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter[21] 1959 – Deborah Estrin , American computer scientist and academic1959 – Stephen Hepburn , English politician 1959 – Satoru Iwata , Japanese game programmer and businessman (died 2015)[21] 1959 – Stephen Muggleton , English computer scientist and engineer 1960 – Masahiko Katsuya , Japanese journalist and photographer (died 2018)1961 – David Lovering , American drummer[25] 1961 – Jonathan Melvoin , American musician (died 1996) 1961 – Manuel Reuter , German race car driver 1962 – Janine Turner , American actress[25] 1962 – Ben Watt , English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter[25] 1963 – Ulrich Thomsen , Danish actor and producer1964 – Mall Nukke , Estonian painter1965 – Gordon Durie , Scottish footballer and manager1966 – Natascha Badmann , Swiss triathlete1966 – Per-Ulrik Johansson , Swedish golfer 1967 – Judd Apatow , American director, producer, and screenwriter[25] 1967 – Helen Greiner , American businesswoman and engineer 1967 – Arnaldo Mesa , Cuban boxer (died 2012) 1968 – Karl Ove Knausgård , Norwegian author[21] 1968 – Ali Latifiyan , Iranian writer and political theorist 1968 – Akihiro Yano , Japanese baseball player 1969 – Mark Gardener , English rock musician[34] 1969 – Torri Higginson , Canadian actress 1970 – Ulf Ekberg , Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[25] 1970 – Adrian Fenty , American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia 1970 – Mark Reckless , English politician 1970 – Jeff Rouse , American swimmer 1971 – Craig Brewer , American director, producer, and screenwriter1971 – José Contreras , Cuban baseball player[35] 1971 – Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player 1971 – Naozumi Takahashi , Japanese singer and voice actor 1971 – Carole Thate , Dutch field hockey player 1971 – Ryan White , American activist (died 1990)[21] 1972 – Ewan Birney , English scientist[36] 1972 – Heather Mizeur , American lawyer and politician 1974 – Jens Pulver , American mixed martial artist and boxer1974 – Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 – Noel Clarke , English actor, director, and screenwriter1975 – Adrian García Arias , Mexican footballer 1976 – Lindsay Price , American actress[25] 1977 – Kevin Cash , American baseball player and manager1977 – Andrew Flintoff , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster 1977 – Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer 1978 – Chris Başak , American baseball player1978 – Darrell Jackson , American football player 1978 – Adriana Moisés Pinto , Brazilian basketball player[37] 1978 – Ramiro Pez , Argentine rugby player 1979 – Tim Cahill , Australian footballer1980 – Danielle Downey , American golfer and coach (died 2014)1980 – Steve Lovell , English footballer 1980 – Carlos Takam , Cameroonian-French boxer 1981 – Federico Balzaretti , Italian footballer1982 – Ryan Carnes , American actor and producer1982 – Alberto Contador , Spanish cyclist[21] 1982 – Sean Ervine , Zimbabwean cricketer 1982 – Robbie Gould , American football player[38] 1982 – Aaron Sandilands , Australian footballer 1982 – Susie Wolff , Scottish race car driver 1984 – Syndric Steptoe , American football player1984 – Nora Kirkpatrick , American actress and musician 1984 – Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt , American basketball player1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis , Greek swimmer 1985 – R. P. Singh , Indian cricketer 1986 – Sean Edwards , English race car driver (died 2013)1986 – Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player 1988 – Adam Eaton , American baseball player1988 – Ravindra Jadeja , Indian cricketer[39] 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu , Estonian singer and violinist 1988 – Nils Petersen , German footballer 1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki , Japanese voice actor 1989 – Felix Schiller , German footballer1990 – Tamira Paszek , Austrian tennis player1991 – Rachel Jarry , Australian basketball player[40] 1991 – Milica Mandić , Serbian taekwondo athlete[41] 1991 – Coco Vandeweghe , American tennis player 1992 – Viktor Antipin , Russian ice hockey player[42] 1992 – Britt Assombalonga , Congolese footballer 1992 – Johnny Manziel , American football player[25] 1993 – Jasprit Bumrah , Indian cricketer1993 – Elián González , Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000[43] 1993 – Tautau Moga , Australian-Samoan rugby league player 1994 – Giannis Antetokounmpo , Greek-Nigerian basketball player[25] 1994 – Wakatakakage Atsushi , Japanese sumo wrestler[44] 1994 – Shreyas Iyer , Indian cricketer[45] 1995 – A Boogie wit da Hoodie , American rapper and singer-songwriter[21] 1996 – Davide Calabria , Italian footballer1996 – Stefanie Scott , American actress and singer[21] 1997 – Sabrina Ionescu , American basketball player[46] 1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska , Latvian figure skaterDeaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi , Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (born 1552)1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal (born 1556)1658 – Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author (born 1601)1675 – John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic (born 1602)1686 – Eleonora Gonzaga , Queen consort of Ferdinand III (born 1630)1716 – Benedictus Buns , Dutch priest and composer (born 1642)1718 – Nicholas Rowe , English poet and playwright (born 1674)1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1665)1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist and pathologist (born 1682)1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (born 1699)1788 – Jonathan Shipley , English bishop (born 1714)1855 – William Swainson , English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1789)1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (born 1794)1868 – August Schleicher , German linguist and academic (born 1821)1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter and educator (born 1814)1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American businessman (born 1814)1882 – Alfred Escher , Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (born 1819)1882 – Anthony Trollope , English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (born 1815) 1889 – Jefferson Davis , American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)1892 – Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816)1901–present
1918 – Alexander Dianin , Russian chemist (born 1851)1921 – Said Halim Pasha , Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1865)1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and screenwriter (born 1863)1945 – Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (born 1870)1951 – Harold Ross , American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker 1955 – Honus Wagner , American baseball player and manager (born 1874)1956 – B. R. Ambedkar , Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891)1961 – Frantz Fanon , Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925)1964 – Evert van Linge , Dutch footballer and architect (born 1895)1972 – Janet Munro , English actress and singer (born 1934)1974 – Nikolay Kuznetsov , Soviet naval officer (born 1904)1976 – João Goulart , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (born 1918)1980 – Charles Deutsch , French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (born 1911)1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney , Kenyan activist and politician (born 1927)1983 – Lucienne Boyer , French singer and actress (born 1903)1983 – Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (born 1914) 1985 – Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer (born 1917)1985 – Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player and manager (born 1893) 1985 – Carroll Cole , American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (born 1938)[48] 1988 – Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)1989 – Frances Bavier , American actress (born 1902)1989 – Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer (born 1902) 1989 – John Payne , American actor, singer, and producer (born 1912) 1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1903) 1991 – Mimi Smith , English nurse (born 1906)1991 – Richard Stone , English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913) 1993 – Don Ameche , American actor (born 1908)1994 – Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (born 1922)1994 – Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor and director (born 1933) 1996 – Pete Rozelle , American businessman (born 1926)1996 – Harry Babcock , American football player and first overall draft pick (born 1930)[49] 1997 – Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer (born 1918)1998 – César Baldaccini , French sculptor and educator (born 1921)2000 – Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (born 1920)2000 – Aziz Mian , Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (born 1942) 2001 – Charles McClendon , American football player and coach (born 1923)2002 – Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (born 1923)2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1918)2005 – Charly Gaul , Luxembourger cyclist (born 1932)2005 – Devan Nair , Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (born 1923) 2005 – Danny Williams , South African singer (born 1942) 2005 – William P. Yarborough , American general (born 1912) 2006 – John Feeney , New Zealand director and producer (born 1922)2010 – Mark Dailey , American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953)2011 – Dobie Gray , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó , Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)2012 – Jan Carew , Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920) 2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr. , Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933) 2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton , English guitarist (born 1951) 2012 – Pedro Vaz , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963) 2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers , French poet and critic (born 1939)2013 – Stan Tracey , English pianist and composer (born 1926) 2013 – M. K. Turk , American basketball player and coach (born 1942) 2014 – Ralph H. Baer , German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)2014 – Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager (born 1962) 2014 – Fred Hawkins , American golfer (born 1923) 2014 – Luke Somers , English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981) 2015 – Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945)2015 – Liu Juying , Chinese general and politician (born 1917) 2015 – Nicholas Smith , British actor (born 1934) 2016 – Peter Vaughan , British actor (born 1923)2024 – Maggie Tabberer , Australian fashion model and television personality (born 1936)[50] Holidays and observances
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