1601–1900 Edit
1901–present Edit
1903 – In the May Coup , Alexander I , King of Serbia, and Queen Draga , are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka ) organization.
1913 – Igor Stravinsky 's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France , provoking a riot.
1914 – The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.[5]
1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad .
1919 – Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin .
1920 – The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth , resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.[6]
1931 – Michele Schirru , a citizen of the United States , is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini .
1932 – World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. , in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935 – First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber .
1947 – United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport , killing 43.[7]
1948 – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
1950 – The St. Roch , the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada.
1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest , on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization .
1964 – Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh had rival Generals Tran Van Don and Le Van Kim convicted of "lax morality".[8] [9]
1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California .
1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral .
1982 – Falklands War : the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green .
1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster : Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia , after 14 months.
1988 – The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev .
1989 – Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990 – The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic .
1993 – The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria , the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station .
2001 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2005 – France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum .[10]
2006 – The roof of Porvoo Cathedral in the town of Porvoo was destroyed by arson .[11]
2008 – A doublet earthquake , of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss , injuring 30 people.
2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna , killing at least 24 people.
2015 – One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
1421 – Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
1443 – Victor, Duke of Münsterberg , Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (d. 1500)
1504 – Antun Vrančić , Croatian archbishop (d. 1573)
1555 – George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes , English Earl, general and administrator (d. 1629)
1568 – Virginia de' Medici , Italian princess (d. 1615)
1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian field marshal (d. 1632)1601–1900 Edit
1627 – Anne, Duchess of Montpensier , French princess (d. 1693)
1630 – Charles II of England (d. 1685)[12]
1675 – Humphry Ditton , English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1715)
1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton , French zoologist and mineralogist (d. 1800)
1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster , Irish soldier and politician (d. 1773)
1730 – Jackson of Exeter , English organist and composer (d. 1803)
1736 – Patrick Henry , American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
1780 – Henri Braconnot , French chemist and pharmacist (d. 1855)
1794 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler , German astronomer and selenographer (d. 1874)
1797 – Louise-Adéone Drölling , French painter (d. 1836)
1823 – John H. Balsley , American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895)
1860 – Isaac Albéniz , Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1909)
1871 – Clark Voorhees , American painter (d. 1933)
1873 – Rudolf Tobias , Estonian organist and composer (d. 1918)
1874 – G. K. Chesterton , English essayist, poet, and playwright (d. 1936)
1880 – Oswald Spengler , German historian and philosopher (d. 1936)
1892 – Alfonsina Storni , Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (d. 1938)
1893 – Max Brand , American journalist and author (d. 1944)
1894 – Beatrice Lillie , Canadian-English actress, singer and writer (d. 1989)
1894 – Josef von Sternberg , Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1957)
1899 – Douglas Abbott , Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 1987)1901–present Edit
1902 – Harry Kadwell , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1999)
1903 – Bob Hope , English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2003)[13]
1904 – Hubert Opperman , Australian cyclist and politician (d. 1996)
1905 – Sebastian Shaw , English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1994)
1906 – T. H. White , Indian-English author (d. 1964)
1907 – Hartland Molson , Canadian captain and politician (d. 2002)
1908 – Diana Morgan , Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1910 – Ralph Metcalfe , American sprinter and politician (d. 1978)
1913 – Tony Zale , American boxer (d. 1997)
1914 – Stacy Keach Sr. , American actor (d. 2003)
1914 – Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (d. 1986)
1915 – Karl Münchinger , German conductor and composer (d. 1990)
1917 – John F. Kennedy , 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
1917 – Marcel Trudel , Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
1919 – Jacques Genest , Canadian physician and academic (d. 2018)
1920 – John Harsanyi , Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1920 – Clifton James , American actor (d. 2017)
1921 – Norman Hetherington , Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
1922 – Joe Weatherly , American race car driver (d. 1964)
1922 – Iannis Xenakis , Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (d. 2001)
1923 – Bernard Clavel , French author (d. 2010)
1923 – John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley , English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (d. 2015)
1923 – Eugene Wright , American jazz bassist (d. 2020)
1924 – Lars Bo , Danish author and illustrator (d. 1999)
1924 – Miloslav Kříž , Czech basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1924 – Pepper Paire , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1926 – Katie Boyle , Italian-English actress and television host (d. 2018)
1926 – Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe , Queen Consort of Tonga (d. 2017)
1926 – Abdoulaye Wade , Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
1927 – Jean Coutu , Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
1928 – Freddie Redd , American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2021)[14]
1929 – Harry Frankfurt , American philosopher and academic
1929 – Peter Higgs , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Roberto Vargas , Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich , American biologist and author
1932 – Richie Guerin , American basketball player and coach
1933 – Helmuth Rilling , German conductor and educator
1933 – Tarquinio Provini , Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2005)
1934 – Bill Vander Zalm , Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
1935 – André Brink , South African author and playwright (d. 2015)
1935 – Sylvia Robinson , American singer and producer (d. 2011)
1937 – Charles W. Pickering , American lawyer and judge
1937 – Irmin Schmidt , German keyboard player and composer
1937 – Alwin Schockemöhle , German show-jumper
1937 – Harry Statham , American basketball player and coach
1938 – Christopher Bland , English businessman and politician (d. 2017)
1938 – Fay Vincent , American lawyer and businessman
1939 – Pete Smith , Australian radio and television announcer
1939 – Al Unser , American race car driver (d. 2021)
1940 – Taihō Kōki , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
1940 – Farooq Leghari , Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
1941 – Doug Scott , English mountaineer and author (d. 2020)
1941 – Bob Simon , American journalist (d. 2015)
1942 – Pierre Bourque , Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
1942 – Kevin Conway , American actor and director (d. 2020)
1943 – Robert W. Edgar , American educator and politician (d. 2013)
1944 – Bob Benmosche , American businessman (d. 2015)
1944 – Quentin Davies , English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1945 – Gary Brooker , English singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2022)[15]
1945 – Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie , Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 2013)
1945 – Julian Le Grand , English economist and author
1945 – Martin Pipe , English jockey and trainer
1945 – Joyce Tenneson , American photographer
1945 – Jean-Pierre Van Rossem , Belgian scholar and author (d. 2018)
1946 – Fernando Buesa , Spanish politician (d. 2000)
1947 – Anthony Geary , American actor
1948 – Michael Berkeley , English composer and radio host
1948 – Keith Gull , English microbiologist and academic
1949 – Robert Axelrod , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1949 – Brian Kidd , English footballer and manager[16]
1949 – Francis Rossi , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Rebbie Jackson , American singer and actress
1953 – Danny Elfman , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1954 – Robert Beaser , American composer and educator
1954 – Jerry Moran , American lawyer and politician
1955 – Frank Baumgartl , German runner (d. 2010)
1955 – John Hinckley Jr. , American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
1955 – David Kirschner , American animator, producer, and author
1955 – Gordon Rintoul , Scottish historian and curator
1955 – Ken Schrader , American race car driver and sportscaster
1956 – Mark Lyall Grant , English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
1956 – La Toya Jackson , American singer-songwriter and actress
1957 – Steven Croft , English bishop and theologian
1957 – Jeb Hensarling , American lawyer and politician
1957 – Mohsen Makhmalbaf , Iranian film director
1958 – Annette Bening , American actress
1958 – Juliano Mer-Khamis , Israeli actor, director, and activist (d. 2011)
1958 – Uwe Rapolder , German footballer and coach
1958 – Mike Stenhouse , American baseball player and sportscaster
1959 – Rupert Everett , English actor and novelist
1959 – Mel Gaynor , English drummer
1959 – Steve Hanley , Irish-English bass player and songwriter
1960 – Thomas Baumer , Swiss economist and academic
1960 – Mike Freer , English politician
1961 – Melissa Etheridge , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist
1961 – John Miceli , American drummer
1962 – Fandi Ahmad , Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Eric Davis , American baseball player
1962 – Carol Kirkwood , Scottish journalist
1962 – Chloé Sainte-Marie , Canadian actress and singer
1963 – Blaze Bayley , English singer-songwriter
1963 – Zhu Jianhua , Chinese high jumper
1963 – Ukyo Katayama , Japanese race car driver
1963 – Claude Loiselle , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1964 – Howard Mills III , American academic and politician
1964 – Oswaldo Negri Jr. , Brazilian race car driver[17]
1966 – Natalie Nougayrède , French journalist[18]
1967 – Noel Gallagher , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Mike Keane , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Steven Levitt , American economist, author, and academic
1968 – Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll , Scottish politician
1968 – Tate George , American basketball player
1968 – Jessica Morden , English politician
1968 – Hida Viloria , American activist[19]
1970 – Natarsha Belling , Australian journalist
1970 – Roberto Di Matteo , Italian footballer and manager
1971 – Éric Lucas , Canadian boxer
1971 – Bernd Mayländer , German race car driver
1971 – Jo Beth Taylor , Australian television host and actress
1971 – Rob Womack , English shot putter and discus thrower
1972 – Laverne Cox , American actress and LGBT advocate[20]
1972 – Bill Curley , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Simon Jones , English singer and bass player
1973 – Tomoko Kaneda , Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio personality
1973 – Mark Lee , American guitarist and songwriter
1973 – Alpay Özalan , Turkish footballer
1973 – Myf Warhurst , Australian radio and television host
1974 – Steve Cardenas , American martial artist and retired actor
1974 – Stephen Larkham , Australian rugby player and coach
1974 – Aaron McGruder , American author and cartoonist
1974 – Jenny Willott , English politician
1975 – Jason Allison , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Mel B , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1975 – Sven Kubis , German footballer
1975 – Sarah Millican , English comedian
1975 – Anthony Wall , English golfer
1975 – Daniel Tosh , American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer
1976 – Caçapa , Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Jerry Hairston Jr. , American baseball player and sportscaster
1976 – Raef LaFrentz , American basketball player
1976 – Yegor Titov , Russian footballer
1977 – Massimo Ambrosini , Italian footballer
1977 – Marco Cassetti , Italian footballer
1977 – António Lebo Lebo , Angolan footballer
1978 – Pelle Almqvist , Swedish singer-songwriter
1978 – Sébastien Grosjean , French tennis player
1978 – Lorenzo Odone , Italian-American adrenoleukodystrophy patient who inspired the 1992 film, Lorenzo's Oil (d. 2008)
1978 – Adam Rickitt , English singer
1979 – Arne Friedrich , German footballer
1979 – Brian Kendrick , American wrestler
1979 – John Rheinecker , American baseball player (d. 2017)
1980 – Ernesto Farías , Argentinian footballer
1981 – Andrey Arshavin , Russian footballer
1982 – Nataliya Dobrynska , Ukrainian heptathlete
1982 – Matt Macri , American baseball player
1982 – Kim Tae-kyun , South Korean baseball player
1984 – Carmelo Anthony , American basketball player
1984 – Nia Jax , Australian-American professional wrestler
1984 – Funmi Jimoh , American long jumper
1984 – Andreas Schäffer , German footballer
1984 – Ina Wroldsen , Norwegian singer and songwriter
1985 – Nathan Horton , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Lina Andrijauskaitė , Lithuanian long jumper
1987 – Issac Luke , New Zealand rugby league player
1987 – Kelvin Maynard , Dutch footballer (d. 2019)
1987 – Noah Reid , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1987 – Rui Sampaio , Portuguese footballer
1988 – Muath Al-Kasasbeh , Jordanian captain and pilot (d. 2015)
1988 – Cheng Fei , Chinese gymnast
1988 – Steve Mason , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Ezekiel Ansah , Ghanaian-American football player
1989 – Diego Barisone , Argentinian footballer (d. 2015)
1989 – Riley Keough , American model and actress
1990 – Joe Biagini , American baseball pitcher
1990 – Erica Garner , American civil rights activist (d. 2017)[21]
1991 – Yaime Perez , Cuban discus thrower [22]
1992 – Sarah Moundir , Swiss tennis player
1993 – Jana Čepelová , Slovak tennis player
1993 – Maika Monroe , American actress and kiteboarder
1993 – Grete Šadeiko , Estonian heptathlete
1998 – Markelle Fultz , American basketball player[23]
1999 – Park Ji-hoon , South Korean actor and singer[24]
931 – Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona
1040 – Renauld I, Count of Nevers
1259 – Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1311 – James II of Majorca (b. 1243)
1320 – Pope John VIII of Alexandria , Coptic pope
1327 – Jens Grand , Danish archbishop (b. c. 1260)
1379 – Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
1405 – Philippe de Mézières , French soldier and author (b. 1327)
1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 – Ulubatlı Hasan , Ottoman commander (b. 1428)
1453 – Constantine XI Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1404)
1500 – Bartolomeu Dias , Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1451)
1500 – Thomas Rotherham , English cleric and minister (b. 1423)
1546 – David Beaton , Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1494)
1593 – John Penry , Welsh martyr (b. 1559)1601–1900 Edit
1660 – Frans van Schooten , Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
1691 – Cornelis Tromp , Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
1790 – Israel Putnam , American general (b. 1718)
1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin , Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais , first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
1829 – Humphry Davy , English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
1847 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy , French general (b. 1766)
1862 – Franz Mirecki , Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)[25]
1866 – Winfield Scott , American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
1873 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
1892 – Bahá'u'lláh , Persian religious leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1817)
1896 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée , French geologist and academic (b. 1814)1901–present Edit
1903 – Bruce Price , American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
1910 – Mily Balakirev , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
1911 – W. S. Gilbert , English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
1914 – Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving , English author and playwright (b. 1871)
1914 – Henry Seton-Karr , English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
1917 – Kate Harrington , American poet and educator (b. 1831)
1919 – Robert Bacon , American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
1920 – Carlos Deltour , French rower (b. 1864)
1921 – Abbott Handerson Thayer , American painter and educator (b. 1849)
1935 – Josef Suk , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
1939 – Ursula Ledóchowska , Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)[26]
1941 – Léo-Pol Morin , Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
1942 – John Barrymore , American actor (b. 1882)
1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss , German SS officer (b. 1905)
1948 – May Whitty , English actress (b. 1865)
1951 – Fanny Brice , American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
1951 – Dimitrios Levidis , Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
1953 – Morgan Russell , American painter and educator (b. 1886)
1957 – James Whale , English director (b. 1889)
1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1963 – Netta Muskett , English author (b. 1887)
1966 – Ignace Lepp , Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
1968 – Arnold Susi , Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
1970 – John Gunther , American journalist and author (b. 1901)
1970 – Eva Hesse , American artist (b. 1936)
1972 – Moe Berg , American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
1972 – Stephen Timoshenko , Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)
1973 – George Harriman , English businessman (b. 1908)
1977 – Ba Maw , Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
1979 – Mary Pickford , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of United Artists (b. 1892)[27]
1979 – John H. Wood Jr. , American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
1982 – Romy Schneider , Austrian actress (b. 1938)
1983 – Arvīds Pelše , Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
1987 – Charan Singh , Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
1988 – Salem bin Laden , Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
1989 – George C. Homans , American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
1991 – Margaret Barr (choreographer) , Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (b. 1904)[28]
1993 – Billy Conn , American boxer (b. 1917)
1994 – Erich Honecker , German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
1994 – Lady May Abel Smith , member of the British Royal Family (b. 1906)[29]
1996 – Tamara Toumanova , American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
1997 – Jeff Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
1998 – Barry Goldwater , American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)
2003 – David Jefferies , English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
2004 – Archibald Cox , American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
2004 – Samuel Dash , American academic and politician (b. 1925)
2005 – John D'Amico , Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1937)
2005 – Hamilton Naki , South African surgeon (b. 1926)
2005 – George Rochberg , American soldier and composer (b. 1918)
2006 – Jacques Bouchard , Canadian businessman (b. 1930)
2007 – Dave Balon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
2007 – Lois Browne-Evans , Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2008 – Paula Gunn Allen , Native American writer (b. 1939)[30]
2008 – Luc Bourdon , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
2008 – Harvey Korman , American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
2010 – Dennis Hopper , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2011 – Sergei Bagapsh , Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)
2011 – Bill Clements , American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (b. 1917)
2011 – Ferenc Mádl , Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (b. 1931)
2012 – Mark Minkov , Russian composer (b. 1944)
2012 – Kaneto Shindo , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
2012 – Doc Watson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
2013 – Richard Ballantine , American-English journalist and author (b. 1940)
2013 – Françoise Blanchard , French actress (b. 1954)
2013 – Andrew Greeley , American priest, sociologist, and author (b. 1928)
2013 – Mulgrew Miller , American pianist and composer (b. 1955)
2013 – Henry Morgentaler , Polish-Canadian physician and activist (b. 1923)
2013 – Franca Rame , Italian actress and playwright (b. 1928)
2013 – Ludwig G. Strauss , German physician and academic (b. 1949)
2013 – Wali-ur-Rehman , Pakistani commander (b. 1970)
2014 – Christine Charbonneau , Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2014 – Walter Jakob Gehring , Swiss biologist and academic (b. 1939)
2014 – Peter Glaser , Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014 – Miljenko Prohaska , Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2014 – William M. Roth , American businessman (b. 1916)
2015 – Henry Carr , American football player and sprinter (b. 1942)
2015 – Doris Hart , American tennis player (b. 1925)
2015 – Betsy Palmer , American actress (b. 1926)
2017 – Manuel Noriega , Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1934)
2017 – Mordechai Tzipori , Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (b. 1924)
2017 – Konstantinos Mitsotakis , Greek politician and prime minister (b. 1918)
2020 – Maikanti Baru , Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm. (b. 1959)[31]
2021 – Gavin MacLeod , American actor, Christian activist, and author (b. 1931)[32] [33]
2021 – Mark Eaton , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1957)[34] [35]
2021 – B. J. Thomas , American singer (b. 1942)[36]
2022 – Ronnie Hawkins , American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist.[37]
Holidays and observances Edit
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