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627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. 884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire. 1098 – First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism. 1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.[1] 1408 – The Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order, is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then king of Hungary. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant: A British fleet led by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet. 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first. 1862 – American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine. 1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers. 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels. 1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. 1911 – At the Delhi Durbar, George V is proclaimed emperor of India. He then announces that the seat of government will shift from Calcutta to Delhi, and that the partition of Bengal is annulled. 1915 – President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China. 1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. 1918 – The Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time. 1925 – The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran, starting the Pahlavi dynasty. 1935 – Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler. 1936 – Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China. 1939 – Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi: Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict. 1939 – HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men. 1940 – World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid. 1941 – World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. 1941 – Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. 1942 – World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad. 1946 – A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan spreads to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people. 1946 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted. 1948 – Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali massacre: Fourteen members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaya allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village. 1950 – Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. 1956 – Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign". 1956 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted. 1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. 1964 – Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya. 1969 – Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed. 1979 – Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung-hee. 1979 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. 1979 – The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia. 1979 – The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. 1983 – The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar. 1984 – Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit. 1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. 1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. 1991 – The Russian Federation withdraws from the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. 2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. 2001 – Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps. 2012 – North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using an Unha-3 carrier rocket. 2015 – The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted. |
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1298 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (d. 1358) 1418 – Archduke Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) 1526 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (d. 1588) 1574 – Anne of Denmark (d. 1619) 1610 – Basil of Ostrog, Serbian monk and saint (d. 1671) 1685 – Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1743) 1724 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (d. 1816) 1731 – Erasmus Darwin, English physician and poet (d. 1802) 1766 – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (d. 1826) 1779 – Madeleine Sophie Barat, French nun and saint, founded the Society of the Sacred Heart (d. 1865) 1786 – William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (d. 1857) 1792 – Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek-Russian general and politician, Military ruler of Moldavia (d. 1828) 1799 – Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (d. 1852) 1805 – Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1878) 1806 – Stand Watie, American general (d. 1871) 1812 – John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872) 1821 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (d. 1880) 1830 – Joseph Orville Shelby, Confederate general (d. 1897) 1842 – Adolf Bötticher, German journalist and historian (d. 1901) 1845 – Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis (d. 1903) 1849 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (d. 1920) 1856 – Henry Moret, French painter (d. 1913) 1862 – J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (d. 1937) 1863 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1944) 1864 – Paul Elmer More, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 1937) 1866 – Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) 1870 – Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d. 1912) 1875 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. 1953) 1876 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (d. 1928) 1881 – Harry Warner, Polish-American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros (d. 1958) 1882 – Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1960) 1883 – Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (d. 1964) 1884 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (d. 1967) 1887 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (d. 1974) 1892 – Milko Kos, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1972) 1893 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973) 1900 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1988) 1901 – Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (d. 1942) 1903 – Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1963) 1904 – Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and journalist (d. 1981) 1905 – Manès Sperber, Austrian-French psychologist and author (d. 1984) 1905 – Vasily Grossman, Russian journalist and author (d. 1964) 1907 – Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer (d. 2015) 1908 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993) 1909 – Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychologist, author, and poet (d. 2011) 1909 – Karen Morley, American actress and political activist (d. 2003) 1911 – Boun Oum, Laotian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Laos (d. 1980) 1912 – Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) 1914 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (d. 2000) 1915 – Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1998) 1918 – Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (d. 1999) 1919 – Olivia Barclay, English astrologer and author (d. 2001) 1919 – Dan DeCarlo, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2001) 1920 – Josef Doležal, Czech race walker (d. 1999) 1920 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (d. 2014) 1922 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979) 1923 – Bob Barker, American game show host and producer 1923 – Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer (d. 2018) 1924 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013) 1925 – Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009) 1925 – Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (d. 1985) 1925 – Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2017) 1925 – Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2000) 1927 – Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (d. 1990) 1928 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani diplomat and author (d. 2008) 1928 – Lionel Blair, English actor 1928 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and academic (d. 2011) 1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer 1929 – John Osborne, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1994) 1930 – Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host and businessman, founded Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão 1931 – Baya, Algerian artist (d. 1998)[2] 1932 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach 1933 – Manu Dibango, Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player 1933 – Christa Stubnick, German sprinter 1934 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012) 1935 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (d. 2013) 1936 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (d. 2016) 1936 – Denise Coffey, English actress and director 1937 – Michael Jeffery, Australian general and politician, 24th Governor-General of Australia 1937 – Philip Ledger, English pianist, composer, and academic (d. 2012) 1937 – Buford Pusser, American police officer (d. 1974) 1938 – Connie Francis, American singer and actress 1939 – Terry Kirkman, American singer-songwriter and musician 1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture 1940 – Dionne Warwick, American singer and television personality 1941 - Nambi Narayanan, ISRO scientist and aerospace engineer 1942 – Morris Sadek, Egyptian-American lawyer and activist 1942 – Brough Scott, English jockey and journalist 1943 – Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French author and translator 1943 – Dickey Betts, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 – Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (d. 2015) 1943 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999) 1944 – Diana Bracho, Mexican actress 1944 – Jean Doré, Canadian lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal (d. 2015) 1944 – Cara Duff-MacCormick, Canadian actress 1944 – Rob Tyner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 1991) 1945 – Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaican politician, 7th Prime Minister of Jamaica 1945 – Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (d. 1997) 1946 – Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver 1947 – Will Alsop, English architect and academic 1947 – Wings Hauser, American actor, director, and screenwriter 1947 – Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician 1948 – Colin Todd, English football player and coach 1949 – Gopinath Munde, Indian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014) 1949 – Bill Nighy, English actor 1949 – Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar 1950 – Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist 1950 – Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic 1950 – Gorman Thomas, American baseball player 1950 – Rajinikanth, Indian actor 1950 – Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager 1951 – Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior 1952 – Herb Dhaliwal, Indian-Canadian businessman and politician, 3rd Canadian Minister of Natural Resources 1952 – Sarah Douglas, English actress 1952 – Cathy Rigby, American gymnast 1953 – Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician 1953 – Bruce Kulick, American guitarist and songwriter 1953 – Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player 1955 – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman 1955 – Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist 1955 – Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence 1956 – Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist 1957 – Sheila E., American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actress 1958 – Alexander Crutchfield, American businessman, financier and investor 1959 – Jasper Conran, English fashion designer 1960 – Martina Hellmann, German discus thrower 1961 – Andrey Perlov, Russian race walker 1962 – Tracy Austin, American tennis player and sportscaster 1962 – Arturo Barrios, Mexican-American runner 1962 – Peter Bergen, American-English journalist and author 1962 – Mike Golic, American football player and radio host 1962 – Ulrike Tillmann, German mathematician and academic 1963 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 2012) 1964 – Reeta Chakrabarti, English journalist 1964 – Haywood Jeffires, American football player and coach 1964 – Sabu, American wrestler 1965 – Will Carling, English rugby player 1966 – Royce Gracie, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and actor 1966 – Ian Paisley, Jr., Northern Irish politician 1967 – Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer 1967 – John Randle, American football player 1968 – Rory Kennedy, American director and producer 1968 – Sašo Udovič, Slovenian footballer 1968 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002) 1969 – Sophie Kinsella, English author and educator 1969 – Wilfred Kirochi, Kenyan runner 1969 – Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper 1969 – Michael Möllenbeck, German discus thrower 1970 – Tahir Bilgic, Turkish-Australian comedian and actor 1970 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress 1970 – Regina Hall, American actress 1971 – Sammy Korir, Kenyan runner 1972 – Nicky Eaden, English footballer and coach 1972 – Craig Field, Australian rugby league player 1972 – Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner 1972 – Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter 1972 – Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 – Tony Hsieh, American businessman, founded LinkExchange 1974 – Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-American runner 1974 – Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer and manager 1975 – Mayim Bialik, American actress 1975 – Craig Moore, Australian footballer and manager 1976 – Dan Hawkins, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player 1977 – Yoel Hernández, Cuban hurdler 1977 – Dean Macey, English decathlete and bobsledder 1977 – Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player 1978 – Gbenga Akinnagbe, American actor and screenwriter 1978 – Shin Seung-hwan, South Korean actor 1979 – Nate Clements, American football player 1979 – John Salmons, American basketball player 1980 – Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner (d. 2010) 1980 – Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer 1980 – Berkant Göktan, Turkish-German footballer 1981 – Jeret Peterson, American skier (d. 2011) 1981 – Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer 1981 – Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer 1981 – Stephen Warnock, English footballer 1982 – Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player 1984 – Daniel Agger, Danish footballer 1985 – Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player 1985 – Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer 1986 – Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer 1986 – Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer 1986 – Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper 1986 – T. J. Ward, American football player 1987 – Marte Eberson, Norwegian keyboard player and composer 1988 – Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player 1988 – Tony Williams, Australian-Tongan rugby league player 1990 – Nixon Chepseba, Kenyan runner 1990 – Victor Moses, Nigerian footballer 1990 – Seungri, South Korean singer-songwriter 1991 – Joseph Leilua, Australian-Samoan rugby league player 1993 – Zeli Ismail, English footballer 1994 – Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (d. 2017) 1996 – Lucas Hedges, American actor |
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884 – Carloman II, Frankish king (b. 866) 894 – Guy III, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor 948 – Li Song, Chinese official and chancellor 1143 – Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095) 1204 – Maimonides, Egyptian religious scholar, philosopher and physician (b. 1135) 1212 – Geoffrey, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1152) 1475 – Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (b. 1439) 1476 – Frederick I, Elector Palatine (b. 1425) 1569 – Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1507) 1574 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) 1586 – Stephen Báthory, Polish king (b. 1533) 1685 – John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610) 1751 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678) 1758 – Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695) 1766 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700) 1782 – Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696) 1789 – John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713) 1790 – Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733) 1794 – Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742) 1803 – Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750) 1817 – Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751) 1843 – William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772) 1858 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) 1889 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812) 1889 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804) 1894 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) 1913 – Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844) 1921 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868) 1923 – Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903) 1924 – Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867) 1926 – Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849) 1934 – Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894) 1939 – Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883) 1941 – César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915) 1951 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907) 1952 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879) 1958 – Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900) 1963 – Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903) 1964 – Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866) 1964 – William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894) 1966 – Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880) 1968 – Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902) 1970 – Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889) 1970 – George Terwilliger, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882) 1971 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909) 1971 – David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891) 1975 – Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884) 1976 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927) 1978 – Fay Compton, English actress (b. 1894) 1980 – Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912) 1985 – Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923) 1985 – Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (b. 1938) 1986 – Paul Verner, German politician (b. 1911) 1987 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926) 1992 – Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1901) 1993 – József Antall, Hungarian historian and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932) 1994 – Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933) 1994 – Donna J. Stone, American poet and philanthropist (b. 1933) 1996 – Vance Packard, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1914) 1997 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921) 1998 – Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930) 1998 – Marco Denevi, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1922) 1998 – Mo Udall, American captain and politician (b. 1922) 1999 – Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (b. 1904) 1999 – Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(b. 1923) 2000 – George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916) 2000 – Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant leader, founded Zimbabwe African National Union (b. 1920) 2001 – Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer (b. 1897) 2002 – Dee Brown, American historian and author (b. 1908) 2003 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) 2003 – Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan monk and educator (b. 1948) 2005 – Robert Newmyer, American actor and producer (b. 1956) 2005 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) 2005 – Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (b. 1936) 2005 – Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957) 2006 – Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928) 2006 – Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935) 2006 – Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1935) 2006 – Raymond P. Shafer, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917) 2006 – Alan Shugart, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology (b. 1930) 2007 – François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (b. 1953) 2007 – Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1931) 2008 – Avery Dulles, American cardinal and theologian (b. 1918) 2008 – Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916) 2008 – Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934) 2010 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (b. 1946) 2012 – Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924) 2012 – Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (b. 1927) 2012 – David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987) 2013 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931) 2013 – Abdul Quader Molla, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1948) 2013 – Leo Sachs, German-Israeli biologist and academic (b. 1924) 2013 – Jang Sung-taek, North Korean general and politician (b. 1946) 2013 – Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917) 2014 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (b. 1928) 2014 – Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1941) 2014 – Herb Plews, American baseball player (b. 1928) 2014 – Yury Shutov, Russian politician (b. 1946) 2015 – Luis Bermejo, Spanish illustrator (b. 1931) 2015 – Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (b. 1942) 2015 – Sharad Anantrao Joshi, Indian farmer and politician (b. 1935) 2015 – Evelyn S. Lieberman, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1944) 2016 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1931) 2017 – Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1952) 2017 – Pat DiNizio, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955) |
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