Events |
| AD 25 - Guangwu claims the throne as emperor, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 135 - Roman armies enter Betar, brutally slaughtering thousands and effectively ending the bar Kokhba revolt. 642 - Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. 910 - The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians. 939 - The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of Leon and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba. 1068 - Byzantine-Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari. 1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. 1278 - The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory. 1305 - William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed. 1388 - The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn. 1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. 1600 - The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place. 1620 - The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America. 1689 - Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France. 1716 - The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place. 1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true. 1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run. 1772 - The First Partition of Poland begins. 1781 - The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place. 1796 - The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars. 1816 - The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore. 1824 - Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos. 1858 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month. 1860 - Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. 1861 - American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). 1861 - The United States Army abolishes flogging. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats. 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. 1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom. 1882 - The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. 1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor. 1888 - Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008. 1901 - Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years. 1906 - Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. 1914 - World War I: The German minelayer SS Konigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion. 1914 - World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War. 1914 - In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. 1916 - World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula. 1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out. 1926 - Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. 1940 - World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia. 1941 - World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners. 1944 - World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured. 1944 - World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gesiowka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. 1944 - World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland. 1949 - In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. 1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. 1958 - Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years; his record of 31 years, seven months and 16 days of retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter. 1960 - Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France. 1962 - Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. 1963 - The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. 1964 - Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. 1965 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals. 1971 - The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. 1974 - Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam. 1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising. 1981 - President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. 1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority. 1995 - Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day. 2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. 2010 - The Copiapo mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground. 2010 - Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. 2012 - The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police. 2015 - The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado. |
Births |
| 79 BC - Tullia, Roman daughter of Cicero (d. 45 BC) 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330) 1397 - Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474) 1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506) 1540 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609) 1607 - Antonio Barberini, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1671) 1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669) 1626 - Richard Ottley, English politician (d. 1670) 1641 - John Hathorne, American merchant and jurist (d. 1717) 1662 - James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728) 1681 - Vitus Bering, Danish explorer (d. 1741) 1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) 1749 - Thomas Lynch, Jr., American commander and politician (d. 1779) 1797 - Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879) 1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829) 1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896) 1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896) 1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901) 1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892) 1828 - Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871) 1833 - Carola of Vasa (d. 1907) 1843 - James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927) 1844 - Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930) 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1893) 1860 - Louis Wain, English artist (d. 1939) 1862 - Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890) 1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923) 1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917) 1868 - Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924) 1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917) 1874 - Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948) 1874 - Horace Rawlins, English golfer (d. 1935) 1876 - Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (d. 1958) 1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917) 1880 - Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962) 1880 - Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (d. 1970) 1887 - Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer (d. 1972) 1889 - Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1973) 1890 - Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977) 1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956) 1897 - Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator (d. 1954) 1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1972) 1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000) 1904 - Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997) 1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998) 1906 - John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1987) 1906 - Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) 1908 - Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) 1908 - Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997) 1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (d. 1979) 1910 - Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (d. 1956) 1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (d. 1969) 1912 - Abbe Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) 1914 - Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002) 1916 - Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006) 1918 - Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982) 1918 - Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the Canada's National Ballet School (d. 2004) 1920 - George Tooker, American painter and academic (d. 2011) 1921 - Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) 1922 - L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2015) 1922 - Frank Stranahan, American golfer (d. 2013) 1923 - Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005) 1926 - Betsy Jolas, French composer 1927 - John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013) 1929 - Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor (d. 2014) 1930 - Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012) 1930 - Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 1998) 1930 - Richie Ginther, American race car driver (d. 1989) 1930 - Michal Kovac, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia 1931 - Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014) 1932 - Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1996) 1932 - Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor 1934 - Karl Johan Astrom, Swedish engineer and theorist 1934 - Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist 1934 - Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host 1934 - Vern Gosdin, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009) 1935 - Michael Ballhaus, German director and cinematographer 1935 - Peter Inge, Baron Inge, English field marshal 1935 - John Saxon, American actor 1935 - Roy Benavidez, American Master Sergeant and Medal of Honor Winner (d. 1998) 1936 - Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright 1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003) 1937 - Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (d. 2010) 1939 - Roger Clark, English race car driver (d. 1998) 1940 - Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer 1940 - Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor 1940 - Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2013) 1941 - Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) 1941 - Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010) 1941 - Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer 1942 - Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records 1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2005) 1943 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2005) 1944 - Christopher Gunning, English composer 1945 - Loni Anderson, American actress 1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach 1946 - Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2006) 1946 - Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach 1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress 1946 - Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona 1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player 1947 - France A. Cordova, American astrophysicist and academic 1947 - Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1947 - Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter 1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager 1948 - Barbara Flynn, English actress 1948 - Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic 1950 - Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (d. 2013) 1950 - Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2013) 1951 - Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer 1952 - Tamas Farago, Hungarian water polo player 1952 - John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer 1952 - Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager 1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005) 1955 - Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter 1956 - Christopher Chessun, English bishop 1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1957 - David Gill, English businessman 1957 - Faith Prince, American actress and singer 1959 - Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016) 1959 - Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter 1960 - David Baldacci, American lawyer and author 1961 - Janet McTeer, English actress 1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach 1961 - Tim Wilson, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2014) 1962 - Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach 1962 - Otis Thorpe, American basketball player 1963 - Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (d. 2010) 1964 - Rory Morrison, English journalist (d. 2013) 1964 - Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (d. 2012) 1965 - Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer 1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer 1966 - Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer 1967 - Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host 1968 - Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist 1968 - Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician 1968 - Oleh Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer and manager 1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007) 1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player 1969 - Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician 1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer 1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach 1969 - Robert Scott, Australian rower 1970 - James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 - Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia 1971 - Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter 1971 - Sally Nugent, English sports journalist 1972 - Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler 1972 - Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach 1972 - Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (d. 2015) 1972 - Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player 1972 - Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager 1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1973 - Paul Carige, Australian rugby league player 1973 - Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster 1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer 1974 - Julio Cesar Enciso, Paraguayan footballer 1974 - Kajol, Indian film actress 1974 - Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer 1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer 1975 - Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist 1975 - Josep Jufre, Catalan cyclist 1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer 1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player 1976 - Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager 1976 - Eugen Trica, Romanian footballer and manager 1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach 1977 - Soraya Jimenez, Mexican weightlifter (d. 2013) 1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster 1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer 1978 - Cosmin Barcauan, Romanian footballer and manager 1978 - Carolina Duer, Argentinian boxer 1978 - Rita Faltoyano, Hungarian actress 1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter 1979 - David Healy, Irish footballer 1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer 1980 - Salvador Cabanas, Paraguayan footballer 1980 - Jason Culina, Australian footballer 1981 - David Clarke, English ice hockey player 1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player 1981 - Maik Franz, German footballer 1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian skier 1981 - Anna Rawson, Australian golfer 1981 - Jesse Williams, American actor 1982 - Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player 1982 - Lolo Jones, American hurdler 1982 - Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer 1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer-songwriter 1982 - Jeff Robson, Australian rugby league player 1982 - Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist 1982 - Ryu Seung-min, South Korean table tennis player 1983 - Korey Hall, American football player 1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer-songwriter and dancer 1984 - Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player 1984 - Helene Fischer, German singer-songwriter 1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer 1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer 1985 - Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer 1985 - Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer 1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer 1987 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress 1988 - Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer 1988 - Eddie Nolan, Irish footballer 1988 - Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer 1988 - Kaimar Saag, Estonian footballer 1989 - Ryan Bertrand, English footballer 1989 - Mathieu Manset, French footballer 1991 - Esteban Gutierrez, Mexican race car driver 1991 - Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player 1991 - Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer 1995 - Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Danish footballer 1996 - Takakeisho Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler 1997 - Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player |
Deaths |
| 553 - Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508) 642 - Eowa, king of Mercia 642 - Oswald, king of Northumbria (b. 604) 824 - Heizei, Japanese emperor (b. 773) 877 - Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier 882 - Louis III, Frankish king (b. 863) 890 - Ranulf II, duke of Aquitaine (b. 850) 910 - Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria 917 - Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834) 940 - Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863) 1063 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd 1364 - Kogon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313) 1415 - Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375) 1415 - Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1370) 1447 - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395) 1579 - Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504) 1600 - John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577) 1610 - Alonso Garcia de Ramon, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552) 1633 - George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562) 1678 - Juan Garcia de Zespedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619) 1729 - Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664) 1743 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696) 1778 - Charles Clemencet, French historian and author (b. 1703) 1778 - Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756) 1792 - Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732) 1799 - Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726) 1868 - Jacques Boucher de Crevecceur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788) 1877 - Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830) 1880 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816) 1881 - Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823) 1895 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820) 1901 - Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840) 1904 - George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834) 1911 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864) 1916 - George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885) 1921 - Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844) 1929 - Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847) 1933 - Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856) 1935 - David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891) 1939 - Bela Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865) 1944 - Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906) 1946 - Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) 1948 - Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871) 1952 - Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917) 1955 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909) 1957 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) 1959 - Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881) 1960 - Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) 1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926) 1963 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) 1964 - Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886) 1967 - Gyorgy Brody, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1908) 1968 - Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928) 1978 - Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893) 1980 - Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) 1983 - Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913) 1983 - Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903) 1984 - Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925) 1985 - Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898) 1987 - Georg Gabmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910) 1991 - Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908) 1991 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906) 1992 - Robert Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921) 1994 - Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908) 1994 - Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922) 1998 - Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912) 1998 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911) 2000 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920) 2000 - Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910) 2000 - Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914) 2001 - Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) 2001 - Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948) 2002 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916) 2002 - Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920) 2002 - Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) 2005 - Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936) 2005 - Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915) 2005 - Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (b. 1941) 2007 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926) 2007 - Florian Pitti?, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943) 2008 - Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932) 2008 - Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929) 2009 - Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914) 2011 - Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954) 2011 - Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989) 2012 - Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917) 2012 - Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) 2012 - Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984) 2012 - Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916) 2012 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919) 2012 - Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960) 2013 - Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926) 2013 - Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966) 2013 - George Duke, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1946) 2013 - Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) 2013 - Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) 2013 - May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951) 2013 - Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959) 2014 - Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962) 2014 - Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936) 2014 - Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914) 2014 - Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927) 2015 - Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912) 2015 - Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (b. 1943) |
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