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Today In History
  September 23th
 
Events
 
42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide.
425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.
501 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
1086 – At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI.
1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
1641 – Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
1642 – Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
1694 – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phips, fail to seize Quebec from the French.
1707 – The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1812 – Claude Franηois de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Westport: Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
1867 – Seventy-two Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
1911 – First use of aircraft in war: Italo-Turkish War: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
1915 – Women's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
1929 – Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.
1935 – Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.
1939 – The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight.
1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.
1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").
1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf: The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
1955 – Prime Minister Ngτ Πμnh Di?m defeats former emperor B?o Π?i in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
1956 – Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
1958 – The Springhill Mine bump: An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.
1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute ΰ six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo, which is serialized in the weekly Spirou magazine.
1965 – Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
1972 – Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
1973 – The Watergate scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
1973 – A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
1983 – Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
1989 – The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mαtyαs Szurφs, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
1989 – Bankruptcy of Wδrtsilδ Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the nordic countries until then.
1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. Ulster loyalists retaliate a week later with the Greysteel massacre.
1995 – Yolanda Saldνvar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena. Three days later, Saldνvar was sentenced to life in prison, eligible for parole in 2025
1998 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
1998 – Swatch Internet Time, a measure of 1000 "beats" per day was inaugurated by the Swatch Group.
2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2007 – A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.
2011 – A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2011 – The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover.
 
Births
 
64 BC – Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general and politician (d. 12 BC)
1516 – Charlotte of Valois (d. 1524)
1634 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1715)
1654 – Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712)
1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the Ιcole Militaire (d. 1782)
1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
1713 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)
1715 – Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
1752 – Maria Anna Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1804)
1762 – Samuel Morey, American engineer (d. 1843)
1766 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847)
1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)
1801 – Albert Lortzing, German actor, singer, and composer (d. 1851)
1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (d. 1886)
1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)
1815 – Joγo Maurνcio Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (d. 1889)
1817 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (d. 1930)
1857 – Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (d. 1918)
1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
1870 – Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
1874 – Charles Kilpatrick, American runner (d. 1921)
1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (d. 1970)
1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)
1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
1888 – Onιsime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1961)
1893 – Gummo Marx, American actor and agent (d. 1977)
1894 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1894 – Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer (d. 1975)
1896 – Andrι Lιvκque, French soldier and engineer (d. 1930)
1896 – Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)
1897 – Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (d. 1958)
1900 – Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1902 – Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian race car engineer (d. 1982)
1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (d. 1995)
1905 – Yen Chia-kan, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1993)
1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1908 – František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990)
1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)
1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (d. 1993)
1910 – Hayden Rorke, American actor (d. 1987)
1911 – Jack Keller, American hurdler (d. 1978)
1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
1918 – Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1918 – Paul Rudolph, American architect, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997)
1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)
1919 – Merih Sezen, Turkish fencer (d. 2011)
1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1998)
1920 – Bob Montana, American illustrator (d. 1975)
1922 – Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician
1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress (d. 2015)
1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar
1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer and author
1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
1924 – Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (d. 2015)
1925 – Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005)
1925 – Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1927 – Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
1927 – Dezso Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
1927 – Leszek Kolakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
1928 – Bella Darvi, Polish-American actress (d. 1971)
1929 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)
1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1931 – William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013)
1931 – Diana Dors, English actress and singer (d. 1984)
1932 – Vasily Belov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 2012)
1933 – Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1935 – Chi-Chi Rodrνguez, Puerto Rican golfer
1936 – Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
1936 – Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (d. 1971)
1937 – Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 – Alan Gilzean, Scottish footballer and manager
1939 – Stanley Anderson, American actor
1939 – C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
1940 – Pelι, Brazilian footballer and actor
1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops) (d. 2009)
1940 – Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
1941 – Mel Winkler, American actor
1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
1942 – Michael Crichton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1942 – Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
1942 – Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
1942 – Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
1943 – Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (d. 2012)
1944 – Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian
1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin')
1946 – Graeme Barker, English archaeologist and academic
1946 – Mel Martνnez, American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1946 – Miklσs Nιmeth, Hungarian javelin thrower
1947 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (d. 1989)
1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
1948 – Gerry Robinson, Irish businessman
1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist
1949 – Wόrzel, English singer and guitarist (Motφrhead) (d. 2011)
1949 – Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet
1950 – Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (d. 2012)
1951 – Charly Garcνa, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Sui Generis, Serϊ Girαn, and La Mαquina de Hacer Pαjaros)
1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) (d. 2005)
1952 – Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Taner Akηam, Turkish sociologist and historian
1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Akie Asaka, Japanese comedian
1956 – Dianne Reeves, American singer
1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1957 – Paul Kagame, Rwandan politician, 6th President of Rwanda
1957 – Martin Luther King III, American activist
1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer
1958 – Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Japanese actor
1958 – Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
1959 – Nancy Grace, American lawyer and journalist
1959 – Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
1960 – Mirwais Ahmadzaο, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Taxi Girl and Y.A.S.)
1960 – Katoucha Niane, French model and actress (d. 2008)
1960 – Randy Pausch, American author and academic (d. 2008)
1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player, sportscaster, and drummer
1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter (Metallica, Black Label Society, Suicidal Tendencies, and Infectious Grooves)
1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver and cyclist
1967 – Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Melvins, The Men of Porn, and Altamont)
1967 – Walt Flanagan, American actor and illustrator
1967 – Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian author
1969 – Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress
1970 – Matthew Barzun, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1970 – Grant Imahara, American engineer
1970 – Steve Wilder, American actor
1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer
1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
1971 – Chris Horner, American cyclist
1972 – Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
1972 – Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander porn actress and director
1972 – Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
1973 – Emi Hashino, Japanese comedian and actress
1974 – Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
1974 – Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
1974 – DJ Spinbad, American DJ and producer
1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1975 – Jessicka, American singer-songwriter (Jack Off Jill and Scarling.)
1975 – Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
1975 – Odalys Garcνa, Cuban actress and singer
1975 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1976 – Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
1976 – Jon Huertas, American actor
1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer
1977 – Alex Tudor, English cricketer
1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer and sportscaster
1978 – John Lackey, American baseball player
1978 – Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player
1978 – Archie Thompson, New Zealand-Australian footballer
1979 – Ramσn Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
1979 – Jorge Solνs, Mexican boxer
1979 – Bud Smith, American baseball player
1980 – Mate Bilic, Croatian footballer
1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch race car driver
1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player
1981 – Jackie Long, American actor
1981 – Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
1982 – Rickey Paulding, American basketball player
1982 – Kristjan Kangur, Estonian basketball player
1982 – Aleksandar Lukovic, Serbian footballer
1982 – Rodolfo Dantas Bispo, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
1983 – Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1983 – Josh Strickland, American actor and singer
1984 – Martin Garcia, Mexican-American jockey
1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian-American model and actress
1984 – Simone Masini, Italian footballer
1984 – Keiren Westwood, English footballer
1984 – Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
1984 – Meghan McCain, American journalist and author
1984 – Michael Sim, Australian golfer
1985 – Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress and poet
1985 – Miguel, American singer, songwriter and producer
1985 – Chris Neal, English footballer
1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
1985 – Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer
1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress and dancer
1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer
1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress
1987 – Robin Copeland, Irish rugby player
1987 – Felix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Faye, Swedish singer-songwriter (Play)
1987 – Kyle Gibson, American baseball player
1987 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
1987 – Seo In-guk, South Korean singer and actor
1987 – Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress and comedian
1988 – Jordan Crawford, American basketball player
1988 – Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer
1988 – Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
1989 – Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
1989 – Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
1990 – Stevie Brock, American singer
1990 – Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – Stan Walker, Australian-New Zealand singer and actor
1990 – Matt Angel, Australian actor
1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino
1992 – Αlvaro Morata, Spanish footballer
1993 – Taylor Spreitler, American actress and singer
1993 – Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1997 – Daphne Blunt, American actress and singer
1998 – Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1999 – Joseph Andre Garcia, Filipino actor
 
Deaths
 
42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (b. 85 BC)
877 – Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople (b. 797)
891 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Arab general and politician
930 – Emperor Daigo of Japan (b. 885)
1456 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)
1550 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480)
1581 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)
1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
1730 – Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
1774 – Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
1867 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
1872 – Thιophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
1885 – Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
1893 – Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
1910 – Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
1915 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
1921 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
1934 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1877)
1935 – Charles Demuth, American painter (b. 1883)
1938 – Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (b. 1875)
1939 – Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
1942 – Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1943 – Wakashima Gonshiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
1944 – Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
1944 – Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
1950 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
1953 – Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (b. 1905)
1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
1959 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
1964 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
1978 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
1983 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
1984 – James Petrillo, American union leader (b. 1892)
1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
1988 – Asashio Taro III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
1989 – Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1990 – Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)
1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
1996 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)
1997 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1998 – Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
2000 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)
2001 – Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)
2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
2002 – Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)
2003 – Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)
2003 – Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
2004 – Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
2004 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2005 – William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 – John Muth, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
2005 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945)
2006 – Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)
2007 – John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965)
2007 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
2008 – Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)
2010 – Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)
2010 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)
2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2011 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
2011 – Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
2012 – William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
2012 – Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)
2012 – Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2012 – Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
2012 – Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2013 – Suleiman Arabiyat, Jordanian academic and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (b. 1945)
2013 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor (b. 1924)
2013 – Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990)
2013 – Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (b. 1951)
2013 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2014 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)
2014 – John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)
2014 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2014 – Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
2014 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)

 

 
 
 
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