Events |
| 587 BC - The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. 238 - The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor. 615 - Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. 904 - Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week. 923 - Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italyat Firenzuola (Tuscany). 1014 - Byzantine Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6. 1018 - Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen. 1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. 1148 - The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade. 1565 - The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. 1693 - War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. 1775 - Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army. 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. 1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. 1899 - The First Hague Convention is signed. 1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. 1914 - The Cape Cod Canal opened. 1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. 1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. 1937 - Tongzhou Incident: In Tongzhou, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. 1948 - Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London. 1950 - Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. 1958 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 1959 - First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. 1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. 1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. 1967 - During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. 1973 - Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi. 1973 - During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tire failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed. 1976 - In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. 1980 - Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. 1981 - A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. 1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France Francois Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). 1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. 1993 - The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. 1996 - The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad. 2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. 2010 - An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths. 2013 - Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-pres-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. |
Births |
| 869 - Muhammad al-Mahdi, Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941) 996 - Fujiwara no Norimichi, a kugyo of the Heian period 1166 - Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197) 1356 - Martin of Aragon (d. 1410) 1537 - Pedro Tellez-Giron, 1st Duke of Osuna (d. 1590) 1573 - Philip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (d. 1618) 1580 - Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654) 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet and hymn-writer (d. 1659) 1646 - Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724) 1744 - Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (d. 1830) 1763 - Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1845) 1797 - Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879) 1801 - George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853) 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 1859) 1806 - Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (d. 1887) 1817 - Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900) 1817 - Martin Korber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893) 1843 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901) 1846 - Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918) 1846 - Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921) 1849 - Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923) 1860 - Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940) 1867 - Berthold Oppenheim , Moravian rabbi (d. 1942) 1869 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946) 1871 - Jakob Mandmets, Estonian writer and journalist (d. 1930) 1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957) 1874 - J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician (d. 1942) 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949) 1878 - Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937) 1880 - John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971) 1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (d. 1942) 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945) 1884 - Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy (d. 1975) 1885 - Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955) 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951) 1888 - Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982) 1891 - Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966) 1892 - William Powell, American actor and singer (d. 1984) 1897 - Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (d. 1983) 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988) 1899 - Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959) 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) 1900 - Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964) 1904 - Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982) 1904 - J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993) 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965) 1905 - Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961) 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (d. 2006) 1906 - Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935) 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer (d. 1996) 1909 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (d. 1997) 1909 - Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984) 1910 - Gale Page, American actress (d. 1983) 1911 - Foster Furcolo, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995) 1911 - Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005) 1913 - Erich Priebke, German captain (d. 2013) 1914 - Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (d. 2017) 1915 - Bruce R. McConkie, American colonel and religious leader (d. 1985) 1915 - Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998) 1916 - Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) 1916 - Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942) 1916 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (d. 2004) 1917 - Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013) 1918 - Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (d. 2014) 1918 - Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968) 1918 - Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) 1920 - Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (d. 2007) 1921 - Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987) 1921 - Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012) 1923 - George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) 1923 - Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014) 1923 - Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (d. 2012) 1923 - Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003) 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005) 1924 - Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016) 1925 - Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014) 1925 - Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer 1926 - Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015) 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010) 1930 - Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer 1931 - Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader 1932 - Leslie Fielding, English diplomat 1932 - Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician 1933 - Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009) 1933 - Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012) 1933 - Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher 1933 - Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (The New Christy Minstrels) 1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor 1936 - Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor 1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005) 1938 - Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician 1940 - Betty Harris, American chemist 1940 - Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator 1941 - Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (d. 2007) 1941 - Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright 1941 - David Warner, English actor 1942 - Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter 1943 - David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster 1944 - Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer 1945 - Sharon Creech, American author and educator 1945 - Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager 1946 - Ximena Armas, Chilean painter 1946 - Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver 1946 - Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer 1946 - Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer 1946 - Diane Keen, English actress 1946 - Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player 1947 - Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (d. 2006) 1948 - John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017) 1949 - Leslie Easterbrook, American actress 1949 - Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador 1950 - Jenny Holzer, American painter, author, and dancer 1951 - Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist 1951 - Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach 1951 - Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer 1952 - Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician 1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster 1952 - Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician 1953 - Ken Burns, American director and producer 1953 - Geddy Lee, Canadian musician 1953 - Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright 1953 - Tim Gunn, American television host and actor 1953 - Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter 1955 - Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008) 1955 - Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness 1956 - Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster 1956 - Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi 1956 - Faustino Ruperez, Spanish cyclist 1957 - Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014) 1957 - Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (d. 2016) 1957 - Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach 1958 - Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic 1958 - Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer 1958 - Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer 1959 - Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator 1959 - Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager 1959 - John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 - Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author 1962 - Carl Cox, English DJ and producer 1962 - Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager 1962 - Scott Steiner, American wrestler 1962 - Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner 1963 - Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman 1963 - Jim Beglin, Irish footballer and sportscaster 1963 - Julie Elliott, English politician 1963 - Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer 1963 - Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer 1963 - Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist 1964 - Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer 1965 - Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach 1965 - Dean Haglund, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter 1965 - Adam Holloway, English captain and politician 1965 - Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014) 1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author and academic 1965 - Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter 1966 - Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster 1966 - Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer 1966 - Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer 1968 - Gideon Henderson, English geologist and academic 1968 - Paavo Lotjonen, Finnish cellist and educator 1970 - Adele Griffin, American author 1970 - Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer 1970 - John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer 1971 - Andrea Philipp, German sprinter 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor and producer 1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer 1973 - Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer 1974 - Akram Khan, English dancer and choreographer 1974 - Josh Radnor, American actor, director, and screenwriter 1975 - Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist 1975 - Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer 1975 - Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer 1975 - Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer 1977 - Rodney Jerkins, American rapper and producer 1977 - Danger Mouse, American keyboard player, drummer, and producer 1978 - Bidisha, English journalist, author, and critic 1978 - Mike Adams, American baseball player 1978 - Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player 1979 - Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer 1979 - Ronald Murray, American basketball player 1979 - Juris Umbra ko, Latvian basketball player 1980 - Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player 1980 - Fernando Gonzalez, Chilean tennis player 1980 - Ben Koller, American drummer 1980 - John Morris, Australian rugby league player 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver 1981 - Andres Madrid, Argentinian footballer 1981 - Troy Perkins, American soccer player 1982 - Janez Aljancic, Slovenian footballer 1982 - Jonatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer 1983 - Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler 1983 - Ines Gomez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress 1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player 1983 - Jerious Norwood, American football player 1983 - Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter 1984 - Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer 1984 - Chad Billingsley, American baseball player 1984 - Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer 1985 - Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer 1985 - Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler 1985 - Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player 1987 - Alice Dellal, Brazilian-English model 1988 - Alexander Lee Eusebio, Hong Kong-South Korean singer 1988 - Tarjei Bo, Norwegian biathlete 1989 - Grit adeiko, Estonian heptathlete 1991 - Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player 1991 - Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer 1991 - Irakli Logua, Russian footballer 1992 - Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer 1993 - Nicole Melichar, American tennis player 1994 - Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player 1998 - Anna Murashige, Japanese singer |
Deaths |
| 238 - Balbinus, Roman emperor (b. 165) 238 - Pupienus, Roman emperor (b. 178) 451 - Tuoba Huang, prince of Northern Wei (b. 428) 796 - Offa of Mercia (b. 730) 846 - Li Shen, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 1030 - Olaf II of Norway (b. 995) 1095 - Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040) 1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042) 1108 - Philip I of France (b. 1052) 1236 - Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (b. 1175) 1326 - Richard og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (b. 1259) 1504 - Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (b. 1435) 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459) 1573 - John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510) 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554) 1644 - Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568) 1752 - Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703) 1781 - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) 1792 - Rene Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714) 1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771) 1833 - William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759) 1839 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755) 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791) 1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810) 1857 - Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774) 1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813) 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853) 1895 - Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839) 1900 - Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844) 1913 - Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838) 1918 - Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863) 1924 - Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852) 1934 - Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883) 1938 - Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885) 1950 - Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915) 1951 - Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886) 1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879) 1960 - Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885) 1962 - Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890) 1962 - Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875) 1964 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885) 1966 - Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924) 1966 - Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926) 1970 - John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899) 1973 - Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915) 1973 - Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948) 1974 - Cass Elliot, American singer (b. 1941) 1974 - Erich Kastner, German author and poet (b. 1899) 1976 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913) 1978 - Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (b. 1904) 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898) 1979 - Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916) 1981 - Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888) 1982 - Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920) 1982 - Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889) 1983 - Luis Bunuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900) 1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1896) 1983 - David Niven, English military officer and actor (b. 1910) 1984 - Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900) 1987 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894) 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911) 1992 - Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952) 1994 - John Britton, American physician (b. 1925) 1994 - Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) 1995 - Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917) 1996 - Ric Nordman, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1919) 1996 - Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920) 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (b. 1967) 1998 - Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918) 2001 - Edward Gierek, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913) 2001 - Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951) 2003 - Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937) 2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923) 2007 - Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940) 2007 - Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928) 2007 - Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1936) 2007 - Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921) 2008 - Bruce Edward Ivins, American scientist and bio-defense researcher (b. 1946) 2010 - Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925) 2012 - Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970) 2012 - August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (b. 1921) 2012 - Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (b. 1921) 2012 - James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925) 2012 - John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957) 2013 - Christian Benitez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986) 2013 - Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (b. 1923) 2013 - Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920) 2013 - Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929) 2014 - M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925) 2014 - Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943) 2014 - Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929) 2014 - Maria Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945) 2014 - Peter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959) 2014 - Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939) 2014 - Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919) 2015 - Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1920) 2015 - Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (b. 1918) 2015 - Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1939) 2015 - Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1930) |
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