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46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. 1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty. 1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns. 1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa. 1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera. 1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth. 1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed during the Morean War. 1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. 1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia. 1789 – George Washington appoints the first cabinet of the United States government. 1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. 1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign. 1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity. 1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire. 1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled. 1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins. 1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces. 1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr. 1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents. 1934 – The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched. 1941 – The Military Police Corps is created as a permanent branch of the United States Army. 1942 – Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated". 1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces. 1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends 1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172. 1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless. 1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. 1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released. 1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. 1977 – The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant opens for official usage, the first nuclear power plant in the (then) Ukrainian SSR. 1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured. 1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. 1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. 1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race. 1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. 1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234. 1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. 2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. 2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. 2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. 2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout. 2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel. 2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. 2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico. |
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932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (d. 975) 1329 – Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (d. 1353) 1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) 1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506) 1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569) 1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714) 1641 – Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712) 1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown (d. 1720) 1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675) 1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755) 1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779) 1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810) 1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820) 1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835) 1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845) 1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (d. 1858) 1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824) 1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842) 1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891) 1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923) 1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912) 1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931) 1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) 1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937) 1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934) 1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935) 1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) 1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945) 1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940) 1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940) 1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959) 1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957) 1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952) 1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963) 1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962) 1877 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (d. 1958) 1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942) 1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966) 1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951) 1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) 1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958) 1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967) 1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979) 1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964) 1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) 1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946) 1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976) 1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959) 1891 – William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (d. 1985) 1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968) 1891 – Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953) 1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970) 1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929) 1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German general (d. 1952) 1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978) 1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917) 1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937) 1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983) 1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980) 1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963) 1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011) 1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996) 1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983) 1907 – Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (d. 1984) 1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992) 1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992) 1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977) 1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975) 1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998) 1913 – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist and educator (d. 1998) 1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009) 1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011) 1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) 1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993) 1918 – Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000) 1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013) 1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980) 1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012) 1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985) 1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014) 1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) 1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015) 1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat 1924 – Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (d. 1997) 1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012) 1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982) 1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000) 1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) 1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007) 1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994) 1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010) 1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor 1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013) 1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor 1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author 1931 – Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1983) 1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008) 1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India 1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (d. 2015) 1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987) 1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (d. 2018) 1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect 1935 – Bob Barber, English cricketer 1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013) 1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007) 1936 – Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010) 1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018) 1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003) 1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015) 1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator 1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010) 1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter 1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor 1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress 1941 – David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 – Kent McCord, American actor 1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004) 1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster 1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver 1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona 1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic 1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host 1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician 1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter 1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005) 1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer 1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician 1946 – Louise Simonson, American author 1946 – Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister[1] 1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey 1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015) 1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor 1947 – Dick Roth, American swimmer 1948 – John Foxx, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player 1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress 1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager 1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013) 1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist 1949 – Minette Walters, English journalist and author 1950 – Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player 1951 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager 1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer 1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress 1953 – Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic 1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer 1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist 1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster 1954 – Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer 1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress 1956 – Mick Imlah, Scottish poet and critic (d. 2009) 1957 – Bob Staake, American author and illustrator 1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager 1957 – Michael Dweck, American photographer and director 1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist 1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980) 1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author 1958 – Kenny Sansom, English footballer 1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American sailor and politician 1959 – Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist 1959 – Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer 1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach 1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007) 1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager 1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician 1960 – Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1961 – Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress 1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician 1961 – Will Self, English novelist and journalist 1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress 1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal 1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet 1962 – Chunky Pandey, Indian actor 1962 – Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner 1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter 1962 – Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer 1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host 1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer 1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver 1964 – Nicki French, English singer and actress 1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach 1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer 1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine 1966 – Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer 1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer 1966 – Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey 1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006) 1966 – Jillian Reynolds, Canadian actress and sportscaster 1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager 1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995) 1967 – Craig Janney, American ice hockey player 1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor 1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach 1969 – David Slade, English director and producer 1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager 1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager 1970 – Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle rider 1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer 1970 – David Parland, Swedish guitarist (d. 2013) 1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper and producer 1972 – Shawn Stockman, American singer 1972 – Beto O'Rourke, Texas State Congressman 1973 – Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 – Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter 1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach 1973 – Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper 1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat 1974 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer 1974 – Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach 1975 – Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist 1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter 1975 – Chiara Schoras, German actress 1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer 1976 – Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player 1977 – Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1977 – Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor 1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner 1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer 1979 – Simon Kirch, German sprinter 1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler 1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player 1979 – Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer 1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast 1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia 1979 – Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter 1980 – Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver 1980 – Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player 1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player 1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player 1981 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015) 1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress 1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player 1981 – Kanako Urai, Japanese professional wrestler 1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player 1982 – Simon Picone, Italian rugby player 1982 – John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player 1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer 1982 – Jon Richardson, English comedian and radio host 1983 – D'Qwell Jackson, American football player 1983 – Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer 1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer 1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer 1986 – Sean Doolittle, American baseball player 1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter 1987 – Vladimir Niculescu, Romanian professional football player 1987 – Cyril Gautier, French road bicycle racer 1988 – Lilly Singh, YouTube personality, vlogger, comedian, writer and actress 1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer 1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater 1988 – Mark Simpson, English clarinet player and composer 1989 – Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress 1989 – Jonny Bairstow, English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman 1990 – Pavel Avdeyev, Russian footballer 1991 – Dan Preston, English footballer 1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer 1991 – Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender 1992 – Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress 1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player 1994 – Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer 1994 – Jack Conger, American swimmer 1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer 2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess |
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800 – Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg 862 – Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi, Muslim military leader (b. c. 790) 1241 – Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet 1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283) 1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet 1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257) 1328 – Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263) 1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut 1371 – Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot 1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337) 1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360) 1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388) 1536 – Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller 1588 – Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (b. 1532) 1600 – Claude Le Jeune, French composer (b. 1530) 1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) 1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540) 1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1554) 1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666) 1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676) 1800 – William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746) 1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754) 1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734) 1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790) 1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809) 1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829) 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850) 1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848) 1922 – Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863) 1935 – Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859) 1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861) 1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894) 1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881) 1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869) 1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886) 1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885) 1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863) 1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895) 1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868) 1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902) 1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899) 1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889) 1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878) 1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898) 1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902) 1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915) 1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918) 1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890) 1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891) 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923) 1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908) 1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) 1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900) 1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) 1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910) 1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902) 1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948) 1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913) 1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928) 1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912) 1988 – Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929) 1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920) 1990 – Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932) 1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907) 1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919) 1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931) 1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951) 1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930) 1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908) 2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932) 2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937) 2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963) 2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949) 2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969) 2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934) 2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912) 2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916) 2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929) 2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942) 2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925) 2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978) 2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910) 2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949) 2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933) 2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927) 2012 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930) 2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929) 2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944) 2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922) 2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935) 2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929) 2014 – Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938) 2014 – Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921) 2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932) 2014 – Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946) 2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928) 2015 – Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924) 2015 – Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927) |
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