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1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. 1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. 1616 – The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. 1808 – The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. 1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. 1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. 1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote. 1916 – Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it. 1918 – The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die. 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. 1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. 1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive. 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. 1964 – Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. 1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. 1990 – A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. 1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. 2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. 2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. 2006 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. 2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. 2012 – Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. 2015 – Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon. 2016 – Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. |
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1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538) 1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630) 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660) 1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644) 1588 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649) 1591 – Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) 1597 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor and educator (d. 1643) 1598 – Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, venerated mother of Indian king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (d. 1674) 1628 – Charles Perrault, French author and academic (d. 1703) 1673 – Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (d. 1757) 1711 – Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788) 1715 – Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789) 1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (d. 1795) 1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792) 1723 – Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1797) 1724 – Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789) 1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1797) 1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827) 1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) 1772 – Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician (d. 1839) 1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855) 1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841) 1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (d. 1873) 1799 – Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (d. 1872) 1822 – Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900) 1837 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879) 1849 – Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter and academic (d. 1935) 1853 – Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (d. 1925) 1856 – John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic (d. 1925) 1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher (d. 1902) 1869 – Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1958) 1873 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940) 1874 – Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (d. 1963) 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950) 1876 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (d. 1916) 1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (d. 1948) 1877 – Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934) 1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952) 1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (d. 1968) 1879 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (d. 1942) 1882 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1930) 1884 – Texas Guinan, Canadian-American entertainer and bootlegger (d. 1933) 1889 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965) 1890 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946) 1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976) 1893 – Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946) 1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (d. 1946) 1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (d. 1975) 1895 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1959) 1895 – Yellapragada Subbarao, Indian biochemist (d. 1948) 1896 – David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981) 1899 – Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator (d. 1979) 1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) 1901 – Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945) 1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960) 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972) 1905 – Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975) 1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997) 1905 – Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974) 1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1995) 1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer (d. 1966) 1908 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008) 1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988) 1910 – Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian (d. 1981) 1910 – Luise Rainer, German-English actress (d. 2014) 1912 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991) 1914 – Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1979) 1915 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) 1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop and academic (d. 2013) 1916 – Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor (d. 2013) 1916 – Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2018) 1916 – P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 2006) 1917 – Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007) 1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007) 1920 – James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999) 1920 – Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (d. 2009) 1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994) 1923 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (d. 2014) 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955) 1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver and businessman (d. 1998) 1924 – Chris Chase, American model, actress, and journalist (d. 2013) 1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990) 1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (d. 1987) 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)[1] 1928 – Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2006) 1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009) 1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic 1929 – Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015) 1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons (d. 1974) 1930 – Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright 1930 – Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (d. 2016) 1932 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host 1933 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013) 1933 – Michael Aspel ; English television presenter 1934 – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) 1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2016) 1935 – Teresa del Conde, Mexican historian and critic (d. 2017) 1935 – Kreskin, American mentalist 1936 – Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician 1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer 1936 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (d. 2014) 1936 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2016) 1937 – Shirley Eaton, English actress 1938 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013) 1939 – William Lee Golden, American singer-songwriter and painter 1939 – Jacques Hamelink, Dutch poet, novelist and literary critic 1939 – Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011) 1940 – Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player 1940 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013) 1940 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2007) 1941 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005) 1941 – Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist 1941 – Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician (d. 2014) 1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic 1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist 1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011) 1944 – Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015) 1946 – Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge 1946 – George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013) 1947 – Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic 1947 – Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator 1947 – Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician 1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer 1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer 1948 – Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 34th Premier of British Columbia 1948 – Brendan Foster, English runner and sportscaster 1948 – William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter 1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007) 1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager 1949 – Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia 1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist 1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician 1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician 1950 – Bob McEwen, American businessman and politician 1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland 1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer 1951 – Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978) 1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author 1951 – Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster 1952 – Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer 1952 – Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 – John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician 1952 – Walter Mosley, American novelist 1953 – Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter 1954 – Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author 1954 – Martin Kylhammar, Swedish professor of culture and society 1955 – Tom Ardolino, American rock drummer (NRBQ) (d. 2012) 1956 – Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter 1957 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer 1957 – Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer 1958 – Christiane Amanpour, English-born Iranian-American journalist 1958 – Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1959 – B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician 1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor 1960 – Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager 1961 – Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian 1962 – Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator 1962 – Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer 1962 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager (d. 2010) 1963 – François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter 1963 – Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1964 – Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com 1965 – Raekwon, American rapper 1965 – Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director 1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor 1966 – Craig Parry, Australian golfer 1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model and actress 1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer 1968 – Heather Mills, English businesswoman, activist and model 1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer 1969 – David Mitchell, English novelist 1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer 1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter 1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach 1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician 1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach 1972 – Paul Wilson, Australian cricketer and umpire 1973 – Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer 1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1974 – Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress 1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier 1975 – Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer 1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player 1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player 1978 – Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player 1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player 1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model 1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer 1979 – David Zabriskie, American cyclist 1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player 1981 – Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1981 – João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer 1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player 1981 – Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player 1981 – Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer 1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player 1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete 1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer 1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player 1984 – Daniel Sepulveda, American football player 1984 – Jonathan Zydko, French footballer 1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer 1985 – Issa Rae, American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator 1985 – Borja Valero, Spanish footballer 1986 – Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player 1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer 1987 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer 1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer 1988 – Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player 1989 – Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer 1989 – Axel Witsel, Belgian footballer 1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1991 – Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player 1992 – Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer 1992 – Samuele Longo, Italian footballer 1993 – Zayn Malik, English singer-songwriter 1993 – Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer 1993 – Do Kyungsoo, South Korean singer and member of boy band EXO 1995 – Alessio Romagnoli, Italian footballer |
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690 – Benedict Biscop, English scholar and saint, founded the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (b. 628) 914 – Ahmad Samani, Samanid emir 947 – Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (b. 898) 1140 – Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia 1167 – Aelred of Rievaulx, English monk and saint (b. 1110) 1320 – John Dalderby, bishop of Lincoln 1321 – Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1256) 1405 – Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (b. 1345) 1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) 1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601) 1674 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1605) 1700 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (b. 1620) 1720 – William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1647) 1732 – John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685) 1735 – John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) 1759 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709) 1765 – Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696) 1777 – Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726) 1778 – François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703) 1781 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691) 1829 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772) 1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784) 1834 – William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) 1856 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815) 1861 – Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791) 1892 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820) 1892 – William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815) 1899 – Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816) 1909 – Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864) 1911 – Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845) 1916 – Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844) 1921 – Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866) 1926 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864) 1934 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887) 1938 – Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867) 1940 – Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891) 1940 – Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899) 1943 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902) 1944 – Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915) 1958 – Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875) 1960 – Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899) 1962 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869) 1965 – Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936) 1967 – Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887) 1971 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885) 1973 – Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896) 1974 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886) 1976 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890) 1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907) 1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903) 1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925) 1988 – Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906) 1990 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919) 1991 – Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911) 1992 – Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924) 1994 – Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919) 1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician and academic (b. 1926) 1997 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936) 1997 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) 1998 – Roger Clark, English race car driver (b. 1939) 1999 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1961) 2000 – Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913) 2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969) 2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922) 2001 – William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913) 2002 – Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917) 2003 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912) 2003 – Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930) 2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926) 2003 – Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949) 2003 – Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911) 2004 – Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921) 2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932) 2006 – Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (b. 1918) 2007 – Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937) 2007 – James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1925) 2008 – Max Beck, American intersex advocate (b. 1966)[2] 2009 – Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) 2009 – Russ Conway, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913) 2010 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946) 2010 – Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) 2012 – Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924) 2012 – Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945) 2012 – Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939) 2012 – Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931) 2012 – Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935) 2013 – Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) 2013 – Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923) 2014 – Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946) 2014 – Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924) 2014 – George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922) 2015 – Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (b. 1927) 2015 – Robert Gover, American journalist and author (b. 1929) 2015 – Carl Long, American baseball player (b. 1935) 2015 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939) 2015 – Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985) 2017 – William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (b. 1928) 2017 – Graham Taylor, former Grimsby Town player and former manager of the England football team. (b. 1944) 2018 – Keith Jackson, American sports commentator and journalist (b. 1928) [3] |
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