Events |
| 475 - Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. 683 - During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. 802 - Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne. 1517 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. 1587 - Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575. 1614 - First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London. 1822 - Emperor Agustin de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire. 1861 - American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army. 1863 - The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato. 1864 - Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. 1903 - The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team. 1913 - Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States. 1913 - The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins. 1917 - World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history". 1918 - World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty. 1922 - Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy 1923 - The first of 160 consecutive days of 100 Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia. 1924 - World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks). 1926 - Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime 1938 - Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public. 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion. 1941 - After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed. 1941 - World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. 1943 - World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft. 1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. 1961 - In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb. 1963 - An propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. 1968 - Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1. 1973 - Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard. 1979 - Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people. 1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed. 1996 - TAM Transportes Aereos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people. 1998 - Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. 1999 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board. 2000 - Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. 2000 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83. 2002 - A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer. 2003 - Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power. 2011 - The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion. 2014 - During a test flight of VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California, 2015 - Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. |
Births |
| 1291 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer, poet, and theorist (d. 1361) 1345 - Ferdinand I, king of Portugal (d. 1383) 1391 - Edward, king of Portugal (d. 1438) 1424 - Wladuslaw III, king of Poland (d. 1444) 1445 - Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511) 1472 - Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (d. 1529) 1542 - Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (d. 1601) 1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680) 1620 - John Evelyn, English gardener and author (d. 1706) 1632 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675) 1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) 1638 - Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (d. 1709) 1686 - Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758) 1692 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (d. 1765) 1694 - Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776) 1705 - Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) 1711 - Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (d. 1778) 1714 - Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (d. 1744) 1724 - Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (d. 1805) 1729 - Alonso Nunez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (d. 1800) 1737 - James Lovell, American educator and politician (d. 1789) 1760 - Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (d. 1849) 1795 - John Keats, English poet (d. 1821) 1815 - Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1884) 1815 - Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (d. 1897) 1825 - Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (d. 1892) 1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910) 1835 - Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1933) 1835 - Krisjanis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923) 1835 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) 1838 - Luis I of Portugal (d. 1889) 1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897) 1848 - Boston Custer, American soldier (d. 1876) 1849 - Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (d. 1891) 1851 - Louise of Sweden (d. 1926) 1856 - Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889) 1860 - Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927) 1868 - John Weir Troy, American journalist and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 1942) 1875 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (d. 1954) 1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950) 1876 - Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (d. 1972) 1879 - Karel Hasler, Czech actor, director, and composer (d. 1941) 1880 - Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961) 1880 - Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1936) 1881 - Toshizo Nishio, Japanese general (d. 1960) 1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (d. 1956) 1883 - Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (d. 1915) 1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975) 1887 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970) 1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (d. 1944) 1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (d. 1946) 1895 - Les Darcy, Australian boxer (d. 1917) 1895 - B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970) 1896 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977) 1900 - Asbjorg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976) 1902 - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987) 1902 - Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958) 1902 - Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950) 1907 - Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (d. 1973) 1908 - Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009) 1912 - Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) 1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008) 1914 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995) 1915 - Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010) 1916 - Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012) 1917 - William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) 1917 - Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013) 1918 - Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007) 1919 - Daphne Oxenford, English actress (d. 2012) 1919 - Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (d. 2017) 1920 - Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010) 1920 - Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (d. 2008) 1920 - Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004) 1920 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002) 1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005) 1922 - Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004) 1922 - Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012) 1925 - Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (d. 1990) 1925 - John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) 1925 - Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (d. 2013) 1926 - Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011) 1928 - Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (d. 2012) 1929 - William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014) 1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016) 1930 - Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut 1930 - Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (d. 1970) 1931 - Dan Rather, American journalist 1933 - Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1933 - Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) 1935 - Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach 1935 - Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist 1935 - David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic 1936 - Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) 1937 - Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1939 - Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host 1939 - Ron Rifkin, American actor 1939 - Ali Farka Toure, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006) 1940 - Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d. 1993) 1940 - Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician 1941 - Dan Alderson, American scientist and academic (d. 1989) 1941 - Derek Bell, English race car driver 1941 - Sally Kirkland, American actress 1941 - Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher and academic 1942 - David Ogden Stiers, American Actor M*A*S*H 1943 - Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver 1943 - Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic 1943 - Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy 1943 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970) 1945 - Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian 1945 - Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer 1946 - Stephen Rea, Irish actor 1947 - Deidre Hall, American actress 1947 - Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster 1947 - Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium 1948 - Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer 1949 - Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat 1949 - Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp) 1949 - Alison Wolf, English economist and academic 1950 - John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) 1950 - Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (d. 2016) 1950 - Jane Pauley, American journalist 1950 - Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general 1951 - Nick Saban, American football player and coach 1951 - Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager 1952 - Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1996) 1952 - Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor 1953 - John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach 1954 - Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress 1954 - Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter 1955 - Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order 1955 - Susan Orlean, American journalist and author 1956 - Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic 1956 - Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician 1956 - Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician 1956 - Charles Moore, English journalist and author 1957 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor 1957 - Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1959 - Mats Naslund, Swedish ice hockey player 1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author 1960 - Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter 1960 - Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico 1960 - Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach 1960 - Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran 1961 - Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot 1961 - Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1961 - Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish musician, songwriter, and actor 1962 - Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and academic 1962 - Anna Geifman, American historian, author, and academic 1962 - John Giannini, American basketball player and coach 1962 - Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist and author 1962 - Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1995) 1962 - Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player 1963 - Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and musician 1963 - Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1963 - Dermot Mulroney, American actor 1963 - Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian 1963 - Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager 1964 - Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic 1964 - Colm O CiosOig, Irish musician (My Bloody Valentine) 1964 - Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager 1964 - Darryl Worley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1965 - Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (d. 2014) 1965 - Blue Edwards, American basketball player 1965 - Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist 1965 - Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor 1966 - Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor 1966 - Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler 1966 - Annabella Lwin, Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter (Bow Wow Wow) and record producer 1966 - Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian 1967 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor 1967 - Buddy Lazier, American racing driver 1967 - Irina Pantaeva, Russian model and actress 1967 - Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer 1968 - Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster 1970 - Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base) 1971 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004) 1971 - Tom Smith, English-Scottish rugby player and coach 1971 - Phil Tataurangi, New Zealand golfer 1971 - Ian Walker, English footballer and manager 1972 - Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and manager 1972 - Matt Dawson, English rugby player 1972 - Grigoris Georgatos, Greek footballer 1973 - Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach 1973 - Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1973 - Tim Byrdak, American baseball player 1973 - David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster 1974 - Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer 1974 - Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player 1975 - Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager 1975 - Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor 1975 - Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer 1976 - Guti, Spanish footballer 1976 - Piper Perabo, American actress and producer 1978 - Inka Grings, German footballer and manager 1978 - Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer 1978 - Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer 1978 - Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player 1979 - Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer 1979 - Simao Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer 1980 - Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer 1980 - Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor 1980 - Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer 1980 - Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist 1981 - Irina Denezhkina, Russian author 1981 - Steven Hunter, American basketball player 1981 - Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1981 - Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress 1981 - Mike Napoli, American baseball player 1982 - Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire 1982 - Tomas Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player 1983 - Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign 1984 - Pat Murray, American football player 1984 - Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer 1985 - Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier 1986 - Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver 1986 - Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer 1987 - Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player 1987 - Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver 1988 - Cole Aldrich, American basketball player 1988 - Sebastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver 1988 - Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer 1989 - Josh Hodgson, English rugby league player 1989 - Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter 1993 - Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer 1995 - Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player 1997 - Marcus Rashford, English footballer 1999 - Lea Serna, French figure skater 2000 - Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer |
Deaths |
| 932 - Al-Muqtadir, Arab caliph (b. 895) 994 - Wolfgang of Regensburg, German bishop and saint (b. 934) 1147 - Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (b. 1100) 1214 - Eleanor of England, queen of Castile (b. 1163) 1320 - Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242) 1448 - John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390) 1335 - Marie of evreux, French noblewoman (b. 1303) 1517 - Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) 1641 - Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597) 1659 - John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602) 1661 - Koprulu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575) 1723 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642) 1732 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b. 1666) 1733 - Eberhard Louis, Duke of Wurttemberg (b. 1676) 1744 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694) 1768 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690) 1806 - Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753) 1860 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775) 1869 - Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788) 1879 - Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803) 1879 - Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814) 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858) 1905 - Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828) 1913 - William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857) 1916 - Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852) 1916 - Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874) 1918 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890) 1920 - Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854) 1925 - Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) 1925 - Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885) 1926 - Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874) 1929 - AntOnio Jose de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866) 1929 - Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877) 1931 - Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851) 1939 - Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884) 1952 - Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879) 1959 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885) 1960 - H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894) 1962 - Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877) 1963 - Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902) 1972 - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916) 1973 - Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905) 1977 - C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904) 1980 - Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905) 1983 - George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895) 1983 - Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917) 1984 - Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900) 1984 - Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917) 1985 - Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907) 1985 - Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913) 1986 - Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) 1988 - John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) 1988 - Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906) 1991 - Joseph Papp, American stage director and producer (b. 1921) 1992 - Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b. 1974) 1993 - Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920) 1993 - River Phoenix, American actor and singer (b. 1970) 1995 - Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938) 1996 - Marcel Carne, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906) 1998 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935) 1998 - Maria de la Purisima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church) (b. 1926) 1999 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) 2000 - Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915) 2000 - Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981) 2001 - Regine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970) 2002 - Lionel Poilane, French banker and businessman (b. 1945) 2002 - Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (b. 1903) 2002 - Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916) 2003 - Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919) 2005 - Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920) 2006 - P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916) 2006 - Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (b. 1927) 2006 - Amrita Pritam, Pakistani-Indian author and poet (b. 1919) 2007 - Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951) 2007 - Erdal Inonu, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926) 2008 - Studs Terkel, American historian and author (b. 1912) 2009 - Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921) 2009 - Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922) 2009 - Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911) 2010 - Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928) 2011 - FlOrian Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941) 2011 - Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 1926) 2012 - Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927) 2012 - John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917) 2012 - John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921) 2013 - Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924) 2013 - Gerard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929) 2013 - Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (b. 1922) 2013 - Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (b. 1933) 2013 - Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928) 2013 - Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) 2014 - David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926) 2014 - Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975) 2014 - John Forzani, Canadian football player and businessman (b. 1947) 2014 - Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981) 2014 - Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922) 2015 - Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925) |
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