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Day of the year
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 142 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
3114 BC – The
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar , used by several
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the
Maya , begins.
2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of
Bel by
Hayk , progenitor and founder of the
Armenian nation.
106 – The south-western part of
Dacia (modern
Romania ) becomes a
Roman province :
Roman Dacia .
117 –
Hadrian is proclaimed
Roman emperor , two days after
Trajan 's death.
[1]
355 –
Claudius Silvanus , accused of treason, proclaims himself
Roman Emperor against
Constantius II .
490 – Battle of Adda: The
Goths under
Theodoric the Great and his ally
Alaric II defeat the forces of
Odoacer on the
Adda River , near
Milan .
923 – The
Qarmatians of
Bahrayn
capture and pillage the city of
Basra .
[2]
1315 – The
Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.
[3]
1332 –
Wars of Scottish Independence :
Battle of Dupplin Moor : Scots under
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by
Edward Balliol .
1473 – The
Battle of Otlukbeli :
Mehmed the Conqueror of the
Ottoman Empire decisively defeats
Uzun Hassan of
Aq Qoyunlu .
1492 – Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name
Pope Alexander VI .
[4]
1601–1900
1901–present
1918 –
World War I : The
Battle of Amiens ends.
1919 – Germany's
Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
[8]
1920 – The
1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three
Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork
Terence MacSwiney .
[9]
1920 – The
Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty , which relinquished
Russia 's authority and pretenses to
Latvia , is signed, ending the
Latvian War of Independence .
1929 –
Babe Ruth becomes the first
baseball player to hit
500
home runs in his career with a home run at
League Park in
Cleveland, Ohio .
1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the
Federal prison on
Alcatraz Island .
1942 – Actress
Hedy Lamarr and composer
George Antheil receive a patent for a
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and
Wi-Fi .
1945 – Poles in
Kraków engage in
a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
1952 –
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of
Jordan .
1959 –
Sheremetyevo International Airport , the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
1960 –
Chad declares independence from France.
1961 – The former Portuguese territories in
India of
Dadra and
Nagar Haveli are merged to create the
Union Territory
Dadra and Nagar Haveli .
1962 –
Vostok 3 launches from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut
Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in
microgravity .
1965 – Race riots (the
Watts Riots ) begin in the
Watts area of
Los Angeles, California .
1969 – The
Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week
quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
[10]
1972 –
Vietnam War : The last United States ground combat unit leaves
South Vietnam .
1975 –
East Timor : Governor
Mário Lemos Pires of
Portuguese Timor abandons the capital
Dili , following a coup by the
Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and
Fretilin .
1979 – Two
Aeroflot
Tupolev Tu-134s
collide over the
Ukrainian city of
Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
1982 – A bomb explodes on
Pan Am Flight 830 , en route from
Tokyo, Japan to
Honolulu, Hawaii , killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
1984 – "
We begin bombing in five minutes ":
United States President
Ronald Reagan , while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on
National Public Radio .
1988 – A meeting between
Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif ,
Osama bin Laden ,
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam , and leaders of
Egyptian Islamic Jihad in
Afghanistan culminates in the formation of
Al-Qaeda .
[11]
1991 –
Nickelodeon 's first line of “
Nicktoons ” (
Doug ,
Rugrats &
Ren & Stimpy ) premiere on the channel.
1992 – The
Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.
[12]
2000 – An
air rage incident occurs on board
Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
[13]
2003 –
NATO takes over command of the
peacekeeping force in
Afghanistan , marking its first major operation outside
Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003 –
Jemaah Islamiyah leader
Riduan Isamuddin , better known as Hambali, is arrested in
Bangkok ,
Thailand .
2006 – The
oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of
Guimaras and
Negros Islands in the
Philippines , causing the country's
worst oil spill .
2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in
a pair of earthquakes near
Tabriz, Iran .
2017 – At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains
collide in
Alexandria ,
Egypt .
2023 –
Luna 25 launches from the
Vostochny Cosmodrome .
[14]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1673 –
Richard Mead , English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
1718 –
Frederick Haldimand , Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd
Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)
1722 –
Richard Brocklesby , English physician (d. 1797)
1748 –
Joseph Schuster , German composer (d. 1812)
1778 –
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
1794 –
James B. Longacre , American engraver (d. 1869)
1807 –
David Rice Atchison , American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
1808 –
William W. Chapman , American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
1816 –
Frederick Innes , Scottish-Australian politician, 9th
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)
1833 –
Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
1833 –
Kido Takayoshi , Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)
1836 –
Warren Brown , American historian and politician (d. 1919)
1837 –
Marie François Sadi Carnot , French engineer and politician, 4th
President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
1855 –
John Hodges , Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1858 –
Christiaan Eijkman , Dutch physician and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1860 –
Ottó Bláthy , Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
1870 –
Tom Richardson , English cricketer (d. 1912)
1874 –
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)
1877 –
Adolph M. Christianson , American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)
1878 –
Oliver W. F. Lodge , English poet and author (d. 1955)
1881 –
Aleksander Aberg , Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1884 –
Hermann Wlach , Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)
1885 –
Stephen Butterworth , English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
1891 –
Stancho Belkovski , Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
1891 –
Edgar Zilsel , Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)
1892 –
Hugh MacDiarmid , Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
1892 –
Eiji Yoshikawa , Japanese author (d. 1962)
1897 –
Enid Blyton , English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)
[16]
1897 –
Louise Bogan , American poet and critic (d. 1970)
1898 –
Peter Mohr Dam , Faroese educator and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
1900 –
Charley Paddock , American sprinter (d. 1943)
[17]
1900 –
Philip Phillips , American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
1901–present
1902 –
Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902 –
Lloyd Nolan , American actor (d. 1985)
1902 –
Christian de Castries , French general (d. 1991)
1905 –
Erwin Chargaff , Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
1905 –
Ernst Jaakson , Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
1907 –
Ted a'Beckett , Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
1908 –
Don Freeman , American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
1908 –
Torgny T:son Segerstedt , Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
1909 –
Yūji Koseki , Japanese composer (d. 1989)
1909 –
Uku Masing , Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
1911 –
Thanom Kittikachorn , Thai field marshal and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1912 –
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs , German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
1912 –
Raphael Blau , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1913 –
Paul Dupuis , Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1913 –
Bob Scheffing , American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1913 –
Angus Wilson , English author and academic (d. 1991)
1915 –
Morris Weiss , American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1916 –
Johnny Claes , English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
1919 –
Luis Olmo , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
1920 –
Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
1920 –
Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1921 –
Alex Haley , American historian and author (d. 1992)
1922 –
John "Mule" Miles , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1923 –
Stan Chambers , American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
1925 –
Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
1925 –
Arlene Dahl , American actress, businesswoman and writer (d. 2021)
[18]
1926 –
Aaron Klug , Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
[19]
1927 –
Raymond Leppard , English
harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2019)
1927 –
Stuart Rosenberg , American director and producer (d. 2007)
1932 –
Fernando Arrabal , Spanish actor, director, and playwright
1932 –
Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded
Canwest (d. 2003)
1932 –
Geoffrey Cass , English businessman
1932 –
Peter Eisenman , American architect, designed the
City of Culture of Galicia
1932 –
John Gorrie , English director and screenwriter
1933 –
Jerry Falwell , American minister and television host (d. 2007)
1933 –
Jerzy Grotowski , Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
1933 –
Tamás Vásáry , Hungarian pianist and conductor
1934 –
Bob Hepple , South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
1936 –
Andre Dubus , American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)
1936 –
Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
1936 –
Jonathan Spence , English-American historian and academic (d. 2021)
1937 –
Anna Massey , English actress (d. 2011)
1937 –
Patrick Joseph McGovern , American businessman, founded
International Data Group (d. 2014)
1939 –
James Mancham , first
President of Seychelles (d. 2017)
[20]
1939 –
Ronnie Dawson , American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
1940 –
Glenys Page , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
1941 –
John Ellison , American-Canadian musician and songwriter
1942 –
Mike Hugg , English drummer and keyboard player
1942 –
Otis Taylor , American football player (d. 2023)
[21]
1943 –
Jim Kale , Canadian bass player
1943 –
Pervez Musharraf , Pakistani general and politician, 10th
President of Pakistan (d. 2023)
[22]
1943 –
Denis Payton , English saxophonist (d. 2006)
1944 –
Martin Linton , Swedish-English journalist and politician
1944 –
Frederick W. Smith , American businessman, founded
FedEx
1944 –
Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor
1946 –
John Conlee , American singer-songwriter
1946 –
Marilyn vos Savant , American journalist and author
1947 –
Theo de Jong , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1947 –
Georgios Karatzaferis , Greek journalist and politician
1947 –
Wilma van den Berg , Dutch sprinter
[23]
1948 –
Don Boyd , Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 –
Eric Carmen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
1949 –
Tim Hutchinson , American lawyer and politician
1949 –
Ian Charleson , Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
1950 –
Erik Brann , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1950 –
Gennadiy Nikonov , Russian engineer, designed the
AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
1950 –
Steve Wozniak , American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded
Apple Inc.
[24]
1952 –
Reid Blackburn , American photographer (d. 1980)
1952 –
Bob Mothersbaugh , American singer, guitarist, and producer
1953 –
Hulk Hogan , American wrestler
1953 –
Wijda Mazereeuw , Dutch swimmer
1954 –
Bryan Bassett , American guitarist
1954 –
Vance Heafner , American golfer and coach (d. 2012)
1954 –
Joe Jackson , English singer-songwriter and musician
1954 –
Tarmo Rüütli , Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
1954 –
Yashpal Sharma , Indian cricketer and umpire (d. 2021)
1955 –
Marc Bureau , Canadian politician, 16th
Mayor of Gatineau
1955 –
Sylvia Hermon , Northern Irish academic and politician
1956 –
Pierre-Louis Lions , French mathematician and academic
1957 –
Ian Stuart Donaldson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1957 –
Masayoshi Son , Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
1958 –
Steven Pokere , New Zealand rugby player
1958 –
Jah Wobble , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1959 –
Gustavo Cerati , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
1959 –
Yoshiaki Murakami , Japanese businessman
1959 –
Taraki Sivaram , Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
1959 –
Richard Scudamore , English businessman
1959 –
László Szlávics, Jr. , Hungarian sculptor
1961 –
David Brooks , American journalist and author
1961 –
Craig Ehlo , American basketball player and coach
1962 –
Brian Azzarello , American author
1962 –
Charles Cecil , English video game designer and co-founded
Revolution Software
1962 –
John Micklethwait , English journalist and author
1962 –
Rob Minkoff , American director and producer
1963 –
Hiromi Makihara , Japanese baseball player
1964 –
Jim Lee , South Korean-American author and illustrator
1964 –
Grant Waite , New Zealand golfer
1965 –
Marc Bergevin , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1965 –
Embeth Davidtz , American actress
1965 –
Viola Davis , American actress
1966 –
Nigel Martyn , English footballer and coach
1966 –
Juan María Solare , Argentinian pianist and composer
1967 –
Massimiliano Allegri , Italian footballer and manager
1967 –
Enrique Bunbury , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 –
Joe Rogan , American actor, comedian, and television host
1967 –
Petter Wettre , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1968 –
Anna Gunn , American actress
[25]
1968 –
Sophie Okonedo , British actress
1968 –
Charlie Sexton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 –
Dirk Hannemann , German footballer and manager
1970 –
Gianluca Pessotto , Italian footballer
1971 –
Alejandra Barros , Mexican actress and screenwriter
1971 –
Tommy Mooney , English footballer
1973 –
Kristin Armstrong , American cyclist
1974 –
Marie-France Dubreuil , Canadian figure skater
1974 –
Hadiqa Kiani , Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
1974 –
Audrey Mestre , French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
1974 –
Carolyn Murphy , American model and actress
1975 –
Chris Cummings , Canadian singer-songwriter
1976 –
Iván Córdoba , Colombian footballer and manager
1976 –
Bubba Crosby , American baseball player
1976 –
Will Friedle , American actor and screenwriter
1976 –
Ben Gibbard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 –
Ľubomír Višňovský , Slovak ice hockey player
1977 –
Gemma Hayes , Irish singer-songwriter
1977 –
Dênio Martins , Brazilian footballer
1978 –
Spyros Gogolos , Greek footballer
1978 –
Charlotte Leslie , British politician
1978 –
Lillian Nakate , Ugandan politician
1978 –
Isy Suttie , English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
1979 –
Walter Ayoví , Ecuadorian footballer
1980 –
Daniel Lloyd , English cyclist and sportscaster
1980 –
Lee Suggs , American football player
1981 –
Daniel Poohl , Swedish journalist
1982 –
Andy Lee , American football player
[26]
1983 –
Chris Hemsworth , Australian actor
1983 –
Luke Lewis , Australian rugby league player
1983 –
Pavel 183 , Russian painter (d. 2013)
1984 –
Mojtaba Abedini , Iranian Olympic fencer
[27]
1984 –
Melky Cabrera , Dominican baseball player
[28]
1984 –
Lucas di Grassi , Brazilian race car driver
1985 –
Jacqueline Fernandez , Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress
1985 –
Asher Roth , American rapper
[29]
1986 –
Mokhtar Benmoussa , Algerian footballer
1986 –
Hélène Defrance , French sailor
[30]
1986 –
Pablo Sandoval , Venezuelan baseball player
1987 –
Dany N'Guessan , French footballer
1987 –
Drew Storen , American baseball player
1988 –
Rabeh Al-Hussaini , Filipino basketball player
1988 –
Patty Mills , Australian basketball player
1988 –
Mustafa Pektemek , Turkish footballer
1989 –
Junior Heffernan , Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
1989 –
Sebastian Huke , German footballer
1990 –
Lenka Juríková , Slovak tennis player
1991 –
Cristian Tello , Spanish footballer
1992 –
Tomi Lahren , American conservative political commentator
[31]
1993 –
Alyson Stoner , American actor, singer, and dancer
[29]
1994 –
Storm Sanders , Australian tennis player
1994 –
Anton Cooper , New Zealand cross-country cyclist
1994 –
Joseph Barbato , French footballer
1994 –
Song I-han , South Korean singer
[32]
1995 –
Brad Binder , South African motorcycle racer
[33]
1997 –
Sarah Clelland , Scottish footballer
[34]
1999 –
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung , Indonesian badminton player
[35]
2001 –
Moyuka Uchijima , Japanese tennis player
[36]
[37]
Deaths
Pre-1600
223 –
Jia Xu , Chinese politician and strategist (b. 147)
353 –
Magnentius , Roman usurper (b. 303)
449 –
Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
632 –
Rusticula , abbess of Arles
[38]
919 –
Dhuka al-Rumi , Abbasid governor of Egypt
[39]
979 –
Gero, Count of Alsleben
991 –
Byrhtnoth , English soldier (b. 956)
1044 –
Sokkate , king of the
Pagan dynasty of Burma (b. 1001)
1204 –
Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
1253 –
Clare of Assisi , Italian follower of
Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
1259 –
Möngke Khan , Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
1268 –
Agnes of Faucigny , Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
1332 –
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
1332 –
Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
1332 –
Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
1332 –
Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
1332 –
Robert Bruce , Lord of Liddesdale
1456 –
John Hunyadi , Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)
1464 –
Nicholas of Cusa , German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
1465 –
Kettil Karlsson , regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)
1486 –
William Waynflete , English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
1494 –
Hans Memling , German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
1519 –
Johann Tetzel , German preacher (b. 1465)
1556 –
John Bell , English bishop
1563 –
Bartolomé de Escobedo , Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
1578 –
Pedro Nunes , Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
1596 –
Hamnet Shakespeare , son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
1601–1900
1614 –
Lavinia Fontana , Italian painter (b. 1552)
1656 –
Ottavio Piccolomini , Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
1725 –
Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
1774 –
Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche , French physician and author (b. 1722)
1813 –
Henry James Pye , English poet and politician (b. 1745)
1851 –
Lorenz Oken , German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
1854 –
Macedonio Melloni , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
1868 –
Halfdan Kjerulf , Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
1886 –
Lydia Koidula , Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
1890 –
John Henry Newman , English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
1892 –
Enrico Betti , Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
1901–present
1903 –
Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
1908 –
Khudiram Bose , Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
1919 –
Andrew Carnegie , Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the
Carnegie Steel Company and
Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
[40]
1921 –
Mary Sumner , English philanthropist, founded the
Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
1936 –
Blas Infante , Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
1937 –
Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
1939 –
Jean Bugatti , German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
1939 –
Siegfried Flesch , Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
1945 –
Stefan Jaracz , Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
1953 –
Tazio Nuvolari , Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
1956 –
Jackson Pollock , American painter (b. 1912)
1961 –
Antanas Škėma , Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
1963 –
Otto Wahle , Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
1965 –
Bill Woodfull , Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
1969 –
Miriam Licette , English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
1972 –
Max Theiler , South African-American virologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1974 –
Vicente Emilio Sojo , Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
1977 –
Frederic Calland Williams , British co-inventor of the
Williams-Kilborn tube , used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
1978 –
Berta Ruck , Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
[41]
1979 –
J. G. Farrell , English author (b. 1935)
1980 –
Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1982 –
Tom Drake , American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1984 –
Alfred A. Knopf Sr. , American publisher, founded
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
1984 –
Paul Felix Schmidt , Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
1986 –
János Drapál , Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
1988 –
Anne Ramsey , American actress (b. 1929)
1989 –
John Meillon , Australian actor (b. 1934)
1991 –
J. D. McDuffie , American race car driver (b. 1938)
1994 –
Peter Cushing , English actor (b. 1913)
1995 –
Phil Harris , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1996 –
Rafael Kubelík , Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
1996 –
Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
2000 –
Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
2001 –
Percy Stallard , English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
2002 –
Galen Rowell , American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
2003 –
Armand Borel , Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
2003 –
Herb Brooks , American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
2006 –
Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)
2008 –
George Furth , American actor and playwright (b. 1932)
2008 –
Dursun Karataş , founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)
2009 –
Eunice Kennedy Shriver , American activist, founded the
Special Olympics (b. 1921)
2010 –
James Mourilyan Tanner , British paediatric endocrinologist (b. 1920)
[42]
2012 –
Red Bastien , American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)
2012 –
Michael Dokes , American boxer (b. 1958)
2012 –
Lucy Gallardo , Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2013 –
Raymond Delisle , French cyclist (b. 1943)
2013 –
Zafar Futehally , Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)
2013 –
David Howard , English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
2014 –
Vladimir Beara , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
2014 –
Raymond Gravel , Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
2014 –
Kika Szaszkiewiczowa , Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
2014 –
Robin Williams , American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
2015 –
Serge Collot , French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
2015 –
Harald Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2015 –
Richard Oriani , Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
2017 –
Yisrael Kristal , Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
2017 –
Segun Bucknor , Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
2018 –
V S Naipaul , British writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
[43]
2019 –
Sergio Obeso Rivera , Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)
[44]
2020 –
Trini Lopez , American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
[45]
2020 –
Sumner Redstone , American billionaire businessman (b. 1923)
[46]
2022 –
Anne Heche , American actress (b. 1969)
[47]
2022 –
Hanae Mori , Japanese fashion designer (b. 1926)
[48]
2023 –
Mike Ahern , Australian politician, 32nd
Premier of Queensland (b. 1942)
[49]
Holidays and observances
References
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"Biography of Hadrian - Britannica" . 11 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024 .
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