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Day of the year
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 263 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1606 – The
Union Flag is adopted as the flag of
English and
Scottish ships.
[5]
1776 –
American Revolution : With the
Halifax Resolves , the
North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its
Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
[6]
1782 – American Revolution: A
Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral
George Rodney defeats a French fleet led by the
Comte de Grasse at the
Battle of the Saintes off
Dominica in the
Caribbean Sea .
[7]
1807 – The
Froberg mutiny on
Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of
Fort Ricasoli .
[8]
1820 –
Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of
Filiki Eteria , a secret organization to overthrow
Ottoman rule over Greece.
1831 – Soldiers marching on the
Broughton Suspension Bridge in
Manchester , England, cause it to collapse.
1861 –
American Civil War :
Battle of Fort Sumter . The war begins with
Confederate forces firing on
Fort Sumter , in the harbor of
Charleston, South Carolina .
[9]
1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the
Great Locomotive Chase ) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now
Kennesaw ).
1864 – American Civil War: The
Battle of Fort Pillow :
Confederate forces kill most of the
African American soldiers that surrendered at
Fort Pillow ,
Tennessee .
[10]
1865 – American Civil War:
Mobile, Alabama , falls to the
Union Army .
[11]
1877 – The
United Kingdom annexes the
Transvaal .
[12]
1900 – One day after its enactment by the
Congress , President
William McKinley signs the
Foraker Act into law, giving
Puerto Rico limited
self-rule .
[13]
1901–present
1910 –
SMS Zrínyi , one of the last
pre-dreadnought battleships built by the
Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1917 –
World War I :
Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of
Vimy Ridge from the
Germans .
1927 –
Shanghai massacre of 1927 :
Chiang Kai-shek orders the
Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the
First United Front .
1927 –
Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in
Texas history.
1928 – The
Bremen , a German
Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1934 – The
strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of
Mount Washington ,
New Hampshire . It has since been surpassed.
1934 – The U.S.
Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between
Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000
strikers and picketers .
1937 – Sir
Frank Whittle ground-tests the first
jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at
Rugby, England .
1945 – U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President
Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
1945 –
World War II : The
U.S. Ninth Army under General
William H. Simpson crosses the
Elbe River astride
Magdeburg , and reaches
Tangermünde —only 50 miles from
Berlin .
1955 – The
polio vaccine , developed by Dr.
Jonas Salk , is declared
safe and effective .
1961 –
Space Race : The
Soviet
cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into
outer space and perform the first crewed
orbital flight,
Vostok 1 .
1963 – The
Soviet nuclear-powered submarine
K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
1970 –
Soviet submarine K-8 , carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the
Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
1980 – The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is
violently deposed .
1980 –
Transbrasil Flight 303 , a
Boeing 727 , crashes on approach to
Hercílio Luz International Airport in
Florianópolis ,
Brazil . Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
[14]
1980 – Canadian runner and athlete,
Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in
St. John's, NF
[15]
1981 – The first launch of a
Space Shuttle (
Columbia ) takes place: The
STS-1 mission.
1983 –
Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of
Chicago .
[16]
1985 –
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on
STS-51D to deploy two
communications satellites .
[17]
1990 –
Jim Gary 's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a
solo exhibition there.
1990 –
Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from
Værøy Airport in
Norway , killing five people.
[18]
1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park
Euro Disneyland ; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to
Disneyland Paris .
1999 – United States President
Bill Clinton is cited for
contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a
civil lawsuit ; he is later fined and disbarred.
1999 – During the
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia , an American
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
shoots a passenger train , killing between 20 and 60 people.
[19]
2002 – A suicide bomber
blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's
Mahane Yehuda Market , killing seven people and wounding 104.
2007 – A suicide bomber
penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP
Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
2009 –
Zimbabwe officially abandons the
Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
2010 –
Merano derailment : A rail accident in
South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
[20]
2013 – Two
suicide bombers kill three
Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in
Kidal, Mali .
2014 – The
Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the
Chilean city of
Valparaíso , killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
[21]
Births
Pre-1600
811 –
Muhammad al-Jawad , the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (d. 835)
[22]
959 –
En'yū , emperor of Japan (d. 991)
1116 –
Richeza of Poland , queen of Sweden and Grand Princess of Minsk (d. 1156)
1432 –
Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (d. 1462)
1484 –
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger , Italian architect, designed the
Apostolic Palace and
St. Peter's Basilica (d. 1546)
1484 –
Maharana Sangram Singh , Rana of
Mewar (d. 1527)
1500 –
Joachim Camerarius , German scholar and translator (d. 1574)
1526 –
Muretus , French philosopher and author (d. 1585)
1550 –
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , English courtier and politician,
Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1604)
1577 –
Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
[23]
1601–1900
1612 –
Simone Cantarini , Italian painter and engraver (d. 1648)
1639 –
Martin Lister , English naturalist and physician (d. 1712)
1656 –
Benoît de Maillet , French diplomat and natural historian (d. 1738)
1705 –
William Cookworthy , English minister and pharmacist (d. 1780)
[24]
1710 –
Caffarelli , Italian actor and singer (d. 1783)
[25]
1713 –
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal , French historian and author (d. 1796)
1716 –
Felice Giardini , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1796)
1722 –
Pietro Nardini , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1793)
[26]
1724 –
Lyman Hall , American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th
Governor of Georgia (d. 1790)
1748 –
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu , French botanist and author (d. 1836)
1777 –
Henry Clay , American lawyer and politician, 9th
United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
1792 –
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham , English soldier and politician,
Lord Privy Seal (d. 1840)
1794 –
Germinal Pierre Dandelin , Belgian mathematician and engineer (d. 1847)
[27]
1796 –
George N. Briggs , American lawyer and politician, 19th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
1799 –
Henri Druey , Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)
1801 –
Joseph Lanner , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843)
1816 –
Charles Gavan Duffy , Irish-Australian politician, 8th
Premier of Victoria (d. 1903)
1823 –
Alexander Ostrovsky , Russian playwright and translator (d. 1886)
[28]
1839 –
Nikolay Przhevalsky , Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1888)
1845 –
Gustaf Cederström , Swedish painter (d. 1933)
1851 –
José Gautier Benítez , Puerto Rican soldier and poet (d. 1880)
1851 –
Edward Walter Maunder , English astronomer and author (d. 1928)
1852 –
Ferdinand von Lindemann , German mathematician and academic (d. 1939)
1856 –
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington , English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician (d. 1937)
1863 –
Raul Pompeia , Brazilian writer (d. 1895)
1868 –
Akiyama Saneyuki , Japanese admiral (d. 1918)
[29]
1869 –
Henri Désiré Landru , French serial killer (d. 1922)
1871 –
Ioannis Metaxas , Greek general and politician, 130th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)
[30]
1874 –
William B. Bankhead , American lawyer and politician, 47th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1940)
1880 –
Addie Joss , American baseball player and journalist (d. 1911)
1883 –
Imogen Cunningham , American photographer and educator (d. 1976)
1883 –
Dally Messenger , Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (d. 1959)
1884 –
Tenby Davies , Welsh runner (d. 1932)
1884 –
Otto Meyerhof , German physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1885 –
Robert Delaunay , French painter (d. 1941)
1887 –
Harold Lockwood , American actor and director (d. 1918)
1888 –
Dan Ahearn , Irish-American long jumper and police officer (d. 1942)
1888 –
Cecil Kimber , English automobile engineer (d. 1945)
1892 –
Henry Darger , American writer and artist (d. 1973)
1894 –
Dorothy Cumming , Australian-American actress (d. 1983)
1894 –
Francisco Craveiro Lopes , Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th
President of Portugal (d. 1964)
1898 –
Lily Pons , French-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
1901–present
1901 –
Lowell Stockman , American farmer and politician (d. 1962)
1902 –
Louis Beel , Dutch academic and politician, 36th
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1903 –
Jan Tinbergen , Dutch economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1907 –
Felix de Weldon , Austrian-American sculptor, designed the
Marine Corps War Memorial (d. 2003)
1907 –
Zawgyi , Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic (d. 1990)
1908 –
Ida Pollock , English author and painter (d. 2013)
1908 –
Robert Lee Scott, Jr. , American pilot and general (d. 2006)
1910 –
Gillo Dorfles , Italian art critic, painter and philosopher (d. 2018)
1910 –
Irma Rapuzzi , French politician (d. 2018)
1911 –
Mahmoud Younis , Egyptian engineer (d. 1976)
1912 –
Frank Dilio , Canadian businessman (d. 1997)
1912 –
Hamengkubuwono IX , Indonesian politician, 2nd
Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988)
1912 –
Hound Dog Taylor , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1913 –
Keiko Fukuda , Japanese-American martial artist (d. 2013)
1914 –
Armen Alchian , American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1916 –
Beverly Cleary , American author (d. 2021)
[31]
1916 –
Russell Garcia , American-New Zealand composer and conductor (d. 2011)
[32]
1916 –
Benjamin Libet , American neuropsychologist and academic (d. 2007)
1917 –
Helen Forrest , American singer and actress (d. 1999)
1917 –
Vinoo Mankad , Indian cricketer (d. 1978)
1917 –
Robert Manzon , French racing driver (d. 2015)
1919 –
István Anhalt , Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (d. 2012)
1919 –
Billy Vaughn , American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1921 –
Robert Cliche , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978)
1922 –
Simon Kapwepwe , Zambian politician, 2nd
Vice President of Zambia (d. 1980)
1923 –
Ann Miller , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 –
Raymond Barre , French economist and politician,
Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
1924 –
Peter Safar , Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003)
1924 –
Curtis Turner , American race car driver (d. 1970)
1925 –
Evelyn Berezin , American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2018)
1925 –
Ned Miller , American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
1925 –
Oliver Postgate , English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 –
Jane Withers , American actress (d. 2021)
[33]
1927 –
Thomas Hemsley , English baritone (d. 2013)
[34]
1927 –
Alvin Sargent , American screenwriter (d. 2019)
[35]
1928 –
Hardy Krüger , German actor (d. 2022)
[36]
1928 –
Jean-François Paillard , French conductor (d. 2013)
1929 –
Elspet Gray , Scottish actress (d. 2013)
1929 –
Mukhran Machavariani , Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010)
1930 –
John Landy , Australian runner and politician, 26th
Governor of Victoria (d. 2022)
[37]
1930 –
Bryan Magee , English philosopher and politician (d. 2019)
1930 –
Manuel Neri , American sculptor and painter (d. 2021)
[38]
1930 –
Pythagoras Papastamatiou , Greek lyricist and playwright (d. 1979)
[39]
1930 –
Michał Życzkowski , Polish technician and educator (d. 2006)
1931 –
Leonid Derbenyov , Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 –
Lakshman Kadirgamar , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 5th
Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2005)
1932 –
Herbert Butros Khaury , American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996)
1932 –
Jean-Pierre Marielle , French actor (d. 2019)
1933 –
Montserrat Caballé , Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2018)
1934 –
Heinz Schneiter , Swiss footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1935 –
Jimmy Makulis , Greek singer (d. 2007)
[40]
1936 –
Tony Earl , American politician, 40th
Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2023)
[41]
1936 –
Charles Napier , American actor (d. 2011)
1936 –
Kennedy Simmonds , Kittitian politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
1937 –
Dennis Banks , American author and activist (d. 2017)
1937 –
Igor Volk , Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
1939 –
Alan Ayckbourn , English director and playwright
1939 –
Johnny Raper , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022)
1940 –
Woodie Fryman , American baseball player (d. 2011)
1940 –
Herbie Hancock , American pianist, composer, and bandleader
1941 –
Bobby Moore , English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
[42]
1942 –
Bill Bryden , Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1942 –
Carlos Reutemann , Argentinian race car driver and politician (d. 2021)
1942 –
Jacob Zuma , South African politician, 4th
President of South Africa
1943 –
Sumitra Mahajan , Indian politician, 16th
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1944 –
Lisa Jardine , English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1944 –
John Kay , German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945 –
Lee Jong-wook , South Korean physician and diplomat (d. 2006)
1946 –
John Dunsworth , Canadian actor and comedian (d. 2017)
[43]
1946 –
Ed O'Neill , American actor and comedian
1946 –
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen , Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th
Secretary General of NATO
1947 –
Roy M. Anderson , English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
1947 –
Martin Brasier , English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014)
1947 –
Tom Clancy , American historian and author (d. 2013)
[44]
1947 –
David Letterman , American comedian and talk show host
1948 –
Jeremy Beadle , English television host and producer (d. 2008)
1948 –
Joschka Fischer , German academic and politician
1948 –
Christos Iakovou , Greek weightlifter
[45]
1948 –
Marcello Lippi , Italian footballer, manager, and coach
1949 –
Scott Turow , American lawyer and author
[46]
1950 –
Joyce Banda , Malawian politician, 4th president of Malawi
[47]
1950 –
Flavio Briatore , Italian businessman
[48]
1950 –
David Cassidy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1950 –
Nicholas Sackman , English composer and educator
1951 –
Tom Noonan , American actor
1952 –
Reuben Gant , American football player
1952 –
Leicester Rutledge , New Zealand rugby player
1952 –
Gary Soto , American poet, novelist, and memoirist
1952 –
Ralph Wiley , American journalist (d. 2004)
1953 –
Tanino Liberatore , Italian author and illustrator
1954 –
John Faulkner , Australian educator and politician, 52nd
Australian Minister for Defence
1954 –
Steve Stevaert , Belgian businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1954 –
Pat Travers , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 –
Fabian Hamilton , English graphic designer, engineer, and politician
1956 –
Andy Garcia , Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
1956 –
Herbert Grönemeyer , German singer-songwriter and actor
1957 –
Greg Child , Australian mountaineer and author
1957 –
Vince Gill , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 –
Tama Janowitz , American novelist and short story writer
1958 –
Will Sergeant , English guitarist
1958 –
Klaus Tafelmeier , German javelin thrower
1958 –
Ginka Zagorcheva , Bulgarian hurdler
1960 –
David Thirdkill , American basketball player
[49]
1961 –
Corrado Fabi , Italian racing driver
1961 –
Charles Mann , American football player and sportscaster
1961 –
Magda Szubanski , English-Australian actress, comedian and writer
1962 –
Art Alexakis , American singer-songwriter and musician
1962 –
Carlos Sainz , Spanish racing driver
1962 –
Nobuhiko Takada , Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded
Hustle
1963 –
Lydia Cacho , Mexican journalist and author
1964 –
Chris Fairclough , English footballer and coach
[50]
1964 –
Amy Ray , American folk-rock singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
1965 –
Kim Bodnia , Danish actor and director
1965 –
Chi Onwurah , English politician
1965 –
Gervais Rufyikiri , Burundian politician
1965 –
Mihai Stoica , Romanian footballer and manager
1966 –
Nils-Olav Johansen , Norwegian guitarist and singer
1966 –
Lorenzo White , American football player
1967 –
Sarah Cracknell , English singer-songwriter
1968 –
Alicia Coppola , American actress
1968 –
Toby Gad , German songwriter and producer
1968 –
Adam Graves , Canadian ice hockey player
1969 –
Michael Jackson , American football player and politician (d. 2017)
1969 –
Jörn Lenz , German footballer and manager
1969 –
Lucas Radebe , South African footballer and sportscaster
1970 –
Sylvain Bouchard , Canadian speed skater
1971 –
Nicholas Brendon , American actor
1971 –
Shannen Doherty , American actress, director, and producer
1972 –
Paul Lo Duca , American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 –
J. Scott Campbell , American author and illustrator
1973 –
Ryan Kisor , American trumpet player and composer
1973 –
Antonio Osuna , Mexican-American baseball player
1973 –
Christian Panucci , Italian footballer and manager
1974 –
Belinda Emmett , Australian actress (d. 2006)
1974 –
Bryan Fletcher , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1974 –
Roman Hamrlík , Czech ice hockey player
1974 –
Marley Shelton , American actress
1974 –
Sylvinho , Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 –
Olga Kotlyarova , Russian runner
1976 –
Brad Miller , American basketball player
1977 –
Giovanny Espinoza , Ecuadorian footballer
1977 –
Sarah Monahan , Australian actress
1977 –
Jason Price , Welsh footballer
1977 –
Glenn Rogers , Australian-Scottish cricketer
1978 –
Guy Berryman , Scottish bassist (
Coldplay )
[51]
1978 –
Scott Crary , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 –
Svetlana Lapina , Russian high jumper
1978 –
Robin Walker , English businessman and politician
1979 –
Claire Danes , American actress
1979 –
Elena Grosheva , Russian gymnast
1979 –
Mateja Kežman , Serbian footballer
1979 –
Jennifer Morrison , American actress
1979 –
Cristian Ranalli , Italian footballer
1979 –
Lee Soo-young , South Korean singer
1980 –
Sara Head , Welsh Paralympic table tennis champion
1980 –
Brian McFadden , Irish singer-songwriter
1981 –
Yuriy Borzakovskiy , Russian runner
1981 –
Nicolás Burdisso , Argentinian footballer
1981 –
Tulsi Gabbard , American politician
1981 –
Grant Holt , English footballer and professional wrestler
1981 –
Hisashi Iwakuma , Japanese baseball pitcher
1983 –
Jelena Dokic , Serbian-Australian tennis player
1983 –
Luke Kibet , Kenyan runner
1984 –
Aleksey Dmitrik , Russian high jumper
1985 –
Brennan Boesch , American baseball player
1985 –
Hitomi Yoshizawa , Japanese singer
1986 –
Brad Brach , American baseball pitcher
1986 –
Blerim Džemaili , Swiss footballer
1986 –
Marcel Granollers , Spanish tennis player
1986 –
Jonathan Pitroipa , Burkinabé footballer
1987 –
Luiz Adriano , Brazilian professional footballer
1987 –
Brooklyn Decker , American model and actress
1987 –
Shawn Gore , Canadian football player
1987 –
Josh McCrone , Australian rugby league player
1987 –
Brendon Urie , American singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist
1988 –
Ricky Álvarez , Argentinian footballer
1988 –
Stephen Brogan , English footballer
1988 –
Amedeo Calliari , Italian footballer
1988 –
Jessie James Decker , American singer-songwriter
1988 –
Moamen Zakaria , Egyptian footballer
[52]
1989 –
Bethan Dainton , Welsh rugby union player
1989 –
Ádám Hanga , Hungarian basketball player
1989 –
Miguel Ángel Ponce , American-Mexican footballer
1989 –
Valentin Stocker , Swiss footballer
1989 –
Kaitlyn Weaver , Canadian-American ice dancer
1990 –
Francesca Halsall , English swimmer
1990 –
Hiroki Sakai , Japanese footballer
1991 –
Lionel Carole , French professional footballer
1991 –
Torey Krug , American ice hockey player
1991 –
Oliver Norwood , English born Northern Irish international footballer
[53]
1991 –
Magnus Pääjärvi , Swedish ice hockey player
1991 –
Jazz Richards , Welsh international footballer
[54]
1992 –
Chad le Clos , South African swimmer
1993 –
Robin Anderson , American tennis player
[55]
1993 –
Jordan Archer , English-Scottish footballer
1993 –
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins , Canadian ice hockey player
[56]
1994 –
Eric Bailly , Ivorian professional footballer
1994 –
Isabelle Drummond , Brazilian actress and singer
1994 –
Guido Rodríguez , Argentine footballer
1994 –
Saoirse Ronan , American-born Irish actress
1994 –
Oh Sehun , South Korean musician
1995 –
Pedro Cachin , Argentine tennis player
1996 –
Matteo Berrettini , Italian tennis player
[57]
1996 –
Elizaveta Kulichkova , Russian tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
45 BC –
Gnaeus Pompeius , Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)
352 –
Julius I , pope of the Catholic Church
[58]
434 –
Maximianus , archbishop of Constantinople
901 –
Eudokia Baïana , Byzantine empress and wife of
Leo VI
1125 –
Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)
1167 –
Charles VII ,
king of Sweden (b. c. 1130)
1256 –
Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre , regent of Navarre (b. c. 1217)
1443 –
Henry Chichele , English archbishop (b. 1364)
1500 –
Leonhard of Gorizia , Count of Gorz (b. 1440)
1530 –
Joanna La Beltraneja , Princess of Castile (b. 1462)
1550 –
Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496)
1555 –
Joanna , Queen of Castile and Aragon (b. 1479)
1601–1900
1675 –
Richard Bennett , English politician,
colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1684 –
Nicola Amati , Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
1687 –
Ambrose Dixon , English-American soldier (b. 1619)
1704 –
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
1748 –
William Kent , English architect, designed
Holkham Hall and
Chiswick House (b. 1685)
1782 –
Metastasio , Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
1788 –
Carlo Antonio Campioni , French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
1795 –
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée , Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1814 –
Charles Burney , English composer and historian (b. 1726)
1817 –
Charles Messier , French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
1850 –
Adoniram Judson , American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
1866 –
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood , English politician, founded
Fleetwood (b. 1801)
1872 –
Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
1878 –
William M. Tweed , American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1879 –
Richard Taylor , Confederate general (b. 1826)
1885 –
William Crowther , Dutch-Australian politician, 14th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
[59]
1898 –
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau , Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
1901–present
1902 –
Marie Alfred Cornu , French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
1906 –
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya , Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
1912 –
Clara Barton , American nurse and humanitarian, founded the
American Red Cross (b. 1821)
1933 –
Adelbert Ames , American general and politician, 30th
Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
1937 –
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan , Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
1938 –
Feodor Chaliapin , Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
1943 –
Viktor Puskar , Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
1945 –
Franklin D. Roosevelt , American lawyer and politician, 32nd
President of the United States (b. 1882)
1953 –
Lionel Logue , Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
1962 –
Ron Flockhart , Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1966 –
Sydney Allard , English racing driver and founder of the
Allard car company (b. 1910)
1968 –
Heinrich Nordhoff , German engineer (b. 1899)
1971 –
Ed Lafitte , American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
1973 –
Arthur Freed , American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
1975 –
Josephine Baker , French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
1976 –
Christos Kakkalos , Greek mountain guide (b. 1882)
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1977 –
Philip K. Wrigley , American businessman, co-founded
Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
1980 –
William R. Tolbert, Jr. , Liberian politician, 20th
President of Liberia (b. 1913)
1981 –
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
1981 –
Joe Louis , American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
1983 –
Jørgen Juve , Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)
1983 –
Carl Morton , American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 –
Edwin T. Layton , American admiral and
cryptanalyst (b. 1903)
1986 –
Valentin Kataev , Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
1988 –
Colette Deréal , French singer and actress (b. 1927)
1988 –
Alan Paton , South African historian and author (b. 1903)
1989 –
Abbie Hoffman , American activist, co-founded
Youth International Party (b. 1936)
1989 –
Sugar Ray Robinson , American boxer (b. 1921)
1992 –
Ilario Bandini , Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911)
1997 –
George Wald , American neurologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1998 –
Robert Ford , Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
1999 –
Boxcar Willie , American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2001 –
Harvey Ball , American illustrator, created the
smiley (b. 1921)
2002 –
George Shevelov , Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
2004 –
Moran Campbell , Canadian physician and academic, invented the
venturi mask (b. 1925)
2006 –
William Sloane Coffin , American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2007 –
Kevin Crease , Australian journalist (b. 1936)
2008 –
Cecilia Colledge , English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920)
2008 –
Patrick Hillery , Irish physician and politician, 6th
President of Ireland (b. 1923)
2008 –
Jerry Zucker , Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
2010 –
Michel Chartrand , Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916)
2010 –
Werner Schroeter , German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2011 –
Karim Fakhrawi , Bahraini journalist, co-founded
Al-Wasat (b. 1962)
2012 –
Mohit Chattopadhyay , Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934)
2012 –
Rodgers Grant , American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
2013 –
Robert Byrne , American chess player and author (b. 1928)
2013 –
Johnny du Plooy , South African boxer (b. 1964)
2013 –
Michael France , American screenwriter (b. 1962)
2013 –
Brennan Manning , American priest and author (b. 1934)
2013 –
Annamária Szalai , Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)
2013 –
Ya'akov Yosef , Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946)
2014 –
Pierre Autin-Grenier , French author and poet (b. 1947)
2014 –
Pierre-Henri Menthéour , French cyclist (b. 1960)
2014 –
Maurício Alves Peruchi , Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)
2014 –
Hal Smith , American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2014 –
Billy Standridge , American race car driver (b. 1953)
2015 –
Paulo Brossard , Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924)
2015 –
Patrice Dominguez , Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (b. 1950)
2015 –
Alfred Eick , German commander (b. 1916)
2015 –
André Mba Obame , Gabonese politician (b. 1957)
2016 –
Mohammad Al Gaz , Emirati politician & diplomat (b. 1930)
2016 –
Anne Jackson , American actress (b. 1925)
2017 –
Charlie Murphy , American actor and comedian (b. 1959)
2020 –
Tarvaris Jackson , American football player (b. 1983)
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2021 –
Joseph Siravo , American actor and producer (b. 1955)
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2022 –
Gilbert Gottfried , American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1955)
[63]
2024 –
Roberto Cavalli , Italian fashion designer and inventor (b. 1940)
[64]
2024 –
Eleanor Coppola , American filmmaker (b. 1936)
[65]
2024 –
Robert MacNeil , Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1931)
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