From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Day of the year
March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 286 days remain until the end of the year.
1602 – The
Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 – Sir
Walter Raleigh is freed from the
Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1760 – The
Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1815 – After escaping from
Elba ,
Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "
Hundred Days " rule.
1848 –
German revolutions of 1848–49 : King
Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1852 –
Harriet Beecher Stowe 's
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1854 – The
Republican Party of the United States is organized in
Ripon, Wisconsin , US.
1861 – An
earthquake destroys
Mendoza ,
Argentina .
1883 – The
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
1888 – The premiere of the very first
Romani language operetta is staged in
Moscow ,
Russia .
1890 – Chancellor of the German Empire
Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by
Emperor Wilhelm II .
1896 – With the approval of
Emperor Guangxu ,
the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
1913 –
Sung Chiao-jen , a founder of the
Chinese Nationalist Party , is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1916 –
Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his
general theory of relativity , to the journal
Annalen der Physik .
[2]
1921 – The
Upper Silesia plebiscite , mandated by the
Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between
Weimar Germany and
Poland , is held.
1922 – The
USS Langley is commissioned as the first
United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1923 – The
Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of
Pablo Picasso 's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso , becoming an early proponent of
modern art in the United States.
1926 –
Chiang Kai-shek initiates a
purge of communist elements within the
National Revolutionary Army in
Guangzhou .
[3]
1933 – Reichsführer-SS
Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of
Dachau concentration camp as
Chief of Police of
Munich and appointed
Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
1942 –
World War II : General
Douglas MacArthur , at
Terowie, South Australia , makes his famous speech regarding the
fall of the Philippines , in which he says: "I came out of
Bataan and I shall return".
1948 – With a
Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under
Eugene Ormandy and
Arturo Toscanini , are given on
CBS and
NBC .
1951 –
Fujiyoshida , a city located in
Yamanashi Prefecture , Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of
Honshū is founded.
1952 – The US Senate ratifies the
Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan .
1956 –
Tunisia gains independence from France.
1964 – The precursor of the
European Space Agency , ESRO (
European Space Research Organisation ) is established per an agreement signed on
June 14 ,
1962 .
1969 – A United Arab airlines (now
Egyptair ) Ilyushin Il-18
crashes at
Aswan international Airport , killing 100 people.
[4]
1972 –
The Troubles : The
first car bombing by the
Provisional IRA in
Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in
Northern Ireland .
1985 –
Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race .
1985 – Canadian
paraplegic athlete and humanitarian
Rick Hansen begins his
circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of
spinal cord injury medical research.
1987 – The
Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-
AIDS drug,
AZT .
1988 –
Eritrean War of Independence : Having defeated the Nadew Command, the
Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of
Afabet , victoriously concluding the
Battle of Afabet .
1990 –
Ferdinand Marcos 's widow,
Imelda Marcos , goes on trial for
bribery ,
embezzlement , and
racketeering .
1993 –
The Troubles : A Provisional IRA bomb
kills two children in
Warrington , England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
1995 – The Japanese cult
Aum Shinrikyo carries out a
sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway , killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
1999 –
Legoland California , the first
Legoland outside of Europe, opens in
Carlsbad, California , US.
2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former
Black Panther once known as
H. Rap Brown , is captured after murdering
Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
2003 –
Iraq War : The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an
invasion of Iraq .
2006 – Over 150
Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern
Chad by members of the rebel
UFDC . The rebel movement sought to overthrow
Chadian president
Idriss Déby .
2010 –
Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland
begins eruptions that would last for three months,
heavily disrupting air travel in Europe .
[5]
2012 – At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a
wave of terror attacks across ten cities in
Iraq .
2014 – Four suspected
Taliban members
attack the
Kabul Serena Hotel , killing at least nine people.
2015 – A
Solar eclipse ,
equinox , and a
supermoon all occur on the same day.
2015 –
Syrian civil war : The
Siege of Kobanî is broken by the
People's Protection Units (YPG) and
Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the
Rojava–Islamist conflict .
[6]
2019 –
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president
Nursultan Nazarbayev .
[7]
1612 –
Anne Bradstreet , Puritan American poet (d. 1672)
1615 –
Dara Shikoh , Indian prince (d. 1659)
1639 –
Ivan Mazepa , Ukrainian diplomat,
Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
1680 –
Emanuele d'Astorga , Italian composer (d. 1736)
[8]
1725 –
Abdul Hamid I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)
1737 –
Rama I , Thai king (d. 1809)
1771 –
Heinrich Clauren , German author (d. 1854)
1796 –
Edward Gibbon Wakefield , English politician (d. 1862)
1799 –
Karl August Nicander , Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)
1800 –
Braulio Carrillo Colina , Costa Rican lawyer and politician,
President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)
1805 –
Thomas Cooper , British poet (d. 1892)
1811 –
Napoleon II , French emperor (d. 1832)
1811 –
George Caleb Bingham , American painter and politician,
State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)
1821 –
Ned Buntline , American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)
1824 –
Theodor von Heuglin , German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)
1828 –
Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)
1831 –
Patrick Jennings , Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1897)
1831 –
Solomon L. Spink , American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)
1834 –
Charles William Eliot , American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)
1836 –
Ferris Jacobs, Jr. , American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
1836 –
Edward Poynter , English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)
1840 –
Illarion Pryanishnikov , Russian painter (d. 1894)
1843 –
Ambrosio Flores , Filipino politician (d. 1912)
[9]
1851 –
Ismail Gasprinski , Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)
1856 –
John Lavery , Irish painter (d. 1941)
1856 –
Frederick Winslow Taylor , American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)
1870 –
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , German general (d. 1964)
[10]
1874 –
Börries von Münchhausen , German poet and activist (d. 1945)
1876 –
Payne Whitney , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)
1879 –
Maud Menten , Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)
[11]
1882 –
René Coty , French lawyer and politician, 17th
President of France (d. 1962)
1882 –
Harold Weber , American golfer (d. 1933)
1884 –
Philipp Frank , Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1966)
1884 –
John Jensen , Australian public servant (d. 1970)
1885 –
Vernon Ransford , Australian cricketer (d. 1958)
1888 –
Amanda Clement , American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)
1890 –
Lauritz Melchior , Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)
1894 –
Amalie Sara Colquhoun , Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974)
1895 –
Fredric Wertham , German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
1897 –
Frank Sheed , Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (d. 1981)
[12]
1898 –
Eduard Wiiralt , Estonian artist (d. 1954)
1899 –
Vladimír Mandl , Czechoslovak lawyer (d. 1941)
[13]
1900 –
Amelia Chopitea Villa , Bolivia's first female physician (d. 1942)
[14]
1903 –
Edgar Buchanan , American actor (d. 1979)
1904 –
B. F. Skinner , American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
1905 –
Jean Galia , French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)
1906 –
Abraham Beame , American accountant and politician, 104th
Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)
1906 –
Ozzie Nelson , American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)
[15]
1907 –
Hugh MacLennan , Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)
1908 –
Michael Redgrave , English actor and director (d. 1985)
[15]
1909 –
Elisabeth Geleerd , Dutch-American psychoanalyst (d. 1969)
[16]
1910 –
Erwin Blask , German hammer thrower (d. 1999)
1911 –
Alfonso García Robles , Mexican lawyer and diplomat,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1912 –
Ralph Hauenstein , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1913 –
Nikolai Stepulov , Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)
1914 –
Wendell Corey , American actor and politician (d. 1968)
1915 –
Rudolf Kirchschläger , Austrian judge and politician, 8th
President of Austria (d. 2000)
1915 –
Sviatoslav Richter , Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
1915 –
Sister Rosetta Tharpe , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
1916 –
Pierre Messmer , French lieutenant and politician,
Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
1917 –
Vera Lynn , English singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
[15]
1917 –
Yigael Yadin , Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)
1918 –
Jack Barry , American game show host and producer, co-founded
Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)
1918 –
Donald Featherstone , English soldier and author (d. 2013)
1918 –
Marian McPartland , English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1918 –
Bernd Alois Zimmermann , German composer (d. 1970)
1919 –
Gerhard Barkhorn ,
German fighter ace (d. 1983)
1920 –
Pamela Harriman , English-American diplomat, 58th
United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)
[15]
1920 –
Rosemary Timperley , English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1921 –
Usmar Ismail , Indonesian filmmaker (d. 1971)
1921 –
Dušan Pirjevec , Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)
1921 –
Alfréd Rényi , Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)
1922 –
Larry Elgart , American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2017)
1922 –
Ray Goulding , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1922 –
Carl Reiner , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
[15]
1923 –
Con Martin , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1923 –
Shaukat Siddiqui , Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
1925 –
John Ehrlichman , American lawyer, 12th
White House Counsel (d. 1999)
1927 –
John Joubert , South African-English composer and academic (d. 2019)
1928 –
Jerome Biffle , American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)
1928 –
James P. Gordon , American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)
1928 –
Fred Rogers , American television host and producer (d. 2003)
[15]
1929 –
William Andrew MacKay , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1929 –
Germán Robles , Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)
1930 –
S. Arasaratnam , Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)
1931 –
Dinos Christianopoulos , Greek poet (d. 2020)
[17]
1931 –
Rein Raamat , Estonian director and screenwriter
1933 –
Lateef Adegbite , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1933 –
George Altman , American baseball player
1934 –
Willie Brown , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st
Mayor of San Francisco
1934 –
David Malouf , Australian author and playwright
1935 –
Ted Bessell , American actor and director (d. 1996)
1935 –
Bettye Washington Greene , American chemist (d. 1995)
1936 –
Lee "Scratch" Perry , Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (d. 2021)
1936 –
Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate , English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
1937 –
Lois Lowry , American author
[15]
1937 –
Jerry Reed , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1938 –
Sergei Novikov , Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (d. 2024)
1939 –
Gerald Curran , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1939 –
Don Edwards , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
1939 –
Walter Jakob Gehring , Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)
1939 –
Brian Mulroney , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th
Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2024)
[18]
1940 –
Stathis Chaitas , Greek footballer and manager
1940 –
Mary Ellen Mark , American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)
1940 –
Giampiero Moretti , Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the
Momo company (d. 2012)
1941 –
Pat Corrales , American baseball player and manager (d. 2023)
1941 –
Kenji Kimihara , Japanese runner
1943 –
Gerard Malanga , American poet and photographer
1943 –
Douglas Tompkins , American businessman, co-founded
The North Face and
Esprit Holdings (d. 2015)
1943 –
Paul Junger Witt , American director and producer (d. 2018)
1944 –
John Cameron , English composer and conductor
1944 –
Camille Cosby , American author, producer, and philanthropist
1944 –
Alan Harper , English-Irish archbishop
1945 –
Henry Bartholomay , American soldier and pilot (d. 2015)
1945 –
Jay Ingram , Canadian television host and author
1945 –
Tim Yeo , English politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1946 –
Douglas B. Green , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 –
Malcolm Simmons , English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
1947 –
John Boswell , American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)
1948 –
John de Lancie , American actor
1948 –
Nikos Papazoglou , Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1949 –
Richard Dowden , English journalist and educator
1952 –
Geoff Brabham , Australian race car driver
1952 –
David Greenaway , English economist and academic
1953 –
Phil Judd , New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
1954 –
Mike Francesa , American radio talk show host and television commentator
1954 –
Liana Kanelli , Greek journalist and politician
1954 –
Paul Mirabella , American baseball player
1955 –
Nina Kiriki Hoffman , American author
1955 –
Ian Moss , Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
1955 –
Mariya Takeuchi , Japanese singer-songwriter
1956 –
Catherine Ashton , English politician,
Vice-President of the European Commission
1956 –
Anne Donahue , American lawyer and politician
1956 –
Naoto Takenaka , Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
1957 –
David Foster , Australian woodchopper
1957 –
Spike Lee , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[19]
1957 –
Chris Wedge , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1958 –
Rickey Jackson , American football player
1959 –
Dave Beasant , English footballer and coach
1959 –
Mary Roach , American author
1959 –
Sting , American wrestler
1959 –
Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott , British Labour Party politician and peer
[20]
1960 –
Norm Magnusson , American painter and sculptor
1960 –
Norbert Pohlmann , German computer scientist and academic
1960 –
Yuri Shargin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1961 –
Ingrid Arndt-Brauer , German politician
1961 –
Jesper Olsen , Danish footballer and manager
1961 –
Sara Wheeler , English author and journalist
1962 –
Stephen Sommers , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 –
Paul Annacone , American tennis player and coach
1963 –
Yelena Romanova , Russian runner (d. 2007)
1964 –
Natacha Atlas , Belgian singer-songwriter
1965 –
William Dalrymple , Scottish historian and author
1967 –
Xavier Beauvois , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1967 –
Mookie Blaylock , American basketball player
1968 –
Carlos Almeida , Cape Verdean runner
1968 –
A. J. Jacobs , American journalist and author
1968 –
Paul Merson , English footballer and manager
1968 –
Ultra Naté , American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter
1968 –
Ken Ono , Japanese-American mathematician
[21]
1969 –
Yvette Cooper , English economist and politician, former
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1969 –
Fabien Galthié , French rugby player
1970 –
Edoardo Ballerini , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 –
Josephine Medina , Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (d. 2021)
[22]
1971 –
Manny Alexander , Dominican baseball player
1971 –
Touré , American journalist and author
1972 –
Chilly Gonzales , Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1972 –
Alex Kapranos , English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1972 –
Greg Searle , English rower
1972 –
Marco Sejna , German footballer
1972 –
Cristel Vahtra , Estonian skier
1973 –
Nicky Boje , South African cricketer
1973 –
Natalya Khrushcheleva , Russian runner
1973 –
Talal Khalifa Aljeri , Kuwaiti businessman
1974 –
Carsten Ramelow , German footballer
1975 –
Ramin Bahrani , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 –
Isolde Kostner , Italian skier
1976 –
Chester Bennington , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2017)
[15]
1978 –
Kevin Betsy , English-Seychelles footballer and manager
[23]
1979 –
Shinnosuke Abe , Japanese baseball player
1979 –
Freema Agyeman , English actress
[15]
1979 –
Daniel Cormier , American mixed martial artist
[24]
1979 –
Keven Mealamu , New Zealand rugby player
1980 –
Jamal Crawford , American basketball player
1980 –
Robertas Javtokas , Lithuanian basketball player
1980 –
Michelle Snow , American basketball player
[25]
1981 –
Ian Murray , Scottish footballer
1982 –
Terrence Duffin , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 –
Tomasz Kuszczak , Polish footballer
1982 –
José Moreira , Portuguese footballer
1983 –
Carolina Padrón , Venezuelan journalist
1983 –
Jenni Vartiainen , Finnish singer
1984 –
Vikram Banerjee , English cricketer
1984 –
Valtteri Filppula , Finnish ice hockey player
[26]
1984 –
IJustine , American YouTuber
[27]
1984 –
Fernando Torres , Spanish footballer
1985 –
Morgan Amalfitano , French footballer
1985 –
Ronnie Brewer , American basketball player
1985 –
Nicolas Lombaerts , Belgian footballer
1986 –
Dean Geyer , South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1986 –
Julián Magallanes , Argentinian footballer
1986 –
Román Torres , Panamanian footballer
1987 –
Daniel Maa Boumsong , Cameroonian footballer
1987 –
Jon Brockman , American basketball player
[28]
1987 –
Jô , Brazilian footballer
[29]
1987 –
Pedro Ken , Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Sergei Kostitsyn , Belarusian ice hockey player
1989 –
Xavier Dolan , Canadian actor and director
1989 –
Tamim Iqbal , Bangladeshi cricketer
1990 –
Blake Ferguson , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Brad Hand , American baseball player
[30]
1990 –
Marcos Rojo , Argentine footballer
1991 –
Mattia Destro , Italian footballer
1991 –
Michał Kucharczyk , Polish footballer
1991 –
Nick Leddy , American ice hockey player
[31]
1992 –
Justin Faulk , American ice hockey player
[32]
1993 –
JaKarr Sampson , American basketball player
[33]
1995 –
Kei , South Korean singer
1995 –
Nick Paul , Canadian ice hockey player
[34]
2001 –
Trevor Zegras , American ice hockey player
[35]
2002 –
Jahmyr Gibbs , American football player
[36]
2003 –
Cooper Hoffman , American actor
[37]
687 –
Cuthbert , Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (b. 634)
703 –
Wulfram ,
archbishop of Sens
842 –
Alfonso II , king of
Asturias (
Spain ) (b. 759)
851 –
Ebbo , archbishop of
Reims
1181 –
Taira no Kiyomori , Japanese general (b. 1118)
1191 –
Pope Clement III (b. 1130)
1239 –
Hermann von Salza , German knight and diplomat (b. 1179)
1302 –
Ralph Walpole , Bishop of Norwich
1336 –
Maurice Csák , Hungarian Dominican friar (b. 1270)
[38]
1351 –
Muhammad bin Tughluq , Sultan of Delhi
1390 –
Alexios III Megas Komnenos ,
Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338)
1413 –
Henry IV of England (b. 1367)
1440 –
Sigismund I of Lithuania
1475 –
Georges Chastellain , Burgundian chronicler and poet
1549 –
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , English general and politician,
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1508)
1568 –
Albert, Duke of Prussia (b. 1490)
1619 –
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
1673 –
Augustyn Kordecki , Polish monk (b. 1603)
1688 –
Maria of Orange-Nassau , Dutch princess (b. 1642)
1730 –
Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (b. 1692)
[39]
1746 –
Nicolas de Largillière , French painter and academic (b. 1656)
1780 –
Benjamin Truman , English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
1793 –
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield , Scottish judge and politician,
Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
1835 –
Louis Léopold Robert , French painter (b. 1794)
1849 –
James Justinian Morier , Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
1855 –
Joseph Aspdin , English businessman (b. 1788)
1865 –
Yamanami Keisuke , Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1874 –
Hans Christian Lumbye , Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
1878 –
Julius Robert von Mayer , German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1894 –
Lajos Kossuth , Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
1897 –
Apollon Maykov , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
1899 –
Franz Ritter von Hauer , Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
1909 –
Friedrich Amelung , Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
1918 –
Lewis A. Grant , American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
1925 –
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , English politician, 35th
Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
1929 –
Ferdinand Foch , French field marshal (b. 1851)
1930 –
Arthur F. Andrews , American cyclist (b. 1876)
1931 –
Hermann Müller , German journalist and politician, 12th
Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 –
Giuseppe Zangara , Italian-American assassin of
Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
[40]
1940 –
Alfred Ploetz , German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1941 –
Oskar Baum , Bohemian writer (b. 1883)
[41]
1945 –
Dorothy Campbell , Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
1945 –
Maria Lacerda de Moura , Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (b. 1887)
[42]
1946 –
Amadeus William Grabau , American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
1947 –
Sigurd Wallén , Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
1952 –
Hjalmar Väre , Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
1958 –
Adegoke Adelabu , Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
1964 –
Brendan Behan , Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
1965 –
Daniel Frank , American long jumper (b. 1882)
1966 –
Demetrios Galanis , Greek artist (b. 1879)
[43]
1966 –
Johnny Morrison , American baseball player (b. 1895)
1968 –
Carl Theodor Dreyer , Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1969 –
Henri Longchambon , French politician (b. 1896)
1971 –
Falih Rıfkı Atay , Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
1972 –
Marilyn Maxwell , American actress (b. 1921)
1974 –
Chet Huntley , American journalist (b. 1911)
1977 –
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham , English politician, 9th
Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909)
1977 –
Terukuni Manzō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th
Yokozuna (b. 1919)
1978 –
Jacques Brugnon , French tennis player (b. 1895)
1981 –
Gerry Bertier , American football player (b. 1953)
1983 –
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
1990 –
Maurice Cloche , French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1990 –
Lev Yashin , Russian footballer (b. 1929)
1992 –
Georges Delerue , French composer (b. 1925)
1993 –
Polykarp Kusch , German-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1994 –
Lewis Grizzard , American writer and humorist (b. 1946)
1997 –
V. S. Pritchett , English short story writer, essayist, and critic (b. 1900)
1999 –
Patrick Heron , British painter (b. 1920)
2000 –
Gene Eugene , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
2001 –
Luis Alvarado , Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1949)
2004 –
Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
2004 –
Pierre Sévigny , Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1917)
2005 –
Armand Lohikoski , American-Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
2007 –
Raynald Fréchette , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1933)
2007 –
Taha Yassin Ramadan , Iraqi politician,
Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938)
2007 –
Hawa Yakubu , Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2010 –
Ai , American poet and academic (b. 1947)
2010 –
Girija Prasad Koirala , Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th
Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
2010 –
Stewart Udall , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th
United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1920)
2011 –
Johnny Pearson , English pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1925)
2012 –
Lincoln Hall , Australian mountaineer and author (b. 1955)
2012 –
Noboru Ishiguro , Japanese animator and director (b. 1938)
2012 –
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg , Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1910)
2012 –
Jim Stynes , Irish-Australian footballer (b. 1966)
2013 –
James Herbert , English author (b. 1943)
2013 –
George Lowe , New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924)
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Zillur Rahman , Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th
President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)
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Hennie Aucamp , South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934)
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Hilderaldo Bellini , Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
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Tonie Nathan , American politician (b. 1923)
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Khushwant Singh , Indian journalist and author (b. 1915)
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Eva Burrows , Australian 13th
General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929)
[50]
2015 –
Malcolm Fraser , Australian politician, 22nd
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)
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2016 –
Anker Jørgensen , Danish politician,
Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
[52]
2017 –
David Rockefeller , American billionaire and philanthropist (b. 1915)
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2018 –
C. K. Mann , a Ghanaian
Highlife musician and producer (b. 1936)
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2019 –
Mary Warnock , English philosopher and writer (b. 1924)
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2020 –
Kenny Rogers , American singer (b. 1938)
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John Sattler , Australian rugby league player (b. 1942)
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Kyle White , Australian rugby league player (b. 1970)
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