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Day of the year
August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 127 days remain until the end of the year.
1642 –
Dutch–Portuguese War :
Second Battle of San Salvador : The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day
Keelung ,
Taiwan ) to surrender, ending the short-lived
Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with
a new Dutch administration .
[1]
1648 –
The Fronde :
First Fronde : In the wake of the successful
Battle of Lens ,
Cardinal Mazarin ,
Chief Minister of France , suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the
Parlement of Paris , provoking the rest of
Paris to
break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
[2]
1748 – The first
Lutheran denomination in North America, the
Pennsylvania Ministerium , is founded in
Philadelphia .
1767 –
Jesuits all over
Chile are arrested as the
Spanish Empire
suppresses the Society of Jesus .
[3]
1768 – Captain
James Cook
sets sail from England on board
HMS Endeavour .
1778 – The first recorded ascent of
Triglav , the highest mountain in
Slovenia .
1789 – The
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1791 –
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the
steamboat .
1810 – The former viceroy
Santiago de Liniers of the
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his
counter-revolution .
1813 –
War of the Sixth Coalition : An
impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near
Liegnitz , Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
1814 –
Chilean War of Independence : Infighting between the rebel forces of
José Miguel Carrera and
Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the
Battle of Las Tres Acequias .
1833 – The great
1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish.
[4]
1849 – President
Faustin Soulouque of the
First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the
Emperor of Haiti , abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the
Second Empire of Haiti .
[5]
1863 – The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the
flag of Finland .
[6]
1883 – The
1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
1914 –
World War I : The German
colony of
Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a
20-day campaign . Togoland is the first German colony to fall to allied hand in World War I.
1914 – World War I: During the retreat from
Mons , the British II Corps commanded by General
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at
Le Cateau .
1920 – The
19th amendment to
United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1922 –
Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) : Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the
Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
1936 –
Spanish Civil War :
Santander falls to the
nationalists and the republican
interprovincial council is dissolved.
[7]
1940 –
World War II :
Chad becomes the first French
colony to join the Allies under the administration of
Félix Éboué , France's first black colonial
governor .
1942 –
The Holocaust in Ukraine : At
Chortkiv , the Ukrainian police and German
Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to
Bełżec extermination camp . Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
1944 – World War II:
Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1966 – The
South African Border War starts with the battle at
Omugulugwombashe .
1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide
Women's Strike for Equality .
1972 – The
Games of the XX Olympiad open in
Munich ,
West Germany .
[8]
1977 – The
Charter of the French Language is adopted by the
National Assembly of Quebec .
1978 –
Papal conclave : Albino Luciani is elected as
Pope John Paul I .
1980 – After John Birges
plants a bomb at
Harvey's Resort Hotel in
Stateline, Nevada , in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
1997 –
Beni Ali massacre occurs in
Algeria , leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
1998 – The first flight of the Boeing
Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.
1999 – Russia begins the
Second Chechen War in response to the
Invasion of Dagestan by the
Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade .
2003 – A
Beechcraft 1900 operating as
Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from
Barnstable Municipal Airport in
Yarmouth, Massachusetts , killing both pilots on board.
[9]
2009 – Kidnapping victim
Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.
2011 – The
Boeing 787 Dreamliner , Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the
EASA and the
FAA .
2014 – The Jay Report into the
Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
[10]
2015 – Two U.S. journalists are
shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in
Moneta, Virginia .
2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a
mass shooting at a
Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in
Jacksonville, Florida .
[11]
2021 – During the
2021 Kabul airlift , a
suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
[12]
2023 – Exactly 5 years after the 2018
Jacksonville Landing shooting , there is
another shooting in
Jacksonville, Florida , leaving 3 people dead.
[13]
1676 –
Robert Walpole , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
[14]
1694 –
Elisha Williams , English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)
1695 –
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault , French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)
[15]
1728 –
Johann Heinrich Lambert , Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777)
1736 –
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle , French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)
1740 –
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier , French inventor, invented the
hot air balloon (d. 1810)
1743 –
Antoine Lavoisier , French chemist and biologist (d. 1794)
1751 –
Manuel Abad y Queipo , Spanish-born Mexican bishop (d. 1825)
1775 –
William Joseph Behr , German publicist and academic (d. 1851)
1783 –
Federigo Zuccari , astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (d. 1817)
1792 –
Manuel Oribe , Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th
President of Uruguay (d. 1857)
1797 –
Saint Innocent of Alaska ,
Russian Orthodox
missionary
priest , then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the
Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (d. 1879)
1819 –
Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
[16]
1824 –
Martha Darley Mutrie , British painter (d. 1885)
[17]
1854 –
Arnold Fothergill , English cricketer (d. 1932)
1856 –
Clara Schønfeld , Danish actress (d. 1939)
1862 –
Herbert Booth , Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926)
1865 –
Arthur James Arnot , Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the
Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)
1873 –
Lee de Forest , American engineer and academic, invented the
Audion tube (d. 1961)
1874 –
Zona Gale , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938)
1875 –
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir , Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th
Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
1880 –
Guillaume Apollinaire , Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918)
1882 –
James Franck , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1882 –
Sam Hardy , English footballer (d. 1966)
1885 –
Jules Romains , French author and poet (d. 1972)
1888 –
Gustavo R. Vincenti , Maltese architect and developer (d. 1974)
[18]
1891 –
Acharya Chatursen Shastri , Indian author and playwright (d. 1960)
1894 –
Sparky Adams , American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)
1896 –
Ivan Mihailov , Bulgarian soldier and politician (d. 1990)
1897 –
Yun Posun , South Korean activist and politician, 2nd
President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1898 –
Peggy Guggenheim , American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1900 –
Margaret Utinsky , American nurse, recipient of the
Medal of Freedom (d. 1970)
1900 –
Hellmuth Walter , German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980)
1901 –
Eleanor Dark , Australian author and poet (d. 1985)
1901 –
Hans Kammler , German
SS officer and engineer (d. 1945)
1901 –
Jimmy Rushing , American singer and bandleader (d. 1972)
1901 –
Maxwell D. Taylor , American general and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987)
1901 –
Chen Yi , Chinese general and politician, 2nd
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
1903 –
Caroline Pafford Miller , American author (d. 1992)
1904 –
Christopher Isherwood , English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
1904 –
Joe Hulme , English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)
1906 –
Bunny Austin , English tennis player (d. 2000)
[19]
1906 –
Albert Sabin , Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the
polio vaccine (d. 1993)
1908 –
Walter Bruno Henning , Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
1908 –
Aubrey Schenck , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1909 –
Eric Davies , South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976)
1909 –
Jim Davis , American actor (d. 1981)
1909 –
Gene Moore , American baseball player (d. 1978)
1910 –
Mother Teresa , Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
[20]
1911 –
Otto Binder , American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1914 –
Julio Cortázar , Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (d. 1984)
1914 –
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca , Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008)
1915 –
Humphrey Searle , English composer and conductor (d. 1982)
1918 –
Katherine Johnson , American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020)
[21]
1919 –
Gerard Campbell , American priest and academic (d. 2012)
1920 –
Brant Parker , American illustrator (d. 2007)
1920 –
Prem Tinsulanonda , Thai general and politician, 16th
Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2019)
1921 –
Shimshon Amitsur , Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994)
1921 –
Benjamin C. Bradlee , American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1922 –
Irving R. Levine , American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1923 –
Wolfgang Sawallisch , German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
1924 –
Alex Kellner , American baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 –
Jack Hirshleifer , American economist and academic (d. 2005)
1925 –
Alain Peyrefitte , French scholar and politician,
Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999)
1925 –
Pyotr Todorovsky , Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013)
1925 –
Etelka Keserű , Hungarian economist and politician (d. 2018)
1925 –
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt , Chilean composer (d. 2010)
1926 –
Anahit Tsitsikian , Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)
1926 –
Robert Vickrey , American painter and author (d. 2011)
1928 –
Om Prakash Munjal , Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded
Hero Cycles (d. 2015)
1929 –
Reuben Kamanga , Zambian soldier and politician, 1st
Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)
1930 –
Joe Solomon , Guyanese cricketer and coach (d. 2023)
1931 –
Kálmán Markovits , Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)
1932 –
Luis Salvadores Salvi , Chilean basketball player (d. 2014)
1934 –
Tom Heinsohn , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2020)
[20]
1934 –
Kevin Ryan , Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
1935 –
Geraldine Ferraro , American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
[20]
1935 –
Karen Spärck Jones , English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007)
1936 –
Benedict Anderson , American political scientist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 –
Don Bowman , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1938 –
Jet Black , English drummer (d. 2022)
1939 –
Pinchas Goldstein , Israeli businessman and politician (d. 2007)
1939 –
Jorge Paulo Lemann , Brazilian banker and financier
1939 –
Bill White , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2017)
[22]
1940 –
Michael Cockerell , English journalist
1940 –
Vic Dana , American dancer and singer
[23]
1940 –
Don LaFontaine , American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
[20]
1940 –
Nik Turner , English musician and songwriter (d. 2022)
1941 –
Chris Curtis , English drummer and singer (d. 2005)
1941 –
Jane Merrow , English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1941 –
Barbet Schroeder , French-Swiss director and producer
1942 –
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston , English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1942 –
Chow Kwai Lam , Malaysian football coach and player (d. 2018)
1943 –
Dori Caymmi , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 –
Alan Parker , English guitarist and songwriter
1944 –
Judith Rees , English geographer and academic
1944 –
Maureen Tucker , American singer-songwriter and drummer
1945 –
Tom Ridge , American sergeant and politician, 1st
Secretary of Homeland Security
1946 –
Zhou Ji , Chinese engineer and politician, 14th
Chinese Minister of Education
1946 –
Valerie Simpson , American singer-songwriter
1946 –
Alison Steadman , English actress
1947 –
Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1949 –
Allahshukur Pashazadeh , Azerbaijani cleric
1949 –
Leon Redbone , Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2019)
[20]
1951 –
Gerd Bonk , German weightlifter (d. 2014)
1951 –
Bill Whitaker , American journalist
[23]
1951 –
Edward Witten , American physicist and academic
1952 –
Bryon Baltimore , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 –
Michael Jeter , American actor (d. 2003)
1952 –
Will Shortz , American journalist and puzzle creator
[20]
1953 –
David Hurley , Australian general and politician, 27th
Governor General of Australia
1953 –
Andrea Saltelli , Italian statistician and sociologist
[24]
1953 –
Pat Sharkey , Irish footballer
1954 –
Howard Clark , English golfer and sportscaster
1954 –
Tracy Krohn , American race car driver and businessman
1954 –
Hugh Pelham , British academic and educator
1955 –
Ian Dejardin , English historian and curator
1955 –
Giuseppe Resnati , Italian chemist and educator
1956 –
Sally Beamish , English viola player and composer
1956 –
Brett Cullen , American actor
1956 –
Mark Mangino , American football player and coach
1957 –
Nikky Finney , American poet and academic
1957 –
Dr. Alban , Swedish musician
[25]
1958 –
Jan Nevens , Belgian cyclist
1959 –
Oliver Colvile , English lawyer and politician
1959 –
Stan Van Gundy , American basketball player and coach
1960 –
Branford Marsalis , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
[23]
1960 –
Ola Ray , American model and actress
1961 –
Daniel Lévi , Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2022)
1961 –
Jeff Parrett , American baseball player
1962 –
Roger Kingdom , American hurdler
1963 –
David Byas , English cricketer and umpire
1963 –
Stephen J. Dubner , American journalist and author
1963 –
Patrice Oppliger , American author, critic, and academic
1964 –
Allegra Huston , English-American author and screenwriter
1964 –
Bobby Jurasin , American-Canadian football player and coach
1964 –
Chad Kreuter , American baseball player and manager
1964 –
Zadok Malka , Israeli footballer and manager
1964 –
Torsten Schmitz , German boxer
1964 –
Carsten Wolf , German cyclist
1964 –
Mehriban Aliyeva , 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of
UNESCO and
ISESCO
1965 –
Marcus du Sautoy , English mathematician and academic
1965 –
Chris Burke , American actor
[23]
1966 –
Jacques Brinkman , Dutch field hockey player and coach
1966 –
Shirley Manson , Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
[23]
1967 –
Michael Gove , Scottish journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for Education
1968 –
Chris Boardman , English cyclist
1969 –
Adrian Young , American drummer and songwriter
[23]
1970 –
Jason Little , Australian rugby player
1970 –
Melissa McCarthy , American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
[23]
1970 –
Brett Schultz , South African cricketer
1971 –
Thalía , Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
[23]
1973 –
Richard Evatt , English boxer (d. 2012)
1974 –
Kelvin Cato , American basketball player and coach
1974 –
Meredith Eaton , American actress
[23]
1975 –
Morgan Ensberg , American baseball player and coach
1976 –
Mike Colter , American actor
[23]
1976 –
Amaia Montero , Spanish singer-songwriter
1977 –
Therese Alshammar , Swedish swimmer
1977 –
Liam Botham , English rugby player and cricketer
1977 –
Saeko Chiba , Japanese voice actress and singer
1977 –
Simone Motta , Italian footballer
1977 –
Morris Peterson , American basketball player
[26]
1979 –
Jamal Lewis , American football player
1979 –
Cristian Mora , Ecuadorian footballer
1979 –
Rubén Arriaza Pazos , Spanish footballer
1980 –
Macaulay Culkin , American actor
[23]
1980 –
Brendan Harris , American baseball player
1980 –
Manolis Papamakarios , Greek basketball player
1980 –
Chris Pine , American actor
[23]
1981 –
Tino Best , Barbadian cricketer
1981 –
Sebastian Bönig , German footballer
1981 –
Andreas Glyniadakis , Greek basketball player
1981 –
Vangelis Moras , Greek footballer
1981 –
Petey Williams , Canadian wrestler
1982 –
Angelo Iorio , Italian footballer
1982 –
John Mulaney , American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
[23]
1982 –
Jayson Nix , American baseball player
1982 –
Noah Welch , American ice hockey player
1983 –
Mattia Cassani , Italian footballer
1983 –
Félix Porteiro , Spanish race car driver
1983 –
Nicol David , Malaysian
squash player
[27]
1985 –
Oleksiy Kasyanov , Ukrainian decathlete
1985 –
Brandon McDonald , American football player
1985 –
David Price , American baseball player
1986 –
Vladislav Gussev , Estonian footballer
1986 –
Saint Jhn , Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter
[20]
1986 –
Colin Kazim-Richards , Turkish footballer
1986 –
Cassie Ventura , American singer, dancer, actress and model
[23]
1987 –
Juan Joseph , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1988 –
Elvis Andrus , Venezuelan baseball player
1988 –
Evan Ross , American actor
[23]
1988 –
Danielle Savre , American actress
[23]
1988 –
Wayne Simmonds , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Lars Stindl , German footballer
1989 –
James Harden , American basketball player
1990 –
Lorenzo Brown , American basketball player
[28]
1990 –
Irina-Camelia Begu , Romanian tennis player
[29]
1990 –
Mateo Musacchio , Argentine footballer
1991 –
Jessie Diggins , American cross-country skier
[30]
1991 –
Dylan O'Brien , American actor
[23]
1993 –
Keke Palmer , American actress and singer
[23]
1995 –
Anthony Duclair , Canadian ice hockey player
[31]
1997 –
Cordae , American rapper.
[32]
1999 –
Kotoshoho Yoshinari , Japanese sumo wrestler
[33]
2001 –
Patrick Williams , American basketball player
[34]
2002 –
Lil Tecca , American rapper.
[35]
787 –
Arechis II , duke of
Benevento
887 –
Kōkō , emperor of Japan (b. 830)
1214 –
Michael IV of Constantinople
1278 –
Ottokar II of Bohemia (b. 1233)
1346 –
Charles II, Count of Alençon (b. 1297)
1346 –
Louis I, Count of Flanders (b. 1304)
1346 –
Louis II, Count of Blois
1346 –
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
1346 –
John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
1349 –
Thomas Bradwardine , English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290)
1399 –
Mikhail II , Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1333)
1462 –
Catherine Zaccaria , Despotess of the Morea
1486 –
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (b. 1441)
1500 –
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1449)
1551 –
Margaret Leijonhufvud , queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1572 –
Petrus Ramus , French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
1595 –
António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
1666 –
Frans Hals , Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
1714 –
Constantin Brâncoveanu , Ruler of
Wallachia (b. 1654)
1714 –
Edward Fowler , English bishop and author (b. 1632)
1723 –
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
1785 –
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville , English soldier and politician, 3rd
Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
1810 –
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires , French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
1813 –
Theodor Körner , German soldier and author (b. 1791)
1850 –
Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
1865 –
Johann Franz Encke , German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
1878 –
Mariam Baouardy , Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
1910 –
William James , American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1921 –
Matthias Erzberger , German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
1921 –
Sándor Wekerle , Hungarian jurist and politician,
Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
1921 –
Petro Petrenko , Ukrainian anarchist military commander (b. 1890)
[36]
1930 –
Lon Chaney , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1943 –
Bîmen Şen , Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
1944 –
Adam von Trott zu Solz , German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
1945 –
Franz Werfel , Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
1946 –
Jeanie MacPherson , American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1956 –
Alfred Wagenknecht , German-American activist (b. 1881)
1958 –
Ralph Vaughan Williams , English composer and educator (b. 1872)
1966 –
W. W. E. Ross , Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
1968 –
Kay Francis , American actress (b. 1905)
1972 –
Francis Chichester , English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)
1974 –
Charles Lindbergh , American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
1975 –
Olaf Holtedahl , Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1976 –
Lotte Lehmann , German-American soprano (b. 1888)
1977 –
H. A. Rey , German-American author and illustrator, created
Curious George (b. 1898)
1978 –
Charles Boyer , French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
1978 –
José Manuel Moreno , Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
1979 –
Mika Waltari , Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908)
1980 –
Rosa Albach-Retty , German-Austrian actress (b. 1874)
1980 –
Tex Avery , American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)
1981 –
Roger Nash Baldwin , American trade union leader, co-founded the
American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1981 –
Lee Hays , American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
1986 –
Ted Knight , American actor (b. 1923)
1987 –
John Goddard , Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919)
1987 –
Georg Wittig , German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1988 –
Carlos Paião , Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
1989 –
Irving Stone , American author (b. 1903)
1990 –
Tang Chang , Thai artist (b. 1934)
1991 –
Mildred Albert , American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)
[37]
1992 –
Bob de Moor , Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
1993 –
Reima Pietilä , Finnish architect, co-designed the
Kaleva Church (b. 1923)
1995 –
John Brunner , English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1934)
1998 –
Frederick Reines , American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
[38]
2000 –
Akbar Adibi , Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939)
2000 –
Bunny Austin , English tennis player (b. 1906)
[19]
2001 –
Louis Muhlstock , Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
2001 –
Marita Petersen , Faroese educator and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1940)
2003 –
Jim Wacker , American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2004 –
Laura Branigan , American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1952)
2005 –
Denis D'Amour , Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1960)
2005 –
Robert Denning , American art collector and interior designer (b. 1927)
2005 –
Moondog King , Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
2006 –
Rainer Barzel , Polish-German lawyer and politician,
Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1924)
2006 –
Clyde Walcott , Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1926)
2006 –
William Garnett , American landscape photographer (b. 1916)
[39]
2007 –
Gaston Thorn , Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928)
2009 –
Dominick Dunne , American journalist and novelist (b. 1925)
2010 –
Raimon Panikkar , Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918)
2011 –
George Band , Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (b. 1929)
2011 –
Patrick C. Fischer , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2011 –
John McAleese , Scottish sergeant (b. 1949)
2012 –
Russ Alben , American composer and businessman (b. 1929)
2012 –
Reginald Bartholomew , American academic and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1936)
2012 –
Jacques Bensimon , Canadian director and producer (b. 1943)
2012 –
Krzysztof Wilmanski , Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1940)
2013 –
Hélie de Saint Marc , French soldier (b. 1922)
2013 –
John J. Gilligan , American soldier and politician, 62nd
Governor of Ohio (b. 1921)
2013 –
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