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Day of the year
October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 66 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 – King
Oscar II recognizes the
dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden .
1909 –
Japanese occupation of Korea :
An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
1912 –
First Balkan War : The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
1917 –
World War I : Brazil
declares war on the Central Powers.
1918 – World War I:
Erich Ludendorff , quartermaster-general of the
Imperial German Army , is dismissed by
Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1936 – The first
electric generator at
Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1937 –
Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000
Polish Jews .
[4]
1942 –
World War II : In the
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the
Guadalcanal Campaign , one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
1944 – World War II: The
Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
1947 –
Partition of India : The
Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the
Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the
Kashmir conflict .
1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the
Austrian Independence Treaty , Austria declares that
it will never join a military alliance .
1955 –
Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created
Republic of Vietnam .
1956 –
Hungarian Revolution : In the towns of
Mosonmagyaróvár and
Esztergom , Hungarian
secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
1958 –
Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the
Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1967 –
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
1968 –
Space Race : The
Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
1977 –
Ali Maow Maalin , the last natural case of
smallpox , develops a rash in Somalia. The
WHO and the
CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the
eradication of smallpox , the most spectacular success of
vaccination .
[5]
1979 –
Park Chung Hee ,
President of South Korea , is
assassinated by
Korean CIA head
Kim Jae-gyu .
1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of
Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
1989 –
China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from
Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.
[6]
1991 – Three months after the end of the
Ten-Day War , the last soldier of the
Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the
Republic of Slovenia .
1994 –
Jordan and
Israel sign
a peace treaty .
1995 –
Mossad agents assassinate
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader
Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
1995 – An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of
Flateyri , destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
[7]
1999 – The
United Kingdom 's
House of Lords
votes to end the right of most
hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of
Parliament .
2000 – A wave of protests forces
Robert Guéï to step down as president after the
Ivorian presidential election .
2001 – The United States passes the
USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2002 – Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops
storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2003 – The
Cedar Fire , the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2 ), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2004 –
Rockstar Games releases
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the
PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
[8]
2012 –
Microsoft made a public release of
Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
[9]
2015 – A
7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the
Hindu Kush mountain range in
South Asia , killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
Births
Pre-1600
1416 –
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent , English politician,
Lord High Treasurer (d. 1490)
1427 –
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 1496)
1431 –
Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara , Italian politician (d. 1505)
1473 –
Friedrich of Saxony , Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510)
1483 –
Hans Buchner , German Renaissance composer (d. 1538)
1491 –
Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1518 –
John Basset , Devonshire gentleman (d. 1541)
1529 –
Anna of Hesse , princess of Hesse (d. 1591)
1551 –
Charlotte de Sauve , French courtesan (d. 1617)
1556 –
Ahmad Baba al Massufi , Malian academic (d. 1627)
1564 –
Hans Leo Hassler , German organist and composer (d. 1612)
1601–1900
1609 –
William Sprague , English-American settler, co-founded
Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1612 –
Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (d. 1658)
1673 –
Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
1684 –
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1685 –
Domenico Scarlatti , Italian
harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)
1694 –
Johan Helmich Roman , Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758)
1747 –
Ivan Mane Jarnović , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804)
1757 –
Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823)
1759 –
Georges Danton , French lawyer and politician,
French Minister of Justice (d. 1794)
1768 –
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1794 –
Konstantin Thon , Russian architect, designed the
Grand Kremlin Palace and the
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881)
1795 –
Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)
1797 –
Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano (d. 1865)
1799 –
Margaret Agnes Bunn , Scottish actress (d. 1883)
1800 –
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1802 –
Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866)
1803 –
Joseph Hansom , English architect and publisher, designed
Birmingham Town Hall (d. 1882)
1842 –
Vasily Vereshchagin , Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904)
1849 –
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician and academic (d. 1917)
1850 –
Grigore Tocilescu , Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909)
1854 –
C. W. Post , American businessman, founded
Post Foods (d. 1914)
1860 –
Frank Eaton , American marshal and author (d. 1958)
1865 –
Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman (d. 1912)
1869 –
Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th
President of Brazil (d. 1957)
1871 –
Guillermo Kahlo , German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)
1873 –
A. K. Fazlul Huq , Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th
Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)
1873 –
Thorvald Stauning , Danish union leader and politician, 24th
Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 –
Martin Lowry , English chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1874 –
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , American philanthropist, founded the
Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1876 –
H.B. Warner , English actor (d. 1958)
1878 –
William Kissam Vanderbilt II , American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (d. 1944)
[10]
1880 –
Andrei Bely , Russian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
1881 –
Louis Bastien , French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963)
1883 –
Napoleon Hill , American philosopher and author (d. 1970)
1883 –
Paul Pilgrim , American runner (d. 1958)
1884 –
William Hogenson , American sprinter (d. 1965)
1888 –
Runar Schildt , Finnish author (d. 1925)
[11]
1890 –
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)
1893 –
Miloš Crnjanski , Serbian poet and author (d. 1977)
1894 –
Florence Nagle , English trainer and breeder of
racehorses (d. 1988)
1899 –
Judy Johnson , American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1900 –
Ibrahim Abboud , Sudanese politician and general, 1st
President of Sudan (d. 1983)
[12]
1900 –
Karin Boye , Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941)
[13]
1901–present
1902 –
Beryl Markham , Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)
1902 –
Jack Sharkey , American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1902 –
Henrietta Hill Swope , American astronomer and academic (d. 1980)
1903 –
Mahn Ba Khaing , Burmese politician (d. 1947)
1905 –
George Bernard Flahiff , Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)
1906 –
Primo Carnera , Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)
[14]
1909 –
Ignace Lepp , French psychologist and author (d. 1966)
1909 –
Dante Quinterno , Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1910 –
John Krol , American cardinal (d. 1996)
1911 –
Sid Gillman , American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1911 –
Mahalia Jackson , American singer (d. 1972)
1911 –
Sorley MacLean , Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)
1912 –
Don Siegel , American director and producer (d. 1991)
1913 –
Charlie Barnet , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1914 –
Jackie Coogan , American actor and director (d. 1984)
[15]
1915 –
Ray Crawford , American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996)
1915 –
Joe Fry , English race car driver (d. 1950)
1916 –
François Mitterrand , French lawyer and politician, 21st
President of France (d. 1996)
1916 –
Boyd Wagner , American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1919 –
Princess Ashraf of Iran (d. 2016)
1919 –
Frank Bourgholtzer , American journalist (d. 2010)
1919 –
Edward Brooke , American captain and politician, 47th
Massachusetts Attorney General (d. 2015)
1919 –
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
[16]
1920 –
Sarah Lee Lippincott , American astronomer and academic (d. 2019)
1921 –
Joe Fulks , American basketball player (d. 1976)
1922 –
Madelyn Dunham , American grandmother of
Barack Obama (d. 2008)
1922 –
Fred Wood , English actor (d. 2003)
1923 –
Robert Hinde , English zoologist and academic (d. 2016)
1924 –
Shaw Taylor , English actor and television host (d. 2015)
1925 –
Jan Wolkers , Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
1926 –
Panos Gavalas , Greek singer (d. 1988)
1927 –
Warne Marsh , American saxophonist (d. 1987)
1928 –
Francisco Solano López , Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)
1929 –
Neal Matthews Jr. , American country/gospel singer (d. 2000)
1931 –
Suhaila Noah , Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014)
1933 –
Takis Kanellopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1933 –
Andrew P. O'Rourke , American judge and politician (d. 2013)
1934 –
Hot Rod Hundley , American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1934 –
Hans-Joachim Roedelius , German keyboard player and producer
1935 –
Mike Gray , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935 –
Gloria Conyers Hewitt , American mathematician and academic
1936 –
Al Casey , American guitarist (d. 2006)
1936 –
Etelka Kenéz Heka , Hungarian writer, poet and singer
1936 –
Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019)
1936 –
György Pauk , Hungarian violinist and educator
1938 –
Tom Meschery , Chinese-American basketball player
[17]
1940 –
Eddie Henderson , American trumpet player and educator
1940 –
John Horgan , Irish academic and politician
1941 –
Steven Kellogg , American author and illustrator
1941 –
Charlie Landsborough , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 –
Bob Hoskins , English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)
[14]
1942 –
Milton Nascimento , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 –
Zdenko Runjić , Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1942 –
Jonathan Williams , English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014)
1944 –
Jim McCann , Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015)
1945 –
Pat Conroy , American author (d. 2016)
[14]
1945 –
Demetris Th. Gotsis , Greek poet and author
1945 –
Nancy Davis Griffeth , American computer scientist and academic
1945 –
Jaclyn Smith , American actress and producer
[18]
1946 –
Kevin Barron , English electrician and politician
1946 –
Keith Hopwood , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 –
Pat Sajak , American journalist, actor, and game show host
[18]
1946 –
Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican actress and author (d. 2015)
1947 –
Ricardo Asch , Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
1947 –
Ian Ashley , German-English race car driver
1947 –
Hillary Clinton , American lawyer and politician, 67th
United States Secretary of State and 44th
First Lady of the United States
[14]
1947 –
Reg Empey , Northern Irish businessman and politician,
Lord Mayor of Belfast
1947 –
Trevor Joyce , Irish poet and scholar
1947 –
Kenzo Kitakata , Japanese author
1948 –
Toby Harrah , American baseball player and coach
1949 –
Antonio Carpio , Filipino lawyer and jurist,
Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1949 –
Steve Rogers , American baseball player
1949 –
Kevin Sullivan , American wrestler and booker
1951 –
Bootsy Collins , American singer-songwriter and bass player
[18]
1951 –
Tommy Mars , American keyboard player
1951 –
Julian Schnabel , American painter, director, and screenwriter
1952 –
Bobby Bandiera , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 –
Edward Garnier , English lawyer and politician,
Solicitor General for England and Wales
1952 –
Andrew Motion , English poet and author
1952 –
David Was , American singer-songwriter and producer
[18]
1953 –
Roger Allam , British actor
1953 –
Tim Hely Hutchinson , English publisher
1953 –
Joe Meriweather , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1953 –
Keith Strickland , American guitarist and songwriter
[18]
1954 –
Vasilis Hatzipanagis , Greek footballer
1954 –
Adam Mars-Jones , English author and critic
1954 –
D. W. Moffett , American actor and director
[18]
1954 –
James Pickens Jr. , American actor
[14]
1956 –
Stephen Gumley , Australian engineer and businessman
1956 –
Rita Wilson , American actress and producer
[18]
1957 –
Bob Golic , American football player and radio host
1958 –
Shaun Woodward , English journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1959 –
Paul Farmer , American anthropologist and physician
1959 –
Evo Morales , Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th
President of Bolivia
1960 –
Patrick Breen , American actor
[18]
1961 –
Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenyan politician, 4th
President of Kenya
1961 –
Gerald Malloy , American lawyer and politician
1961 –
Dylan McDermott , American actor
[18]
1961 –
Joey Salceda , Filipino politician
1962 –
Cary Elwes , English actor and producer
[18]
1962 –
Jack Morelli , American comic book professional and author
1963 –
Tom Cavanagh , Canadian actor and producer
[14]
1963 –
Ted Demme , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002)
1963 –
Natalie Merchant , American singer-songwriter and pianist
[18]
1964 –
Kikka Sirén , Finnish pop/schlager singer (d. 2005)
[19]
[20]
1965 –
Kelly Rowan , Canadian actress and producer
1965 –
Ken Rutherford , New Zealand cricketer
1966 –
Sverre Gjørvad , Norwegian drummer and composer
1966 –
Masaharu Iwata , Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966 –
Steve Valentine , Scottish actor and magician
[18]
1966 –
Jeanne Zelasko , American journalist and sportscaster
1967 –
Douglas Alexander , Scottish lawyer and politician, former
Minister of State for Europe
1967 –
Keith Urban , Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[18]
1968 –
Miyuki Imori , Japanese actress and singer
1970 –
Dian Bachar , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 –
Lisa Ryder , Canadian actress
1971 –
Jim Butcher , American author
1971 –
Rosemarie DeWitt , American actress
[18]
1971 –
Audley Harrison , English boxer
1971 –
Ronnie Irani , English cricketer
1971 –
Anthony Rapp , American actor and singer
[18]
1972 –
Matsuko Deluxe , Japanese journalist and author
1972 –
Daniel Elena , Monegasque race car driver
1972 –
Raveena Tandon , Indian actress, producer, and former model
1973 –
Austin Healey , English rugby player and sportscaster
1973 –
Seth MacFarlane , American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
[18]
1973 –
Taka Michinoku , Japanese wrestler and trainer
1973 –
Róbert Petrovický , Slovak ice hockey player
[21]
1976 –
Florence Kasumba , Ugandan-German actress
[18]
1976 –
Miikka Kiprusoff , Finnish ice hockey player
[22]
1977 –
Jon Heder , American actor and producer
[18]
1977 –
Marisha Pessl , American author
1978 –
Sari Abacha , Nigerian footballer (d. 2013)
1978 –
Jimmy Aggrey , English footballer and actor
1978 –
Eva Kaili , Greek journalist and politician
1978 –
Antonio Pierce , American football player and coach
[23]
1978 –
CM Punk , American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
[14]
1978 –
Dave Zastudil , American football player
1979 –
Movsar Barayev , Chechen terrorist (d. 2002)
1980 –
Cristian Chivu , Romanian footballer
1980 –
Nick Collison , American basketball player
[24]
1980 –
Claire Cooper , English actress
1980 –
Koichi Watanabe , Japanese kick-boxer
1981 –
Sam Brown , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981 –
Martina Schild , Swiss skier
1981 –
Guy Sebastian , Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
1981 –
Chou Ssu-Chi , Taiwanese baseball player
1982 –
Nicola Adams , English boxer
1982 –
Adam Carroll , Irish race car driver
1983 –
Francisco Liriano , Dominican baseball player
1983 –
Dmitri Sychev , Russian footballer
1983 –
Luke Watson , South African rugby player
1984 –
Sasha Cohen , American figure skater
1984 –
Adriano Correia , Brazilian footballer
1984 –
Mathieu Crépel , French snowboarder
1984 –
Jefferson Farfán , Peruvian footballer
1984 –
Amanda Overmyer , American singer-songwriter
1985 –
Andrea Bargnani , Italian basketball player
1985 –
Kafoumba Coulibaly , Ivorian footballer
1985 –
Monta Ellis , American basketball player
1985 –
Kieran Read , New Zealand rugby player
1986 –
Ibor Bakar , French footballer
1986 –
Jakub Rzeźniczak , Polish footballer
1986 –
Marco Ruben , Argentinian footballer
1986 –
Schoolboy Q , German-American rapper
[18]
1987 –
Abudramae Bamba , Ivorian footballer
1987 –
Shawn Lauvao , American football player
1988 –
Nosliw Rodríguez , Venezuelan politician
[25]
1988 –
Greg Zuerlein , American figure skater
1989 –
Dre Kirkpatrick , American football player
1989 –
Emil Sayfutdinov , Russian motorcycle racer
1990 –
Mark Swanepoel , South African rugby player
1991 –
Riho Iida , Japanese model and actress
1992 –
Joseph Cramarossa , Canadian hockey player
1993 –
Sergey Karasev , Russian basketball player
[26]
1994 –
Waqa Blake , Fijian rugby league player
1994 –
Allie DeBerry , American model and actress
1996 –
Rebecca Tunney , English gymnast
1997 –
Rhenzy Feliz , American actor and singer
[14]
2002 –
Julian Dennison , New Zealand actor
2002 –
Lee Eunsang , South Korean singer
[27]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 –
Matsudaira Tadayori , Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582)
1631 –
Michael Maestlin , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
[29]
1633 –
Horio Tadaharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1596)
1671 –
Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet , English politician (b. 1593)
1675 –
William Sprague , English settler, co-founded
Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
1686 –
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English captain and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
1717 –
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
1751 –
Philip Doddridge , English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
1764 –
William Hogarth , English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
1773 –
Amédée-François Frézier , French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
1803 –
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician,
Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
1806 –
John Graves Simcoe , English general and politician, 1st
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
1817 –
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
1864 –
William T. Anderson , American captain (b. 1838)
1866 –
John Kinder Labatt , Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the
Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
1871 –
Robert Anderson (Civil War) , American general (b. 1805)
1890 –
Carlo Collodi , Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
1896 –
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , French philosopher, academic, and politician,
French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
1897 –
John J. Robison , American politician in Michigan (b. 1824)
[30]
1901–present
1902 –
Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American activist (b. 1815)
1909 –
Itō Hirobumi , Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
[31]
1919 –
Akashi Motojiro , Japanese general (b. 1864)
1927 –
Jūkichi Yagi , Japanese poet (b. 1898)
1930 –
Waldemar Haffkine , Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
1930 –
Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1931 –
Charles Comiskey , American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
1932 –
Margaret Brown , American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
1937 –
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general (b. 1867)
1941 –
Arkady Gaidar , Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
1943 –
Aurel Stein , Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
1944 –
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
1944 –
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1944 –
William Temple , English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
1945 –
Aleksey Krylov , Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
1945 –
Paul Pelliot , French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
1946 –
Ioannis Rallis , Greek lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1947 –
Edwin Savage , English priest and author (b. 1862)
1949 –
Lionel Halsey , English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
1952 –
Hattie McDaniel , American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1956 –
Walter Gieseking , French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1957 –
Gerty Cori , Czech-American biochemist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1957 –
Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
1960 –
Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general (b. 1881)
1961 –
Sadae Inoue , Japanese general (b. 1886)
1962 –
Louise Beavers , American actress (b. 1902)
1963 –
Elizabeth Gunn , New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
1965 –
Sylvia Likens , American murder victim (b. 1949)
1966 –
Alma Cogan , English singer (b. 1932)
1972 –
Igor Sikorsky , Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded
Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
1973 –
Semyon Budyonny ,
Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)
1974 –
Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
1976 –
Deryck Cooke , English musicologist and author (b. 1919)
[32]
1978 –
Alexander Gerschenkron , Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)
1979 –
Park Chung Hee , South Korean general and politician, 3rd
President of South Korea (b. 1917)
1984 –
Gus Mancuso , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1986 –
Jackson Scholz , American runner (b. 1897)
1989 –
Charles J. Pedersen , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1991 –
Sherry Hawco , Canadian gymnast (b. 1964)
[33]
1993 –
Oro , Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
1994 –
Wilbert Harrison , American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)
1995 –
Wilhelm Freddie , Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
1995 –
Gorni Kramer , Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1998 –
Kenkichi Iwasawa , Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
1999 –
Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
1999 –
Eknath Easwaran , Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
2001 –
Hüseyin Hilmi Işık , Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)
2002 –
Jacques Massu , French general (b. 1908)
2002 –
Sally Hoyt Spofford , American ornithologist (b. 1914)
2004 –
Bobby Ávila , Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
2005 –
Keith Parkinson , American illustrator (b. 1958)
2005 –
George Swindin , English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2006 –
Tillman Franks , American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2006 –
Pontus Hultén , Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)
2007 –
Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
2007 –
Friedman Paul Erhardt , German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)
2007 –
Arthur Kornberg , American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize (b. 1918)
2008 –
Tony Hillerman , American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)
2008 –
Delmar Watson , American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
2009 –
Teel Bivins , American lawyer and politician, 18th
United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)
2009 –
Yoshirō Muraki , Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)
2009 –
George Naʻope , American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
2009 –
Troy Smith , American businessman, founded
Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
2010 –
Glen Little , American clown (b. 1925)
2010 –
Mbah Maridjan , Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
2010 –
Romeu Tuma , Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
2011 –
Jona Senilagakali , Fijian physician and politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)
2012 –
Mac Ahlberg , Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
2012 –
Arnold Greenberg , American businessman, co-founded
Snapple (b. 1932)
2012 –
John M. Johansen American architect, designed the
Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
2012 –
Alan Kirschenbaum , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 –
Björn Sieber , Austrian skier (b. 1989)
2012 –
Alan Stretton , Australian general (b. 1922)
2013 –
Ritva Arvelo , Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2013 –
Ron Davies , Welsh photographer (b. 1921)
2013 –
Doug Ireland , American journalist and activist (b. 1946)
2013 –
Al Johnson , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
2013 –
Andries Maseko , South African footballer (b. 1955)
2013 –
Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)
2014 –
Vic Allen , English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
2014 –
Mo Collins , American football player and coach (b. 1976)
2014 –
Germain Gagnon , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2014 –
Senzo Meyiwa , South African footballer (b. 1987)
2014 –
Brian Moore , Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)
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2014 –
Jeff Robinson , American baseball player (b. 1961)
2014 –
Gordy Soltau , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 –
Oscar Taveras , Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)
2015 –
Willis Carto , American activist and theorist (b. 1926)
2015 –
Leo Kadanoff , American physicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 –
Giuseppe Nazzaro , Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)
2017 –
Ali Ashraf Darvishian , Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941)
2021 –
Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932)
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Holidays and observances
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