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Day of the year
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 89 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1912 – U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the
Battle of Coyotepe Hill .
1918 – Tsar
Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
1919 –
Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a
World Series .
1929 – The
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King
Alexander I .
1932 – The
Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1935 –
Second Italo-Abyssinian War : Italy
invades Ethiopia .
1942 – A German
V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
1943 –
World War II : German forces murder 92 civilians in
Lingiades , Greece.
1946 – An
American Overseas Airlines
Douglas DC-4
crashes near
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in
Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada, killing 39.
[4]
1949 –
WERD , the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
1951 – Korean War: The
First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
1952 – The United Kingdom
successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the
Montebello Islands ,
Western Australia , to become the world's third nuclear power.
1957 – The
California State Superior Court rules that the book
Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
1962 –
Project Mercury : US astronaut
Wally Schirra , in
Sigma 7 , is launched from
Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
1963 –
A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
1981 – The
hunger strike at the
Maze Prison in
Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
1985 – The
Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two
DSCS-III Satellites on
STS-51-J .
1986 –
TASCC , a superconducting cyclotron at the
Chalk River Laboratories in
Canada , is officially opened.
1989 – A
coup in
Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
1990 – The
German Democratic Republic
is abolished and becomes part of the
Federal Republic of Germany ; the event is afterwards celebrated as
German Unity Day .
[5]
1991 –
Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the
Nobel Prize in Literature .
[6]
1993 – An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu
fails ; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
1995 –
O. J. Simpson murder case :
O. J. Simpson is
acquitted of the murders of
Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ronald Goldman .
2008 – The
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
2009 –
Azerbaijan ,
Kazakhstan ,
Kyrgyzstan , and
Turkey join in the
Turkic Council .
2013 – At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat
sinks near the Italian island of
Lampedusa .
2015 – Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the
Kunduz hospital airstrike in
Afghanistan .
[7]
2021 – Eight people are killed
in an airplane crash near
Milan , Italy.
[8]
2022 –
Svante Pääbo is
awarded the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
[9]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1610 –
Gabriel Lalemant , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
[11]
1631 –
Sebastian Anton Scherer , German organist and composer (d. 1712)
1637 –
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ,
Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1720)
1713 –
Antoine Dauvergne , French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1716 –
Giovanni Battista Beccaria , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
1720 –
Johann Uz , German poet and judge (d. 1796)
[12]
1790 –
John Ross , American tribal chief (d. 1866)
1797 –
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1800 –
George Bancroft , American historian and politician, 17th
United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
1804 –
Townsend Harris , American merchant, politician, and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
1804 –
Allan Kardec , French author, translator, educator and founder of modern
Spiritism (d. 1869)
1828 –
Woldemar Bargiel , German composer and educator (d. 1897)
1837 –
Nicolás Avellaneda , Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th
President of Argentina (d. 1885)
1846 –
James Jackson Putnam , American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
1848 –
Henry Lerolle , French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
1858 –
Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (d. 1924)
[13]
1862 –
Johnny Briggs , English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
1863 –
Pyotr Kozlov , Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
1865 –
Gustave Loiseau , French painter (d. 1935)
1866 –
Josephine Sabel , American singer and comedian (d. 1945)
1867 –
Joseph Beech , American Methodist missionary and educator (d. 1954)
[14]
1867 –
Pierre Bonnard , French painter (d. 1947)
1869 –
Alfred Flatow , German gymnast (d. 1942)
1875 –
Dr. Atl , Mexican painter (d. 1964)
1879 –
Warner Oland , Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
1882 –
A. Y. Jackson , Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
1885 –
Sophie Treadwell , American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1886 –
Alain-Fournier , French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
1888 –
Wade Boteler , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
1889 –
Carl von Ossietzky , German journalist and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
1890 –
Emilio Portes Gil , Mexican politician,
President of Mexico (d. 1978)
1894 –
Elmer Robinson , American lawyer and politician, 33rd
Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
1894 –
Walter Warlimont , German general (d. 1976)
1895 –
Giovanni Comisso , Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
1895 –
Sergei Yesenin , Russian poet (d. 1925)
1896 –
Auvergne Doherty , Australian businesswoman (d.
1961 )
1896 –
Gerardo Diego , Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
1897 –
Louis Aragon , French author and poet (d. 1982)
1898 –
Leo McCarey , American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1898 –
Adolf Reichwein , German economist and educator (d. 1944)
1899 –
Gertrude Berg , American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
[15]
1900 –
Thomas Wolfe , American novelist (d. 1938)
1901–present
1901 –
Jean Grémillon , French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
1904 –
Ernst-Günther Schenck , German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
1905 –
Tekin Arıburun , Turkish soldier and politician,
President of Turkey (d. 1993)
1906 –
Natalie Savage Carlson , American author (d. 1997)
1908 –
Johnny Burke , American songwriter (d. 1964)
1911 –
Michael Hordern , English actor (d. 1995)
1912 –
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax , British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980)
1915 –
Ray Stark , American film producer (d. 2004)
1916 –
James Herriot , English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1919 –
James M. Buchanan , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1921 –
Ray Lindwall , Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
1923 –
Edward Oliver LeBlanc , Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st
Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
1924 –
Harvey Kurtzman , American cartoonist (d. 1993)
1924 –
Arkady Vorobyov , Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
1925 –
Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (d. 2023)
[16]
1925 –
Gore Vidal , American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)
[17]
1925 –
George Wein , American pianist and producer, co-founded the
Newport Folk Festival (d. 2021)
1926 –
Gerardo P. Cabochan , Filipino politician (d. 2014)
[18]
1928 –
Erik Bruhn , Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
1928 –
Shridath Ramphal , Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd
Commonwealth Secretary-General
1931 –
Glenn Hall , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[17]
1933 –
Neale Fraser , Australian tennis player
1934 –
Benjamin Boretz , American composer and theorist
1934 –
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas , Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
1934 –
Harold Henning , South African golfer (d. 2004)
1934 –
Simon Nicholson , English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
1935 –
Charles Duke , American general, pilot, and astronaut
[19]
1935 –
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan , Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (d. 2020)
[20]
1936 –
Steve Reich , American composer
[21]
1938 –
Eddie Cochran , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
1938 –
David Hart Dyke , English captain
1938 –
Jack Hodgins , Canadian author and academic
1938 –
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski , Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th
President of Peru
[22]
1939 –
Bob Armstrong , American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020)
1940 –
Alan O'Day , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1940 –
Jean Ratelle , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 –
Mike Troy , American swimmer (d. 2019)
1941 –
Chubby Checker , American singer-songwriter
[21]
1941 –
Andrea de Adamich , Italian racing driver and sportscaster
1941 –
John Elliott , Australian businessman (d. 2021)
1941 –
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca , Romanian historian and philologist (d. 2017)
[23]
1942 –
Alan Rachins , American actor
[21]
1943 –
Jeff Bingaman , American soldier and politician, 25th
Attorney General of New Mexico
1943 –
Baki İlkin , Turkish civil servant and diplomat
1944 –
Pierre Deligne , Belgian mathematician and academic
1944 –
Bob Riley , American politician, 52nd
Governor of Alabama
[24]
1945 –
Tony Brown , English footballer and sportscaster
1945 –
Christopher Bruce , English dancer and choreographer
1945 –
Jo Ritzen , Dutch economist and politician,
Dutch Minister of Education
1946 –
P. P. Arnold , American soul singer
1947 –
John Perry Barlow , American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (d. 2018)
1947 –
Ben Cauley , American trumpet player and songwriter (d. 2015)
1947 –
Fred DeLuca , American businessman (d. 2015)
1947 –
Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
1947 –
Takis Michalos , Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
1949 –
Lindsey Buckingham , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[21]
1949 –
J. P. Dutta , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 –
Aleksandr Rogozhkin , Russian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1949 –
Laurie Simmons , American photographer and director
1950 –
Ronnie Laws , American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
[21]
1951 –
Keb' Mo' , American blues musician and songwriter
[21]
1951 –
Kathryn D. Sullivan , American geologist and astronaut
[17]
1951 –
Dave Winfield , American baseball player and sportscaster
1952 –
Bruce Arians , American football coach
1952 –
Gary Troup , New Zealand cricketer
1954 –
Eddie DeGarmo , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1954 –
Dennis Eckersley , American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 –
Al Sharpton , American minister, talk show host, and political activist
[17]
1954 –
Stevie Ray Vaughan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1990)
[17]
1955 –
Moshe Kam , American engineering educator
1955 –
John S. Lesmeister , American educator and politician, 30th
North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
1955 –
Allen Woody , American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000)
1955 –
Buket Uzuner , Turkish author
1956 –
Hart Bochner , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[21]
1957 –
Roberto Azevêdo , Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th
Director-General of the World Trade Organization
1957 –
Tim Westwood , English radio and television host
1958 –
Chen Yanyin , Chinese sculptor
1958 –
Louise Lecavalier , Canadian dancer and choreographer
1959 –
Craig Bellamy , Australian rugby league player and coach
1959 –
Fred Couples , American golfer
[17]
1959 –
Greg Proops , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
[21]
1959 –
Frank Stephenson , Italian automotive designer and blogger
[25]
1959 –
Jack Wagner , American actor and singer
[21]
1961 –
Rebecca Stephens , English journalist and mountaineer
1961 –
Ludger Stühlmeyer , German cantor, composer, and musicologist
1962 –
Tommy Lee , Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
[21]
1962 –
Simon Scarrow , Nigerian-English novelist
1963 –
Benny Anders , American basketball player
1963 –
Dan Goldie , American tennis player
1964 –
Clive Owen , English actor
[17]
1965 –
Annemarie Verstappen , Dutch swimmer
1965 –
Jan-Ove Waldner , Swedish table tennis player
1966 –
Darrin Fletcher , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 –
Rob Liefeld , American author and illustrator
1967 –
Chris Collingwood , English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968 –
Paul Crichton , English footballer and manager
1968 –
Greg Foster , American basketball player and coach
1968 –
Marko Rajamäki , Finnish footballer and manager
1968 –
Donald Sild , Estonian javelin thrower
1969 –
Garry Herbert , English rower and sportscaster
1969 –
Janel Moloney , American actress
[21]
1969 –
Gwen Stefani , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
[21]
1969 –
Tetsuya , Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1970 –
Elmar Liitmaa , Estonian guitarist and songwriter
1970 –
Jimmy Ray , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 –
Wil Cordero , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1971 –
Kevin Richardson , American singer-songwriter and actor
[21]
1972 –
Komla Dumor , Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
1972 –
G. Love , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
[21]
1972 –
Michael Nylander , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
[26]
1972 –
Guy Oseary , Israeli-American talent manager and businessman
1973 –
Keiko Agena , American actress
[21]
1973 –
Neve Campbell , Canadian actress
[27]
1973 –
Angélica Gavaldón , American-Mexican tennis player and coach
1973 –
Lena Headey , British actress
[21]
1973 –
Eirik Hegdal , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1974 –
Mike Johnson , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 –
Antti Laaksonen , Finnish ice hockey player
[28]
1974 –
Marianne Timmer , Dutch speed skater
1975 –
India Arie , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[21]
1975 –
Phil Greening , English rugby player and coach
1975 –
Satoko Ishimine , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 –
Talib Kweli , American rapper
[21]
1975 –
Alanna Ubach , American actress
[21]
1976 –
Herman Li , Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
1976 –
Seann William Scott , American actor and producer
[21]
1977 –
Daniel Hollie , American wrestler
1977 –
Eric Munson , American baseball player and coach
1977 –
Luca Tognozzi , Italian footballer
1978 –
Gerald Asamoah , Ghanaian-German footballer
1978 –
Neil Clement , English footballer
1978 –
Claudio Pizarro , Peruvian footballer
1978 –
Jake Shears , American singer-songwriter
1978 –
Shannyn Sossamon , American actress
[21]
1979 –
Josh Klinghoffer , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
[21]
1979 –
John Morrison , American wrestler and actor
1980 –
Anquan Boldin , American football player
1980 –
Sheldon Brookbank , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 –
Lindsey Kelk , English journalist and author
1980 –
Danny O'Donoghue , Irish singer-songwriter and producer
1980 –
Héctor Reynoso , Mexican footballer
1980 –
Ivan Turina , Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
1981 –
Danny Coid , English footballer
1981 –
Zlatan Ibrahimović , Swedish footballer
1981 –
Andreas Isaksson , Swedish footballer
1981 –
Jonna Lee , Swedish singer and musician
1981 –
Ronald Rauhe , German kayaker
[29]
1981 –
Matt Sparrow , English footballer
1983 –
Thiago Alves , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1983 –
Fred , Brazilian footballer
1983 –
Mark Giordano , Canadian ice hockey player
[30]
1983 –
Andreas Papathanasiou , Cypriot footballer
1983 –
Tessa Thompson , American actress
[21]
1984 –
Yoon Eun-hye , South Korean singer and actress
1984 –
Bruno Gervais , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Jessica Parker Kennedy , Canadian actress
1984 –
Anthony Le Tallec , French footballer
1984 –
Chris Marquette , American actor
[21]
1984 –
Gary Neal , American basketball player and coach
[31]
1984 –
Ashlee Simpson , American singer-songwriter and actress
[21]
1985 –
Courtney Lee , American basketball player
1986 –
Lewis Brown , New Zealand rugby league player
1986 –
Jackson Martínez , Colombian footballer
1987 –
Starley , Australian pop singer
1988 –
Dustin Gazley , American ice hockey player
1988 –
ASAP Rocky , American rapper and songwriter
[32]
1988 –
Alicia Vikander , Swedish actress
[21]
1989 –
Nate Montana , American football player
1989 –
Alex Trimble , Irish singer
1990 –
Johan Le Bon , French cyclist
1991 –
Jenny McLoughlin , English sprinter
1991 –
Aki Takajo , Japanese singer
1993 –
Raffaele Di Gennaro , Italian footballer
1994 –
Victoria Bosio , Argentinian tennis player
1994 –
Seth Jones , American ice hockey player
[33]
1995 –
Mike Gesicki , American football player
[34]
1995 –
Artyom Zub , Russian ice hockey player
[35]
1997 –
Jin Boyang , Chinese figure skater
1997 –
Jonathan Isaac , American basketball player
[36]
2001 –
Anton Lundell , Finnish ice hockey player
[37]
2001 –
Max Plath , Australian rugby league player
[38]
2004 –
Noah Schnapp , American actor
[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
42 BC –
Gaius Cassius Longinus , Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
723 –
Elias I of Antioch , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
[40]
818 –
Ermengarde , queen of the
Franks
[41]
900 –
Muhammad ibn Zayd , Tabaristan emir
959 –
Gérard of Brogne , Frankish
abbot
1078 –
Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
1226 –
Francis of Assisi , Italian friar and saint (b. 1181 or 1182)
[42]
1283 –
Dafydd ap Gruffydd , Welsh prince (b. 1238)
1369 –
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1399 –
Eleanor de Bohun , English noble (b. 1360)
1568 –
Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
1596 –
Florent Chrestien , French poet (b. 1541)
1601–1900
1611 –
Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
1629 –
Giorgi Saakadze , Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
1649 –
Giovanni Diodati , Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
1653 –
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn , Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
1656 –
Myles Standish , English captain (b. 1584)
1690 –
Robert Barclay , Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd
Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
1701 –
Joseph Williamson , English politician,
Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
1795 –
Tula , Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)
[43]
1801 –
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur , French general and politician,
French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
1833 –
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat , French general and engineer (b. 1754)
1838 –
Black Hawk , American tribal leader (b. 1767)
1860 –
Rembrandt Peale , American painter and curator (b. 1778)
1867 –
Elias Howe , American engineer, invented the
sewing machine (b. 1819)
1873 –
Kintpuash , American tribal leader (b. 1837)
1877 –
James Roosevelt Bayley , American archbishop (b. 1814)
1877 –
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega , Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
[44]
1881 –
Orson Pratt , American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 –
Joseph Hergenröther , German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
1891 –
Édouard Lucas , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
1896 –
William Morris , English author and poet (b. 1834)
1901–present
1907 –
Jacob Nash Victor , American engineer (b. 1835)
1910 –
Lucy Hobbs Taylor , American dentist (b. 1833)
[45]
1911 –
Rosetta Jane Birks , Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
[46]
1917 –
Eduardo Di Capua , Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
1929 –
Jeanne Eagels , American actress (b. 1894)
1929 –
Gustav Stresemann , German politician,
Chancellor of Germany ,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
1931 –
Carl Nielsen , Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
1936 –
John Heisman , American football player and coach (b. 1869)
1953 –
Arnold Bax , English composer and poet (b. 1883)
1959 –
Tochigiyama Moriya , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th
Yokozuna (b. 1892)
1963 –
Refet Bele , Turkish general (b. 1877)
1965 –
Zachary Scott , American actor (b. 1914)
1966 –
Rolf Maximilian Sievert , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
1967 –
Woody Guthrie , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
1967 –
Malcolm Sargent , English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1969 –
Skip James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
1979 –
Nicos Poulantzas , Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1980 –
Friedrich Karm , Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
1981 –
Anna Hedvig Büll , Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
1986 –
Vince DiMaggio , American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1987 –
Jean Anouilh , French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1987 –
Kalervo Palsa , Finnish painter (b. 1947)
1988 –
Franz Josef Strauss , Bavarian lieutenant and politician,
Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
1990 –
Stefano Casiraghi , Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
1990 –
Eleanor Steber , American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
1993 –
Katerina Gogou , Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
1993 –
Gary Gordon , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1993 –
Randy Shughart , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1994 –
John C. Champion , American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1994 –
Dub Taylor , American actor (b. 1907)
1995 –
Ma. Po. Si. , Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
1997 –
Michael Adekunle Ajasin , Nigerian politician, 3rd
Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
1998 –
Roddy McDowall , English-American actor (b. 1928)
1999 –
Akio Morita , Japanese businessman, co-founded
Sony (b. 1921)
2000 –
Benjamin Orr , American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
2001 –
Costas Hajihristos , Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2002 –
Bruce Paltrow , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2003 –
Florence Stanley , American actress (b. 1924)
2003 –
William Steig , American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
2004 –
John Cerutti , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2004 –
Janet Leigh , American actress (b. 1927)
2005 –
Ronnie Barker , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2005 –
Nurettin Ersin , Turkish general (b. 1918)
2006 –
Lucilla Andrews , Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
2006 –
John Crank , English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
[47]
2006 –
Peter Norman , Australian runner (b. 1942)
2006 –
Alberto Ramento , Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
2007 –
M. N. Vijayan , Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
2009 –
Vladimir Beekman , Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
[48]
2010 –
Ben Mondor , Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
2010 –
Abraham Sarmiento , Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
2012 –
Abdul Haq Ansari , Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
2012 –
Robert F. Christy , American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
2012 –
Albie Roles , English footballer (b. 1921)
2013 –
Sari Abacha , Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
2013 –
Sergei Belov , Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 –
Joan Thirsk , English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
2014 –
Ewen Gilmour , New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
2014 –
Benedict Groeschel , American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2014 –
Jean-Jacques Marcel , French footballer (b. 1931)
2014 –
Kevin Metheny , American businessman (b. 1954)
[49]
2014 –
Ward Ruyslinck , Belgian author (b. 1929)
2015 –
Denis Healey , English soldier and politician,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
2015 –
Muhammad Nawaz Khan , Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
2015 –
Javed Iqbal , Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
2021 –
Todd Akin , American politician (b. 1947)
[50]
2021 –
Dan Petrescu , Romanian businessman and billionaire (b. 1953)
[51]
[52]
Holidays and observances
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