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Day of the year
December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 27 days remain until the end of the year.
1619 – Thirty-eight
colonists arrive at
Berkeley Hundred ,
Virginia . The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
1623 – 50 Christians are executed in
Edo , Japan, during the
Great Martyrdom of Edo .
[7]
1676 – The
Battle of Lund , becomes the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history.
1745 –
Charles Edward Stuart 's army reaches
Derby , its furthest point during the
Second Jacobite Rising .
1783 – At
Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General
George Washington
bids farewell to his officers .
1786 –
Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of
Saint Barbara ).
1791 – The first edition of
The Observer , the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1804 – The
United States House of Representatives
adopts
articles of impeachment against
Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Chase .
[8]
1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British
Governor-General
Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets
suttee in
Bengal is guilty of
culpable homicide .
1861 – The 109
Electors of the several states of the
Confederate States of America unanimously
elect
Jefferson Davis as
President and
Alexander H. Stephens as
Vice President .
1864 –
American Civil War : In the
Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia , Union cavalry forces defeated Confederate cavalry, opening the way for Sherman's army to approach the coast.
1865 –
North Carolina ratifies
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , followed soon by
Georgia , and
U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
1867 – Former
Minnesota farmer
Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as
the Grange ).
1872 – The American brigantine
Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.
[9]
1875 – Notorious New York City politician
Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
1881 – The first edition of the
Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 –
First Matabele War : A patrol of 34
British South Africa Company soldiers is
ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000
Matabele warriors on the
Shangani River in
Matabeleland .
1906 –
Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans was founded at
Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York .
1909 – In
Canadian football , the
First Grey Cup game is played. The
University of Toronto
Varsity Blues defeat the
Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club , 26–6.
1909 – The
Montreal Canadiens
ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the
National Hockey Association .
1917 – The
Finnish Senate submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the
Republic of Finland and issued a communication to Parliament declaring the
independence of Finland .
[10]
1918 – U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in
Versailles , becoming the first
US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1919 –
Ukrainian War of Independence : The
Polonsky conspiracy is initiated, with an attempt to assassinate the high command of the
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine .
[11]
1928 –
Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the
Archbishop of Canterbury , the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.
[12]
1939 –
World War II :
HMS Nelson is struck by a
mine (laid by
U-31 ) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1942 – World War II:
Carlson's patrol during the
Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 – World War II: In
Yugoslavia , resistance leader Marshal
Josip Broz Tito proclaims a
provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile .
1943 – World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the
Works Progress Administration , because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 – By a vote of 65–7, the
United States Senate approves United States
participation in the
United Nations . (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1948 –
Chinese Civil War : The
SS Kiangya , carrying
Nationalist refugees from
Shanghai , explodes in the
Huangpu River .
[13]
1949 –
Sir Duncan George Stewart , governor of the
Crown Colony of Sarawak , was fatally stabbed by a member of the
Rukun 13 .
1950 –
Korean War :
Jesse L. Brown (the 1st African-American Naval aviator) is killed in action during the
Battle of Chosin Reservoir .
[14]
1950 – Korean War:
Associated Press photographer
Max Desfor photographs hundreds of Korean refugees crossing a downed bridge in the
Taedong River :
1951 Pulitzer Prize winner
Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea .
[15]
1956 – The
Million Dollar Quartet (
Elvis Presley ,
Jerry Lee Lewis ,
Carl Perkins , and
Johnny Cash ) get together at
Sun Studio for the first and last time.
1964 –
Free Speech Movement : Police arrest over 800 students at the
University of California, Berkeley , following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the
UC Regents ' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
[16]
1965 – Launch of
Gemini 7 with crew members
Frank Borman and
Jim Lovell . The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed
space rendezvous performed by the crew of
Gemini 6A .
1969 –
Black Panther Party members
Fred Hampton and
Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 – The
PNS Ghazi , a
Pakistan Navy submarine, sinks during the course of the
Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 .
1971 – During a concert by
Frank Zappa and
The Mothers of Invention at the
Montreux Casino , an audience member fires a
flare gun into the ceiling, causing a fire that destroys the venue.
1974 –
Martinair Flight 138 crashes into the
Saptha Kanya mountain range in
Maskeliya , Sri Lanka, killing 191.
[17]
1977 –
Jean-Bédel Bokassa , president of the
Central African Republic , crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the
Central African Empire .
1977 –
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang,
Johor , killing 100.
1978 – Following the
murder of Mayor George Moscone ,
Dianne Feinstein becomes
San Francisco 's first female
mayor .
1979 – The Hastie fire in
Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest
Bruce George Peter Lee .
1981 – South Africa grants independence to the
Ciskei "
homeland " (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 – The
People's Republic of China adopts its current
constitution .
1983 –
US Navy aircraft from
USS John F. Kennedy and
USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an
F-14 being fired on by an
SA-7 . One
A-6 Intruder and
A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and
one is captured.
[18]
1984 –
Sri Lankan Civil War :
Sri Lankan Army soldiers
kill 107–150 civilians in
Mannar .
1986 – The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the
port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in
an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).
[19]
1991 –
Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in
Beirut ; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in
Lebanon .
1991 –
Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
1992 –
Somali Civil War : President
George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to
Somalia in
Northeast Africa .
1998 – The
Unity Module , the second module of the
International Space Station , is launched.
2005 – Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong
protest for democracy and call on the
government to allow
universal and equal suffrage .
2006 –
Six black youths assault a white teenager in
Jena, Louisiana .
2014 –
Islamic insurgents
kill three
state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in
Grozny . Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
2015 – A
firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of
Cairo , killing 17 people.
2017 – The
Thomas Fire starts near
Santa Paula in
California . It eventually became the largest
wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles (1,140 km2 ) in
Ventura and
Santa Barbara Counties.
2021 –
Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java
erupts , killing at least 68 people.
[20]
1647 –
Daniel Eberlin , German composer (d. 1715)
1660 –
André Campra , French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1667 –
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair , French composer and educator (d. 1737)
1670 –
John Aislabie , English politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
1713 –
Gasparo Gozzi , Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
1727 –
Johann Gottfried Zinn , German anatomist and botanist (d. 1759)
[21]
1777 –
Juliette Récamier , French businesswoman (d. 1849)
1795 –
Thomas Carlyle , Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
1798 –
Jules Armand Dufaure , French lawyer and politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
1817 –
Nikoloz Baratashvili , Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)
1835 –
Samuel Butler , English author and critic (d. 1902)
1844 –
Franz Xavier Wernz , German religious leader, 25th
Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1861 –
Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic poet and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
1865 –
Edith Cavell , English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (
Anglicanism ) (d. 1915)
1867 –
Stanley Argyle , Australian politician, 32nd
Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
1868 –
Jesse Burkett , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
1875 –
Agnes Forbes Blackadder , Scottish medical doctor (d. 1964)
[22]
1875 –
Joe Corbett , American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
1875 –
Rainer Maria Rilke , Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926)
1881 –
Erwin von Witzleben , Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1882 –
Constance Davey , Australian psychologist (d. 1963)
1883 –
Katharine Susannah Prichard , Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
1884 –
R. C. Majumdar , Indian historian (d. 1980)
1887 –
Winifred Carney , Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (d. 1943)
[23]
1892 –
Francisco Franco , Spanish general and dictator,
Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
[24]
1892 –
Liu Bocheng , Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
1893 –
Herbert Read , English poet and critic (d. 1968)
1895 –
Feng Youlan , Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1897 –
Robert Redfield , American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)
1899 –
Karl-Günther Heimsoth , German physician and politician (d. 1934)
1899 –
Charlie Spencer , English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
1903 –
Cornell Woolrich , American author (d. 1968)
1904 –
Albert Norden , German journalist and politician (d. 1982)
1908 –
Alfred Hershey , American bacteriologist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1910 –
Alex North , American composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1910 –
R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 6th
President of India (d. 2009)
1912 –
Pappy Boyington , American colonel and pilot,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
1913 –
Mark Robson , Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
1914 –
Rudolf Hausner , Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1914 –
Claude Renoir , French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1915 –
Eddie Heywood , American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1916 –
Ely Jacques Kahn Jr. , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1919 –
I. K. Gujral , Indian poet and politician, 12th
Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
1920 –
Nadir Afonso , Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
1920 –
Michael Bates , English actor (d. 1978)
1920 –
Jeanne Manford , American educator and activist, co-founded
PFLAG (d. 2013)
1921 –
Deanna Durbin , Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923 –
Charles Keating , American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
1923 –
Eagle Keys , American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
1923 –
John Krish , English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1924 –
John C. Portman Jr. , American architect, designed the
Renaissance Center and
Tomorrow Square (d. 2017)
1925 –
Albert Bandura , Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2021)
1926 –
Ned Romero , American actor and opera singer (d. 2017)
[25]
1929 –
Şakir Eczacıbaşı , Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (d. 2010)
1930 –
Ronnie Corbett , Scottish actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 –
Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
1931 –
Alex Delvecchio , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1931 –
Wally George , American radio and television host (d. 2003)
1932 –
Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and politician, 6th
President of South Korea (d. 2021)
1933 –
Horst Buchholz , German actor (d. 2003)
1933 –
Wink Martindale , American game show host and producer
[26]
1933 –
Dick Ricketts , American baseball and basketball player (d. 1988)
[27]
1934 –
Bill Collins , Australian film critic and author (d. 2019)
1934 –
Victor French , American actor and director (d. 1989)
1935 –
Paul O'Neill , American businessman and politician, 72nd
United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2020)
1936 –
Freddy Cannon , American singer and guitarist
[26]
1936 –
John Giorno , American poet and performance artist (d. 2019)
1937 –
Max Baer Jr. , American actor, director, and producer
[26]
1938 –
Andre Marrou , American lawyer and politician
1938 –
Yvonne Minton , Australian-English soprano and actress
1939 –
Stephen W. Bosworth , American academic and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to South Korea (d. 2016)
1939 –
Joan Brady , American-British author (d. 2024)
1940 –
Gerd Achterberg , German footballer and manager
1940 –
Gary Gilmore , American murderer (d. 1977)
1941 –
Marty Riessen , American tennis player and coach
1942 –
Bob Mosley , American singer-songwriter and bass player
[26]
1944 –
Chris Hillman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[26]
1944 –
Anna McGarrigle , Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
1944 –
François Migault , French race car driver (d. 2012)
1944 –
Dennis Wilson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (d. 1983)
[28]
1945 –
Roberta Bondar , Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
1946 –
Karina , Spanish singer/actress
1947 –
Jane Lubchenco , American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
1948 –
Southside Johnny , American singer-songwriter
[26]
1949 –
Jeff Bridges , American actor
[26]
1949 –
Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup , English air marshal and politician
1950 –
Bjørn Kjellemyr , Norwegian bassist and composer
1951 –
Gary Rossington , American guitarist (d. 2023)
[26]
1951 –
Patricia Wettig , American actress and playwright
[26]
1953 –
Rick Middleton , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1953 –
Jean-Marie Pfaff , Belgian footballer and manager
1954 –
Tony Todd , American actor
[26]
1955 –
Philip Hammond , English businessman and politician, former
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1955 –
Dave Taylor , Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1955 –
Cassandra Wilson , American singer-songwriter and producer
[26]
1956 –
Nia Griffith , Welsh educator and politician, former
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1956 –
Bernard King , American basketball player and sportscaster
1957 –
Raul Boesel , Brazilian race car driver and radio host
1957 –
Eric S. Raymond , American computer programmer and author
1957 –
Lee Smith , American baseball player
[29]
1958 –
Sergei Starikov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
[30]
1960 –
David Green , Nicaraguan-American baseball player
1960 –
Glynis Nunn , Australian heptathlete and hurler
1961 –
Frank Reich , American football player and coach
1961 –
Naomi Robson , American-Australian television host
[31] [
better source needed ]
1962 –
Vinnie Dombroski , American singer-songwriter and musician
[26]
1962 –
Gary Freeman , New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1962 –
Nixon Kiprotich , Kenyan runner
1962 –
Kevin Richardson , English footballer and manager
1963 –
Sergey Bubka , Ukrainian pole vaulter
[28]
1963 –
Nigel Heslop , English rugby player
1964 –
Scott Hastings , Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1964 –
Chelsea Noble , American actress
[26]
1964 –
Marisa Tomei , American actress
[26]
1965 –
Álex de la Iglesia , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 –
Shaun Hollamby , English race car driver and businessman
1965 –
Ulf Kirsten , German footballer and manager
1966 –
Fred Armisen , American actor and musician
[26]
1966 –
Andy Hess , American bass player
1966 –
Suzanne Malveaux , American journalist
[28]
1966 –
Suzette M. Malveaux , American lawyer and academic
1967 –
Guillermo Amor , Spanish footballer and manager
1968 –
Tahir Dawar , Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet (d. 2018)
1969 –
Dionne Farris , American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1969 –
Jay-Z , American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded
Roc-A-Fella Records
[26]
1969 –
Plum Sykes , English journalist and author
1970 –
Kevin Sussman , American actor and comedian
[26]
1971 –
Shannon Briggs , American boxer and actor
1972 –
Jassen Cullimore , Canadian ice hockey player
1972 –
Yūko Miyamura , Japanese voice actress and singer
1973 –
Tyra Banks , American model, actress, and producer
[26]
1973 –
Frank Boeijen , Dutch keyboard player
1973 –
Mina Caputo , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1973 –
Michael Jackson , English footballer and manager
1973 –
Steven Menzies , Australian rugby league player
1973 –
Kate Rusby , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 –
Corliss Williamson , American basketball player and coach
[32]
1974 –
Tadahito Iguchi , Japanese baseball player
1976 –
Kristina Groves , Canadian speed skater
1976 –
Betty Lennox , American basketball player
[33]
1977 –
Ajit Agarkar , Indian cricketer
1977 –
Darvis Patton , American sprinter
1977 –
Morten Veland , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1978 –
Jaclyn Victor , Malaysian singer and actress
1979 –
Ysabella Brave , American singer-songwriter
1979 –
Jay DeMerit , American soccer player
1980 –
Brian Cook , American basketball player
[34]
1980 –
Viktor , Canadian wrestler and manager
1981 –
Brian Vandborg , Danish cyclist
1982 –
Nathan Douglas , English triple jumper
1982 –
Waldo Ponce , Chilean footballer
1982 –
Ho-Pin Tung , Dutch-Chinese race car driver
1982 –
Nick Vujicic , Australian evangelist
[35]
1983 –
Jimmy Bartel , Australian footballer
1983 –
Chinx , American rapper (d. 2015)
[36]
1984 –
Lindsay Felton , American actress
[26]
1984 –
Marco Giambruno , Italian footballer
1984 –
Anna Petrakova , Russian basketball player
1984 –
Joe Thomas , American football player
1985 –
Andrew Brackman , American baseball player
1985 –
Stephen Dawson , Irish footballer
1985 –
Carlos Gómez , Dominican baseball player
1986 –
Kaija Udras , Estonian skier
1986 –
Martell Webster , American basketball player
1987 –
Orlando Brown , American actor and rapper
[26]
1988 –
Yeng Constantino , Filipina singer and songwriter
1988 –
Andriy Pylyavskyi , Ukrainian footballer
1990 –
Lukman Haruna , Nigerian footballer
1990 –
Blake Leary , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Igor Sjunin , Estonian triple jumper
1991 –
Duje Dukan , Croatian basketball player
[37]
1991 –
André Roberson , American basketball player
[38]
1991 –
Reality Winner , American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
[39]
1992 –
Peta Hiku , New Zealand rugby league player
1992 –
Jean-Claude Iranzi , Rwandan footballer
1992 –
Jin , South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
[40]
1992 –
Joe Musgrove , American baseball player
[41]
1992 –
Blake Snell , American baseball player
[42]
1994 –
Gabriel Lundberg , Danish basketball player
[43]
1996 –
Ivan Belikov , Russian footballer
1996 –
Diogo Jota , Portuguese footballer
1996 –
Sebastián Vegas , Chilean footballer
1999 –
Kim Do-yeon , South Korean singer and actress
[44]
530 BC –
Cyrus the Great , king of Persia (b. 600 BC)
749 –
John of Damascus , Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
771 –
Carloman I , Frankish king (b. 751)
870 –
Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin , Irish
bishop
1075 –
Anno II , German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
1131 –
Omar Khayyám , Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1214 –
William the Lion , Scottish king (b. 1143)
[45]
1260 –
Aymer de Valence ,
Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222)
1270 –
Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
1334 –
Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
[46]
1340 –
Henry Burghersh , English bishop and politician,
Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292)
1341 –
Janisław I , Archbishop of Gniezno
1408 –
Valentina Visconti , wife of
Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
1456 –
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)
1459 –
Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1576 –
Georg Joachim Rheticus , Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
1585 –
John Willock , Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
1603 –
Maerten de Vos , Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532)
1609 –
Alexander Hume , Scottish poet (b. 1560)
1637 –
Nicholas Ferrar , English trader (b. 1592)
1642 –
Cardinal Richelieu , French cardinal and politician,
Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)
[47]
1649 –
William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1679 –
Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
1680 –
Thomas Bartholin , Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 –
Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
1732 –
John Gay , English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
[48]
1798 –
Luigi Galvani , Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
1828 –
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1839 –
John Leamy , Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
[49]
1841 –
David Daniel Davis , Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
1845 –
Gregor MacGregor , Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
1850 –
William Sturgeon , English physicist, invented the
electric motor (b. 1783)
1893 –
John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
1897 –
Griffith Rhys Jones , Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1902 –
Charles Dow , American journalist and publisher, co-founded the
Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
1926 –
Ivana Kobilca , Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
1933 –
Stefan George , German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
1935 –
Johan Halvorsen , Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
1935 –
Charles Richet , French physiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1938 –
Tamanishiki San'emon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd
Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1942 –
Juhan Kukk , Estonian politician, 3rd
Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
1942 –
Fritz Löhner-Beda , Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
1944 –
Roger Bresnahan , American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
1945 –
Thomas Hunt Morgan , American geneticist and biologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1945 –
Richárd Weisz , Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (b. 1879)
[50]
1948 –
Frank Benford , American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
1950 –
Jesse L. Brown , 1st African-American Naval aviator (b. 1926)
1954 –
George Shepherd , 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
1955 –
József Galamb , Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
1963 –
Constance Davey , Australian psychologist (b. 1882)
1967 –
Bert Lahr , American actor (b. 1895)
1969 –
Fred Hampton , American
Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
1971 –
Shunryū Suzuki , Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the
San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
1975 –
Hannah Arendt , German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
1976 –
Tommy Bolin , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
1976 –
Benjamin Britten , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
1976 –
W. F. McCoy , Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
1980 –
Francisco de Sá Carneiro , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th
Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980 –
Stanisława Walasiewicz , Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
1980 –
Don Warrington , Canadian football player (b. 1948)
1981 –
Jeanne Block , American psychologist (b. 1923)
1984 –
Jack Mercer , American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
1987 –
Arnold Lobel , American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
1987 –
Rouben Mamoulian , Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1988 –
Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
1992 –
Henry Clausen , American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1993 –
Margaret Landon , American missionary and author (b. 1903)
1993 –
Frank Zappa , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)
1999 –
Rose Bird , American academic and judge, 25th
Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
2000 –
Henck Arron , Surinamese banker and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
2003 –
Iggy Katona , American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 –
Elena Souliotis , Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
2005 –
Errol Brathwaite , New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
2005 –
Gregg Hoffman , American film producer (b. 1963)
2006 –
K. Ganeshalingam , Sri Lankan accountant and politician,
Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
2006 –
Ross A. McGinnis , American soldier,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
2007 –
Pimp C , American rapper (b. 1973)
2009 –
Liam Clancy , Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)
2010 –
King Curtis Iaukea , American wrestler (b. 1937)
2011 –
Sonia Pierre , Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965)
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2011 –
Sócrates , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2011 –
Hubert Sumlin , American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2012 –
Vasily Belov , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2012 –
Jack Brooks , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
2012 –
Miguel Calero , Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
2012 –
Anthony Deane-Drummond , English general (b. 1917)
2013 –
Joana Raspall i Juanola , Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
2014 –
Claudia Emerson , American poet and academic (b. 1957)
2014 –
V. R. Krishna Iyer , Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2014 –
Vincent L. McKusick , American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
2014 –
Jeremy Thorpe , English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2015 –
Bill Bennett , Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th
Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932)
2015 –
Robert Loggia , American actor and director (b. 1930)
2015 –
Yossi Sarid , Israeli journalist and politician, 15th
Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940)
2016 –
Patricia Robins , British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921)
2017 –
Shashi Kapoor , Indian actor (b. 1938)
2022 –
Bob McGrath , American singer and actor (b. 1932)
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2022 –
Patrick Tambay , French race car driver (b. 1949)
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