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Day of the year
October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 88 days remain until the end of the year.
1917 –
World War I : The
Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
1918 – World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and
destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
1920 – The
Mannerheim League for Child Welfare , a Finnish
non-governmental organization , is founded on the initiative of
Sophie Mannerheim .
[4]
1925 –
Great Syrian Revolt : Rebels led by
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
captured
Hama from the
French Mandate of Syria .
[5]
1925 –
S2 , a Finnish
Sokol class
torpedo boat , sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of
Pori in the
Gulf of Bothnia , taking with it the whole crew of 53.
[6]
1927 –
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting
Mount Rushmore .
1936 – The
Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the
Battle of Cable Street .
1941 – Norman Rockwell's
Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of
The Saturday Evening Post .
1957 –
Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
[7]
1958 – The current
constitution of France is adopted.
1960 – An
airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
1963 –
Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
1965 –
Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
1966 –
Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
1967 –
Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
1983 –
Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
1985 – The
Free Software Foundation is founded.
1991 – The
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1992 – The
Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
1992 –
El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
1993 –
Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two
UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.
1993 – Tanks
bombard the Russian parliament , while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
1997 – The
second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
2001 –
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
2003 – The
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
2004 –
SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
2006 –
WikiLeaks is launched.
2010 – The
Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.
2017 – Joint Nigerien-American
Special Forces are
ambushed by
Islamic State militants outside the village of
Tongo Tongo .
2021 –
Bubba Wallace becomes the first African-American Driver in the modern era of
NASCAR to win a major race.
[8]
2022 –
Alain Aspect ,
John F. Clauser and
Anton Zeilinger are jointly awarded the
Nobel Prize in Physics .
[9]
1160 –
Alys, Countess of the Vexin , daughter of
Louis VII of France (d. c.
1220 )
1274 –
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1319)
1276 –
Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)
1289 –
Louis X of France (d. 1316)
1331 –
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond , Irish politician,
Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 1382)
1379 –
Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
1507 –
Francis Bigod , English noble (d. 1537)
1515 –
Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (d. 1586)
1522 –
Gabriele Paleotti , Catholic cardinal (d. 1597)
1524 –
Francisco Vallés , Spanish physician (d. 1592)
1532 –
Francisco de Toledo , Catholic cardinal (d. 1596)
1542 –
Robert Bellarmine , Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621)
1550 –
Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
[10]
1562 –
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647)
1570 –
Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (d. 1637)
1579 –
Guido Bentivoglio , Italian cardinal (d. 1644)
1585 –
Anna of Tyrol , Holy Roman Empress (d. 1618)
1625 –
Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (d. 1661)
1626 –
Richard Cromwell , English academic and politician,
Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
1633 –
Bernardino Ramazzini , Italian physician (d. 1714)
1657 –
Francesco Solimena , Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1747)
1694 –
Lord George Murray , Scottish Jacobite General (d. 1760)
1720 –
Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778)
1723 –
Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , German entomologist and author (d. 1798)
1759 –
Louis François Antoine Arbogast , French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)
1768 –
Francisco José de Caldas , Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (d. 1816)
1787 –
François Guizot , French historian and politician, 22nd
Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)
1793 –
Charles Pearson , English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)
1807 –
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Premier of Canada East (d. 1864)
1814 –
Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (d. 1875)
1822 –
Rutherford B. Hayes , American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th
President of the United States (d. 1893)
1835 –
Jenny Twitchell Kempton , American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)
1836 –
Juliette Adam , French author (d. 1936)
[11]
1837 –
Auguste-Réal Angers , Canadian judge and politician, 6th
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1919)
1841 –
Prudente de Morais , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Brazil (d. 1912)
1841 –
Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
1843 –
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas , Palestinian nun and
Catholic Saint (d. 1927)
1858 –
Léon Serpollet , French businessman (d. 1903)
1861 –
Walter Rauschenbusch , American pastor and theologian (d. 1918)
1861 –
Frederic Remington , American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
1862 –
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger , sister-in-law of
Vincent van Gogh , who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (d. 1925).
[12]
1862 –
Edward Stratemeyer , American author and publisher (d. 1930)
1868 –
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th
President of Argentina (d. 1942)
1874 –
John Ellis , English executioner (d. 1932)
1876 –
Florence Eliza Allen , American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960)
1877 –
Razor Smith , English cricketer (d. 1946)
1879 –
Robert Edwards , American artist, musician, and writer (d. 1948)
[13]
1880 –
Damon Runyon , American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)
1881 –
Walther von Brauchitsch , German field marshal (d. 1948)
1884 –
Ramchandra Shukla , Indian historian and author (d. 1941)
1888 –
Lucy Tayiah Eads , American tribal chief (d. 1961)
1888 –
Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
1890 –
Alan L. Hart , American physician and author (d. 1962)
1890 –
Osman Cemal Kaygılı , Turkish writer and journalist (d. 1945)
1892 –
Engelbert Dollfuss , Austrian soldier and politician, 14th
Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)
1892 –
Hermann Glauert , English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934)
1892 –
Robert Lawson , American author and illustrator (d. 1957)
1895 –
Buster Keaton , American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1895 –
Richard Sorge , German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
1896 –
Dorothy Lawrence , English reporter, who
secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during
World War I (d. 1964)
1900 –
August Mälk , Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987)
1903 –
Bona Arsenault , Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993)
1903 –
John Vincent Atanasoff , American physicist and academic, invented the
Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995)
1903 –
Pierre Garbay , French general (d. 1980)
1903 –
Ernst Kaltenbrunner , Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
1906 –
Mary Celine Fasenmyer , American mathematician (d. 1996)
1907 –
Alain Daniélou , French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)
1910 –
Frankie Crosetti , American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
1910 –
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı , Turkish poet and author (d. 1956)
1911 –
Mary Two-Axe Earley , Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996)
[14]
1913 –
Martial Célestin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
1914 –
Jim Cairns , Australian economist and politician, 4th
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2003)
1914 –
Brendan Gill , American journalist and essayist (d. 1997)
1916 –
Vitaly Ginzburg , Russian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 –
Jan Murray , American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
1916 –
George Sidney , American director and producer (d. 2002)
1916 –
Ken Wood , inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (d. 1997)
1917 –
Violeta Parra , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1918 –
Kenichi Fukui , Japanese chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1921 –
Stella Pevsner , American children's author (d. 2020)
[15]
1922 –
Malcolm Baldrige Jr. , American businessman and politician, 26th
United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
1922 –
Shin Kyuk-ho , South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded
Lotte Group (d. 2020)
1922 –
Don Lenhardt , American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1923 –
Charlton Heston , American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)
[16]
1924 –
Donald J. Sobol , American soldier and author (d. 2012)
1925 –
Roger Wood , Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
1926 –
Raymond Watson , American businessman (d. 2012)
1927 –
Wolf Kahn , American painter and academic (d. 2020)
1928 –
Alvin Toffler , German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1928 –
Torben Ulrich , Danish-American tennis player (d. 2023)
1929 –
Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (d. 1968)
1929 –
John E. Mack , American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1929 –
Leroy Van Dyke , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[17]
1931 –
Terence Conran , English designer and businessman (d. 2020)
1931 –
Basil D'Oliveira , South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)
1931 –
Richard Rorty , American philosopher and author (d. 2007)
1932 –
Felicia Farr , American actress and model
[17]
1933 –
German Moreno , Filipino television host and actor (d. 2016)
1933 –
Ann Thwaite , English author
1934 –
Sam Huff , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
[16]
1935 –
Jimmy Orr , American football player (d. 2020)
[18]
1936 –
Charlie Hurley , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024)
1936 –
Giles Radice, Baron Radice , English politician (d. 2022)
1937 –
Jackie Collins , English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
[16]
1937 –
David Crocker , American philosopher and academic
1937 –
Gail Gilmore , Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
1937 –
Lloyd Green , American steel guitar player
1937 –
Jim Sillars , Scottish lawyer and politician
1938 –
Norman D. Wilson , American actor (d. 2004)
1938 –
Kurt Wüthrich , Swiss chemist and biophysicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
1939 –
Ivan Mauger , New Zealand speedway rider (d. 2018)
1940 –
Vic Hadfield , Canadian ice hockey player
1940 –
Silvio Marzolini , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1940 –
Steve Swallow , American bass player and composer
1940 –
Alberto Vilar , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2021)
1941 –
Roy Blount Jr. , American humorist and journalist
[17]
1941 –
Karen Cushman , American author
1941 –
Karl Oppitzhauser , Austrian race car driver
1941 –
Anne Rice , American author (d. 2021)
[16]
1941 –
Frank Stagg , Irish hunger striker (d. 1976)
[19]
1941 –
Robert Wilson , American director and playwright
1942 –
Bernice Johnson Reagon , American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
[20]
1942 –
Karl W. Richter , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967)
1942 –
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , Icelandic politician, 24th
Prime Minister of Iceland
1942 –
Christopher Stone , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1943 –
H. Rap Brown , American activist
[16]
1943 –
Owen Davidson , Australian tennis player (d. 2023)
1943 –
Karl-Gustav Kaisla , Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012)
1943 –
Dietmar Mürdter , German footballer
1943 –
Jimy Williams , American baseball player and manager (d. 2024)
1944 –
Colin Bundy , South African-English historian and academic
1944 –
Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 –
Tony La Russa , American baseball player and manager
[16]
1944 –
John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith , Scottish educator and politician
1945 –
Clifton Davis , American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
[17]
1946 –
Larry Clapp , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1946 –
Chuck Hagel , American sergeant and politician, 24th
United States Secretary of Defense
1946 –
Michael Mullen , American admiral
1946 –
Susan Sarandon , American actress and activist
[17]
1947 –
Julien Clerc , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 –
Jim Fielder , American bass player
1947 –
Ann Widdecombe , English politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1948 –
Iain Hewitson , New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
1948 –
Linda McMahon , American businesswoman and politician
1948 –
Duke Robillard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 –
Armand Assante , American actor and producer
[17]
1949 –
Stephen Gyllenhaal , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 –
Alan Rosenberg , American actor
[17]
1951 –
Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet and author
1951 –
Truck Robinson , American basketball player and coach
[21]
1952 –
Anita DeFrantz , American rower and sports administrator
1952 –
Jody Stephens , American rock drummer
1952 –
Zinha Vaz , Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
1953 –
Gil Moore , Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1953 –
Andreas Vollenweider , Swiss harp player
1955 –
John Rutherford , Scottish rugby player
1955 –
Jorge Valdano , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956 –
Lesley Glaister , English author and playwright
1956 –
Charlie Leibrandt , American baseball player
1956 –
Sherri Turner , American golfer
1956 –
Christoph Waltz , Austrian-German actor
[17]
1957 –
Bill Fagerbakke , American actor
[17]
1957 –
Yngve Moe , Norwegian bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
1957 –
Russell Simmons , American businessman, founded
Def Jam Recordings and
Phat Farm
[17]
1958 –
Barbara Kooyman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 –
Wendy Makkena , American actress
[17]
1958 –
Anneka Rice , Welsh radio and television host
1959 –
Chris Lowe , English singer and keyboard player
[17]
1959 –
Tony Meo , English snooker player
1959 –
Hitonari Tsuji , Japanese author, composer, and director
1960 –
Joe Boever , American baseball player
1960 –
Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (d. 2016)
1961 –
Philippe Russo , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 –
Jon Secada , Cuban-American singer-songwriter
[17]
1961 –
Kazuki Takahashi , Japanese author and illustrator, created
Yu-Gi-Oh! (d. 2022)
1962 –
Carlos Carsolio , Mexican mountaineer
1963 –
A.C. Green , American basketball player
1963 –
Koji Ishikawa , Japanese author and illustrator
1964 –
Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2009)
1964 –
Yvonne Murray , Scottish runner
[22]
1965 –
Olaf Backasch , German footballer
1965 –
Skip Heller , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 –
Steve Olin , American baseball player (d. 1993)
1965 –
Micky Ward , American boxer
1967 –
Vicky Bullett , American basketball player and coach
[23]
1967 –
Nick Green , Australian rower
1967 –
Liev Schreiber , American actor and director
[17]
1968 –
Richard Hancox , English footballer and manager
1968 –
Tim Wise , American activist and author
1969 –
Abraham Benrubi , American actor
[17]
1971 –
Darren Middleton , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
Kurt Thomas , American basketball player
1973 –
M. Ward , American singer-songwriter
[17]
1974 –
Paco León , Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 –
Cristiano Lucarelli , Italian footballer and manager
1976 –
Mauro Camoranesi , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
1976 –
Elisandro Naressi Roos , Brazilian footballer
1976 –
Alicia Silverstone , American actress, producer, and author
[17]
1976 –
Ueli Steck , Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (d. 2017)
1977 –
Richard Reed Parry , Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1978 –
Dana Davis , American actress and author
[17]
1978 –
Phillip Glasser , American actor and producer
[17]
1978 –
Kei Horie , Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 –
Kyle Lohse , American baseball player
1979 –
Caitríona Balfe , Irish actress
[16]
1979 –
Rachael Leigh Cook , American actress
[17]
1979 –
Björn Phau , German tennis player
1979 –
Adam Voges , Australian cricketer
1980 –
Sarah Fisher , American race car driver
1980 –
James Jones , American basketball player
1980 –
Tomáš Rosický , Czech footballer
1981 –
Shaura , Japanese singer
1981 –
Justin Williams , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1982 –
Tony Gwynn Jr. , American baseball player
1982 –
Jered Weaver , American baseball player
1983 –
Dan Clarke , English race car driver
1983 –
Vicky Krieps , Luxembourgish actress
1983 –
Marios Nicolaou , Cypriot footballer
1983 –
Chansi Stuckey , American football player
1983 –
Kurt Suzuki , American baseball player
1984 –
Lena Katina , Russian singer-songwriter
1984 –
Petri Kontiola , Finnish ice hockey player
[24]
1984 –
Álvaro Parente , Portuguese race car driver
1984 –
Karolina Tymińska , Polish heptathlete
1985 –
Shontelle , Barbadian singer-songwriter
1985 –
Thorsten Wiedemann , German rugby player
1987 –
Rawez Lawan , Swedish footballer
1987 –
Will Puddy , English footballer
1987 –
Marina Weisband , German politician
1988 –
Melissa Benoist , American actress and singer
[17]
1988 –
Lonnie Chisenhall , American baseball player
[25]
1988 –
Caner Erkin , Turkish footballer
1988 –
Evgeni Krasnopolski , Israeli figure skater
1988 –
Derrick Rose , American basketball player
[26]
1989 –
Dakota Johnson , American actress
[27]
1990 –
Signy Aarna , Estonian footballer
[28]
1990 –
Saki , Japanese guitarist and songwriter
[29]
1990 –
Sergey Shubenkov , Russian hurdler
[30]
1991 –
Leigh-Anne Pinnock , English singer and songwriter
[17]
1993 –
Mitchell Swepson , Australian cricketer
[31]
1994 –
Mike Williams , American football player
[32]
1995 –
Kenny Clark , American football player
[33]
1995 –
Mikolas Josef , Czech singer and songwriter
[34]
1996 –
Ella Balinska , English actress
[16]
1997 –
Rishabh Pant , Indian cricketer
[35]
1997 –
Yuju , South Korean singer
[36]
744 –
Yazid III , Umayyad caliph (b. 701)
863 –
Turpio , Frankish
nobleman
1052 –
Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
1160 –
Constance of Castile , Queen of France (b. 1141)
1189 –
Gerard de Ridefort ,
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1221 –
William IV Talvas , Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
1227 –
Caliph al-Adil of Morocco
[37]
1250 –
Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
1305 –
Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
1361 –
John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray , English baron (b. 1310)
1497 –
John, Prince of Asturias , only son of
Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Isabella I of Castile (b. 1478)
1582 –
Teresa of Ávila , Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515)
1597 –
Sarsa Dengel , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550)
1646 –
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel , English courtier and politician,
Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
1660 –
Francesco Albani , Italian painter (b. 1578)
1661 –
Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (b. 1625)
1669 –
Rembrandt , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)
1680 –
Pierre-Paul Riquet , French engineer, designed the
Canal du Midi (b. 1609)
1743 –
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish commander and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
1747 –
Amaro Pargo , Spanish corsair (b. 1678)
[38]
1749 –
Baron Franz von der Trenck , Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
1755 –
Samuel von Cocceji , Prussian jurist and statesman (b. 1679)
[39]
1821 –
John Rennie the Elder , Scottish engineer, designed the
Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
1827 –
Grigorios Zalykis , Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
1851 –
Manuel Godoy , Spanish general and politician,
Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
1852 –
James Whitcomb , American lawyer and politician, 8th
Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
1859 –
Karl Baedeker , German publisher, founded
Baedeker (b. 1801)
1864 –
Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
1867 –
Francis Xavier Seelos , German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
1871 –
Sarel Cilliers , South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
1890 –
Catherine Booth , English theologian and saint, co-founded
The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1903 –
Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
1904 –
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the
Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
1904 –
Carl Josef Bayer , Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
1910 –
Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
1935 –
Jean Béraud , French painter and academic (b. 1849)
1935 –
Marie Gutheil-Schoder , German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
1943 –
Irena Iłłakowicz , German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
1944 –
Al Smith , American lawyer and politician, 42nd
Governor of New York (b. 1873)
1946 –
Barney Oldfield , American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
1947 –
Max Planck , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1951 –
Henrietta Lacks , American medical patient (b. 1920)
1955 –
Alexander Papagos , Greek general and politician, 152nd
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
1958 –
Ida Wüst , German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
1961 –
Benjamin , Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
1963 –
Alar Kotli , Estonian architect (b. 1904)
1970 –
Janis Joplin , American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
1974 –
Anne Sexton , American poet and author (b. 1928)
1975 –
Friedrich Lutz , German economist (b. 1901)
[40]
1975 –
Joan Whitney Payson , American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
1977 –
José Ber Gelbard , Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
1980 –
Pyotr Masherov , First Secretary of the
Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
1981 –
Freddie Lindstrom , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1982 –
Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
1982 –
Stefanos Stefanopoulos , Greek politician, 165th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
1988 –
Zlatko Grgić , Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
1989 –
Graham Chapman , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
1990 –
Mārtiņš Zīverts , Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
1992 –
Denny Hulme , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
1994 –
Danny Gatton , American guitarist (b. 1945)
1997 –
Otto Ernst Remer , German general (b. 1912)
1997 –
Gunpei Yokoi , Japanese game designer, created the
Game Boy (b. 1941)
1998 –
S. Arasaratnam , Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
1999 –
Bernard Buffet , French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
1999 –
Art Farmer , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1928)
2000 –
Yu Kuo-hwa , Chinese politician, 32nd
Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
2000 –
Michael Smith , English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2001 –
Blaise Alexander , American race car driver (b. 1976)
2001 –
John Collins , American guitarist (b. 1913)
2001 –
Ahron Soloveichik , Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
2002 –
André Delvaux , Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2003 –
Sid McMath , American lawyer and politician, 34th
Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
2004 –
Gordon Cooper , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
2005 –
Stanley K. Hathaway , American lawyer and politician, 40th
United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)
2007 –
Qassem Al-Nasser , Jordanian general (b. 1925)
2009 –
Gerhard Kaufhold , German footballer (b. 1928)
2009 –
Günther Rall , German general and pilot (b. 1918)
2010 –
Norman Wisdom , English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2011 –
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Jean-Claude Duvalier , Haitian politician, 41st
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