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Day of the year
April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 259 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1746 – The
Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported
Jacobites and the British
Hanoverian forces commanded by
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , in Scotland.
[7]
1780 –
Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the
University of Münster .
1799 –
French Revolutionary Wars : The
Battle of Mount Tabor :
Napoleon drives
Ottoman Turks across the
River Jordan near
Acre .
1818 – The
United States Senate ratifies the
Rush–Bagot Treaty , limiting naval armaments on the
Great Lakes and
Lake Champlain .
1838 – The
French Army
captures Veracruz in the
Pastry War .
[8]
1847 – Shooting of a
Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the
Wanganui Campaign of the
New Zealand Wars .
1853 – The
Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from
Bori Bunder to
Thane .
1858 – The
Wernerian Natural History Society , a former Scottish
learned society , is dissolved.
1862 –
American Civil War :
Battle at Lee's Mills in
Virginia .
1862 – American Civil War: The
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act , a bill ending
slavery in the District of Columbia , becomes law.
1863 – American Civil War: During the
Vicksburg Campaign ,
gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral
David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate
artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1878 – The
Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of
Kotka on the southern part islands from the
old Kymi parish .
[9]
1881 – In
Dodge City, Kansas ,
Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1901–present
1908 –
Natural Bridges National Monument is established in
Utah .
1910 – The oldest existing indoor
ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century,
Boston Arena , opens for the first time.
1912 –
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an
airplane across the
English Channel .
1917 –
Russian Revolution :
Vladimir Lenin returns to
Petrograd ,
Russia , from exile in Switzerland.
1919 –
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1919 –
Polish–Lithuanian War : The
Polish Army launches the
Vilna offensive to capture
Vilnius in modern
Lithuania .
1922 – The
Treaty of Rapallo , pursuant to which
Germany and the
Soviet Union re-establish
diplomatic relations , is signed.
1925 – During the
Communist
St Nedelya Church assault in
Sofia ,
Bulgaria , 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1941 –
World War II : The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is
attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated
Ustaše is put in charge of the
Independent State of Croatia by the
Axis powers after
Operation 25 is effected.
1942 – King
George VI awarded the
George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.
[10]
1943 –
Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug
LSD . He intentionally takes the drug three days later on
April 19 .
1944 – World War II: Allied forces start
bombing Belgrade , killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1945 – World War II: The
Red Army begins the
final assault on
German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the
Battle of the Seelow Heights .
1945 – The
United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security)
prisoner-of-war camp
Oflag IV-C (better known as
Colditz ).
1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship
Goya is sunk by a Soviet
submarine .
1947 – An
explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of
Texas City, Texas , United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
[11]
1947 –
Bernard Baruch first applies the term "
Cold War " to describe the relationship between the United States and the
Soviet Union .
1948 – The
Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
[8]
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader
Fidel Castro declares that he is a
Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt
Communism .
1963 – U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open
letter from Birmingham Jail , sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in
Birmingham, Alabama , for protesting against segregation.
[12]
1972 –
Apollo program : The launch of
Apollo 16 from
Cape Canaveral, Florida .
2001 – India and
Bangladesh begin a
five-day border conflict , but are unable to resolve the disputes about
their border .
2003 – The
Treaty of Accession is signed in
Athens admitting ten new member states to the
European Union .
2007 –
Virginia Tech shooting :
Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2008 – The
U.S. Supreme Court rules in the
Baze v. Rees decision that
execution by lethal injection does not violate the
Eighth Amendment ban against
cruel and unusual punishment .
[13]
2012 – The
trial for
Anders Behring Breivik , the perpetrator of the
2011 Norway attacks , begins in
Oslo , Norway.
2012 – The
Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time
since 1977 that no book won the
Fiction Prize .
2013 – A 7.8-
magnitude
earthquake strikes
Sistan and Baluchestan Province ,
Iran , killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
2013 – The
2013 Baga massacre is started when
Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in
Baga .
2014 – The
South Korean ferry
MV Sewol
capsizes and sinks near
Jindo Island , killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
2016 –
Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.
[14]
2018 –
The New York Times and the
New Yorker win the
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal .
[15]
2024 - The historic
Børsen in
Copenhagen , Denmark, is
severely damaged by a fire.
[16]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1635 –
Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch painter (d. 1681)
[20]
1646 –
Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect (probable;
[21] d. 1708)
1660 –
Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)
[22]
1661 –
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician,
First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)
[23]
1682 –
John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the
octant (d. 1744)
1697 –
Johann Gottlieb Görner , German organist and composer (d. 1778)
1728 –
Joseph Black , French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
1730 –
Henry Clinton , English general and politician (d. 1795)
1755 –
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , French painter (d. 1842)
[24]
1786 –
John Franklin , English admiral and politician, fourth
Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)
1800 –
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
1808 –
Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth
United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
1821 –
Ford Madox Brown , French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
1823 –
Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
1826 –
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet , British politician (d. 1891)
1827 –
Octave Crémazie , Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
1839 –
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì , Italian politician, 12th
Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)
1834 –
Charles Lennox Richardson , English merchant (d. 1862)
1844 –
Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1847 –
Hans Auer , Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the
Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
1848 –
Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
1851 –
Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
1864 –
Rose Talbot Bullard , American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)
1865 –
Harry Chauvel , Australian general (d. 1945)
1866 –
José de Diego , Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
1867 –
Wilbur Wright , American inventor (d. 1912)
1871 –
John Millington Synge , Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
1874 –
Jōtarō Watanabe , Japanese general (d. 1936)
1878 –
R. E. Foster , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
1882 –
Seth Bingham , American organist and composer (d. 1972)
1884 –
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell , English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
1885 –
Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
1886 –
Michalis Dorizas , Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
1886 –
Ernst Thälmann , German politician (d. 1944)
1888 –
Billy Minter , English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
[25]
1889 –
Charlie Chaplin , English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
1890 –
Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
1890 –
Gertrude Chandler Warner , American author and educator (d. 1979)
1891 –
Dorothy P. Lathrop , American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
1892 –
Dora Richter , German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female
gender-affirming surgery (d. unknown)
[26]
1892 –
Howard Mumford Jones , American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
1893 –
Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)
[27]
1893 –
John Norton , American hurdler (d. 1979)
1895 –
Ove Arup , English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded
Arup (d. 1988)
1896 –
Robert Henry Best , American journalist (d. 1952)
1896 –
Árpád Weisz , Hungarian footballer (d. 1944)
1899 –
Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
1900 –
Polly Adler , Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962)
[28]
1901–present
1903 –
Paul Waner , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
1904 –
Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)
1905 –
Frits Philips , Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1907 –
Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor and businessman, founded
Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)
1907 –
August Eigruber , Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
1908 –
Ellis Marsalis, Sr. , American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
1908 –
Ray Ventura , French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
1910 –
Berton Roueché , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1911 –
Guy Burgess , English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
1914 –
John Hodiak , American actor (d. 1955)
1915 –
Robert Speck , Canadian politician, first
Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972)
1916 –
Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
1917 –
Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
1917 –
Barry Nelson , American actor (d. 2007)
1918 –
Hsuan Hua , Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
1918 –
Spike Milligan , Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)
[29]
1919 –
Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1919 –
Nilla Pizzi , Italian singer (d. 2011)
1919 –
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect (d. 2013)
1920 –
Ananda Dassanayake , Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
1920 –
Prince Georg of Denmark (d. 1986)
[30]
1921 –
Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author (d. 2014)
1921 –
Peter Ustinov , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1922 –
Kingsley Amis , English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
1922 –
Lawrence N. Guarino , American colonel (d. 2014)
1922 –
Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, 43rd
Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
1923 –
Warren Barker , American composer (d. 2006)
1923 –
Arch A. Moore Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th
Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
1924 –
John Harvey-Jones , English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
1924 –
Henry Mancini , American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
[31]
1924 –
Madanjeet Singh , Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1926 –
Pierre Fabre , French pharmacist, founded
Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
1927 –
Edie Adams , American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927 –
Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022)
[32]
1927 –
Rolf Schult , German actor (d. 2013)
1928 –
Night Train Lane , American football player (d. 2002)
[33]
1929 –
Roy Hamilton , American singer (d. 1969)
1929 –
Ralph Slatyer , Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
1929 –
Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
1930 –
Doug Beasy , Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
1930 –
Herbie Mann , American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
1931 –
Julian Carroll , American politician, 54th
Governor of Kentucky (d. 2023)
[34]
1932 –
Maury Meyers , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1933 –
Marcos Alonso Imaz , Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1933 –
Joan Bakewell , English journalist and author
1933 –
Perry Botkin Jr. , American composer, arranger and musician (d. 2021)
1933 –
Vera Krepkina , Russian long jumper (d. 2023)
1933 –
Ike Pappas , American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
1934 –
Vince Hill , English singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
1934 –
Robert Stigwood , Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)
[35]
1934 –
Barrie Unsworth , Australian politician, 36th
Premier of New South Wales
1934 –
Vicar , Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
1935 –
Marcel Carrière , Canadian director and screenwriter
1935 –
Sarah Kirsch , German poet and author (d. 2013)
1935 –
Lennart Risberg , Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
1935 –
Dominique Venner , French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
1935 –
Bobby Vinton , American singer
1936 –
Vadim Kuzmin , Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 –
Gert Potgieter , South African hurdler and coach
1937 –
George Steele , American wrestler and actor (d. 2017)
[36]
1938 –
Rich Rollins , American baseball player
1938 –
Gordon Wilson , Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1939 –
John Amabile , American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1939 –
Dusty Springfield , English singer and record producer (d. 1999)
1940 –
Benoît Bouchard , Canadian academic and politician, 18th
Canadian Minister of Transport
1940 –
David Holford , Barbadian cricketer (d. 2022)
1940 – Queen
Margrethe II of Denmark
[37]
1940 –
Joan Snyder , American painter
1940 –
Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys , English banker and politician,
Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (d. 2023)
1941 –
Allan Segal , American director and producer (d. 2012)
1942 –
Jim Lonborg , American baseball pitcher
1942 –
Sir Frank Williams , English businessman, founded the
Williams F1 Racing Team (d. 2021)
1943 –
Petro Tyschtschenko , Austrian-German businessman
1943 –
John Watkins , Australian cricketer
1945 –
Tom Allen , American lawyer and politician
1946 –
Margot Adler , American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1946 –
Ernst Bakker , Dutch politician (d. 2014)
1946 –
Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th
Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015)
1946 –
R. Carlos Nakai , American flute player
1947 –
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player and coach
1947 –
Gerry Rafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
[38]
1948 –
Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th
Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
1950 –
David Graf , American actor (d. 2001)
1950 –
Colleen Hewett , Australian singer and actress
1951 –
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian author and photographer
1952 –
Michel Blanc , French actor and director
1952 –
Esther Roth-Shahamorov , Israeli sprinter and hurdler
1953 –
Peter Garrett , Australian singer-songwriter and politician
1954 –
Ellen Barkin , American actress
1954 –
John Bowe , Australian racing driver
1954 –
Mike Zuke , Canadian ice hockey player
1955 –
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
[39]
1956 –
David M. Brown , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1956 –
T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010)
1956 –
Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier
1957 –
Patricia De Martelaere , Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
1958 –
Tim Flach , English photographer and director
1958 –
Ulf Wakenius , Swedish guitarist
1959 –
Alison Ramsay , English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
1960 –
Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1960 –
Rafael Benítez , Spanish footballer and manager
1960 –
Pierre Littbarski , German footballer and manager
1961 –
Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, seventh
Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
1962 –
Anna Dello Russo , Italian journalist
1963 –
Saleem Malik , Pakistani cricketer
1963 –
Jimmy Osmond , American singer
[40]
1964 –
Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish pianist (d. 2008)
[41]
1965 –
Yves-François Blanchet , Canadian politician
1965 –
Jon Cryer , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 –
Martin Lawrence , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 –
Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian drummer
1968 –
Vickie Guerrero , American wrestler and manager
1968 –
Rüdiger Stenzel , German runner
1969 –
Patrik Järbyn , Swedish skier
1969 –
Fernando Viña , American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 –
Dero Goi , German singer-songwriter and drummer
1970 –
Margreth Olin , Norwegian filmmaker
[42]
1970 –
Walt Williams , American basketball player
1971 –
Cameron Blades , Australian rugby player
1971 –
Selena , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995)
1971 –
Seigo Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver
1971 –
Natasha Zvereva , Belarusian tennis player
1972 –
Conchita Martínez , Spanish-American tennis player
1972 –
Tracy K. Smith , American poet and educator
1973 –
Akon , Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
1973 –
Charlotta Sörenstam , Swedish golfer
1973 –
Teddy Cobeña , Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
1976 –
Lukas Haas , American actor and musician
1976 –
Kelli O'Hara , American actress and singer
1977 –
Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish footballer
1979 –
Christijan Albers , Dutch racing driver
1979 –
Lars Börgeling , German pole vaulter
1979 –
Daniel Browne , New Zealand rugby player
1981 –
Anestis Agritis , Greek footballer
1981 –
Maya Dunietz , Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
1981 –
Matthieu Proulx , Canadian football player
1982 –
Gina Carano , American mixed martial artist and actress
1982 –
Boris Diaw , French basketball player
1982 –
Jonathan Vilma , American football player
1983 –
Marié Digby , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1983 –
Cat Osterman , American softball player
1984 –
Teddy Blass , American composer and producer
1984 –
Claire Foy , English actress
1984 –
Tucker Fredricks , American speed skater
1984 –
Paweł Kieszek , Polish footballer
1984 –
Kerron Stewart , Jamaican sprinter
1985 –
Luol Deng , Sudanese-English basketball player
1985 –
Nate Diaz , American mixed martial artist
[43]
1985 –
Brendon Leonard , New Zealand rugby player
1985 –
Taye Taiwo , Nigerian footballer
1986 –
Shinji Okazaki , Japanese footballer
1986 –
Peter Regin , Danish ice hockey player
[44]
1986 –
Epke Zonderland , Dutch gymnast
1987 –
Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player
1987 –
Aaron Lennon , English international footballer
[45]
1988 –
Kyle Okposo , American ice hockey player
1990 –
Reggie Jackson , American basketball player
1990 –
Vangelis Mantzaris , Greek basketball player
[46]
1990 –
Tony McQuay , American sprinter
[47]
1991 –
Nolan Arenado , American baseball player
1991 –
Kim Kyung-jung , South Korean footballer
1993 –
Chance the Rapper , American rapper
[48]
1993 –
Mirai Nagasu , Japanese-American figure skater
[49]
1996 –
Anya Taylor-Joy , Argentine-British actress
[50]
1996 –
Taylor Townsend , American tennis player
[51]
2002 –
Sadie Sink , American actress
[52]
Deaths
Pre-1600
AD 69 –
Otho , Roman emperor (b. AD 32)
665 –
Fructuosus of Braga , French archbishop and saint
1090 –
Sikelgaita , duchess of Apulia (b. c.
1040 )
1113 –
Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)
1118 –
Adelaide del Vasto , regent of Sicily, mother of
Roger II of Sicily , queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
1198 –
Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)
1234 –
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)
1375 –
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)
[53]
1496 –
Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
1587 –
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
1601–1900
1640 –
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
1645 –
Tobias Hume , Scottish soldier,
viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
1687 –
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English poet and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
1689 –
Aphra Behn , English author and playwright (b. 1640)
1742 –
Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
1756 –
Jacques Cassini , French astronomer (b. 1677)
1783 –
Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
1788 –
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
1828 –
Francisco Goya , Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
1846 –
Domenico Dragonetti , Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
1850 –
Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded the
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
[54]
1859 –
Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and philosopher,
French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
1879 –
Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint (b. 1844)
[55]
1888 –
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
1899 –
Emilio Jacinto , Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
1901–present
1904 –
Maximilian Kronberger , German poet and author (b. 1888)
1904 –
Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
1914 –
George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
1915 –
Nelson W. Aldrich , American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
1925 –
Stefan Nerezov , Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
1928 –
Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded
Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1928 –
Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
1930 –
José Carlos Mariátegui , Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
1935 –
Panait Istrati , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1937 –
Jay Johnson Morrow , American military engineer and politician, third
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
1938 –
Steve Bloomer , English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
1940 –
Tony D'Arcy , Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (b. 1908)
1941 –
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp , English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
1942 –
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
1942 –
Denis St. George Daly , Irish polo player (b. 1862)
1946 –
Arthur Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1947 –
Rudolf Höss , German
SS officer (b. 1900)
1950 –
Eduard Oja , Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
1950 –
Anders Peter Nielsen , Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
1955 –
David Kirkwood , Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
1958 –
Rosalind Franklin , English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
1960 –
Mihály Fekete , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
1961 –
Carl Hovland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
1965 –
Francis Balfour , English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
1965 –
Sydney Chaplin , English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
1966 –
Eric Lambert , Australian author (b. 1918)
1968 –
Fay Bainter , American actress (b. 1893)
1968 –
Edna Ferber , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
[56]
1969 –
Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
1970 –
Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the
Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
1970 –
Péter Veres , Hungarian politician,
Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
1972 –
Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972 –
Frank O'Connor , Australian public servant (b. 1894)
1973 –
István Kertész , Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
1978 –
Lucius D. Clay , American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
1980 –
Morris Stoloff , American composer (b. 1898)
1985 –
Scott Brady , American actor (b. 1924)
1988 –
Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded
Fatah (b. 1935)
1988 –
Youri Egorov , Russian pianist (b. 1954)
1989 –
Jocko Conlan , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
1989 –
Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
1989 –
Miles Lawrence , English cricketer (b. 1940)
1989 –
Hakkı Yeten , Turkish footballer, manager and president (b. 1910)
1991 –
David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1992 –
Neville Brand , American actor (b. 1920)
1992 –
Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
1992 –
Andy Russell , American singer and actor (b. 1919)
1994 –
Paul-Émilien Dalpé , Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
1994 –
Ralph Ellison , American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
1996 –
Lucille Bremer , American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
1997 –
Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician (b. 1921)
1997 –
Roland Topor , French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
1998 –
Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
1998 –
Fred Davis , English snooker player (b. 1913)
1998 –
Marie-Louise Meilleur , Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
1999 –
Skip Spence , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
2001 –
Robert Osterloh , American actor (b. 1918)
[57]
2001 –
Michael Ritchie , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2001 –
Alec Stock , English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
2002 –
Billy Ayre , English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2002 –
Ruth Fertel , American businesswoman, founded
Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
2002 –
Robert Urich , American actor (b. 1946)
2003 –
Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (b. 1930)
2003 –
Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
2005 –
Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
2007 –
Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2007 –
Gaétan Duchesne , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2007 –
Maria Lenk , Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
2007 –
Chandrabose Suthaharan , Sri Lankan journalist
2008 –
Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
2010 –
Rasim Delić , Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)
[58]
2010 –
Daryl Gates , American police officer, created the
D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)
2011 –
Gerry Alexander , Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
2011 –
Allan Blakeney , Canadian scholar and politician, tenth
Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)
2011 –
Sol Saks , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2012 –
Sári Barabás , Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
2012 –
Marian Biskup , Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
2012 –
Alan Hacker , English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
2012 –
George Kunda , Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th
Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)
2012 –
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish businessman (b. 1913)
2012 –
Carlo Petrini , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
2013 –
Charles Bruzon , Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
2013 –
Ali Kafi , Algerian politician (b. 1928)
[59]
2013 –
Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, 18th
Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)
2013 –
Pentti Lund , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2013 –
George Beverly Shea , Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
2013 –
Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2013 –
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the
Tijuana Cultural Center and
National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)
2014 –
Gyude Bryant , Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2014 –
Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
[60]
2014 –
Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
2015 –
Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)
[61]
2015 –
Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, fifth
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
[62]
2018 –
Harry Anderson , American actor and magician (b. 1952)
[63]
2021 –
Andrew Peacock , Australian politician (b. 1939)
[64]
2021 –
Helen McCrory , British actress (b. 1968)
[65]
2021 –
Liam Scarlett , British choreographer (b. 1986)
[66]
2021 –
John Dawes , Welsh
rugby union player (b. 1940)
[67]
2024 –
Carl Erskine , American baseball player (b. 1926)
[68]
2024 –
Bob Graham , American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th
governor of Florida (b. 1936)
[69]
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