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Day of the year
April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 247 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal
University of Santo Tomas , The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest
Catholic university in the world.
1625 – A combined
Spanish and
Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the
recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the
Dutch–Portuguese War .
[2]
1758 – The
Marathas defeat the
Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
[3]
1788 –
Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the
United States Constitution .
1789 –
Mutiny on the Bounty : Lieutenant
William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to
Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for
Pitcairn Island .
1792 – France invades the
Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the
French Revolutionary Wars .
1794 –
Sardinians , headed by
Giovanni Maria Angioy , start a revolution against the
Savoy domination , expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from
Cagliari , the capital and largest city of the island.
1796 – The
Armistice of Cherasco is signed by
Napoleon Bonaparte and
Vittorio Amedeo III , King of
Sardinia , expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the
Central Pacific Railroad working on the
First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
1881 –
Billy the Kid escapes from the
Lincoln County jail in
Mesilla, New Mexico .
1887 – A week after being arrested by the
Prussian Secret Police , French police inspector
Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of
William I, German Emperor , defusing a possible war.
1901–present
1910 – Frenchman
Louis Paulhan wins the
1910 London to Manchester air race , the first long-distance
aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
1920 – The
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
1923 –
Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
1930 – The
Independence Producers hosted the first
night game in the history of
Organized Baseball in
Independence, Kansas .
1937 –
South African medical researcher
Max Theiler develops the
yellow fever
vaccine at the
Rockefeller Foundation in
New York .
[4]
1941 – The
Ustaše
massacre nearly 200
Serbs in the village of
Gudovac , the first massacre of their
genocidal campaign against Serbs of the
Independent State of Croatia .
1944 –
World War II : Nine German
E-boats attacked US and UK units during
Exercise Tiger , the rehearsal for the
Normandy landings , killing 946.
1945 –
Benito Mussolini and his mistress
Clara Petacci are shot dead by
Walter Audisio , a member of the
Italian resistance movement .
1945 –
The Holocaust :
Nazi Germany carries out its final use of
gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in
Mauthausen concentration camp .
[5]
1947 –
Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from
Peru on the
Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled
Polynesia .
1948 –
Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet,
Orpheus at the
New York City Center .
1949 – The
Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former
First Lady of the Philippines
Aurora Quezon , while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her
late husband ; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
1952 –
Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as
Supreme Allied Commander of
NATO in order to campaign in the
1952 United States presidential election .
1952 – The
Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the
Allies of World War II .
1952 – The
Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in
Taipei ,
Taiwan between Japan and the
Republic of China to officially end the
Second Sino-Japanese War .
1965 –
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic : American troops land in the
Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a
Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
1967 –
Vietnam War : Boxer
Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the
United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
1969 –
Charles de Gaulle resigns as
President of France .
1970 –
Vietnam War : U.S. President
Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the
Cambodian campaign .
1973 –
The Dark Side of the Moon by
Pink Floyd , recorded in
Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the
US Billboard chart , beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
1975 – General
Cao Văn Viên , chief of the
South Vietnamese military , departs for the US as the
North Vietnamese Army
closes in on victory .
[6]
1977 – The
Red Army Faction trial ends, with
Andreas Baader ,
Gudrun Ensslin and
Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of
murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
1978 – The
President of Afghanistan ,
Mohammed Daoud Khan , is overthrown and
assassinated in a
coup led by pro-communist rebels.
[7]
1986 – High levels of radiation resulting from the
Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
1988 – Near
Maui , Hawaii,
flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 , a
Boeing 737 , and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
1994 – Former
Central Intelligence Agency
counterintelligence officer and analyst
Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the
Soviet Union and later Russia.
1996 –
Whitewater controversy : President
Bill Clinton gives a 41 ⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996 –
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania : A gunman,
Martin Bryant , opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in
Port Arthur, Tasmania , killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
2004 –
CBS News released evidence of the
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse . The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1604 –
Joris Jansen Rapelje , Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)
1623 –
Wilhelmus Beekman , Dutch politician (d. 1707)
1630 –
Charles Cotton , English poet and author (d. 1687)
1676 –
Frederick I , prince consort and king of Sweden (d. 1751)
1715 –
Franz Sparry , Austrian composer and educator (d. 1767)
1758 –
James Monroe , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th
President of the United States (d. 1831)
1761 –
Marie Harel , French cheesemaker (d. 1844)
1765 –
Sylvestre François Lacroix , French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
1819 –
Ezra Abbot , American scholar and academic (d. 1884)
1827 –
William Hall , Canadian soldier,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)
1838 –
Tobias Asser , Dutch lawyer and scholar,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1913)
1848 –
Ludvig Schytte , Danish pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1909)
1854 –
Hertha Marks Ayrton , Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (d. 1923)
[8]
1855 –
José Malhoa , Portuguese painter (d. 1933)
1863 –
Josiah Thomas , English-Australian miner and politician, 7th
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1933)
1863 –
Nikolai von Meck , Russian engineer (d. 1929)
1865 –
Charles W. Woodworth , American entomologist and academic (d. 1940)
1868 –
Lucy Booth , English composer (d. 1953)
1868 –
Georgy Voronoy , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)
1874 –
Karl Kraus , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1874 –
Sidney Toler , American actor and director (d. 1947)
1876 –
Nicola Romeo , Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)
1878 –
Lionel Barrymore , American actor and director (d. 1954)
1886 –
Erich Salomon , German-born news photographer (d. 1944)
1886 –
Art Shaw , American hurdler (d. 1955)
1888 –
Walter Tull , English footballer and soldier (d. 1918)
1889 –
António de Oliveira Salazar , Portuguese economist and politician, 100th
Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970)
1896 –
Na Hye-sok , South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)
1896 –
Tristan Tzara , Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
[9]
1897 –
Ye Jianying , Chinese general and politician,
Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)
1900 –
Alice Berry , Australian activist (d. 1978)
[10]
1900 –
Heinrich Müller , German
SS officer (d. 1945)
[11]
1900 –
Jan Oort , Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992)
[12]
1901–present
1901 –
H. B. Stallard , English runner and surgeon (d. 1973)
1902 –
Johan Borgen , Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)
1906 –
Kurt Gödel , Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)
1906 –
Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)
1908 –
Ethel Catherwood , American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)
1908 –
Jack Fingleton , Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)
1908 –
Oskar Schindler , Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
1909 –
Arthur Võõbus , Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)
1910 –
Sam Merwin, Jr. , American author (d. 1996)
1911 –
Lee Falk , American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999)
1912 –
Odette Hallowes , French soldier and spy (d. 1995)
1912 –
Kaneto Shindō , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1913 –
Rose Murphy , American singer (d. 1989)
1914 –
Michel Mohrt , French author, historian (d. 2011)
1916 –
Ferruccio Lamborghini , Italian businessman, created
Lamborghini (d. 1993)
1917 –
Robert Cornthwaite , American actor (d. 2006)
1921 –
Rowland Evans , American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
1921 –
Simin Daneshvar , Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
1923 –
Carolyn Cassady , American author (d. 2013)
1923 –
William Guarnere , American sergeant (d. 2014)
1924 –
Dick Ayers , American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1924 –
Blossom Dearie , American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
1924 –
Kenneth Kaunda , Zambian educator and politician, first
president of Zambia (d. 2021)
[13]
1925 –
T. John Lesinski , American judge and politician, 51st
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996)
1925 –
John Leonard Thorn , English lieutenant, author, and academic (d. 2023)
1926 –
James Bama , American artist and illustrator (d. 2022)
1926 –
Bill Blackbeard , American historian and author (d. 2011)
1926 –
Harper Lee , American novelist (d. 2016)
[14]
1926 –
Hulusi Sayın , Turkish general (d. 1991)
1928 –
Yves Klein , French painter (d. 1962)
1928 –
Eugene Merle Shoemaker , American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997)
1930 –
James Baker , American lawyer and politician, 61st
United States Secretary of State
1930 –
Carolyn Jones , American actress (d. 1983)
1933 –
Miodrag Radulovacki , Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (d. 2014)
1934 –
Lois Duncan , American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1935 –
Pedro Ramos , Cuban baseball player
1936 –
Tariq Aziz , Iraqi journalist and politician,
Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
1937 –
Saddam Hussein , Iraqi general and politician, 5th
President of Iraq (d. 2006)
1937 –
Jean Redpath , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1937 –
John White , Scottish international footballer (d. 1964)
[15]
1938 –
Madge Sinclair , Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)
1941 –
Ann-Margret , Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
1941 –
Lucien Aimar , French cyclist
1941 –
John Madejski , English businessman and academic
1941 –
Karl Barry Sharpless , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 –
Iryna Zhylenko , Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)
1942 –
Mike Brearley , English cricketer and psychoanalyst
1943 –
Aryeh Bibi ,
Iraqi -born Israeli politician
1944 –
Elizabeth LeCompte , American director and producer
1944 –
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , Belgian politician, 10th
Minister-President of Wallonia
1944 –
Alice Waters , American chef and author
1946 –
Nour El-Sherif , Egyptian actor and producer (d. 2015)
1946 –
Ginette Reno , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1946 –
Larissa Grunig , American theorist and activist
1947 –
Steve Khan , American jazz guitarist
1948 –
Terry Pratchett , English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1948 –
Marcia Strassman , American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1949 –
Jeremy Cooke , English lawyer and judge
1949 –
Paul Guilfoyle , American actor
1949 –
Bruno Kirby , American actor and director (d. 2006)
1950 –
Willie Colón , Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
1950 –
Jay Leno , American comedian, talk show host, and producer
1950 –
Steve Rider , English journalist and sportscaster
1951 –
Tim Congdon , English economist and politician
1951 –
Larry Smith , Canadian football player and politician
1952 –
Chuck Leavell , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1952 –
Mary McDonnell , American actress
1953 –
Roberto Bolaño , Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (d. 2003)
1953 –
Kim Gordon , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953 –
Brian Greenhoff , English footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1954 –
Timothy Curley , American educator
1954 –
Michael P. Jackson , American politician, 3rd
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
1954 –
Vic Sotto , Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
1954 –
Ron Zook , American football player and coach
1955 –
Saeb Erekat , Chief Palestinian negotiator (d. 2020)
[16]
1955 –
Eddie Jobson , English keyboard player and violinist
1956 –
Jimmy Barnes , Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 –
Hal Sutton , American golfer
1960 –
Tom Browning , American baseball player (d. 2022)
1960 –
Elena Kagan , American lawyer and jurist,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1960 –
Phil King , English bass player
1960 –
Ian Rankin , Scottish author
1960 –
Jón Páll Sigmarsson , Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (d. 1993)
1960 –
Walter Zenga , Italian footballer and manager
1963 –
Lloyd Eisler , Canadian figure skater and coach
1963 –
Marc Lacroix , Belgian biochemist and academic
1964 –
Stephen Ames , Trinidadian golfer
1964 –
Noriyuki Iwadare , Japanese composer
1964 –
Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar , English surgeon and academic
1964 –
Barry Larkin , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1964 –
L'Wren Scott , American model and fashion designer (d. 2014)
1966 –
John Daly , American golfer
1966 –
Too Short , American rapper, producer and actor
1967 –
Chris White , English engineer and politician
1968 –
Howard Donald , English singer-songwriter and producer
1968 –
Andy Flower , South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1969 –
LeRon Perry Ellis , American basketball player
1970 –
Richard Fromberg , Australian tennis player
1970 –
Nicklas Lidström , Swedish ice hockey player and scout
1970 –
Diego Simeone , Argentinian footballer and manager
1971 –
Bridget Moynahan , American actress
[17]
1972 –
Violent J , American rapper
1972 –
Jean-Paul van Gastel , Dutch footballer and manager
1973 –
Jorge Garcia , American actor and producer
1973 –
Andrew Mehrtens , South African-New Zealand rugby player
1974 –
Penélope Cruz , Spanish actress and producer
1974 –
Margo Dydek , Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1974 –
Vernon Kay , English radio and television host
1974 –
Dominic Matteo , Scottish footballer and journalist
1975 –
Michael Walchhofer , Austrian skier
1977 –
Titus O'Neil , American wrestler and football player
[18]
1978 –
Lauren Laverne , English singer and television and radio host
1979 –
Scott Fujita , American football player and sportscaster
1980 –
Bradley Wiggins , English cyclist
1981 –
Jessica Alba , American model and actress
1982 –
Nikki Grahame , English model and journalist (d. 2021)
1982 –
Chris Kaman , American basketball player
1983 –
Josh Brookes , Australian motorcycle racer
1983 –
David Freese , American baseball player
1983 –
Roger Johnson , English footballer
1983 –
Thomas Waldrom , New Zealand-English rugby player
1984 –
Dmitri Torbinski , Russian footballer
1985 –
Lucas Jakubczyk , German sprinter and long jumper
1985 –
Deividas Stagniūnas , Lithuanian ice dancer
1986 –
Roman Polák , Czech ice hockey player
1986 –
Jenna Ushkowitz , Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
1987 –
Daequan Cook , American basketball player
[19]
1987 –
Drew Gulak , American wrestler
[20]
1987 –
Samantha Ruth Prabhu , Indian actress and model
1987 –
Bradley Johnson , English footballer
1987 –
Zoran Tošić , Serbian footballer
1988 –
Jonathan Biabiany , French footballer
1988 –
Juan Mata , Spanish footballer
1989 –
Emil Salomonsson , Swedish footballer
1989 –
Kim Sung-kyu , South Korean singer
1992 –
Blake Bortles , American football player
1992 –
DeMarcus Lawrence , American football player
1993 –
Matt Chapman , American baseball player
[21]
1993 –
Eva Samková , Czech snowboarder
1994 –
Jakob Butturff , American bowler
[22]
1995 –
Melanie Martinez , American singer
1997 –
Shane McClanahan , American baseball player
[23]
1997 –
Denzel Ward , American football player
[24]
1998 –
Song Yu-bin , South Korean singer and actor
[25]
2001 –
Anthony Volpe , American baseball player
[26]
Deaths
Pre-1600
224 –
Artabanus IV of Parthia (b. 191)
948 –
Hu Jinsi , Chinese general and prefect
988 –
Adaldag , archbishop of
Bremen
[27]
992 –
Jawhar as-Siqilli ,
Fatimid statesman
[28]
1109 – Abbot
Hugh of Cluny (b. 1024)
[29]
1192 –
Conrad of Montferrat (b. 1140)
1197 –
Rhys ap Gruffydd , prince of
Deheubarth (b. 1132)
1257 –
Shajar al-Durr , sovereign sultana of Egypt
1260 –
Luchesius Modestini , founding member of the
Third Order of St. Francis
1400 –
Baldus de Ubaldis , Italian jurist (b. 1327)
1489 –
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland , English politician (b. 1449)
1533 –
Nicholas West , English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1601–1900
1643 –
Francisco de Lucena , Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
1710 –
Thomas Betterton , English actor and manager (b. 1630)
1716 –
Louis de Montfort , French priest and saint (b. 1673)
1726 –
Thomas Pitt , English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
1741 –
Magnus Julius De la Gardie , Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
1772 –
Johann Friedrich Struensee , German physician and politician (b. 1737)
1781 –
Cornelius Harnett , American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
1813 –
Mikhail Kutuzov , Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1816 –
Johann Heinrich Abicht , German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
1841 –
Peter Chanel , French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
1853 –
Ludwig Tieck , German author and poet (b. 1773)
1858 –
Johannes Peter Müller , German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
1865 –
Samuel Cunard , Canadian-English businessman, founded
Cunard Line (b. 1787)
1881 –
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon , French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
1883 –
John Russell , English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
1901–present
1902 –
Cyprien Tanguay , Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
1903 –
Josiah Willard Gibbs , American scientist (b. 1839)
[30]
1905 –
Fitzhugh Lee , American general and politician, 40th
Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
1921 –
Maurice Moore (Irish republican) , executed member of the
Irish Republican Army (b. 1894)
[31]
1925 –
Richard Butler , English-Australian politician, 23rd
Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
1928 –
May Jordan McConnel , Australian trade unionist and suffragist (b. 1860)
[32]
1929 –
Hendrik van Heuckelum , Dutch footballer (b. 1879)
1936 –
Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
1939 –
Anne Walter Fearn , American physician (b. 1867)
[33]
1944 –
Mohammed Alim Khan , Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
1944 –
Frank Knox , American journalist and politician, 46th
United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874)
1945 –
Roberto Farinacci , Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
1945 –
Hermann Fegelein , German general (b. 1906)
1945 –
Benito Mussolini , Italian journalist and politician, 27th
Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1883)
1946 –
Louis Bachelier , French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
1954 –
Léon Jouhaux , French union leader,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1956 –
Fred Marriott , American race car driver (b. 1872)
1957 –
Heinrich Bär , German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
1962 –
Bennie Osler , South African rugby player (b. 1901)
1963 –
Wilhelm Weber , German gymnast (b. 1880)
1970 –
Ed Begley , American actor (b. 1901)
1973 –
Clas Thunberg , Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1976 –
Richard Hughes , American author and poet (b. 1900)
1977 –
Ricardo Cortez , American actor (b. 1900)
1977 –
Sepp Herberger , German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
1978 –
Mohammed Daoud Khan , Afghan commander and politician, 1st
President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
[7]
1980 –
Tommy Caldwell , American bass player (b. 1949)
1987 –
Ben Linder , American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
1989 –
Esa Pakarinen , Finnish actor and musician (b. 1911)
[34]
1991 –
Steve Broidy , American film producer (b. 1905)
1992 –
Francis Bacon , Irish painter (b. 1909)
1993 –
Diva Diniz Corrêa , Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918)
1993 –
Jim Valvano , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
1994 –
Berton Roueché , American journalist and author (b. 1910)
1996 –
Lester Sumrall , American minister, founded
LeSEA (b. 1913)
1997 –
Ann Petry , American novelist (b. 1908)
1998 –
Jerome Bixby , American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1999 –
Rory Calhoun , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1999 –
Rolf Landauer , German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927)
1999 –
Alf Ramsey , English footballer and manager (b. 1920)
1999 –
Arthur Leonard Schawlow , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
2000 –
Jerzy Einhorn , Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925)
2000 –
Penelope Fitzgerald , English author and poet (b. 1916)
2002 –
Alexander Lebed , Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
2002 –
Lou Thesz , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916)
2005 –
Percy Heath , American bassist (b. 1923)
2005 –
Chris Candido , American wrestler (b. 1971)
2005 –
Taraki Sivaram , Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1959)
2006 –
Steve Howe , American baseball player (b. 1958)
2007 –
Dabbs Greer , American actor (b. 1917)
2007 –
René Mailhot , Canadian journalist (b. 1942)
2007 –
Tommy Newsom , American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1929)
2007 –
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
2007 –
Bertha Wilson , Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1923)
2009 –
Ekaterina Maximova , Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1939)
2009 –
Richard Pratt , Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934)
2011 –
Erhard Loretan , Swiss mountaineer (b. 1959)
2012 –
Fred Allen , New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1920)
2012 –
Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and author (b. 1919)
2012 –
Al Ecuyer , American football player (b. 1937)
2012 –
Patricia Medina , English actress (b. 1919)
2012 –
Milan N. Popović , Serbian psychiatrist and author (b. 1924)
2012 –
Aberdeen Shikoyi , Kenyan rugby player (b. 1985)
2013 –
Brad Lesley , American baseball player (b. 1958)
2013 –
Fredrick McKissack , American author (b. 1939)
2013 –
John C. Reynolds , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2013 –
Jack Shea , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013 –
János Starker , Hungarian-American cellist and educator (b. 1924)
2013 –
Paulo Vanzolini , Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (b. 1924)
2013 –
Bernie Wood , New Zealand journalist and author (b. 1939)
2014 –
Barbara Fiske Calhoun , American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)
2014 –
William Honan , American journalist and author (b. 1930)
2014 –
Dennis Kamakahi , American guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2014 –
Edgar Laprade , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
2014 –
Jack Ramsay , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 –
Idris Sardi , Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938)
2014 –
Frederic Schwartz , American architect, co-designed
Empty Sky (b. 1951)
2014 –
Ryan Tandy , Australian rugby player (b. 1981)
2015 –
Antônio Abujamra , Brazilian actor and director (b. 1932)
2015 –
Marcia Brown , American author and illustrator (b. 1918)
2015 –
Michael J. Ingelido , American general (b. 1916)
2016 –
Jenny Diski , English author and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2017 –
Mariano Gagnon , American Catholic priest and author (b. 1929)
2018 –
James Hylton , American race car driver (b. 1934)
2019 –
Richard Lugar , American politician (b. 1932)
[35]
2019 –
John Singleton , American film director (b. 1968)
[36]
2021 –
Michael Collins , American astronaut (b. 1930)
[37]
2021 –
El Risitas , Spanish comedian (b. 1956)
[38]
Holidays and observances
References
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The History of Mongolia. Volume I: The Pre-Chinggisid Era, Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire . Folkestone, Kent, UK: Global Oriental. p. 495, fn. 60.
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