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Day of the year
April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 271 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 –
Moriscos are expelled from the
Kingdom of Valencia .
[8]
1660 –
Declaration of Breda by King
Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists and opponents of the monarchy for crimes committed during the
English Civil War and the
Interregnum .
[9]
1796 –
Georges Cuvier delivers the first
paleontological lecture.
[10]
1814 –
Napoleon abdicates (conditionally) for the first time and names his son
Napoleon II as
Emperor of the French , followed by unconditional abdication two days later.
[11]
1818 – The
United States Congress , affirming the
Second Continental Congress , adopts the
flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
[12]
1841 –
William Henry Harrison dies of
pneumonia , becoming the first
President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President
John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
[13]
1860 – The declaration on the introduction of the
Finnish markka as an official currency is read in different parts of the
Grand Duchy of Finland .
[14]
1865 –
American Civil War : A day after
Union forces capture
Richmond, Virginia , U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln visits the
Confederate capital.
[15]
1866 –
Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by
Dmitry Karakozov in the city of
Saint Petersburg .
[16]
1887 –
Argonia, Kansas elects
Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
[17]
1901–present
1904 – Two Ms
~7.1 earthquakes , among the largest in Europe, strikes Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
[18]
1905 – In India,
an earthquake hits the
Kangra Valley , killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in
Kangra ,
McLeod Ganj and
Dharamshala .
1913 –
First Balkan War : Greek aviator
Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the
Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1920 – The four-day
Nebi Musa riots commence.
[19]
1925 – The
Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's
Nazi Party in
Germany .
1933 –
U.S. Navy
airship
USS Akron is wrecked off the
New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
1944 –
World War II :
First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3,000 civilians.
1945 – World War II:
United States Army troops liberate
Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
1945 – World War II: United States Army troops
capture Kassel .
1945 – World War II: Soviet
Red Army troops liberate
Hungary from
German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
1946 – Greek judge and archeologist
Panagiotis Poulitsas is appointed
Prime Minister of Greece in the midst of the
Greek Civil War .
[20]
1949 –
Cold War : Twelve nations sign the
North Atlantic Treaty creating the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .
1958 – The
CND
peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in
London .
1960 –
France agrees to grant independence to the
Mali Federation , a union of
Senegal and
French Sudan .
1963 –
Bye Bye Birdie , a musical romantic comedy film directed by
George Sidney , was released.
[21]
1964 –
The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the
Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1967 –
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence " speech in New York City's
Riverside Church .
[22]
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. is
assassinated by
James Earl Ray at a
motel in
Memphis, Tennessee .
1968 –
Apollo program :
NASA launches
Apollo 6 .
1969 – Dr.
Denton Cooley
implants the first temporary
artificial heart .
1973 – The Twin Towers of the
World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
1973 – A
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter , dubbed the
Hanoi Taxi , makes the last flight of
Operation Homecoming .
1975 –
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between
Bill Gates and
Paul Allen in
Albuquerque, New Mexico .
1975 –
Vietnam War : A United States Air Force
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy
transporting orphans ,
crashes near
Saigon ,
South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
1977 –
Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes in
New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia , killing 72.
[23]
1979 – Prime Minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1981 –
Iran–Iraq War : The
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an
attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
1983 –
Space Shuttle program : Space Shuttle
Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space on
STS-6 .
[24]
1984 – President
Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on
chemical weapons .
1987 –
Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at
Medan Airport , killing 23.
[25]
1988 –
Governor
Evan Mecham of
Arizona is convicted in his
impeachment trial and removed from office.
1990 – The current
flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the
Seventh
National People's Congress .
[26]
1991 – Senator
John Heinz of
Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter
collides with their airplane over an elementary school in
Merion, Pennsylvania .
1991 – Forty-one people are
taken hostage inside a
Good Guys! Electronics store in
Sacramento ,
California . Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed.
[27]
1994 – Three people are killed when
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol .
[28]
1996 –
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous .
1997 – Space Shuttle program:
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on
STS-83 . However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem.
[29]
2002 – The
MPLA government of Angola and
UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the
Angolan Civil War .
2009 –
France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within
NATO .
2010 –
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the
Mexico-USA border , killing at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.
[30]
2011 –
Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at
N'djili Airport in
Kinshasa , killing 32.
[31]
2013 – 74 people are killed in a
building collapse in
Thane ,
India .
[32]
2017 – Syria conducts an
air strike on
Khan Shaykhun using
chemical weapons , killing 89 civilians.
[33]
2020 – China holds a
national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the
novel coronavirus disease outbreak .
2023 –
Finland becomes
a member of
NATO after
Turkey accepts its membership request.
[34]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1640 –
Gaspar Sanz , Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
1646 –
Antoine Galland , French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)
[37]
1648 –
Grinling Gibbons , Dutch-English sculptor (d. 1721)
1676 –
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini , Italian composer (d. 1760)
1688 –
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle , French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)
1718 –
Benjamin Kennicott , English theologian and scholar (d. 1783)
1752 –
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli , Italian composer (d. 1837)
1760 –
Juan Manuel Olivares , Venezuelan organist and composer (d. 1797)
1762 –
Stephen Storace , English actor and composer (d. 1796)
1772 –
Nachman of Breslov , Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. 1810)
1780 –
Edward Hicks , American minister and painter (d. 1849)
1785 –
Bettina von Arnim , German author, illustrator, and composer (d. 1859)
[38]
1792 –
Thaddeus Stevens , American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
1802 –
Dorothea Dix , American nurse and activist (d. 1887)
[39]
1818 –
Thomas Mayne Reid , Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883)
1819 –
Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1821 –
Linus Yale Jr. , American engineer and businessman (d. 1868)
1826 –
Zénobe Gramme , Belgian engineer, invented the
Gramme machine (d. 1901)
1829 –
Owen Suffolk , Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author (d. ?)
1835 –
John Hughlings Jackson , English physician and neurologist (d. 1911)
1842 –
Édouard Lucas , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1891)
1843 –
William Henry Jackson , American painter and photographer (d. 1942)
1846 –
Comte de Lautréamont , Uruguayan-French poet and educator (d. 1870)
1851 –
James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy , Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1931)
1853 –
Remy de Gourmont , French poet, novelist, and critic (d. 1915)
1868 –
Philippa Fawcett , English mathematician and educator (d. 1948)
1869 –
Mary Colter , American architect, designed the
Desert View Watchtower (d. 1958)
1875 –
Pierre Monteux ,
Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964)
1876 –
Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter and poet (d. 1958)
1878 –
Walter Conrad Arensberg , American art collector, critic and poet (d. 1954)
[40]
1878 –
Stylianos Lykoudis , Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958)
1879 –
Gustav Goßler , German rower (d. 1940)
1884 –
James Alberione , Italian priest, founded the
Society of St. Paul (d. 1971)
1884 –
Isoroku Yamamoto , Japanese admiral (d. 1943)
1886 –
Frank Luther Mott , American historian and journalist (d. 1964)
1888 –
Tris Speaker , American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
1888 –
Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr. , Polish historian and academic (d. 1975)
1889 –
Makhanlal Chaturvedi , Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)
1892 –
Italo Mus , Italian painter (d. 1967)
1892 –
Edith Södergran ,
Swedish-Finnish poet (d. 1923)
[41]
1895 –
Arthur Murray , American dancer and educator (d. 1991)
1896 –
Robert E. Sherwood , American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955)
1897 –
Pierre Fresnay , French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975)
1898 –
Agnes Ayres , American actress (d. 1940)
1899 –
Hillel Oppenheimer , German-Israeli botanist and academic (d. 1971)
1901–present
1902 –
Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin , French journalist and author (d. 1969)
1902 –
Stanley G. Weinbaum , American author and poet (d. 1935)
1905 –
Eugène Bozza , French composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1905 –
Erika Nõva , Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987)
1906 –
Bea Benaderet , Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (d. 1968)
1906 –
John Cameron Swayze , American journalist (d. 1995)
1907 –
Robert Askin , Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981)
1910 –
Đặng Văn Ngữ , Vietnamese physician and academic (d. 1967)
1913 –
Dave Brown , Australian rugby league player (d. 1974)
1913 –
Rosemary Lane , American actress and singer (d. 1974)
1913 –
Frances Langford , American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1913 –
Jules Léger , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st
Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)
1913 –
Muddy Waters , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
1914 –
Richard Coogan , American actor (d. 2014)
1914 –
Marguerite Duras , French novelist, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996)
1914 –
David W. Goodall , Australian ecologist and botanist (d. 2018)
1915 –
Louis Archambault , Canadian sculptor (d. 2003)
1916 –
Nikola Ljubičić , Serbian general and politician, 10th
President of Serbia (d. 2005)
1916 –
Mickey Owen , American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1916 –
David White , American actor (d. 1990)
1918 –
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe , English soldier and politician,
Leader of the House of Lords (d. 2007)
1920 –
Ignatius IV of Antioch , Greek patriarch (d. 2012)
1921 –
Orunamamu , American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014)
1921 –
Elizabeth Wilson , American actress (d. 2015)
1922 –
Elmer Bernstein , American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
1923 –
Peter Vaughan , English actor (d. 2016)
1923 –
Gene Reynolds , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1924 –
Bob Christie , American race car driver (d. 2009)
1924 –
Gil Hodges , American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1925 –
Dettmar Cramer , German footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1925 –
Frank Truitt , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1925 –
Claude Wagner , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1979)
1925 –
Emmett Williams , American poet and author (d. 2007)
1926 –
Ronnie Masterson , Irish actress (d. 2014)
1927 –
Joe Orlando , Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1928 –
Maya Angelou , American memoirist and poet (d. 2014)
1928 –
Jimmy Logan , Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1928 –
Monty Norman , English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
1929 –
Humbert Allen Astredo , American actor (d. 2016)
1930 –
Netty Herawaty , Indonesian actress (d. 1989)
1931 –
James Dickens , English politician (d. 2013)
1931 –
Bobby Ray Inman , American admiral and intelligence officer
1931 –
Catherine Tizard , New Zealand politician, 16th
Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2021)
1932 –
Clive Davis , American record producer, founded
Arista Records and
J Records
1932 –
Richard Lugar , American lieutenant and politician, 44th
Mayor of Indianapolis (d. 2019)
1932 –
Anthony Perkins , American actor (d. 1992)
1932 –
Johanna Reiss , Dutch-American author
1932 –
Andrei Tarkovsky , Russian director and producer (d. 1986)
1933 –
Bill France Jr. , American businessman (d. 2007)
1933 –
Brian Hewson , English runner (d. 2022)
1933 –
Bapu Nadkarni , Indian cricketer (d. 2020)
1934 –
Helen Hanft , American actress (d. 2013)
1934 –
Kronid Lyubarsky , Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996)
1935 –
Geoff Braybrooke , English-New Zealand soldier and politician (d. 2013)
1935 –
Kenneth Mars , American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
1935 –
Trevor Griffiths , English playwright and educator (d. 2024)
1938 –
A. Bartlett Giamatti , American businessman and academic (d. 1989)
1939 –
JoAnne Carner , American golfer
1939 –
Darlene Hooley , American educator and politician
1939 –
Hugh Masekela , South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer (d. 2018)
1940 –
Richard Attwood , English race car driver
1940 –
Sharon Sheeley , American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1941 –
Zia Uddin , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician
[42]
1942 –
Jim Fregosi , American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1942 –
Kitty Kelley , American journalist and biographer
1942 –
Elizabeth Levy , American author
1944 –
Magda Aelvoet , Belgian politician
1944 –
Mary Kenny , Irish journalist, author, and playwright
1944 –
Bob McDill , American country music songwriter
1944 –
Craig T. Nelson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 –
Nelson Prudêncio , Brazilian triple jumper and educator (d. 2012)
1944 –
Toktamış Ateş , Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013)
1945 –
Daniel Cohn-Bendit , French-German educator and politician
1945 –
Caroline McWilliams , American actress (d. 2010)
1946 –
Colin Coates , Australian speed skater
1946 –
Dave Hill , English guitarist
1946 –
Katsuaki Satō , Japanese martial artist and coach
1946 –
György Spiró , Hungarian author and playwright
1946 –
Bubba Wyche , American football player and coach
1947 –
Wiranto , Indonesian general and politician
1947 –
Ray Fosse , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1947 –
Eliseo Soriano , Filipino minister and television host (d. 2021)
1948 –
Abdullah Öcalan , Turkish activist
1948 –
Berry Oakley , American bass player (d. 1972)
1948 –
Richard Parsons , American lawyer and businessman
1948 –
Dan Simmons , American author
1948 –
Derek Thompson , Northern Irish actor
1948 –
Pick Withers , English drummer
1949 –
Junior Braithwaite , Jamaican-American singer (d. 1999)
1949 –
Litsa Diamanti , Greek singer
[43]
1949 –
Shing-Tung Yau , Chinese-American mathematician and academic
1950 –
Christine Lahti , American actress and director
1951 –
John Hannah , American football player and coach
1952 –
Rosemarie Ackermann , German high jumper
1952 –
Pat Burns , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010)
1952 –
Gregg Hansford , Australian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1995)
1952 –
Cherie Lunghi , English actress and dancer
1952 –
Karen Magnussen , Canadian figure skater and coach
1952 –
Gary Moore , Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2011)
1952 –
Villy Søvndal , Danish educator and politician,
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 –
Robert Bertrand , Canadian politician (d. 2022)
1953 –
Henry Fotheringham , South African cricketer
1953 –
Simcha Jacobovici , Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author
1953 –
Sammy Wilson , Northern Irish politician, 31st
Lord Mayor of Belfast
1953 –
Chen Yi , Chinese violinist and composer
1956 –
Evelyn Hart , Canadian ballerina
1956 –
Tom Herr , American baseball player and manager
1956 –
David E. Kelley , American screenwriter and producer
1957 –
Paul Downton , English cricketer
1957 –
Aki Kaurismäki , Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 –
Graeme Kelling , Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
1957 –
Nobuyoshi Kuwano , Japanese singer and trumpet player
1958 –
Peter Baltes , German bass player
1958 –
Cazuza , Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1958 –
Rodney Eade , Australian footballer and coach
1959 –
Phil Morris , American actor and screenwriter
1960 –
Jonathan Agnew , English cricketer and sportscaster
1960 –
Jane Eaglen , English soprano
1960 –
Godknows Igali , Nigerian diplomat, civil servant and technocrat
1960 –
Hugo Weaving , Nigerian-Australian actor and producer
1961 –
Hildi Santo-Tomas , American interior decorator
1962 –
Craig Adams , English bass player and songwriter
1962 –
Kailasho Devi , Indian social worker and politician
1963 –
A. Michael Baldwin , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 –
Jack Del Rio , American football player and coach
1963 –
Dale Hawerchuk , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2020)
1963 –
Jane McDonald , English singer and broadcaster
1963 –
Graham Norton , Irish actor and talk show host
1964 –
Branco , Brazilian footballer and coach
1964 –
Dr. Chud , American drummer and singer
1964 –
Anthony Clark , American actor
1964 –
David Cross , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 –
Satoshi Furukawa , Japanese surgeon and astronaut
[44]
1964 –
Paul Parker , England international footballer and TV pundit
[45]
1964 –
Đặng Thân , Vietnamese writer and poet
1965 –
Vinny Burns , English guitarist and producer
1965 –
Robert Downey Jr. , American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
[46]
1966 –
Nancy McKeon , American actress
1966 –
Mike Starr , American bass player (d. 2011)
1966 –
Christos Tsekos , Greek basketball player
1967 –
Edith Masai , Kenyan-German runner
1967 –
George Mavrotas , Greek water polo player and politician
1968 –
Jesús Rollán , Spanish water polo player (d. 2006)
1969 –
Piotr Anderszewski , Polish pianist and composer
1969 –
Karren Brady , English journalist and businesswoman
1970 –
Georgios Amanatidis , Greek footballer and manager
1970 –
Dimitris Basis , Greek singer
[47]
1970 –
Greg Garcia , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 –
Barry Pepper , Canadian actor and producer
1970 –
Jason Stoltenberg , Australian tennis player
1970 –
Josh Todd , American singer-songwriter and actor
1970 –
Yelena Yelesina , Russian high jumper
1971 –
Yanic Perreault , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 –
Malik Yusef , American actor, producer, and poet
1971 –
John Zandig , American wrestler and promoter
1972 –
Jim Dymock , Australian rugby league player and coach
1972 –
Martin Rundkvist , Swedish archaeologist and professor
[48]
1972 –
Jill Scott , American singer-songwriter and actress
1972 –
Magnus Sveningsson , Swedish bass player
1973 –
Chris Banks , American football player (d. 2014)
1973 –
David Blaine , American magician and producer
1973 –
Loris Capirossi , Italian motorcycle racer
1973 –
Peter Hoekstra , Dutch footballer and coach
1973 –
Chris McCormack , Australian triathlete and coach
1973 –
Kelly Price , American singer-songwriter
1975 –
Delphine Arnault , French businesswoman
1975 –
Thobias Fredriksson , Swedish skier
1975 –
Joyce Giraud , Puerto Rican television actress and producer,
Miss Puerto Rico 1994
1975 –
Pamela Ribon , American actress, screenwriter, and author
1975 –
Miranda Lee Richards , American singer-songwriter
1975 –
Scott Rolen , American baseball player
1975 –
Kevin Weekes , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1976 –
Nathan Blacklock , Australian rugby player
1976 –
Sébastien Enjolras , French race car driver (d. 1997)
1976 –
Emerson Ferreira da Rosa , Brazilian footballer
1976 –
James Roday , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 –
Stephan Bonnar , American mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
1977 –
Keith Bulluck , American football player and sportscaster
1977 –
Adam Dutkiewicz , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1977 –
Stephen Mulhern , English magician and television host
1977 –
Omarr Smith , American football player and coach
1978 –
Jason Ellison , American baseball player and scout
1978 –
Alan Mahon , Irish footballer
1979 –
Heath Ledger , Australian actor (d. 2008)
1979 –
Roberto Luongo , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 –
Natasha Lyonne , American actress
1979 –
Andy McKee , American guitarist
1979 –
Maksim Opalev , Russian canoeist
[49]
1980 –
Johnny Borrell , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 –
Trevor Moore , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1980 –
Eric Steinbach , American football player
1980 –
Björn Wirdheim , Swedish race car driver
1981 –
Currensy , American rapper
1981 –
Eduardo Luís Carloto , Brazilian footballer
1981 –
Casey Daigle , American baseball player
1981 –
Anna Pyatykh , Russian triple jumper
[50]
1981 –
Ned Vizzini , American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1982 –
Justin Cook , American voice actor and producer
1982 –
Magnus Lindgren , Swedish chef (d. 2012)
1983 –
Evgeny Artyukhin , Russian ice hockey player
1983 –
Eric André , American comedian
[51]
1983 –
Ben Gordon , American basketball player
1983 –
Doug Lynch , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Natalie Pike , Scottish-English model and actress
1983 –
Amanda Righetti , American actress
1984 –
Sean May , American basketball player
1984 –
Arkady Vyatchanin , Russian swimmer
1985 –
Rudy Fernández , Spanish basketball player
1985 –
Dudi Sela , Israeli tennis player
1985 –
Ricardo Vilar , Brazilian footballer
1986 –
Eunhyuk , South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1986 –
Cameron Barker , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Maurice Manificat , French skier
1986 –
Aiden McGeady , Scottish-born Irish footballer
1986 –
Alexander Tettey , Norwegian footballer
1987 –
Sami Khedira , German footballer
1987 –
McDonald Mariga , Kenyan footballer
1987 –
Cameron Maybin , American baseball player
1987 –
Marcos Vellidis , Greek footballer
1987 –
Sarah Gadon , Canadian actress
1988 –
Frank Fielding , English footballer
1989 –
Vurnon Anita , Dutch footballer
1989 –
Steven Finn , English cricketer
[52]
1989 –
Chris Herd , Australian footballer
[53]
1991 –
Yui Koike , Japanese singer and actress
1991 –
Asia Muhammad , American tennis player
[54]
1991 –
Justin O'Neill , Australian rugby league player
1991 –
Martín Pérez , Venezuelan baseball player
[55]
1991 –
Jamie Lynn Spears , American actress and singer
1991 –
Marlon Stöckinger , Filipino race car driver
[56]
1992 –
Lucy May Barker , English actress and singer
1992 –
Ricky Dillon , American YouTuber and singer
1993 –
Samir Carruthers , English footballer
1993 –
Frank Kaminsky , American basketball player
1994 –
Shunsuke Nishikawa , Japanese actor
1994 –
Risako Sugaya , Japanese singer and actress
1996 –
Austin Mahone , American singer-songwriter and actor
2003 –
Harvey Elliott , English footballer
[57]
Deaths
Pre-1600
397 –
Ambrose , Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338)
636 –
Isidore of Seville , Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560)
814 –
Plato of Sakkoudion , Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735)
896 –
Formosus , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 816)
911 –
Liu Yin , Chinese warlord and governor (b. 874)
931 –
Kong Xun , Chinese official and governor (b. 884)
968 –
Abu Firas al-Hamdani , Arab prince and poet (b. 932)
991 –
Reginold , bishop of Eichstätt
[58]
1284 –
Alfonso X , king of Castile and León (b. 1221)
1292 –
Nicholas IV , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1227)
1406 –
Robert III , king of Scotland (b. 1337)
[59]
1483 –
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
1536 –
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
1538 –
Elena Glinskaya , Grand Princess and regent of Russia
1588 –
Frederick II , king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1534)
1589 –
Benedict the Moor , Sicilian Franciscan friar and saint (b. 1526)
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1596 –
Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)
1601–1900
1609 –
Carolus Clusius , Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526)
1617 –
John Napier , Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)
1643 –
Simon Episcopius , Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
1661 –
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven , Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
1743 –
Daniel Neal , English historian and author (b. 1678)
1761 –
Théodore Gardelle , Swiss painter (b. 1722)
1766 –
John Taylor , English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
1774 –
Oliver Goldsmith , Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
1792 –
James Sykes , American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1807 –
Jérôme Lalande , French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
1817 –
André Masséna , French general (b. 1758)
1841 –
William Henry Harrison , American general and politician, 9th
President of the United States (b. 1773)
1846 –
Solomon Sibley , American lawyer and politician, 1st
Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769)
1861 –
John McLean , American jurist and politician, 6th
United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)
1863 –
Ludwig Emil Grimm , German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1864 –
Joseph Pitty Couthouy , American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808)
1870 –
Heinrich Gustav Magnus , German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
1874 –
Charles Ernest Beulé , French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1875 –
Karl Mauch , German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)
1878 –
Richard M. Brewer , American criminal (b. 1850)
1879 –
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove , German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)
1883 –
Peter Cooper , American businessman and philanthropist, founded
Cooper Union (b. 1791)
1890 –
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st
Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)
1890 –
Edmond Hébert , French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
1901–present
1912 –
Charles Brantley Aycock , American lawyer and politician, 50th
Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
1912 –
Isaac K. Funk , American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded
Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
1913 –
Emmanouil Argyropoulos , Greek pioneer aviator (b. 1889)
[60]
1913 –
Konstantinos Manos , Greek politician, poet, soldier and sportsman (b. 1869)
[61]
1919 –
William Crookes , English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
1919 –
Francisco Marto , Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
1923 –
John Venn , English mathematician and philosopher, created the
Venn diagram (b. 1834)
1928 –
Konstantinos Maleas , Greek painter (b. 1879)
[62]
1929 –
Karl Benz , German engineer and businessman, founded
Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
1931 –
André Michelin , French businessman, co-founded the
Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
1932 –
Wilhelm Ostwald , Latvian-German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1933 –
Elizabeth Bacon Custer , American author and educator (b. 1842)
1944 –
Morris H. Whitehouse , American architect (b. 1878)
[63]
1951 –
George Albert Smith , American religious leader, 8th
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
1953 –
Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
1957 –
E. Herbert Norman , Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
1958 –
Johnny Stompanato , American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
1961 –
Harald Riipalu , Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
1961 –
Simion Stoilow , Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
1963 –
Oskari Tokoi , Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (b. 1873)
[64]
1967 –
Al Lewis , American songwriter (b. 1901)
1967 –
Héctor Scarone , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
1968 –
Martin Luther King Jr. , American minister and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate (
assassinated ) (b. 1929)
1972 –
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. , American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
1972 –
Stefan Wolpe , German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
1976 –
Harry Nyquist , Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
1977 –
Andrey Dikiy , Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
1979 –
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th
President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
1979 –
Edgar Buchanan , American actor (b. 1903)
1980 –
Red Sovine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
1983 –
Gloria Swanson , American actress (b. 1899)
1983 –
Bernard Vukas , Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World" team against England at Wembley (b. 1927)
1984 –
Oleg Antonov , Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded
Antonov Design Bureau (b. 1906)
[65]
1985 –
Kate Roberts , Welsh author and activist (b. 1891)
1987 –
C. L. Moore , American author and academic (b. 1911)
1987 –
Chögyam Trungpa , Tibetan guru, poet, and scholar (b. 1939)
1987 –
Sachchidananda Vatsyayan , Indian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1991 –
Edmund Adamkiewicz , German footballer (b. 1920)
1991 –
Max Frisch , Swiss playwright and novelist (b. 1911)
1991 –
H. John Heinz III , American soldier and politician (b. 1938)
1991 –
Graham Ingels , American illustrator (b. 1915)
1992 –
Yvette Brind'Amour , Canadian actress and director (b. 1918)
1992 –
Jack Hamilton , Australian footballer (b. 1928)
1992 –
Arthur Russell , American singer-songwriter and cellist (b. 1951)
1993 –
Alfred Mosher Butts , American game designer, invented
Scrabble (b. 1899)
1993 –
Douglas Leopold , Canadian radio and television host (b. 1947)
1995 –
Kenny Everett , English radio and television host (b. 1944)
1995 –
Priscilla Lane , American actress (b. 1915)
1996 –
Barney Ewell , American runner and long jumper (b. 1918)
1996 –
Boone Guyton , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913)
1997 –
Leo Picard , German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)
1997 –
Alparslan Türkeş , Turkish colonel and politician, 39th
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1917)
1999 –
Lucille Lortel , American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900)
1999 –
Early Wynn , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2001 –
Liisi Oterma , Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
2001 –
Ed Roth , American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)
2001 –
Maury Van Vliet , American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)
2003 –
Anthony Caruso , American actor (b. 1916)
2004 –
Briek Schotte , Belgian cyclist and coach (b. 1919)
2005 –
Edward Bronfman , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)
2007 –
Bob Clark , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2007 –
Karen Spärck Jones , English computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2008 –
Francis Tucker , South African race car driver (b. 1923)
2009 –
Maxine Cooper , American actress, activist and photographer (b. 1924)
2011 –
Scott Columbus , American drummer (b. 1956)
2011 –
Juliano Mer-Khamis , Israeli actor, director, and activist (b. 1958)
2012 –
A. Dean Byrd , American psychologist and academic (b. 1948)
2012 –
Dimitris Christoulas , Greek pensioner who committed suicide in public (b. 1935)
[66]
2012 –
Anne Karin Elstad , Norwegian author and educator (b. 1938)
2012 –
Claude Miller , French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2012 –
Dubravko Pavličić , Croatian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 –
Roberto Rexach Benítez , Puerto Rican academic and politician, 10th
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico (b. 1929)
2013 –
Bengt Blomgren , Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013 –
Roger Ebert , American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2013 –
Carmine Infantino , American illustrator (b. 1925)
2013 –
Tommy Tycho , Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2013 –
Ian Walsh , Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1933)
2013 –
Noboru Yamaguchi , Japanese author (b. 1972)
2014 –
İsmet Atlı , Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)
2014 –
Wayne Henderson , American trombonist and producer (b. 1939)
2014 –
Kumba Ialá , Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician,
President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953)
2014 –
Margo MacDonald , Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1943)
[67]
2014 –
Curtis Bill Pepper , American journalist and author (b. 1917)
2014 –
Muhammad Qutb , Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919)
2015 –
Jamaluddin Jarjis , Malaysian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
2015 –
Elmer Lach , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2015 –
Donald N. Levine , American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)
2015 –
Klaus Rifbjerg , Danish author and poet (b. 1931)
2016 –
Chus Lampreave , Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2024 –
Lynne Reid Banks , British author (b. 1929)
[68]
2024 –
Thomas Gumbleton , American Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
[69]
2024 –
Pat Zachry , American baseball player (b. 1952)
[70]
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