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Day of the year
August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 129 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in
Surat .
1643 – A Dutch fleet
establishes a new colony in the ruins of
Valdivia in
southern Chile .
[9]
1662 – The
1662 Book of Common Prayer is
legally enforced as the liturgy of the
Church of England , precipitating the
Great Ejection of
Dissenter ministers from their
benefices .
1682 –
William Penn receives the area that is now the state of
Delaware , and adds it to his
colony of
Pennsylvania .
1690 –
Job Charnock of the
East India Company establishes a
factory in
Calcutta , an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the
Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
1743 –
The War of the Hats : The
Swedish army surrenders to the
Russians in
Helsinki , ending the war and starting Lesser Wrath .
[10]
1781 –
American Revolutionary War : A small force of
Pennsylvania
militia is
ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces
George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack
Detroit .
1789 – The first
naval battle of the Svensksund began in the
Gulf of Finland .
[10]
1812 –
Peninsular War : A coalition of Spanish,
British , and
Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long
Siege of Cádiz .
1814 – British troops
capture Washington, D.C. and set the
Presidential Mansion ,
Capitol ,
Navy Yard and many other public buildings ablaze.
[11]
1815 – The modern
Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
1816 – The
Treaty of St. Louis is signed in
St. Louis, Missouri .
1820 –
Constitutionalist
insurrection at
Oporto , Portugal.
1821 – The
Treaty of Córdoba is signed in
Córdoba , now in
Veracruz , Mexico, concluding the
Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1857 – The
Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
1870 – The
Wolseley expedition reaches
Manitoba to end the
Red River Rebellion .
1898 –
Count Muravyov ,
Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the
First Hague Peace Conference .
1901–present
1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the
Panama Canal .
1911 –
Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first
President of Portugal .
1914 –
World War I : German troops
capture Namur .
1914 – World War I: The
Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
1929 – Second day of two-day
Hebron massacre during the
1929 Palestine riots :
Arab attacks on the Jewish community in
Hebron in the
British Mandate of Palestine , result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
1931 – Resignation of the United Kingdom's
Second Labour Government . Formation of the
UK National Government .
1932 –
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to
Newark, New Jersey ).
1933 – The
Crescent Limited train
derails in Washington, D.C., after the
bridge it is crossing is washed out by the
1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane .
1936 – The
Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1937 –
Spanish Civil War : the
Basque Army surrenders to the Italian
Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the
Santoña Agreement .
1937 – Spanish Civil War:
Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in
Gijón .
1938 –
Kweilin incident : A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin , a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the
first recorded instance of a civilian airliner being shot down.
[12]
1941 –
The Holocaust :
Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of
Nazi Germany 's systematic
T4 euthanasia program of the
mentally ill and the
handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
1942 –
World War II : The
Battle of the Eastern Solomons . Japanese
aircraft carrier
Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier
USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
1944 – World War II: Allied troops begin
the attack on Paris .
1949 – The treaty creating the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
1950 –
Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the
United Nations .
1951 –
United Air Lines Flight 615 crashes near
Decoto, California , killing 50 people.
[13]
1954 – The
Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the
American Communist Party .
1954 – Vice president
João Café Filho takes office as president of
Brazil , following the suicide of
Getúlio Vargas .
[14]
1963 –
Buddhist crisis : As a result of the
Xá Lợi Pagoda raids , the
US State Department
cables the
United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage
Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to
launch a coup against President
Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother
Ngô Đình Nhu .
1967 – Led by
Abbie Hoffman , the
Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the
New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
[15]
1970 –
Vietnam War protesters
bomb Sterling Hall at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison , leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
[16]
1981 –
Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for
murdering John Lennon .
1989 –
Colombian
drug barons declare "total war" on the
Colombian government .
1989 –
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-
communist
prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
1991 –
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
[17]
1991 –
Ukraine
declares itself independent from the
Soviet Union .
[11]
1992 –
Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in
Homestead, Florida as a
Category 5 hurricane , causing up to $25 billion (1992
USD ) in damages.
1995 – Microsoft
Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
1998 – First
radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
2001 –
Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the
Atlantic Ocean , forcing the pilots to conduct an
emergency landing in the
Azores .
[18]
2004 – Ninety passengers die after
two airliners explode after flying out of
Domodedovo International Airport , near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from
Chechnya .
2006 – The
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
redefines the term "planet" such that
Pluto is now considered a
dwarf planet .
2008 – Sixty-five passengers are killed when
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes during an
emergency landing at
Manas International Airport in
Bishkek ,
Kyrgyzstan .
[19]
2008 – A
Cessna 208 Caravan
crashes in
Cabañas, Zacapa ,
Guatemala , killing 11 people.
[20]
2010 – In
San Fernando, Tamaulipas , Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are
killed by
Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
2010 –
Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at
Yichun Lindu Airport in
Yichun ,
Heilongjiang ,
China , killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.
[21]
2010 –
Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near
Shikharpur, Makwanpur , Nepal, killing all 14 people on board.
[22]
2012 –
Anders Behring Breivik , perpetrator of the
2011 Norway attacks , is
sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
[23]
2014 – A magnitude 6.0
earthquake strikes the
San Francisco Bay Area ; it is the largest in that area
since 1989 .
[24]
2016 – An
earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as
Rome and
Florence . Around 300 people are killed.
[25]
2016 –
Proxima Centauri b , the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the
European Southern Observatory .
[26]
2017 – The
National Space Agency of
Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite
Formosat-5 into space.
[27]
2020 –
Erin O’Toole is
elected leader of the
Conservative Party of Canada .
[28]
2023 – Japan officially begins
discharging treated radioactive water from the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.
[29]
Births
Pre-1600
1016 –
Fujiwara no Genshi , Japanese empress consort (d. 1039)[
citation needed ]
1113 –
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
[30]
1198 –
Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
[31]
1358 –
John I of Castile (d. 1390)
[32]
1393 –
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
[33]
1423 –
Thomas Rotherham , English cleric (d. 1500)
1498 –
John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (d. 1537)
1510 –
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (d. 1558)
[34]
1552 –
Lavinia Fontana , Italian painter and educator (d. 1614)
1556 –
Sophia Brahe , Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (d. 1643)
1561 –
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (d. 1626)
[35]
1578 –
John Taylor , English poet and author (d. 1653)
1591 –
Robert Herrick , English poet and cleric (d. 1674)
1601–1900
1631 –
Philip Henry , English minister (d. 1696)
1635 –
Peder Griffenfeld , Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1699)
1684 –
Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet , British politician (d. 1746)
1714 –
Alaungpaya , Burmese king (d. 1760)
1758 –
Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
1759 –
William Wilberforce , English philanthropist and politician (d. 1833)
1772 –
William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
1787 –
James Weddell , Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834)
1824 –
Antonio Stoppani , Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
1837 –
Théodore Dubois , French organist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
1843 –
Boyd Dunlop Morehead , Australian politician, 10th
Premier of Queensland (d. 1905)
1845 –
James Calhoun , American lieutenant (d. 1876)
1851 –
Tom Kendall , Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924)
1852 –
Agnes Marshall , English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef (d. 1905)
[36]
1860 –
David Bowman , Australian lawyer and politician (d. 1916)
1862 –
Zonia Baber , American geographer and geologist (d. 1956)
[37]
1863 –
Dragutin Lerman , Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
1865 –
Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
1872 –
Max Beerbohm , English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (d. 1956)
1884 –
Earl Derr Biggers , American author and playwright (d. 1933)
1887 –
Harry Hooper , American baseball player (d. 1974)
1888 –
Valentine Baker , Welsh co-founder of the
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (d. 1942)
1890 –
Duke Kahanamoku , American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
[11]
1890 –
Jean Rhys , Dominican-English novelist (d. 1979)
1893 –
Haim Ernst Wertheimer , German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978)
1895 –
Richard Cushing , American cardinal (d. 1970)
1897 –
Fred Rose , American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954)
1898 –
Malcolm Cowley , American novelist, poet, literary critic (d. 1989)
1899 –
Jorge Luis Borges , Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (d. 1986)
[11]
1899 –
Albert Claude , Belgian biologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1901–present
1901 –
Preston Foster , American actor (d. 1970)
1902 –
Fernand Braudel , French historian and academic (d. 1985)
1902 –
Carlo Gambino , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976)
1903 –
Karl Hanke , German businessman and politician (d. 1945)
1904 –
Ida Cook , English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell
[38] (d. 1986)
1905 –
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1974)
1905 –
Siaka Stevens , Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st
President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
[39]
1907 –
Bruno Giacometti , Swiss architect, designed the
Hallenstadion (d. 2012)
1908 –
Shivaram Rajguru , Indian activist (d. 1931)
1909 –
Ronnie Grieveson , South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998)
1913 –
Charles Snead Houston , American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1915 –
Wynonie Harris , American singer and guitarist (d. 1969)
1915 –
James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Bradley Sheldon), American psychologist and science fiction author (d. 1987)
[40]
1918 –
Sikander Bakht , Indian field hockey player and politician,
Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004)
1919 –
Tosia Altman , member of the Polish resistance in World War II (d. 1943)
[41]
1919 –
J. Gordon Edwards , American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (d. 2004)
[42]
1919 –
Enrique Llanes , Mexican wrestler (d. 2004)
1920 –
Alex Colville , Canadian painter and academic (d. 2013)
1921 –
Eric Simms , English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009)
1922 –
René Lévesque , Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd
Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
1922 –
Howard Zinn , American historian, author, and activist (d. 2010)
1923 –
Arthur Jensen , American psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
1924 –
Alyn Ainsworth , English singer and conductor (d. 1990)
1924 –
Louis Teicher , American pianist (d. 2008)
1926 –
Nancy Spero , American painter and academic (d. 2009)
1927 –
Anjali Devi , Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
1927 –
David Ireland , Australian author and playwright (d. 2022)
1927 –
Harry Markowitz , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
1929 –
Betty Dodson , American author and educator (d. 2020)
1930 –
Jackie Brenston , American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1979)
1930 –
Roger McCluskey , American race car driver (d. 1993)
1932 –
Robert D. Hales , American captain and religious leader (d. 2017)
1932 –
Richard Meale , Australian pianist and composer (d. 2009)
[43]
1932 –
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , English cardinal (d. 2017)
1933 –
Prince Rupert Loewenstein , Spanish-English banker and manager (d. 2014)
1934 –
Kenny Baker , English actor (d. 2016)
1936 –
A. S. Byatt , English novelist and poet
[44] (d. 2023)
1936 –
Kenny Guinn , American banker and politician, 27th
Governor of Nevada (d. 2010)
1936 –
Arthur B. C. Walker Jr. , American physicist and academic (d. 2001)
1937 –
Moshood Abiola , Nigerian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
1937 –
Susan Sheehan , Austrian-American journalist and author
[45]
1938 –
David Freiberg , American singer and bass player
[46]
1938 –
Mason Williams , American guitarist and composer
[47]
1940 –
Madsen Pirie , British academic, President and co-founder of the
Adam Smith Institute
[48]
1940 –
Francine Lalonde , Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014)
1940 –
Keith Savage , English rugby player
1941 –
Alan M. Roberts , English academic, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
1942 –
Max Cleland , American captain and politician (d. 2021)
1942 –
Jimmy Soul , American pop-soul singer (d. 1988)
1942 –
Karen Uhlenbeck , American mathematician
[49]
1943 –
John Cipollina , American rock guitarist (d. 1989)
1944 –
Bill Goldsworthy , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
1944 –
Gregory Jarvis , American engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
[50]
1944 –
Rocky Johnson , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020)
1945 –
Ronee Blakley , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1945 –
Molly Duncan , Scottish saxophonist (d. 2019)
1945 –
Ken Hensley , English rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2020)
[51]
1945 –
Marsha P. Johnson , American gay liberation activist and drag queen (d. 1992)
1945 –
Vince McMahon , American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded
WWE
1947 –
Anne Archer , American actress and producer
[47]
1947 –
Paulo Coelho , Brazilian author and songwriter
[46]
1947 –
Roger De Vlaeminck , Belgian cyclist and coach
1947 –
Joe Manchin , American politician, 34th
Governor of West Virginia
1947 –
Vladimir Masorin , Russian admiral
1948 –
Kim Sung-il , South Korean commander and pilot
1948 –
Jean Michel Jarre , French pianist, composer, and producer
[52]
1948 –
Sauli Niinistö , Finnish captain and politician, 12th
President of Finland
1948 –
Alexander McCall Smith , Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
1949 –
Stephen Paulus , American composer and educator (d. 2014)
[53]
1949 –
Joe Regalbuto , American actor and director
[47]
1951 –
Danny Joe Brown , American southern rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
1951 –
Orson Scott Card , American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist
[54]
1951 –
Oscar Hijuelos , American author and academic (d. 2013)
1952 –
Marion Bloem , Dutch author, director, and painter
1952 –
Linton Kwesi Johnson , Jamaican dub poet
1953 –
Sam Torrance , Scottish golfer and sportscaster
1954 –
Alain Daigle , Canadian ice hockey player
1954 –
Heini Otto , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1955 –
Kevin Dunn , American actor
[47]
1955 –
Mike Huckabee , American minister and politician, 44th
Governor of Arkansas
[46]
1956 –
Gerry Cooney , American boxer
1956 –
Dick Lee , Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright
1957 –
Jeffrey Daniel , American singer-songwriter and dancer
1957 –
Stephen Fry , English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
[47]
1958 –
Steve Guttenberg , American actor and producer
[47]
1959 –
Meg Munn , English social worker and politician
1960 –
Cal Ripken Jr. , American baseball player and coach
[46]
1961 –
Jared Harris , English actor
[47]
1962 –
Craig Kilborn , American television host
[47]
1962 –
Emile Roemer , Dutch educator and politician
1963 –
John Bush , American singer-songwriter
[47]
1963 –
Hideo Kojima , Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer
1963 –
Francis Pangilinan , Filipino lawyer and politician
1964 –
Éric Bernard , French racing driver
1964 –
Mark Cerny , American video game designer, programmer, producer and business executive
1964 –
Salizhan Sharipov , Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
1965 –
Marlee Matlin , American actress and producer
[47]
1965 –
Reggie Miller , American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 –
Brian Rajadurai , Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer
1967 –
Michael Thomas , English footballer
1968 –
Benoît Brunet , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1968 –
Shoichi Funaki , Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster
1968 –
Andreas Kisser , Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
[55]
1968 –
Tim Salmon , American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 –
Jans Koerts , Dutch cyclist
1970 –
Rich Beem , American golfer
1970 –
David Gregory , American journalist
[47]
1970 –
Tugay Kerimoğlu , Turkish footballer and manager
1972 –
Jean-Luc Brassard , Canadian skier and radio host
1972 –
Ava DuVernay , American director and screenwriter
[56]
1972 –
Todd Young , American politician
1973 –
Andrew Brunette , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 –
Dave Chappelle , American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
[47]
1973 –
James D'Arcy , English actor
[47]
1973 –
Inge de Bruijn , Dutch swimmer
1973 –
Carmine Giovinazzo , American actor
[47]
1974 –
Jennifer Lien , American actress
[57]
1975 –
Roberto Colombo , Italian footballer
1975 –
Mark de Vries , Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1976 –
Simon Dennis , English rower and academic
[58]
1976 –
Alex O'Loughlin , Australian actor, writer, director, and producer
[59]
1977 –
Denílson de Oliveira Araújo , Brazilian footballer
1977 –
Robert Enke , German footballer (d. 2009)
1977 –
Per Gade , Danish footballer
1977 –
John Green , American author and vlogger
[60]
1977 –
Jürgen Macho , Austrian footballer
1978 –
Derek Morris , Canadian ice hockey player
[61]
1979 –
Vahur Afanasjev , Estonian author and poet
1979 –
Orlando Engelaar , Dutch footballer
1979 –
Michael Redd , American basketball player
[62]
1981 –
Chad Michael Murray , American actor, model, and author
[47]
1982 –
José Bosingwa , Portuguese footballer
1982 –
Kim Källström , Swedish footballer
1983 –
Brett Gardner , American baseball player
[63]
1983 –
Marcel Goc , German ice hockey player
[64]
1983 –
George Perris , Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1984 –
Erin Molan , Australian journalist and sportscaster
1984 –
Charlie Villanueva , Dominican-American basketball player
[65]
1986 –
Joseph Akpala , Nigerian footballer
1986 –
Arian Foster , American football player, rapper, and actor
[66]
1987 –
Anže Kopitar , Slovenian ice hockey player
1988 –
Rupert Grint , English actor
[47]
1988 –
Brad Hunt , Canadian ice hockey player
[67]
1988 –
Manu Ma'u , New Zealand rugby league player
1988 –
Maya Yoshida , Japanese footballer
1989 –
Reynaldo , Brazilian footballer
1989 –
Rocío Igarzábal , Argentinian actress and singer
1990 –
Juan Pedro Lanzani , Argentinian actor and singer
1991 –
Enrique Hernández , Puerto Rican baseball player
[68]
1991 –
Wang Zhen , Chinese race walker
[69]
1992 –
Jemerson , Brazilian footballer
1993 –
Allen Robinson , American football player
1993 –
Maryna Zanevska , Belgian tennis player
[70]
1995 –
Noah Vonleh , American basketball player
[71]
1995 –
Lady Amelia Windsor , member of the British royal family
[72]
1997 –
Alan Walker , British-Norwegian DJ and record producer
[73]
1998 –
Sofia Richie , American model and social media personality
[46]
2000 –
Griffin Gluck , American actor
[46]
2001 –
Mildred Maldonado , Mexican rhythmic gymnast
[74]
Deaths
Pre-1600
691 –
Fu Youyi , official of the Tang Dynasty
842 –
Saga , Japanese emperor (b. 786)
895 –
Guthred , king of
Northumbria
927 –
Doulu Ge , chancellor of
Later Tang
927 –
Wei Yue , chancellor of Later Tang
[75]
[76]
[77]
942 –
Liu , empress dowager of Later Jin
948 –
Zhang Ye , Chinese general and
chancellor
1042 –
Michael V Kalaphates , Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)
1103 –
Magnus Barefoot , Norwegian king (b. 1073)
1217 –
Eustace the Monk , French pirate (b. 1170)
1313 –
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1275)
1372 –
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348)
1497 –
Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (b. 1435)
1507 –
Cecily of York , English princess (b. 1469)
1540 –
Parmigianino , Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503)
1542 –
Gasparo Contarini , Italian cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 –
Gaspard II de Coligny , French admiral (b. 1519)
1572 –
Charles de Téligny , French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)
1595 –
Thomas Digges , English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)
1601–1900
1617 –
Rose of Lima , Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1647 –
Nicholas Stone , English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
1679 –
Jean François Paul de Gondi , French cardinal and author (b. 1614)
1680 –
Thomas Blood , Irish colonel (b. 1618)
1680 –
Ferdinand Bol , Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)
1683 –
John Owen , English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
1759 –
Ewald Christian von Kleist , German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
1770 –
Thomas Chatterton , English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
1779 –
Cosmas of Aetolia , Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
1798 –
Thomas Alcock , English priest and author (b. 1709)
1804 –
Peggy Shippen , American wife of
Benedict Arnold and
American Revolutionary War
spy (b. 1760)
1818 –
James Carr , American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
1821 –
John William Polidori , English writer and physician (b. 1795)
1832 –
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot , French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
1832 –
Richard Weymouth , British Royal Navy commander (b. 1780/81)
1838 –
Ferenc Kölcsey , Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
1841 –
Theodore Hook , English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
1841 –
John Ordronaux , French-American soldier (b. 1778)
1888 –
Rudolf Clausius , German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
1895 –
Albert F. Mummery , English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
1901–present
1923 –
Kate Douglas Wiggin , American author and educator (b. 1856)
1930 –
Tom Norman , English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
1932 –
Kate M. Gordon , American activist (b. 1861)
1939 –
Frederick Carl Frieseke , American painter and educator (b. 1874)
1940 –
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the
Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
1943 –
Antonio Alice , Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
1943 –
Ettore Muti Italian aviator, adventurer and politician (b. 1902)
[78]
1943 –
Simone Weil , French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
1946 –
James Clark McReynolds , American lawyer and judge, 48th
United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
1954 –
Getúlio Vargas , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th
President of Brazil (b. 1882)
1956 –
Kenji Mizoguchi , Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
1957 –
Ronald Knox , English Catholic priest (b. 1888)
[79]
1958 –
Paul Henry , Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)
1967 –
Henry J. Kaiser , American businessman, founded
Kaiser Shipyards and
Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
1974 –
Alexander P. de Seversky , Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded
Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
1977 –
Buddy O'Connor , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
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Scott Nearing , American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
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Paul Creston , American composer and educator (b. 1906)
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Malcolm Kirk , English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
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André Donner , Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)
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E. G. Marshall , American actor (b. 1910)
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Mary Jane Croft , American actress (b. 1916)
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Alexandre Lagoya , Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
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Jane Greer , American actress (b. 1924)
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Roman Matsov , Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
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Nikolay Guryanov , Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
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Wilfred Thesiger , Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
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Andrée Boucher , Canadian educator and politician, 39th
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Mike Flanagan , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
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Dadullah , Pakistani
Taliban leader (b. 1965)
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Pauli Ellefsen , Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
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Félix Miélli Venerando , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
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Gerry Baker , American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)
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Nílton de Sordi , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
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Julie Harris , American actress (b. 1925)
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Muriel Siebert , American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
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Richard Attenborough , English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)
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Antônio Ermírio de Moraes , Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)
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Charlie Coffey , American football player and coach (b. 1934)
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Joseph F. Traub , German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932)
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Justin Wilson , English racing driver (b. 1978)
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Walter Scheel , German politician, 4th
President of Germany (b. 1919)
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Jay Thomas , American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948)
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