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Day of the year
December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 21 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1901 – The first
Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
1902 – The opening of the reservoir of the
Aswan Dam in
Egypt .
1906 – U.S. President
Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the
Russo-Japanese War , becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.
[6]
1907 – The worst night of the
Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.
[7]
1909 –
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the
Nobel Prize in Literature .
[8]
1932 –
Thailand becomes a
constitutional monarchy .
1936 –
Abdication Crisis :
Edward VIII signs the
Instrument of Abdication .
1941 –
World War II : The
Royal Navy capital ships
HMS Prince of Wales and
HMS Repulse are
sunk by
Imperial Japanese Navy
torpedo bombers near
British Malaya .
1941 – World War II:
Battle of the Philippines :
Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General
Masaharu Homma land on
Luzon .
1942 – World War II:
Government of Poland in exile send
Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the
Holocaust ) to 26 governments who signed the
Declaration by United Nations .
1948 –
The Human Rights Convention is signed by the
United Nations .
1949 –
Chinese Civil War : The
People's Liberation Army begins its siege of
Chengdu , the last
Kuomintang -held city in
mainland China , forcing
President of the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to
Taiwan .
1953 –
British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill receives the
Nobel Prize in Literature .
1963 –
Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a
constitutional monarchy , under Sultan
Jamshid bin Abdullah .
1963 – An
assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "
300 million yen robbery ", is carried out in Tokyo.
1978 –
Arab–Israeli conflict :
Prime Minister of Israel
Menachem Begin and
President of Egypt
Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize .
1979 –
Kaohsiung Incident : Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the
KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
1983 –
Democracy is restored in
Argentina with the inauguration of President
Raúl Alfonsín .
1984 –
United Nations General Assembly recognizes the
Convention against Torture .
1989 –
Mongolian Revolution : At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration,
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the
Mongolian Democratic Union .
1991 –
Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st
President of Kazakhstan .
[9]
1991 – The
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the
Republic of Kazakhstan .
[10]
1993 – The last shift leaves
Wearmouth Colliery in
Sunderland . The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old
County Durham
coalfield , which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
1994 –
Rwandan genocide :
Maurice Baril , military advisor to the U.N.
Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations , recommends that
UNAMIR stand down.
1995 – The
Israeli army withdraws from
Nablus pursuant to the terms of
Oslo Accord .
1996 – The new
Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by
Nelson Mandela .
1999 –
Helen Clark is sworn in as
Prime Minister of New Zealand , the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
[11]
[12]
2005 –
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at
Port Harcourt International Airport in
Nigeria , killing 108 people.
[13]
2014 – Palestinian minister
Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by
Israeli forces in the village (
Turmus'ayya ) in
Ramallah .
2015 –
Rojava conflict : The
Syrian Democratic Council is established in
Dêrik , forming the political wing of the
Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
[14]
[15]
[16]
2016 –
Two explosions outside a
football stadium in
Istanbul ,
Turkey , kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
2017 –
ISIL is defeated in
Iraq .
[17]
2019 – The
Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
[18]
2021 – A widespread, deadly, and violent
tornado outbreak slams the
Central ,
Midwestern , and
Southern regions of the
United States . Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in
Kentucky , where a
single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others.
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1610 –
Adriaen van Ostade , Dutch painter (d. 1685)
[24]
1654 –
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole , Italian painter (d. 1719)
1658 –
Lancelot Blackburne , Archbishop of York (d. 1743)
1713 –
Johann Nicolaus Mempel , German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
1751 –
George Shaw , English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
1776 –
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)
1783 –
María Bibiana Benítez , Puerto Rican poet and playwright (d. 1873)
1787 –
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , American educator, founded the
American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
1804 –
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi , German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)
1805 –
William Lloyd Garrison , American journalist and activist, founded
The Liberator (d. 1879)
1805 –
Joseph Škoda , Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
1811 –
Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer , American poet, biographer, and editor (d. 1894)
[25]
1815 –
Ada Lovelace , English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)
[26]
1821 –
Nikolay Nekrasov , Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)
1822 –
César Franck , Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)
1824 –
George MacDonald , Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
1827 –
Eugene O'Keefe , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)
1830 –
Emily Dickinson , American poet (d. 1886)
1851 –
Melvil Dewey , American librarian, created the
Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
1866 –
Louis Bolk , Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
1870 –
Jadunath Sarkar , Indian historian (d. 1958)
[27]
1870 –
Adolf Loos , Austrian architect and theoretician (d. 1933)
[28]
1870 –
Pierre Louÿs , Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
1878 –
C. Rajagopalachari , Indian lawyer and politician, 45th
Governor-General of India (d. 1972)
[29]
1878 –
Mohammad Ali Jauhar , Indian Muslim activist (d. 1931)
[30]
1882 –
Otto Neurath , Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)
[31]
1882 –
Shigenori Tōgō , Japanese politician, 37th
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
1883 –
Giovanni Messe , Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)
1885 –
Elizabeth Baker , American economist and academic (d. 1973)
[32]
1885 –
Marios Varvoglis , Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
1886 –
Victor McLaglen , English-American actor (d. 1959)
1889 –
Ray Collins , American actor (d. 1965)
1890 –
László Bárdossy , Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd
Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)
1891 –
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th
Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)
1891 –
Arlie Mucks , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
1891 –
Nelly Sachs , German-Swedish poet and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1896 –
Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
1901–present
1903 –
Una Merkel , American actress (d. 1986)
1904 –
Antonín Novotný , Czechoslovak politician,
President of
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic , General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)
1906 –
Harold Adamson , American lyricist (d. 1980)
1906 –
Jules Ladoumègue , French runner (d. 1973)
1907 –
Rumer Godden , English author and poet (d. 1998)
[33]
1907 –
Lucien Laurent , French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1907 –
Amedeo Nazzari , Italian actor (d. 1979)
1908 –
Olivier Messiaen , French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
1909 –
Hermes Pan , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
1910 –
Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
1911 –
Chet Huntley , American journalist (d. 1974)
1912 –
Philip Hart , American lawyer and politician, 49th
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
1912 –
Tetsuji Takechi , Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988)
[34]
1912 –
René Toribio , Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
1913 –
Pannonica de Koenigswarter , English-American jazz patron and writer (d. 1988)
1913 –
Morton Gould , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 –
Harry Locke , English actor (d. 1987)
1913 –
Ray Nance , American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
1914 –
Dorothy Lamour , American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1915 –
Nicky Barr , Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
1916 –
Walt Arfons , American race car driver (d. 2013)
1918 –
Anne Gwynne , American actress (d. 2003)
[35]
1918 –
Anatoli Tarasov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1919 –
Alexander Courage , American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1920 –
Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
[36]
1920 –
Reginald Rose , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1921 –
Toh Chin Chye , Singaporean academic and politician, 1st
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2012)
[37]
1922 –
Agnes Nixon , American television writer and director (d. 2016)
1923 –
Harold Gould , American actor (d. 2010)
1923 –
Clorindo Testa , Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the
National Library of the Argentine Republic and
Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
1924 –
Ken Albers , American singer and musician (d. 2007)
1924 –
Michael Manley , Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
[38]
1925 –
Carolyn Kizer , American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1926 –
Guitar Slim , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1927 –
Bob Farrell , American businessman, founded
Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
1927 –
Danny Matt , German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
1928 –
Barbara Nichols , American actress (d. 1976)
1930 –
Wayne D. Anderson , American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1930 –
Ray Felix , American basketball player (d. 1991)
[39]
1930 –
Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling , English farmer and politician,
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 –
Peter Baker , English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1933 –
Philip R. Craig , American author (d. 2007)
1933 –
Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese actor (d. 2006)
1934 –
Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1935 –
Terry Allcock , English footballer and cricketer
1935 –
Jaromil Jireš , Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1936 –
Howard Smith , American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 –
Bill Dunk , Australian golfer
1938 –
Yuri Temirkanov , Russian viola player and conductor (d. 2023)
1939 –
Dick Bavetta , American basketball player and referee
1939 –
Barry Cunliffe , English archaeologist and academic
1941 –
Ken Campbell , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1941 –
Fionnula Flanagan , Irish actress and producer
[40]
1941 –
Tommy Kirk , American actor (d. 2021)
[36]
1941 –
Tommy Rettig , American child actor (d. 1996)
1941 –
Kyu Sakamoto , Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1942 –
Ann Gloag , Scottish nurse and businesswoman
1944 –
Andris Bērziņš , Latvian businessman and politician, 8th
President of Latvia
1944 –
John Birt, Baron Birt , English businessman
1944 –
Steve Renko , American baseball player
1945 –
Mukhtar Altynbayev , Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd
Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
1946 –
Douglas Kenney , American satirist (d. 1980)
1947 –
Rasul Guliyev , Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd
Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
1948 –
Dušan Bajević , Bosnian footballer and manager
1948 –
Jessica Cleaves , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1948 –
Jasuben Shilpi , Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
1949 –
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown , Ugandan-English journalist and author
1949 –
David Perdue , American politician
1950 –
John Boozman , American football player, lawyer, and politician
1950 –
Simon Owen , New Zealand golfer
1951 –
Johnny Rodriguez , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
[40]
1952 –
Clive Anderson , English lawyer and television host
1952 –
Susan Dey , American actress
[40]
1952 –
Greg Mortimer , Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 –
Greg Laurie , American author and pastor
1952 –
Paul Varul , Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th
Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 –
Chris Bury , American journalist and academic
1954 –
Eudine Barriteau , Barbadian economist and academic
1954 –
Price Cobb , American race car driver and manager
1954 –
Jack Hues , English singer-songwriter and musician
1956 –
Rod Blagojevich , American lawyer and politician, 40th
Governor of Illinois
1956 –
Roberto Cassinelli , Italian lawyer and politician
1956 –
Jan van Dijk , Dutch footballer and manager
1957 –
Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (d. 2012)
[36]
1957 –
Paul Hardcastle , English composer and producer
[40]
1957 –
Prem Rawat , Indian-American guru and educator
1958 –
Cornelia Funke , German-American author
1958 –
Kathryn Stott , English pianist and academic
1959 –
Mark Aguirre , American basketball player and coach
1959 –
Udi Aloni , American-Israeli director and author
1959 –
Kevin Ash , English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1959 –
Wolf Hoffmann , German guitarist
1960 –
Kenneth Branagh , British actor director, producer, and screenwriter
[40]
1960 –
Kōichi Satō , Japanese actor
1961 –
Mark McKoy , Canadian hurdler and sprinter
1961 –
Nia Peeples , American singer and actress
[40]
1962 –
Rakhat Aliyev , Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
1962 –
John de Wolf , Dutch footballer and manager
1963 –
Jahangir Khan , Pakistani squash player
[41]
1964 –
Stephen Billington , English actor
1964 –
Stef Blok , Dutch banker and politician,
Dutch Minister of the Interior
1964 –
Bobby Flay , American chef and author
[40]
1964 –
Edith González , Mexican actress (d. 2019)
1965 –
Greg Giraldo , American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1965 –
J Mascis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[40]
1965 –
Stephanie Morgenstern , Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 –
Rein Ahas , Estonian geographer and academic
1966 –
Robin Brooke , New Zealand rugby player
1966 –
Mel Rojas , Dominican baseball player
1966 –
Penelope Trunk , American writer
[42]
1968 –
Yōko Oginome , Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
1969 –
Darren Berry , Australian cricketer and coach
1969 –
Rob Blake , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1970 –
Kevin Sharp , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1970 –
Bryant Stith , American basketball player and coach
1972 –
Donavon Frankenreiter , American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1972 –
Brian Molko , British-Belgian singer-songwriter
1973 –
Rusty LaRue , American basketball player and coach
[43]
1973 –
Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan actress
1974 –
Meg White , American drummer
[40]
1975 –
Steve Bradley , American wrestler (d. 2008)
1975 –
Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress
[40]
1975 –
Josip Skoko , Australian footballer
1976 –
Shane Byrne , English motorcycle racer
1978 –
Anna Jesień , Polish hurdler
1978 –
Summer Phoenix , American actress
1979 –
Matt Bentley , American wrestler
1979 –
Iain Brunnschweiler , English cricketer
1979 –
Yang Jianping , Chinese recurve archer
[44]
1980 –
Sarah Chang , American violinist
1981 –
Taufik Batisah , Singaporean singer
1981 –
Rene Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player
[45]
1981 –
Fábio Rochemback , Brazilian footballer
1982 –
Claudia Hoffmann , German sprinter
1982 –
Sultan Kösen , Turkish farmer,
tallest living person
[46]
1983 –
Patrick Flueger , American actor
[40]
1983 –
Xavier Samuel , Australian actor
[36]
1984 –
JTG , American wrestler
[47]
1985 –
Charlie Adam , Scottish footballer
1985 –
Roman Červenka , Czech ice hockey player
[48]
1985 –
Matt Forte , American football player
[49]
1985 –
Trésor Mputu , Congolese footballer
1985 –
Raven-Symoné , American actress, singer, and dancer
[40]
1985 –
Lê Công Vinh , Vietnamese footballer
1986 –
Kahlil Bell , American football player
1987 –
Gonzalo Higuaín , French-Argentinian footballer
1988 –
Wilfried Bony , Ivorian footballer
1988 –
Neven Subotić , Serbian footballer
1989 –
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen , French politician
1989 –
Tom Sexton , Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 –
Kazenga LuaLua , Congolese-English footballer
1990 –
Sakiko Matsui , Japanese singer and actress
1990 –
Wil Myers , American baseball player
[50]
1990 –
Teyana Taylor , American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
[40]
1990 –
Shoya Tomizawa , Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 –
KiKi Layne , American actress
[40]
1991 –
Eric Reid , American football player
[51]
1991 –
Dion Waiters , American basketball player
[52]
1992 –
Carlos Rodón , American baseball player
[53]
1992 –
Melissa Roxburgh , Canadian-American actress
[36]
1994 –
Richard Kennar , Samoan rugby league player
1994 –
Matti Klinga , Finnish footballer
1995 –
Tacko Fall , Senegalese basketball player
[54]
1996 –
Joe Burrow , American football player
[55]
1996 –
Kang Daniel , South Korean singer and entrepreneur
[56]
1997 –
Viktoriia Savtsova , Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
[57]
1998 –
Lucia Bronzetti , Italian tennis player
[58]
[59]
Deaths
Pre-1600
925 –
Sancho I , king of
Pamplona
949 –
Herman I, Duke of Swabia
990 –
Folcmar , bishop of
Utrecht
[60]
1041 –
Michael IV the Paphlagonian , Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)
1081 –
Nikephoros III Botaneiates , deposed
Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002)
1113 –
Radwan , ruler of Aleppo
1310 –
Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271)
1454 –
Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
[61]
1475 –
Paolo Uccello , Italian painter (b. 1397)
1508 –
René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
1541 –
Thomas Culpeper , English courtier (b. 1514)
1541 –
Francis Dereham , English courtier (b. c. 1513)
1561 –
Caspar Schwenckfeld , German theologian and writer
1601–1900
1618 –
Giulio Caccini , Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
1626 –
Edmund Gunter , English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
1665 –
Tarquinio Merula , Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
1736 –
António Manoel de Vilhena , Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
1791 –
Jacob Frank , Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
1831 –
Thomas Johann Seebeck , German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
1850 –
Józef Bem , Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
1850 –
François Sulpice Beudant , French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
1865 –
Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1867 –
Sakamoto Ryōma , Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
1896 –
Alfred Nobel , Swedish chemist and engineer, invented
Dynamite and founded the
Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
1901–present
1909 –
Red Cloud , American tribal chief (of the
Oglala nation ) (b. 1822)
1911 –
Joseph Dalton Hooker , English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
1917 –
Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
1920 –
Horace Elgin Dodge , American businessman, co-founded
Dodge (b. 1868)
1922 –
Clement Lindley Wragge , English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
1926 –
Nikola Pašić , Serbian politician, 46th
Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
1928 –
Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
1929 –
Harry Crosby , American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
1932 –
Joseph Carruthers , Australian politician, 16th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)
1936 –
Bobby Abel , English cricketer (b. 1857)
1936 –
Luigi Pirandello , Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1939 –
John Grieb , American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)
1941 –
Colin Kelly , American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
1944 –
John Brunt , English captain,
Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
1945 –
Theodor Dannecker , German captain (b. 1913)
1946 –
Walter Johnson , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
1946 –
Damon Runyon , American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
1948 –
Na Hye-sok , South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
1951 –
Algernon Blackwood , English author and playwright (b. 1869)
1953 –
Abdullah Yusuf Ali , Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
1956 –
David Shimoni , Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
1957 –
Napoleon Zervas , Greek general (b. 1891)
1958 –
Adolfo Camarillo , American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
1963 –
K. M. Panikkar , Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
1967 –
Otis Redding , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
1968 –
Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
1968 –
George Forrest , Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
1968 –
Thomas Merton , American monk and author (b. 1915)
1972 –
Mark Van Doren , American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
1973 –
Wolf V. Vishniac , German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
1974 –
Toshinari Shōji , Japanese general (b. 1890)
1977 –
Adolph Rupp , American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
1978 –
Ed Wood , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1979 –
Ann Dvorak , American actress (b. 1911)
1982 –
Freeman Gosden , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1987 –
Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
1988 –
Richard S. Castellano , American actor (b. 1933)
1988 –
Johnny Lawrence , English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
1988 –
Dorothy de Rothschild , English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)
1990 –
Armand Hammer , American businessman, founded
Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)
1991 –
Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)
1992 –
Dan Maskell , English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)
1993 –
Alice Tully , American soprano (b. 1902)
1994 –
Keith Joseph , English lawyer and politician,
Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)
1994 –
Alex Wilson , Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
1995 –
Darren Robinson , American rapper (b. 1967)
1996 –
Faron Young , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
1999 –
Rick Danko , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)
1999 –
Franjo Tuđman , Croatian general and politician, 1st
President of Croatia (b. 1922)
1999 –
Woodrow Borah , American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)
2000 –
Marie Windsor , American actress (b. 1919)
2001 –
Ashok Kumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
2002 –
Andres Küng , Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
2002 –
Ian MacNaughton , Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
[62]
2003 –
Sean McClory , Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
2004 –
Gary Webb , American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2005 –
Mary Jackson , American actress (b. 1910)
2005 –
Eugene McCarthy , American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
2005 –
Richard Pryor , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006 –
Olivia Coolidge , English-American author and educator (b. 1908)
2006 –
Augusto Pinochet , Chilean general and dictator, 30th
President of Chile (b. 1915)
2007 –
Vitali Hakko , Turkish businessman, founded
Vakko (b. 1913)
2009 –
Vladimir Teplyakov , Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)
2010 –
John Fenn , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2010 –
J. Michael Hagopian , Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
2010 –
MacKenzie Miller , American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
2012 –
Iajuddin Ahmed , Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th
President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
2012 –
Antonio Cubillo , Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 –
Tommy Roberts , English fashion designer (b. 1942)
2013 –
Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 –
Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
2013 –
Don Lund , American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 –
Srikanta Wadiyar , Indian politician and the titular
Maharaja of Mysore (b. 1946)
2014 –
Ralph Giordano , German author and publicist (b. 1923)
2014 –
Robert B. Oakley , American diplomat, 19th
United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
2014 –
Bob Solinger , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2014 –
Judy Baar Topinka , American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2014 –
Gerard Vianen , Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
2015 –
Ron Bouchard , American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)
2015 –
Denis Héroux , Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)
2015 –
Arnold Peralta , Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
2015 –
Dolph Schayes , American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2017 –
Bruce Brown , American filmmaker (b. 1937)
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Max Clifford , British publicist (b. 1943)
2017 –
Charles M. Green Jr. , American Internet personality (b. 1950)
[64]
2017 –
Curtis W. Harris , American minister (b. 1924)
[65]
2019 –
Philip McKeon , American actor (b. 1964)
2019 –
Gershon Kingsley , American composer and musician (b. 1922)
[66]
2019 –
Emily Mason , American painter (b. 1932)
[67]
2020 –
Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. , American actor and wrestler (b. 1958)
[68]
2020 –
Joseph Safra , Lebanese-Brazilian financier (b.1938)
[69]
2020 –
Carol Sutton , American actress (b. 1944)
[70]
2020 –
Barbara Windsor , English actress (b. 1937)
[71]
2021 –
Michael Nesmith , American musician (
The Monkees ), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (b. 1942)
[72]
2023 –
Julian Carroll , American politician, 54th
Governor of Kentucky (b. 1931)
[73]
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