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Day of the year
December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; three days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1659 – The
Marathas defeat the
Adilshahi forces in the
Battle of Kolhapur .
1768 – King
Taksin 's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of
Thailand and established
Thonburi as a capital.
1795 – Construction of
Yonge Street , formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in
York, Upper Canada (present-day
Toronto ).
1832 –
John C. Calhoun becomes the first
Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
1835 –
Osceola leads his
Seminole warriors in
Florida into the
Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1836 –
South Australia and
Adelaide are founded.
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the
Santa María–Calatrava Treaty .
1846 –
Iowa is admitted as the 29th
U.S. state .
1879 –
Tay Bridge disaster : The central part of the
Tay Rail Bridge in
Dundee , Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1885 –
Indian National Congress , a political party of India, is founded in
Bombay Presidency , British India.
1895 – The
Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines .
1895 –
Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of
radiation , which later will be known as
x-rays .
1901–present
1902 – The
Syracuse Athletic Club
defeat the
New York Philadelphians , 5–0, in the
first indoor professional football game, which was held at
Madison Square Garden .
1908 – The 7.1 Mw
Messina earthquake shakes
Southern Italy with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
1912 – The first
municipally owned
streetcars take to the streets in
San Francisco .
1918 –
Constance Markievicz , while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
British House of Commons .
1941 –
World War II :
Operation Anthropoid , the plot to assassinate high-ranking
Nazi officer
Reinhard Heydrich , commences.
1943 – Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the
deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal
house-to-house fighting , the
Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the
1st Canadian Infantry Division over the
German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of
Ortona .
1944 –
Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of
NHL
ice hockey .
1948 – The
DC-3 airliner
NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of
Miami .
1956 –
Chin Peng ,
David Marshall and
Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in
Baling ,
Malaya to
try and resolve the
Malayan Emergency situation.
1958 –
"Greatest Game Ever Played" : The
Baltimore Colts defeat the
New York Giants in the first ever
National Football League
sudden death
overtime game at New York's
Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.
1967 – American businesswoman
Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the
New York Stock Exchange .
[3]
1972 – The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the
Selective Service System . Due to the fact that President
Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President
Harry S Truman 's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.
[4] Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
1973 – The
United States
Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President
Richard Nixon .
1978 –
United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near
Portland International Airport , killing 10 people.
[5]
1989 – A
magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits
Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia, killing 13 people.
2006 –
War in Somalia : The militaries of
Somalia 's
Transitional Federal Government and
Ethiopian troops
capture Mogadishu unopposed.
2009 –
Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in
Karachi , Pakistan, where
Shia Muslims are observing the
Day of Ashura .
2014 –
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the
Karimata Strait en route from
Surabaya to
Singapore , killing all 162 people aboard.
2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the
MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the
Strait of Otranto , in the
Adriatic Sea , in Italian waters.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1619 –
Antoine Furetière , French author and scholar (d. 1688)
1635 –
Elizabeth Stuart , second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)
1651 –
Johann Krieger , German organist and composer (d. 1735)
1655 –
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis , English politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698)
1665 –
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716)
1722 –
Eliza Lucas , Caribbean-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)
1724 –
Christoph Franz von Buseck , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (d. 1805)
[6]
1763 –
John Molson , English-Canadian brewer, founded the
Molson Brewery (d. 1836)
1775 –
Jean-Gabriel Eynard , Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)
1789 –
Catharine Maria Sedgwick , American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d. 1867)
[7]
1798 –
Thomas Henderson , Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844)
[8]
1818 –
Carl Remigius Fresenius , German chemist and academic (d. 1897)
1842 –
Calixa Lavallée , Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)
1856 –
Woodrow Wilson , American historian and politician, 28th
President of the United States ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1865 –
Félix Vallotton , Swiss/French painter (d. 1925)
1870 –
Charles Bennett , English runner (d. 1949)
1882 –
Arthur Eddington , English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)
[9]
1882 –
Lili Elbe , Danish model and painter (d. 1931)
[10]
1887 –
Werner Kolhörster , German physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1888 –
F. W. Murnau , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931)
1890 –
Quincy Wright , American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)
1895 –
Carol Ryrie Brink , American author and playwright (d. 1981)
[11]
1898 –
Carl-Gustaf Rossby , Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)
1898 –
Shigematsu Sakaibara , Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1900 –
Ted Lyons , American baseball player (d. 1986)
[12]
1901–present
1902 –
Mortimer J. Adler , American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
1902 –
Shen Congwen , Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
1903 –
Earl Hines , American pianist and bandleader (d. 1983)
[13]
1903 –
John von Neumann , Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1957)
1907 –
Ze'ev Ben-Haim , Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (d. 2013)
1908 –
Lew Ayres , American actor (d. 1996)
1910 –
Billy Williams , American singer (d. 1972)
1911 –
Wil van Beveren , Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003)
1913 –
Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
1914 –
Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator (d. 1974)
1914 –
Pops Staples , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1917 –
Ellis Clarke , Trinidadian politician, 1st
President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)
1919 –
Emily Cheney Neville , American author (d. 1997)
1920 –
Tufty Mann , South African cricketer (d. 1952)
1920 –
Bruce McCarty , American architect, designed the
Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013)
1920 –
Steve Van Buren , Honduran-American football player (d. 2012)
1920 –
Al Wistert , American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1921 –
Johnny Otis , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1922 –
Lionel Bowen , Australian politician, 6th
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2012)
[14]
1922 –
Stan Lee , American publisher, producer, and actor (d. 2018)
[13]
1924 –
Girma Wolde-Giorgis , Ethiopian politician;
President of Ethiopia (d. 2018)
1925 –
Hildegard Knef , German actress and singer (d. 2002)
1925 –
Milton Obote , Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd
President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1926 –
Donald Carr , German-English cricketer and referee (d. 2016)
1928 –
Moe Koffman , Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2001)
1929 –
Brian Redhead , English journalist and author (d. 1994)
1929 –
Terry Sawchuk , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1929 –
Maarten Schmidt , Dutch astronomer (d. 2022)
[15]
1930 –
Mariam A. Aleem , Egyptian illustrator and academic (d. 2010)
1931 –
Guy Debord , French theorist and author (d. 1994)
1931 –
Martin Milner , American actor (d. 2015)
[13]
1932 –
Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded
Reliance Industries (d. 2002)
1932 –
Dorsey Burnette , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1932 –
Roy Hattersley , English journalist and politician,
Shadow Home Secretary
1932 –
Harry Howell , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
1932 –
Nichelle Nichols , American actress (d. 2022)
[16]
1932 –
Manuel Puig , Argentine author and playwright (d. 1990)
1933 –
John Y. Brown Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th
Governor of Kentucky (d. 2022)
1934 –
Rudi Faßnacht , German footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1934 –
Maggie Smith , English actress
[17]
1936 –
Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1936 –
Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, director, and producer
1937 –
Ratan Tata , Indian businessman and philanthropist
1938 –
Dick Sudhalter , American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (d. 2008)
1939 –
Philip Anschutz , American businessman, founded
Anschutz Entertainment Group
[13]
1939 –
Frank McLintock , Scottish footballer and manager
1939 –
Michelle Urry , American journalist and illustrator (d. 2006)
1940 –
A. K. Antony , Indian lawyer and politician,
Indian Minister of Defence
1940 –
Don Francisco , Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
1941 –
Intikhab Alam , Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
1942 –
Roger Swerts , Belgian cyclist
1943 –
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne , Peruvian cardinal
1943 –
David Peterson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th
Premier of Ontario
1943 –
Joan Ruddock , Welsh politician
1944 –
Sandra Faber , American astronomer and academic
1944 –
Johnny Isakson , American sergeant and politician (d. 2021)
1944 –
Kary Mullis , American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1944 –
Gordon Taylor , English footballer
1945 –
Birendra , King of Nepal (d. 2001)
1945 –
Max Hastings , English journalist, historian, and author
1946 –
Mike Beebe , American lawyer and politician, 45th
Governor of Arkansas
1946 –
Pierre Falardeau , Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (d. 2009)
1946 –
Hubert Green , American golfer (d. 2018)
1946 –
Tim Johnson , American lawyer and politician
1946 –
Barbara, Lady Judge , American-English lawyer and businesswoman (d. 2020)
1946 –
Bill Lee , American baseball player and author
1946 –
Laffit Pincay Jr. , Panamanian jockey
1946 –
Edgar Winter , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
[18]
1947 –
Dick Diamonde , Dutch-Australian rock bass player
1947 –
Aurelio Rodríguez , Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
1948 –
Ziggy Modeliste , American drummer
1950 –
Alex Chilton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1950 –
Clifford Cocks , English mathematician and cryptographer
1950 –
Rainer Maria Latzke , German-American painter and academic
1952 –
Arun Jaitley , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th
Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 2019)
1952 –
Bridget Prentice , Scottish educator and politician
[19]
1953 –
Richard Clayderman , French pianist
1953 –
Tatsumi Fujinami , Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded
Dradition wrestling promotion
1953 –
Charlie Pierce , American journalist and author
1953 –
Martha Wash , American singer-songwriter
1954 –
Gayle King , American television journalist
[18]
1954 –
Denzel Washington , American actor, director, and producer
[18]
1954 –
Tony Ables , American serial killer
[20]
1955 –
Stephen Frost , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1955 –
Liu Xiaobo , Chinese author, academic, and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
[13]
1956 –
Nigel Kennedy , English violinist
1958 –
Terry Butcher , English footballer and manager
1958 –
Curt Byrum , American golfer
1958 –
Zoran Gajić , Serbian volleyball trainer
1959 –
Hansjörg Kunze , German runner and sportscaster
1959 –
Daniel Léo Simpson , American composer
1959 –
Ana Torroja , Spanish singer-songwriter
1960 –
Ray Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player
1960 –
John Fitzgerald , Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
[21]
1960 –
Chad McQueen , American actor
[18]
1960 –
Melvin Turpin , American basketball player (d. 2010)
1961 –
Kent Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager
1962 –
Michel Petrucciani , French jazz pianist (d. 1999)
1964 –
Tex Perkins , Australian singer-songwriter
1964 –
Maite Zúñiga , Spanish runner
1965 –
Allar Levandi , Estonian skier
1967 –
Chris Ware , American illustrator
1968 –
Akihiko Hoshide , Japanese engineer and astronaut
[22]
1969 –
Linus Torvalds , Finnish-American computer programmer, developed
Linux kernel
[18]
1970 –
Elaine Hendrix , American actress
1970 –
James Jett , American sprinter and football player
1970 –
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy , Dutch tennis player
[23]
1971 –
Benny Agbayani , American baseball player
1971 –
Sergi Barjuán , Spanish footballer and manager
1971 –
Anita Doth , Dutch singer-songwriter
1971 –
William Gates , American basketball player
1972 –
Roberto Palacios , Peruvian footballer
1972 –
Patrick Rafter , Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model
[24]
1972 –
Adam Vinatieri , American football player
1973 –
Holger Blume , German sprinter
1973 –
Marc Blume , German sprinter
1973 –
Seth Meyers , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
[18]
1973 –
Ids Postma , Dutch speed skater
1974 –
Jocelyn Enriquez , American singer
1974 –
Rob Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 –
Markus Weinzierl , German footballer and manager
1975 –
B. J. Ryan , American baseball player
1976 –
Brendan Hines , American actor and singer
[18]
1976 –
Joe Manganiello , American actor
[25]
1976 –
Trond Nymark , Norwegian race walker
1976 –
Ben Tune , Australian rugby player
1976 –
Igor Žiković , Croatian footballer
1977 –
Derrick Brew , American sprinter
1977 –
Shane Elford , Australian rugby league player
1977 –
Vanessa Ferlito , American actress
[18]
1977 –
Seun Ogunkoya , Nigerian sprinter
1978 –
Chris Coyne , Australian footballer and manager
1978 –
John Legend , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
[18]
1979 –
James Blake , American tennis player
[26]
1979 –
Senna Gammour , German singer-songwriter
1979 –
Bill Hall , American baseball player
1979 –
Zach Hill , American musician and artist
1979 –
André Holland , American actor
[18]
1979 –
Noomi Rapace , Swedish actress
[13]
1980 –
Lomana LuaLua , Congolese footballer
1980 –
Ryta Turava , Belarusian race walker
1981 –
Khalid Boulahrouz , Dutch footballer
1981 –
Elizabeth Jordan Carr , American journalist
1981 –
Sienna Miller , American-British actress and fashion designer
[18]
1981 –
David Moss , American ice hockey player
[27]
1981 –
Narsha , South Korean singer and dancer
1981 –
Frank Turner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 –
Mika Väyrynen , Finnish footballer
1982 –
Cedric Benson , American football player (d. 2019)
[28]
1982 –
Beau Garrett , American actress and model
[18]
1982 –
François Gourmet , Belgian decathlete
[29]
1982 –
Curtis Glencross , Canadian hockey player
[30]
1984 –
Martin Kaymer , German golfer
[31]
1984 –
Duane Solomon , American runner
[32]
1986 –
Tom Huddlestone , English footballer
[33]
1987 –
Thomas Dekker , American actor and musician
[18]
1989 –
Austin Barnes , American baseball player
[34]
1989 –
Mackenzie Rosman , American actress
[18]
1990 –
Ayele Abshero , Ethiopian runner
[35]
1990 –
David Archuleta , American singer
[18]
1990 –
John Henson , American basketball player
[36]
1990 –
Bastiaan Lijesen , Dutch swimmer
[37]
1992 –
Tomáš Jurčo , Slovak ice hockey player
[38]
1994 –
Adam Peaty , English swimmer
[39]
1995 –
Dylan Cease , American baseball player
[40]
2001 –
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan , Canadian actress
[13]
Deaths
Pre-1600
925 –
Wang Zongbi , general of the
Chinese state of
Former Shu
1218 –
Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154)
1297 –
Hugh Aycelin , French cardinal (b. 1230)
1326 –
Sir David II Strathbogie ,
Earl of Atholl ,
Constable of Scotland , and Chief Warden of
Northumberland
1367 –
Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese shōgun (b. 1330)
1394 –
Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina , queen of Epirus (b. 1350)
1446 –
Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)
1491 –
Bertoldo di Giovanni , Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
1503 –
Piero the Unfortunate , Italian ruler (b. 1471)
1538 –
Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (b. 1455)
[41]
1547 –
Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
1558 –
Hermann Finck , German organist and composer (b. 1527)
1601–1900
1622 –
Francis de Sales , French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
1663 –
Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
1671 –
Johann Friedrich Gronovius , German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
1694 –
Mary II of England (b. 1662)
[42]
1706 –
Pierre Bayle , French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
1708 –
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
1715 –
William Carstares , Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)
[43]
1734 –
Rob Roy MacGregor , Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
1736 –
Antonio Caldara , Italian composer (b. 1670)
1785 –
Peter Ernst Wilde , Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)
1795 –
Eugenio Espejo , Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
1859 –
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay , English historian and politician,
Secretary at War (b. 1800)
1872 –
James Van Ness , American lawyer and politician, 7th
Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
1890 –
Dennis Miller Bunker , American painter (b. 1861)
1897 –
William Corby , American priest and academic (b. 1833)
1900 –
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto , Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
1901–present
1907 –
Louise Granberg , Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
[44]
1913 –
Ahmet Mithat Efendi , Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
1916 –
Eduard Strauss , Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
[45]
1917 –
Alfred Edwin McKay , Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
1918 –
Olavo Bilac , Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
1919 –
Johannes Rydberg , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
1924 –
Léon Bakst , Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
1932 –
Jack Blackham , Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
1935 –
Clarence Day , American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
1937 –
Maurice Ravel , French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
1938 –
Florence Lawrence , Canadian actress (b. 1886)
1942 –
Alfred Flatow , German gymnast (b. 1869)
1943 –
Steve Evans , American baseball player (b. 1885)
1945 –
Theodore Dreiser , American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
1946 –
Elie Nadelman , Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
1947 –
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
1949 –
Jack Lovelock , New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
1959 –
Ante Pavelić , Croatian fascist dictator during
World War II (b. 1889)
1960 –
Philippe Panneton , Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
1963 –
Paul Hindemith , German violist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1967 –
Katharine McCormick , American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
1968 –
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie , Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
1971 –
Max Steiner , Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
1976 –
Katharine Byron , American politician (b. 1903)
1981 –
Allan Dwan , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1983 –
Dennis Wilson , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
1984 –
Sam Peckinpah , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1984 –
Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch , British politician and educator (b. 1903)
1986 –
John D. MacDonald , American colonel and author (b. 1916)
1986 –
Jan Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter (b. 1922)
1989 –
Hermann Oberth , Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
1990 –
Warren Skaaren , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
1992 –
Sal Maglie , American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
1993 –
William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
1994 –
Jean-Louis Lévesque , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
1999 –
Clayton Moore , American actor (b. 1914)
2001 –
Samuel Abraham Goldblith , American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
2001 –
William X. Kienzle , American priest and author (b. 1928)
2003 –
Benjamin Thurman Hacker , American admiral (b. 1935)
2004 –
Jerry Orbach , American actor and singer (b. 1935)
2004 –
Susan Sontag , American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
2006 –
Jamal Karimi-Rad , Iranian politician,
Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
2008 –
Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
2009 –
Jimmy Sullivan , American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name
The Rev (b. 1981)
2010 –
Billy Taylor , American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
2010 –
Terry Peder Rasmussen , American serial killer (b. 1943)
2012 –
Nicholas Ambraseys , Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
2012 –
Mark Crispin , American computer scientist and academic, designed the
IMAP (b. 1956)
2012 –
Václav Drobný , Czech footballer (b. 1980)
2012 –
Frankie Walsh , Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
2013 –
Halton Arp , American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)
2013 –
Esther Borja , Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
2013 –
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2013 –
Alfred Marshall , American businessman, founded
Marshalls (b. 1919)
2013 –
Joseph Ruskin , American actor and producer (b. 1924)
2013 –
Ilya Tsymbalar , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2014 –
Vahan Hovhannisyan , Armenian politician (b. 1956)
2014 –
Frankie Randall , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2014 –
Leelah Alcorn , American transgender teenager (b. 1997)
2015 –
John Bradbury , English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 –
Eloy Inos , Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
2015 –
Lemmy , English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945)
2016 –
Debbie Reynolds , American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
[46]
2016 –
Jean-Christophe Victor , French political scientist (b. 1947)
2017 –
Rose Marie , American actress and comedienne (b. 1923)
[47]
2021 –
Grichka Bogdanoff , French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949)
[48]
2021 –
John Madden , American football
Hall of Fame coach and commentator (b. 1936)
[49]
2021 –
Harry Reid , American lawyer, politician, and former
Senate majority leader (b. 1939)
[50]
2023 –
Vijayakanth , Indian actor and politician (b. 1952)
[51]
Holidays and observances
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