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Day of the year
July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 172 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
70 – The armies of
Titus attack the walls of
Jerusalem after
a six-month siege . Three days later they
breach the walls , which enables the army to
destroy the
Second Temple .
927 – King
Constantine II of Scotland , King
Hywel Dda of
Deheubarth ,
Ealdred of Bamburgh and
King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King
Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.
1191 –
Third Crusade :
Saladin 's garrison surrenders to
Philip Augustus , ending the two-year
siege of Acre .
[1]
1470 – The
Ottomans
capture Euboea .
[2]
1488 –
Joseon Dynasty official
Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.
[3]
1493 –
Hartmann Schedel 's
Nuremberg Chronicle , one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
1527 –
Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to
Mạc Đăng Dung , ending the
Lê dynasty and starting the
Mạc dynasty .
1543 – King
Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife,
Catherine Parr , at
Hampton Court Palace .
[4]
1562 – Fray
Diego de Landa , acting
Bishop of Yucatán , burns the sacred idols and books of the
Maya .
[5]
1576 –
Mughal Empire annexes
Bengal after defeating the
Bengal Sultanate at the
Battle of Rajmahal .
[6]
1580 – The
Ostrog Bible , one of the early printed
Bibles in a
Slavic language , is published.
1601–1900
1901–present
1913 –
Serbian forces begin their
siege of the
Bulgarian city of
Vidin ; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
1913 – The
Second Revolution breaks out against the
Beiyang government , as
Li Liejun proclaims
Jiangxi independent from the
Republic of China .
[9]
1917 – The
Bisbee Deportation occurs as
vigilantes
kidnap and
deport nearly 1,300
striking miners and others from
Bisbee, Arizona .
1918 – The
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
Kawachi blows up at
Shunan , western
Honshu , Japan, killing at least 621.
1920 – The
Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which
Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of
Lithuania .
1943 –
World War II :
Battle of Kursk :
German and
Soviet forces engage in the
Battle of Prokhorovka , one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
1948 – Israeli Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion orders the
expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of
Lod and
Ramla .
[10]
1960 –
Orlyonok , the main
Young Pioneer camp of the
Russian SFSR , is founded.
1961 –
Indian city
Pune floods due to failure of the
Khadakwasla and
Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
1961 –
ČSA Flight 511 crashes at
Casablanca–Anfa Airport in
Morocco , killing 72.
[11]
1963 – Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in
Gorton , England, the first victim in the
Moors murders .
1967 –
Riots begin in
Newark, New Jersey .
1971 – The
Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
1973 – A
fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the
National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1975 –
São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979 – The island nation of
Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1995 – Chinese
seismologists successfully
predict the
1995 Myanmar–China earthquake , reducing the number of casualties to 11.
[12]
1998 – The
Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in
Ballymoney ,
County Antrim ,
Northern Ireland with a
petrol bomb ,
killing the Quinn brothers .
2001 –
Space Shuttle program :
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission
STS-104 , carrying the
Quest Joint Airlock to the
International Space Station .
[13]
2006 – The
2006 Lebanon War begins.
2007 –
U.S. Army
Apache helicopters engage in
airstrikes against armed insurgents in
Baghdad ,
Iraq , where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
[14]
2012 –
Syrian Civil War : Government forces
target the homes of rebels and activists in
Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
[15]
2012 – A
tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in
Okobie ,
Nigeria .
[16]
2013 – Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train
derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge .
[17]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1628 –
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)
[21]
1651 –
Margaret Theresa of Spain (d. 1673)
1675 –
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)
1712 –
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet , Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay (d. 1779)
1730 –
Josiah Wedgwood , English potter, founded the
Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)
1803 –
Peter Chanel , French priest and saint (d. 1841)
1807 –
Thomas Hawksley , English engineer and academic (d. 1893)
1813 –
Claude Bernard , French physiologist and academic (d. 1878)
1817 –
Henry David Thoreau , American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)
1817 –
Alvin Saunders , Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (d. 1899)
[22]
1821 –
D. H. Hill , American general and academic (d. 1889)
1824 –
Eugène Boudin , French painter (d. 1898)
1849 –
William Osler , Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)
1850 –
Otto Schoetensack , German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)
1852 –
Hipólito Yrigoyen , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th
President of Argentina (d. 1933)
1854 –
George Eastman , American businessman, founded
Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
1855 –
Ned Hanlan , Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (d. 1908)
1857 –
George E. Ohr , American potter (d. 1918)
1861 –
Anton Arensky , Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1906)
1863 –
Albert Calmette , French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (d. 1933)
1863 –
Paul Drude , German physicist and academic (d. 1906)
1868 –
Stefan George , German poet and translator (d. 1933)
1870 –
Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)
1872 –
Emil Hácha , Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
1876 –
Max Jacob , French poet, painter, and critic (d. 1944)
1876 –
Alphaeus Philemon Cole , American artist, engraver and etcher (d. 1988)
1878 –
Peeter Põld , Estonian scientist and politician, 1st
Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)
1879 –
Margherita Piazzola Beloch , Italian mathematician (d. 1976)
1879 –
Han Yong-un , Korean poet (d. 1944)
1880 –
Tod Browning , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1881 –
Natalia Goncharova ,
Russian theatrical costume and set designer, painter and illustrator (d. 1962)
[23]
1884 –
Bob Diry ,
[24] Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (d. 1935)
1884 –
Louis B. Mayer , Russian-born American film producer, co-founded
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)
1884 –
Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
1886 –
Jean Hersholt , Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)
1888 –
Zygmunt Janiszewski , Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1920)
[25]
1892 –
Bruno Schulz , Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (d. 1942)
1895 –
Kirsten Flagstad , Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)
1895 –
Buckminster Fuller , American architect and engineer, designed the
Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)
1895 –
Oscar Hammerstein II , American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)
1899 –
E.D. Nixon , American civil rights leader (d. 1987)
1900 –
Marcel Paul , French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (d. 1982)
[26]
1901–present
1902 –
Günther Anders , German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)
1902 –
Tony Lovink , Dutch politician;
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1995)
1902 –
Vic Armbruster , Australian rugby league player (d. 1984)
1904 –
Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet and diplomat,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1907 –
Weary Dunlop , Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)
1908 –
Milton Berle , American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1908 –
Alain Cuny , French actor (d. 1994)
1908 –
Paul Runyan , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1909 –
Joe DeRita , American actor (d. 1993)
1909 –
Motoichi Kumagai , Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)
1909 –
Fritz Leonhardt , German engineer, designed
Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)
1909 –
Herbert Zim , American naturalist, author, and educator (d. 1994)
1911 –
Evald Mikson , Estonian footballer (d. 1993)
1913 –
Willis Lamb , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1914 –
Mohammad Moin , Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)
1915 –
Emanuel Papper , American anesthesiologist, professor, and author (d. 2002)
1915 –
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia , (d. 2007)
1916 –
Lyudmila Pavlichenko , Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)
1917 –
Luigi Gorrini , Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)
1917 –
Satyendra Narayan Sinha , Indian statesman (d. 2006)
1917 –
Andrew Wyeth , American artist (d. 2009)
1918 –
Mary Glen-Haig , English fencer (d. 2014)
1918 –
Vivian Mason , American actress (d. 2009)
1918 –
Doris Grumbach , American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist (d. 2022)
1918 –
Rusty Dedrick , American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter (d. 2009)
1920 –
Pierre Berton , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1920 –
Bob Fillion , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)
1920 –
Paul Gonsalves , American saxophonist (d. 1974)
1920 –
Randolph Quirk , Manx linguist and academic (d. 2017)
1920 –
Beah Richards , American actress (d. 2000)
1922 –
Mark Hatfield , American soldier and politician, 29th
Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)
1923 –
James E. Gunn , American science fiction author (d. 2020)
1924 –
Faidon Matthaiou , Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1925 –
Albert Lance , Australian-French tenor (d. 2013)
1925 –
Roger Smith , American businessman (d. 2007)
1926 –
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali , spouse of Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad
1927 –
Françoys Bernier , Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1993)
1927 –
Conte Candoli , American trumpet player (d. 2001)
1927 –
Jack Harshman , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1927 –
Harley Hotchkiss , Canadian businessman (d. 2011)
1928 –
Alastair Burnet , English journalist (d. 2012)
1928 –
Elias James Corey , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1928 –
Imero Fiorentino , American lighting designer (d. 2013)
1930 –
Gordon Pinsent , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
[27]
1930 –
Guy Ligier , French race car driver and team owner (d. 2015)
[28]
1931 –
Eric Ives , English historian and academic (d. 2012)
1931 –
Geeto Mongol , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
1932 –
Rene Goulet , Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2019)
1932 –
Monte Hellman , American director and producer (d. 2021)
1932 –
Otis Davis , American sprinter
1933 –
Victor Poor , American engineer, developed the
Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012)
1933 –
Donald E. Westlake , American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1934 –
Thomas Charlton , American competition
rower and Olympic champion
1934 –
Van Cliburn , American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1935 –
Satoshi Ōmura , Japanese biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1936 –
Jan Němec , Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1936 –
Frank Ryan , American football player and mathematician (d. 2024)
[29]
1937 –
Bill Cosby , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1937 –
Mickey Edwards , American lawyer and politician
1937 –
Lionel Jospin , French civil servant and politician, 165th
Prime Minister of France
1937 –
Robert McFarlane , American colonel and diplomat, 13th
United States National Security Advisor (d. 2022)
1937 –
Guy Woolfenden , English composer and conductor (d. 2016)
1938 –
Ron Fairly , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1938 –
Wieger Mensonides , Dutch swimmer
1938 –
Eiko Ishioka , Japanese art director and graphic designer (d. 2012)
1939 –
Phillip Adams , Australian journalist and producer
1939 –
Arlen Ness , American
motorcycle designer and entrepreneur (d. 2019)
1939 –
Bill Cooper , American football player player
[30]
1941 –
Benny Parsons , American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1942 –
Swamp Dogg , American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
1942 –
Roy Palmer , English cricketer and umpire
1942 –
Billy Smith , Australian rugby league player and coach
1942 –
Steve Young , American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1943 –
Christine McVie , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2022)
1943 –
Paul Silas , American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
1944 –
Simon Blackburn , English philosopher and academic
1944 –
Delia Ephron , American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1944 –
Pat Woodell , American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1945 –
Butch Hancock , American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
1947 –
Gareth Edwards , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1947 –
Wilko Johnson , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2022)
1947 –
Carl Lundgren , American artist and illustrator
[31]
1947 –
Richard C. McCarty , American psychologist and academic
1948 –
Ben Burtt , American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
1948 –
Walter Egan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 –
Richard Simmons , American fitness trainer and actor
1949 –
Simon Fox , English drummer
1949 –
Rick Hendrick , American businessman, founded
Hendrick Motorsports
1950 –
Eric Carr , American drummer and songwriter (d. 1991)
1950 –
Gilles Meloche , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 –
Joan Bauer , American author
1951 –
Brian Grazer , American screenwriter and producer, founded
Imagine Entertainment
1951 –
Cheryl Ladd , American actress
1951 –
Piotr Pustelnik , Polish mountaineer
1951 –
Jamey Sheridan , American actor
1952 –
Voja Antonić , Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the
Galaksija computer
1952 –
Irina Bokova , Bulgarian politician,
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952 –
Philip Taylor Kramer , American bass player (d. 1995)
1954 –
Eric Adams , American singer-songwriter
1954 –
Robert Carl , American pianist and composer
1954 –
Wolfgang Dremmler , German footballer and coach
1955 –
Timothy Garton Ash , English historian and author
1955 –
Jimmy LaFave , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1956 –
Mel Harris , American actress
1956 –
Sandi Patty , American singer and pianist
1956 –
Mario Soto , Dominican baseball player
1957 –
Rick Husband , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1957 –
Dave Semenko , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
1958 –
J. D. Hayworth , American politician and radio host
1958 –
Tonya Lee Williams , English-Canadian actress and producer
1959 –
David Brown , Australian meteorologist
1959 –
Tupou VI , King of Tonga
1959 –
Karl J. Friston , English psychiatrist and neuroscientist
1959 –
Charlie Murphy , American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1961 –
Heikko Glöde , German footballer and manager
1961 –
Shiva Rajkumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1962 –
Julio César Chávez , Mexican boxer
1962 –
Luc De Vos , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1962 –
Joanna Shields , American-English businesswoman
1962 –
Dean Wilkins , English footballer and manager
1964 –
Gaby Roslin , English television host and actress
1965 –
Sanjay Manjrekar , Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1965 –
Robin Wilson , American singer and guitarist
1966 –
Jeff Bucknum , American race car driver
1966 –
Annabel Croft , English tennis player and sportscaster
1966 –
Taiji , Japanese bass player and songwriter (d. 2011)
1967 –
Richard Herring , English comedian and screenwriter
1967 –
Mac McCaughan , American singer and guitarist
1967 –
John Petrucci , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 –
Bruny Surin , Canadian sprinter
1968 –
Catherine Plewinski , French swimmer
1969 –
Lisa Nicole Carson , American actress
1969 –
Chantal Jouanno , French politician,
French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
1969 –
Alan Mullally , English cricketer and sportscaster
1969 –
Anne-Sophie Pic , French chef
1969 –
Jesse Pintado , Mexican-American guitarist (d. 2006)
1970 –
Aure Atika , Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter
1970 –
Lee Byung-hun , South Korean actor, singer, and dancer
1970 –
Susan Tyler Witten , American politician
[32]
1971 –
Joel Casamayor , Cuban-American former professional boxer
1971 –
Andriy Kovalenco , Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player
1971 –
Loni Love , American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1971 –
Kristi Yamaguchi , American figure skater
1972 –
Travis Best , American basketball player
1972 –
Jake Wood , English actor
[33]
1973 –
Christian Vieri , Italian footballer
1974 –
Sharon den Adel , Dutch singer-songwriter
1974 –
Stelios Giannakopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1974 –
Gregory Shane Helms , American professional wrestler
1975 –
Phil Lord , American filmmaker
1975 –
Carolina Kasting , Brazilian actress
[34]
1976 –
Dan Boyle , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 –
Anna Friel , English actress
1976 –
Tracie Spencer , American singer-songwriter and actress
1977 –
Neil Harris , English footballer and manager
1977 –
Steve Howey , American actor
1977 –
Brock Lesnar , American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1977 –
Francesca Lubiani , Italian tennis player
1977 –
Marco Silva , Portuguese football manager
[35]
1978 –
Topher Grace , American actor
1978 –
Michelle Rodriguez , American actress
1979 –
Brooke Baldwin , American journalist and television news anchor
1979 –
Nikos Barlos , Greek basketball player
1979 –
Maya Kobayashi , Japanese journalist
1980 –
Kristen Connolly , American actress
1981 –
Adrienne Camp , South African singer-songwriter
1981 –
Pradeepan Raveendran , Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter
1982 –
Antonio Cassano , Italian footballer
1982 –
Jason Wright , American football player, businessman, and executive
[36]
1984 –
Gareth Gates , English singer-songwriter
1984 –
Jonathan Lewis , American football player
1984 –
Natalie Martinez , American actress
1984 –
Michael McGovern , Northern Irish footballer
1984 –
Sami Zayn , Canadian professional wrestler
1985 –
Paulo Vitor Barreto , Brazilian footballer
1985 –
Gianluca Curci , Italian footballer
1985 –
Keven Lacombe , Canadian cyclist
1985 –
Ismael Londt , Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer
1986 –
360 , Australian rapper
1986 –
Didier Digard , French footballer
1986 –
Hannaliis Jaadla , Estonian footballer
1986 –
JP Pietersen , South African rugby player
1986 –
Simone Laudehr , German footballer
1988 –
Patrick Beverley , American basketball player
[37]
1988 –
LeSean McCoy , American football player
1988 –
Inbee Park , South Korean golfer
1989 –
Nick Palmieri , American ice hockey player
1990 –
Bebé , Portuguese footballer
1990 –
Rachel Brosnahan , American actress
[38]
1991 –
Salih Dursun , Turkish footballer
1991 –
James Rodríguez , Colombian footballer
1991 –
Pablo Carreño Busta , Spanish tennis player
[39]
1992 –
Bartosz Bereszyński , Polish footballer
1992 –
Luke Berry , English footballer
[40]
1993 –
Kurt Capewell , Australian rugby league player
1994 –
Kanako Momota , Japanese singer-songwriter
1995 –
Evania Pelite , Australian rugby union player
[41]
1995 –
Luke Shaw , English footballer
1995 –
Jordyn Wieber , American gymnast
[42]
1995 –
Moses Simon , Nigerian footballer
[43]
1996 –
Moussa Dembélé , French footballer
1996 –
Jordan Romero , American mountaineer
1997 –
Jean-Kévin Duverne , French footballer
[44]
1997 –
Malala Yousafzai , Pakistani-English activist,
Nobel Prize laureate
[45]
1998 –
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , American basketball player
[46]
2000 –
Vinícius Júnior , Brazilian footballer
[47]
2001 –
Kaylee McKeown , Australian swimmer
[48]
2002 –
Bertuğ Yıldırım , Turkish footballer
[49]
Deaths
Pre-1600
524 –
Viventiolus , archbishop of Lyon (b. 460)
783 –
Bertrada of Laon , Frankish queen (b. 720)
965 –
Meng Chang , emperor of Later Shu (b. 919)
981 –
Xue Juzheng , Chinese
scholar-official and historian
[50]
1067 –
John Komnenos , Byzantine general
1441 –
Ashikaga Yoshinori , Japanese shōgun (b. 1394)
1441 –
Kyōgoku Takakazu , Japanese nobleman
1489 –
Bahlul Lodi , sultan of Delhi
1536 –
Desiderius Erasmus , Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466)
1584 –
Steven Borough , English navigator and explorer (b. 1525)
1601–1900
1623 –
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (b. 1557)
1664 –
Stefano della Bella , Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)
1682 –
Jean Picard , French priest and astronomer (b. 1620)
1691 –
Marquis de St Ruth , French general
1693 –
John Ashby , English admiral (b. 1640)
1712 –
Richard Cromwell , English academic and politician (b. 1626)
1742 –
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
1749 –
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois , French navy officer and politician,
Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
1773 –
Johann Joachim Quantz , German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
1804 –
Alexander Hamilton , American general, economist, and politician, 1st
United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
1845 –
Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
1850 –
Robert Stevenson , Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
[51]
1855 –
Pavel Nakhimov , Russian admiral (b. 1802)
1870 –
John A. Dahlgren , American admiral (b. 1809)
1892 –
Alexander Cartwright , American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
1901–present
1908 –
William D. Coleman , 13th
President of Liberia (b. 1842)
[52]
1910 –
Charles Rolls , English engineer and businessman, co-founded
Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1877)
[53]
1926 –
Gertrude Bell , English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
[54]
1926 –
Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
1929 –
Robert Henri , American painter and educator (b. 1865)
1931 –
Nathan Söderblom , Swedish archbishop,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1934 –
Ole Evinrude , Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the
outboard motor (b. 1877)
1935 –
Alfred Dreyfus , French colonel (b. 1859)
1944 –
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. , American general and politician,
Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
1945 –
Boris Galerkin , Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
1945 –
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen , German field marshal (b. 1895)
1946 –
Ray Stannard Baker , American journalist and author (b. 1870)
1947 –
Jimmie Lunceford , American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1949 –
Douglas Hyde , Irish scholar and politician, 1st
President of Ireland (b. 1860)
1950 –
Elsie de Wolfe , American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
1956 –
John Hayes , Australian politician, 25th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)
1961 –
Mazo de la Roche , Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)
[55]
1962 –
Roger Wolfe Kahn , American composer and bandleader (b. 1907)
1965 –
Christfried Burmeister , Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)
1966 –
D. T. Suzuki , Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)
1969 –
Henry George Lamond , Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)
1971 –
Yvon Robert , Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)
1973 –
Lon Chaney Jr. , American actor (b. 1906)
1975 –
James Ormsbee Chapin , American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)
1979 –
Olive Morris , Jamaican-English civil rights activist (b. 1952)
[56]
1979 –
Minnie Riperton , American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
1980 –
John Warren Davis , American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (b. 1888)
[57]
[58]
1982 –
Kenneth More , English actor (b. 1914)
1983 –
Chris Wood , English saxophonist (b. 1944)
1990 –
João Saldanha , Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)
1992 –
Caroline Pafford Miller , American journalist and author (b. 1903)
1993 –
Dan Eldon , English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
1994 –
Eila Campbell , English geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
[59]
1996 –
John Chancellor , American journalist (b. 1927)
1997 –
François Furet , French historian and author (b. 1927)
1998 –
Jimmy Driftwood , American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)
1998 –
Arkady Ostashev , Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
1998 –
Serge Lemoyne , Canadian painter (b. 1941)
1999 –
Rajendra Kumar , Indian actor (b. 1921)
2000 –
Charles Merritt , Canadian colonel and politician,
Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)
2001 –
Fred Marcellino , American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
2003 –
Benny Carter , American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)
2003 –
Mark Lovell , English race car driver (b. 1960)
2004 –
Betty Oliphant , English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the
National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)
2005 –
John King, Baron King of Wartnaby , English businessman (b. 1917)
2007 –
Robert Burås , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)
2007 –
Stan Zemanek , Australian radio and television host (b. 1947)
2008 –
Bobby Murcer , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2008 –
Tony Snow , American journalist, 26th
White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)
2010 –
Olga Guillot , Cuban-American singer (b. 1922)
2010 –
James P. Hogan , English-American author (b. 1941)
2010 –
Paulo Moura , Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
2010 –
Pius Njawé , Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)
2010 –
Harvey Pekar , American author and critic (b. 1939)
2011 –
Sherwood Schwartz , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
2012 –
Alimuddin , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930)
2012 –
Dara Singh , Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (b. 1928)
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2012 –
Eddy Brown , English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2012 –
Else Holmelund Minarik , Danish-American author and illustrator (b. 1920)
2012 –
Roger Payne , English mountaineer (b. 1956)
2012 –
Hamid Samandarian , Iranian director and playwright (b. 1931)
2012 –
George C. Stoney , American director and producer (b. 1916)
2013 –
Amar Bose , American businessman, founded the
Bose Corporation (b. 1929)
2013 –
Takako Takahashi , Japanese author (b. 1932)
2013 –
Elaine Morgan , Welsh writer (b. 1920)
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2013 –
Alan Whicker , Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1921)
2014 –
Jamil Ahmad , Pakistani author (b. 1931)
2014 –
Nestor Basterretxea , Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
2014 –
Emil Bobu , Romanian politician (b. 1927)
2014 –
Alfred de Grazia , American political scientist and author (b. 1919)
2014 –
Kenneth J. Gray , American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2014 –
Valeriya Novodvorskaya , Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)
2015 –
D'Army Bailey , American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941)
2015 –
Chenjerai Hove , Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956)
2015 –
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche , Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950)
2015 –
Cheng Siwei , Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935)
2016 –
Goran Hadžić , Serbian politician (b. 1958)
2019 –
Emily Hartridge , English YouTuber and television presenter (b. 1984)
[62]
2020 –
Kelly Preston , American actress and model (b. 1962)
[63]
2020 –
Wim Suurbier , a Dutch football player, (b. 1945)
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