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Day of the year
March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 304 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1901 –
United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between
Carnegie Steel Company and
Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the
Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of
Cuba , as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
1903 – In New York City the
Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
1917 – The enactment of the
Jones–Shafroth Act grants
Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1919 – The first
Communist International meets in Moscow.
[10]
1932 – Finnish president
P. E. Svinhufvud gives a radio speech, which four days later finally ends the
Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right
Lapua Movement that started it.
[11]
[12]
1937 – The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a
collective bargaining agreement with
U.S. Steel , leading to unionization of the United States
steel industry.
[13]
1939 –
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is
elected Pope and takes the name
Pius XII .
[14]
1941 –
World War II : First German military units enter Bulgaria
after it joins the Axis Pact .
1943 – World War II: During the
Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeated a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
1949 –
Captain James Gallagher lands his
B-50 Superfortress
Lucky Lady II in
Fort Worth, Texas , after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
[15]
1955 –
Norodom Sihanouk , king of
Cambodia , abdicates the throne in favor of his father,
Norodom Suramarit .
[16]
1962 – In
Burma , the army led by General
Ne Win seizes power in a
coup d'état .
[17]
1962 –
Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the
National Basketball Association by
scoring 100 points .
[18]
1965 – The
US and
Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin
Operation Rolling Thunder , a sustained bombing campaign against
North Vietnam .
[19]
1968 –
Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of
coal mining in the
Black Country .
[20]
1969 – In
Toulouse , France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French
Concorde is conducted.
[21]
1970 –
Rhodesia declares itself a
republic , breaking its last links with the British crown.
[22]
1972 – The
Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from
Cape Canaveral ,
Florida with a mission to explore the outer
planets .
[23]
1977 –
Libya becomes the
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the
General People's Congress adopted the "
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People ".
[24]
1978 –
Czech
Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into
space , when he is launched aboard
Soyuz 28 .
[25]
1978 – The late iconic actor
Charlie Chaplin 's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.
[26]
1983 –
Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets.
[27] They had previously been available only in Japan.
[28]
1989 – Twelve
European Community nations agree to ban the production of all
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
[29]
1990 –
Nelson Mandela is elected deputy president of the
African National Congress .
[30]
1991 – Establishment of
Kuwait Democratic Forum , center-left political organization in
Kuwait .
[31]
1991 – Battle at
Rumaila oil field brings an end to the
1991 Gulf War .
1992 – Start of the
war in Transnistria .
1992 –
Armenia ,
Azerbaijan ,
Kazakhstan ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Moldova ,
San Marino ,
Tajikistan ,
Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan , all of which (except San Marino) were former
Soviet republics , join the
United Nations .
1995 – Researchers at
Fermilab announce the discovery of the
top quark .
1998 – Data sent from the
Galileo spacecraft indicates that
Jupiter 's moon
Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2002 –
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan :
Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on
March 19 after killing 500
Taliban and
al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
2004 –
War in Iraq :
Al-Qaeda carries out the
Ashoura Massacre in
Iraq , killing 170 and wounding over 500.
2012 – A
tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the
Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
2017 – The elements
Moscovium ,
Tennessine , and
Oganesson are officially added to the
periodic table at a conference in
Moscow, Russia .
2022 – Russian forces
capture the city of Kherson during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine , which subsequently began the start of the
Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in
Kherson .
[32] Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.
Births
Pre-1600
480 –
Benedict of Nursia , Italian Christian saint (d. 543 or 547)
1316 –
Robert II of Scotland (d. 1390)
1409 –
Jean II, Duke of Alençon (d. 1476)
1432 –
Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach , countess consort of Hanau (d. 1457)
1453 –
Johannes Engel , German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (d. 1512)
[33]
1459 –
Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
[34]
1481 –
Franz von Sickingen , German knight (d. 1523)
1545 –
Thomas Bodley , English diplomat and scholar, founded the
Bodleian Library (d. 1613)
1577 –
George Sandys , English traveller, colonist and poet (d. 1644)
1601–1900
1628 –
Cornelis Speelman , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1684)
1651 –
Carlo Gimach , Maltese architect, engineer and poet (d. 1730)
1705 –
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield , Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1793)
1740 –
Nicholas Pocock , English naval painter (d. 1821)
1760 –
Camille Desmoulins , French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
1769 –
DeWitt Clinton , American lawyer and politician, 6th
Governor of New York (d. 1828)
1770 –
Louis-Gabriel Suchet , French general (d. 1826)
1779 –
Joel Roberts Poinsett , American physician and politician, 15th
United States Secretary of War (d. 1851)
1793 –
Sam Houston , American soldier and politician, 1st
President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
1800 –
Yevgeny Baratynsky , Russian-Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1844)
1810 –
Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
1816 –
Alexander Bullock , American lawyer and politician, 26th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1817 –
János Arany , Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1882)
1820 –
Multatuli , Dutch writer (d. 1887)
1824 –
Bedřich Smetana , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1884)
1829 –
Carl Schurz , German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th
United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1906)
1836 –
Henry Billings Brown , American lawyer and judge (d. 1913)
1842 –
Carl Jacobsen , Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1914)
1846 –
Marie Roze , French soprano (d. 1926)
1849 –
Robert Means Thompson , American commander, lawyer, and businessman (d. 1930)
1859 –
Sholem Aleichem , Ukrainian-American author and playwright (d. 1916)
1860 –
Susanna M. Salter , American activist and politician (d. 1961)
1862 –
John Jay Chapman , American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1933)
1869 –
Julien Félix , French military officer and aviator (d. 1914)
[35]
1876 –
James A. Gilmore , American businessman and baseball executive (d. 1947)
[36]
1876 –
Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
1886 –
Willis H. O'Brien , American animator and director (d. 1962)
1886 –
Kurt Grelling , German logician and philosopher (d. 1942)
1900 –
Kurt Weill , German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950)
1901–present
1901 –
Grete Hermann , German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1984)
1902 –
Moe Berg , American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
[37]
1902 –
Edward Condon , American physicist and academic (d. 1974)
1904 –
Dr. Seuss , American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (d. 1991)
[37]
1905 –
Marc Blitzstein , American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
1905 –
Geoffrey Grigson , English poet and critic (d. 1985)
1908 –
Walter Bruch , German engineer (d. 1990)
1909 –
Mel Ott , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1958)
1912 –
Henry Katzman , American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
1913 –
Godfried Bomans , Dutch television host and author (d. 1971)
1913 –
Mort Cooper , American baseball player (d. 1958)
1914 –
Martin Ritt , American actor and film director (d. 1990)
1915 –
John Burton , Australian public servant and diplomat,
Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (d. 2010)
1917 –
Desi Arnaz , Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
[37]
1917 –
David Goodis , American author and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1917 –
Jim Konstanty , American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1919 –
Jennifer Jones , American actress (d. 2009)
[37]
1919 –
Eddie Lawrence , American actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2014)
1919 –
Tamara Toumanova , Russian-American ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
1921 –
Kazimierz Górski , Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006)
1921 –
Ernst Haas , Austrian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)
1922 –
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , American saxophonist (d. 1986)
1922 –
Bill Quackenbush , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1999)
1922 –
Frances Spence , American computer programmer (d. 2012)
1923 –
Basil Hume , English cardinal (d. 1999)
1923 –
Robert H. Michel , American soldier and politician (d. 2017)
1923 –
Dave Strack , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1924 –
Cal Abrams , American baseball player (d. 1997)
1924 –
Renos Apostolidis , Greek philologist, author, and critic (d. 2004)
1926 –
Bernard Agré , Ivorian cardinal (d. 2014)
1926 –
Murray Rothbard , American economist and historian (d. 1995)
1927 –
Roger Walkowiak , French cyclist and economist (d. 2017)
[38]
1930 –
John Cullum , American actor and singer
[39]
1930 –
Emma Penella , Spanish actress (d. 2007)
1930 –
Tom Wolfe , American journalist and author (d. 2018)
1931 –
Mikhail Gorbachev , Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final
leader of the
Soviet Union ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
1932 –
Gun Hägglund , Swedish journalist and translator (d. 2011)
1933 –
Leo Dillon , American illustrator (d. 2012)
[40]
1934 –
Howard Cassady , American football player (d. 2019)
[41]
1934 –
Dottie Rambo , American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1935 –
Gene Stallings , American football player and coach
1936 –
Haroon Ahmed , Pakistani-English engineer and academic
1936 –
John Tusa , Czech-English journalist and academic
1937 –
Abdelaziz Bouteflika , Algerian soldier and politician, 5th
President of Algeria (d. 2021)
1938 –
Clark Gesner , American author and composer (d. 2002)
1938 –
Ricardo Lagos , Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd
President of Chile
1938 –
Lawrence Payton , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1939 –
Jan Howard Finder , American author and academic (d. 2013)
1940 –
Billy McNeill , Scottish footballer (d. 2019)
1941 –
John Cornell , Australian actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
1941 –
David Satcher , American admiral and physician, 16th
Surgeon General of the United States
1942 –
John Irving , American novelist and screenwriter
[39]
1942 –
Claude Larose , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1942 –
Mir-Hossein Mousavi , Iranian architect and politician, 79th
Prime Minister of Iran
1942 –
Lou Reed , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2013)
[37]
1942 –
Derek Woodley , English footballer (d. 2002)
1943 –
George Layton , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1943 –
Peter Straub , American author and poet (d. 2022)
1943 –
Robert Williams , American painter and cartoonist
1945 –
Derek Watkins , English trumpet player and composer (d. 2013)
1947 –
John Dawkins , Australian politician
[42]
1947 –
Nelson Ned , Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1947 –
Harry Redknapp , English footballer and manager
1948 –
Larry Carlton , American guitarist and songwriter
1948 –
Rory Gallagher , Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1995)
[37]
1948 –
Jeff Kennett , Australian journalist and politician, 43rd
Premier of Victoria
1948 –
Carmen Lawrence , Australian politician, 25th
Premier of Western Australia
1950 –
Karen Carpenter , American singer (d. 1983)
[37]
1952 –
Mark Evanier , American author and screenwriter
1952 –
Laraine Newman , American actress and comedian
[39]
1953 –
Russ Feingold , American lawyer and politician
1953 –
Kazuo Kitagawa , Japanese politician
[43]
1954 –
Ed Johnstone , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 –
Dale Bozzio , American pop-rock singer-songwriter
1955 –
Jay Osmond , American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer
[39]
1955 –
Ken Salazar , American lawyer and politician, 50th
United States Secretary of the Interior
1955 –
Steve Small , Australian cricketer
1956 –
John Cowsill , American musician, songwriter, and producer
[39]
1956 –
Mark Evans , Australian rock bass player
1957 –
Mark Dean , American inventor and computer engineer
1957 –
Hossein Dehghan , Iranian general and politician,
Iranian Minister of Defense
1957 –
Dito Tsintsadze , Georgian film director and screenwriter
1958 –
Kevin Curren , South African-American tennis player
1958 –
Ian Woosnam , English-Welsh golfer
1959 –
Larry Stewart , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[39]
1961 –
Simone Young , Australian conductor, director, and composer
1962 –
Jon Bon Jovi , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
[39]
1962 –
Paul Farrelly , English journalist and politician
1962 –
Tom Nordlie , Norwegian footballer and coach
1962 –
Brendan O'Connor , Australian politician,
Australian Minister for Employment
1962 –
Raimo Summanen , Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1962 –
Gabriele Tarquini , Italian race car driver
1963 –
Anthony Albanese , Australian politician, 31st
Prime Minister of Australia
[37]
1963 –
Alvin Youngblood Hart , American singer and guitarist
[39]
1964 –
Laird Hamilton , American surfer and actor
1964 –
Mike Von Erich , American wrestler (d. 1987)
1965 –
Ron Gant , American baseball player and journalist
1965 –
Lembit Öpik , Northern Irish politician
1966 –
Ann Leckie , American author
1966 –
Simon Reevell , English lawyer and politician
1968 –
Daniel Craig , English actor and producer
[39]
1970 –
James Purnell , English politician,
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1970 –
Ciriaco Sforza , Swiss footballer and manager
1970 –
Wibi Soerjadi , Dutch pianist and composer
1971 –
Roman Čechmánek , Czech ice hockey player (d. 2023)
[44]
1971 –
Dave Gorman , English comedian, author and television presenter
1971 –
Method Man , American rapper, record producer and actor
[37]
1972 –
Mauricio Pochettino , Argentinian footballer and manager
1973 –
Dejan Bodiroga , Serbian basketball player
1973 –
Trevor Sinclair , English footballer and manager
1974 –
Hayley Lewis , Australian swimmer and television host
1975 –
Daryl Gibson , New Zealand rugby player
1977 –
Dominique Canty , American basketball player and coach
1977 –
Chris Martin , English singer-songwriter (
Coldplay )
[45]
1977 –
Heather McComb , American actress
[39]
1977 –
Stephen Parry , English swimmer and sportscaster
1977 –
Andrew Strauss , South African-English cricketer
1978 –
Jim Chalmers , Australian politician
[46]
1978 –
Gabby Eigenmann , Filipino actor and singer
1978 –
Lee Hodges , English footballer and manager
1978 –
Sebastian Janikowski , Polish gridiron football player
[47]
1978 –
Tomáš Kaberle , Czech ice hockey player
1979 –
Damien Duff , Irish footballer
[48]
1979 –
Jim Troughton , English cricketer
1979 –
Nicky Weaver , English footballer
1980 –
Chris Barker , English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1980 –
Rebel Wilson , Australian actress and screenwriter
[39]
1981 –
Lance Cade , American wrestler (d. 2010)
1981 –
Bryce Dallas Howard , American actress
[39]
1982 –
Kevin Kurányi , German footballer
1982 –
Henrik Lundqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
1982 –
Joel Lundqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
[49]
1982 –
Ben Roethlisberger , American football player
[37]
1982 –
Corey Webster , American football player
1983 –
Deuce , American singer-songwriter and producer
1983 –
Lisandro López , Argentine footballer
1983 –
Jay McClement , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Glen Perkins , American baseball player
1983 –
Ryan Shannon , American ice hockey player
1984 –
Jonathan Ericsson , Swedish ice hockey player
[50]
1985 –
Reggie Bush , American football player
1985 –
Robert Iler , American actor
[39]
1985 –
Suso Santana , Spanish footballer
1986 –
Jonathan D'Aversa , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Jason Smith , American basketball player
[51]
1987 –
Jonas Jerebko , Swedish basketball player
1988 –
Édgar Andrade , Mexican footballer
1988 –
James Arthur , English singer-songwriter
1988 –
Laura Kaeppeler , American beauty queen,
Miss America 2012
1988 –
Matthew Mitcham , Australian diver
1988 –
Dexter Pittman , American basketball player
[52]
1988 –
Geert Arend Roorda , Dutch footballer
1989 –
Toby Alderweireld , Belgian footballer
[53]
1989 –
Alemão , Brazilian footballer
1989 –
Nathalie Emmanuel , English actress
[54]
1989 –
Marcel Hirscher , Austrian skier
1989 –
André Bernardes Santos , Portuguese footballer
1989 –
Shane Vereen , American football player
1989 –
Chris Woakes , English cricketer
1990 –
Rauno Alliku , Estonian footballer
1990 –
Malcolm Butler , American football player
1990 –
Luke Combs , American singer-songwriter
[55]
1990 –
Tiger Shroff , Indian actor
1991 –
Nick Franklin , American baseball player
1992 –
Charlie Coyle , American ice hockey player
[56]
1993 –
Nicolás Brussino , Argentine-Italian basketball player
[57]
1993 –
Adolis García , Cuban baseball player
[58]
1995 –
Miguel Andújar , Dominican baseball player
[59]
1995 –
Max Domi , Canadian ice hockey player
[60]
1995 –
Ange-Freddy Plumain , French footballer
1997 –
Becky G , American singer and actress
[39]
1997 –
Arike Ogunbowale , American basketball player
[61]
1998 –
Tua Tagovailoa , American football player
[62]
1999 –
Isiah Pacheco , American football player
[63]
2016 –
Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1619 –
Anne of Denmark , queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
1729 –
Francesco Bianchini , Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
1755 –
Louis de Rouvroy , French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
1791 –
John Wesley , English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
1793 –
Carl Gustaf Pilo , Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
1797 –
Horace Walpole , English historian and politician (b. 1717)
1829 –
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez , Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
[65]
1830 –
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring , German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
1835 –
Francis II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 –
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers , German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
1855 –
Nicholas I , Russian emperor (b. 1796)
1864 –
Ulric Dahlgren , American colonel (b. 1842)
1865 –
Carl Sylvius Völkner , German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
1880 –
John Benjamin Macneill , Irish engineer (b. 1790)
1895 –
Berthe Morisot , French painter (b. 1841)
[66]
1895 –
Isma'il Pasha , Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
1896 –
Jubal Early , American general (b. 1816)
1901–present
1921 –
Champ Clark , American lawyer and politician, 41st
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
1930 –
D. H. Lawrence , English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
1938 –
Ben Harney , American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
1939 –
Howard Carter , English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
1943 –
Gisela Januszewska , Austrian physician (b.1867)
[67]
1944 –
Ida Maclean , British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the
London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
[68]
1945 –
Emily Carr , Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
1946 –
Fidél Pálffy , Hungarian politician,
Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
1946 –
George E. Stewart , American colonel,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
1947 –
Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels , Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
1949 –
Sarojini Naidu , Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
1953 –
James Lightbody , American runner (b. 1882)
1957 –
Selim Sırrı Tarcan , Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
1958 –
Fred Merkle , American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
1962 –
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin , Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
1967 –
José Martínez Ruiz , Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)
1972 –
Léo-Ernest Ouimet , Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)
[69]
1977 –
Eugénie Brazier , French chef (b. 1895)
[70]
1979 –
Christy Ring , Irish hurler (b. 1920)
1982 –
Philip K. Dick , American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
1987 –
Randolph Scott , American actor and director (b. 1898)
1987 –
Lolo Soetoro , Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
1991 –
Serge Gainsbourg , French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
1992 –
Sandy Dennis , American actress (b. 1937)
1994 –
Anita Morris , American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)
1999 –
Dusty Springfield , English singer (b. 1939)
2000 –
Sandra Schmirler , Canadian curler (b. 1963)
2003 –
Hank Ballard , American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
2003 –
Malcolm Williamson , Australian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
2004 –
Cormac McAnallen , Irish footballer (b. 1980)
2004 –
Mercedes McCambridge , American actress (b. 1916)
[71]
2004 –
Marge Schott , American businesswoman (b. 1928)
2005 –
Martin Denny , American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
2007 –
Thomas S. Kleppe , American soldier and politician, 41st
United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1919)
2007 –
Clem Labine , American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 –
Ivan Safronov , Russian colonel and journalist (b. 1956)
2007 –
Henri Troyat , Russian-French historian and author (b. 1911)
2008 –
Jeff Healey , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
2009 –
João Bernardo Vieira , Bissau-Guinean politician,
President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2010 –
Winston Churchill , English journalist and politician (b. 1940)
2012 –
Lawrence Anthony , South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (b. 1950)
2012 –
Van T. Barfoot , American colonel,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
2012 –
Norman St John-Stevas , English academic and politician,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1929)
2012 –
James Q. Wilson , American political scientist and academic (b. 1931)
2013 –
Peter Harvey , Australian journalist (b. 1944)
2013 –
Giorgos Kolokithas , Greek basketball player (b. 1945)
2013 –
Shabnam Shakeel , Pakistani poet and author (b. 1942)
2014 –
Ryhor Baradulin , Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935)
2015 –
Dean Hess , American minister and colonel (b. 1917)
2015 –
Dave Mackay , Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
2015 –
Mal Peet , English author and illustrator (b. 1947)
2016 –
Benoît Lacroix , Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1915)
2016 –
Aubrey McClendon , American businessman (b. 1959)
2018 –
Billy Herrington , American actor (b. 1969)
2018 –
Lin Hu , Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1927)
2019 –
Mike Oliver , British sociologist, disability rights activist (b. 1945)
[72]
Holidays and observances
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