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Day of the year
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 281 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1655 –
Saturn 's largest moon,
Titan , is discovered by
Christiaan Huygens .
1708 – A French fleet anchors nears
Fife Ness as part of the
planned French invasion of Britain .
[7]
1725 – Bach's
chorale cantata "
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern , BWV 1 ", is first performed on the
Feast of the Annunciation , coinciding with
Palm Sunday .
[8]
1770 –
Daskalogiannis leads the people of
Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the
Ottoman rule
[9]
1802 – The
Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
1807 – The
Swansea and Mumbles Railway , then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
1811 –
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the
University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet
The Necessity of Atheism .
1821 –
Greek War of Independence : Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on
23 February 1821 (
Julian calendar ).
1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the
New Zealand Army .
[10]
1865 –
American Civil War : In
Virginia during the
Siege of Petersburg ,
Confederate forces temporarily capture
Fort Stedman from the
Union before being repulsed.
1894 –
Coxey's Army , the first significant American protest march, departs
Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1901–present
1905 – The Greek football club
P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of
Rhodes .
[11]
1911 – In New York City, the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
[12]
1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in
Kiev , leading to the
Beilis affair .
1914 – The Greek multi-sport club
Aris Thessaloniki is founded in
Thessaloniki .
[13]
1917 – The
Georgian Orthodox Church restores its
autocephaly abolished by
Imperial Russia in 1811.
1918 – The
Belarusian People's Republic is established.
1919 – The
Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the
Holocaust .
[14]
1924 – On the anniversary of
Greek Independence ,
Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the
Second Hellenic Republic .
1931 – The
Scottsboro Boys are arrested in
Alabama and charged with rape.
1932 – The famous
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in
Athens .
[15]
1941 – The
Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the
Axis powers with the signing of the
Tripartite Pact .
1947 – An
explosion in a coal mine in
Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
1948 – The first successful
tornado forecast predicts that
a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base ,
Oklahoma .
1949 – More than 92,000
kulaks are suddenly
deported from the
Baltic states to
Siberia .
1957 –
United States Customs seizes copies of
Allen Ginsberg 's poem "
Howl " on obscenity grounds.
1957 – The
European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and
Luxembourg as the first members.
1959 –
Chain Island is sold by the State of
California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($54,957 in 2023).
[16]
1965 –
Civil rights activists led by
Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete
their 4-day 50-mile (80 km) march from
Selma to the capitol in
Montgomery, Alabama .
1971 – The
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
abandon an attempt to cut off the
Ho Chi Minh trail in
Laos .
1975 –
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
1979 – The first fully functional
Space Shuttle orbiter,
Columbia , is delivered to the
John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1988 – The
Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in
Czechoslovakia .
1995 –
WikiWikiWeb , the world's first wiki, and part of the
Portland Pattern Repository , is made public by
Ward Cunningham .
1996 – The
European Union 's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ).
2006 –
Capitol Hill massacre : A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's
Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in
Belarus , following the rigged
2006 Belarusian presidential election , clash with riot police. Opposition leader
Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
2018 –
Syrian civil war : Following the completion of the
Afrin offensive , the
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an
insurgency against the
Turkish occupation of the
Afrin District .
[17]
[18]
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
1252 –
Conradin , Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
1259 –
Andronikos II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
1297 –
Andronikos III Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
1297 –
Arnošt of Pardubice , the first Bohemian archbishop (d. 1364)
1345 –
Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)
1347 –
Catherine of Siena , Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
1404 –
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , English military leader (d. 1444)
1414 –
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford , English noble (d. 1455)
1434 –
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato , Italian saint (d. 1485)
1479 –
Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
1491 –
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
1510 –
Guillaume Postel , French linguist (d. 1581)
1538 –
Christopher Clavius , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
1541 –
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
1545 –
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
1546 –
Giacomo Castelvetro , Italian writer (d. 1616)
1593 –
Jean de Brébeuf , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1601–1900
1611 –
Evliya Çelebi , Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
1636 –
Henric Piccardt , Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
1643 –
Louis Moréri , French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
1661 –
Paul de Rapin , French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
1699 –
Johann Adolph Hasse , German singer and composer (d. 1783)
1741 –
Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
1745 –
John Barry , American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
1767 –
Joachim Murat , French general (d. 1815)
1782 –
Caroline Bonaparte , French daughter of
Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)
1800 –
Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen , German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
1808 –
José de Espronceda , Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
1824 –
Clinton L. Merriam , American banker and politician (d. 1900)
1840 –
Myles Keogh , Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
1863 –
Simon Flexner , American physician and academic (d. 1946)
1867 –
Gutzon Borglum , American sculptor, designed
Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)
1867 –
Arturo Toscanini , Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
1868 –
Bill Lockwood , English cricketer (d. 1932)
1871 –
Louis Perrée , French fencer (d. 1924)
1872 –
Horatio Nelson Jackson , American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
1873 –
Rudolf Rocker , German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
1874 –
Selim Sırrı Tarcan , Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)
[20]
1876 –
Irving Baxter , American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
1877 –
Walter Little , Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1878 –
František Janda-Suk , Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
1879 –
Amedee Reyburn , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
1881 –
Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
1881 –
Patrick Henry Bruce , American painter and educator (d. 1936)
1881 –
Mary Webb , English author and poet (d. 1927)
1893 –
Johannes Villemson , Estonian runner (d. 1971)
1895 –
Siegfried Handloser , German general and physician (d. 1954)
1885 –
Jimmy Seed , English international footballer and manager (d. 1966)
[21]
1897 –
Leslie Averill , New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
1899 –
François Rozet , French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)
1900 –
George Carstairs , Australian rugby league player (d. 1966)
[22]
1901–present
1901 –
Ed Begley , American actor (d. 1970)
1903 –
Binnie Barnes , English-American actress (d. 1998)
1903 –
Frankie Carle , American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1903 –
Nahum Norbert Glatzer , Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
1904 –
Pete Johnson , American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
1905 –
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim , German colonel (d. 1944)
1906 –
Jean Sablon , French singer and actor (d. 1994)
1906 –
A. J. P. Taylor , English historian and academic (d. 1990)
1908 –
David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1910 –
Magda Olivero , Italian soprano (d. 2014)
[23]
1910 –
Benzion Netanyahu , Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
1912 –
Melita Norwood , English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
1912 –
Jean Vilar , French actor and director (d. 1971)
1913 –
Reo Stakis , Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded
Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)
1914 –
Norman Borlaug , American agronomist and humanitarian,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1914 –
Tassos , Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (d. 1985)
[24]
1915 –
Dorothy Squires , Welsh singer (d. 1998)
1916 –
S. M. Pandit , Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
1918 –
Howard Cosell , American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
1920 –
Paul Scott , English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
1920 –
Patrick Troughton , English actor (d. 1987)
1920 –
Usha Mehta , Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)
1921 –
Nancy Kelly , American actress (d. 1995)
1921 –
Simone Signoret , French actress (d. 1985)
1921 –
Alexandra of Yugoslavia , the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
[25]
1922 –
Eileen Ford , American businesswoman, co-founded
Ford Models (d. 2014)
1923 –
Bonnie Guitar , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
1923 –
Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
1924 –
Roberts Blossom , American actor (d. 2011)
1924 –
Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress (d. 2019)
1925 –
Flannery O'Connor , American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
1925 –
Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
1925 –
Kishori Sinha , Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)
1926 –
Riz Ortolani , Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1926 –
László Papp , Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
1926 –
Shirley Jean Rickert , American actress (d. 2009)
[26]
1926 –
Jaime Sabines , Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
1926 –
Gene Shalit , American journalist and critic
1927 –
P. Shanmugam , Indian politician, 13th
Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
1928 –
Jim Lovell , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1928 –
Gunnar Nielsen , Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
1928 –
Peter O'Brien , Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
[27]
1928 –
Hans Steinbrenner , German sculptor (d. 2008)
1929 –
Cecil Taylor , American pianist and composer (d. 2018)
1930 –
David Burge , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
1930 –
Carlo Mauri , Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
1930 –
Rudy Minarcin , American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1931 –
Humphrey Burton , English radio and television host
1932 –
Penelope Gilliatt , English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
1932 –
Wes Santee , American runner (d. 2010)
1934 –
Johnny Burnette , American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
1934 –
Bernard King , Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
1934 –
Karlheinz Schreiber , German-Canadian businessman
1934 –
Gloria Steinem , American feminist activist, co-founded the
Women's Media Center
[28]
1935 –
Gabriel Elorde , Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
1936 –
Carl Kaufmann , American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
1937 –
Tom Monaghan , American businessman, founded
Domino's Pizza
1938 –
Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
1938 –
Daniel Buren , French sculptor and painter
1938 –
Fritz d'Orey , Brazilian racing driver (d. 2020)
1939 –
Toni Cade Bambara , American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
1939 –
D. C. Fontana , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1941 –
Gudmund Hernes , Norwegian sociologist and politician,
Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
1942 –
Aretha Franklin , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)
1942 –
Richard O'Brien , English actor and screenwriter
1942 –
Kim Woodburn , English television host
1943 –
Paul Michael Glaser , American actor and director
1945 –
Leila Diniz , Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
1946 –
Cliff Balsom , English footballer
1946 –
Daniel Bensaïd , French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
1946 –
Stephen Hunter , American author and critic
1946 –
Maurice Krafft , French volcanologist (d. 1991)
1947 –
Richard Cork , English historian and critic
1947 –
Elton John , English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1948 –
Bonnie Bedelia , American actress
1948 –
Michael Stanley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1949 –
Ronnie Flanagan , Northern Irish Chief Constable (
Royal Irish Constabulary ,
Police Service of Northern Ireland )
1949 –
Sue Klebold , American activist
1950 –
Chuck Greenberg , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
1950 –
Ronnie McDowell , American singer-songwriter
1950 –
David Paquette , American-New Zealander pianist
1951 –
Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
1952 –
Stephen Dorrell , English soldier and politician,
Secretary of State for Health
1952 –
Antanas Mockus , Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician,
Mayor of Bogotá
1953 –
Christos Ardizoglou , Greek footballer
[29]
1953 –
Robert Fox , English producer and manager
1953 –
Vesna Pusić , Croatian sociologist and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
1953 –
Haroon Rasheed , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1954 –
Thom Loverro , American journalist and author
1955 –
Daniel Boulud , French chef and author
1955 –
Lee Mazzilli , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 –
Christina Boxer , English runner and journalist
1957 –
Kanellos Kanellopoulos , Greek cyclist
[30]
1957 –
Jonathan Michie , English economist and academic
1957 –
Aleksandr Puchkov , Russian hurdler
1957 –
Jim Uhls , American screenwriter and producer
1958 –
Susie Bright , American journalist, author, and critic
1958 –
Lorna Brown , Canadian artist, curator, and writer
1958 –
Sisy Chen , Taiwanese journalist and politician
1958 –
María Caridad Colón , Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
1958 –
John Ensign , American physician and politician
1958 –
Ray Tanner , American baseball player and coach
1958 –
Åsa Torstensson , Swedish politician, 3rd
Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1960 –
Mike Aulby , American bowler
[31]
1960 –
Steve Norman , English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1960 –
Peter O'Brien , Australian actor
1960 –
Brenda Strong , American actress
1961 –
Mark Brooks , American golfer
1962 –
Marcia Cross , American actress
1962 –
David Nuttall , English lawyer and politician
1963 –
Karen Bruce , English dancer and choreographer
1963 –
Velle Kadalipp , Estonian architect
1963 –
Andrew O'Connor , British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
1964 –
Norm Duke , American bowler
1964 –
René Meulensteen , Dutch footballer and coach
1964 –
Ken Wregget , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 –
Avery Johnson , American basketball player and coach
1965 –
Stefka Kostadinova , Bulgarian high jumper
1965 –
Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress, producer, and designer
1966 –
Tom Glavine , American baseball player
1966 –
Humberto Gonzalez , Mexican boxer
1966 –
Jeff Healey , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1966 –
Anton Rogan , Northern Irish footballer
1967 –
Matthew Barney , American sculptor and photographer
1967 –
Doug Stanhope , American comedian and actor
1967 –
Debi Thomas , American figure skater and physician
1969 –
George Chlitsios , Greek conductor and composer
1969 –
Dale Davis , American basketball player
1969 –
Cathy Dennis , English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
1969 –
Jeffrey Walker , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 –
Magnus Larsson , Swedish golfer
1971 –
Stacy Dragila , American pole vaulter and coach
1971 –
Cammi Granato , American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971 –
Sheryl Swoopes , American basketball player and coach
1972 –
Naftali Bennett , Israeli politician, 13th
Prime Minister of Israel
[32]
1972 –
Giniel de Villiers , South African racing driver
1972 –
Phil O'Donnell , Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1973 –
Michaela Dorfmeister , Austrian skier
1973 –
Anders Fridén , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1973 –
Bob Sura , American basketball player
1974 –
Serge Betsen , Cameroonian-French rugby player
1974 –
Lark Voorhies , American actress and singer
1975 –
Ladislav Benýšek , Czech ice hockey player
1975 –
Melanie Blatt , English singer-songwriter and actress
1975 –
Erika Heynatz , Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
1976 –
Francie Bellew , Irish footballer
1976 –
Lars Figura , German sprinter
1976 –
Wladimir Klitschko , Ukrainian boxer
1976 –
Rima Wakarua , New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1977 –
Natalie Clein , English cellist and educator
1977 –
Andrew Lindsay , Scottish rower
1978 –
Gennaro Delvecchio , Italian footballer
1978 –
Teddy Lussi-Modeste , French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
[33]
1979 –
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi , French sprinter
1980 –
Kathrine Sørland , Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
1981 –
Casey Neistat , American YouTube personality
[34]
1982 –
Danica Patrick , American race car driver
[35]
1982 –
Álvaro Saborío , Costa Rican footballer
1982 –
Jenny Slate , American comedian, actress and author
[36]
1983 –
Mickaël Hanany , French high jumper
1984 –
Katharine McPhee , American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 –
Liam Messam , New Zealand rugby player
1985 –
Carmen Rasmusen , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
1985 –
Diana Rennik , Estonian figure skater
1986 –
Marco Belinelli , Italian basketball player
1986 –
Megan Gibson , American softball player
1986 –
Kyle Lowry , American basketball player
1986 –
Mickey Paea , Australian rugby league player
1987 –
Jacob Bagersted , Danish handball player
1987 –
Victor Obinna , Nigerian footballer
1987 –
Nobunari Oda , Japanese figure skater
1987 –
Hyun-jin Ryu , South Korean baseball player
[37]
1988 –
Big Sean , American rapper, singer and songwriter
[38]
1988 –
Ryan Lewis , American music producer
[39]
1988 –
Mitchell Watt , Australian long jumper
1988 –
Arthur Zeiler , German rugby player
1989 –
Aly Michalka , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989 –
Scott Sinclair , English footballer
1990 –
Mehmet Ekici , Turkish footballer
1990 –
Alexander Esswein , German footballer
[40]
1991 –
Scott Malone , English footballer
[41]
1992 –
Meg Lanning , Australian cricketer
[42]
1993 –
Jacob Gagan , Australian rugby league player
[43]
1993 –
Sam Johnstone , English footballer
[44]
1994 –
Justine Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier
[45]
2000 –
Ozan Kabak , Turkish footballer
[46]
Deaths
Pre-1600
908 –
Li Kening , Chinese general
940 –
Taira no Masakado , Japanese samurai
990 –
Nicodemus of Mammola , Italian monk and saint
[47]
1005 –
Kenneth III , king of Scotland
[48]
1051 –
Hugh IV , French nobleman
1189 –
Frederick , duke of Bohemia
1223 –
Alfonso II , king of Portugal (b. 1185)
1351 –
Kō no Moronao , Japanese samurai
1351 –
Kō no Moroyasu , Japanese samurai
1392 –
Hosokawa Yoriyuki , Japanese samurai
1458 –
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana , Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)
1558 –
Marcos de Niza , French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
1601–1900
1603 –
Ikoma Chikamasa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1526)
1609 –
Olaus Martini , Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
1609 –
Isabelle de Limeuil , French noble (b. 1535)
1620 –
Johannes Nucius , German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
1625 –
Giambattista Marino , Italian poet and author (b. 1569)
1658 –
Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg , German nobleman (b. 1607)
1677 –
Wenceslaus Hollar , Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)
1701 –
Jean Regnault de Segrais , French poet and novelist (b. 1624)
1712 –
Nehemiah Grew , English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
1732 –
Lucy Filippini , Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)
[49]
1736 –
Nicholas Hawksmoor , English architect, designed
Easton Neston and
Christ Church (b. 1661)
1738 –
Turlough O'Carolan , Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
1801 –
Novalis , German poet and author (b. 1772)
1818 –
Caspar Wessel , Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
1848 –
Nicolai Wergeland , Norwegian priest, writer and politician (b. 1780)
[50]
1857 –
William Colgate , English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded
Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
1860 –
James Braid , Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
[51]
1869 –
Edward Bates , American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
1873 –
Wilhelm Marstrand , Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)
1901–present
1907 –
Ernst von Bergmann , Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
1908 –
Durham Stevens , American diplomat (b. 1851)
1914 –
Frédéric Mistral , French lexicographer and poet, 1904
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
1917 –
Elizabeth Storrs Mead , American academic (b. 1832)
1918 –
Claude Debussy , French composer (b. 1862)
1918 –
Peter Martin , Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
1927 –
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas , Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
1931 –
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1931 –
Ida B. Wells , American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
1932 –
Harriet Backer , Norwegian painter (b. 1845)
[52]
1942 –
William Carr , American rower (b. 1876)
1951 –
Eddie Collins , American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
1956 –
Lou Moore , American race car driver (b. 1904)
1956 –
Robert Newton , English actor (b. 1905)
1958 –
Tom Brown , American trombonist (b. 1888)
1964 –
Charles Benjamin Howard , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
1965 –
Viola Liuzzo , American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
1969 –
Billy Cotton , English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
1969 –
Max Eastman , American poet and activist (b. 1883)
1973 –
Jakob Sildnik , Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
1973 –
Edward Steichen , Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)
1975 –
Juan Gaudino , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
1975 –
Faisal of Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)
1975 –
Deiva Zivarattinam , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
1976 –
Josef Albers , German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
1976 –
Benjamin Miessner , American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
1979 –
Robert Madgwick , Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)
1979 –
Akinoumi Setsuo , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th
Yokozuna (b. 1914)
1980 –
Milton H. Erickson , American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)
1980 –
Walter Susskind , Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
1982 –
Goodman Ace , American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
1983 –
Bob Waterfield , American football player and coach (b. 1920)
1986 –
Gloria Blondell , American actress (b. 1910)
1987 –
A. W. Mailvaganam , Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
1988 –
Robert Joffrey , American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the
Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
1991 –
Marcel Lefebvre , French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
1992 –
Nancy Walker , American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
1994 –
Angelines Fernández , Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
1994 –
Bernard Kangro , Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
1994 –
Max Petitpierre , Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
1995 –
James Samuel Coleman , American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
1995 –
John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer (b. 1914)
1998 –
Max Green , Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
1998 –
Steven Schiff , American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
1999 –
Cal Ripken, Sr. , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
2000 –
Helen Martin , American actress (b. 1909)
2001 –
Brian Trubshaw , English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)
2002 –
Kenneth Wolstenholme , English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2005 –
Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
2006 –
Bob Carlos Clarke , Irish photographer (b. 1950)
2006 –
Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2006 –
Richard Fleischer , American film director (b. 1916)
2006 –
Buck Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
2007 –
Andranik Margaryan , Armenian engineer and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
2008 –
Ben Carnevale , American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
2008 –
Thierry Gilardi , French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
2008 –
Abby Mann , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
2008 –
Herb Peterson , American businessman, created the
McMuffin (b. 1919)
2009 –
Johnny Blanchard , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2009 –
Kosuke Koyama , Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
2009 –
Dan Seals , American musician (b. 1948)
2009 –
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu , Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)
2012 –
Priscilla Buckley , American journalist and author (b. 1921)
2012 –
Hal E. Chester , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
2012 –
John Crosfield , English businessman, founded
Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)
2012 –
Edd Gould , English animator and voice actor, founded
Eddsworld (b. 1988)
2012 –
Antonio Tabucchi , Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
2013 –
Léonce Bernard , Canadian politician, 26th
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
2013 –
Ben Goldfaden , American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
2013 –
Anthony Lewis , American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
2013 –
Jean Pickering , English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
2013 –
Jean-Marc Roberts , French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
2013 –
John F. Wiley , American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
2014 –
Lorna Arnold , English historian and author (b. 1915)
2014 –
Hank Lauricella , American football player and politician (b. 1930)
2014 –
Jon Lord , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
2014 –
Sonny Ruberto , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
2014 –
Jonathan Schell , American journalist and author (b. 1943)
2014 –
Ralph Wilson , American businessman, founded the
Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)
2015 –
George Fischbeck , American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
2016 –
Shannon Bolin , American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2017 –
Cuthbert Sebastian , St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)
2019 –
Barrie Hole , Welsh footballer (b. 1942)
[53]
2020 –
Floyd Cardoz , Indian-born American chef (b. 1960)
[54]
2021 –
Beverly Cleary , American author (b. 1916)
[55]
2022 –
Taylor Hawkins , American drummer and singer (b. 1972)
[56]
Holidays and observances
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