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Day of the year
May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 221 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1607 –
Jamestown , the first permanent English colony in
North America , is founded.
[1]
1621 – The
Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1626 –
Peter Minuit buys
Manhattan .
1667 – The
French Royal Army crosses the border into the
Spanish Netherlands , starting the
War of Devolution opposing
France to the
Spanish Empire and the
Triple Alliance .
1683 – The
Ashmolean Museum in
Oxford , England, opens as the world's first university museum.
1689 – The
English Parliament passes the
Act of Toleration protecting
dissenting Protestants but excluding
Roman Catholics .
1738 –
John Wesley is
converted , essentially launching the
Methodist movement ; the day is celebrated annually by
Methodists as
Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
1798 – The
Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the
United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1813 – South American independence leader
Simón Bolívar enters
Mérida , leading the invasion of
Venezuela , and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
1822 –
Battle of Pichincha :
Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the
Presidency of Quito .
1832 – The
First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the
London Conference .
1844 –
Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a
biblical quotation,
Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the
United States Capitol to his assistant,
Alfred Vail , in
Baltimore ,
Maryland , to inaugurate a commercial
telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
[2]
1856 –
John Brown and his men
kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas .
1861 –
American Civil War :
Union troops occupy
Alexandria, Virginia .
1873 –
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
[3]
1883 – The
Brooklyn Bridge in
New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
1900 –
Second Boer War : The United Kingdom annexes the
Orange Free State .
1901–present
1915 –
World War I :
Italy declares war on
Austria-Hungary , joining the conflict on the side of
the Allies .
1930 –
Amy Johnson lands in
Darwin, Northern Territory , becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on
May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
1935 – The first
night game in
Major League Baseball history is played in
Cincinnati, Ohio , with the
Cincinnati Reds beating the
Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at
Crosley Field .
1940 –
Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor
helicopter flight.
1940 – Acting on the orders of
Soviet leader
Joseph Stalin ,
NKVD agent
Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary
Leon Trotsky in
Coyoacán , Mexico.
1941 –
World War II : In the
Battle of the Atlantic , the
German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the
Royal Navy ,
HMS Hood , killing all but three crewmen.
1944 –
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during
World War II .
[4]
[5]
1944 –
Congress of Përment occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under
partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since
1939 . In honor of this the
national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992.
[6]
1948 –
Arab–Israeli War : Egypt
captures the Israeli
kibbutz of
Yad Mordechai , but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
1956 – The first
Eurovision Song Contest is held in
Lugano , Switzerland.
1958 –
United Press International is formed through a merger of the
United Press and the
International News Service .
1960 – Following the
1960 Valdivia earthquake , the largest ever recorded earthquake,
Cordón Caulle begins to erupt .
1961 –
American civil rights movement :
Freedom Riders are arrested in
Jackson, Mississippi , for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
1962 –
Project Mercury : American
astronaut
Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the
Aurora 7
space capsule .
1967 –
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the
Red Sea coast of
Israel .
1967 –
Belle de Jour , directed by
Luis Buñuel , is released.
[7]
1976 – The
Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching
California as a worldwide force in the production of quality
wine .
1981 – Ecuadorian president
Jaime Roldós Aguilera , his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the
Battle of Pichincha .
1982 –
Liberation of Khorramshahr :
Iranians recapture of the port city of
Khorramshahr from the
Iraqis during the
Iran–Iraq War .
1988 –
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's
Local Government Act 1988 , a controversial amendment stating that a
local authority cannot intentionally promote
homosexuality , is enacted.
1991 –
Israel conducts
Operation Solomon , evacuating
Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
1992 – The last
Thai dictator, General
Suchinda Kraprayoon , resigns following pro-democracy protests.
1992 – The ethnic cleansing in
Kozarac ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
1993 –
Eritrea gains its independence from
Ethiopia .
1993 – Roman Catholic Cardinal
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
[8]
1994 – Four men are convicted of
bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1995 – While attempting to return to
Leeds Bradford Airport in the
United Kingdom ,
Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in
Dunkeswick ,
North Yorkshire , killing all 12 people on board.
[9]
1999 – The
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in
The Hague , Netherlands indicts
Slobodan Milošević and four others for
war crimes and
crimes against humanity committed in
Kosovo .
2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from
southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
2002 – Russia and the United States sign the
Moscow Treaty .
2014 – A 6.4 magnitude
earthquake occurs in the
Aegean Sea between
Greece and
Turkey , injuring 324 people.
2014 – At least three people are killed in a
shooting at Brussels'
Jewish Museum of Belgium .
2019 – Twenty-two students die in a
fire in
Surat (
India ).
[10]
2019 – Under pressure over her handling of
Brexit , British Prime Minister
Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
2022 – A
mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in
Uvalde, Texas , United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.
[11]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 –
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale , Scottish politician,
Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)
1628 –
Marek Sobieski , Polish noble (d. 1652)
1669 –
Emerentia von Düben , Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
1671 –
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
1686 –
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit , Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the
Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
1689 –
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea , English politician,
Lord President of the Council (d. 1769)
1743 –
Jean-Paul Marat , Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (d. 1793)
[12]
1789 –
Cathinka Buchwieser , German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
1794 –
William Whewell , English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)
1803 –
Alexander von Nordmann , Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)
1810 –
Abraham Geiger , German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
1816 –
Emanuel Leutze , German-American painter (d. 1868)
1819 –
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
[13]
1830 –
Alexei Savrasov , Russian painter and academic (d. 1897)
1855 –
Arthur Wing Pinero , English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1934)
1861 –
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland , Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1940)
1863 –
George Grey Barnard , American sculptor (d. 1938)
1868 –
Charlie Taylor , American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
1870 –
Benjamin N. Cardozo , American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)
1870 –
Jan Smuts , South African lawyer and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
1874 –
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
1875 –
Robert Garrett , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)
1878 –
Lillian Moller Gilbreth , American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
1879 –
H. B. Reese , American candy maker, created
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
1886 –
Paul Paray , French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1887 –
Mick Mannock , Irish soldier and pilot,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1891 –
William F. Albright , American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1971)
1892 –
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis , American author and educator (d. 1958)
[14]
1895 –
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. , American publisher, founded
Advance Publications (d. 1979)
1899 –
Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player (d. 1938)
1899 –
Henri Michaux , Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)
1900 –
Eduardo De Filippo , Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1901–present
1901 –
José Nasazzi , Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
1902 –
Lionel Conacher , Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
1902 –
Sylvia Daoust , Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
1904 –
Chūhei Nambu , Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)
[15]
1905 –
George Nakashima , American woodworker and architect
[16] (d. 1990)
1905 –
Mikhail Sholokhov , Russian novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1909 –
Wilbur Mills , American banker and politician (d. 1992)
1910 –
Jimmy Demaret , American golfer (d. 1983)
1913 –
Joe Abreu , American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)
1914 –
Lilli Palmer , German-American actress (d. 1986)
1916 –
Roden Cutler , Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd
Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)
1917 –
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway , English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1918 –
Coleman Young , American politician, 66th
Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997)
1922 –
Siobhán McKenna , Irish actress (d. 1986)
1924 –
Philip Pearlstein , American soldier and painter (d. 2022)
1925 –
Carmine Infantino , American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)
1925 –
Mai Zetterling , Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)
1926 –
Stanley Baxter , Scottish actor and screenwriter
1928 –
William Trevor , Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)
1932 –
Arnold Wesker , English playwright and producer (d. 2016)
1933 –
Jane Byrne , American lawyer and politician, 50th
Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)
1933 –
Réal Giguère , Canadian television host and actor (d. 2019)
1933 –
Aharon Lichtenstein , French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
1935 –
Joan Micklin Silver , American director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1936 –
Harold Budd , American composer and poet (d. 2020)
1937 –
Maryvonne Dupureur , French runner and educator (d. 2008)
1937 –
Archie Shepp , American saxophonist and composer
1938 –
Prince Buster , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
1938 –
Tommy Chong , Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 –
Joseph Brodsky , Russian-American poet and essayist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1941 –
Bob Dylan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer;
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 –
Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham , English academic and politician
1942 –
Ali Bacher , South African cricketer and manager
1942 –
Hannu Mikkola , Finnish race car driver (d. 2021)
1942 –
Ichirō Ozawa , Japanese lawyer and politician,
Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
1943 –
Gary Burghoff , American actor
1944 –
Patti LaBelle , American singer-songwriter and actress
1944 –
Dominique Lavanant , French actress
1945 –
Terry Callier , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1945 –
Steven Norris , English engineer and politician
1945 –
Richard Ottaway , English lieutenant and politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1945 –
Priscilla Presley , American actress and businesswoman
1946 –
Tansu Çiller , Turkish politician,
Prime Minister of Turkey
[17]
1946 –
Jesualdo Ferreira , Portuguese footballer and manager
1946 –
Irena Szewińska , Russian-Polish sprinter (d. 2018)
1947 –
Albert Bouchard , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
1947 –
Mike De Leon , Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
1947 –
Mike Reid , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player
1947 –
Waddy Wachtel , American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer
1947 –
Martin Winterkorn , German businessman
1948 –
Richard Dembo , French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1949 –
Jim Broadbent , English actor
1949 –
Roger Deakins , English cinematographer
1953 –
Alfred Molina , English actor
1955 –
Rosanne Cash , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 –
Philippe Lafontaine , Belgian singer and songwriter
1955 –
Rajesh Roshan , Indian composer
1956 –
R. B. Bernstein , American constitutional historian
1956 –
Larry Blackmon , American singer-songwriter and producer
1956 –
Dominic Grieve , English lawyer and politician,
Attorney General for England and Wales
1956 –
Michael Jackson , Irish archbishop
1958 –
Chip Ganassi , American race car driver, team owner and businessman
1959 –
Pelle Lindbergh , Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)
1959 –
Barry O'Farrell , Australian politician, 43rd
Premier of New South Wales
1960 –
Guy Fletcher , English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
1960 –
Bill Harrigan , Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
1960 –
Kristin Scott Thomas , English actress
1961 –
Lorella Cedroni , Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013)
1961 –
Alain Lemieux , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1962 –
Héctor Camacho , Puerto Rican-American boxer (d. 2012)
1962 –
Gene Anthony Ray , American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003)
1963 –
Ivan Capelli , Italian race car driver and sportscaster
1963 –
Michael Chabon , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
1963 –
Joe Dumars , American basketball player
1963 –
Rich Rodriguez , American football player and coach
1963 –
Valerie Taylor , American computer scientist and educator
1964 –
Liz McColgan , Scottish educator and runner
1964 –
Adrian Moorhouse , English swimmer
1964 –
Isidro Pérez , Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
1964 –
Pat Verbeek , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1965 –
John C. Reilly , American actor
1965 –
Shinichirō Watanabe , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 –
Éric Cantona , French footballer, manager, and actor
1966 –
Ricky Craven , American race car driver and sportscaster
1967 –
Tamer Karadağlı , Turkish actor
1967 –
Andrey Borodin , Russian-English economist and businessman
1967 –
Eric Close , American actor
1967 –
Heavy D , Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)
1967 –
Carlos Hernández , Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
1969 –
Martin McCague , Northern Irish-English cricketer
1969 –
Jacob Rees-Mogg , English politician
1969 –
Rich Robinson , American guitarist and songwriter
1969 –
Mandar Agashe , Indian music director and businessman
[18]
1971 –
Kris Draper , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1972 –
Greg Berlanti , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Rodrigo , Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1973 –
Bartolo Colón , Dominican-American baseball player
1973 –
Shirish Kunder , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Vladimír Šmicer , Czech footballer and manager
1974 –
Sébastien Foucan , French runner and actor
1974 –
Masahide Kobayashi , Japanese baseball player and coach
1974 –
Magnus Manske , German biochemist and computer programmer, developed
MediaWiki
1975 –
Will Sasso , Canadian actor and comedian
1975 –
Marc Gagnon , Canadian speed skater
1975 –
Giannis Goumas , Greek footballer and coach
1975 –
Maria Lawson , English singer-songwriter
1976 –
Alessandro Cortini , Italian-American singer and keyboard player
1976 –
Catherine Cox , New Zealand-Australian netball player
1976 –
Silje Vige , Norwegian singer
1977 –
Jeet Gannguli , Indian score composer, music director and singer
1978 –
Elijah Burke , American wrestler
1978 –
Johan Holmqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
1978 –
Brad Penny , American baseball player
1978 –
Rose , French singer, songwriter and composer
1979 –
Tracy McGrady , American basketball player
1979 –
Kareem McKenzie , American football player
1980 –
Jason Babin , American football player
1980 –
Anthony Minichiello , Australian rugby league player
1981 –
Andy Lee , Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1982 –
Issah Gabriel Ahmed , Ghanaian footballer
1982 –
Rian Wallace , American football player
1983 –
Custódio Castro , Portuguese footballer
1983 –
Pedram Javaheri , Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist
1983 –
Woo Seung-yeon , South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
1984 –
Sarah Hagan , American actress
1984 –
Dmitri Kruglov , Estonian footballer
1984 –
Masaya Takahashi , Japanese wrestler
1985 –
Tim Bridgman , English race car driver
1986 –
Mark Ballas , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor
1986 –
Giannis Kontoes , Greek footballer
1987 –
Guillaume Latendresse , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Artem Anisimov , Russian ice hockey player
1988 –
Monica Lin Brown , American sergeant
1988 –
Billy Gilman , American musician
[19]
1988 –
Lucian Wintrich , American political artist and White House correspondent
1988 –
Denis Petrić , Slovenian footballer
[20]
1989 –
G-Eazy , American rapper
[21]
1989 –
Andrew Jordan , English race car driver
1989 –
Kalin Lucas , American basketball player
[22]
1990 –
Mattias Ekholm , Swedish ice hockey player
1990 –
Joey Logano , American race car driver
[23]
1991 –
Aled Davies , Welsh discus thrower
1991 –
Cody Eakin , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 –
Marcus Bettinelli , English footballer
[24]
1994 –
Rodrigo De Paul , Argentine footballer
[25]
1994 –
Jarell Martin , American basketball player
[26]
1994 –
Emily Nicholl , Scottish netball player
[27]
1994 –
Daiya Seto , Japanese swimmer
[28]
1994 –
Emily Temple Wood , American 2016
Wikipedian of the Year award
[29]
1999 –
Tarjei Sandvik Moe , Norwegian actor
[30]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1612 –
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury , English politician,
Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)
1627 –
Luis de Góngora , Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
1632 –
Robert Hues , English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
1665 –
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda , Spanish
Franciscan
abbess and
mystic (b. 1602)
[31]
1734 –
Georg Ernst Stahl , German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1792 –
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney , English admiral and politician, 16th
Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
1806 –
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll , Scottish field marshal and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
1843 –
Sylvestre François Lacroix , French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
1848 –
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , German author and composer (b. 1797)
[32]
1861 –
Elmer E. Ellsworth , American colonel (b. 1837)
1872 –
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
1879 –
William Lloyd Garrison , American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
1881 –
Samuel Palmer , English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
1901–present
1901 –
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau , Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
1908 –
Old Tom Morris , Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
1915 –
John Condon , Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
1919 –
Amado Nervo , Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
1923 –
Rolf Skår , Norwegian engineer (b. 1941)
[33]
1929 –
Nikolai von Meck , Russian engineer (b. 1863)
1939 –
Fanny Searls , American biologist (b. 1851)
[34]
1941 –
Lancelot Holland , English admiral (b. 1887)
1945 –
Robert Ritter von Greim , German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
1948 –
Jacques Feyder , Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1949 –
Alexey Shchusev , Russian architect, designed
Lenin's Mausoleum and
Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
1950 –
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell , English field marshal and politician, 43rd
Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
1951 –
Thomas N. Heffron , American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
1956 –
Martha Annie Whiteley , English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
[35]
1958 –
Frank Rowe , Australian public servant (b. 1895)
1959 –
John Foster Dulles , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd
United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
1963 –
Elmore James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
1965 –
Sonny Boy Williamson II , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
1974 –
Duke Ellington , American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
1976 –
Denise Pelletier , Canadian actress (b. 1923)
1979 –
Ernest Bullock , English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
1981 –
Herbert Müller , Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
1984 –
Vince McMahon Sr. , American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded
WWE (b. 1914)
1988 –
Freddie Frith , English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
1990 –
Arthur Villeneuve , Canadian painter (b. 1910)
1991 –
Gene Clark , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
1992 –
Hitoshi Ogawa , Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
1995 –
Harold Wilson , English academic and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
1996 –
Thomas F. Connolly , American admiral (b. 1909)
[36]
1996 –
Enrique Álvarez Félix , Mexican actor (b. 1934)
1996 –
Joseph Mitchell , American journalist and author (b. 1908)
1997 –
Edward Mulhare , Irish actor (b. 1923)
2000 –
Kurt Schork , American journalist and scholar (b. 1947)
2000 –
Majrooh Sultanpuri , Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
2002 –
Wallace Markfield , American author (b. 1926)
2003 –
Rachel Kempson , English actress (b. 1910)
2004 –
Henry Ries , German-American photographer (b. 1917)
2004 –
Milton Shulman , Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
2004 –
Edward Wagenknecht , American critic and educator (b. 1900)
2005 –
Carl Amery , German activist and author (b. 1922)
2005 –
Arthur Haulot , Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913)
2005 –
Guy Tardif , Canadian academic and politician (b. 1935)
2006 –
Henry Bumstead , American art director and production designer (b. 1915)
2006 –
Claude Piéplu , French actor (b. 1923)
2006 –
Michał Życzkowski , Polish technician and educator (b. 1930)
2008 –
Dick Martin , American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1922)
2008 –
Jimmy McGriff , American organist and bandleader (b. 1936)
2009 –
Jay Bennett , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1963)
2010 –
Ray Alan , English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2010 –
Paul Gray , American bass player and songwriter (b. 1972)
2010 –
Raymond V. Haysbert , American businessman and activist (b. 1920)
2010 –
Petr Muk , Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965)
2010 –
Anneliese Rothenberger , German soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2011 –
Huguette Clark , American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (b. 1906)
2011 –
Hakim Ali Zardari , Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (b. 1930)
2012 –
Klaas Carel Faber , Dutch-German
SS officer (b. 1922)
2012 –
Kathi Kamen Goldmark , American journalist and author (b. 1948)
2012 –
Jacqueline Harpman , Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1929)
2012 –
Juan Francisco Lombardo , Argentinian footballer (b. 1925)
2012 –
Lee Rich , American production manager and producer (b. 1918)
2013 –
Helmut Braunlich , German-American violinist and composer (b. 1929)
2013 –
Ron Davies , Welsh footballer (b. 1942)
2013 –
Gotthard Graubner , German painter (b. 1930)
2013 –
Haynes Johnson , American journalist and author (b. 1931)
2013 –
Pyotr Todorovsky , Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2014 –
David Allen , English cricketer (b. 1935)
2014 –
Stormé DeLarverie , known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (b. 1920)
[37]
2014 –
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi , Iranian businessman (b. 1969)
2014 –
Knowlton Nash , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927)
2014 –
John Vasconcellos , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2015 –
Dean Carroll , English rugby player (b. 1962)
2015 –
Kenneth Jacobs , Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
2015 –
Tanith Lee , English author (b. 1947)
[38]
2018 –
John Bain (TotalBiscuit), English gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)
[39]
2018 –
Gudrun Burwitz , daughter of
Margarete Himmler and
Heinrich Himmler (b. 1929)
[40]
2023 –
Tina Turner , American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, actress and author (b. 1939)
[41]
Holidays and observances
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