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Day of the year
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 83 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1604 –
Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the
Milky Way .
1635 –
Roger Williams is banished from the
Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed
Yale University ) is chartered in
Old Saybrook .
1708 –
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the
Battle of Lesnaya .
1740 – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a
massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in
Batavia , eventually killing at least 10,000.
1760 –
Seven Years' War : Russian and Austrian troops
briefly occupy Berlin .
1790 – A severe
earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
1799 –
HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1804 –
Hobart , capital of Tasmania, is founded.
1806 –
Prussia begins the
War of the Fourth Coalition against
France .
1812 –
War of 1812 : In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships:
HMS Detroit and
HMS Caledonia .
1820 –
Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
1825 –
Restauration arrives in
New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
1831 –
Ioannis Kapodistrias , the first head of state of independent
Greece , is assassinated.
1834 – Opening of the
Dublin and Kingstown Railway , the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
1847 – Slavery is abolished in the
Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy .
1861 –
American Civil War : Union troops
repel a Confederate attempt to capture
Fort Pickens at the
Battle of Santa Rosa Island .
1864 – American Civil War: Union cavalrymen
defeat Confederate forces at
Toms Brook , Virginia.
1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the
U.S. Naval Institute .
1874 – The
Universal Postal Union is created by the
Treaty of Bern .
1900 – The
Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
1901–present
1911 – An accidental bomb explosion triggers the
Wuchang Uprising against the
Qing dynasty , beginning the
Xinhai Revolution .
1913 – The steamship
SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
1914 –
World War I : The
Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
1918 – The
Finnish Parliament offers to
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived
Kingdom of Finland .
1919 – The
Cincinnati Reds win the
World Series , resulting in the
Black Sox Scandal .
1934 – An
Ustashe assassin kills King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia and
Louis Barthou , Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
1936 – Boulder Dam (later
Hoover Dam ) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to
Los Angeles .
1937 –
Murder of 9 Catholic priests in
Zhengding , China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
1941 – A coup in
Panama declares
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
1942 – Australia's
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
1950 – The
Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
1962 –
Uganda becomes an independent
Commonwealth realm .
1963 – In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the
Vajont Dam , killing over 2,000.
1966 –
Vietnam War : the
Republic of Korea Army commits the
Binh Tai Massacre .
1967 – A day after his capture,
Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1969 – In
Chicago , the
National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "
Chicago Eight ".
1970 – The
Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
1980 –
Pope John Paul II greets the
Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
1981 – President
François Mitterrand abolishes
capital punishment in France .
1983 – South Korean President
Chun Doo-hwan survives an
assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
1984 – The popular children's television show
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends , based on
The Railway Series by
the Reverend Wilbert Awdry , premieres on
ITV .
[1]
1986 –
The Phantom of the Opera , eventually the second longest running musical in
London , opens at
Her Majesty's Theatre .
1986 –
Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the
fourth US television network .
[2]
1992 – The
Peekskill meteorite , a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg)
meteorite crashed into a parked car in
Peekskill, New York
1995 – An
Amtrak
Sunset Limited train is
derailed by saboteurs near
Palo Verde, Arizona .
2006 – North Korea conducts its
first nuclear test .
2007 – The
Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the
2007–2008 financial crises .
[3]
2009 – First lunar impact of NASA's
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program .
2012 – Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl
Malala Yousafzai .
2016 – The
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its
first attack on
Myanmar security forces along the
Bangladesh–Myanmar border .
2019 – Turkey begins its
military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 –
Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland , English noble (d. 1688)
1623 –
Ferdinand Verbiest , Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (d. 1688)
1704 –
Johann Andreas Segner , German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1757 –
Charles X of France (d. 1836)
1796 –
Joseph Bonomi the Younger , British Egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878)
1823 –
Mary Ann Shadd , American-Canadian
abolitionist (d. 1893)
[4]
1826 –
Agathon Meurman , Finnish politician and journalist (d. 1909)
[5]
1835 –
Camille Saint-Saëns , French composer and conductor (d. 1921)
1837 –
Francis Wayland Parker , American theorist and academic (d. 1902)
1840 –
Simeon Solomon , English painter (d. 1905)
1845 –
Carl Gustav Thulin , Swedish shipowner (d. 1918)
1850 –
Hermann von Ihering , German-Brazilian zoologist (d. 1930)
1852 –
Hermann Emil Fischer , German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1858 –
Mihajlo Pupin , Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
1859 –
Alfred Dreyfus , French colonel (d. 1935)
1863 –
Edward Bok , Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930)
1864 –
Reginald Dyer , British brigadier general (d. 1927)
1871 –
Georges Gauthier , Canadian archbishop (d. 1940)
1873 –
Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)
1873 –
Karl Schwarzschild , German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
1873 –
Charles Rudolph Walgreen , American pharmacist and businessman, founded
Walgreens (d. 1939)
1874 –
Nicholas Roerich , Russian archaeologist and painter (d. 1947)
1877 –
Gopabandhu Das , Indian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1928)
1879 –
Max von Laue , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1880 –
Charlie Faust , American baseball player (d. 1915)
1883 –
Maria Filotti , Greek-Romanian actress (d. 1956)
1886 –
Rube Marquard , American baseball player and manager (d. 1980)
1888 –
Nikolai Bukharin , Russian journalist and politician (d. 1938)
1888 –
Irving Cummings , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
1890 –
Aimee Semple McPherson , Canadian-American evangelist, founded the
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (d. 1944)
1892 –
Ivo Andrić , Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1893 –
Mário de Andrade , Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945)
1895 –
Eugene Bullard , American pilot (d. 1961)
[6]
1897 –
M. Bhaktavatsalam , Indian lawyer and politician, 6th
Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)
1898 –
Tawfiq al-Hakim , Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987)
1898 –
Joe Sewell , American baseball player (d. 1990)
1899 –
Bruce Catton , American historian and author (d. 1978)
1900 –
Joseph Friedman , American inventor (d. 1982)
1900 –
Alastair Sim , Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976)
1900 –
Joseph Zubin , Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990)
1901–present
1901 –
Alice Lee Jemison , Seneca political activist and journalist (d. 1964)
1902 –
Freddie Young , English cinematographer (d. 1998)
1903 –
Walter O'Malley , American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)
[7]
1906 –
J. R. Eyerman , American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)
1906 –
Léopold Sédar Senghor , Senegalese poet and politician, 1st
President of Senegal (d. 2001)
1907 –
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone , English academic and politician,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 2001)
1907 –
Jacques Tati , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1907 –
Horst Wessel , German
SA officer (d. 1930)
1908 –
Harry Hooton , Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)
1908 –
Werner von Haeften , German lieutenant (d. 1944)
1908 –
Lee Wiley , American singer (d. 1975)
1909 –
Donald Coggan , English archbishop (d. 2000)
1911 –
Joe Rosenthal , American photographer (d. 2006)
1914 –
Edward Andrews , American actor (d. 1985)
1915 –
Clifford M. Hardin , American academic and politician, 17th
United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
1915 –
Belva Plain , American author (d. 2010)
1918 –
E. Howard Hunt , American
CIA officer and author (d. 2007)
[7]
1918 –
Charles Read , Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
1918 –
Bebo Valdés , Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
1920 –
Jens Bjørneboe , Norwegian author and educator (d. 1976)
1920 –
Yusef Lateef , American saxophonist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1920 –
Jason Wingreen , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1921 –
Michel Boisrond , French director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1921 –
Tadeusz Różewicz , Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
1922 –
Léon Dion , Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997)
1922 –
Fyvush Finkel , American actor (d. 2016)
1922 –
Olga Guillot , Cuban-American singer (d. 2010)
1923 –
Donald Sinden , English actor (d. 2014)
1924 –
Immanuvel Devendrar , Indian soldier (d. 1957)
1924 –
Arnie Risen , American basketball player (d. 2012)
[8]
1926 –
Danièle Delorme , French actress and producer (d. 2015)
1927 –
John Margetson , English scholar and diplomat,
British Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2020)
1928 –
Einojuhani Rautavaara , Finnish composer and educator (d. 2016)
1930 –
Hank Lauricella , American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014)
1931 –
Tony Booth , English actor (d. 2017)
1931 –
Homer Smith , American football player and coach (d. 2011)
1933 –
Peter Mansfield , English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1933 –
Melvin Sokolsky , American fashion photographer (d. 2022)
[9]
1933 –
Bill Tidy , English soldier and cartoonist (d. 2023)
[10]
1934 –
Jill Ker Conway , Australian historian and author (d. 2018)
1934 –
Abdullah Ibrahim , South African pianist and composer
1935 –
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
1935 –
Don McCullin , English photographer and journalist
1936 –
Brian Blessed , English actor
1936 –
Mick Young , Australian politician (d. 1996)
1938 –
Heinz Fischer , Austrian academic and politician, 11th
President of Austria
1938 –
John Sutherland , English journalist, author, and academic
1939 –
Nicholas Grimshaw , English architect and academic
1939 –
John Pilger , Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (d. 2023)
1939 –
Stephen Sedley , English lawyer and judge
1939 –
O. V. Wright , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980)
1940 –
Gordon J. Humphrey , American soldier, pilot, and politician
1940 –
John Lennon , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1980)
[7]
1940 –
Joe Pepitone , American baseball player and coach (d. 2023)
1941 –
Brian Lamb , American broadcaster, founded
C-SPAN
[7]
1941 –
Trent Lott , American lawyer and politician
1941 –
Omali Yeshitela , political activist and founder of the
Uhuru Movement
1942 –
Michael Palmer , American physician and author (d. 2013)
1943 –
Douglas Kirby , American psychologist and author (d. 2012)
1943 –
Jimmy Montgomery , English footballer and coach
1943 –
Mike Peters , American cartoonist
1944 –
Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy , English academic and politician
1944 –
John Entwistle , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)
[7]
1944 –
Nona Hendryx , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[11]
1945 –
Amjad Ali Khan , Indian classical
Sarod player
1945 –
Taiguara , Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1947 –
John Doubleday , English sculptor and painter
1947 –
France Gall , French singer (d. 2018)
1947 –
William E. McAnulty Jr. , American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
1947 –
Tony Zappone , American photographer and journalist
1948 –
Jackson Browne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[11]
1948 –
John Gray , English cricketer and rugby player
1949 –
Mark Hopkinson , American mass murderer (d. 1992)
1949 –
Rod Temperton , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
1950 –
Brian Downing , American baseball player
1950 –
Yoshiyuki Konishi , Japanese fashion designer
1950 –
Reichi Nakaido , Japanese singer and guitarist
1950 –
Jody Williams , American academic and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate
[7]
1951 –
Robert Wuhl , American actor, comedian, and writer
[11]
1952 –
Simon Drew , English illustrator
1952 –
Sharon Osbourne , English television host and manager
[11]
1952 –
John Rose , English businessman
1952 –
Dennis Stratton , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 –
Sally Burgess , South African-English soprano and educator
1953 –
Hank Pfister , American tennis player
1953 –
Tony Shalhoub , American actor and producer
[11]
1954 –
Scott Bakula , American actor
[11]
1954 –
James Fearnley , English musician
[11]
1954 –
Rubén Magnano , Argentine-Italian basketball coach
1954 –
John O'Hurley , American actor and game show host
[11]
1955 –
Linwood Boomer , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1955 –
Steve Ovett , English runner and sportscaster
1955 –
Peter Saville , English graphic designer and art director
1957 –
Don Garber , American businessman
1957 –
Ini Kamoze , Jamaican singer-songwriter
1958 –
Al Jourgensen , Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
1958 –
Alan Nunnelee , American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
1958 –
Michael Paré , American actor
[11]
1958 –
Mike Singletary , American football player and coach
[7]
1959 –
Boris Nemtsov , Russian academic and politician,
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
1960 –
Kenny Garrett , American saxophonist and composer
[11]
1961 –
Julian Bailey , English race car driver and sportscaster
1961 –
Kurt Neumann , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[11]
1961 –
Ellen Wheeler , American actress, director, and producer
1962 –
Jorge Burruchaga , Argentinian footballer and manager
1962 –
Paul Radisich , New Zealand race car driver
1962 –
Hugh Robertson , English soldier and politician,
Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1962 –
Ōnokuni Yasushi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd
Yokozuna
1963 –
Andy Platt , English rugby league player
1964 –
Guillermo del Toro , Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1964 –
Martín Jaite , Argentine tennis player
[12]
1965 –
Jimbo Fisher , American football player and coach
1966 –
David Cameron , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1966 –
Christopher Östlund , Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
1967 –
Carling Bassett-Seguso , Canadian tennis player
1967 –
Eddie Guerrero , American wrestler (d. 2005)
1967 –
Gheorghe Popescu , Romanian footballer
1968 –
Guto Bebb , Welsh businessman and politician
1968 –
Anbumani Ramadoss , Indian politician
1969 –
Darren Britt , Australian rugby league player
1969 –
Simon Fairweather , Australian archer
1969 –
PJ Harvey , English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
[11]
1969 –
Christine Hough , Canadian figure skater and coach
1969 –
Giles Martin , English songwriter and producer
1969 –
Steve McQueen , English director, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1970 –
Kenny Anderson , American basketball player and coach
1970 –
Steve Jablonsky , American composer
1970 –
Annika Sörenstam , Swedish golfer and architect
[7]
1971 –
Wayne Bartrim , Australian rugby league player and coach
1971 –
Sian Evans , Welsh singer
[13]
1973 –
Steve Burns , American actor, television host and musician
[14]
1973 –
Fabio Lione , Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1974 –
Keith Booth , American basketball player and coach
[15]
1974 –
Shmuel Herzfeld , American rabbi
1975 –
Haylie Ecker , Australian violinist
1975 –
Sean Lennon , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
[11]
1975 –
Mark Viduka , Australian footballer
1976 –
William Alexander , American author and educator
1976 –
Stephen Neal , American football player
[16]
1976 –
Lee Peacock , Scottish footballer and coach
1976 –
Özlem Türköne , Turkish journalist and politician
1976 –
Nick Swardson , American actor and comedian
[7]
1977 –
Emanuele Belardi , Italian footballer
1977 –
Brian Roberts , American baseball player
1978 –
Nicky Byrne , Irish singer-songwriter
1978 –
Juan Dixon , American basketball player and coach
1979 –
Vernon Fox , American football player and coach
1979 –
Alex Greenwald , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1979 –
Todd Kelly , Australian race car driver
1979 –
Lecrae , American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
[11]
1979 –
Chris O'Dowd , Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979 –
Brandon Routh , American model and actor
[11]
1979 –
Gonzalo Sorondo , Uruguayan footballer
1980 –
Lucy Akello , Ugandan social worker and politician
1980 –
Filip Bobek , Polish actor
1980 –
Sarah Lovell , Australian politician
1980 –
Thami Tsolekile , South African cricketer
1980 –
Henrik Zetterberg , Swedish ice hockey player
1981 –
Zachery Ty Bryan , American actor
[11]
1981 –
Darius Miles , American basketball player
[17]
1983 –
Farhaan Behardien , South African cricketer
1983 –
Trevor Daley , Canadian ice hockey player
[18]
1983 –
Stephen Gionta , American ice hockey player
1983 –
Spencer Grammer , American actress
[11]
1983 –
Jang Mi-ran , South Korean weightlifter
1983 –
Andreas Zuber , Austrian race car driver
1984 –
Marie Kondo , Japanese author and television presenter
[7]
1985 –
David Plummer , American swimmer
1986 –
Derek Holland , American baseball player
1986 –
Laure Manaudou , French swimmer
1986 –
David Phelps , American baseball player
[19]
1986 –
Jan Christian Vestre , Norwegian businessman and politician
[20]
1986 –
Stephane Zubar , French footballer
1987 –
Craig Brackins , American basketball player
[21]
1987 –
Samantha Murray Sharan , British tennis player
[22]
1987 –
Henry Walker , American basketball player
[23]
1988 –
Starling Marte , Dominican baseball player
[24]
1988 –
David Tyrrell , Australian rugby league player
1989 –
Russell Packer , New Zealand rugby league player
1990 –
Kevin Kampl , German-Slovene footballer
1990 –
Jake Lamb , American baseball player
[25]
1992 –
Jerian Grant , American basketball player
[26]
1992 –
Sam Mewis , American soccer player
[27]
1992 –
Tyler James Williams , American actor
[11]
1993 –
Ani Amiraghyan , Armenian tennis player
1993 –
Lauren Davis , American tennis player
[28]
1993 –
Jayden Hodges , Australian rugby league player
1993 –
George Kittle , American football player
[29]
1993 –
Scotty McCreery , American singer and songwriter
[11]
1993 –
Wesley So , Filipino-American chess grandmaster
[30]
1994 –
Jodelle Ferland , Canadian actress
[7]
1996 –
Jacob Batalon , Filipino-American actor
[7]
1996 –
Bella Hadid , American model
[31]
1997 –
Jharrel Jerome , American actor
[11]
2000 –
Penei Sewell , American football player
[32]
2001 –
Kyla Leibel , Canadian swimmer
[33]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1613 –
Henry Constable , English poet (b. 1562)
1619 –
Joseph Pardo , Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
1691 –
William Sacheverell , English politician (b. 1638)
1729 –
Richard Blackmore , English physician and poet (b. 1654)
1793 –
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot , French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
1797 –
Vilna Gaon , Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
1806 –
Benjamin Banneker , American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
1808 –
John Claiborne , American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
1831 –
Ioannis Kapodistrias , Russian-Greek lawyer and politician,
Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
1873 –
George Ormerod , English historian and author (b. 1785)
1897 –
Jan Heemskerk , Dutch lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
1900 –
Heinrich von Herzogenberg , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
1901–present
1911 –
Jack Daniel , American businessman, founded
Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
[34]
1924 –
Valery Bryusov , Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
1934 –
Alexander I of Yugoslavia , King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
1934 –
Louis Barthou , French union leader and politician, 78th
Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
1937 –
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
1940 –
Wilfred Grenfell , English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
1941 –
Helen Morgan , American singer and actress (b. 1900)
1943 –
Pieter Zeeman , Dutch physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1944 –
Stefanina Moro , Italian
partisan (b. 1927)
[35]
1945 –
Gottlieb Hering , German captain (b. 1887)
1946 –
Frank Castleman , American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
1947 –
Yukio Sakurauchi , Japanese businessman and politician, 27th
Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
1950 –
George Hainsworth , Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
1953 –
James Finlayson , Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
1955 –
Theodor Innitzer , Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
1956 –
Marie Doro , American actress (b. 1882)
1958 –
Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
1959 –
Shirō Ishii , Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
1962 –
Milan Vidmar , Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
1967 –
Che Guevara , Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
1967 –
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1967 –
André Maurois , French soldier and author (b. 1885)
1967 –
Joseph Pilates , German-American fitness trainer, developed
Pilates (b. 1883)
1969 –
Don Hoak , American baseball player (b. 1928)
1972 –
Miriam Hopkins , American actress (b. 1902)
1974 –
Oskar Schindler , Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
1975 –
Noon Meem Rashid , Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
1976 –
Walter Warlimont , German general (b. 1894)
1978 –
Jacques Brel , Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
1982 –
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt , German historian and physician (b. 1893)
1985 –
Emílio Garrastazu Médici , Brazilian general and politician, 28th
President of Brazil (b. 1905)
1987 –
Clare Boothe Luce , American author, playwright, and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1903)
1987 –
William P. Murphy , American physician and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1988 –
Felix Wankel , German engineer, invented the
Wankel engine (b. 1902)
1989 –
Yusuf Atılgan , Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)
1989 –
Penny Lernoux , American journalist and author (b. 1940)
1995 –
Alec Douglas-Home , British cricketer and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
1996 –
Walter Kerr , American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)
1999 –
Milt Jackson , American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)
1999 –
Akhtar Hameed Khan , Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
2000 –
David Dukes , American actor (b. 1945)
2000 –
Patrick Anthony Porteous , Indian-Scottish colonel,
Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
2001 –
Herbert Ross , American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
2002 –
Sopubek Begaliev , Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
2002 –
Charles Guggenheim , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2003 –
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun , American author and academic (b. 1926)
2003 –
Carl Fontana , American jazz trombonist (b. 1928)
2004 –
Jacques Derrida , Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
2005 –
Louis Nye , American actor (b. 1913)
2006 –
Danièle Huillet , French filmmaker (b. 1933)
2006 –
Paul Hunter , English snooker player (b. 1978)
2006 –
Kanshi Ram , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2007 –
Enrico Banducci , American businessman, founded
hungry i (b. 1922)
2007 –
Carol Bruce , American actress and singer (b. 1919)
2009 –
Stuart M. Kaminsky , American author and educator (b. 1934)
2009 –
John Daido Loori , American
Zen
Buddhist monastic and teacher (b. 1931)
2009 –
Horst Szymaniak , German footballer (b. 1934)
2010 –
Maurice Allais , French economist and physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2011 –
Pavel Karelin , Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
2012 –
Sammi Kane Kraft , American actress (b. 1992)
2012 –
Kenny Rollins , American basketball player (b. 1923)
2012 –
Harris Savides , American cinematographer (b. 1957)
2013 –
Solomon Lar , Nigerian educator and politician, 4th
Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933)
2013 –
Srihari , Indian actor (b. 1964)
2013 –
Wilfried Martens , Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th
Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)
2013 –
Edmund Niziurski , Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925)
2014 –
Boris Buzančić , Croatian actor and politician, 47th
Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929)
2014 –
Jan Hooks , American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)
2014 –
Carolyn Kizer , American poet and academic (b. 1925)
2014 –
Peter A. Peyser , American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
2014 –
Rita Shane , American soprano and educator (b. 1936)
2015 –
Ray Duncan , American businessman (b. 1930)
2015 –
Richard F. Heck , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
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2015 –
Geoffrey Howe , Welsh lawyer and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
2015 –
Ravindra Jain , Indian composer and director (b. 1944)
2016 –
Andrzej Wajda , Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)
2017 –
Jean Rochefort , French actor
[37] (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances
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