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Day of the year
October 20
is the 293rd day of the year (294th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 72 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
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Pre-1600
[
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1601?1900
[
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]
- 1740
– France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the
Pragmatic Sanction
, and the
War of the Austrian Succession
begins.
- 1774
–
American Revolution
: The
Continental Association
, a
nonconsumption
and nonimportation agreement against the
British Isles
and the
British West Indies
, is adopted by the
First Continental Congress
.
[3]
- 1781
– The
Patent of Toleration
, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
- 1803
– The United States Senate ratifies the
Louisiana Purchase
.
- 1818
–
The Convention of 1818
is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the
Canada?United States border
on the
49th parallel
for most of its length.
- 1827
–
Greek War of Independence
: In the
Battle of Navarino
, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
- 1883
– Peru and Chile sign the
Treaty of Ancon
, by which the Tarapaca province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1901?present
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- 1904
– Chile and Bolivia sign the
Treaty of Peace and Friendship
, delimiting the border between the two countries.
- 1910
– British
ocean liner
RMS
Olympic
is launched.
[4]
- 1935
– The
Long March
, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the
armed forces
of the
Chinese Communist Party
a year prior, ends.
- 1941
–
World War II
: Thousands of civilians in
German-occupied Serbia
are murdered in the
Kragujevac massacre
.
- 1944
– World War II: The Soviet
Red Army
and
Yugoslav Partisans
liberate Belgrade
.
- 1944 –
Liquefied natural gas
leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then
explodes
, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
- 1944 – American general
Douglas MacArthur
fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the
Battle of Leyte
.
- 1947
–
Cold War
: The
House Un-American Activities Committee
begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the
Hollywood film industry
, resulting in
a blacklist
that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
- 1948
– A
KLM
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
crashes
on approach to
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
, killing 40.
[5]
- 1951
– The "
Johnny Bright incident
" occurs during a football game between the
Drake Bulldogs
and
Oklahoma A&M Aggies
.
- 1952
– The Governor of Kenya
Evelyn Baring
declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the
Mau Mau Uprising
.
- 1961
– The
Soviet Navy
performs the first armed test of a
submarine-launched ballistic missile
, launching an
R-13
from a
Golf-class submarine
.
- 1962
–
China
launches simultaneous offensives in
Ladakh
and across the
McMahon Line
, igniting the
Sino-Indian War
.
- 1973
–
Watergate scandal
: "
Saturday Night Massacre
": United States President
Richard Nixon
fires U.S. Attorney General
Elliot Richardson
and Deputy Attorney General
William Ruckelshaus
after they refuse to fire special prosecutor
Archibald Cox
, who is finally fired by Solicitor General
Robert Bork
.
- 1973 – The
Sydney Opera House
is opened by
Elizabeth II
after 14 years of construction.
- 1976
– The
Luling?Destrehan Ferry
MV
George Prince
is struck
by the Norwegian freighter
SS
Frosta
while crossing the
Mississippi River
in
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
- 1977
– A plane carrying the rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
crashes
in woodland in
Mississippi
, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.
[6]
- 1981
– Two police officers and a
Brink's
armored car guard are killed during an
armed robbery
carried out by members of the
Black Liberation Army
and
Weather Underground
in
Nanuet, New York
.
- 1982
– During the UEFA Cup match between
FC Spartak Moscow
and
HFC Haarlem
, 66 people are crushed to death in the
Luzhniki disaster
.
- 1986
–
Aeroflot Flight 6502
crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now
Kuromoch International Airport
) in Kuibyshev (now present-day
Samara
,
Russia
), killing 70 people.
[7]
- 1991
– A 6.8
M
w
earthquake
strikes
the
Uttarkashi
region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
- 1991 – A massive
firestorm
breaks out
in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California
killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.
[8]
- 2002
–
Top Gear
, the revived popular British TV motoring magazine premiered on
BBC
.
[9]
- 2003
– The
Sloan Great Wall
, once the
largest cosmic structures known to humanity
, is discovered by students at
Princeton University
.
[10]
- 2005
– The general conference of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) passes the
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
.
[11]
- 2011
–
Libyan Crisis
: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi
and his son
Mutassim
in his hometown of Sirte and
kill him
shortly thereafter, ending the
first Libyan civil war
.
- 2017
–
Syrian civil war
: The
Syrian Democratic Forces
(SDF) declare victory in the
Raqqa campaign
.
[12]
- 2022
–
Liz Truss
steps down as
British Prime Minister
and leader of the
Conservative Party
amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister [49 days].
[13]
Births
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Pre-1600
[
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]
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1612
–
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington
, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier (d. 1698)
[16]
- 1616
–
Thomas Bartholin
, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
[17]
- 1620
–
Aelbert Cuyp
, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
- 1632
–
Edward Hungerford
, English politician (d. 1711)
[18]
- 1632 –
Christopher Wren
, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed
St Paul's Cathedral
(d. 1723)
[19]
- 1660
–
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
, English politician,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(d. 1723)
[20]
- 1677
–
Stanisław Leszczy?ski
, King of Poland (d. 1766)
[21]
- 1679
–
Samuel von Cocceji
, Prussian jurist and statesman (d. 1755)
[22]
- 1711
–
Timothy Ruggles
, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, (d. 1795)
[23]
- 1718
–
Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
, Scottish aristocrat (d. 1779)
[24]
- 1719
–
Gottfried Achenwall
, German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)
[25]
- 1740
–
Isabelle de Charriere
, Dutch author and poet (d. 1805)
- 1759
–
Chauncey Goodrich
, American lawyer and politician, 8th
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
(d. 1815)
- 1780
–
Pauline Bonaparte
, French sister of
Napoleon
(d. 1825)
- 1784
–
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
, English academic and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(d. 1865)
- 1785
–
George Ormerod
, English historian and author (d. 1873)
- 1790
–
Patrick Matthew
. Scottish farmer and biologist (d. 1874)
- 1801
–
Melchior Berri
, Swiss architect and educator, designed the
Natural History Museum of Basel
(d. 1854)
- 1808
–
Karl Andree
, German geographer and journalist (d. 1875)
- 1819
–
Bab
, Iranian religious leader, founded
Babism
(d. 1850)
- 1822
–
Thomas Hughes
, English lawyer and judge (d. 1896)
- 1832
–
Constantin Lipsius
, German architect and theorist (d. 1894)
- 1847
–
Frits Thaulow
, Norwegian painter (d. 1906)
- 1854
–
Arthur Rimbaud
, French soldier and poet (d. 1891)
- 1858
–
John Burns
, English union leader and politician,
President of the Board of Trade
(d. 1943)
- 1859
–
John Dewey
, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1952)
- 1864
–
James F. Hinkle
, American banker and politician, 6th
Governor of New Mexico
(d. 1951)
- 1873
–
Nellie McClung
, Canadian author and suffragist (d. 1951)
[26]
- 1873 –
Jussi Merinen
, Finnish politician (d. 1918)
[27]
- 1874
–
Charles Ives
, American composer (d. 1954)
- 1877
–
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
, American businessman (d. 1915)
[28]
- 1882
–
Margaret Dumont
, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1882 –
Bela Lugosi
, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956)
- 1883
–
Karl Probst
, American engineer (d. 1963)
[29]
- 1887
–
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
of Japan (d. 1981)
- 1889
–
Johann Gruber
, Austrian priest and saint (d. 1944)
- 1890
–
Aleksander Maaker
, Estonian
bagpipe
player (d. 1968)
- 1891
–
Samuel Flagg Bemis
, American historian and author (d. 1973)
[30]
- 1891 –
James Chadwick
, English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1974)
- 1893
–
Charley Chase
, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)
[31]
- 1894
–
Olive Thomas
, American model and actress (d. 1920)
- 1895
–
Rex Ingram
, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1895 –
Morrie Ryskind
, American writer/director (d. 1985)
- 1897
–
Yi Un
, South Korean general (d. 1970)
- 1900
–
Ismail al-Azhari
, Sudanese politician, 3rd
President of Sudan
(d. 1969)
- 1900 –
Wayne Morse
, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974)
1901?present
[
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- 1901
–
Frank Churchill
, American film composer (d. 1942)
- 1901 –
Adelaide Hall
, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993)
- 1904
–
Tommy Douglas
, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th
Premier of Saskatchewan
(d. 1986)
- 1904 –
Enolia McMillan
, American educator and activist (d. 2006)
- 1904 –
Anna Neagle
, English actress, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
- 1907
–
Arlene Francis
, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
- 1908
–
Stuart Hamblen
, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)
[32]
- 1909
–
Carla Laemmle
, American actress and photographer (d. 2014)
- 1909 –
Yasushi Sugiyama
, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
- 1910
–
Chen Liting
, Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013)
- 1912
–
Ruhi Su
, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
- 1913
–
Grandpa Jones
, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
[33]
- 1914
–
Fayard Nicholas
, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2006)
- 1917
–
Stephane Hessel
, German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013)
- 1917 –
Ants Kaljurand
, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and
forest brother
(d. 1951)
[34]
- 1917 –
Jean-Pierre Melville
, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1918
–
Martin Drewes
, German soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
- 1918 –
Robert Lochner
, American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003)
- 1919
–
Tracy Hall
, American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
- 1920
–
Nick Cardy
, American illustrator (d. 2013)
- 1920 –
Fanny de Sivers
, Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011)
- 1920 –
Janet Jagan
, 6th President of Guyana (d. 2009)
[35]
- 1920 –
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
, Indian lawyer and politician,
Chief Minister of West Bengal
(d. 2010)
- 1921
–
Manny Ayulo
, American race car driver (d. 1955)
- 1921 –
Hans Warren
, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001)
- 1922
–
John Anderson
, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1922 –
Franco Ventriglia
, American opera singer (d. 2012)
- 1923
–
Robert Craft
, American conductor and musicologist (d. 2015)
- 1924
–
Robert Peters
, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
- 1925
–
Art Buchwald
, American soldier and journalist (d. 2007)
[33]
- 1925 –
Tom Dowd
, American record producer and engineer (d. 2002)
- 1925 –
Roger Hanin
, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1926
–
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
, English lieutenant and politician, founded the
National Motor Museum
(d. 2015)
- 1927
–
Joyce Brothers
, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
- 1927 –
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma
, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007)
- 1928
–
Michael O'Donnell
, English physician, author, and journalist (d. 2019)
- 1931
–
Richard Caliguiri
, American lawyer and politician, 54th
Mayor of Pittsburgh
(d. 1988)
- 1931 –
Mickey Mantle
, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1995)
[33]
- 1931 –
Ken Morrison
, English businessman (d. 2017)
- 1932
–
Rosey Brown
, American football player and coach (d. 2004)
- 1932 –
William Christopher
, American actor and singer (d. 2016)
[33]
- 1932 –
Rokur? Naya
, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
- 1933
–
Barrie Chase
, American actress and dancer
- 1934
–
Bill Chase
, American trumpet player (d. 1974)
- 1934 –
Eddie Harris
, American saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1935
–
Jerry Orbach
, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
[33]
- 1937
–
Cancio Garcia
, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
- 1937 –
Wanda Jackson
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[36]
- 1937 –
Juan Marichal
, Dominican baseball player and sportscaster
[33]
- 1937 –
Emma Tennant
, English author (d. 2017)
- 1938
–
Emidio Greco
, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1938 –
Dolores Hart
, American actress and nun
[36]
- 1938 –
Iain Macmillan
, Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006)
- 1939
–
Patrick Hughes
, English painter, illustrator, and photographer
- 1940
–
Jean-Pierre Dikongue Pipa
, Cameroonian filmmaker
- 1940 –
Kathy Kirby
, English singer (d. 2011)
- 1940 –
Robert Pinsky
, American poet and critic
[33]
- 1941
–
Anneke Wills
, English actress
[37]
- 1942
–
Earl Hindman
, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1942 –
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
, German biologist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
- 1942 –
Bart Zoet
, Dutch cyclist (d. 1992)
- 1943
–
Dunja Vejzovi?
, Croatian soprano and actress
- 1944
–
Nalin de Silva
, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher (d. 2024)
- 1944 –
David Mancuso
, American party planner, created
The Loft
(d. 2016)
- 1945
–
Ric Lee
, English drummer
- 1946
–
Diana Gittins
, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
- 1946 –
Lewis Grizzard
, American comedian and author (d. 1994)
[33]
- 1946 –
Elfriede Jelinek
, Austrian author and playwright,
Nobel Prize
laureate
- 1946 –
Richard Loncraine
, English director and screenwriter
- 1946 –
Lucien Van Impe
, Belgian cyclist
- 1946 –
Chris Woodhead
, English civil servant and academic (d. 2015)
- 1948
–
Peter Combe
, Australian entertainer
- 1948 –
Sandra Dickinson
, American-English actress and composer
- 1948 –
Piet Hein Donner
, Dutch jurist and politician,
Dutch Minister of Justice
- 1948 –
Melih Gokcek
, Turkish journalist and politician,
Mayor of Ankara
- 1949
–
Valeriy Borzov
, Ukrainian-Russian sprinter
- 1950
–
Tom Petty
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
[33]
- 1950 –
William Russ
, American actor and director
[36]
- 1950 –
Chris Cannon
, American politician (d. 2024)
[38]
[39]
- 1951
–
Al Greenwood
, American keyboard player
- 1951 –
Patrick Hall
, English lawyer and politician
- 1951 –
Ken Ham
, Australian-American evangelist
- 1951 –
Leif Pagrotsky
, Swedish businessman and politician
- 1951 –
Claudio Ranieri
, Italian footballer and manager
- 1952
–
Melanie Mayron
, American actress and director
[36]
- 1952 –
Derek Ridgers
, English photographer and art director
- 1952 –
Wilma Salgado
, Ecuadorian politician and economist
- 1953
–
Keith Hernandez
, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1953 –
Richard McWilliam
, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the
Upper Deck Company
(d. 2013)
- 1953 –
Bill Nunn
, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1954
–
Steve Orich
, American composer and conductor
- 1955
–
Thomas Newman
, American composer and conductor
- 1955 –
David Profumo
, English author and academic
- 1955 –
Aaron Pryor
, American boxer (d. 2016)
[40]
[41]
- 1955 –
Sheldon Whitehouse
, American politician
[42]
- 1956
–
Danny Boyle
, English director, producer, and screenwriter
[36]
- 1956 –
Martin Taylor
, English guitarist
- 1957
–
Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
, English politician
- 1957 –
Chris Cowdrey
, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1957 –
Hilda Solis
, American academic and politician, 25th
United States Secretary of Labor
- 1958
–
Valerie Faris
, American director and producer
- 1958 –
Lynn Flewelling
, American author and academic
- 1958 –
Scott Hall
, American wrestler (d. 2022)
- 1958 –
Mark King
, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1958 –
Dave Krieg
, American football player
- 1958 –
Viggo Mortensen
, American-Danish actor and producer
[36]
- 1959
–
Mark Little
, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1960
–
Konstantin Aseev
, Russian chess player and trainer (d. 2004)
- 1961
–
Audun Kleive
, Norwegian drummer and composer
- 1961 –
Kate Mosse
, English author and playwright
- 1961 –
Ian Rush
, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1961 –
Les Stroud
, Canadian director, producer, and harmonica player
- 1961 –
Michie Tomizawa
, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1962
–
David M. Evans
, American director and screenwriter
- 1962 –
Dave Wong
, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1963
–
Julie Payette
, Canadian engineer and astronaut
[33]
- 1963 –
Nikos Tsiantakis
, Greek footballer
- 1963 –
Stan Valckx
, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1964
–
Kamala Harris
, American politician and lawyer, 49th
Vice President of the United States
[33]
- 1964 –
Tomoko Yamaguchi
, Japanese actress and singer
- 1965
–
Norman Blake
, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 –
Jonathan I. Schwartz
, American businessman
- 1965 –
Mikhail Shtalenkov
, Russian ice hockey player
- 1965 –
William Zabka
, American actor and producer
[36]
- 1966
–
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
, Jordanian militant Islamist (d. 2006)
- 1966 –
Allan Donald
, South African cricketer and coach
- 1966 –
Patrick Volkerding
, American computer scientist and engineer, founded
Slackware
- 1967
–
Elizabeth Carling
, English actress and singer
- 1967 –
Kerrod Walters
, Australian rugby league player
- 1967 –
Kevin Walters
, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1968
–
Susan Tully
, English actress, director, and producer
- 1969
–
Laurie Daley
, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1969 –
Juan Gonzalez
, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 –
Labros Papakostas
, Greek high jumper
- 1970
–
Sander Boschker
, Dutch footballer
- 1970 –
Neil Heywood
, English-Chinese businessman (d. 2011)
- 1970 –
Aapo Ilves
, Estonian poet and illustrator
- 1970 –
Michelle Malkin
, American blogger and author
[33]
- 1970 –
Taj McWilliams-Franklin
, American basketball player
[43]
- 1971
–
Kenneth Choi
, American actor
[36]
- 1971 –
Snoop Dogg
, American rapper, producer, and actor
[36]
- 1971 –
Eddie Jones
, American basketball player
- 1971 –
Kamiel Maase
, Dutch runner
- 1971 –
Dannii Minogue
, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
[33]
- 1972
–
Pie Geelen
, Dutch swimmer
- 1972 –
Will Greenwood
, English rugby player and sportscaster
- 1972 –
Brian Schatz
, American academic and politician, 11th
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
- 1974
–
Ed Hale
, American singer-songwriter, writer and socio-political activist
- 1974 –
Limmy
, Scottish comedian and writer
- 1974 –
Bashar Rahal
, Emirati-American actor and producer
- 1976
–
Nikolaos Bacharidis
, Greek footballer
- 1976 –
Dan Fogler
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[36]
- 1976 –
Nicola Legrottaglie
, Italian footballer and manager
- 1977
–
Matt Jansen
, English footballer and manager
- 1977 –
Leila Josefowicz
, Canadian-American violinist
- 1977 –
Erko Saviauk
, Estonian footballer
- 1977 –
Sam Witwer
, American actor and musician
[36]
- 1978
–
Virender Sehwag
, Indian cricketer
- 1978 –
Paul Wilson
, Scottish bass player and songwriter
- 1979
–
Vasyl Baranov
, Ukrainian footballer
- 1979 –
Paul Ifill
, English footballer
- 1979 –
John Krasinski
, American actor, director, and producer
[36]
- 1979 –
Paul O'Connell
, Irish rugby player
- 1979 –
Paul Terek
, American decathlete
- 1980
–
Chad Robinson
, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
- 1980 –
Jose Veras
, Dominican baseball player
- 1981
–
Dimitris Papadopoulos
, Greek footballer
- 1981 –
Francisco Javier Rodriguez
, Mexican footballer
- 1982
–
Kristian Bach Bak
, Danish footballer
- 1982 –
Becky Brewerton
, Welsh golfer
- 1982 –
Katie Featherston
, American actress
[36]
- 1982 –
Lawrence Roberts
, American basketball player
[44]
- 1983
–
Flavio Cipolla
, Italian tennis player
- 1983 –
Luis Saritama
, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1983 –
Alona Tal
, Israeli actress
[33]
- 1983 –
Michel Vorm
, Dutch footballer
- 1984
–
Mitch Lucker
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1984 –
Florent Sinama Pongolle
, French footballer
- 1984 –
Andrew Trimble
, Irish rugby player
- 1985
–
Jennifer Freeman
, American actress
[36]
- 1985 –
Dominic McGuire
, American basketball player
- 1985 –
Alphonso Smith
, American football player
- 1985 –
James Sutton
, English race car driver
- 1986
–
Wanlop Saechio
, Thai footballer
- 1986 –
Elyse Taylor
, Australian model
[45]
- 1987
–
Raphael Hackl
, German rugby player
- 1987 –
Marie Sophie Hingst
, German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from
Holocaust survivors
[46]
- 1988
–
ASAP Ferg
, American rapper
[33]
- 1988 –
Candice Swanepoel
, South African supermodel and philanthropist
- 1989
–
Jamie Collins
, American football player
[47]
- 1989 –
Jess Glynne
, English singer-songwriter
- 1990
–
Sam Mataora
, Cook Islands rugby league player
- 1992
–
Rodney Hood
, American basketball player
[48]
- 1992 –
Ksenia Semyonova
, Russian gymnast
- 1992 –
Kyle Wiltjer
, Canadian-American basketball player
[49]
- 1992 –
Ferhat Yazgan
, Turkish footballer
- 1995
–
Humberto Carrillo
, Mexican wrestler
[50]
- 1996
–
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
, Indonesian badminton player
- 1997
–
Andrey Rublev
, Russian tennis player
[51]
- 1998
–
Jordan Ridley
, Australian rules footballer
[52]
- 1999
–
Chuu
, South Korean singer and television personality
[53]
Deaths
[
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]
Pre-1600
[
edit
]
- 460
–
Aelia Eudocia
, Byzantine wife of
Theodosius II
(b. 401)
- 967
–
Li Yixing
, Chinese governor
- 1122
–
Ralph d'Escures
,
archbishop of Canterbury
- 1139
–
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
(b. 1108)
- 1187
–
Pope Urban III
- 1327
–
Teresa d'Entenca
, Countess of Urgell (b. 1300)
- 1401
–
Klaus Stortebeker
, German pirate
- 1423
–
Henry Bowet
, Archbishop of York
- 1438
–
Jacopo della Quercia
, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439
–
Ambrose the Camaldulian
, Italian theologian
- 1524
–
Thomas Linacre
, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538
–
Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570
–
Joao de Barros
, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
1601?1900
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edit
]
- 1602
–
Walter Leveson
, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640
–
John Ball
, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652
–
Antonio Coello
, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713
–
Archibald Pitcairne
, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740
–
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
(b. 1685)
- 1865
–
Champ Ferguson
, American
guerrilla
leader (b. 1821)
- 1870
–
Michael William Balfe
, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
- 1871
–
Karl Christian Ulmann
, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
- 1880
–
Lydia Maria Child
, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
[54]
- 1883
–
George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall
(b. 1797)
- 1890
–
Richard Francis Burton
, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
- 1894
–
James Anthony Froude
, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
- 1900
–
Naim Frasheri
, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
1901?present
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edit
]
- 1908
–
Vaiben Louis Solomon
, Australian politician, 21st
Premier of South Australia
(b. 1853)
- 1910
–
David B. Hill
, American lawyer and politician, 29th
Governor of New York
(b. 1843)
- 1926
–
Eugene V. Debs
, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
- 1928
–
Jack Peddie
, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
- 1935
–
Arthur Henderson
, Scottish-English politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1863)
- 1936
–
Anne Sullivan
, American educator (b. 1866)
[55]
- 1940
–
Gunnar Asplund
, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed
Skogskyrkogarden
(b. 1885)
- 1941
–
Ken Farnes
, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
- 1950
–
Henry L. Stimson
, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th
United States Secretary of State
(b. 1867)
- 1953
–
Werner Baumbach
, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
- 1956
–
Lawrence Dale Bell
, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
- 1957
–
Michalis Dorizas
, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
- 1964
–
Herbert Hoover
, American engineer and politician, 31st
President of the United States
(b. 1874)
- 1967
–
Shigeru Yoshida
, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd
Prime Minister of Japan
(b. 1878)
- 1968
–
Bud Flanagan
, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
- 1972
–
Harlow Shapley
, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
- 1977
–
Steve Gaines
, American guitarist (b. 1949)
- 1977 –
Ronnie Van Zant
, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1978
–
Gunnar Nilsson
, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
- 1983
–
Yves Theriault
, Canadian author (b. 1915)
- 1983 –
Merle Travis
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
- 1984
–
Carl Ferdinand Cori
, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1896)
- 1984 –
Paul Dirac
, English-American physicist and mathematician,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1902)
- 1987
–
Andrey Kolmogorov
, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
- 1988
–
Sheila Scott
, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
- 1989
–
Anthony Quayle
, English actor and director (b. 1913)
- 1990
–
Joel McCrea
, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1992
–
Werner Torkanowsky
, German-American conductor (b. 1926)
- 1993
–
Yasushi Sugiyama
, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
- 1994
–
Burt Lancaster
, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1995
–
Christopher Stone
, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 1995 –
John Tonkin
, Australian politician, 20th
Premier of Western Australia
(b. 1902)
- 1999
–
Calvin Griffith
, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
- 1999 –
Jack Lynch
, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th
Taoiseach of Ireland
(b. 1917)
- 2001
–
Ted Ammon
, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
- 2003
–
Jack Elam
, American actor (b. 1918)
- 2004
–
Anthony Hecht
, American poet and educator (b. 1923)
- 2004 –
Chuck Hiller
, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
- 2005
–
Shirley Horn
, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
- 2005 –
Eva ?vankmajerova
, Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
- 2005 –
Andre van der Louw
, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th
Mayor of Rotterdam
(b. 1933)
- 2006
–
Arnold Viiding
, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911)
- 2006 –
Jane Wyatt
, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2007
–
Max McGee
, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
- 2008
–
Gene Hickerson
, American football player (b. 1935)
- 2010
–
W. Cary Edwards
, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2010 –
Bob Guccione
, American publisher, founded
Penthouse magazine
(b. 1930)
- 2010 –
Eva Ibbotson
, Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
- 2010 –
Max Kohnstamm
, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
- 2010 –
Farooq Leghari
, Pakistani politician, 8th
President of Pakistan
(b. 1940)
- 2011
–
Muammar Gaddafi
, Libyan colonel and politician,
Prime Minister of Libya
(b. 1942)
- 2011 –
Mutassim Gaddafi
, Libyan colonel (b. 1977)
- 2011 –
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
, Libyan politician (b. 1942)
- 2011 –
Iztok Puc
, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (b. 1966)
[56]
- 2012
–
Przemysław Gintrowski
, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
- 2012 –
Paul Kurtz
, American philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
- 2012 –
Dave May
, American baseball player (b. 1943)
- 2012 –
John McConnell
, American activist, created
Earth Day
(b. 1915)
- 2012 –
E. Donnall Thomas
, American physician and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1920)
[57]
- 2012 –
Raymond Watson
, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 2013
–
Jovanka Broz
, Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924)
- 2013 –
Don James
, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
- 2013 –
Lawrence Klein
, American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1920)
- 2013 –
Joginder Singh
, Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932)
- 2013 –
Larri Thomas
, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
- 2013 –
Sid Yudain
, American journalist, founded
Roll Call
(b. 1923)
- 2014
–
Rene Burri
, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
- 2014 –
Oscar de la Renta
, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 2014 –
Christophe de Margerie
, French businessman (b. 1951)
- 2015
–
Makis Dendrinos
, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
- 2015 –
Arno Gruen
, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923)
- 2015 –
Kazimierz Łaski
, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921)
- 2015 –
Michael Meacher
, English academic and politician,
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
(b. 1939)
- 2015 –
Ian Steel
, Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928)
- 2016
–
Robert E. Kramek
, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939)
- 2016 –
Michael Massee
, American actor (b. 1952)
[58]
[59]
- 2016 –
Junko Tabei
, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
[60]
- 2018
–
Wim Kok
, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938)
- 2020
–
James Randi
, Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928)
[61]
- 2022
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Lucy Simon
, American composer and songwriter (b. 1940)
[62]
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