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Day of the year
February 27
is the 58th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar
; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in
leap years
).
Events
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Pre-1600
[
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1601?1900
[
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1901?present
[
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]
- 1902
–
Second Boer War
: Australian soldiers
Harry "Breaker" Morant
and
Peter Handcock
are executed in
Pretoria
after being convicted of
war crimes
.
- 1916
– Ocean liner
SS Maloja
strikes a mine near
Dover
and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
[8]
- 1921
– The
International Working Union of Socialist Parties
is founded in
Vienna
.
- 1922
– A challenge to the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
, allowing women the
right to vote
, is rebuffed by the
Supreme Court of the United States
in
Leser v. Garnett
.
- 1932
– The
Mantsala rebellion
begins when members of the far-right
Lapua Movement
start shooting at the social democrats' event in
Mantsala, Finland
.
[9]
- 1933
–
Reichstag fire
:
Germany
's parliament building in Berlin, the
Reichstag
, is set on fire;
Marinus van der Lubbe
, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
- 1939
–
United States labor law
: The
U.S. Supreme Court
rules in
NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.
that the
National Labor Relations Board
has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in
sit-down strikes
.
[10]
- 1940
–
Martin Kamen
and
Sam Ruben
discover
carbon-14
.
- 1942
–
World War II
: During the
Battle of the Java Sea
, an
Allied
strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the
Java Sea
in the
Dutch East Indies
.
- 1943
– The
Smith Mine #3
in
Bearcreek, Montana
, explodes, killing 74 men.
- 1943 –
The Holocaust
: In
Berlin
, the
Gestapo
arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the
Rosenstrasse protest
.
- 1951
– The
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
, limiting
Presidents
to two terms, is ratified.
- 1961
– The first congress of the
Spanish Trade Union Organisation
is inaugurated.
- 1962
–
Vietnam War
: Two dissident
Republic of Vietnam Air Force
pilots
bomb the Independence Palace
in
Saigon
in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President
Ngo đinh Di?m
.
- 1963
– The
Dominican Republic
receives its first democratically elected president,
Juan Bosch
, since the end of the dictatorship led by
Rafael Trujillo
.
- 1964
– The
Government of Italy
asks for help to keep the
Leaning Tower of Pisa
from toppling over.
- 1971
– Doctors in the first Dutch
abortion clinic
(the Mildredhuis in
Arnhem
) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
- 1973
– The
American Indian Movement
occupies
Wounded Knee
in protest of the
federal government
.
[11]
- 1976
– The former Spanish territory of
Western Sahara
, under the auspices of the
Polisario Front
declares independence as the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
.
- 1988
–
Sumgait pogrom
: The
Armenian
community in
Sumgait, Azerbaijan
is targeted in a violent pogrom.
- 1991
–
Gulf War
: U.S. President
George H. W. Bush
announces that "
Kuwait
is liberated".
[12]
- 2001
–
Loganair Flight 670A
crashes while attempting to make a
water landing
in the
Firth of Forth
in
Scotland
.
[13]
- 2002
–
Ryanair Flight 296
catches fire at
London Stansted Airport
causing minor injuries.
[14]
- 2002 –
Godhra train burning
: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from
Ayodhya
, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
[15]
[16]
- 2004
– A bombing of a
SuperFerry
by
Abu Sayyaf
in the
Philippines
' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.
[17]
- 2004 –
Shoko Asahara
, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult
Aum Shinrikyo
, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995
Tokyo subway sarin attack
.
[18]
- 2007
–
Chinese stock bubble of 2007
: The
Shanghai Stock Exchange
falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
[19]
- 2008
–
Jemaah Islamiyah
terrorist
Mas Selamat Kastari
escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in
Johor
, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.
[20]
[21]
- 2010
– An
earthquake
measuring 8.8 on the
moment magnitude scale
strikes central parts of
Chile
leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
- 2013
–
A shooting
takes place at a factory in
Menznau
, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
[22]
- 2015
– Russian politician
Boris Nemtsov
is
assassinated
in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
[23]
- 2019
–
Pakistan Air Force
JF-17 Thunder
downs Indian pilot
Abhinandan Varthaman
's
Mig-21
in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting
airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir
.
[24]
Births
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Pre-1600
[
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]
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1622
–
Carel Fabritius
, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
- 1630
–
Roche Braziliano
, Dutch pirate (d. 1671)
- 1659
–
William Sherard
, English botanist (d. 1728)
- 1667
–
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
(d. 1695)
- 1689
–
Pietro Gnocchi
, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
- 1703
–
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
, English politician (d. 1744)
- 1711
–
Constantine Mavrocordatos
, Ottoman ruler (d. 1769)
- 1724
–
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken
(d. 1767)
- 1732
–
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cuce de Boisgelin
, French cardinal (d. 1804)
- 1746
–
Louis-Jerome Gohier
, French politician,
French Minister of Justice
(d. 1830)
- 1748
–
Anders Sparrman
, Swedish physician and activist (d. 1820)
- 1767
–
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
, French lawyer and politician, 24th
Prime Minister of France
(d. 1855)
- 1779
–
Thomas Hazlehurst
, English businessman, founded
Hazlehurst & Sons
(d. 1842)
- 1789
–
Manuel Rodriguez Erdoiza
, Chilean lawyer and politician,
Chilean Minister of National Defense
(d. 1818)
- 1795
–
Jose Antonio Navarro
, American merchant and politician (d. 1871)
- 1799
–
Edward Belcher
, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
- 1799 –
Frederick Catherwood
, British artist, architect and explorer (d. 1854)
- 1807
–
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
, American poet and educator (d. 1882)
- 1809
–
Jean-Charles Cornay
, French missionary and saint (d. 1837)
- 1816
–
William Nicholson
, English-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of Victoria
(d. 1865)
- 1847
–
Ellen Terry
, English actress (d. 1928)
[25]
- 1848
–
Hubert Parry
, English composer and historian (d. 1918)
- 1859
–
Bertha Pappenheim
, Austrian-German activist and author (d. 1936)
[26]
- 1863
–
Joaquin Sorolla
, Spanish painter (d. 1923)
- 1863 –
George Herbert Mead
, American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1930)
- 1864
–
Eemil Nestor Setala
, Finnish linguist and politician,
Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs
(d. 1935)
- 1867
–
Irving Fisher
, American economist and statistician (d. 1947)
- 1867 –
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
, Swedish composer and critic (d. 1942)
- 1869
–
Alice Hamilton
, American physician and academic (d. 1970)
[27]
- 1872
–
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
, Romanian politician,
Prime Minister of Romania
(d. 1950)
- 1875
–
Vladimir Filatov
, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1956)
- 1877
–
Adela Verne
, English pianist and composer (d. 1952)
- 1877 –
Joseph Grinnell
, American zoologist and biologist (d. 1939)
- 1878
–
Alvan T. Fuller
, American businessman and politician, 50th
Governor of Massachusetts
(d. 1958)
- 1880
–
Xenophon Kasdaglis
, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (d. 1943)
- 1881
–
Sveinn Bjornsson
, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st
President of Iceland
(d. 1952)
- 1881 –
L. E. J. Brouwer
, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1966)
- 1886
–
Hugo Black
, American captain, jurist, and politician (d. 1971)
- 1887
–
Pyotr Nesterov
, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (d. 1914)
- 1888
–
Roberto Assagioli
, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1974)
- 1888 –
Lotte Lehmann
, German-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
[28]
- 1888 –
Stephen McKenna
, English novelist (d. 1967)
[29]
- 1890
–
Mabel Keaton Staupers
, American nurse and advocate (d. 1989)
[30]
- 1891
–
David Sarnoff
, American businessman, founded
RCA
(d. 1971)
- 1892
–
William Demarest
, American actor (d. 1983)
- 1895
–
Miyagiyama Fukumatsu
, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
- 1897
–
Marian Anderson
, American singer (d. 1993)
- 1899
–
Charles Best
, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered
insulin
(d. 1978)
1901?present
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- 1901
–
Marino Marini
, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1980)
- 1901 –
Kotama Okada
, Japanese religious leader (d. 1974)
- 1902
–
Lucio Costa
, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed
Gustavo Capanema Palace
(d. 1998)
- 1902 –
Gene Sarazen
, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1902 –
John Steinbeck
, American journalist and author,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1968)
[31]
- 1903
–
Reginald Gardiner
, English-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1903 –
Hans Rohrbach
, German mathematician (d. 1993)
- 1903 –
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1904
–
James T. Farrell
, American author and poet (d. 1979)
- 1904 –
Yulii Borisovich Khariton
, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1996)
- 1904 –
Andre Leducq
, French cyclist (d. 1980)
- 1905
–
Franchot Tone
, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
- 1907
–
Mildred Bailey
, American singer (d. 1951)
- 1907 –
Mom?ilo đuji?
, Serbian-American priest and commander (d. 1999)
- 1910
–
Joan Bennett
, American actress (d. 1990)
[31]
- 1910 –
Peter De Vries
, American journalist and author (d. 1993)
- 1910 –
Kelly Johnson
, American engineer, co-founded
Skunk Works
(d. 1990)
- 1910 –
Genrikh Kasparyan
, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
- 1911
–
Oscar Heidenstam
, English bodybuilder (d. 1991)
- 1912
–
Lawrence Durrell
, British author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
[31]
- 1912 –
Kusumagraj
, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999)
- 1913
–
Paul Ricœur
, French philosopher and academic (d. 2005)
[32]
- 1913 –
Kazimierz Sabbat
, Polish soldier and politician,
President of Poland
(d. 1989)
- 1913 –
Irwin Shaw
, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
- 1915
–
Denis Whitaker
, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (d. 2001)
- 1917
–
John Connally
, American lieutenant and politician, 39th
Governor of Texas
and 61st
United States Secretary of Treasury
(d. 1993)
[31]
- 1919
–
Chick Halbert
, American basketball player (d. 2013)
[33]
- 1919 –
Johnny Pesky
, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
[34]
- 1920
–
Reg Simpson
, English cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1921
–
Theodore Van Kirk
, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014)
- 1922
–
Hans Rookmaaker
, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (d. 1977)
- 1923
–
Dexter Gordon
, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
- 1925
–
Kenneth Koch
, American poet, playwright and professor (d. 2002)
- 1925 –
Pia Sebastiani
, Argentine pianist and composer (d. 2015)
- 1926
–
David H. Hubel
, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2013)
- 1927
–
Aira Samulin
, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (d. 2023)
[35]
- 1927 –
Peter Whittle
, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (d. 2021)
[36]
- 1928
–
Rene Clemencic
, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (d. 2022)
- 1929
–
Jack Gibson
, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
- 1929 –
Djalma Santos
, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1929 –
Patricia Ward Hales
, British tennis player (d. 1985)
- 1930
–
Jovan Krkobabi?
, Serbian politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
(d. 2014)
- 1930 –
Peter Stone
, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2003)
- 1930 –
Paul von Rague Schleyer
, American chemist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1930 –
Joanne Woodward
, American actress
[37]
- 1932
–
Elizabeth Taylor
, English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)
[31]
- 1932 –
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham
, English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
(d. 2022)
- 1933
–
Raymond Berry
, American football player and coach
- 1933 –
Malcolm Wallop
, American politician (d. 2011)
[38]
- 1934
–
Vincent Fourcade
, French interior designer (d. 1992)
- 1934 –
N. Scott Momaday
, American poet and writer (d. 2024)
[39]
- 1934 –
Ralph Nader
, American lawyer, politician, and activist
[37]
- 1935
–
Mirella Freni
, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2020)
- 1935 –
Uri Shulevitz
, American author and illustrator
- 1936
–
Ron Barassi
, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2023)
- 1936 –
Sonia Johnson
, American feminist activist and author
[40]
- 1936 –
Roger Mahony
, American cardinal
- 1937
–
Barbara Babcock
, American actress
[37]
- 1938
–
Jake Thackray
, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2002)
- 1939
–
Don McKinnon
, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th
Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1939 –
Peter Revson
, American race car driver (d. 1974)
[41]
- 1940
–
Pierre Duchesne
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
[42]
- 1940 –
Howard Hesseman
, American actor (d. 2022)
[43]
- 1940 –
Bill Hunter
, Australian actor (d. 2011)
[44]
- 1941
–
Paddy Ashdown
, British soldier and politician (d. 2018)
[45]
- 1942
–
Jimmy Burns
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 –
Robert H. Grubbs
, American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2021)
- 1942 –
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
, American journalist
- 1942 –
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
, German footballer (d. 2011)
- 1943
–
Mary Frann
, American actress (d. 1998)
[31]
- 1943 –
Morten Lauridsen
, American composer and conductor
- 1943 –
Carlos Alberto Parreira
, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1944
–
Ken Grimwood
, American author (d. 2003)
- 1944 –
Graeme Pollock
, South African cricketer and coach
- 1944 –
Roger Scruton
, English philosopher and writer (d. 2020)
[46]
- 1947
–
Alan Guth
, American physicist and cosmologist
[31]
- 1947 –
Gidon Kremer
, Latvian violinist and conductor
- 1947 –
Sonia Manzano Vela
, Ecuadorian writer
- 1949
–
Debra Monk
, American actress, singer, and writer
[37]
- 1950
–
Annabel Goldie
, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1950 –
Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger
, English rabbi and politician
- 1951
–
Carl A. Anderson
, 13th
Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
- 1951 –
Lee Atwater
, American journalist, activist and political strategist (d. 1991)
- 1951 –
Walter de Silva
, Italian car designer
- 1951 –
Steve Harley
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
- 1952
–
Dwight Jones
, American basketball player (d. 2016)
[47]
- 1953
–
Gavin Esler
, Scottish journalist and author
- 1953 –
Ian Khama
, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th
President of Botswana
- 1953 –
Stelios Kouloglou
, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
- 1954
–
Neal Schon
, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
[37]
- 1956
–
Meena Keshwar Kamal
, Afghan activist, founded the
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
(d. 1987)
[48]
- 1956 –
Belus Prajoux
, Chilean tennis player
- 1957
–
Danny Antonucci
, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 –
Kevin Curran
, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 2016)
- 1957 –
Robert de Castella
, Australian runner
- 1957 –
Adrian Smith
, English guitarist and songwriter
[37]
- 1957 –
Timothy Spall
, English actor
[37]
- 1958
–
Naas Botha
, South African rugby player and sportscaster
- 1958 –
Maggie Hassan
, American politician, 81st
Governor of New Hampshire
- 1960
–
Andres Gomez
, Ecuadorian tennis player
- 1960 –
Johnny Van Zant
, American singer-songwriter
[37]
- 1961
–
James Worthy
, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1962
–
Adam Baldwin
, American actor
[37]
- 1962 –
Grant Show
, American actor
[37]
- 1963
–
Nasty Suicide
, Finnish musician and pharmacist
- 1964
–
Jeffrey Pasley
, American educator and academic
- 1965
–
Pedro Chaves
, Portuguese racing driver
- 1965 –
Noah Emmerich
, American actor
[37]
- 1966
–
Baltasar Kormakur
, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
- 1966 –
Donal Logue
, Canadian actor and director
[37]
- 1966 –
Oliver Reck
, German footballer and manager
- 1967
–
Jony Ive
, English-American industrial designer, former
chief design officer
of
Apple
[49]
- 1967 –
D?nu? Lupu
, Romanian footballer
- 1968
–
Matt Stairs
, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
- 1969
–
Juan E. Gilbert
, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
- 1970
–
Kent Desormeaux
, American jockey
- 1970 –
Patricia Petibon
, French soprano and actress
- 1971
–
Sara Blakely
, American businesswoman, founded
Spanx
- 1971 –
Derren Brown
, English magician and painter
- 1971 –
Roman Giertych
, Polish lawyer and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- 1971 –
David Rikl
, Czech-English tennis player
- 1971 –
Rozonda Thomas
, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
[37]
- 1972
–
Richard Coyle
, English actor
[37]
- 1973
–
Peter Andre
, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1974
–
Carte Goodwin
, former United States senator from West Virginia
[50]
- 1975
–
Aitor Gonzalez
, Spanish racing driver
- 1975 –
Prodromos Korkizoglou
, Greek decathlete
- 1976
–
Ludovic Capelle
, Belgian cyclist
- 1976 –
Tony Gonzalez
, American football player
[51]
- 1976 –
Sergei Semak
, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
- 1978
–
James Beattie
, English footballer and manager
- 1978 –
Kakha Kaladze
, Georgian footballer and politician
- 1978 –
Emelie Ohrstig
, Swedish skier and cyclist
- 1978 –
Simone Di Pasquale
, Italian ballet dancer
- 1980
–
Brandon Beemer
, American actor
[37]
- 1980 –
Chelsea Clinton
, American journalist and academic
[52]
- 1980 –
Bobby V
, American singer-songwriter
[37]
- 1981
–
Natalie Grandin
, English-South African tennis player
- 1981 –
Josh Groban
, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
[53]
- 1981 –
Elodie Ouedraogo
, Belgian sprinter
- 1982
–
Ali Bastian
, English actress
- 1982 –
Pat Richards
, Australian rugby league player
- 1982 –
Bruno Soares
, Brazilian tennis player
- 1983
–
Devin Harris
, American basketball player
- 1983 –
Kate Mara
, American actress
[37]
- 1984
–
James Augustine
, American basketball player
[54]
- 1984 –
Jumbo Diaz
, Dominican baseball player
[55]
- 1984 –
Akseli Kokkonen
, Norwegian ski jumper
- 1984 –
Anibal Sanchez
, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 –
Lotta Schelin
, Swedish footballer
- 1984 –
Denard Span
, American baseball player
[56]
- 1985
–
Asami Abe
, Japanese singer and actress
- 1985 –
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
, Russian footballer
- 1985 –
Vladislav Kulik
, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
- 1985 –
Thiago Neves
, Brazilian footballer
- 1986
–
Yovani Gallardo
, Mexican baseball player
- 1986 –
Daniel Gibson
, American basketball player and coach
[57]
- 1986 –
Jonathan Moreira
, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 –
Sandeep Singh
, Indian field hockey player
- 1987
–
Valeriy Andriytsev
, Ukrainian wrestler
- 1987 –
Florence Kiplagat
, Kenyan runner
- 1988
–
Dustin Jeffrey
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 –
Iain Ramsay
, Australian footballer
- 1989
–
David Button
, English footballer
[58]
- 1989 –
Lloyd Rigby
, English footballer
- 1990
–
Chandler Jones
, American football player
[59]
- 1990 –
Adam Morgan
, American baseball player
[60]
- 1990 –
Lindsey Morgan
, American actress
[37]
- 1991
–
Azeem Rafiq
, Pakistani cricketer
- 1992
–
Meyers Leonard
, American basketball player
[61]
- 1992 –
Ioannis Potouridis
, Greek footballer
- 1992 –
Jonjo Shelvey
, English footballer
[62]
- 1992 –
Callum Wilson
, English footballer
[63]
- 1993 –
Alphonse Areola
, French footballer
[64]
- 1994
–
Mike Matheson
, Canadian ice hockey player
[65]
- 1995
–
Laura Gulbe
, Latvian tennis player
- 1995 –
Sergej Milinkovi?-Savi?
, Serbian footballer
[66]
- 1995 –
Toma? Sou?ek
, Czech footballer
[67]
- 1996
–
Chris Godwin
, American football player
[68]
- 1996 –
Ten
, Thai singer and dancer
[69]
- 1998
–
Todd Cantwell
, English footballer
[70]
- 2002
–
Johnny Davis
, American basketball player
[71]
Deaths
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Pre-1600
[
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]
1601?1900
[
edit
]
- 1659
–
Henry Dunster
, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)
- 1699
–
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
, English politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
(b. 1625)
- 1706
–
John Evelyn
, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
- 1712
–
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet
, English politician (b. 1645)
- 1720
–
Samuel Parris
, English-American minister (b. 1653)
- 1735
–
John Arbuthnot
, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
- 1784
–
Count of St. Germain
, European adventurer (b. 1710)
- 1795
–
Tanikaze Kajinosuke
, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
- 1844
–
Nicholas Biddle
, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
- 1887
–
Alexander Borodin
, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
- 1892
–
Louis Vuitton
, French fashion designer and businessman, founded
Louis Vuitton
(b. 1821)
1901?present
[
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]
- 1902
–
Harry "Breaker" Morant
, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
- 1921
–
Schofield Haigh
, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
- 1931
–
Chandra Shekhar Azad
, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
- 1936
–
Joshua W. Alexander
, American judge and politician, 2nd
United States Secretary of Commerce
(b. 1852)
- 1936 –
Ivan Pavlov
, Russian physiologist and physician,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1849)
- 1937
–
Hosteen Klah
, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
[72]
- 1937 –
Emily Malbone Morgan
, American saint, foundress of the
Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
(b. 1862)
[73]
- 1943
–
Kostis Palamas
, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
- 1956
–
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(b. 1888)
- 1964
–
Orry-Kelly
, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
- 1968
–
Frankie Lymon
, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- 1969
–
Marius Barbeau
, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
- 1973
–
Bill Everett
, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
- 1977
–
John Dickson Carr
, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
- 1980
–
George Tobias
, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1985
–
Ray Ellington
, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
- 1985 –
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
, American politician and diplomat, 3rd
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
(b. 1902)
- 1985 –
J. Pat O'Malley
, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
- 1986
–
Jacques Plante
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
- 1987
–
Bill Holman
, American cartoonist (b. 1903)
- 1987 –
Franciszek Blachnicki
, Polish priest (b. 1921)
[74]
- 1989
–
Konrad Lorenz
, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1903)
- 1992
–
S. I. Hayakawa
, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)
- 1993
–
Lillian Gish
, American actress (b. 1893)
- 1998
–
George H. Hitchings
, American pharmacologist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1905)
- 1998 –
J. T. Walsh
, American actor (b. 1943)
- 1999
–
Horace Tapscott
, American pianist and composer (b. 1934)
- 2002
–
Spike Milligan
, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (b. 1918)
- 2003
–
John Lanchbery
, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)
- 2003 –
Fred Rogers
, American minister and television host (b. 1928)
- 2004
–
Yoshihiko Amino
, Japanese historian and academic (b. 1928)
- 2004 –
Paul Sweezy
, American economist and journalist (b. 1910)
- 2006
–
Otis Chandler
, American publisher (b. 1927)
- 2006 –
Robert Lee Scott, Jr.
, American general and author (b. 1908)
- 2006 –
Linda Smith
, English comedian and author (b. 1958)
- 2007
–
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
, German general (b. 1914)
- 2008
–
William F. Buckley, Jr.
, American author and journalist, founded the
National Review
(b. 1925)
- 2008 –
Myron Cope
, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
- 2008 –
Ivan Rebroff
, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (b. 1931)
- 2010
–
Nanaji Deshmukh
, Indian educator and activist (b. 1916)
- 2011
–
Frank Buckles
, American soldier (b. 1901)
- 2011 –
Necmettin Erbakan
, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd
Prime Minister of Turkey
(b. 1926)
- 2011 –
Duke Snider
, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
- 2011 –
Gary Winick
, American director and producer (b. 1961)
- 2012
–
Ma Jiyuan
, Chinese general (b. 1921)
- 2012 –
Tina Strobos
, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (b. 1920)
- 2012 –
Helga Vlahovi?
, Croatian journalist and producer (b. 1945)
- 2013
–
Van Cliburn
, American pianist (b. 1934)
- 2013 –
Ramon Dekkers
, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1969)
- 2013 –
Dale Robertson
, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2013 –
Adolfo Zaldivar
, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
- 2014
–
Aaron Allston
, American game designer and author (b. 1960)
- 2014 –
Terry Rand
, American basketball player (b. 1934)
- 2015
–
Boris Nemtsov
, Russian academic and politician,
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
(b. 1959)
- 2015 –
Leonard Nimoy
, American actor (b. 1931)
- 2015 –
Julio Cesar Strassera
, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
- 2016
–
Yi Cheol-seung
, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
- 2016 –
James Z. Davis
, American lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
- 2018
–
Steve Folkes
, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1959)
- 2019
–
France-Albert Rene
, Seychellois politician, 2nd
President of Seychelles
(b. 1935)
[75]
- 2021
–
Ng Man-tat
, Hong Kong actor (b. 1952)
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