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Day of the year
April 3
is the 93rd day of the year (94th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 272 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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]
- 1721
–
Robert Walpole
becomes, in effect, the first
Prime Minister of Great Britain
, though he himself denied that title.
[5]
- 1851
–
Rama IV
is crowned
King
of
Thailand
after the death of his half-brother,
Rama III
.
[6]
- 1860
– The first successful United States
Pony Express
run from
St. Joseph, Missouri
, to
Sacramento, California
, begins.
[7]
- 1865
–
American Civil War
:
Union
forces capture
Richmond, Virginia
, the capital of the
Confederate States of America
.
[8]
- 1882
–
American Old West
:
Robert Ford
kills
Jesse James
.
[9]
- 1885
–
Gottlieb Daimler
is granted a German
patent
for a light, high-speed, four-stroke
engine
, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the
Daimler Reitwagen
.
[10]
- 1888
–
Jack the Ripper
: The first of 11
unsolved brutal murders
of women committed in or near the impoverished
Whitechapel
district in the
East End of London
, occurs.
[11]
- 1895
– The trial in the
libel
case brought by
Oscar Wilde
begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of
homosexuality
.
[12]
1901?present
[
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]
- 1920
– Attempts are made to carry out the failed
assassination attempt on General Mannerheim
, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of
Eino Rahja
, during the
White Guard
parade in
Tampere
,
Finland
.
[13]
[14]
- 1922
–
Joseph Stalin
becomes the first
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
.
- 1933
– First flight over
Mount Everest
, the British
Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition
, led by the
Marquis of Clydesdale
and funded by
Lucy, Lady Houston
.
[15]
- 1936
–
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
is executed for the kidnapping and death of
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
, the infant son of pilot
Charles Lindbergh
.
[16]
- 1942
–
World War II
:
Japanese
forces begin an assault on the United States and
Filipino
troops on the
Bataan Peninsula
.
- 1946
– Japanese
Lt. General
Masaharu Homma
is executed in the Philippines for leading the
Bataan Death March
.
- 1948
–
Cold War
: U.S. President
Harry S. Truman
signs the
Marshall Plan
, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
[17]
- 1948 – In
Jeju Province
,
South Korea
, a civil-war-like period of violence and
human rights abuses
known as the
Jeju uprising
begins.
- 1955
– The
American Civil Liberties Union
announces it will defend
Allen Ginsberg
's book
Howl
against
obscenity
charges.
- 1956
–
Hudsonville?Standale tornado
: The western half of the
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
is struck by a deadly
F5
tornado.
- 1968
–
Martin Luther King Jr.
delivers his "
I've Been to the Mountaintop
" speech; he was assassinated the next day.
[18]
- 1969
–
Vietnam War
:
United States Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
announces that the United States will start to "
Vietnamize
" the war effort.
- 1973
–
Martin Cooper
of
Motorola
makes the
first handheld mobile phone call
to
Joel S. Engel
of
Bell Labs
.
- 1974
–
The 1974 Super Outbreak
occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the
2011 Super Outbreak
). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- 1975
– Vietnam War:
Operation Babylift
, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.
[19]
- 1975 –
Bobby Fischer
refuses to play
in a
chess
match against
Anatoly Karpov
, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
- 1980
–
US Congress
restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the
Shivwits
, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the
Paiute
people of Utah.
[20]
- 1981
– The
Osborne 1
, the first successful
portable computer
, is unveiled at the
West Coast Computer Faire
in
San Francisco
.
[21]
- 1989
– The
US Supreme Court
upholds the jurisdictional rights of
tribal courts
under the
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
in
Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield
.
[20]
- 1993
– The outcome of the
Grand National
horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time
[22]
- 1996
– Suspected "Unabomber"
Theodore Kaczynski
is captured at his
Montana
cabin in the United States.
- 1996 – A
United States Air Force
Boeing T-43
crashes
near
Dubrovnik Airport
in
Croatia
, killing 35, including
Secretary of Commerce
Ron Brown
.
[23]
- 1997
– The
Thalit massacre
begins in
Algeria
; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of
Thalit
are killed by guerrillas.
- 2000
–
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
:
Microsoft
is ruled to have violated
United States antitrust law
by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
- 2004
–
Islamic terrorists
involved in the
2004 Madrid train bombings
are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
- 2007
–
Conventional-Train World Speed Record
: A French
TGV
train on the
LGV Est
high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
- 2008
–
ATA Airlines
, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
- 2008 –
Texas
law enforcement cordons off the
FLDS
's
YFZ Ranch
. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
- 2009
– Jiverly Antares Wong
opens fire
at the
American Civic Association
immigration center in
Binghamton, New York
, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
- 2010
–
Apple Inc.
released the
first generation iPad
, a
tablet computer
.
- 2013
– More than 50 people die in
floods
resulting from record-breaking rainfall in
La Plata
and
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
.
- 2016
– The
Panama Papers
, a
leak
of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488
offshore companies
.
- 2017
– A
bomb explodes
in the
St Petersburg
metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
- 2018
–
YouTube headquarters shooting
: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in
San Bruno, California
, injuring three people before committing suicide.
[24]
Births
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]
Pre-1600
[
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]
- 1016
–
Xing Zong
, Chinese emperor (d. 1055)
- 1151
–
Igor Svyatoslavich
, Russian prince (d. 1202)
- 1395
–
George of Trebizond
, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (d. 1486)
[25]
- 1438
–
John III of Egmont
, Dutch nobleman (d. 1516)
- 1529
–
Michael Neander
, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
- 1540
–
Maria de' Medici
, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (d. 1557)
- 1593
–
George Herbert
, English poet (d. 1633)
1601?1900
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]
- 1643
–
Charles V
, duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
- 1682
–
Valentin Rathgeber
, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
- 1693
–
George Edwards
, English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)
- 1715
–
William Watson
, English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
- 1764
–
John Abernethy
, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1831)
- 1769
–
Christian Gunther von Bernstorff
, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (d. 1835)
- 1770
–
Theodoros Kolokotronis
, Greek general (d. 1843)
- 1778
–
Pierre Bretonneau
, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (d. 1862)
- 1781
–
Swaminarayan
, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
- 1782
–
Alexander Macomb
, American general (d. 1841)
- 1783
–
Washington Irving
, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)
- 1791
–
Anne Lister
, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d. 1840)
- 1798
–
Charles Wilkes
, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
- 1807
–
Mary Carpenter
, English educational and
social reformer
(d. 1877)
[26]
- 1814
–
Lorenzo Snow
, American religious leader, 5th
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(d. 1901)
- 1822
–
Edward Everett Hale
, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1909)
- 1823
–
George Derby
, American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)
- 1823 –
William M. Tweed
, American politician (d. 1878)
- 1826
–
Cyrus K. Holliday
, American businessman (d. 1900)
- 1837
–
John Burroughs
, American botanist and author (d. 1921)
- 1842
–
Ulric Dahlgren
, American colonel (d. 1864)
- 1848
–
Arturo Prat
, Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)
- 1852
–
Talbot Baines Reed
, English author (d. 1893)
[27]
- 1858
–
Jacob Gaudaur
, Canadian rower (d. 1937)
- 1860
–
Frederik van Eeden
, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)
- 1864
–
Emil Kellenberger
, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)
- 1875
–
Mistinguett
, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
- 1876
–
Margaret Anglin
, Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)
- 1876 –
Toma? Ba?a
, Czech businessman, founded
Bata Shoes
(d. 1932)
- 1880
–
Otto Weininger
, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (d. 1903)
- 1881
–
Alcide De Gasperi
, Italian journalist and politician, 30th
Prime Minister of Italy
(d. 1954)
- 1882
–
Philippe Desranleau
, Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)
- 1883
–
Ikki Kita
, Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)
- 1885
–
Allan Dwan
, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
- 1885 –
Bud Fisher
, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
- 1885 –
Marie-Victorin Kirouac
, Canadian botanist and academic (d. 1944)
- 1885 –
St John Philby
, English colonial and explorer (d. 1960)
- 1886
–
Dooley Wilson
, American actor and singer (d. 1953)
- 1887
–
?tori Tanigor?
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th
Yokozuna
(d. 1956)
- 1887 –
Nishiz? Tsukahara
, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
- 1888
–
Thomas C. Kinkaid
, American admiral (d. 1972)
- 1889
–
Grigora? Dinicu
, Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)
- 1893
–
Leslie Howard
, English actor (d. 1943)
- 1895
–
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968)
- 1895 –
Zez Confrey
, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
- 1897
–
Joe Kirkwood Sr.
, Australian golfer (d. 1970)
- 1897 –
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos
, Greek general (d. 1989)
- 1898
–
David Jack
, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
- 1898 –
George Jessel
, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)
- 1898 –
Henry Luce
, American publisher, co-founded
Time
magazine (d. 1967)
- 1900
–
Camille Chamoun
, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th
President of Lebanon
(d. 1987)
- 1900 –
Albert Walsh
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
(d. 1958)
1901?present
[
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]
- 1903
–
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (d. 1988)
- 1904
–
Iron Eyes Cody
, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
- 1904 –
Sally Rand
, American dancer (d. 1979)
- 1904 –
Russel Wright
, American furniture designer (d. 1976)
- 1905
–
Robert Sink
, American general (d. 1965)
- 1910
–
Ted Hook
, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
- 1911
–
Nanette Bordeaux
, Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)
- 1911 –
Michael Woodruff
, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
- 1911 –
Stanisława Walasiewicz
, Polish-American runner (d. 1980)
- 1912
–
Dorothy Eden
, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
- 1912 –
Grigoris Lambrakis
, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963)
- 1913
–
Per Borten
, Norwegian politician, 18th
Prime Minister of Norway
(d. 2005)
- 1914
–
Ray Getliffe
, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
- 1914 –
Sam Manekshaw
, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
- 1915
–
Piet de Jong
, Dutch politician and naval officer,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
(d. 2016)
- 1915 –
?hsan Do?ramacı
, Turkish physician and academic (d. 2010)
- 1916
–
Herb Caen
, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
- 1916 –
Cliff Gladwin
, English cricketer (d. 1988)
- 1916 –
Louis Guglielmi
, Catalan composer (d. 1991)
- 1918
–
Mary Anderson
, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1918 –
Louis Applebaum
, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
- 1919
–
Ervin Drake
, American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)
- 1919 –
Clairette Oddera
, French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- 1920
–
Stan Freeman
, American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
- 1920 –
Yoshibayama Junnosuke
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd
Yokozuna
(d. 1977)
- 1921
–
Robert Karvelas
, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1921 –
Jan Sterling
, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1922
–
Yevhen Bulanchyk
, Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
- 1922 –
Doris Day
, American singer and actress (d. 2019)
- 1923
–
Daniel Hoffman
, American poet and academic (d. 2013)
- 1924
–
Marlon Brando
, American actor and director (d. 2004)
- 1924 –
Roza Shanina
, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945)
- 1925
–
Tony Benn
, English pilot and politician,
Secretary of State for Industry
(d. 2014)
- 1926
–
Alex Grammas
, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019)
- 1926 –
Gus Grissom
, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)
[28]
- 1927
–
Wesley A. Brown
, American general and engineer (d. 2012)
- 1928
–
Don Gibson
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1928 –
Emmett Johns
, Canadian priest, founded
Dans la Rue
(d. 2018)
- 1928 –
Earl Lloyd
, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1928 –
Jennifer Paterson
, English chef and television personality (d. 1999)
- 1929
–
Fazlur Rahman Khan
, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the
Willis Tower
and
John Hancock Center
(d. 1982)
- 1929 –
Poul Schluter
, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Denmark
(d. 2021)
- 1930
–
Lawton Chiles
, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st
Governor of Florida
(d. 1998)
- 1930 –
Helmut Kohl
, German politician,
Chancellor of Germany
(d. 2017)
- 1930 –
Mario Benjamin Menendez
, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)
- 1930 –
Wally Moon
, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
- 1931
–
William Bast
, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)
- 1933
–
Bob Dornan
, American politician
- 1933 –
Rod Funseth
, American golfer (d. 1985)
- 1934
–
Pamela Allen
, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
- 1934 –
Jane Goodall
, English primatologist and anthropologist
[29]
- 1934 –
Jim Parker
, American football player (d. 2005)
- 1935
–
Harold Kushner
, American rabbi and author (d. 2023)
[30]
- 1936
–
Jimmy McGriff
, American organist and bandleader (d. 2008)
- 1936 –
Harold Vick
, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987)
- 1938
–
Jeff Barry
, American singer-songwriter, and producer
- 1938 –
Phil Rodgers
, American golfer (d. 2018)
- 1939
–
Francois de Roubaix
, French composer (d. 1975)
- 1939 –
Hawk Taylor
, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1939 –
Paul Craig Roberts
, American economist and politician
- 1941
–
Jan Berry
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1941 –
Philippe Wynne
, American soul singer (d. 1984)
- 1942
–
Marsha Mason
, American actress
- 1942 –
Wayne Newton
, American singer
- 1942 –
Billy Joe Royal
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
- 1943
–
Mario Lavista
, Mexican composer (d. 2021)
- 1943 –
Jonathan Lynn
, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1943 –
Richard Manuel
, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)
- 1943 –
Hikaru Saeki
, Japanese admiral, the first female
star officer
of the
Japan Self-Defense Forces
- 1944
–
Peter Colman
, Australian biologist and academic
- 1944 –
Tony Orlando
, American singer
- 1945
–
Doon Arbus
, American author and journalist
- 1945 –
Bernie Parent
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1945 –
Catherine Spaak
, French actress (d. 2022)
- 1946
–
Nicholas Jones
, English actor
- 1946 –
Dee Murray
, English bass player (d. 1992)
- 1946 –
Hanna Suchocka
, Polish politician,
Prime Minister of Poland
[31]
- 1947
–
Anders Eliasson
, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
- 1948
–
Arlette Cousture
, Canadian author and screenwriter
- 1948 –
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th
Secretary General of NATO
- 1948 –
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
, German footballer
- 1948 –
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd
President of Mexico
[32]
- 1949
–
Lyle Alzado
, American football player and actor (d. 1992)
- 1949 –
A. C. Grayling
, English philosopher and academic
- 1949 –
Richard Thompson
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950
–
Indrajit Coomaraswamy
, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
- 1951
–
Brendan Barber
, English trade union leader
- 1951 –
Annette Dolphin
, British academician and educator
- 1951 –
Mitch Woods
, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1952
–
Mike Moore
, American lawyer and politician
- 1953
–
Sandra Boynton
, American author and illustrator
- 1953 –
Wakanohana Kanji II
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th
Yokozuna
(d. 2022)
- 1953 –
James Smith
, American boxer
- 1954
–
Elisabetta Brusa
, Italian composer
- 1954 –
K. Krishnasamy
, Indian physician and politician
- 1956
–
Kalle Kulbok
, Estonian politician
- 1956 –
Boris Miljkovi?
, Serbian director and producer
- 1956 –
Miguel Bose
, Spanish musician and actor
- 1956 –
Ray Combs
, American game show host (d. 1996)
- 1958
–
Alec Baldwin
, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
[33]
- 1958 –
Adam Gussow
, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
- 1958 –
Francesca Woodman
, American photographer (d. 1981)
- 1959
–
David Hyde Pierce
, American actor and activist
- 1960
–
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1961
–
Tim Crews
, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1961 –
Eddie Murphy
, American actor and comedian
- 1962
–
Dave Miley
, American baseball player and manager
- 1962 –
Mike Ness
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 –
Jaya Prada
, Indian actress and politician
- 1963
–
Les Davidson
, Australian rugby league player
- 1963 –
Ricky Nixon
, Australian footballer and manager
- 1963 –
Criss Oliva
, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1964
–
Marco Ballotta
, Italian footballer and manager
- 1964 –
Nigel Farage
, English politician
- 1964 –
Claire Perry
, English banker and politician
- 1964 –
Bjarne Riis
, Danish cyclist and manager
- 1964 –
Andy Robinson
, English rugby player and coach
- 1964 –
Jay Weatherill
, Australian politician, 45th
Premier of South Australia
- 1965
–
Nazia Hassan
, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)
[34]
- 1966
–
John de Vries
, Australian race car driver
- 1967
–
Cat Cora
, American chef and author
- 1967 –
Pervis Ellison
, American basketball player
- 1967 –
Brent Gilchrist
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 –
Cristi Puiu
, Romanian director and screenwriter
- 1967 –
Mark Skaife
, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
- 1968
–
Sebastian Bach
, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1968 –
Charlotte Coleman
, English actress (d. 2001)
- 1968 –
Jamie Hewlett
, English director and performer
- 1968 –
Tomoaki Kanemoto
, Japanese baseball player
- 1969
–
Rodney Hampton
, American football player
- 1969 –
Peter Matera
, Australian footballer and coach
- 1969 –
Ben Mendelsohn
, Australian actor
- 1969 –
Lance Storm
, Canadian wrestler and trainer
- 1971
–
Vit?lijs Astafjevs
, Latvian footballer and manager
- 1971 –
Emmanuel Collard
, French race car driver
- 1971 –
Picabo Street
, American skier
- 1972
–
Jennie Garth
, American actress and director
- 1972 –
Catherine McCormack
, English actress
- 1972 –
Sandrine Testud
, French tennis player
- 1973
–
Nilesh Kulkarni
, Indian cricketer
- 1973 –
Adam Scott
, American actor
- 1974
–
Marcus Brown
, American basketball player
- 1974 –
Lee Williams
, Welsh model and actor
- 1975
–
Shawn Bates
, American ice hockey player
- 1975 –
Michael Olowokandi
, Nigerian-American basketball player
- 1975 –
Aries Spears
, American comedian and actor
- 1975 –
Yoshinobu Takahashi
, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 –
Koji Uehara
, Japanese baseball player
- 1976
–
Nicolas Escude
, French tennis player
- 1978
–
Matthew Goode
, English actor
- 1978 –
Tommy Haas
, German-American tennis player
- 1978 –
John Smit
, South African rugby player
- 1979
–
Simon Black
, Australian footballer and coach
- 1980
–
Andrei Lodis
, Belarusian footballer
- 1980 –
Megan Rohrer
, American pastor and transgender activist
- 1981
–
Aaron Bertram
, American trumpet player
- 1981 –
DeShawn Stevenson
, American basketball player
- 1982
–
Jared Allen
, American football player
- 1982 –
Iain Fyfe
, Australian footballer
- 1982 –
Cobie Smulders
, Canadian actress
- 1983
–
Ben Foster
, English footballer
- 1983 –
Stephen Weiss
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984
–
Jonathan Blondel
, Belgian footballer
- 1984 –
Maxi Lopez
, Argentinian footballer
- 1985
–
Jari-Matti Latvala
, Finnish race car driver
- 1985 –
Leona Lewis
, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1986
–
Amanda Bynes
, American actress
- 1986 –
Stephanie Cox
, American soccer player
- 1986 –
Annalisa Cucinotta
, Italian cyclist
- 1986 –
Sergio Sanchez Ortega
, Spanish footballer
- 1987
–
Rachel Bloom
, American actress, writer, and producer
- 1987 –
Jay Bruce
, American baseball player
- 1987 –
Yileen Gordon
, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 –
Jason Kipnis
, American baseball player
- 1987 –
Martyn Rooney
, English sprinter
- 1987 –
Julie Sokolow
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1987 –
Yuval Spungin
, Israeli footballer
[35]
- 1988
–
Kam Chancellor
, American football player
- 1988 –
Brandon Graham
, American football player
- 1988 –
Peter Hartley
, English footballer
- 1988 –
Tim Krul
, Dutch footballer
- 1989
–
Romain Alessandrini
, French footballer
- 1989 –
Israel Folau
, Australian rugby player and footballer
- 1989 –
Joel Romelo
, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 –
Thisara Perera
, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1990
–
Karim Ansarifard
, Iranian footballer
- 1990 –
Madison Brengle
, American tennis player
- 1990 –
Sotiris Ninis
, Greek footballer
- 1990 –
Natasha Negovanlis
, Canadian actress and singer
- 1991
–
Hayley Kiyoko
, American actress and singer
- 1992
–
Simone Benedetti
, Italian footballer
- 1992 –
Yuliya Yefimova
, Russian swimmer
- 1993
–
Pape Moussa Konate
, Senegalese footballer
- 1994
–
Kodi Nikorima
, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 –
Dylann Roof
, American mass murderer
[36]
- 1996
–
Mayo Hibi
, Japanese tennis player
- 1997
–
Gabriel Jesus
, Brazilian footballer
- 1998
–
Paris Jackson
, American actress, model and singer
- 1999
–
Chanel Harris-Tavita
, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
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Deaths
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1601?1900
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- 1606
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Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
, English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
(b. 1563)
- 1630
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Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey
, English noble (b. c. ?1593)
- 1637
–
Joseph Yuspa Nordlinger Hahn
, German rabbi
[39]
- 1680
–
Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
, Indian emperor, founded the
Maratha Empire
(b. 1630)
- 1682
–
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)
- 1691
–
Jean Petitot
, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)
- 1695
–
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
- 1717
–
Jacques Ozanam
, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
- 1728
–
James Anderson
, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
- 1792
–
George Pocock
, English admiral (b. 1706)
- 1804
–
J?drzej Kitowicz
, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
- 1826
–
Reginald Heber
, English priest (b. 1783)
[40]
- 1827
–
Ernst Chladni
, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
- 1838
–
Francois Carlo Antommarchi
, French physician and author (b. 1780)
- 1844
–
Edward Bigge
, English cleric, 1st
Archdeacon of Lindisfarne
(b. 1807)
- 1846
–
William Braine
, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
- 1849
–
Juliusz Słowacki
, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
- 1868
–
Franz Berwald
, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
- 1880
–
Felicita Vestvali
, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
- 1882
–
Jesse James
, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
- 1897
–
Johannes Brahms
, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
1901?present
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- 1901
–
Richard D'Oyly Carte
, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
- 1902
–
Esther Hobart Morris
, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
- 1930
–
Emma Albani
, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
- 1936
–
Richard Hauptmann
, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
- 1941
–
Tachiyama Mineemon
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd
Yokozuna
(b. 1877)
- 1941 –
Pal Teleki
, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd
Prime Minister of Hungary
(b. 1879)
- 1943
–
Conrad Veidt
, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
- 1946
–
Masaharu Homma
, Japanese general (b. 1887)
- 1950
–
Kurt Weill
, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
- 1950 –
Carter G. Woodson
, American historian, author, and journalist, founded
Black History Month
(b. 1875)
- 1951
–
Henrik Visnapuu
, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
- 1952
–
Miina Sillanpaa
, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
- 1957
–
Ned Sparks
, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
- 1958
–
Jaan Karner
, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
- 1962
–
Manolis Kalomiris
, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
- 1970
–
Avigdor Hameiri
, Israeli author (b. 1890)
- 1971
–
Joseph Valachi
, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1972
–
Ferde Grofe
, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
- 1975
–
Mary Ure
, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
- 1976
–
David M. Dennison
, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
- 1976 –
Claude-Henri Grignon
, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
- 1978
–
Ray Noble
, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
- 1978 –
Winston Sharples
, American composer (b. 1909)
- 1981
–
Juan Trippe
, American businessman, founded
Pan American World Airways
(b. 1899)
- 1982
–
Warren Oates
, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1983
–
Jimmy Bloomfield
, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- 1986
–
Peter Pears
, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)
- 1987
–
Tom Sestak
, American football player (b. 1936)
- 1988
–
Milton Caniff
, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
- 1990
–
Sarah Vaughan
, American singer (b. 1924)
- 1991
–
Charles Goren
, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
- 1991 –
Graham Greene
, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)
- 1993
–
Pinky Lee
, American television host (b. 1907)
- 1994
–
Frank Wells
, American businessman (b. 1932)
- 1995
–
Alfred J. Billes
, Canadian businessman, co-founded
Canadian Tire
(b. 1902)
- 1996
–
Ron Brown
, American captain and politician, 30th
United States Secretary of Commerce
(b. 1941)
- 1997
–
John Ugelstad
, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (b. 1921)
[41]
- 1998
–
Mary Cartwright
, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
- 1999
–
Lionel Bart
, English composer (b. 1930)
- 1999 –
Geoffrey Walsh
, Canadian general (b. 1909)
- 2000
–
Terence McKenna
, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)
- 2000 –
Dina Abramowicz
, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)
[42]
- 2005
–
Francois Gerin
, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
- 2007
–
Nina Wang
, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
- 2008
–
Hrvoje ?usti?
, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2012
–
Mingote
, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)
- 2012 –
Richard Descoings
, French civil servant (b. 1958)
- 2012 –
Govind Narain
, Indian politician, 8th
Governor of Karnataka
(b. 1917)
- 2012 –
Chief Jay Strongbow
, American wrestler (b. 1928)
- 2012 –
Jose Maria Zarraga
, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- 2013
–
Marivi Bilbao
, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
- 2013 –
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2014
–
Regine Deforges
, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)
- 2014 –
Fred Kida
, American illustrator (b. 1920)
- 2014 –
Prince Michael of Prussia
(b. 1940)
- 2014 –
Jovan Pavlovi?
, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)
- 2014 –
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)
- 2015
–
Sarah Brady
, American activist and author (b. 1942)
- 2015 –
Bob Burns
, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
- 2015 –
Shmuel Wosner
, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1913)
- 2016
–
Cesare Maldini
, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- 2016 –
Joe Medicine Crow
, American anthropologist, historian, and author (b. 1913)
- 2016 –
Koji Wada
, Japanese singer and songwriter (b. 1974)
- 2017
–
Kishori Amonkar
, Indian classical vocalist (b. 1931)
- 2021
–
Stan Stephens
, Canadian-American politician, 20th
Governor of Montana
(b. 1929)
[43]
- 2022
–
June Brown
, English actress (b. 1927)
[44]
- 2024
–
Bob Lanigan
, Australian rugby league player (b. 1942)
[45]
- 2024 –
Gaetano Pesce
, Italian architect and designer (b. 1939)
[46]
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