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Day of the year
June 16
is the 167th day of the year (168th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 198 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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]
- 1632
– The
Plymouth Company
granted a land patent to
Thomas Purchase
, the first
settler
of
Pejepscot, Maine
, settling at the site of
Fort Andross
.
[2]
- 1745
–
War of the Austrian Succession
:
New England
colonial troops under the command of
William Pepperrell
capture the
Fortress of Louisbourg
in
Louisbourg
,
New France
(
Old Style
date).
- 1746
– War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and
Sardinia
defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the
Battle of Piacenza
.
- 1755
–
French and Indian War
: The
French
surrender
Fort Beausejour
to the British, leading to the
expulsion
of the
Acadians
.
- 1760
– French and Indian War:
Robert Rogers
and his
Rangers
surprise French held
Fort Sainte Therese
on the
Richelieu River
near
Lake Champlain
. The fort
is raided and burned
.
[3]
- 1779
–
American Revolutionary War
: Spain
declares war
on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the
Great Siege of Gibraltar
begins.
- 1795
–
French Revolutionary Wars
: In what became known as
Cornwallis's Retreat
, a British
Royal Navy
squadron led by Vice Admiral
William Cornwallis
strongly resists a much larger
French Navy
force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the
Battle of Groix
six days later.
- 1811
– Survivors of an attack the previous day by
Tla-o-qui-aht
on board the
Pacific Fur Company
's ship
Tonquin
, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship,
destroying it
and killing about 100 attackers.
[4]
- 1815
–
Battle of Ligny
and
Battle of Quatre Bras
, two days before the
Battle of Waterloo
.
- 1819
– A
major earthquake
strikes the
Kutch district
of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").
[5]
- 1824
– A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(RSPCA).
[6]
- 1836
– The formation of the
London Working Men's Association
gives rise to the
Chartist Movement
.
- 1846
– The
Papal conclave of 1846
elects
Pope Pius IX
, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
- 1858
–
Abraham Lincoln
delivers his
House Divided
speech in
Springfield, Illinois
.
- 1871
– The
Universities Tests Act 1871
allows students to enter the universities of
Oxford
,
Cambridge
and
Durham
without religious tests (except for those intending to study
theology
).
- 1883
– The
Victoria Hall theatre panic
in
Sunderland
, England, kills 183 children.
- 1884
– The first purpose-built roller coaster,
LaMarcus Adna Thompson
's "
Switchback Railway
", opens in New York's
Coney Island
amusement park.
- 1897
– A treaty annexing the
Republic of Hawaii
to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1901?present
[
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- 1903
– The
Ford Motor Company
is incorporated.
- 1903 –
Roald Amundsen
leaves
Oslo
, Norway, to commence the first east?west navigation of the
Northwest Passage
.
- 1904
–
Eugen Schauman
assassinates
Nikolay Bobrikov
,
Governor-General of Finland
.
- 1904 – Irish author
James Joyce
begins a relationship with
Nora Barnacle
and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel
Ulysses
; this date is now traditionally called "
Bloomsday
".
- 1911
–
IBM
founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in
Endicott, New York
.
- 1922
– General election in the
Irish Free State
: The pro-Treaty
Sinn Fein
party wins a large majority.
- 1925
–
Artek
, the most famous
Young Pioneer
camp of the
Soviet Union
, is established.
- 1930
–
Sovnarkom
establishes
decree time
in the USSR.
- 1933
– The
National Industrial Recovery Act
is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid
antitrust
prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
[7]
- 1940
–
World War II
: Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain
becomes Chief of State of
Vichy France
(
Chef de l'Etat Francais
).
- 1940 – A
Communist
government is installed in
Lithuania
.
- 1948
– Members of the
Malayan Communist Party
kill three British plantation managers in
Sungai Siput
; in response,
British Malaya
declares
a state of emergency
.
- 1955
– In a futile effort to topple Argentine President
Juan Peron
, rogue aircraft pilots of the
Argentine Navy
drop several bombs
upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Peron in
Buenos Aires
, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
- 1958
–
Imre Nagy
,
Pal Maleter
and other leaders of the 1956
Hungarian Uprising
are executed.
- 1961
– While on tour with the
Kirov Ballet
in
Paris
,
Rudolf Nureyev
defects from the
Soviet Union
.
[8]
- 1963
– Soviet Space Program:
Vostok 6
mission:
Cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
becomes the first woman in space.
[9]
- 1963 – In an attempt to resolve the
Buddhist crisis
in
South Vietnam
, a
Joint Communique
was signed between President
Ngo Dinh Diem
and Buddhist leaders.
- 1972
– The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at
Churchill Falls Generating Station
.
- 1976
–
Soweto uprising
: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in
Soweto
, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
- 1977
–
Oracle Corporation
is incorporated in
Redwood Shores, California
, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by
Larry Ellison
,
Bob Miner
and
Ed Oates
.
- 1981
– US President
Ronald Reagan
awards the
Congressional Gold Medal
to
Ken Taylor
, Canada's former ambassador to
Iran
, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the
hostage crisis of 1979?81
; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
- 1989
–
Revolutions of 1989
:
Imre Nagy
, the former
Hungarian prime minister
, is reburied in
Budapest
following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
- 1997
– Fifty people are killed in the
Daiat Labguer (M'sila) massacre
in
Algeria
.
- 2000
– The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with
United Nations Security Council Resolution 425
, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the
Shebaa farms
, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
[10]
- 2002
–
Padre Pio
is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
[11]
- 2010
–
Bhutan
becomes the first country to institute a
total ban on tobacco
.
- 2012
– China successfully launches its
Shenzhou 9
spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut
Liu Yang
, to the
Tiangong-1
orbital module.
[12]
- 2012 – The
United States Air Force
's robotic
Boeing X-37B
spaceplane
returns to Earth after a
classified 469-day orbital mission
.
[13]
- 2013
– A multi-day
cloudburst
, centered on the North Indian state of
Uttarakhand
, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
- 2015
–
American businessman
Donald Trump
announces his
campaign
to run for
President of the United States
in the upcoming
election
.
[14]
- 2016
–
Shanghai Disneyland Park
, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
[15]
- 2019
– Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the
2019?20 Hong Kong protests
, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
[16]
Births
[
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]
Pre-1600
[
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]
- 1139
–
Emperor Konoe
of Japan (d. 1155)
- 1332
–
Isabella de Coucy
, English daughter of
Edward III of England
(d. 1379)
[17]
- 1454
–
Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples
(d. 1517)
- 1514
–
John Cheke
, English academic and politician,
English Secretary of State
(d. 1557)
- 1516
–
Yang Jisheng
, Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (d. 1555)
[18]
- 1583
–
Axel Oxenstierna
, Swedish politician,
Lord High Chancellor of Sweden
(d. 1654)
- 1591
–
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1606
–
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall
, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)
- 1613
–
John Cleveland
, English poet and educator (d. 1658)
- 1625
–
Samuel Chappuzeau
, French scholar (d. 1701)
- 1633
–
Jean de Thevenot
, French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)
- 1644
–
Henrietta Anne Stuart
, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670)
- 1653
–
James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon
, English nobleman (d. 1699)
- 1713
–
Meshech Weare
, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st
Governor of New Hampshire
(d. 1786)
- 1723
–
Adam Smith
, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
- 1738
–
Mary Katherine Goddard
, American publisher (d. 1816)
[19]
- 1754
–
Salawat Yulayev
, Russian poet (d. 1800)
- 1792
–
John Linnell
, English painter and engraver (d. 1882)
- 1801
–
Julius Plucker
, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- 1806
–
Edward Davy
, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
- 1813
–
Otto Jahn
, German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)
- 1820
–
Athanase Josue Coquerel
, Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875)
- 1821
–
Old Tom Morris
, Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908)
- 1826
–
Constantin von Ettingshausen
, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
- 1836
–
Wesley Merritt
, American general and politician,
Military Governor of the Philippines
(d. 1910)
- 1837
–
Ernst Laas
, German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)
- 1838
–
Frederic Archer
, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)
- 1838 –
Cushman Kellogg Davis
, American lieutenant and politician, 7th
Governor of Minnesota
(d. 1900)
- 1840
–
Ernst Otto Schlick
, German engineer and author (d. 1913)
- 1850
–
Max Delbruck
, German chemist and academic (d. 1919)
- 1850 –
William Arnon Henry
American academic and agriculturist (d. 1932)
[20]
- 1857
–
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg
, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
- 1858
–
Gustaf V of Sweden
(d. 1950)
- 1863
–
Francisco Leon de la Barra
, Mexican politician and diplomat (d. 1939)
[21]
- 1866
–
Germanos Karavangelis
, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)
- 1867
–
Rene Seyssaud
, Provencal painter (d. 1952)
[22]
- 1874
–
Arthur Meighen
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th
Prime Minister of Canada
(d. 1960)
- 1880
–
Otto Eisenschiml
, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
- 1882
–
Mohammad Mosaddegh
, Iranian educator and politician, 60th
Prime Minister of Iran
(d. 1967)
- 1885
–
Erich Jacoby
, Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941)
- 1888
–
Alexander Friedmann
, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
- 1888 –
Peter Stoner
, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
- 1890
–
Stan Laurel
, English actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1896
–
Murray Leinster
, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1897
–
Georg Wittig
, German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1987)
- 1899
–
Helen Traubel
, American operatic soprano (d. 1972)
1901?present
[
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]
- 1902
–
Barbara McClintock
, American geneticist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1992)
- 1902 –
George Gaylord Simpson
, American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)
- 1906
–
Alan Fairfax
, Australian cricketer (d. 1955)
- 1907
–
Jack Albertson
, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1909
–
Archie Carr
, American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)
- 1910
–
Juan Velasco Alvarado
, Peruvian general and politician, 1st
President of Peru
(d. 1977)
- 1912
–
Albert Chartier
, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
- 1912 –
Enoch Powell
, English soldier and politician,
Secretary of State for Health
(d. 1998)
- 1914
–
Eleanor Sokoloff
, American pianist and teacher (d. 2020)
- 1915
–
John Tukey
, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)
- 1915 –
Marga Faulstich
, German glass chemist (d. 1998)
- 1917
–
Phaedon Gizikis
, Greek general and politician,
President of Greece
(d. 1999)
- 1917 –
Katharine Graham
, American publisher (d. 2001)
[23]
- 1917 –
Aurelio Lampredi
, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)
- 1917 –
Irving Penn
, American photographer (d. 2009)
- 1920
–
Isabelle Holland
, Swiss-American author (d. 2002)
- 1920 –
Raymond Lemieux
, Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002)
- 1920 –
Jose Lopez Portillo
, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st
President of Mexico
(d. 2004)
- 1920 –
Hemanta Mukherjee
, Indian singer and music director (d. 1989)
- 1922
–
Ilmar Kullam
, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1923
–
Ron Flockhart
, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
- 1924
–
Faith Domergue
, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1925
–
Jean d'Ormesson
, French journalist and author (d. 2017)
- 1925 –
Otto Muehl
, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013)
- 1926
–
Efrain Rios Montt
, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th
President of Guatemala
(d. 2018)
- 1927
–
Tom Graveney
, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1927 –
Ya'akov Hodorov
, Israeli footballer (d. 2006)
[24]
- 1927 –
Herbert Lichtenfeld
, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1927 –
Ariano Suassuna
, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)
- 1929
–
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2020)
- 1930
–
Vilmos Zsigmond
, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016)
- 1934
–
Eileen Atkins
, English actress and screenwriter
- 1934 –
Roger Neilson
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1935
–
Jim Dine
, American painter and illustrator
- 1937
–
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
, Bulgarian politician, 48th
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- 1937 –
Erich Segal
, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1938
–
Thomas Boyd-Carpenter
, English general
- 1938 –
Torgny Lindgren
, Swedish author and poet (d. 2017)
- 1938 –
Joyce Carol Oates
, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
- 1939
–
Billy "Crash" Craddock
, American singer-songwriter
- 1940
–
M?ris ?aklais
, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003)
- 1940 –
Neil Goldschmidt
, American lawyer and politician, 33rd
Governor of Oregon
- 1941 –
Lamont Dozier
, American songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
- 1941 –
Tommy Horton
, English golfer (d. 2017)
- 1941 –
Mumtaz Hamid Rao
, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
- 1942
–
Giacomo Agostini
, Italian motorcycle racer and manager
- 1942 –
Eddie Levert
, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
- 1944
–
Henri Richelet
, French painter and etcher (d. 2020)
- 1945
–
Claire Alexander
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1945 –
Lucienne Robillard
, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th
Secretary of State for Canada
- 1946
–
Rick Adelman
, American basketball player and coach
- 1946 –
John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever
, English businessman and politician
- 1946 –
Karen Dunnell
, English statistician and academic
- 1946 –
Tom Harrell
, American trumpet player and composer
- 1946 –
Neil MacGregor
, Scottish historian and curator
- 1946 –
Iain Matthews
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 –
Jodi Rell
, American politician, 87th
Governor of Connecticut
- 1946 –
Mark Ritts
, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)
- 1946 –
Derek Sanderson
, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1946 –
Simon Williams
, English actor and playwright
- 1947
–
Al Cowlings
, American football player and actor
- 1947 –
Tom Malone
, American trombonist, composer, and producer
- 1947 –
Buddy Roberts
, American wrestler (d. 2012)
- 1948
–
Ron LeFlore
, American baseball player and manager
- 1949
–
Caju
, Brazilian footballer
- 1949 –
Ralph Mann
, American hurdler and author
- 1950
–
Mithun Chakraborty
, Indian actor and politician
- 1950 –
Michel Clair
, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1950 –
Jerry Petrowski
, American politician and farmer
- 1951
–
Charlie Dominici
, American singer and guitarist
- 1951 –
Roberto Duran
, Panamanian boxer
- 1952
–
George Papandreou
, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd
Prime Minister of Greece
- 1952 –
Gino Vannelli
, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1953
–
Valerie Mahaffey
, American actress
- 1953 –
Ian Mosley
, English drummer
- 1954
–
Matthew Saad Muhammad
, American boxer and trainer (d. 2014)
- 1954 –
Garry Roberts
, Irish guitarist
- 1955
–
Grete Faremo
, Norwegian politician,
Norwegian Minister of Defence
- 1955 –
Laurie Metcalf
, American actress
- 1955 –
Artemy Troitsky
, Russian journalist and critic
- 1957
–
Ian Buchanan
, Scottish-American actor
- 1957 –
Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian
, Scottish lawyer and judge
- 1958
–
Darrell Griffith
, American basketball player
- 1958 –
Ulrike Tauber
, German swimmer
- 1958 –
Warren Rodwell
, Australian soldier, educator and musician
- 1959
–
The Ultimate Warrior
, American wrestler (d. 2014)
- 1960
–
Peter Sterling
, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1961
–
Can Dundar
, Turkish journalist and author
- 1961 –
Robbie Kerr
, Australian cricketer
- 1961 –
Steve Larmer
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 –
Margus Metstak
, Estonian basketball player and coach
- 1962
–
Wally Joyner
, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 –
Arnold Vosloo
, South African-American actor
- 1962 –
Anthony Wong
, Hong Kong singer
- 1963
–
The Sandman
, American wrestler
- 1964
–
Danny Burstein
, American actor and singer
- 1965
–
Michael Richard Lynch
, Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded
HP Autonomy
- 1965 –
Richard Madaleno
, American politician
- 1966
–
Mark Occhilupo
, Australian surfer
- 1966 –
Olivier Roumat
, French rugby player
- 1966 –
Phil Vischer
, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created
VeggieTales
- 1966 –
Jan ?elezny
, Czech javelin thrower and coach
- 1967
–
Charalambos Andreou
, Cypriot footballer
- 1967 –
Jurgen Klopp
, German footballer and manager
- 1968
–
Adam Schmitt
, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
- 1969
–
Shami Chakrabarti
, English lawyer and academic
- 1969 –
Mark Crossley
, English-Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970
–
Younus AlGohar
, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded
Messiah Foundation International
- 1970 –
Clifton Collins Jr.
, American actor
- 1970 –
Cobi Jones
, American soccer player and manager
- 1970 –
Phil Mickelson
, American golfer
- 1971
–
Tupac Shakur
, American rapper and producer (d. 1996)
- 1972
–
Kiko Loureiro
, Brazilian guitarist
- 1972 –
John Cho
, American actor
- 1973
–
Eddie Cibrian
, American actor
- 1974
–
Glenicia James
, Saint Lucian cricketer
- 1974 –
Joseph May
, British-born Canadian-American actor
[25]
- 1975
–
Anthony Carter
, American basketball player and coach
- 1977
–
Craig Fitzgibbon
, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1977 –
Duncan Hames
, English accountant and politician
- 1977 –
Kerry Wood
, American baseball player
- 1978
–
Daniel Bruhl
, Spanish-German actor
- 1978 –
Dainius Zubrus
, Lithuanian ice hockey player
- 1978 –
Fish Leong
, Malaysian singer
- 1980
–
Brandon Armstrong
, American basketball player
- 1980 –
Phil Christophers
, German-English rugby player
- 1980 –
Henry Perenara
, New Zealand rugby league player and referee
- 1980 –
Martin Stranzl
, Austrian footballer
- 1980 –
Joey Yung
, Hong Kong singer
- 1981
–
Benjamin Becker
, German tennis player
- 1981 –
Kevin Bieksa
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 –
Alexandre Giroux
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 –
Ola Kvernberg
, Norwegian violinist
- 1981 –
Miguel Villalta
, Peruvian footballer
- 1982
–
May Andersen
, Danish model and actress
- 1982 –
Missy Peregrym
, Canadian model and actress
- 1983
–
Armend Dallku
, Albanian footballer
- 1984
–
Rick Nash
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 –
Dan Ryckert
, American writer and entertainer
- 1984 –
Steven Whittaker
, Scottish footballer
- 1986
–
Rodrigo Defendi
, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 –
Urby Emanuelson
, Dutch footballer
- 1986 –
Fernando Muslera
, Uruguayan footballer
- 1987
–
Diana DeGarmo
, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 –
Per Ciljan Skjelbred
, Norwegian footballer
- 1987 –
Christian Tshimanga Kabeya
, Belgian footballer
- 1988
–
Keshia Chante
, Canadian singer
- 1988 –
Jermaine Gresham
, American football player
- 1989
–
Odion Ighalo
, Nigerian footballer
[26]
- 1990
–
John Newman
, English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
[27]
- 1991
–
Joe McElderry
, English singer-songwriter
- 1991
–
Siya Kolisi
, South African rugby player
- 1991 –
Matt Moylan
, Australian rugby league player
- 1992
–
Vladimir Morozov
, Russian swimmer
- 1993
–
Park Bo-gum
, South Korean actor
- 1993 –
Gnash
, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
[28]
- 1994
–
Grete-Lilijane Kuppas
, Estonian footballer
- 1994 –
Rezar
, Albanian wrestler
- 1995
–
Euan Aitken
, Australian rugby league player
[29]
- 1995 –
Akira Ioane
, New Zealand rugby Union player
[30]
- 1995 –
Joseph Schooling
, Singaporean swimmer
[31]
- 1995 –
Ki Hui-hyeon
, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
[32]
- 1998
–
Karman Thandi
, Indian tennis player
[33]
- 1999
–
Justin Jefferson
, American football player
[34]
- 1999 –
Ibrahima Kone
, Malian footballer
[35]
- 2000
–
Bianca Andreescu
, Canadian tennis player
[36]
- 2002
–
Sam Walker
, English-Australian rugby league player
[37]
- 2003
–
Anna Cathcart
, Canadian actress
[38]
Deaths
[
edit
]
Pre-1600
[
edit
]
- 840
–
Rorgon I
, Frankish nobleman (or
839
)
- 924
–
Li Cunshen
, general of Later Tang (b. 862)
- 956
–
Hugh the Great
, Frankish nobleman (b. 898)
[39]
- 1185
–
Richeza of Poland
, queen of Leon (b. c. 1140)
- 1286
–
Hugh de Balsham
, English bishop
- 1332
–
Adam de Brome
, founder of
Oriel College, Oxford
- 1361
–
Johannes Tauler
, German mystic theologian
[40]
- 1397
–
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
, French soldier (b. 1358)
- 1424
–
Johannes Ambundii
, archbishop of Riga
- 1468
–
Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy
, Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395)
- 1487
–
John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln
(b. c. 1463)
- 1540
–
Konrad von Thungen
, German nobleman (b. c. 1466)
1601?1900
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- 1622
–
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician,
Lord Chancellor of Scotland
(b. 1555)
- 1626
–
Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Wolfenbuttel
, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- 1666
–
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
, English poet and diplomat,
English Ambassador to Spain
(b. 1608)
- 1674
–
Tomas Yepes
, Spanish painter (b. 1595 or 1600)
[41]
- 1722
–
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
, English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
(b. 1650)
- 1743
–
Louise-Francoise de Bourbon
, eldest daughter of King
Louis XIV of France
(b. 1673)
[42]
- 1752
–
Joseph Butler
, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
[43]
- 1762
–
Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford)
(b. c.1705)
[44]
- 1777
–
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset
, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
- 1779
–
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
, English lawyer and politician,
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
(b. 1712)
- 1804
–
Johann Adam Hiller
, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
- 1824
–
Charles-Francois Lebrun, duc de Plaisance
, French lawyer and politician (b. 1739)
- 1849
–
Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette
, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
- 1850
–
William Lawson
, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
- 1858
–
John Snow
, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
[45]
- 1862
–
Hidenoyama Raigor?
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th
Yokozuna
(b. 1808)
- 1869
–
Charles Sturt
, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
- 1872
–
Norman MacLeod
, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
- 1878
–
Crawford Long
, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
- 1878 –
Kikuchi Y?sai
, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
- 1881
–
Josiah Mason
, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
- 1885
–
Wilhelm Camphausen
, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
- 1886
–
Alexander Stuart
, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th
Premier of New South Wales
(b. 1824)
1901?present
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]
- 1902
–
Ernst Schroder
, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
- 1918
–
Bazil Assan
, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
[46]
- 1925
–
Chittaranjan Das
, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
- 1929
–
Bramwell Booth
, English 2nd
General of The Salvation Army
(b. 1856)
- 1929 –
Vernon Louis Parrington
, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
- 1930
–
Ezra Fitch
, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded
Abercrombie & Fitch
(b. 1866)
- 1930 –
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
, American inventor, co-invented the
gyrocompass
(b. 1860)
- 1939
–
Chick Webb
, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 1940
–
DuBose Heyward
, American author (b. 1885)
- 1944
–
Marc Bloch
, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
- 1944 –
George Stinney
, wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (b. 1929)
[47]
[48]
[49]
- 1945
–
Aris Velouchiotis
, Greek general (b. 1905)
- 1946
–
Gordon Brewster
, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
- 1952
–
Andrew Lawson
, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
- 1953
–
Margaret Bondfield
, English politician,
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(b. 1873)
- 1955
–
Ozias Leduc
, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
- 1958
–
Pal Maleter
, Hungarian general and politician,
Minister of Defence of Hungary
(b. 1917)
- 1958 –
Imre Nagy
, Hungarian politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Hungary
(b. 1895)
- 1959
–
George Reeves
, American actor and director (b. 1914)
- 1961
–
Marcel Junod
, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
- 1967
–
Reginald Denny
, English actor (b. 1891)
- 1969
–
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
, English field marshal and politician, 17th
Governor General of Canada
(b. 1891)
- 1970
–
Sydney Chapman
, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
- 1970 –
Brian Piccolo
, American football player (b. 1943)
- 1971
–
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded
BBC
(b. 1889)
- 1974
–
Amalie Sara Colquhoun
, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
- 1977
–
Wernher von Braun
, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
- 1979
–
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th
Head of state of Ghana
(b. 1931)
- 1979 –
Nicholas Ray
, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1981
–
Thomas Playford IV
, Australian politician, 33rd
Premier of South Australia
(b. 1896)
- 1982
–
James Honeyman-Scott
, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
- 1984
–
Lew Andreas
, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
- 1984 –
Erni Krusten
, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
- 1986
–
Maurice Durufle
, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
- 1987
–
Marguerite de Angeli
, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
- 1988
–
Miguel Pinero
, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946)
- 1993
–
Lindsay Hassett
, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
- 1994
–
Kristen Pfaff
, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967)
- 1996
–
Mel Allen
, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913)
- 1998
–
Fred Wacker
, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
- 1999
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Screaming Lord Sutch
, English singer and activist (b. 1940)
- 2003
–
Pierre Bourgault
, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
- 2003 –
Georg Henrik von Wright
, Finnish?Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
- 2004
–
Thanom Kittikachorn
, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Thailand
(b. 1911)
- 2004 –
Jacques Miquelon
, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
- 2005
–
Enrique Laguerre
, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
- 2008
–
Mario Rigoni Stern
, Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
- 2010
–
Marc Bazin
, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th
President of Haiti
(b. 1932)
- 2010 –
Maureen Forrester
, Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930)
- 2010 –
Ronald Neame
, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 2011
–
Osten Makitalo
, Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)
- 2012
–
Nils Karlsson
, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
- 2012 –
Jorge Lankenau
, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
- 2012 –
Sławomir Petelicki
, Polish general (b. 1946)
- 2012 –
Susan Tyrrell
, American actress (b. 1945)
- 2013
–
Sam Farber
, American businessman, co-founded
OXO
(b. 1924)
- 2013 –
Hans Hass
, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
- 2013 –
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
- 2013 –
Norman Ian MacKenzie
, English journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2013 –
Ottmar Walter
, German footballer (b. 1924)
- 2014
–
Tony Gwynn
, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
- 2014 –
Candido Muatetema Rivas
(b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat,
Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- 2015
–
Charles Correa
, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
- 2015 –
Jean Vautrin
, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
- 2016
–
Jo Cox
, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)
[50]
- 2017
–
Helmut Kohl
, German politician,
Chancellor of Germany
(b. 1930)
- 2020
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Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)
[51]
[52]
- 2023
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Gino Mader
, Swiss cyclist (b. 1997)
[53]
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