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Day of the year
May 27
is the 147th day of the year (148th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 218 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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1901?present
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- 1905
–
Russo-Japanese War
: The
Battle of Tsushima
begins.
- 1915
–
HMS
Princess Irene
explodes and sinks off
Sheerness
,
Kent
, with the loss of 352 lives.
- 1917
–
Pope Benedict XV
promulgates the
1917
Code of Canon Law
, the first comprehensive
codification
of
Catholic canon law
in the
legal history of the Catholic Church
.
- 1919
– The
NC-4
aircraft arrives in
Lisbon
after completing the first
transatlantic flight
.
- 1927
– The
Ford Motor Company
ceases manufacture of the
Ford Model T
and begins to retool plants to make the
Ford Model A
.
- 1930
– The 1,046 feet (319 m)
Chrysler Building
in
New York City
, the
tallest man-made structure
at the time, opens to the public.
- 1933
–
New Deal
: The U.S.
Federal Securities Act
is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the
Federal Trade Commission
.
- 1935
– New Deal: The
Supreme Court of the United States
declares the
National Industrial Recovery Act
to be unconstitutional in
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
, (295 U.S. 495).
[5]
- 1937
– In
California
, the
Golden Gate Bridge
opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between
San Francisco
and
Marin County, California
.
- 1940
–
World War II
: In the
Le Paradis massacre
, 99 soldiers from a
Royal Norfolk Regiment
unit are shot after surrendering to
German
troops; two survive.
- 1941
– World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
- 1941 – World War II: The
German battleship
Bismarck
is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
- 1942
– World War II: In
Operation Anthropoid
,
Reinhard Heydrich
is fatally wounded in
Prague
; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
- 1950
– The
Linnanmaki
amusement park is opened for the first time in
Helsinki
.
[6]
[7]
- 1958
– First flight of the
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
.
- 1960
– In
Turkey
, a
military coup
removes President
Celal Bayar
and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- 1962
– The
Centralia mine fire
is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
- 1965
–
Vietnam War
: American warships begin the first bombardment of
National Liberation Front
targets within
South Vietnam
.
- 1967
– Australians vote in favor of a
constitutional referendum
granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit
Indigenous Australians
and to count them in the national census.
- 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier
USS
John F. Kennedy
is
launched
by
Jacqueline Kennedy
and her daughter
Caroline
.
- 1971
– The
Dahlerau train disaster
, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near
Wuppertal
.
- 1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly
Bengali Hindus
, in the
Bagbati massacre
.
- 1975
–
Dibbles Bridge coach crash
near
Grassington
, in
North Yorkshire
, England, kills 33 ? the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
- 1977
– A
plane crash
at
Jose Marti International Airport
in
Havana
, Cuba, kills 67.
[8]
- 1980
– The
Gwangju Massacre
: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of
Gwangju
from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
- 1984
– The
Danube?Black Sea Canal
is opened, in a ceremony attended by the
Ceau?escus
. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
- 1988
–
Somaliland War of Independence
: The
Somali National Movement
launches a
major offensive
against Somali government forces in
Hargeisa
and
Burao
, then the second- and third-largest cities of
Somalia
.
[9]
[10]
- 1996
–
First Chechen War
: Russian President
Boris Yeltsin
meets with
Chechnyan
rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- 1997
– The
1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak
occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in
Jarrell
.
- 1998
–
Oklahoma City bombing
:
Michael Fortier
is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the
terrorist
plot.
- 1999
–
Space Shuttle
Discovery
is launched on
STS-96
, the first shuttle mission to dock with the
International Space Station
.
[11]
- 2001
– Members of
Abu Sayyaf
, an
Islamist
separatist group,
seize twenty hostages
from an affluent island resort on
Palawan
in the
Philippines
; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
- 2006
– The 6.4 M
w
Yogyakarta earthquake
shakes central
Java
with an
MSK
intensity of VIII (
Damaging
), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
- 2016
–
Barack Obama
is the first president of United States to visit
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
and meet
Hibakusha
.
- 2017
–
Andrew Scheer
takes over after
Rona Ambrose
as the leader of the
Conservative Party of Canada
.
- 2018
–
Maryland Flood Event
: A flood occurs throughout the
Patapsco Valley
, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in
Ellicott City
, and causing cars to overturn.
Births
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Pre-1600
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1601?1900
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- 1601
–
Antoine Daniel
, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1648)
- 1626
–
William II, Prince of Orange
(d. 1650)
- 1651
–
Louis Antoine de Noailles
, French cardinal (d. 1729)
- 1652
–
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine
of Germany (d. 1722)
- 1738
–
Nathaniel Gorham
, American merchant and politician, 14th
President of the Continental Congress
(d. 1796)
- 1756
–
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
(d. 1825)
- 1774
–
Francis Beaufort
, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (d. 1857)
- 1794
–
Cornelius Vanderbilt
, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)
- 1814
–
John Rudolph Niernsee
, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
- 1815
–
Henry Parkes
, English-Australian politician, 7th
Premier of New South Wales
(d. 1896)
- 1818
–
Amelia Bloomer
, American journalist and activist (d. 1894)
- 1819
–
Julia Ward Howe
, American poet and songwriter (d. 1910)
- 1827
–
Samuel F. Miller
, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
- 1832
–
Zenas Ferry Moody
, American surveyor and politician, 7th
Governor of Oregon
(d. 1917)
- 1836
–
Jay Gould
, American businessman and financier (d. 1892)
- 1837
–
Wild Bill Hickok
, American police officer (d. 1876)
- 1852
–
Billy Barnes
, English cricketer (d. 1899)
- 1857
–
Theodor Curtius
, German chemist (d. 1928)
- 1860
–
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
, Portuguese politician, 7th
President of Portugal
(d. 1941)
- 1860 –
Margrethe Munthe
, Norwegian songwriter (d. 1931)
[14]
- 1863
–
Arthur Mold
, English cricketer (d. 1921)
- 1867
–
Arnold Bennett
, English author and playwright (d. 1931)
- 1868
–
Aleksa ?anti?
, Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)
- 1871
–
Georges Rouault
, French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
- 1875
–
Frederick Cuming
, English cricketer (d. 1942)
- 1876
–
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
, Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)
- 1876 –
William Stanier
, English engineer (d. 1965)
- 1878
–
Anna Cervin
, Swedish artist (d. 1972)
- 1879
–
Karl Buhler
, German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
- 1879 –
Hans Lammers
, German judge and politician (d. 1962)
- 1883
–
Jessie Arms Botke
, American painter (d. 1971)
- 1884
–
Max Brod
, Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968)
- 1887
–
Frank Woolley
, English cricketer (d. 1978)
- 1888
–
Louis Durey
, French composer (d. 1979)
- 1891
–
Claude Champagne
, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)
- 1891 –
Jaan Karner
, Estonian poet and author (d. 1958)
- 1894
–
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
, French physician and author (d. 1961)
- 1894 –
Dashiell Hammett
, American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)
- 1895
–
Douglas Lloyd Campbell
, Canadian educator and politician, 13th
Premier of Manitoba
(d. 1995)
- 1897
–
John Cockcroft
, English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1967)
- 1897 –
Dink Templeton
, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
- 1898
–
David Crosthwait
, American engineer, inventor and writer (d. 1976)
- 1899
–
Johannes Turn
, Estonian chess and
draughts
player (d. 1993)
- 1900
–
Lotte Toberentz
, German overseer of the Nazi
Uckermark concentration camp
(d. 1964)
- 1900 –
Uładzimir ?yłka
, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933)
1901?present
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- 1906
–
Buddhadasa
, Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1906 –
Harry Hibbs
, English footballer (d. 1984)
- 1906 –
Antonio Rosario Mennonna
, Italian bishop (d. 2009)
- 1907
–
Nicolas Calas
, Greek-American poet and critic (d. 1988)
- 1907 –
Rachel Carson
, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964)
- 1909
–
Dolores Hope
, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
- 1909 –
Juan Vicente Perez
, Venezuelan supercentenarian,
oldest living man
, last man born in 1900s decade (d. 2024)
[15]
- 1911
–
Hubert Humphrey
, American journalist and politician, 38th
Vice President of the United States
(d. 1978)
- 1911 –
Teddy Kollek
, Hungarian-Israeli politician,
Mayor of Jerusalem
(d. 2007)
- 1911 –
Vincent Price
, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1912
–
John Cheever
, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982)
- 1912 –
Sam Snead
, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1912 –
Terry Moore
, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
- 1915
–
Ester Sore
, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1915 –
Herman Wouk
, American novelist (d. 2019)
- 1917
–
Harry Webster
, English engineer (d. 2007)
- 1918
–
Yasuhiro Nakasone
, Japanese commander and politician, 45th
Prime Minister of Japan
(d. 2019)
[16]
- 1921
–
Bob Godfrey
, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)
- 1922
–
Otto Carius
, German lieutenant and pharmacist (d. 2015)
- 1922 –
Christopher Lee
, English actor (d. 2015)
- 1922 –
John D. Vanderhoof
, American banker and politician, 37th
Governor of Colorado
(d. 2013)
- 1923
–
Henry Kissinger
, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th
United States Secretary of State
,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2023)
[17]
- 1923 –
Sumner Redstone
, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2020)
- 1924
–
Jaime Lusinchi
, Venezuelan physician and politician,
President of Venezuela
(d. 2014)
- 1924 –
John Sumner
, English-Australian director, founded the
Melbourne Theatre Company
(d. 2013)
- 1925
–
Tony Hillerman
, American journalist and author (d. 2008)
- 1927
–
Juri Randviir
, Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)
- 1928
–
Thea Musgrave
, Scottish-American composer and educator
- 1930
–
John Barth
, American novelist and short story writer (d. 2024)
- 1930 –
William S. Sessions
, American civil servant and judge, 8th
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(d. 2020)
- 1930 –
Eino Tamberg
, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010)
- 1931
–
Andre Barbeau
, French-Canadian neurologist (d. 1986)
- 1931 –
John Chapple
, English field marshal and politician,
Governor of Gibraltar
(d. 2022)
[18]
- 1931 –
Bernard Fresson
, French actor (d. 2002)
- 1931 –
Faten Hamama
, Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)
- 1931 –
Philip Kotler
, American author and professor
- 1933
–
Edward Samuel Rogers
, Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
- 1933 –
Manfred Sommer
, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)
- 1934
–
Ray Daviault
, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 2020)
- 1934 –
Harlan Ellison
, American author and screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1935
–
Daniel Colchico
, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1935 –
Mal Evans
, British road manager of
The Beatles
(d. 1976)
- 1935 –
Jerry Kindall
, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)
- 1935 –
Ramsey Lewis
, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2022)
- 1935 –
Lee Meriwether
, American model and actress,
Miss America 1955
- 1936
–
Benjamin Bathurst
, English admiral
- 1936 –
Louis Gossett Jr.
, American actor and producer (d. 2024)
- 1936 –
Marcel Masse
, Canadian educator and politician, 29th
Canadian Minister of National Defence
(d. 2014)
- 1937
–
Allan Carr
, American playwright and producer (d. 1999)
- 1939
–
Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns
, English courtier and businessman
- 1939 –
Yves Duhaime
, Canadian captain and politician
- 1939 –
Sokratis Kokkalis
, Greek businessman
- 1939 –
Gerald Ronson
, English businessman and philanthropist
- 1939 –
Lionel Sosa
, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
[19]
- 1939 –
Don Williams
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
- 1940
–
Mike Gibson
, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1942
–
Lee Baca
, American police officer
- 1942 –
Piers Courage
, English racing driver (d. 1970)
- 1942 –
Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman
, English accountant and politician,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1942 –
Robin Widdows
, English racing driver
- 1943
–
Cilla Black
, English singer and actress (d. 2015)
- 1943 –
Bruce Weitz
, American actor
- 1944
–
Christopher Dodd
, American lawyer and politician
- 1944 –
Karen Fladset
, Norwegian handball player
[20]
- 1944 –
Ingrid Roscoe
, English historian and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
(d. 2020)
- 1944 –
Alain Souchon
, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1945
–
Bruce Cockburn
, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946
–
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
, Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)
- 1946 –
John Williams
, English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
- 1947
–
Peter DeFazio
, American politician
- 1947 –
Marty Kristian
, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1947 –
Branko Oblak
, Slovenian footballer and coach
- 1947 –
Riivo Sinijarv
, Estonian politician, 19th
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1948
–
Wubbo de Boer
, Dutch civil servant (d. 2017)
- 1948 –
Pete Sears
, English bass player
- 1948 –
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart
, American occultist and author (d. 2014)
- 1949
–
Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale
, English politician
- 1949 –
Christa Vahlensieck
, German runner
- 1950
–
Dee Dee Bridgewater
, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1950 –
Makis Dendrinos
, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1951
–
John Conteh
, English boxer
- 1954
–
Pauline Hanson
, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
- 1954 –
Jackie Slater
, American football player and coach
- 1955
–
Eric Bischoff
, American wrestler, manager, and producer
- 1955 –
Richard Schiff
, American actor, director, and producer
- 1955 –
Ian Tracey
, English organist and conductor
- 1956
–
Cynthia McFadden
, American journalist
- 1956 –
Rosemary Squire
, English producer and manager, co-founded
Ambassador Theatre Group
- 1956 –
Giuseppe Tornatore
, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1957
–
Dag Terje Andersen
, Norwegian politician,
Norwegian Minister of Labour
- 1957 –
Nitin Gadkari
, Indian lawyer and politician,
Indian Minister of Transport
- 1957 –
Eddie Harsch
, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (d. 2016)
- 1957 –
Siouxsie Sioux
, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
- 1958
–
Nick Anstee
, English accountant and politician, 682nd
Lord Mayor of London
- 1958 –
Neil Finn
, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
- 1958 –
Jesse Robredo
, Filipino politician, 23rd
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
(d. 2012)
- 1960
–
Gaston Therrien
, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1961
–
Jose Luiz Barbosa
, Brazilian runner and coach
- 1961 –
Peri Gilpin
, American actress
- 1962
–
Marcelino Bernal
, Mexican footballer
- 1962 –
Ray Borner
, Australian basketball player
- 1962 –
Steven Brill
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 –
Anthony A. Hyman
, Israeli-English biologist and academic
- 1962 –
David Mundell
, Scottish lawyer and politician,
Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1962 –
Ravi Shastri
, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1963
–
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
, Cuban pianist and composer
- 1963 –
Maria Walliser
, Swiss skier
- 1964
–
Adam Carolla
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965
–
Todd Bridges
, American actor
[21]
- 1965 –
Pat Cash
, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1966
–
Heston Blumenthal
, English chef and author
- 1967
–
Paul Gascoigne
, English international footballer, coach, and manager
[22]
- 1967 –
Eddie McClintock
, American actor
- 1968
–
Jeff Bagwell
, American baseball player and coach
- 1968 –
Rebekah Brooks
, English journalist
- 1968 –
Harun Erdenay
, Turkish basketball player and coach
- 1968 –
Frank Thomas
, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1969
–
Todd Hundley
, American baseball player
- 1969 –
Jeremy Mayfield
, American race car driver
- 1969 –
Craig Federighi
, American computer scientist and engineer
- 1970
–
Michele Bartoli
, Italian cyclist
- 1970 –
Tim Farron
, English educator and politician
- 1970 –
Joseph Fiennes
, English actor
- 1970 –
Alex Archer
, American-born Australian musician
- 1971
–
Mathew Batsiua
, Nauruan politician
- 1971 –
Paul Bettany
, English actor
- 1971 –
Wayne Carey
, Australian footballer and coach
- 1971 –
Kaur Kender
, Estonian author
- 1971 –
Lisa Lopes
, American rapper and dancer (d. 2002)
- 1971 –
Lee Sharpe
, English footballer
- 1971 –
Grant Stafford
, South African tennis player
- 1971 –
Sophie Walker
, British politician, leader of the
Women's Equality Party
- 1971 –
Petroc Trelawny
, British radio and television broadcaster
- 1972
–
Todd Demsey
, American golfer
- 1972 –
Antonio Freeman
, American football player
- 1972 –
Maxim Sokolov
, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973
–
Jack McBrayer
, American actor and comedian
- 1973 –
Tana Umaga
, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1973 –
Yorgos Lanthimos
, Greek film video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter
- 1974
–
Skye Edwards
, British singer-songwriter
- 1974 –
Denise van Outen
, English actress, singer, and television host
- 1974 –
Derek Webb
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974 –
Danny Wuerffel
, American football player
- 1975
–
Andre 3000
, American rapper
- 1975 –
Michael Hussey
, Australian cricketer
- 1975 –
Jadakiss
, American rapper
[23]
- 1975 –
Jamie Oliver
, English chef and author
- 1975 –
Feryal Ozel
, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
- 1976
–
Marcel Fassler
, Swiss racing driver
- 1977
–
Abderrahmane Hammad
, Algerian high jumper
- 1977 –
Mahela Jayawardene
, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1978
–
Adin Brown
, American soccer player
- 1979
–
Michael Buonauro
, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
- 1979 –
Mile Sterjovski
, Australian footballer
- 1980
–
Craig Buntin
, Canadian figure skater
- 1981
–
Alina Cojocaru
, Romanian ballerina
- 1981 –
Johan Elmander
, Swedish footballer
- 1982
–
Natalya
, Canadian professional wrestler
[24]
- 1984
–
Blake Ahearn
, American basketball player
- 1984 –
Miguel Gonzalez
, Mexican baseball pitcher
- 1985
–
Chiang Chien-ming
, Taiwanese baseball player
- 1985 –
Roberto Soldado
, Spanish footballer
- 1986
–
Conor Cummins
, Manx motorcycle racer
- 1986 –
Bamba Fall
, Senegalese basketball player
- 1986 –
Lasse Schone
, Danish footballer
- 1987
–
Gervinho
, Ivorian footballer
- 1987 –
Bella Heathcote
, Australian actress
- 1987 –
Bora Pacun
, Turkish basketball player
- 1987 –
Matt Prior
, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 –
Martina Sablikova
, Czech speed skater and cyclist
- 1988
–
Vontae Davis
, American football player (d. 2024)
- 1988 –
Irina Davydova
, Russian hurdler
[25]
- 1988 –
Garrett Richards
, American baseball pitcher
- 1988 –
Tyler Sash
, American football player (d. 2015)
- 1989
–
Igor Morozov
, Estonian footballer
- 1989 –
Peakboy
, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter
[26]
- 1990
–
Yenew Alamirew
, Ethiopian runner
- 1990 –
Chris Colfer
, American actor and singer
- 1990 –
Marcus Kruger
, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991
–
Sebastien Dewaest
, Belgian footballer
- 1991 –
Tim Lafai
, Samoan rugby league player
- 1991 –
Ksenia Pervak
, Russian tennis player
- 1991 –
Eneli Vals
, Estonian footballer
- 1992
–
Aaron Brown
, Canadian sprinter
- 1992 –
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe
, Canadian canoer
[27]
- 1995
–
Yoan Moncada
, Cuban baseball player
[28]
- 1997
–
Anna Bondar
, Hungarian tennis player
[29]
- 1997 –
Daniel Jones
, American football player
[30]
- 1999
–
Lily-Rose Depp
, French-American actress and model
[31]
Deaths
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Pre-1600
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- 366
–
Procopius
, Roman usurper (b. 325)
- 398
–
Murong Bao
, emperor of the
Xianbei
state
Later Yan
(b. 355)
- 475
–
Eutropius
,
bishop of Orange
- 866
–
Ordono I of Asturias
(b. 831)
- 927
–
Simeon I of Bulgaria
first Bulgarian Emperor (b. 864)
- 1039
–
Dirk III, Count of Holland
(b. 981)
- 1045
–
Bruno of Wurzburg
, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)
- 1178
–
Godfrey van Rhenen
, bishop of Utrecht
- 1240
–
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
(b. 1166)
- 1444
–
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
, English commander (b. 1404)
- 1508
–
Ludovico Sforza
, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
- 1525
–
Thomas Muntzer
, German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)
- 1541
–
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
(b. 1473)
- 1564
–
John Calvin
, French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)
1601?1900
[
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- 1610
–
Francois Ravaillac
, French assassin of
Henry IV of France
(b. 1578)
- 1624
–
Diego Ramirez de Arellano
, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)
- 1637
–
John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield
, English politician (b. c. 1566)
- 1661
–
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
- 1675
–
Gaspard Dughet
, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
- 1690
–
Giovanni Legrenzi
, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
- 1702
–
Dominique Bouhours
, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
- 1707
–
Francoise-Athenais, marquise de Montespan
, French mistress of
Louis XIV of France
(b. 1640)
- 1781
–
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
- 1797
–
Francois-Noel Babeuf
, French journalist (b. 1760)
- 1831
–
Jedediah Smith
, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
- 1840
–
Niccolo Paganini
, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
- 1867
–
Thomas Bulfinch
American mythologist (b. 1796)
- 1896
–
Aleksandr Stoletov
, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
1901?present
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edit
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- 1910
–
Robert Koch
, German physician and microbiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1843)
- 1918
–
?zutsu Man'emon
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th
Yokozuna
(b. 1869)
- 1919
–
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
- 1933
–
Achille Paroche
, French target shooter (b. 1868)
- 1939
–
Joseph Roth
, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
- 1941
–
Ernst Lindemann
, German captain (b. 1894)
- 1941 –
Gunther Lutjens
, German admiral (b. 1889)
- 1942
–
Muhammed Hamdi Yazır
, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
- 1943
–
Gordon Coates
, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st
Prime Minister of New Zealand
(b. 1878)
- 1945
–
Enno Lolling
, German physician (b. 1888)
- 1947
–
Ed Konetchy
, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
- 1949
–
Robert Ripley
, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
(b. 1890)
- 1953
–
Jesse Burkett
, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
- 1960
–
James Montgomery Flagg
, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
- 1963
–
Grigoris Lambrakis
, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
- 1964
–
Jawaharlal Nehru
, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of India
(b. 1889)
- 1965
–
John Rinehart Blue
, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (b. 1905)
[32]
- 1967
–
W. Otto Miessner
, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
- 1967 –
Ernst Niekisch
, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
- 1969
–
Jeffrey Hunter
, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
- 1971
–
Bela Juhos
, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
- 1971 –
Armando Picchi
, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
- 1980
–
Gun Sazak
, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
- 1984
–
Vasilije Mokranjac
, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
- 1986
–
Ismail al-Faruqi
, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
- 1986 –
Ajoy Mukherjee
, Indian politician,
Chief Minister of West Bengal
(b. 1901)
- 1986 –
Giorgos Tzifos
, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
- 1987
–
John Howard Northrop
, American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1891)
- 1988
–
Hjordis Petterson
, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
- 1988 –
Ernst Ruska
, German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1906)
- 1989
–
Arseny Tarkovsky
, Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)
- 1990
–
Robert B. Meyner
, American lawyer and politician, 44th
Governor of New Jersey
(b. 1908)
- 1991
–
Leopold Nowak
, Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)
- 1992
–
Uncle Charlie Osborne
, American fiddler (b. 1890)
- 1998
–
Minoo Masani
, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
- 2000
–
Kazimierz Leski
, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)
- 2000 –
Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch
, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th
Governor of Hong Kong
(b. 1917)
- 2000 –
Maurice Richard
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)
- 2002
–
Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson
, Scottish historian (b. 1909)
[33]
- 2003
–
Luciano Berio
, Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)
- 2006
–
Rob Borsellino
, American journalist (b. 1949)
- 2006 –
Paul Gleason
, American actor (b. 1939)
- 2006 –
Craig Heyward
, American football player (b. 1966)
- 2007
–
Izumi Sakai
, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
- 2007 –
Gretchen Wyler
, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
- 2007 –
Ed Yost
, American inventor, created the modern
hot air balloon
(b. 1919)
- 2008
–
Franz Kunstler
, Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)
- 2009
–
Thomas M. Franck
, American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)
- 2009 –
Clive Granger
, Welsh-American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1934)
- 2009 –
Mona Grey
, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (b. 1910)
- 2009 –
Abram Hoffer
, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)
- 2009 –
Gerard Jean-Juste
, Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)
- 2009 –
Carol Anne O'Marie
, American nun and author (b. 1933)
- 2009 –
William Refshauge
, Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)
- 2009 –
Paul Sharratt
, English-American television host (b. 1933)
- 2010
–
Payut Ngaokrachang
, Thai animator and director (b. 1929)
- 2011
–
Jeff Conaway
, American actor and singer (b. 1950)
- 2011 –
Margo Dydek
, Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)
- 2011 –
Gil Scott-Heron
, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
- 2012
–
Simeon Daniel
, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st
Premier of Nevis
(b. 1934)
- 2012 –
Friedrich Hirzebruch
, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
- 2012 –
Anahit Perikhanian
, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (b. 1928)
[34]
- 2012 –
David Rimoin
, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)
- 2013
–
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
, Indian politician (b. 1917)
- 2013 –
Bill Pertwee
, English actor (b. 1926)
- 2013 –
Abdoulaye Sekou Sow
, Malian politician,
Prime Minister of Mali
(b. 1931)
- 2014
–
Robert Genn
, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
- 2014 –
Helma Sanders-Brahms
, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 2014 –
Roberto Vargas
, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
- 2014 –
Massimo Vignelli
, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
- 2015
–
Erik Carlsson
, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)
[35]
- 2015 –
Nils Christie
, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
- 2015 –
Andy King
, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
[36]
- 2015 –
Michael Martin
, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
- 2017
–
Gregg Allman
, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
[37]
- 2018
–
Gardner Dozois
, American science fiction author and editor (b. 1947)
[38]
- 2020
–
Larry Kramer
, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)
[39]
- 2021
–
Poul Schluter
, former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)
[40]
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