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Day of the year
August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 131 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1614 –
Fettmilch Uprising : Jews are expelled from
Frankfurt ,
Holy Roman Empire , following the plundering of the
Judengasse .
1639 – Madras (now
Chennai ), India, is founded by the
British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 –
Charles I raises his standard in
Nottingham , which marks the beginning of the
English Civil War .
1654 –
Jacob Barsimson arrives in
New Amsterdam . He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1711 – Britain's
Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at
Pointe-aux-Anglais .
1717 – Spanish troops land on
Sardinia .
1770 –
James Cook names and lands on
Possession Island , and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as
New South Wales .
1777 – British forces abandon the
Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of
Continental Army reinforcements.
1780 – James Cook's ship
HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1791 – The
Haitian
slave revolution begins in
Saint-Domingue, Haiti .
1798 – French troops land at
Kilcummin, County Mayo , Ireland to aid the
rebellion .
1827 –
José de La Mar becomes
President of Peru .
1846 – The
Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
1849 –
Passaleão incident :
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral , the
governor of
Portuguese Macau , is
assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between
China and
Portugal at the
Battle of Passaleão three days after.
[2]
1851 – The first
America's Cup is won by the
yacht
America .
1864 – Twelve nations sign the
First Geneva Convention , establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
[3]
1875 – The
Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of
Sakhalin for the
Kuril Islands .
1894 –
Mahatma Gandhi forms the
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1901–present
1902 – The
Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 –
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1902 – At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7
Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
[4]
1922 –
Michael Collins ,
Commander-in-chief of the
Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the
Irish Civil War .
1934 –
Bill Woodfull of
Australia becomes the only
test cricket captain to twice regain
The Ashes .
1941 –
World War II : German troops begin the
Siege of Leningrad .
1942 –
Brazil declares war on
Germany , Japan and
Italy .
1944 – World War II:
Holocaust of Kedros in
Crete by German forces.
1949 – The
Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the
1700 Cascadia earthquake .
1953 – The
penal colony on
Devil's Island is permanently closed.
1962 – The
OAS attempts to assassinate French president
Charles de Gaulle .
1963 –
X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
1965 –
Juan Marichal , pitcher for the
San Francisco Giants , strikes
John Roseboro , catcher for the
Los Angeles Dodgers , on the head with a
bat , sparking a
14-minute brawl , one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.
[5]
1966 – Labor movements
NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the
United Farm Workers .
1968 –
Pope Paul VI arrives in
Bogotá ,
Colombia . It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1971 –
J. Edgar Hoover and
John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of
the Camden 28 .
1972 –
Rhodesia is expelled by the
IOC for its racist policies.
1973 – The
Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President
Salvador Allende 's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
1978 –
Nicaraguan Revolution : The
FLSN seizes the
National Congress of Nicaragua , along with over a thousand hostages.
1978 – The
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
1981 –
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in
Sanyi Township ,
Miaoli County ,
Taiwan . All 110 people on board are killed.
[6]
1985 –
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at
Manchester Airport . The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
1989 –
Nolan Ryan strikes out
Rickey Henderson to become the first
Major League Baseball
pitcher to record 5,000
strikeouts .
1991 –
Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the
Baltic states .
1992 –
FBI
sniper
Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at
Ruby Ridge, Idaho .
1999 –
China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at
Hong Kong International Airport , killing three people and injuring 208 more.
[7]
2003 –
Alabama
Chief Justice
Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the
Ten Commandments from the lobby of the
Alabama Supreme Court building.
2004 – Versions of
The Scream and
Madonna , two paintings by
Edvard Munch , are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in
Oslo , Norway.
2006 –
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern
Ukraine , killing all 170 people on board.
2006 –
Grigori Perelman is awarded the
Fields Medal for his proof of the
Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
2007 – The
Texas Rangers defeat the
Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern
Major League Baseball history.
2012 –
Ethnic clashes over
grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's
Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1601 –
Georges de Scudéry , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
1624 –
Jean Regnault de Segrais , French author and poet (d. 1701)
1647 –
Denis Papin , French physicist and mathematician, developed
pressure cooking (d. 1712)
1679 –
Pierre Guérin de Tencin , French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 –
Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
1764 –
Charles Percier , French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)
1771 –
Henry Maudslay , English engineer (d. 1831)
1773 –
Aimé Bonpland , French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
1778 –
James Kirke Paulding , American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th
United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
1800 –
Samuel David Luzzatto , Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
1818 –
Rudolf von Jhering , German jurist (d. 1892)
[10]
1827 –
Ezra Butler Eddy , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)
1834 –
Samuel Pierpont Langley , American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
1836 –
Archibald Willard , American soldier and painter (d. 1918)
1844 –
George W. De Long , American Naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)
1845 –
William Lewis Douglas , American businessman and politician, 42nd
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1847 –
John Forrest , Australian politician, 1st
Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
1848 –
Melville Elijah Stone , American publisher, founded the
Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)
1854 –
Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
1857 –
Ned Hanlon , American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1860 –
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , Polish-German technician and inventor, created the
Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
1860 –
Alfred Ploetz , German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
1862 –
Claude Debussy , French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
1867 –
Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1867 –
Charles Francis Jenkins , American inventor (d. 1934)
1868 –
Willis R. Whitney , American chemist (d. 1958)
1873 –
Alexander Bogdanov , Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 –
Max Scheler , German philosopher and author (d. 1928)
1880 –
Gorch Fock , German author and poet (d. 1916)
1880 –
George Herriman , American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1881 –
Bede Jarrett , English Dominican priest (d. 1934)
[11]
1881 –
James Newland , Australian soldier and policeman (d. 1949)
[12]
1882 –
Raymonde de Laroche , French pilot (d. 1919)
1887 –
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , German jurist and politician,
German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1977)
1890 –
Cecil Kellaway , South African actor (d. 1973)
1891 –
Henry Bachtold , Australian soldier and railway engineer (d. 1983)
1891 –
Jacques Lipchitz , Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 –
Wilfred Kitching , English 7th
General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)
1893 –
Dorothy Parker , American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
1893 –
Ernest H. Volwiler , American chemist (d. 1992)
1895 –
László Almásy , Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)
1895 –
Paul Comtois , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
1896 –
Laurence McKinley Gould , American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)
1897 –
Bill Woodfull , Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)
1900 –
Lisy Fischer , Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999)
1901–present
1902 –
Thomas Pelly , American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)
1902 –
Leni Riefenstahl , German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
1902 –
Edward Rowe Snow , American historian and author (d. 1982)
1903 –
Jerry Iger , American cartoonist, co-founded
Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
1904 –
Deng Xiaoping , Chinese soldier and politician, 1st
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 –
Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
1908 –
Erwin Thiesies , German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
1909 –
Julius J. Epstein , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
1909 –
Mel Hein , American football player and coach (d. 1992)
1913 –
Leonard Pagliero , English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
1913 –
Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1914 –
Jack Dunphy , American author and playwright (d. 1992)
1914 –
Connie B. Gay , American businessman, co-founded the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
1915 –
David Dellinger , American activist (d. 2004)
1915 –
James Hillier , Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the
electron microscope (d. 2007)
1915 –
Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and politician, 15th
Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
1917 –
John Lee Hooker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1918 –
Mary McGrory , American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1920 –
Ray Bradbury , American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 2012)
[13]
1920 –
Denton Cooley , American surgeon and scientist (d. 2016)
[14]
1921 –
Dinos Dimopoulos , Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1921 –
Tony Pawson , English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
1922 –
Roberto Aizenberg , Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
1922 –
Theoni V. Aldredge , Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
1922 –
Frank Kelly Freas , American science fiction and fantasy artist (d. 2005)
[15]
1924 –
James Kirkwood, Jr. , American playwright and author (d. 1989)
1924 –
Harishankar Parsai , Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995)
1925 –
Honor Blackman , English actress and republican (d. 2020)
[16]
1926 –
Marc Bohan , French fashion designer (d. 2023)
[13]
1926 –
Bob Flanigan , American pop singer (d. 2011)
1928 –
Tinga Seisay , Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d. 2015)
1928 –
Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer and academic (d. 2007)
[17]
1929 –
Valery Alekseyev , Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
1929 –
Ulrich Wegener , German police officer and general (d. 2017)
1930 –
Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
1932 –
Gerald P. Carr , American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (d. 2020)
1933 –
Sylva Koscina , Italian actress (d. 1994)
1934 –
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. , American general and engineer (d. 2012)
[13]
1935 –
Annie Proulx , American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
[13]
1936 –
Chuck Brown , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
1936 –
John Callaway , American journalist and producer (d. 2009)
1936 –
Dale Hawkins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936 –
Werner Stengel , German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the
Maverick roller coaster
1938 –
Jean Berkey , American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
1939 –
Valerie Harper , American actress (d. 2019)
[18]
1939 –
Carl Yastrzemski , American baseball player
[19]
1941 –
Bill Parcells , American football player and coach
[20]
1943 –
Alun Michael , Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural
First Minister of Wales
1943 –
Masatoshi Shima , Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the
Intel 4004
1944 –
Roger Cashmore , English physicist and academic
1945 –
David Chase , American screenwriter and producer
[21]
1945 –
Ron Dante , American singer-songwriter and producer
[22]
1947 –
Cindy Williams , American actress and producer
[23] (d. 2023)
1948 –
David Marks , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[21]
1949 –
Diana Nyad , American swimmer and author
[13]
1949 –
Joop Donkervoort , Dutch businessman
[24]
1950 –
Ray Burris , American baseball player and coach
1950 –
Scooter Libby , American lawyer and politician,
Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
1952 –
Peter Laughner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1953 –
Paul Ellering , American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
1955 –
Chiranjeevi , Indian film actor, producer and politician
1956 –
Paul Molitor , American baseball player and coach
[13]
1956 –
Peter Taylor , Australian cricketer
1957 –
Steve Davis , English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
1957 –
Holly Dunn , American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1958 –
Colm Feore , American-Canadian actor
1958 –
Stevie Ray , American semi-retired wrestler
1958 –
Vernon Reid , English-born American guitarist and songwriter
[21]
1959 –
Juan Croucier , Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1959 –
Pia Gjellerup , Danish lawyer and politician,
Danish Minister of Finance
1959 –
Mark Williams , English actor
1960 –
Holger Gehrke , German footballer and manager
1960 –
Collin Raye , American country music singer
[21]
1960 –
Regina Taylor , American actress and playwright
[21]
1961 –
Andrés Calamaro , Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961 –
Roland Orzabal , English singer and musician
[21]
1961 –
Debbi Peterson , American singer-songwriter and drummer
[21]
1962 –
Stefano Tilli , Italian sprinter
1963 –
Tori Amos , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
[21]
1963 –
James DeBarge , American R&B/soul singer
[21]
1963 –
Terry Catledge , American basketball player
1964 –
Trey Gowdy , American lawyer and
U.S. Representative
1964 –
Mats Wilander , Swedish-American tennis player and coach
[13]
1965 –
Wendy Botha , South African-Australian surfer
1965 –
David Reimer , Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (d. 2004)
[25]
1966 –
GZA , American rapper and producer
[21]
1966 –
Rob Witschge , Dutch footballer and manager
1967 –
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , English actor
[21]
1967 –
Ty Burrell , American actor and comedian
[21]
1967 –
Paul Colman , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 –
Alfred Gough , American screenwriter and producer
1967 –
Layne Staley , American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1968 –
Casper Christensen , Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1968 –
Rich Lowry , American writer and magazine editor (
National Review )
1968 –
Aleksandr Mostovoi , Russian footballer
1968 –
Elisabeth Murdoch , Australian businesswoman
1968 –
Horst Skoff , Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
1970 –
Charlie Connelly , English author and broadcaster
1970 –
Giada De Laurentiis , Italian-American chef and author
[21]
1970 –
Tímea Nagy , Hungarian fencer
[26]
1971 –
Richard Armitage , English actor
[13]
1971 –
Craig Finn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 –
Melinda Page Hamilton , American actress
[21]
1971 –
Rick Yune , American actor
[21]
1972 –
Okkert Brits , South African pole vaulter
1972 –
Paul Doucette , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
[21]
1972 –
Steve Kline , American baseball player and coach
1972 –
Max Wilson , German-Brazilian race car driver
1973 –
Roslina Bakar , Malaysian sport shooter
[27]
1973 –
Beenie Man , Jamaican deejay
[21]
1973 –
Howie Dorough , American singer-songwriter and dancer
[21]
1973 –
Kristen Wiig , American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
[21]
1973 –
Eurelijus Žukauskas , Lithuanian basketball player
1974 –
Cory Gardner , American politician
1974 –
Jenna Leigh Green , American actress and singer
[21]
1974 –
Agustín Pichot , Argentinian rugby player
1975 –
Clint Bolton , Australian footballer
1975 –
Rodrigo Santoro , Brazilian actor
1976 –
Marius Bezykornovas , Lithuanian footballer
1976 –
Bryn Davies , American bassist, cellist, and pianist
1976 –
Laurent Hernu , French decathlete
1976 –
Jeff Weaver , American baseball player
[28]
1976 –
Randy Wolf , American baseball player
1977 –
Heiðar Helguson , Icelandic footballer
1977 –
Keren Cytter , Israeli visual artist and writer
1978 –
James Corden , English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
[21]
1978 –
Ioannis Gagaloudis , Greek basketball player
1979 –
Brandon Adams , American actor
[21]
1979 –
Matt Walters , American football player
1980 –
Roland Benschneider , German footballer
1980 –
Nicolas Macrozonaris , Canadian sprinter
1980 –
Aya Sumika , American actress
[21]
1980 –
Seiko Yamamoto , Japanese wrestler
1981 –
Alex Holmes , American football player
1981 –
Jang Hyun-kyu , South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1981 –
Christina Obergföll , German athlete
1983 –
Theo Bos , Dutch cyclist
1983 –
Jahri Evans , American football player
1984 –
Lee Camp , English footballer
1984 –
Lawrence Quaye , Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
1985 –
Luke Russert , American journalist
1985 –
Jey Uso , Samoan-American wrestler
1985 –
Jimmy Uso , Samoan-American wrestler
1985 –
Salih Yoluç , Turkish Automobile Racer
[29]
1986 –
Stephen Ireland , Irish footballer
1986 –
Tokushōryū Makoto , Japanese sumo wrestler
1986 –
Pac , English wrestler
1987 –
Leonardo Moracci , Italian footballer
1987 –
Apollo Crews , American wrestler
1989 –
Giacomo Bonaventura , Italian footballer
1990 –
Randall Cobb , American football player
1990 –
Drew Hutchison , American baseball player
1990 –
Robbie Rochow , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Adam Thielen , American football player
[30]
1991 –
Federico Macheda , Italian footballer
1991 –
Brayden Schenn , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 –
Ema Burgić Bucko , Bosnian tennis player
1992 –
Ari Stidham , American actor
[21]
1993 –
Dillon Danis , American mixed martial artist
[31]
1994 –
Israel Broussard , American actor
[13]
1994 –
Olli Määttä , Finnish ice hockey player
1995 –
Dua Lipa , English singer-songwriter
[32]
1996 –
Jessica-Jane Applegate , British Paralympic swimmer
[33]
1996 –
Jeon So-min , South Korean singer-songwriter
[34]
1997 –
Maxx Crosby , American football player
[35]
1997 –
Lautaro Martínez , Argentine footballer
[36]
2001 –
LaMelo Ball , American basketball player
[37]
2003 –
Cooper Connolly , Australian cricketer
[38]
Deaths
Pre-1600
408 –
Stilicho , Roman general (b. 359)
1155 –
Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
1241 –
Pope Gregory IX , (b. 1143)
1280 –
Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225)
[39]
1304 –
John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
1338 –
William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
1350 –
Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
[40]
1358 –
Isabella of France (b. 1295)
1425 –
Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (b. 1423)
1456 –
Vladislav II of Wallachia
1485 –
Richard III of England (b. 1452)
[41]
1485 –
James Harrington , Yorkist knight
1485 –
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
1485 –
Richard Ratcliffe , supporter of Richard III
1485 –
William Brandon , supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
1532 –
William Warham ,
Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)
1545 –
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician and husband of
Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)
1553 –
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English admiral and politician,
Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
1572 –
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland , English leader of the
Rising of the North (b. 1528)
1584 –
Jan Kochanowski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
1599 –
Luca Marenzio , Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
1601–1900
1607 –
Bartholomew Gosnold , English lawyer and explorer, founded the
London Company (b. 1572)
1652 –
Jacob De la Gardie , Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician,
Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
1664 –
Maria Cunitz , Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
1680 –
John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
1681 –
Philippe Delano , Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
1701 –
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath , English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
1711 –
Louis François, duc de Boufflers , French general (b. 1644)
1752 –
William Whiston , English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
1773 –
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton , English poet and politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
[42]
1793 –
Louis de Noailles , French general (b. 1713)
1797 –
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser , French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
1806 –
Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
1818 –
Warren Hastings , English lawyer and politician, 1st
Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
1828 –
Franz Joseph Gall , Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
[43]
1850 –
Nikolaus Lenau , Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
1861 –
Xianfeng , Emperor of China (b. 1831)
1888 –
Ágoston Trefort , Hungarian jurist and politician,
Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
1891 –
Jan Neruda , Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
1901–present
1903 –
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , English academic and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1904 –
Kate Chopin , American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
1909 –
Henry Radcliffe Crocker , English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
1914 –
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi , Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
1918 –
Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
1920 –
Anders Zorn , Swedish artist (b. 1860)
1922 –
Michael Collins , Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd
Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
1926 –
Charles William Eliot , American academic (b. 1834)
1933 –
Alexandros Kontoulis , Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
1940 –
Oliver Lodge , English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
1940 –
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland , Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
1942 –
Michel Fokine , Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
1946 –
Döme Sztójay , Hungarian general and politician, 35th
Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
1950 –
Kirk Bryan , American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
1951 –
Jack Bickell , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
1953 –
Jim Tabor , American baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 –
Roger Martin du Gard , French novelist and paleographer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1960 –
Johannes Sikkar , Estonian soldier and politician,
Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
1963 –
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield , English businessman and philanthropist, founded
Morris Motors (b. 1877)
1967 –
Gregory Goodwin Pincus , American biologist and academic, co-created the
birth-control pill (b. 1903)
1970 –
Vladimir Propp , Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
1971 –
Birger Nerman , Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888)
[44]
1974 –
Jacob Bronowski , Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
1976 –
Gina Bachauer , Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
1976 –
Juscelino Kubitschek , Brazilian physician and politician, 21st
President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1977 –
Sebastian Cabot , English actor (b. 1918)
1977 –
Chunseong , Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
1977 –
Rex Connor , Australian politician (b. 1907)
[45]
1978 –
Jomo Kenyatta , Kenyan politician, 1st
President of Kenya (b. 1894)
1979 –
James T. Farrell , American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
1980 –
James Smith McDonnell , American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded
McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
1981 –
Vicente Manansala , Filipino painter (b. 1910)
1985 –
Charles Gibson (historian) , Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the
American Historical Association (b. 1920)
1986 –
Celâl Bayar , Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Turkey (b. 1883)
1987 –
Joseph P. Lash , American author and journalist (b. 1909)
1989 –
Robert Grondelaers , Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
1989 –
Huey P. Newton , American activist, co-founded the
Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
1991 –
Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
1991 –
Boris Pugo , Russian soldier and politician,
Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
1994 –
Gilles Groulx , Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
1994 –
Allan Houser , American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
1995 –
Johnny Carey , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
1996 –
Erwin Komenda , Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
2000 –
Abulfaz Elchibey , 2nd
President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
2003 –
Arnold Gerschwiler , Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
2004 –
Konstantin Aseev , Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
2004 –
Angus Bethune , Australian soldier and politician, 33rd
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
2004 –
Daniel Petrie , Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
2005 –
Luc Ferrari , French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
2005 –
Ernest Kirkendall , American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
2007 –
Grace Paley , American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
2008 –
Gladys Powers , English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
2009 –
Muriel Duckworth , Canadian
pacifist ,
feminist , and
activist (b. 1908)
[46]
2009 –
Elmer Kelton , American journalist and author (b. 1926)
2010 –
Stjepan Bobek , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2011 –
Nick Ashford , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
2011 –
Jack Layton , Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
2011 –
Casey Ribicoff , American philanthropist (b. 1922)
2012 –
Nina Bawden , English author (b. 1925)
2012 –
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi , Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
2012 –
Jeffrey Stone , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013 –
Paul Poberezny , American pilot and businessman, founded the
Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)
2013 –
Andrea Servi , Italian footballer (b. 1984)
2014 –
U. R. Ananthamurthy , Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2014 –
Emmanuel Kriaras , Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
2014 –
Pete Ladygo , American football player and coach (b. 1928)
2014 –
Noella Leduc , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2014 –
John Sperling , American businessman, founded the
University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
2014 –
John S. Waugh , American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
2015 –
Arthur Morris , Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)
2015 –
Ieng Thirith , Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
2015 –
Eric Thompson , English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)
2016 –
S. R. Nathan , 6th
President of Singapore (b. 1924)
2016 –
Toots Thielemans , Belgian and American
jazz musician (b. 1922)
2017 –
Michael J. C. Gordon , British
Computer scientist (b. 1948)
2018 –
Ed King , American musician (b. 1949)
[47]
2018 –
Krishna Reddy , Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (b. 1925)
[48]
2021 –
Rod Gilbert , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
[49]
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