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Day of the year
August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 122 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1907 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the
Anglo-Russian Convention , by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
1918 –
World War I : Start of the
Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin , a successful assault by the
Australian Corps during the
Hundred Days Offensive .
1920 –
Polish–Soviet War : A decisive Polish victory in the
Battle of Komarów .
1933 – The Integral Nationalist Group wins the
1933 Andorran parliamentary election , the first election in
Andorra held with
universal male suffrage .
[4]
1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its
Neutrality Acts .
1936 –
Radio Prague , now the official
international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
1939 –
Nazi Germany mounts a
false flag
attack on the Gleiwitz radio station , creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting
World War II in Europe .
1940 –
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near
Lovettsville, Virginia . The
CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the
Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1941 –
World War II :
Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the
Battle of Loznica .
1943 –
USS Harmon , the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1949 – The retreat of the
Democratic Army of Greece into
Albania after its defeat on
Gramos mountain marks the end of the
Greek Civil War .
1950 –
TWA Flight 903 crashes near
Itay El Barud , Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.
[5]
1957 – The
Federation of Malaya (now
Malaysia ) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1959 – A
parcel bomb sent by
Ngô Đình Nhu , younger brother and chief adviser of
South Vietnamese President
Ngô Đình Diệm , fails to kill King
Norodom Sihanouk of
Cambodia .
1962 –
Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1963 –
Crown Colony of North Borneo (now
Sabah ) achieves
self governance .
1972 –
Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the
Abzelilovsky District in
Bashkortostan , Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.
[6]
1986 –
Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a
Piper PA-28 Cherokee over
Cerritos, California , killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 – The
Soviet passenger liner
Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the
Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev , killing 423.
1987 –
Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near
Ko Phuket , Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
1988 –
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , killing 14.
[7]
1988 –
CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at
Kai Tak Airport and crashes into
Kowloon Bay , killing seven people.
[8]
1991 –
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the
Soviet Union .
1993 – Russia completes removing its troops from
Lithuania .
1994 – Russia completes removing its troops from
Estonia .
1996 –
Saddam Hussein 's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish
Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival
PUK .
1997 –
Diana, Princess of Wales , her partner
Dodi Fayed and driver
Henri Paul
die in a car crash in Paris.
[9]
1999 – The first of a series of
bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
1999 – A
LAPA
Boeing 737-200
crashes during takeoff from
Jorge Newbury Airport in
Buenos Aires , killing 65, including two on the ground.
2002 –
Typhoon Rusa , the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.
[10]
[11]
2005 – The
2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in
Baghdad kills 953 people.
2006 –
Edvard Munch 's famous painting,
The Scream , stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2016 – Brazil's President
Dilma Rousseff is
impeached and removed from office.
2019 – A sightseeing helicopter
crashes in the mountains of
Skoddevarre in
Alta Municipality in
Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants.
[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1652 –
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga , Italian nobleman (d. 1708)
[16]
1663 –
Guillaume Amontons , French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
1721 –
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol , English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1775)
1741 –
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini , French composer and educator (d. 1816)
1748 –
Jean-Étienne Despréaux , French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (d. 1820)
1767 –
Henry Joy McCracken , Irish businessman and activist, founded the
Society of United Irishmen (d. 1798)
1775 –
Agnes Bulmer , English poet and author (d. 1836)
1797 –
Ramón Castilla , Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (d. 1867)
[17]
1797 –
Stephen Geary , English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1854)
1802 –
Husein Gradaščević , Ottoman general (d. 1834)
1811 –
Théophile Gautier , French poet and critic (d. 1872)
[18]
1821 –
Hermann von Helmholtz , German physician and physicist (d. 1894)
1823 –
Galusha A. Grow , American lawyer and politician, 28th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907)
1834 –
Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and educator (d. 1886)
1842 –
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin , American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924)
1843 –
Georg von Hertling , German academic and politician, 7th
Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919)
1870 –
Maria Montessori , Italian physician and educator (d. 1952)
1871 –
James E. Ferguson , American banker and politician, 26th
Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
1875 –
Rosa Lemberg , Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (d. 1959)
[19]
1878 –
Frank Jarvis , American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1933)
1879 –
Alma Mahler , Austrian-American composer and author (d. 1964)
1879 –
Taishō , Emperor of Japan (d. 1926)
1880 –
Wilhelmina , queen of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1884 –
George Sarton , Belgian-American historian of science (d. 1956)
1885 –
DuBose Heyward , American author and playwright (d. 1940)
1890 –
August Alle , Estonian poet and author (d. 1952)
1890 –
Nätti-Jussi , Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (d. 1964)
[20]
1893 –
Lily Laskine , French harp player (d. 1988)
1894 –
Albert Facey , Australian soldier and author (d. 1982)
1896 –
Brian Edmund Baker , English
Air Marshal (d. 1979)
1896 –
Félix-Antoine Savard , Canadian priest and author (d. 1982)
1897 –
Fredric March , American actor (d. 1975)
1900 –
Gino Lucetti , Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of
Benito Mussolini (d. 1943)
1901–present
1902 –
Géza Révész , Hungarian general and politician,
Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1977)
1903 –
Arthur Godfrey , American radio and television host (d. 1983)
1903 –
Vladimir Jankélévitch , French musicologist and philosopher (d. 1985)
1905 –
Robert Bacher , American physicist and academic (d. 2004)
1905 –
Sanford Meisner , American actor and educator (d. 1997)
1907 –
Valter Biiber , Estonian footballer (d. 1977)
1907 –
Augustus F. Hawkins , American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1907 –
Ramon Magsaysay , Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th
President of the Philippines (d. 1957)
1907 –
William Shawn , American journalist (d. 1992)
1907 –
Altiero Spinelli , Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986)
1908 –
William Saroyan , American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1981)
1909 –
Ferenc Fejtő , Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)
1911 –
Edward Brongersma , Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1911 –
Arsenio Rodríguez , Cuban-American
tres player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1970)
1913 –
Helen Levitt , American photographer and cinematographer (d. 2009)
1913 –
Bernard Lovell , English physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1914 –
Richard Basehart , American actor (d. 1984)
1915 –
Pete Newell , American basketball player and coach (d. 2008)
1916 –
Danny Litwhiler , American baseball player and coach (d. 2011)
1916 –
Daniel Schorr , American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1916 –
John S. Wold , American geologist and politician (d. 2017)
1918 –
Alan Jay Lerner , American songwriter and composer (d. 1986)
1919 –
Amrita Pritam , Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
1921 –
Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (d. 2014)
1921 –
Raymond Williams , Welsh author and academic (d. 1988)
1924 –
John Davidson , American physician and politician (d. 2012)
1924 –
Buddy Hackett , American actor and singer (d. 2003)
[21]
1924 –
Herbert Wise , Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015)
1925 –
Moran Campbell , English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the
venturi mask (d. 2004)
1925 –
Maurice Pialat , French actor and director (d. 2003)
1928 –
James Coburn , American actor (d. 2002)
[21]
1928 –
Jaime Sin , Filipino cardinal (d. 2005)
1930 –
Big Tiny Little , American pianist (d. 2010)
1931 –
Jean Béliveau , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1931 –
Rolf Just Nilsen , Norwegian singer and actor (d. 1981)
[22]
1931 –
Noble Willingham , American actor (d. 2004)
1932 –
Allan Fotheringham , Canadian journalist (d. 2020)
1932 –
Roy Castle , English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (d. 1994)
1935 –
Eldridge Cleaver , American activist and author (d. 1998)
[21]
1935 –
Bryan Organ , English painter
1935 –
Frank Robinson , American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)
[21]
1936 –
Vladimir Orlov , Russian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1937 –
Warren Berlinger , American actor (d. 2020)
1937 –
Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1938 –
Martin Bell , English journalist and politician
1939 –
Jerry Allison , American drummer and songwriter (d. 2022)
[23]
1940 –
Robbie Basho , American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)
1940 –
Wilton Felder , American saxophonist and bass player (d. 2015)
1940 –
Larry Hankin , American actor, director, and producer
1940 –
Roger Newman , English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1940 –
Jack Thompson , Australian actor
1941 –
William DeWitt, Jr. , American businessman
1941 –
Emmanuel Nunes , Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)
1942 –
Isao Aoki , Japanese golfer
1943 –
Leonid Ivashov , Russian general
1944 –
Roger Dean , English illustrator and publisher
1944 –
Liz Forgan , English journalist
1944 –
Christine King , English historian and academic
1944 –
Clive Lloyd , Guyanese cricketer
1945 –
Van Morrison , Northern Irish singer-songwriter
[23]
1945 –
Itzhak Perlman , Israeli-American violinist and conductor
[23]
1945 –
Bob Welch , American singer and guitarist (d. 2012)
[21]
1946 –
Ann Coffey , Scottish social worker and politician
1946 –
Jerome Corsi , American conspiracy theorist and author
1946 –
Tom Coughlin , American football player and coach
1947 –
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo , Italian businessman
1947 –
Yumiko Ōshima , Japanese author and illustrator
1947 –
Somchai Wongsawat , Thai lawyer and politician, 26th
Prime Minister of Thailand
1948 –
Harald Ertl , Austrian race car driver and journalist (d. 1982)
1948 –
Lowell Ganz , American screenwriter and producer
1948 –
Ken McMullen , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 –
Holger Osieck , German footballer and manager
1948 –
Rudolf Schenker , German guitarist and songwriter
[23]
1949 –
Richard Gere , American actor and producer
[23]
1949 –
Stephen McKinley Henderson , American actor
[23]
1949 –
Hugh David Politzer , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1949 –
Rick Roberts , American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Grant Batty , New Zealand rugby player
1952 –
Kim Kashkashian , American viola player and educator
1952 –
Herbert Reul , German politician
1953 –
Marcia Clark , American attorney and author
[21]
1953 –
Miguel Ángel Guerra , Argentinian race car driver
1953 –
György Károly , Hungarian poet and author (d. 2018)
1953 –
Pavel Vinogradov , Russian astronaut and engineer
1954 –
Julie Brown , American actress and screenwriter
1955 –
Aleksander Krupa , Polish-American actor
1955 –
Julie Maxton , Scottish lawyer and academic
1955 –
Edwin Moses , American hurdler
[21]
1955 –
Anthony Thistlethwaite , English saxophonist and bass player
1955 –
Gary Webb , American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1956 –
Mária Balážová , Slovak painter and illustrator
1956 –
Kent Nilsson , Swedish ice hockey player
[24]
1956 –
Masashi Tashiro , Japanese singer, actor, and director
1956 –
Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwanese politician and the
President of the Republic of China
[25]
1957 –
Colm O'Rourke , Irish footballer and sportscaster
1957 –
Gina Schock , American drummer
[23]
1957 –
Glenn Tilbrook , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[23]
1958 –
Serge Blanco , Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
1958 –
Stephen Cottrell , English bishop
1959 –
Ralph Krueger , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 –
Jessica Upshaw , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1960 –
Vali Ionescu , Romanian long jumper
1960 –
Chris Whitley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1960 –
Hassan Nasrallah , Lebanese politician, 3rd
Secretary-General of Hezbollah
1961 –
Kieran Crowley , New Zealand rugby player
1961 –
Magnus Ilmjärv , Estonian historian and author
1962 –
Dee Bradley Baker , American voice actor
1963 –
Reb Beach , American guitarist
1963 –
Rituparno Ghosh , Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1963 –
Sonny Silooy , Dutch footballer and manager
1964 –
Raymond P. Hammond , American poet and critic
1965 –
Zsolt Borkai , Hungarian gymnast and politician
1965 –
Susan Gritton , English soprano and actress
1966 –
Lyuboslav Penev , Bulgarian footballer and manager
1967 –
Gene Hoglan , American drummer
1967 –
Anita Moen , Norwegian skier
1968 –
Valdon Dowiyogo , Nauruan politician (d. 2016)
1968 –
Hideo Nomo , Japanese baseball player
1968 –
Jolene Watanabe , American tennis player (d. 2019)
1969 –
Nathalie Bouvier , French skier
1969 –
Jonathan LaPaglia , Australian actor and physician
1969 –
Jeff Russo , American musician
[23]
1969 –
Javagal Srinath , Indian cricketer and referee
1970 –
Debbie Gibson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[23]
1970 –
Nikola Gruevski , Macedonian economist and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970 –
Greg Mulholland , English politician
1970 –
Queen Rania of Jordan
[26]
1970 –
Arie van Lent , Dutch-German footballer and manager
1970 –
Zack Ward , Canadian actor and producer
[23]
1971 –
Kirstie Allsopp , British TV presenter
1971 –
Pádraig Harrington , Irish golfer
1971 –
Vadim Repin , Belgian-Russian violinist
1971 –
Chris Tucker , American comedian and actor
[23]
1973 –
Scott Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 –
Andriy Medvedev , Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
1975 –
Craig Cumming , New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1975 –
John Grahame , American ice hockey player and coach
1975 –
Sara Ramirez , Mexican-American actor and musician
[27]
[28]
1976 –
Vincent Delerm , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1976 –
Shar Jackson , American actress and singer
[21]
1976 –
Roque Júnior , Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 –
Radek Martínek , Czech ice hockey player
1977 –
Jeff Hardy , American wrestler and singer
1977 –
Ian Harte , Irish footballer
1977 –
Craig Nicholls , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 –
Arzu Yanardağ , Turkish actress and model
1978 –
Philippe Christanval , French footballer
1978 –
Ido Pariente , Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
1978 –
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero , Venezuelan model
[29]
1978 –
Craig Stapleton , Australian rugby league player
1978 –
Sandis Valters , Latvian basketball player
1978 –
Morten Qvenild , Norwegian pianist and composer
1979 –
Clay Hensley , American baseball player
1979 –
Mark Johnston , Canadian swimmer
1979 –
Yara Martinez , Puerto Rican-American actress
[21]
1979 –
Simon Neil , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 –
Yuvan Shankar Raja , Indian
Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
1979 –
Ramón Santiago , Dominican baseball player
1979 –
Mickie James , American wrestler
1980 –
Joe Budden , American rapper
1981 –
Ahmad Al Harthy , Omani race car driver
1981 –
Dwayne Peel , Welsh rugby player
1981 –
Steve Saviano , American ice hockey player
1982 –
Ian Crocker , American swimmer
1982 –
Chris Duhon , American basketball player
1982 –
Lien Huyghebaert , Belgian sprinter
1982 –
Christopher Katongo , Zambian footballer
1982 –
Josh Kroeger , American baseball player
1982 –
Alexei Mikhnov , Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1982 –
Pepe Reina , Spanish footballer
1982 –
Michele Rugolo , Italian race car driver
1982 –
G. Willow Wilson , American journalist and author
1983 –
Deniz Aydoğdu , German-Turkish footballer
1983 –
Milan Biševac , Serbian footballer
1983 –
Larry Fitzgerald , American football player
1984 –
Matti Breschel , Danish cyclist
1984 –
Ryan Kesler , American ice hockey player
1984 –
Ted Ligety , American skier
[21]
1984 –
Charl Schwartzel , South African golfer
1985 –
Rolando , Portuguese footballer
1985 –
Andrew Foster , Australian footballer
1985 –
Mabel Matiz , Turkish singer
1985 –
Mohammed bin Salman ,
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
[30]
1986 –
Ryan Kelley , American actor
[21]
1986 –
Blake Wheeler , American ice hockey player
[31]
1987 –
Xavi Annunziata , Spanish footballer
1987 –
Petros Kravaritis , Greek footballer
1987 –
Ondřej Pavelec , Czech ice hockey player
1988 –
Matt Adams , American baseball player
[32]
1988 –
Trent Hodkinson , Australian rugby league player
1988 –
David Ospina , Colombian footballer
1988 –
Ember Moon , American wrestler
1989 –
Dezmon Briscoe , American football player
1990 –
Tadeja Majerič , Slovenian tennis player
1991 –
António Félix da Costa , Portuguese race car driver
1991 –
Cédric Soares , Portuguese footballer
1992 –
Holly Earl , British actress
1992 –
Tyler Randell , Australian rugby league player
1993 –
Pablo Marí , Spanish football player
1993 –
Ilnur Alshin , Russian football player
1993 –
Anna Karnaukh , Russian water polo player
1994 –
Alex Harris , Scottish footballer
1994 –
Can Aktav , Turkish football player
1996 –
Jalen Brunson , American basketball player
[33]
1998 –
Jaylen Barron , American actress
[21]
2000 –
Sauce Gardner , American football player
[34]
2001 –
Amanda Anisimova , American tennis player
[35]
2004 –
Jang Won-young , South Korean singer and model
[36]
Deaths
Pre-1600
318 –
Liu Cong , emperor of the Xiongnu state
577 –
John Scholasticus , Byzantine patriarch and saint
651 –
Aidan of Lindisfarne , Irish bishop and saint
[37]
731 –
Ōtomo no Tabito , Japanese poet (b. 665)
894 –
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i , Muslim governor
1054 –
Kunigunde of Altdorf , Frankish noblewoman (b. c. 1020)
1056 –
Theodora , Empress of the
Eastern Roman Empire (b. 981)
1115 –
Turgot of Durham (b.c. 1050)
[38]
1158 –
Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
1234 –
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1287 –
Konrad von Würzburg , German poet
1324 –
Henry II of Jerusalem (b. 1271)
1372 –
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 –
Henry V of England (b. 1386)
1450 –
Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b. 1395)
1502 –
Thomas Wode , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1528 –
Matthias Grünewald , German artist (b. 1470)
1601–1900
1645 –
Francesco Bracciolini , Italian poet (b. 1566)
1654 –
Ole Worm , Danish physician and historian (b. 1588)
1688 –
John Bunyan , English preacher, theologian, and author (b. 1628)
1730 –
Gottfried Finger , Czech-German
viol player and composer (b. 1660)
1741 –
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius , German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
1772 –
William Borlase , English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
1795 –
François-André Danican Philidor , French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)
1799 –
Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect and academic, designed the
Bernstorff Palace and
Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)
1811 –
Louis Antoine de Bougainville , French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
1814 –
Arthur Phillip , English admiral and politician, 1st
Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
1817 –
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet , English admiral and politician, 39th
Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
1818 –
Robert Calder , Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
[39]
1858 –
Chief Oshkosh , Menominee chief (b. 1795)
[40]
1867 –
Charles Baudelaire , French poet and critic (b. 1821)
1864 –
Ferdinand Lassalle , Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (b. 1825)
[41]
1869 –
Mary Ward , Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
1884 –
Robert Torrens , Irish-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
1901–present
1908 –
Leslie Green , English architect (b. 1875)
1910 –
Emīls Dārziņš , Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
1912 –
Jean, duc Decazes , French sailor (b. 1864)
1920 –
Wilhelm Wundt , German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
1924 –
Todor Aleksandrov , Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
1927 –
Andranik , Armenian general (b. 1865)
1937 –
Ruth Baldwin , British socialite (b. 1905)
[42]
1940 –
Georges Gauthier , Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
1940 –
DeLancey W. Gill , American painter (b. 1859)
[43]
1941 –
Thomas Bavin , New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
1941 –
Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
1945 –
Stefan Banach , Polish mathematician (b. 1892)
[44]
1948 –
Andrei Zhdanov , Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
1951 –
Paul Demel , Czech actor (b. 1903)
1952 –
Henri Bourassa , Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
1954 –
Elsa Barker , American author and poet (b. 1869)
1963 –
Georges Braque , French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
1965 –
E. E. Smith , American engineer and author (b. 1890)
1967 –
Ilya Ehrenburg , Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
1968 –
John Hartle , English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
1969 –
Rocky Marciano , American boxer (b. 1923)
1973 –
John Ford , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1974 –
William Pershing Benedict , American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
1974 –
Norman Kirk , New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)
1978 –
John Wrathall , Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd
President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
1979 –
Sally Rand , American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
1979 –
Tiger Smith , English cricketer and coach (b. 1886)
1984 –
Audrey Wagner , American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)
1985 –
Frank Macfarlane Burnet , Australian virologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1986 –
Elizabeth Coatsworth , American author and poet (b. 1893)
1986 –
Urho Kekkonen , Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th
President of Finland (b. 1900)
1986 –
Henry Moore , English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
1990 –
Nathaniel Clifton , American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
1991 –
Cliff Lumsdon , Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)
1997 –
Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
[45]
1997 –
Dodi Fayed , Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)
[46]
2000 –
Lucille Fletcher , American screenwriter (b. 1912)
2000 –
Dolores Moore , American baseball player and educator (b. 1932)
2002 –
Lionel Hampton , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
2002 –
Farhad Mehrad , Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
2002 –
George Porter , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2005 –
Joseph Rotblat , Polish-English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
2006 –
Mohamed Abdelwahab , Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2006 –
Tom Delaney , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
2007 –
Gay Brewer , American golfer (b. 1932)
2007 –
Jean Jacques Paradis , Canadian general (b. 1928)
2007 –
Sulev Vahtre , Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)
2008 –
Ken Campbell , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2008 –
Ike Pappas , American journalist (b. 1933)
2008 –
Victor Yates , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)
2010 –
Laurent Fignon , French cyclist (b. 1960)
2011 –
Wade Belak , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)
2012 –
Max Bygraves , English actor (b. 1922)
2012 –
Joe Lewis , American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)
2012 –
Carlo Maria Martini , Italian cardinal (b. 1927)
2012 –
Kashiram Rana , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2012 –
John C. Shabaz , American judge and politician (b. 1931)
2012 –
Sergey Sokolov , Russian commander and politician, 6th
Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
2013 –
Alan Carrington , English chemist and academic (b. 1934)
2013 –
David Frost , English journalist and game show host (b. 1939)
2013 –
Jimmy Greenhalgh , English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2013 –
Jan Camiel Willems , Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1939)
2014 –
Bapu , Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
[47]
2014 –
Ștefan Andrei , Romanian politician, 87th
Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)
2014 –
Stan Goldberg , American illustrator (b. 1932)
2014 –
Carol Vadnais , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
[48]
2015 –
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu , English politician, founded the
National Motor Museum (b. 1926)
[49]
2015 –
Tom Scott , American football player (b. 1930)
[50]
2018 –
Carole Shelley , British-American actress (b. 1939)
[51]
2019 –
Anthoine Hubert , French race car driver (b. 1996)
[52]
2019 –
Alec Holowka , Canadian game developer (b. 1983)
[53]
2020 –
Pranab Mukherjee , Former President of India (b. 1935)
[54]
2020 –
Tom Seaver , American baseball player (b. 1944)
[55]
2021 –
Mahal , Filipino comedian and actress (b. 1974)
[56]
2021 –
Francesco Morini , Italian footballer (b. 1944)
[57]
2021 –
Michael Constantine , Greek-American actor (b. 1927)
[58]
2021 –
Geronimo , British
alpaca (b. 2013)
[59]
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