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Day of the year
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 222 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 – Sultan
Abdul Hamid II publicly announces the creation of the
Ullah millet for the
Aromanians of the empire, which had been established one day earlier. For this reason, the
Aromanian National Day is usually celebrated on May 23,
[3] although some do so on
May 22 instead.
[4]
1907 – The
unicameral
Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
1911 – The
New York Public Library is dedicated.
1915 –
World War I : Italy joins the
Allies , fulfilling its part of the
Treaty of London .
1932 – In
Brazil , four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator
Getúlio Vargas , which resulted in the outbreak of the
Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
1934 – American
bank robbers
Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in
Bienville Parish, Louisiana .
1934 – The
Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the
Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
1939 – The
U.S. Navy
submarine
USS Squalus sinks off the coast of
New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
1945 –
World War II :
Heinrich Himmler , head of the
Schutzstaffel , commits suicide while in
Allied custody.
[5]
1945 – World War II: Germany's
Flensburg Government under
Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
1946 – The start of a
two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.
[6]
[7]
1948 –
Thomas C. Wasson , the US Consul-General, is assassinated in
Jerusalem ,
Israel .
1949 – Cold War: The Western
occupying powers approve the
Basic Law and establish a new German state, the
Federal Republic of Germany .
[8]
1951 –
Tibetans sign the
Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
1960 – A
tsunami caused by
an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in
Hilo, Hawaii .
[9]
1971 – Seventy-eight people are killed when
Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to
Rijeka Airport in present-day
Rijeka ,
Croatia (then the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ).
[10]
1971 – The
Intercontinental Hotel in
Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.
[11]
1992 – Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge
Giovanni Falcone , his wife and three body guards are killed by the
Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near
Capaci ,
Sicily . His friend and colleague
Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of
Italian Mafia prosecutions.
1995 – The first version of the
Java programming language is released.
1998 – The
Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a
referendum in
Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
[12]
2002 – The "55 parties" clause of the
Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by
Iceland .
2006 – Alaskan
stratovolcano
Mount Cleveland erupts.
2008 – The
International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards
Middle Rocks to
Malaysia and
Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to
Singapore , ending a 29-year
territorial dispute between the two countries.
2013 – A freeway bridge carrying
Interstate 5 over the
Skagit River
collapses in
Mount Vernon, Washington .
2014 – Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in
a killing spree near the campus of
University of California, Santa Barbara .
2015 – At least 30 people are killed as a result of
floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
2016 – Two suicide bombings, conducted by the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , kill at least 45 potential army recruits in
Aden ,
Yemen .
2016 – Eight bombings are carried out by the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in
Jableh and
Tartus , coastline cities in
Syria . One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
2017 – Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte declares
martial law in
Mindanao , following the
Maute's
attack in Marawi .
2021 – A
cable car falls from a mountain near
Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
2021 –
Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by
Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist
Roman Protasevich .
[13]
2022 –
Anthony Albanese of the
Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st
Prime Minister of Australia after winning the
2022 Australian federal election , ending 9 years of
conservative rule .
[14]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1606 –
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz , Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)
1614 –
Bertholet Flemalle , Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675)
1617 –
Elias Ashmole , English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)
1629 –
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)
1707 –
Carl Linnaeus , Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
1718 –
William Hunter , Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
1729 –
Giuseppe Parini , Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)
1730 –
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia , Prussian prince and general (d. 1813)
1734 –
Franz Mesmer , German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
1741 –
Andrea Luchesi , Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)
1789 –
Franz Schlik , Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)
1790 –
Jules Dumont d'Urville , French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
1790 –
James Pradier , French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852)
1794 –
Ignaz Moscheles , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
1795 –
Charles Barry , English architect, designed the
Upper Brook Street Chapel and
Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
1800 –
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega , Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1877)
[15]
1810 –
Margaret Fuller , American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
1817 –
Manuel Robles Pezuela , Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)
[16]
1820 –
James Buchanan Eads , American engineer, designed the
Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
1820 –
Lorenzo Sawyer , American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
1824 –
Ambrose Burnside , American general and politician, 30th
Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)
1834 –
Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis , Latvian architect (d. 1891)
1834 –
Carl Bloch , Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)
1837 –
Anatole Mallet , Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1919)
1837 –
Józef Wieniawski , Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912)
1838 –
Amaldus Nielsen , Norwegian painter (d. 1932)
1840 –
George Throssell , Irish-Australian politician, 2nd
Premier of Western Australia (d. 1910)
1844 –
`Abdu'l-Bahá , Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
1848 –
Otto Lilienthal , German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)
1855 –
Isabella Ford , English author and activist (d. 1924)
1861 –
József Rippl-Rónai , Hungarian painter (d. 1927)
1863 –
Władysław Horodecki , Polish architect (d. 1930)
1864 –
William O'Connor , American fencer (d. 1939)
1865 –
Epitácio Pessoa , Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th
President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1875 –
Alfred P. Sloan , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)
1882 –
William Halpenny , Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
1883 –
Douglas Fairbanks , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
1884 –
Corrado Gini , Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)
1887 –
Thoralf Skolem , Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)
1887 –
Nikolai Vekšin , Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)
1887 –
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell , English historian (d. 1941)
[17]
1888 –
Adriaan Roland Holst , Dutch writer (d. 1976)
1888 –
Zack Wheat , American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
1889 –
Ernst Niekisch , German educator and politician (d. 1967)
1890 –
Herbert Marshall , English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
1891 –
Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1892 –
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer , British peer (d. 1975)
1896 –
Felix Steiner , Russian-German
SS officer (d. 1966)
1897 –
Jimmie Guthrie , Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)
1898 –
Scott O'Dell , American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)
1898 –
Josef Terboven , German soldier and politician (d. 1945)
1899 –
Jeralean Talley , American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1900 –
Hans Frank , German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
1900 –
Franz Leopold Neumann , German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)
1901–present
1908 –
John Bardeen , American physicist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1908 –
Hélène Boucher , French pilot (d. 1934)
1908 –
Annemarie Schwarzenbach , Swiss author and photographer (d. 1942)
[18]
1910 –
Margaret Wise Brown , American author and educator (d. 1952)
1910 –
Hugh Casson , English architect and academic (d. 1999)
1910 –
Scatman Crothers , American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
1910 –
Franz Kline , American painter and academic (d. 1962)
1910 –
Artie Shaw , American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
1911 –
Lou Brouillard , Canadian boxer (d. 1984)
1911 –
Paul Augustin Mayer , German cardinal (d. 2010)
1911 –
Betty Nuthall , English tennis player (d. 1983)
1912 –
Jean Françaix , French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
1912 –
John Payne , American actor (d. 1989)
1914 –
Harold Hitchcock , English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009)
1914 –
Celestine Sibley , American journalist and author (d. 1999)
1914 –
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth , English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981)
1915 –
S. Donald Stookey , American physicist and chemist, invented
CorningWare (d. 2014)
1917 –
Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
1918 –
Denis Compton , English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1919 –
Robert Bernstein , American author and playwright (d. 1988)
1919 –
Ruth Fernández , Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the
Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012)
1919 –
Betty Garrett , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
1920 –
Helen O'Connell , American singer (d. 1993)
1921 –
Humphrey Lyttelton , British jazz musician and broadcaster (d. 2008)
1923 –
Alicia de Larrocha , Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
1923 –
Irving Millman , American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012)
1924 –
Karlheinz Deschner , German author and activist (d. 2014)
1925 –
Joshua Lederberg , American biologist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1926 –
Basil Salvadore D'Souza , Indian bishop (d. 1996)
1926 –
Joe Slovo , Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (d. 1995)
1928 –
Rosemary Clooney , American singer and actress (d. 2002)
1928 –
Nigel Davenport , English actor (d. 2013)
1928 –
Nina Otkalenko , Russian runner (d. 2015)
1929 –
Ulla Jacobsson , Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)
1930 –
Friedrich Achleitner , German poet and critic (d. 2019)
1931 –
Barbara Barrie , American actress
1932 –
Kevork Ajemian , Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
1933 –
Joan Collins , English actress
1933 –
Ove Fundin , Swedish motorcycle racer
1934 –
Robert Moog , electronic engineer and inventor of the
Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
1935 –
Lasse Strömstedt , Swedish author (d. 2009)
1936 –
Ingeborg Hallstein , German soprano and actress
1936 –
Charles Kimbrough , American actor
1939 –
Michel Colombier , French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
1939 –
Reinhard Hauff , German director and screenwriter
1940 –
Bjorn Johansen , Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)
1940 –
Gérard Larrousse , French race car driver
1940 –
Cora Sadosky , Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
1941 –
Zalman King , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1941 –
Rod Thorn , American basketball player, coach, and executive
[19]
1942 –
Gabriel Liiceanu , Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
1942 –
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao , Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
1943 –
Peter Kenilorea , Solomon Islands politician, 1st
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)
1944 –
John Newcombe , Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1945 –
Padmarajan , Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
1946 –
David Graham , Australian golfer
1947 –
Jane Kenyon , American poet and translator (d. 1995)
1948 –
Myriam Boyer , French actress, director, and producer
1949 –
Daniel DiNardo , American cardinal
1949 –
Alan García , Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th
President of Peru (d. 2019)
1950 –
Martin McGuinness , Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician,
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
1950 –
Richard Chase , American serial killer (d. 1980)
[20]
1951 –
Anatoly Karpov , Russian chess player
1951 –
Antonis Samaras , Greek economist and politician, 185th
Prime Minister of Greece
1952 –
Martin Parr , English photographer and journalist
1954 –
Gerry Armstrong , Northern Irish international footballer
[21]
1954 –
Marvelous Marvin Hagler , American boxer and actor (d. 2021)
[22]
1955 –
Luka Bloom , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 –
Andrea Pazienza , Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
1956 –
Ursula Plassnik , Austrian politician and diplomat,
Foreign Minister of Austria
1956 –
Buck Showalter , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1958 –
Mitch Albom , American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1958 –
Drew Carey , American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
1958 –
Lea DeLaria , American actress and singer
1959 –
Marcella Mesker , Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
1960 –
Linden Ashby , American actor
1961 –
Daniele Massaro , Italian footballer and manager
1961 –
Norrie May-Welby , Scottish Australian gender activist
[23]
1961 –
Rino Wicaksono , Indonesian politician and lecturer
[24]
1962 –
Karen Duffy , American actress
1963 –
Viviane Baladi , Swiss mathematician
1964 –
Ruth Metzler , Swiss lawyer and politician
1965 –
Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo , Spanish footballer
1965 –
Tom Tykwer , German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1965 –
Melissa McBride , American actress
1965 –
Paul Sironen , Australian rugby league player
1966 –
Graeme Hick , Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
1966 –
Gary Roberts , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 –
Luís Roberto Alves , Mexican footballer
1967 –
Anna Ibrisagic , Swedish politician
1968 –
Guinevere Turner , American actress and screenwriter
1970 –
Bryan Herta , American race car driver and businessman, co-founded
Bryan Herta Autosport
1971 –
George Osborne , English journalist and politician, former
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1972 –
Rubens Barrichello , Brazilian race car driver
1972 –
Poppy King , Australian entrepreneur
[25]
1972 –
Martin Saggers , English cricketer and umpire
1973 –
Maxwell , American singer-songwriter and producer
1974 –
Jewel , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
1974 –
Manuela Schwesig , German politician,
German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
1976 –
Ricardinho , Brazilian footballer and manager
1977 –
Richard Ayoade , British actor, director and writer
1977 –
Ilia Kulik , Russian figure skater
1978 –
Scott Raynor , American drummer
1979 –
Rasual Butler , American basketball player (d. 2018)
1979 –
Brian Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 –
Theofanis Gekas , Greek footballer
1980 –
Ben Ross , Australian rugby league player
1983 –
Silvio Proto , Belgian-Italian footballer
1984 –
Hugo Almeida , Portuguese footballer
1985 –
Sebastián Fernández , Uruguayan footballer
1985 –
Teymuraz Gabashvili , Russian tennis player
1985 –
Wim Stroetinga , Dutch cyclist
1985 –
Ross Wallace , Scottish footballer
1986 –
Ryan Coogler , American film director and screenwriter
1986 –
Alexei Sitnikov , Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
1986 –
Alice Tait , Australian swimmer
1986 –
Ruben Zadkovich , Australian footballer
1987 –
Gracie Otto , Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 –
Bray Wyatt , American wrestler (d. 2023)
1988 –
Rosanna Crawford , Canadian biathlete
1988 –
Angelo Ogbonna , Italian footballer
1988 –
Morgan Pressel , American golfer
1989 –
Ezequiel Schelotto , Italian footballer
1990 –
Dan Evans , British tennis player
1990 –
Kristina Kucova , Slovakian tennis player
[26]
1990 –
Oliver Venno , Estonian volleyball player
1991 –
Aaron Donald , American football player
1991 –
Lena Meyer-Landrut , German singer-songwriter
[27]
1991 –
César Pinares , Chilean footballer
1996 –
Katharina Althaus , German ski jumper
1996 –
Emmanuel Boateng , Ghanaian footballer
1996 –
Razvan Marin , Romanian footballer
1997 –
Pedro Chirivella , Spanish footballer
1997 –
Coy Craft , American footballer
1997 –
Joe Gomez , English footballer
1997 –
Gustaf Nilsson , Swedish footballer
1997 –
Sam Timmins , New Zealand basketball player
1998 –
Sérgio Sette Câmara , Brazilian racing driver
1998 –
Salwa Eid Naser , Bahraini track and field sprinter
1999 –
James Charles , American internet personality
[28]
1999 –
Trinidad Cardona , American singer and songwriter
[29]
1999 –
Sandro Mamukelashvili , Georgian-American basketball player
[30]
2000 –
Felipe Drugovich , Brazilian-Italian racing driver
[31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
230 –
Urban I , pope of the Catholic Church
922 –
Li Sizhao , Chinese general and governor
962 –
Guibert of Gembloux , Frankish abbot (b. 892)
1125 –
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1086)
[32]
1304 –
Jehan de Lescurel , French poet and composer
1338 –
Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel , English noble (b. 1287)
1370 –
Toghon Temür , Mongol emperor (b. 1320)
1423 –
Antipope Benedict XIII (b. 1328)
[33]
1498 –
Girolamo Savonarola , Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452)
1523 –
Ashikaga Yoshitane , Japanese shōgun (b. 1466)
1524 –
Ismail I , First Emperor of
Safavid Empire (b. 1487)
1591 –
John Blitheman , English organist and composer (b. 1525)
1601–1900
1662 –
John Gauden , English bishop (b. 1605)
1670 –
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
1691 –
Adrien Auzout , French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
1701 –
William Kidd , Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
1749 –
Abraham ben Abraham , Polish martyr (b. 1700)
1752 –
William Bradford , English-American printer (b. 1663)
1754 –
John Wood, the Elder , English architect, designed
The Circus and
Queen Square (b. 1704)
1783 –
James Otis, Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1813 –
Géraud Duroc , French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
1815 –
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg , American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
1841 –
Franz Xaver von Baader , German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
1855 –
Charles Robert Malden , English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
1857 –
Augustin-Louis Cauchy , French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
1868 –
Kit Carson , American general (b. 1809)
1886 –
Leopold von Ranke , German historian and academic (b. 1795)
1893 –
Anton von Schmerling , Austrian politician (b. 1805)
1895 –
Franz Ernst Neumann , German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
1901–present
1906 –
Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
1908 –
François Coppée , French poet and author (b. 1842)
1920 –
Svetozar Boroević , Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
1921 –
August Nilsson , Swedish shot putter and
tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
1934 –
Clyde Barrow , American criminal (b. 1909)
1934 –
Mihkel Martna , Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
1934 –
Bonnie Parker , American criminal (b. 1910)
1937 –
John D. Rockefeller , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the
Standard Oil Company and
Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
1938 –
Frederick Ruple , Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
1942 –
Panagiotis Toundas , Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
1945 –
Heinrich Himmler , German commander and politician,
Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
1947 –
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz , Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
1949 –
Jan Frans De Boever , Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
1956 –
Gustav Suits , Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
1960 –
Georges Claude , French engineer and inventor, created
Neon lighting (b. 1870)
1962 –
Louis Coatalen , French engineer (b. 1879)
1963 –
August Jakobson , Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
1965 –
David Smith , American sculptor (b. 1906)
1975 –
Moms Mabley , American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
1979 –
S. Selvanayagam , Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
1981 –
Gene Green , American baseball player (b. 1933)
1981 –
Rayner Heppenstall , English author and poet (b. 1911)
1981 –
George Jessel , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
1981 –
David Lewis , Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1986 –
Sterling Hayden , American actor (b. 1916)
1989 –
Georgy Tovstonogov , Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
1989 –
Karl Koch , German computer hacker (b. 1965)
1991 –
Wilhelm Kempff , German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1991 –
Jean Van Houtte , Belgian academic and politician, 50th
Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
1991 –
Fletcher Markle , Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
1992 –
Kostas Davourlis , Greek footballer (b. 1948)
1992 –
Giovanni Falcone , Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
1994 –
Olav Hauge , Norwegian poet (b. 1908)
1996 –
Kronid Lyubarsky , Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)
1998 –
Telford Taylor , American general and lawyer (b. 1908)
1999 –
Owen Hart , Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 –
Big Bill Neidjie , Australian activist and last speaker of the
Gaagudju language (b.
c. 1920 )
2002 –
Sam Snead , American golfer and journalist (b. 1912)
2006 –
Lloyd Bentsen , American colonel and politician, 69th
United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1921)
2006 –
Kazimierz Górski , Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2008 –
Iñaki Ochoa de Olza , Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)
2008 –
Utah Phillips , American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1935)
2009 –
Roh Moo-hyun , South Korean soldier and politician, 9th
President of South Korea (b. 1946)
2010 –
José Lima , Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972)
2010 –
Simon Monjack , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)
2011 –
Xavier Tondo , Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)
[34]
2012 –
Paul Fussell , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
2013 –
Epy Guerrero , Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)
2013 –
Hayri Kozakçıoğlu , Turkish police officer and politician, 15th
Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)
2013 –
Georges Moustaki , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
2013 –
Flynn Robinson , American basketball player (b. 1941)
2014 –
Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev , Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)
2014 –
Madhav Mantri , Indian cricketer (b. 1921)
2015 –
Anne Meara , American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929)
2015 –
Aleksey Mozgovoy , Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975)
2015 –
Alicia Nash , Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933)
2015 –
John Forbes Nash, Jr. , American mathematician and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
2017 –
Roger Moore , English actor (b. 1927)
2020 –
Hana Kimura , Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997)
[35]
2021 –
Ron Hill , English long-distance runner (b. 1938)
[36]
2021 –
Eric Carle , American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (b. 1929)
[37]
Holidays and observances
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1946MWRv...74...90. .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0493(1946)074<0090:SLSFM>2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
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