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Day of the year
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 104 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1906 – The
1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
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1914 – The
Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
1919 –
Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1922 – The
Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the
League of Nations .
1927 – The
Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1928 –
Juan de la Cierva makes the first
Autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
1931 – Imperial Japan instigates the
Mukden Incident as a pretext to
invade and occupy Manchuria .
1934 – The
Soviet Union is admitted to the
League of Nations .
1939 –
World War II : The Polish government of
Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
1939 – World War II: The radio show
Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of
Danish Jews .
1944 – World War II: The British submarine
HMS Tradewind torpedoes
Jun'yō Maru , killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
1944 – World War II: The
Battle of Arracourt begins.
[14]
1945 – General
Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo.
1947 – The
National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services.
1948 –
Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
1948 –
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
1954 – Finnish president
J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the
Soviet Union , the
Order of Lenin .
[15]
[16]
1960 –
Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
1961 – U.N. Secretary-General
Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an
air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 –
Burundi ,
Jamaica ,
Rwanda and
Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
1962 –
Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near
Chersky Airport , killing 32 people.
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1973 –
The Bahamas ,
East Germany and
West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
1974 –
Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
1977 –
Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
1980 –
Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
1981 – The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish
capital punishment in France .
1982 – The
Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon comes to an end.
1984 –
Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
1988 – The
8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
1988 – General
Henri Namphy , president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a
coup d'état led by General
Prosper Avril .
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1990 –
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
1992 – An explosion rocks
Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
1997 – United States media magnate
Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
1997 – The
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
2001 – First mailing of
anthrax letters from
Trenton, New Jersey in the
2001 anthrax attacks .
2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the
Saffron Revolution .
2011 – The
2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
2012 –
Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone
are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in
Greater Manchester ,
England .
2014 – Scotland
votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
2015 – Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
2016 – The
2016 Uri attack in
Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group
Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
2021 – A ferry capsizes in Guizhou province, China due to bad weather, leaving ten people dead and five missing.
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Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1606 –
Zhang Xianzhong , Chinese rebel leader (d. 1647)
1643 –
Gilbert Burnet , Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
[22]
1676 –
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1684 –
Johann Gottfried Walther , German organist and composer (d. 1748)
1709 –
Samuel Johnson , English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
[23]
1711 –
Ignaz Holzbauer , Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
1733 –
George Read , American lawyer and politician, 3rd
Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
1750 –
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa , Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
[24]
1752 –
Adrien-Marie Legendre , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
[25]
1765 –
Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1779 –
Joseph Story , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
1786 –
Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
[26]
1786 –
Justinus Kerner , German poet and author (d. 1862)
1812 –
Herschel Vespasian Johnson , American lawyer and politician, 41st
Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
1819 –
Léon Foucault , French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
[27]
1837 –
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos , Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
1838 –
Anton Mauve , Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
[28]
1844 –
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge , American artist (d. 1934)
[29]
1846 –
Richard With , Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded
Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
1848 –
Francis Grierson , English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
1857 –
John Hessin Clarke , American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
1858 –
Kate Booth , English
Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
1859 –
John L. Bates , American lawyer and politician, 41st
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1859 –
Lincoln Loy McCandless , American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
1860 –
Alberto Franchetti , Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
1870 –
Clark Wissler , American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
1872 –
Carl Friedberg , German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
1872 –
Adolf Schmal , Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
1875 –
Tomás Burgos , Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
1876 –
James Scullin , Australian journalist and politician, 9th
Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
1878 –
James O. Richardson , American admiral (d. 1974)
1883 –
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners , English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
1885 –
Uzeyir Hajibeyov , Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
1886 –
Powel Crosley Jr. , American entrepreneur (d. 1961)
[30]
1888 –
Grey Owl , English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
1888 –
Toni Wolff , Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
1889 –
Doris Blackburn , Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
1889 –
Leslie Morshead , Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
1891 –
Rafael Pérez y Pérez , Spanish author (d. 1984)
1893 –
Arthur Benjamin , Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1893 –
William March , American soldier and author (d. 1954)
1894 –
Fay Compton , English actress (d. 1978)
[31]
1895 –
Jean Batmale , French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
1895 –
John Diefenbaker , Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th
Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
1895 –
Walter Koch , German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
1895 –
Tomoji Tanabe , Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1897 –
Pablo Sorozábal , Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
1900 –
Willis Laurence James , American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
1900 –
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam , Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
1901–present
1901 –
Harold Clurman , American director and producer (d. 1980)
1904 –
Bun Cook , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
1904 –
Jose de Rivera , American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904 –
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles , English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
[32]
1905 –
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , American actor (d. 1977)
1905 –
Agnes de Mille , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1905 –
Greta Garbo , Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
[33]
1906 –
Kaka Hathrasi , Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
[34]
1906 –
Maurice Maillot , French actor (d. 1968)
1906 –
Julio Rosales , Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
[35]
1907 –
Leon Askin , Austrian actor (d. 2005)
1907 –
Edwin McMillan , American physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1908 –
Victor Ambartsumian , Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
1910 –
Josef Tal , Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
[36]
1911 –
Syd Howe , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1912 –
María de la Cruz , Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
1914 –
Jack Cardiff , English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
[37]
1916 –
Rossano Brazzi , Italian actor (d. 1994)
[38]
1916 –
John Jacob Rhodes , American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1917 –
June Foray , American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
1917 –
Phil Taylor , English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1917 –
Francis Parker Yockey , American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
[39]
1918 –
Johnny Mantz , American race car driver (d. 1972)
1918 –
Henry Wittenberg , American wrestler (d. 2010)
[40]
1919 –
Tommy Hunter , American fiddler (d. 1993)
1920 –
Jack Warden , American actor (d. 2006)
1922 –
Hank Bagby , American saxophonist (d. 1993)
[41]
1922 –
Grayson Hall , American actress (d. 1985)
1922 –
Ray Steadman-Allen , English composer (d. 2014)
1923 –
Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
[42]
1923 –
Al Quie , American politician, 35th
Governor of Minnesota (d. 2023)
[43]
1923 –
Peter Smithson , English architect, co-designed
Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
1923 –
Bertha Wilson , Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
1924 –
J. D. Tippit , American police officer (d. 1963)
1924 –
Eloísa Mafalda , Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
1925 –
Harvey Haddix , American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
1925 –
Dorothy Wedderburn , English economist and academic (d. 2012)
1926 –
Bud Greenspan , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
[44]
1926 –
Joe Kubert , American author and illustrator, founded
The Kubert School (d. 2012)
[45]
1927 –
Phyllis Kirk , American actress (d. 2006)
1927 –
Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden , English politician (d. 2018)
1929 –
Teddi King , American singer (d. 1977)
1929 –
Nancy Littlefield , American director and producer (d. 2007)
1930 –
John Tolos , Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009)
1931 –
Julio Grondona , Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
1932 –
Nikolay Rukavishnikov , Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
1933 –
Bob Bennett , American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
1933 –
Robert Blake , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
[46]
1933 –
Scotty Bowman , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 –
Mark di Suvero , Italian-American sculptor
1933 –
Leonid Kharitonov , Russian actor and singer (d. 2017)
1933 –
Christopher Ricks , English scholar and critic
1933 –
Charles Roach , Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
1933 –
Jimmie Rodgers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1933 –
Fred Willard , American actor and comedian (d. 2020)
[47]
1935 –
Peter Clarke , English cartoonist (d. 2012)
1935 –
John Spencer , English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1936 –
Big Tom , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1937 –
Ralph Backstrom , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021)
[48]
1937 –
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri , South African politician (d. 2009)
[49]
1938 –
Billy Robinson , English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
1939 –
Gerry Harvey , Australian businessman, co-founded
Harvey Norman
1939 –
Jorge Sampaio , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th
President of Portugal (d. 2021)
1939 –
Jan Camiel Willems , Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
1940 –
Frankie Avalon , American singer and actor
[46]
1942 –
Şenes Erzik , Turkish businessman
1944 –
Michael Franks , American singer-songwriter
1944 –
Rocío Jurado , Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 –
Charles L. Veach , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
1945 –
P. F. Sloan , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1945 –
John McAfee , British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded
McAfee (d. 2021)
[50]
1946 –
Benjamín Brea , Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
1946 –
Nicholas Clay , English actor (d. 2000)
1946 –
Kelvin Coe , Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
1946 –
Meredith Oakes , Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
1946 –
Gailard Sartain , American actor
[51]
1947 –
Russ Abbot , English comedian, actor, and singer
1947 –
Drew Gilpin Faust , American historian and academic
1947 –
Giancarlo Minardi , Italian businessman, founded the
Minardi Racing Team
1948 –
Lynn Abbey , American computer programmer and author
1949 –
Beth Grant , American actress
[46]
1949 –
Kerry Livgren , American guitarist and songwriter
[46]
1949 –
Jim McCrery , American lawyer and politician
1949 –
Mo Mowlam , English academic and politician,
Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
1949 –
Peter Shilton , English footballer and manager
1950 –
Siobhan Davies , English dancer and choreographer
1950 –
Vishnuvardhan , Indian actor (d. 2009)
1950 –
Chris Heister , Swedish politician,
Governor of Stockholm County
1950 –
Darryl Sittler , Canadian ice hockey player
1950 –
Anna Deavere Smith , American actress and playwright
[46]
1951 –
Ben Carson , American neurosurgeon, author, and politician
[44]
1951 –
Dee Dee Ramone , American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
[44]
1951 –
Tony Scott , American baseball player and coach
1951 –
Darryl Stingley , American football player and scout (d. 2007)
1951 –
Marc Surer , Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
1952 –
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos , Greek politician
1952 –
Rick Pitino , American basketball player and coach
[44]
1953 –
Carl Jackson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 –
John McGlinn , American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
1954 –
Murtaza Bhutto , Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
1954 –
Takao Doi , Japanese engineer and astronaut
[52]
1954 –
Dennis Johnson , American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
1954 –
Steven Pinker , Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
1954 –
Tommy Tuberville , American football player and coach
1955 –
Paul Butler , English bishop
1955 –
Keith Morris , American singer-songwriter
1956 –
Chris Hedges , American journalist and author
[44]
1956 –
Peter Šťastný , Slovak ice hockey player and politician
1956 –
Anant Gadgil , Indian politician
[53]
1958 –
John Aldridge , English-Irish footballer and manager
1958 –
Jeff Bostic , American football player and commentator
[54]
1958 –
Winston Davis , Vincentian cricketer
1958 –
Malcolm Press , English ecologist and academic
1958 –
Derek Pringle , Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
1959 –
Ian Arkwright , English footballer
1959 –
Mark Romanek , American director and screenwriter
[46]
1959 –
Ryne Sandberg , American baseball player, coach, and manager
[44]
1960 –
Stephen Flaherty , American composer
1960 –
Carolyn Harris , British politician
1960 –
Ian Lucas , English lawyer and politician
1960 –
Blue Panther , Mexican wrestler
1961 –
James Gandolfini , American actor and producer (d. 2013)
[44]
1961 –
Konstantin Kakanias , Greek-American painter and illustrator
1961 –
Mark Olson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[46]
1962 –
Joanne Catherall , English singer
[46]
1962 –
John Fashanu , English footballer and manager
1962 –
John Mann , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2019)
1962 –
Aden Ridgeway , Australian public servant and politician
1962 –
Boris Said , American race car driver
1963 –
Jim Pocklington , English racing driver
1963 –
John Powell , English-Canadian composer and conductor
1963 –
Dan Povenmire , American animator
1964 –
Jens Henschel , German footballer
1964 –
Marco Masini , Italian singer-songwriter
1964 –
Holly Robinson Peete , American actress and singer
[46]
1964 –
Steffen Peters , German-American equestrian
[55]
1966 –
Tom Chorske , American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1967 –
Tara Fitzgerald , English actress
1968 –
Toni Kukoč , Croatian basketball player
1968 –
Upendra Rao , Indian actor, director, and politician
1969 –
Brad Beven , Australian triathlete
1969 –
Cappadonna , American rapper
1970 –
Mike Compton , American football player and coach
1970 –
Dan Eldon , English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
1970 –
Darren Gough , English cricketer
1970 –
Aisha Tyler , American actress, television host, and author
[46]
1971 –
Lance Armstrong , American cyclist
[56]
1971 –
Anna Netrebko , Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
1971 –
Jada Pinkett Smith , American actress
[57]
1972 –
Brigitte Becue , Belgian swimmer
[58]
1972 –
Adam Cohen , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
David Jefferies , English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1972 –
Iain Stewart , Scottish accountant and politician
1973 –
Paul Brousseau , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 –
Mário Jardel , Brazilian footballer
1973 –
Aitor Karanka , Spanish footballer and manager
1973 –
James Marsden , American actor
[46]
1973 –
Ami Onuki , Japanese singer and voice actress
1973 –
Louise Sauvage , Australian wheelchair racer
[59]
1973 –
Mark Shuttleworth , South African-English businessman
[60]
1974 –
Sol Campbell , English footballer and politician
1974 –
Damon Jones , American football player and coach
1974 –
Ticha Penicheiro , Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
1974 –
Emily Rutherfurd , American actress
[46]
1974 –
Travis Schuldt , American actor
[46]
1974 –
Xzibit , American rapper, actor, and television host
[44]
1975 –
Kanstantsin Lukashyk , Belarusian target shooter
1975 –
Jason Sudeikis , American actor and comedian
[46]
1975 –
Guillermo Vargas , Costa Rican photographer and painter
1976 –
Sophina Brown , American actress
[46]
1976 –
Gabriel Gervais , Canadian soccer player
1976 –
Ronaldo , Brazilian footballer
1977 –
Barrett Foa , American actor, singer, and dancer
[46]
1977 –
Kieran West , English rower
1978 –
Billy Eichner , American actor and comedian
[46]
1978 –
Iain Lees-Galloway , New Zealand politician
[61]
1978 –
Augustine Simo , Cameroonian footballer
1979 –
Daniel Aranzubia , Spanish footballer
1979 –
Robert Pruett , American criminal (d. 2017)
1980 –
Mickey Higham , English rugby league player
1980 –
Avi Strool , Israeli footballer
1980 –
Petri Virtanen , Finnish basketball player
1981 –
Lasse Kukkonen , Finnish ice hockey player
[62]
1981 –
Jennifer Tisdale , American actress and singer
1981 –
Kristaps Valters , Latvian basketball player
[63]
1981 –
Han Ye-seul , South Korean actress
1982 –
Peter Budaj , Slovak ice hockey player
[64]
1982 –
Alessandro Cibocchi , Italian footballer
1982 –
Arvydas Eitutavičius , Lithuanian basketball player
1982 –
Leono , Mexican wrestler
1982 –
Alfredo Talavera , Mexican footballer
[65]
1984 –
Anthony Gonzalez , American football player and politician
[66]
1984 –
Travis Outlaw , American basketball player
[67]
1984 –
Dizzee Rascal , British hip hop musician
[68]
1985 –
Mirza Teletović , Bosnian basketball player
[69]
1987 –
Seiko Oomori , Japanese singer-songwriter
[70]
1989 –
Serge Ibaka , Congolese-Spanish basketball player
1990 –
Lewis Holtby , German footballer
1992 –
Joji , Japanese-American rapper and YouTube personality
[71]
1993 –
Patrick Schwarzenegger , American-Austrian actor and model
[46]
1998 –
Christian Pulisic , American soccer player
[72]
1998 –
Conor Timmins , Canadian ice hockey player
[73]
2003 –
Aidan Gallagher , American actor and musician
[44]
2008 –
Jackson Robert Scott , American actor
[44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
96 –
Domitian , Roman emperor (b. AD 51)
411 –
Constantine III , Roman usurper
869 –
Wenilo , Frankish archbishop
887 –
Pietro I Candiano , doge of Venice (b. 842)
893 –
Zhang Xiong , Chinese warlord
958 –
Liu Sheng , Chinese emperor (b. 920)
1137 –
Eric II , king of Denmark
1180 –
Louis VII , king of France (b. 1120)
1261 –
Konrad von Hochstaden , archbishop of Cologne
1302 –
Eudokia Palaiologina , empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
1345 –
Andrew, Duke of Calabria (b. 1327)
1361 –
Louis V , duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
1385 –
Balša II , ruler of Zeta
1443 –
Lewis of Luxembourg , archbishop of Rouen
1598 –
Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Japanese daimyō (b. 1536)
1601–1900
1630 –
Melchior Klesl , Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
1675 –
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
[74]
1721 –
Matthew Prior , English poet, politician, and diplomat,
British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
1722 –
André Dacier , French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
1783 –
Leonhard Euler , Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
1783 –
Benjamin Kennicott , English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
1792 –
August Gottlieb Spangenberg , German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
1812 –
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha , Ottoman politician, 186th
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
1830 –
William Hazlitt , English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
1857 –
Karol Kurpiński , Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
1860 –
Joseph Locke , English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
1862 –
Joseph K. Mansfield , American general (b. 1803)
[75]
1872 –
Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
1890 –
Dion Boucicault , Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
1896 –
Hippolyte Fizeau , French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
1901–present
1905 –
George MacDonald , Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
1909 –
Grigore Tocilescu , Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
1911 –
Pyotr Stolypin , Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
1915 –
Susan La Flesche Picotte , doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first
Native American to earn a medical degree
1924 –
F. H. Bradley , English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
1939 –
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz , Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1941 –
Fred Karno , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
1944 –
Robert G. Cole , American colonel,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
1945 –
Volin , Russian anarchist intellectual (b. 1882)
[76]
1949 –
Frank Morgan , American actor (b. 1890)
1951 –
Gelett Burgess , American author and poet (b. 1866)
1952 –
Frances Alda , New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
1953 –
Charles de Tornaco , Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
1956 –
Adélard Godbout , Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th
Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
1958 –
Olaf Gulbransson , Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
1959 –
Benjamin Péret , French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
1961 –
Dag Hammarskjöld , Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd
Secretary-General of the United Nations ,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1962 –
Therese Neumann ,
German mystic (b. 1898)
1964 –
Seán O'Casey , Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
1967 –
John Cockcroft , English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1968 –
Franchot Tone , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
1970 –
Jimi Hendrix , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
1974 –
Amanat Ali Khan , Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
1975 –
Fairfield Porter , American painter and critic (b. 1907)
1977 –
Paul Bernays , English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
1980 –
Katherine Anne Porter , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
1987 –
Américo Tomás , Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th
President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1988 –
Alan Watt , Australian public servant and diplomat,
Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
1992 –
Mohammad Hidayatullah , Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th
Vice President of India (b. 1905)
1997 –
Jimmy Witherspoon , American singer (b. 1920)
1998 –
Charlie Foxx , American singer and guitarist (
Inez and Charlie Foxx ) (b. 1939)
2001 –
Ernie Coombs , American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
2002 –
Bob Hayes , American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
2002 –
Mauro Ramos , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2002 –
Margita Stefanović , Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
2003 –
Emil Fackenheim , German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
2003 –
Bob Mitchell , English educator and politician (b. 1927)
2004 –
Norman Cantor , Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
2004 –
Russ Meyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2005 –
Michael Park , English racing driver (b. 1966)
2005 –
Clint C. Wilson, Sr. , American cartoonist (b. 1914)
2006 –
Edward J. King , American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th
Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
2007 –
Pepsi Tate , Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
2008 –
Leo de Berardinis , Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
2008 –
Mauricio Kagel , Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
2008 –
Ron Lancaster , American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
2011 –
Jamey Rodemeyer , American teenage
activist (b. 1997)
2012 –
Santiago Carrillo , Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
2012 –
Haim Hefer , Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
2012 –
Jack Kralick , American baseball player (b. 1935)
2012 –
Steve Sabol , American director and producer, co-founded
NFL Films (b. 1942)
2013 –
Veliyam Bharghavan , Indian politician (b. 1928)
2013 –
Lindsay Cooper , English composer, bassoon and oboe player (b. 1951)
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Arthur Lamothe , French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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Ken Norton , American boxer (b. 1943)
2013 –
Marcel Reich-Ranicki , Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
2013 –
Richard C. Sarafian , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 –
Milan Marcetta , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
2014 –
Earl Ross , Canadian racing driver (b. 1941)
2014 –
Hirofumi Uzawa , Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
2014 –
Kenny Wheeler , Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
2015 –
Eduardo Bonvallet , Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
2015 –
James R. Houck , American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
2015 –
Mario Benjamín Menéndez , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
2017 –
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa , Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937)
2020 –
Ruth Bader Ginsburg , United States Supreme Court justice (b. 1933)
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2021 –
Jolidee Matongo , South African politician, 97th
Mayor of Johannesburg (b. 1975)
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2021 –
Chris Anker Sørensen , Danish road bicycle racer (b. 1984)
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Brereton C. Jones , American politician, 58th
Governor of Kentucky (b. 1939)
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