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Day of the year
July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 167 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1901 – Liner
Deutschland sets east to west transatlantic record of five days, eleven hours and five minutes.
[5]
1902 –
Willis Carrier creates the first
air conditioner in
Buffalo, New York .
1917 – King
George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the
British Royal Family will bear the surname
Windsor .
1918 –
Tsar Nicholas II of
Russia and his immediate family and retainers
are executed by
Bolshevik
Chekists at the
Ipatiev House in
Yekaterinburg ,
Russia .
[6]
1918 – The
RMS Carpathia , the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the
RMS Titanic , is sunk off Ireland by the German
SM U-55 ; five lives are lost.
1919 – The form of government in the
Republic of Finland is officially confirmed. For this reason, July 17 is known as the Day of Democracy (Kansanvallan päivä ) in Finland.
[7]
1932 –
Altona Bloody Sunday : A riot between the
Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the
SS and
SA , and the
German Communist Party ensues.
1936 –
Spanish Civil War : An
Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist
Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1938 –
Douglas Corrigan takes off from
Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1944 –
Port Chicago disaster : Near the
San Francisco Bay , two ships laden with
ammunition for the war explode in
Port Chicago, California , killing 320.
1944 –
World War II : At
Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
[8]
1945 – World War II: The main three leaders of the
Allied nations,
Winston Churchill ,
Harry S. Truman and
Joseph Stalin ,
meet in the German city of
Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1953 – The largest number of United States
midshipman casualties in a single event results from an
aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
1955 –
Disneyland is dedicated and opened by
Walt Disney in
Anaheim, California .
1962 –
Nuclear weapons testing : The "Small Boy" test shot
Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the
Nevada National Security Site .
1968 –
Abdul Rahman Arif is
overthrown and the
Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in
Iraq with
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
1973 – King
Mohammed Zahir Shah of
Afghanistan , while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin
Mohammed Daoud Khan .
1975 –
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project : An American
Apollo and a Soviet
Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in
orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1976 –
East Timor is
annexed and becomes the 27th
province of
Indonesia .
1976 – The opening of the
Summer Olympics in
Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of
New Zealand 's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the
IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in
South African sporting events during
apartheid .
1979 –
Nicaraguan dictator General
Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to
Miami, Florida , United States.
1981 – A structural failure leads to the collapse of
a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in
Kansas City, Missouri , killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1984 – The national drinking age in the United States was
changed from 18 to 21.
1985 – Founding of the
EUREKA Network by former head of states
François Mitterrand (France) and
Helmut Kohl (Germany).
1989 – First flight of the
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1989 –
Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
1996 –
TWA Flight 800 : Off the coast of
Long Island , New York, a Paris-bound TWA
Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1997 – After takeoff from
Husein Sastranegara International Airport ,
Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in
Bandung , killing 28 people.
[9]
1998 – The 7.0 Mw
Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a
tsunami that destroys ten villages in
Papua New Guinea , killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
1998 – A diplomatic conference adopts the
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , establishing the
permanent international court in
The Hague , to prosecute individuals for
genocide ,
crimes against humanity ,
war crimes , and the
crime of aggression .
2000 – During approach to
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport ,
Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in
Patna
India , killing 60 people.
[10]
2001 –
Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the
July 2000 crash.
2006 – The 7.7 Mw
Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of
Java , killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
2007 –
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 , an
Airbus A320 , crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
2014 –
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , a
Boeing 777 , crashes near the border of
Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
[11]
2014 – A French
regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line
crashes into a
high-speed train near the town of
Denguin , resulting in at least 25 injuries.
2014 –
Eric Garner is
killed by police officer
Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited
chokehold while arresting him.
[12]
2015 – At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a
suicide bombing in
Diyala Governorate , Iraq.
2018 –
Scott S. Sheppard announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular
moons of Jupiter .
[13]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1674 –
Isaac Watts , English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
1695 –
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766)
1698 –
Pierre Louis Maupertuis , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759)
1708 –
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769)
1714 –
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)
1744 –
Elbridge Gerry , American merchant and politician, 5th
Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
1763 –
John Jacob Astor , German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)
1774 –
John Wilbur , American minister and theologian (d. 1856)
1797 –
Paul Delaroche , French painter and academic (d. 1856)
1823 –
Leander Clark , American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910)
1831 –
Xianfeng Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1837 –
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th
Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1886)
1839 –
Ephraim Shay , American engineer, invented the
Shay locomotive (d. 1916)
1853 –
Alexius Meinong , Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
1868 –
Henri Nathansen , Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)
1870 –
Charles Davidson Dunbar , Scottish soldier and
bagpipe player (d. 1939)
1871 –
Lyonel Feininger , German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
1873 –
Many Benner , French painter (d. 1965)
[14]
1879 –
Jack Laviolette , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960)
1882 –
James Somerville , English admiral and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (d. 1949)
1888 –
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1889 –
Erle Stanley Gardner , American lawyer and author (d. 1970)
1894 –
Georges Lemaître , Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
1896 –
Rupert Atkinson , English RAF officer (d. 1919)
1898 –
Berenice Abbott , American photographer (d. 1991)
[15]
1898 –
Osmond Borradaile , Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)
1899 –
James Cagney , American actor and dancer (d. 1986)
1901–present
1901 –
Luigi Chinetti , Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994)
[16]
1901 –
Bruno Jasieński , Polish poet and author (d. 1938)
1901 –
Patrick Smith , Irish farmer and politician,
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 1982)
1902 –
Christina Stead , Australian author and academic (d. 1983)
1905 –
William Gargan , American actor (d. 1979)
1910 –
James Coyne , Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd
Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012)
1910 –
Frank Olson , American chemist and microbiologist (d. 1953)
1911 –
Lionel Ferbos , American trumpet player (d. 2014)
1911 –
Heinz Lehmann , German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)
1912 –
Erwin Bauer , German race car driver (d. 1958)
1912 –
Art Linkletter , Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)
1913 –
Bertrand Goldberg , American architect, designed the
Marina City Building (d. 1997)
1914 –
Eleanor Steber , American soprano and educator (d. 1990)
1915 –
Bijon Bhattacharya , Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1915 –
Arthur Rothstein , American photographer and educator (d. 1985)
1916 –
Eleanor Hadley , American economist and policymaker (d. 2007)
[17]
1917 –
Lou Boudreau , American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
1917 –
Phyllis Diller , American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012)
1917 –
Kenan Evren , Turkish general and politician, 7th
President of Turkey (d. 2015)
1917 –
Christiane Rochefort , French author (d. 1998)
1918 –
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan soldier and politician,
President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
1919 –
Albert Stubbins , English footballer (d. 2002)
[18]
1920 –
Gordon Gould , American physicist and academic, invented the
laser (d. 2005)
1920 –
Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish businessman, 7th
President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)
1921 –
George Barnes , American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977)
1921 –
Louis Lachenal , French mountaineer (d. 1955)
1921 –
Mary Osborne , American guitarist (d. 1992)
1921 –
Toni Stone , American baseball player (d. 1996)
1921 –
František Zvarík , Slovak actor (d. 2008)
1923 –
Jeanne Block , American psychologist (d. 1981)
1923 –
John Cooper , English car designer, co-founded the
Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
1924 –
Garde Gardom , Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
1925 –
Jimmy Scott , American singer and actor (d. 2014)
1925 –
Mohammad Hasan Sharq , Afghan politician
1926 –
Édouard Carpentier , French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
1926 –
Willis Carto , American activist and theorist (d. 2015)
1928 –
Vince Guaraldi , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1929 –
Sergei K. Godunov , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2023)
1932 –
Niccolò Castiglioni , Italian composer (d. 1996)
1932 –
Red Kerr , American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
1932 –
Wojciech Kilar , Polish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1932 –
Karla Kuskin , American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1932 –
Slick Leonard , American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
1932 –
Ian Moir , Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
[19]
1932 –
Quino , Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (d. 2020)
1932 –
Hal Riney , American businessman, founded
Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)
1933 –
Keiko Awaji , Japanese actress (d. 2014)
1933 –
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici , Maltese politician, 9th
Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2022)
1933 –
Tony Pithey , Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2006)
1934 –
Lucio Tan , Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
1935 –
Diahann Carroll , American actress and singer (d. 2019)
1935 –
Peter Schickele , American composer and educator (d. 2024)
1935 –
Donald Sutherland , Canadian actor and producer
1938 –
Hermann Huppen , Belgian author and illustrator
1939 –
Andrée Champagne , Canadian actress and politician (d. 2020)
1939 –
Spencer Davis , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1940 –
Tim Brooke-Taylor , English actor and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1941 –
Daryle Lamonica , American football player (d. 2022)
1941 –
Bob Taylor , English cricketer
1941 –
Achim Warmbold , German race car driver and manager
1942 –
Gale Garnett , New Zealand–born Canadian singer
1942 –
Connie Hawkins , American basketball player (d. 2017)
1942 –
Don Kessinger , American baseball player and manager
1942 –
Zoot Money , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1943 –
LaVyrle Spencer , American author and educator
1944 –
Mark Burgess , New Zealand cricketer and footballer
1944 –
Catherine Schell , Hungarian-English actress
1944 –
Carlos Alberto Torres , Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1945 –
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1945 –
John Patten, Baron Patten , English politician,
Secretary of State for Education
1946 –
Chris Crutcher , American novelist and short story writer
1946 –
Ted Sampley , American POW/MIA activist (d. 2009)
[20]
1947 –
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's , English educator and politician
1947 –
Robert Begerau , German footballer and manager
1947 –
Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom
1947 –
Wolfgang Flür , German musician (
Kraftwerk )
1947 –
Mick Tucker , English rock drummer (
Sweet ) (d. 2002)
1948 –
Ron Asheton , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1948 –
Luc Bondy , Swiss director and producer (d. 2015)
1949 –
Geezer Butler , English bass player and songwriter
1949 –
Charley Steiner , American journalist and sportscaster
1950 –
Sadhan Chandra Majumder , Bangladeshi politician
1950 –
Tengku Sulaiman Shah , Malaysian corporate figure
1950 –
Phoebe Snow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1951 –
Lucie Arnaz , American actress and singer
1951 –
Mark Bowden , American journalist and author
1951 –
Andrew Robathan , English soldier and politician,
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1952 –
David Hasselhoff , American actor, singer, and producer
[21]
1952 –
Nicolette Larson , American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1952 –
Thé Lau , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1952 –
Robert R. McCammon , American author
1954 –
Angela Merkel , German chemist and politician,
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
[22]
[23]
1954 –
Edward Natapei , Vanuatuan politician, 6th
Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015)
1954 –
J. Michael Straczynski , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1955 –
Sylvie Léonard , Canadian actress and screenwriter
1955 –
Paul Stamets , American mycologist and author
1956 –
Julie Bishop , Australian lawyer and politician, 38th
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
1956 –
Bryan Trottier , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1957 –
Bruce Crump , American drummer and songwriter (d. 2015)
1957 –
Wendy Freedman , Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
1958 –
Wong Kar-wai , Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 –
Suzanne Moore , English journalist
1958 –
Thérèse Rein , Australian businesswoman, founded
Ingeus
1958 –
Susan Silver , American music manager
1959 –
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin , Bangladeshi-English politician
1960 –
Kim Barnett , English cricketer and coach
1960 –
Mark Burnett , English-American screenwriter and producer
1960 –
Nancy Giles , American journalist and actress
1960 –
Robin Shou , Hong Kong martial artist and actor
1960 –
Dawn Upshaw , American soprano
1960 –
Jan Wouters , Dutch footballer and manager
1961 –
António Costa , Portuguese politician, 119th
Prime Minister of Portugal
1961 –
Jeremy Hardy , English comedian and actor (d. 2019)
1963 –
Regina Belle , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1963 –
Letsie III of Lesotho
1963 –
Matti Nykänen , Finnish ski jumper and singer (d. 2019)
1964 –
Heather Langenkamp , American actress and producer
[24]
1965 –
Craig Morgan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 –
Alex Winter , English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
1966 –
Lou Barlow , American guitarist and songwriter
1966 –
Sten Tolgfors , Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th
Swedish Minister of Defence
1969 –
Jason Clarke , Australian actor
[25]
1969 –
Scott Johnson , American cartoonist
1969 –
Jaan Kirsipuu , Estonian cyclist
1971 –
Calbert Cheaney , American basketball player and coach
1971 –
Cory Doctorow , Canadian author and activist
1971 –
Nico Mattan , Belgian cyclist
1972 –
Elizabeth Cook , American singer and guitarist
1972 –
Donny Marshall , American basketball player and sportscaster
1972 –
Jason Rullo , American drummer
1972 –
Jaap Stam , Dutch footballer and manager
1972 –
Eric Williams , American basketball player
1973 –
Eric Moulds , American football player
1974 –
Claudio López , Argentine footballer
1975 –
Andre Adams , New Zealand cricketer
1975 –
Elena Anaya , Spanish actress
1975 –
Darude , Finnish DJ and producer
1975 –
Harlette , Australian-English fashion designer
1975 –
Loretta Harrop , Australian triathlete
1975 –
Konnie Huq , English television presenter
[26]
1975 –
Terence Tao , Australian-American mathematician
[27]
1976 –
Luke Bryan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 –
Gino D'Acampo , Italian chef and author
[28]
1976 –
Dagmara Domińczyk , Polish-American actress
1976 –
Marcos Senna , Brazilian-Spanish footballer
1976 –
Anders Svensson , Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976 –
Eric Winter , American actor
[29]
1977 –
Andrew Downton , Australian cricketer
1977 –
Leif Hoste , Belgian cyclist
1977 –
Marc Savard , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 –
Ricardo Arona , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 –
Panda Bear , American musician and songwriter
1978 –
Jason Jennings , American baseball player
[30]
1978 –
Justine Triet , French film director and screenwriter
[31]
1979 –
Mike Vogel , American actor
[32]
1980 –
Javier Camuñas , Spanish footballer
[33]
1980 –
Brett Goldstein , British actor, comedian and writer
[34]
1980 –
Ryan Miller , American ice hockey player
[35]
1981 –
Hely Ollarves , Venezuelan runner
[36]
1982 –
Omari Banks , Anguillan cricketer
[37]
1983 –
Adam Lind , American baseball player
[38]
1985 –
Loui Eriksson , Swedish ice hockey player
[39]
1985 –
Neil McGregor , Scottish footballer
[40]
1986 –
DeAngelo Smith , American football player
[41]
1987 –
Darius Boyd , Australian rugby league player
[42]
1987 –
Jeremih , American singer, songwriter, and record producer
[43]
1992 –
Billie Lourd , American actress
[44]
1992 –
Tatu Sinisalo , Finnish actor
[45]
1994 –
Kali Uchis , American singer-songwriter
[46]
1998 –
Rosana Serrano , Cuban rower
[47]
2005 –
Connor Bedard , Canadian ice hockey player
[48]
Deaths
Pre-1600
521 –
Magnus Felix Ennodius , Gallo-Roman bishop
855 –
Leo IV , pope of the
Catholic Church (b. 790)
952 –
Wu Hanyue , Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
961 –
Du , empress dowager of the
Song Dynasty
1070 –
Baldwin VI , count of
Flanders (b. 1030)
1085 –
Robert Guiscard , Norman adventurer
1119 –
Baldwin VII , count of Flanders (b. 1093)
1210 –
Sverker II , king of
Sweden (b. 1210)
1304 –
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251)
1399 –
Jadwiga , queen of
Poland (b. 1374)
1453 –
Dmitry Shemyaka , Grand Prince of
Moscow
1453 –
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury , English commander and politician (b. 1387)
1531 –
Hosokawa Takakuni , Japanese commander (b. 1484)
1571 –
Georg Fabricius , German poet and historian (b. 1516)
1588 –
Mimar Sinan , Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and
Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
1601–1900
1603 –
Mózes Székely , Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
1642 –
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen , German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (b. 1592)
[49]
1645 –
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset , English-Scottish politician,
Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
1704 –
Pierre-Charles Le Sueur , French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
1709 –
Robert Bolling , English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
1725 –
Thomas King , English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
[50]
1762 –
Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1790 –
Adam Smith , Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
1791 –
Martin Dobrizhoffer , Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
1793 –
Charlotte Corday , French murderer (b. 1768)
1794 –
John Roebuck , English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)
1845 –
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
1871 –
Karl Tausig , Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
1878 –
Aleardo Aleardi , Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
1879 –
Maurycy Gottlieb , Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
1881 –
Jim Bridger , American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
1883 –
Tự Đức , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
1885 –
Jean-Charles Chapais , Canadian farmer and politician, 1st
Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
1893 –
Frederick A. Johnson , American banker and politician (b. 1833)
1894 –
Leconte de Lisle , French poet and translator (b. 1818)
1894 –
Josef Hyrtl , Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
1900 –
Thomas McIlwraith , Scottish-Australian politician, 8th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
1901–present
1907 –
Hector Malot , French author and critic (b. 1830)
1912 –
Henri Poincaré , French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
1918 – Victims of the
Shooting of the Romanov family :
1925 –
Lovis Corinth , German painter (b. 1858)
1928 –
Giovanni Giolitti , Italian politician, 13th
Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
1928 –
Álvaro Obregón , Mexican general and politician, 39th
President of Mexico (b. 1880)
1932 –
Rasmus Rasmussen , Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
1935 –
George William Russell , Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
1942 –
Robina Nicol , New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
[53]
1944 –
William James Sidis , American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
1945 –
Ernst Busch , German field marshal (b. 1885)
1946 –
Florence Fuller , South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
1946 –
Draža Mihailović , Serbian general (b. 1893)
1950 –
Evangeline Booth , English 4th
General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
1950 –
Antonie Nedošinská , Czech actress (b. 1885)
1959 –
Billie Holiday , American singer (b. 1915)
1959 –
Eugene Meyer , American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
1960 –
Maud Menten , Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
[54]
1961 –
Ty Cobb , American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
1961 –
Emin Halid Onat , Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
1967 –
John Coltrane , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
1974 –
Dizzy Dean , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
1975 –
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia , Georgian author (b. 1893)
1980 –
Don "Red" Barry , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1980 –
Boris Delaunay , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
1988 –
Bruiser Brody , American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
1989 –
Itubwa Amram , Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
1991 –
John Patrick Spiegel , American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
1994 –
Jean Borotra , French tennis player (b. 1898)
1995 –
Juan Manuel Fangio , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
1996 – Victims of
TWA Flight 800 :
1996 –
Chas Chandler , English bass player and producer (b. 1938)
1998 –
Lillian Hoban , American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2001 –
Katharine Graham , American publisher (b. 1917)
[55]
2002 –
Joseph Luns , Dutch politician and
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
2003 –
David Kelly , Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2003 –
Rosalyn Tureck , American pianist and
harpsichord player (b. 1914)
2003 –
Walter Zapp , Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the
Minox (b. 1905)
2005 –
Geraldine Fitzgerald , Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
2005 –
Edward Heath , English colonel and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005 –
Joe Vialls , Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)
2006 –
Sam Myers , American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2006 –
Mickey Spillane , American crime novelist (b. 1918)
[56]
2007 –
Grant Forsberg , American actor and businessman (b. 1959)
2007 –
Júlio Redecker , Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
2007 –
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza , Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)
2009 –
Walter Cronkite , American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
2009 –
Leszek Kołakowski , Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
2010 –
Larry Keith , American actor (b. 1931)
2011 –
David Ngoombujarra , Australian actor (b. 1967)
2012 –
Richard Evatt , English boxer (b. 1973)
2012 –
Forrest S. McCartney , American general (b. 1931)
2012 –
İlhan Mimaroğlu , Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)
2012 –
William Raspberry , American journalist and academic (b. 1935)
2012 –
Marsha Singh , Indian-English politician (b. 1954)
2013 –
Henri Alleg , English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)
2013 –
Peter Appleyard , English-Canadian
vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
2013 –
Vincenzo Cerami , Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013 –
Don Flye , American tennis player (b. 1933)
2013 –
Ian Gourlay , English general (b. 1920)
2013 –
David White , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
[57]
2014 –
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims:
2014 –
Henry Hartsfield , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
2014 –
Otto Piene , German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)
2014 –
Elaine Stritch , American actress and singer (b. 1925)
2015 –
Bill Arnsparger , American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2015 –
Jules Bianchi , French race car driver (b. 1989)
2015 –
Owen Chadwick , English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916)
2015 –
Van Miller , American sportscaster (b. 1927)
2015 –
John Taylor , English pianist and educator (b. 1942)
2019 –
Marie Sophie Hingst , German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from
Holocaust survivors
[58]
2020 –
John Lewis , American Politician and Civil Rights Leader. (b. 1940)
[59]
2020 –
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya , Russian-Australian pair skater (b. 2000)
[60]
Holidays and observances
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