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Day of the year
April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 252 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1635 – The first public school in the United States, the
Boston Latin School , is founded.
1655 – The
Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the
Anglo-Spanish War , and fails seven days later.
1660 –
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
1661 – King
Charles II of England , Scotland and Ireland is crowned in
Westminster Abbey .
[3]
1724 –
Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata
Du Hirte Israel, höre , BWV 104 , illustrating the topic of the
Good Shepherd in
pastoral music .
[4]
1815 –
The Second Serbian Uprising : A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the
Ottoman Empire , erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
1879 – Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the
University of Notre Dame , which prompts the construction of the third, and current,
Main Building with its golden dome.
1891 –
Chilean Civil War : The ironclad
Blanco Encalada
is sunk at
Caldera Bay by
torpedo boats .
[5]
[6]
1901–present
1918 –
World War I : The
British Royal Navy makes a
raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian
port of Bruges-Zeebrugge .
1919 – The
Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in
Estonia , which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the
Riigikogu .
[7]
1920 – The
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in
Ankara . The assembly denounces the government of
Sultan
Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a
temporary constitution .
1927 –
Cardiff City defeat
Arsenal in the
FA Cup Final , the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
1935 – The
Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940 – The
Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in
Natchez, Mississippi , kills 198 people.
1941 –
World War II : The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the
invading Wehrmacht .
1942 – World War II:
Baedeker Blitz : German bombers hit
Exeter ,
Bath and
York in retaliation for the British raid on
Lübeck .
1945 – World War II:
Adolf Hitler 's designated successor,
Hermann Göring , sends him a
telegram asking permission to take leadership of
Nazi Germany .
Martin Bormann and
Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.
1946 –
Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines .
1949 –
Chinese Civil War : Establishment of the
People's Liberation Army Navy .
1951 –
Cold War : American journalist
William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the
Communist government of
Czechoslovakia .
1961 –
Algiers putsch by French generals.
1966 –
Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the
Caspian Sea off the
Absheron Peninsula , killing 33 people.
[8]
1967 –
Soviet space program :
Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying
cosmonaut Colonel
Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
1968 –
Vietnam War : Student protesters at
Columbia University in New York City
take over administration buildings and shut down the university .
1971 –
Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army and
Razakars
massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of
East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh ).
1979 –
SAETA Flight 011 crashes in
Pastaza Province , Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.
[9]
1979 –
Blair Peach , a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an
Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a
National Front election meeting in
Southall , London.
[10]
1985 –
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases
New Coke . The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
1990 –
Namibia becomes the 160th
member of the
United Nations and the 50th
member of the
Commonwealth of Nations .
1993 –
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from
Ethiopia in a
United Nations -monitored referendum.
1993 –
Sri Lankan politician
Lalith Athulathmudali is
assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the
Western Province .
1999 –
NATO
bombs the headquarters of
Radio Television of Serbia , as part of their
aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
2005 – The first
YouTube video, titled "
Me at the zoo ", was published by co-founder
Jawed Karim .
[11]
2013 – At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as
violence breaks out in
Hawija ,
Iraq .
[12]
2018 – A
vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in
Toronto . A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
[13]
2019 – The
April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.
[14]
2024 – The
2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.
[15]
[16]
Births
Pre-1600
1141 (probable)
[17] –
Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
1185 –
Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
[18]
1408 –
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
[19]
1420 –
George of Poděbrady , King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
1464 –
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
1464 –
Robert Fayrfax , English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
1484 –
Julius Caesar Scaliger , Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
1500 –
Alexander Ales , Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
1500 –
Johann Stumpf , Swiss writer (d. 1576)
1512 –
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel , Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
1516 –
Georg Fabricius , German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
1564 –
William Shakespeare , English playwright and poet (d. 1616)
[20]
1598 –
Maarten Tromp , Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
1601–1900
1621 –
William Penn , English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
1628 –
Johannes Hudde , Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
1661 –
Issachar Berend Lehmann , German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
1715 –
Johann Friedrich Doles , German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
1720 –
Vilna Gaon , Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
1744 –
Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
1748 –
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr , French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
1791 –
James Buchanan , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th
President of the United States (d. 1868)
1792 –
Thomas Romney Robinson , Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
1794 –
Wei Yuan , Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
1805 –
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz , German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
1812 –
Frederick Whitaker , English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
1813 –
Stephen A. Douglas , American educator and politician, 7th
Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
1813 –
Frédéric Ozanam , Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
1818 –
James Anthony Froude , English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)
1819 –
Edward Stafford , Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
1853 –
Winthrop M. Crane , American businessman and politician, 40th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
1856 –
Granville Woods , American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
1857 –
Ruggero Leoncavallo , Italian composer (d. 1919)
1858 –
Max Planck , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1860 –
Justinian Oxenham , Australian public servant (d. 1932)
1861 –
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , English field marshal and diplomat,
British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
1861 –
John Peltz , American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
1865 –
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski , Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
1867 –
Johannes Fibiger , Danish physician and pathologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1876 –
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German historian and author (d. 1925)
1880 –
Michel Fokine , Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
1882 –
Albert Coates , English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
1888 –
Georges Vanier , Canadian general and politician, 19th
Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
1889 –
Karel Doorman , Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
1893 –
Frank Borzage , American actor and director (d. 1952)
1895 –
Ngaio Marsh , New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
[21]
1897 –
Folke Jansson , Swedish athlete (d. 1965)
1897 –
Lester B. Pearson , Canadian historian and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Canada ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1898 –
Lucius D. Clay , American general (d. 1978)
1899 –
Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1899 –
Minoru Shirota , Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented
Yakult (d. 1982)
1900 –
Jim Bottomley , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
[22]
1900 –
Joseph Green , Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)
1901–present
1901 –
E. B. Ford , English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
1902 –
Halldór Laxness , Icelandic author and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1903 –
Guy Simonds , English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
1904 –
Clifford Bricker , Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)
1904 –
Louis Muhlstock , Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
1904 –
Duncan Renaldo , American actor (d. 1985)
1907 –
Lee Miller , American model and photographer (d. 1977)
1907 –
Fritz Wotruba , Austrian sculptor, designed the
Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
1908 –
Myron Waldman , American animator and director (d. 2006)
1910 –
Sheila Scott Macintyre , Scottish mathematician (d. 1960)
[23]
1910 –
Simone Simon , French actress (d. 2005)
[24]
1911 –
Ronald Neame , English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1913 –
Diosa Costello , Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (d. 2013)
1915 –
Arnold Alexander Hall , English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
1916 –
Ivo Lola Ribar , Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and
People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1943)
[25]
1916 –
Yiannis Moralis , Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
1916 –
Sinah Estelle Kelley , American chemist (d. 1982)
1917 –
Dorian Leigh , American model (d. 2008)
1917 –
Tony Lupien , American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
1918 –
Maurice Druon , French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
[26]
1919 –
Oleg Penkovsky , Russian colonel (d. 1963)
1920 –
Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet , English businessman (d. 2018)
1921 –
Judy Agnew ,
Second Lady of the United States (d. 2012)
[27]
1921 –
Cleto Bellucci , Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
1921 –
Janet Blair , American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1921 –
Warren Spahn , American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
1923 –
Dolph Briscoe , American lieutenant and politician, 41st
Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
1923 –
Avram Davidson , American soldier and author (d. 1993)
1924 –
Chuck Harmon , American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)
1924 –
Bobby Rosengarden , American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
1926 –
J.P. Donleavy , American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)
1926 –
Rifaat el-Mahgoub , Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
1928 –
Shirley Temple , American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
[28]
1929 –
George Steiner , French-American philosopher, author, and critic (d. 2020)
[29]
1932 –
Halston , American fashion designer (d. 1990)
1932 –
Jim Fixx , American runner and author (d. 1984)
1933 –
Annie Easley , American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
1934 –
George Canseco , Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
1936 –
Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1937 –
Victoria Glendinning , English author and critic
1937 –
David Mills , English cricketer (d. 2013)
1937 –
Barry Shepherd , Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
1939 –
Jorge Fons , Mexican director and screenwriter
1939 –
Bill Hagerty , English journalist
1939 –
Lee Majors , American actor
1939 –
Ray Peterson , American pop singer (d. 2005)
1940 –
Michael Copps , American academic and politician
1940 –
Dale Houston , American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1940 –
Michael Kadosh , Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1941 –
Jacqueline Boyer , French singer and actress
1941 –
Arie den Hartog , Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)
1941 –
Paavo Lipponen , Finnish journalist and politician, 38th
Prime Minister of Finland
1941 –
Michael Lynne , American film producer, co-founded
New Line Cinema (d. 2019)
1941 –
Ed Stewart , English radio and television host (d. 2016)
1941 –
Ray Tomlinson , American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
1942 –
Sandra Dee , American model and actress (d. 2005)
1943 –
Gail Goodrich , American basketball player and coach
1943 –
Tony Esposito , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
1943 –
Frans Koppelaar , Dutch painter
1943 –
Hervé Villechaize , French actor (d. 1993)
1944 –
Jean-François Stévenin , French actor and director (d. 2021)
1946 –
Blair Brown , American actress
1946 –
Carlton Sherwood , American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
1947 –
Robert Burgess , English sociologist and academic
1947 –
Glenn Cornick , English bass player (d. 2014)
1947 –
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey , Irish civil rights leader and politician
1948 –
Pascal Quignard , French author and screenwriter
1948 –
Serge Thériault , Canadian actor
1949 –
Paul Collier , English economist and academic
1949 –
David Cross , English violinist
1949 –
John Miles , British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2021)
1950 –
Rowley Leigh , English chef and journalist
1950 –
Barbara McIlvaine Smith ,
Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
1951 –
Martin Bayerle , American treasure hunter
1952 –
Narada Michael Walden , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1953 –
James Russo , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 –
Stephen Dalton , English air marshal
1954 –
Michael Moore , American director, producer, and activist
1955 –
Judy Davis , Australian actress
1955 –
Tony Miles , English chess player (d. 2001)
1955 –
Urmas Ott , Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
1957 –
Neville Brody , English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
1957 –
Jan Hooks , American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
1958 –
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson , Icelandic composer and producer
1958 –
Ryan Walter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 –
Unity Dow , Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
[30]
1960 –
Valerie Bertinelli , American actress
1960 –
Steve Clark , English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
1960 –
Barry Douglas , Irish pianist and conductor
1960 –
Léo Jaime , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1960 –
Claude Julien , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 –
George Lopez , American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1961 –
Pierluigi Martini , Italian race car driver
1962 –
John Hannah , Scottish actor and producer
1962 –
Shaun Spiers , English businessman and politician
1963 –
Paul Belmondo , French race car driver
1963 –
Robby Naish , American windsurfer
1964 –
Gianandrea Noseda , Italian pianist and conductor
1965 –
Leni Robredo , Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th
Vice President of the Philippines
1966 –
Jörg Deisinger , German bass player
1966 –
Matt Freeman , American bass player
1966 –
Lembit Oll , Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)
1967 –
Rhéal Cormier , Canadian baseball player (d. 2021)
1967 –
Melina Kanakaredes , American actress
1968 –
Bas Haring , Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
1968 –
Ken McRae , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 –
Timothy McVeigh , American terrorist,
Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
1969 –
Martín López-Zubero , American-Spanish swimmer and coach
1969 –
Yelena Shushunova , Russian gymnast
1970 –
Egemen Bağış , Turkish politician, 1st
Minister of European Union Affairs
1970 –
Dennis Culp , American singer-songwriter and trombonist
1970 –
Andrew Gee , Australian rugby league player and manager
1970 –
Hans Välimäki , Finnish chef and author
1970 –
Tayfur Havutçu , Turkish international footballer and manager
1971 –
Uli Herzner , German-American fashion designer
1972 –
Pierre Labrie , Canadian poet and playwright
1972 –
Peter Dench , English photographer and journalist
1972 –
Amira Medunjanin , Bosnian singer
1973 –
Patrick Poulin , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 –
Carlos Dengler , American bass player
1974 –
Michael Kerr , New Zealand-German rugby player
1975 –
Bobby Shaw , American football player
1976 –
Gabriel Damon , American actor
[31]
1976 –
Aaron Dessner , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1977 –
John Cena , American professional wrestler and actor
1977 –
Andruw Jones , Curaçaoan baseball player
[32]
1977 –
David Kidwell , New Zealand rugby league player and coach
1977 –
Willie Mitchell , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 –
John Oliver , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 –
Kal Penn , Indian-American actor
1977 –
Bram Schmitz , Dutch cyclist
1977 –
Lee Young-pyo , South Korean international footballer
[33]
1978 –
Gezahegne Abera , Ethiopian runner
1979 –
Barry Hawkins , English snooker player
1979 –
Jaime King , American actress and model
1979 –
Joanna Krupa , Polish-American model and television personality
1979 –
Samppa Lajunen , Finnish skier
1980 –
Nicole den Dulk , Dutch Paralympic equestrian
[34]
1982 –
Kyle Beckerman , American footballer
[35]
1982 –
Tony Sunshine , American singer-songwriter
1983 –
Leon Andreasen , Danish international footballer
[36]
1983 –
Daniela Hantuchová , Slovak tennis player
1983 –
Ian Henderson , English rugby league player
1984 –
Alexandra Kosteniuk , Russian chess player
1984 –
Moose , American professional wrestler and football player
[37]
1984 –
Jesse Lee Soffer , American actor
1985 –
Angel Locsin , Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
1986 –
Sven Kramer , Dutch speed skater
1986 –
Alysia Montaño , American runner
1986 –
Rafael Fernandes , Brazilian baseball player
1987 –
Michael Arroyo , Ecuadorian footballer
1987 –
John Boye , Ghanaian footballer
1987 –
Emily Fox , American basketball player
1988 –
Victor Anichebe , Nigerian footballer
1988 –
Sandra Borch , Norwegian politician
[38]
1988 –
Alistair Brownlee , English triathlete
1988 –
Signe Ronka , Canadian figure skater
1988 –
Lenka Wienerová , Slovak tennis player
1989 –
Nicole Vaidišová , Czech tennis player
1990 –
Rui Fonte , Portuguese footballer
[39]
1990 –
Dev Patel , English actor
1991 –
Britt Baker , American professional wrestler
[40]
1991 –
Nathan Baker , English footballer
1991 –
Caleb Johnson , American singer-songwriter
1991 –
Paul Vaughan , Australian-Italian rugby league player
1994 –
Patrick Olsen , Danish footballer
1994 –
Song Kang , South Korean actor
1995 –
Gigi Hadid , American fashion model and television personality
1995 –
Jamie Hayter , English professional wrestler
[41]
1996 –
Carolina Alves , Brazilian tennis player
[42]
1997 –
Zach Apple , American swimmer
[43]
1999 –
Son Chaeyoung , South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter
[44]
2000 –
Chloe Kim , American snowboarder
[45]
2000 –
Lee Jeno , South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer
[46]
2018 –
Prince Louis of Wales
Deaths
Pre-1600
AD 303 –
Saint George , Roman soldier and martyr
[47]
711 –
Childebert III , Frankish king (b. 670)
725 –
Wihtred of Kent
[48]
871 –
Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)
915 –
Yang Shihou , Chinese general
944 –
Wichmann the Elder , Saxon nobleman
990 –
Ekkehard II , Swiss monk and
abbot
[49]
997 –
Adalbert of Prague , Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)
1014 –
Brian Boru , Irish king (b. 941)
1014 –
Domnall mac Eimín , Mormaer of Mar
1016 –
Æthelred the Unready , English son of
Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)
1124 –
Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
1151 –
Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
1170 –
Minamoto no Tametomo , Japanese samurai (b. 1139)
1196 –
Béla III of Hungary (b.
c. 1148 )
1200 –
Zhu Xi , Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)
1217 –
Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1262 –
Aegidius of Assisi , companion of Saint
Francis of Assisi
1307 –
Joan of Acre (b. 1272)
1400 –
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford , English politician and nobleman (b. c. 1338)
1407 –
Olivier de Clisson , French soldier (b. 1326)
1501 –
Domenico della Rovere , Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)
1554 –
Gaspara Stampa , Italian poet (b. 1523)
1601–1900
1605 –
Boris Godunov , Russian ruler (b. 1551)
1616 –
William Shakespeare , English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
[50]
1616 –
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega , Spanish writer and historian (b. 1539)
[51]
1625 –
Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
1695 –
Henry Vaughan , Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
1702 –
Margaret Fell , English religious leader, founded the
Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
1781 –
James Abercrombie , Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
1784 –
Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
1792 –
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian and author (b. 1741)
1794 –
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
1827 –
Georgios Karaiskakis , Greek general (b. 1780)
1839 –
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin , French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
1850 –
William Wordsworth , English poet and author (b. 1770)
1865 –
Silas Soule , American soldier and whistleblower of the
Sand Creek Massacre (b. 1838)
[52]
1889 –
Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly , French author and critic (b. 1808)
1895 –
Carl Ludwig , German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
1901–present
1905 –
Gédéon Ouimet , Canadian politician, 2nd
Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
1907 –
Alferd Packer , American prospector (b. 1842)
1915 –
Rupert Brooke , English poet (b. 1887)
1936 –
Teresa de la Parra , French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
1951 –
Jules Berry , French actor and director (b. 1883)
1951 –
Charles G. Dawes , American banker and politician, 30th
Vice President of the United States ,
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1959 –
Bak Jungyang , Korean politician
1965 –
George Adamski , Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
1966 –
George Ohsawa , Japanese founder of the
Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
1981 –
Josep Pla , Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
1983 –
Buster Crabbe , American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
1984 –
Red Garland , American pianist (b. 1923)
1985 –
Sam Ervin , American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
1985 –
Frank Farrell , Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
1986 –
Harold Arlen , American composer (b. 1905)
1986 –
Jim Laker , English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (b. 1922)
1986 –
Otto Preminger , Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
1990 –
Paulette Goddard , American actress (b. 1910)
1991 –
Johnny Thunders , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
1992 –
Satyajit Ray , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 –
Tanka Prasad Acharya , Nepalese politician, 27th
Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
1993 –
Cesar Chavez , American activist, co-founded the
United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
1995 –
Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Canadian farmer and politician, 13th
Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
1995 –
Howard Cosell , American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
1995 –
Riho Lahi , Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
1995 –
John C. Stennis , American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
1996 –
Jean Victor Allard , Canadian general (b. 1913)
1996 –
P. L. Travers , Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
1997 –
Denis Compton , English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
1998 –
Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
1998 –
James Earl Ray , American
assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1928)
1998 –
Thanassis Skordalos , Greek singer-songwriter and
lyra player (b. 1920)
2003 –
Fernand Fonssagrives , French-American photographer (b. 1910)
2004 –
Herman Veenstra , Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)
2005 –
Joh Bjelke-Petersen , New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st
Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2005 –
Robert Farnon , Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 –
Al Grassby , Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)
2005 –
John Mills , English actor (b. 1908)
[54]
2005 –
Romano Scarpa , Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2005 –
Earl Wilson , American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)
2006 –
Phil Walden , American record producer and manager, co-founder of
Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
2007 –
Paul Erdman , Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 –
David Halberstam , American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
2007 –
Peter Randall , English sergeant (b. 1930)
2007 –
Boris Yeltsin , Russian politician, 1st
President of Russia (b. 1931)
2010 –
Peter Porter , Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
2011 –
James Casey , English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)
2011 –
Tom King , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2011 –
Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill , English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
2011 –
Max van der Stoel , Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)
2011 –
John Sullivan , English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
2012 –
Lillemor Arvidsson , Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th
Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)
2012 –
Billy Bryans , Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2012 –
Chris Ethridge , American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)
2012 –
Raymond Thorsteinsson , Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)
2012 –
LeRoy T. Walker , American football player and coach (b. 1918)
2013 –
Bob Brozman , American guitarist (b. 1954)
2013 –
Robert W. Edgar , American educator and politician (b. 1943)
2013 –
Tony Grealish , English footballer (b. 1956)
2013 –
Antonio Maccanico , Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)
2013 –
Frank W. J. Olver , English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
2013 –
Kathryn Wasserman Davis , American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)
2014 –
Benjamín Brea , Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)
2014 –
Michael Glawogger , Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
2014 –
Jaap Havekotte , Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)
2014 –
Connie Marrero , Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
2014 –
F. Michael Rogers , American general (b. 1921)
2014 –
Mark Shand , English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
2014 –
Patric Standford , English composer and educator (b. 1939)
2015 –
Richard Corliss , American journalist and critic (b. 1944)
2015 –
Ray Jackson , Australian activist (b. 1941)
2015 –
Pierre Claude Nolin , Canadian lawyer and politician,
Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)
2015 –
Jim Steffen , American football player (b. 1936)
2015 –
Francis Tsai , American author and illustrator (b. 1967)
2016 –
Inge King , German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)
2016 –
Banharn Silpa-archa , Thai politician,
Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1932)
2019 –
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick , American soprano singer and presenter (b. 1983)
[55]
2019 –
Jean , Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)
[56]
2021 –
Dan Kaminsky , American internet security researcher (b. 1979)
[57]
2022 –
Orrin Hatch , American politician,
President pro tempore of the United States Senate (b. 1934)
[58]
2024 –
Frank Field , British politician (b. 1942)
[59]
2024 –
Helen Vendler , American Literary Critic (b. 1933)
[60]
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