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Day of the year
April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 250 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1607 –
Eighty Years' War : The Dutch fleet
destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at
Gibraltar .
1644 –
Transition from Ming to Qing : The
Chongzhen Emperor , the last Emperor of
Ming China , commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by
Li Zicheng .
1707 – A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at
Almansa (Spain) in the
War of the Spanish Succession .
1792 –
Highwayman
Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by
guillotine .
1792 – "
La Marseillaise " (the French
national anthem ) is composed by
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle .
1808 –
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 : The
Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in
Flisa ,
Hedemarkens Amt , between Swedish and Norwegian troops.
[1]
1829 –
Charles Fremantle arrives in
HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day
Western Australia prior to declaring the
Swan River Colony for the
British Empire .
1846 –
Thornton Affair : Open conflict begins over the disputed border of
Texas , triggering the
Mexican–American War .
1849 – The
Governor General of Canada ,
Lord Elgin , signs the
Rebellion Losses Bill , outraging
Montreal 's
English population and triggering the
Montreal Riots .
1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the
Suez Canal .
1862 –
American Civil War : Forces under
U.S.
Admiral
David Farragut
demand the surrender of the
Confederate city of
New Orleans, Louisiana .
1864 – American Civil War: In the
Battle of Marks' Mills , a force of 8,000
Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800
Union soldiers and a large number of wagon
teamsters , killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.
1882 –
French and
Vietnamese troops clashed in
Tonkin , when Commandant
Henri Rivière
seized the
citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
1898 –
Spanish–American War : The United States Congress
declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval
blockade of the Spanish colony of
Cuba began.
[2]
1901–present
1901 –
New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates .
1915 –
World War I : The
Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at
Anzac Cove and
Cape Helles .
1916 –
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
1920 – At the
San Remo conference , the principal
Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A"
League of Nations mandates for administration of the former
Ottoman -ruled lands of the Middle East.
1933 –
Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
[3]
1938 –
U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
1944 – The
United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
1945 –
World War II :
United States and
Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in
Torgau and
Strehla along the River
Elbe , cutting the
Wehrmacht of
Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as
Elbe Day .
1945 – World War II:
Liberation Day (Italy) : The
National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the
Italian Social Republic .
1945 –
United Nations Conference on International Organization : Founding negotiations for the
United Nations begin in
San Francisco .
1945 – World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the
Lapland War . Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.
1951 –
Korean War : Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the
Battle of Kapyong .
1953 –
Francis Crick and
James Watson publish "
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid " describing the
double helix structure of
DNA .
1954 – The first practical
solar cell is publicly demonstrated by
Bell Telephone Laboratories .
1959 – The
Saint Lawrence Seaway , linking the North American
Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
1960 – The United States Navy submarine
USS Triton completes the
first submerged circumnavigation of the globe .
1961 –
Robert Noyce is granted a
patent for an
integrated circuit .
1972 –
Vietnam War :
Nguyen Hue Offensive : The
North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000
South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of
Kontum .
1974 –
Carnation Revolution : A leftist military
coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative
Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
1980 – One hundred forty-six people are killed when
Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near
Los Rodeos Airport in
Tenerife ,
Canary Islands .
[4]
1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the
Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
1982 –
Israel completes its withdrawal from the
Sinai Peninsula per the
Camp David Accords .
1983 –
Cold War : American schoolgirl
Samantha Smith is invited to visit the
Soviet Union by its leader
Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about
nuclear war .
1983 –
Pioneer 10 travels beyond
Pluto 's orbit.
1990 –
Violeta Chamorro takes office as the
President of Nicaragua , the first woman to hold the position.
2001 – President
George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
[5]
2004 – The
March for Women's Lives brings over 1 million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on
abortion .
[6]
2005 – The final piece of the
Obelisk of Axum is returned to
Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in
1937 .
2005 – A seven-car commuter train
derails and crashes into an apartment building near
Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.
[7]
2005 –
Bulgaria and
Romania sign the
Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the
European Union .
2007 –
Boris Yeltsin's funeral : The first to be sanctioned by the
Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor
Alexander III in 1894.
2014 – The
Flint water crisis begins when officials at
Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the
Flint River , leading to
lead and
bacteria contamination .
[8]
2015 – At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after
a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal .
[9]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1621 –
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , English soldier and politician (d. 1679)
1666 –
Johann Heinrich Buttstett , German organist and composer (d. 1727)
1694 –
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington , English architect and politician,
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)
1710 –
James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776)
1723 –
Giovanni Marco Rutini , Italian composer (d. 1797)
1725 –
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , English admiral and politician (d. 1786)
1767 –
Nicolas Oudinot , French general (d. 1847)
1770 –
Georg Sverdrup , Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850)
1776 –
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
1843 –
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1849 –
Felix Klein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1925)
1850 –
Luise Adolpha Le Beau , German composer and educator (d. 1927)
1851 –
Leopoldo Alas , Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901)
1854 –
Charles Sumner Tainter , American engineer and inventor (d. 1940)
1862 –
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon , English ornithologist and politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)
1868 –
John Moisant , American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)
1871 –
Lorne Currie , French-English sailor (d. 1926)
1872 –
C. B. Fry , English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956)
1873 –
Walter de la Mare , English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956)
1873 –
Howard Garis , American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962)
1874 –
Guglielmo Marconi , Italian businessman and inventor, developed
Marconi's law ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1874 –
Ernest Webb , English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)
1876 –
Jacob Nicol , Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958)
1878 –
William Merz , American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)
1882 –
Fred McLeod , Scottish golfer (d. 1976)
1887 –
Kojo Tovalou Houénou , Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936)
1892 –
Maud Hart Lovelace , American author (d. 1980)
1896 –
Fred Haney , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)
1897 –
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)
1900 –
Gladwyn Jebb , English politician and diplomat,
Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)
1900 –
Wolfgang Pauli , Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1901–present
1902 –
Werner Heyde , German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)
1902 –
Mary Miles Minter , American actress (d. 1984)
1903 –
Andrey Kolmogorov , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987)
1905 –
George Nēpia , New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)
1906 –
Joel Brand , member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (d. 1964)
[14]
1906 –
William J. Brennan Jr. , American colonel and
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)
1908 –
Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (d. 1965)
1909 –
William Pereira , American architect, designed the
Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)
1910 –
Arapeta Awatere , New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976)
1911 –
Connie Marrero , Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1911 –
George Roth , American gymnast (d. 1997)
[15]
1912 –
Earl Bostic , American saxophonist (d. 1965)
1913 –
Nikolaos Roussen , Greek captain (d. 1944)
1914 –
Ross Lockridge Jr. , American author and academic (d. 1948)
1915 –
Mort Weisinger , American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1916 –
Jerry Barber , American golfer (d. 1994)
1917 –
Ella Fitzgerald , American singer (d. 1996)
[16]
1917 –
Jean Lucas , French racing driver (d. 2003)
1918 –
Graham Payn , South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918 –
Gérard de Vaucouleurs , French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)
1918 –
Astrid Varnay , Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006)
1919 –
Finn Helgesen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011)
1921 –
Karel Appel , Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)
1923 –
Francis Graham-Smith , English astronomer and academic
1923 –
Melissa Hayden , Canadian ballerina (d. 2006)
1923 –
Albert King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
1924 –
Ingemar Johansson , Swedish race walker (d. 2009)
1924 –
Franco Mannino , Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)
1924 –
Paulo Vanzolini , Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)
1925 –
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher , English trade union leader and businessman
1925 –
Sammy Drechsel , German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)
1925 –
Louis O'Neil , Canadian academic and politician (d. 2018)
1926 –
Johnny Craig , American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
1926 –
Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner , Austrian politician (d. 2008)
1926 –
Patricia Castell , Argentine actress (d. 2013)
1927 –
Corín Tellado , Spanish author (d. 2009)
1927 –
Albert Uderzo , French author and illustrator (d. 2020)
1928 –
Cy Twombly , American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)
1929 –
Yvette Williams , New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 2019)
1930 –
Paul Mazursky , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1930 –
Godfrey Milton-Thompson , English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)
1930 –
Peter Schulz , German lawyer and politician,
Mayor of Hamburg (d. 2013)
1931 –
Felix Berezin , Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)
1931 –
David Shepherd , English painter and author (d. 2017)
1932 –
Nikolai Kardashev , Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019)
1932 –
Meadowlark Lemon , African-American basketball player and minister (d. 2015)
1932 –
Lia Manoliu , Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998)
1933 –
Jerry Leiber , American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1933 –
Joyce Ricketts , American baseball player (d. 1992)
1934 –
Peter McParland , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1935 –
Bob Gutowski , American pole vaulter (d. 1960)
1935 –
Reinier Kreijermaat , Dutch footballer (d. 2018)
1936 –
Henck Arron , Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)
1938 –
Roger Boisjoly , American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012)
1938 –
Ton Schulten , Dutch painter and graphic designer
1939 –
Tarcisio Burgnich , Italian footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1939 –
Michael Llewellyn-Smith , English academic and diplomat
1939 –
Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky , English historian and academic
1939 –
Veronica Sutherland , English academic and British diplomat
1940 –
Al Pacino , American actor and director
1941 –
Bertrand Tavernier , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1942 –
Jon Kyl , American lawyer and politician
1943 –
Tony Christie , English singer-songwriter and actor
1944 –
Len Goodman , English dancer (d. 2023)
[17]
1944 –
Mike Kogel , German singer-songwriter
1944 –
Stephen Nickell , English economist and academic
1944 –
Bruce Ponder , English geneticist and cancer researcher
1945 –
Stu Cook , American bass player
Creedence Clearwater Revival , songwriter, and producer
1945 –
Richard C. Hoagland , American theorist and author
1945 –
Björn Ulvaeus , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1946 –
Talia Shire , American actress
1946 –
Peter Sutherland , Irish lawyer and politician,
Attorney General of Ireland (d. 2018)
1946 –
Vladimir Zhirinovsky , Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2022)
1947 –
Johan Cruyff , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1947 –
Jeffrey DeMunn , American actor
1947 –
Cathy Smith , Canadian singer and drug dealer (d. 2020)
[18]
1948 –
Mike Selvey , English cricketer and sportscaster
1948 –
Yu Shyi-kun , Taiwanese politician, 39th
Premier of the Republic of China
1949 –
Vicente Pernía , Argentinian footballer and race car driver
1949 –
Dominique Strauss-Kahn , French economist, lawyer, and politician,
French Minister of Finance
1949 –
James Fenton , English poet, journalist and literary critic
1950 –
Donnell Deeny , Northern Irish lawyer and judge
1950 –
Steve Ferrone , English drummer
1950 –
Peter Hintze , German politician (d. 2016)
1950 –
Valentyna Kozyr , Ukrainian high jumper
1951 –
Ian McCartney , Scottish politician,
Minister of State for Trade
1952 –
Ketil Bjørnstad , Norwegian pianist and composer
1952 –
Vladislav Tretiak , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1952 –
Jacques Santini , French footballer and coach
1953 –
Ron Clements , American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1953 –
Gary Cosier , Australian cricketer
1953 –
Anthony Venables , English economist, author, and academic
1954 –
Melvin Burgess , English author
1954 –
Randy Cross , American football player and sportscaster
1954 –
Róisín Shortall , Irish educator and politician
1955 –
Américo Gallego , Argentinian footballer and coach
1955 –
Parviz Parastui , Iranian actor and singer
1955 –
Zev Siegl , American businessman, co-founded
Starbucks
1956 –
Dominique Blanc , French actress, director, and screenwriter
1956 –
Abdalla Uba Adamu , Nigerian professor, media scholar
1957 –
Theo de Rooij , Dutch cyclist and manager
1958 –
Fish , Scottish singer-songwriter
1958 –
Misha Glenny , British journalist
1959 –
Paul Madden , English diplomat,
British High Commissioner to Australia
1959 –
Daniel Kash , Canadian actor and director
1959 –
Tony Phillips , American baseball player (d. 2016)
1960 –
Paul Baloff , American singer (d. 2002)
1960 –
Robert Peston , English journalist
1961 –
Dinesh D'Souza , Indian-American journalist and author
1961 –
Miran Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper
1962 –
Foeke Booy , Dutch footballer and manager
1963 –
Joy Covey , American businesswoman (d. 2013)
1963 –
David Moyes , Scottish footballer and manager
1963 –
Paul Wassif , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 –
Hank Azaria , American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer
1964 –
Andy Bell , English singer-songwriter
1965 –
Eric Avery , American bass player and songwriter
1965 –
Mark Bryant , American basketball player and coach
1965 –
John Henson , American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)
1966 –
Diego Domínguez , Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1966 –
Femke Halsema , Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician
1966 –
Darren Holmes , American baseball player and coach
1967 –
Angel Martino , American swimmer
1968 –
Thomas Strunz , German footballer
1969 –
Joe Buck , American sportscaster
1969 –
Martin Koolhoven , Dutch director and screenwriter
1969 –
Jon Olsen , American swimmer
[19]
1969 –
Darren Woodson , American football player and sportscaster
1969 –
Renée Zellweger , American actress and producer
1970 –
Jason Lee , American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer
1971 –
Sara Baras , Spanish dancer
1973 –
Carlota Castrejana , Spanish triple jumper
1973 –
Barbara Rittner , German tennis player
1975 –
Jacque Jones , American baseball player and coach
1976 –
Gilberto da Silva Melo , Brazilian footballer
1976 –
Tim Duncan , American basketball player
1976 –
Breyton Paulse , South African rugby player
1976 –
Rainer Schüttler , German tennis player and coach
1977 –
Constantinos Christoforou , Cypriot singer-songwriter
1977 –
Marguerite Moreau , American actress and producer
1977 –
Matthew West , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1978 –
Matt Walker , English swimmer
1980 –
Daniel MacPherson , Australian actor and television host
1980 –
Alejandro Valverde , Spanish cyclist
1981 –
Felipe Massa , Brazilian racing driver
1981 –
John McFall , English sprinter
1981 –
Anja Pärson , Swedish skier
[20]
1982 –
Monty Panesar , English cricketer
1983 –
Johnathan Thurston , Australian rugby league player
1983 –
DeAngelo Williams , American football player
1985 –
Giedo van der Garde , Dutch racing driver
1986 –
Alexei Emelin , Russian ice hockey player
1986 –
Gwen Jorgensen , American triathlete
[21]
1986 –
Claudia Rath , German heptathlete
1987 –
Razak Boukari , Togolese footballer
1987 –
Jay Park , American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1988 –
Jonathan Bailey , English actor
[22]
1988 –
Sara Paxton , American actress
[23]
1988 –
James Sheppard , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Marie-Michèle Gagnon , Canadian skier
[24]
1989 –
Michael van Gerwen , Dutch darts player
1989 –
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima , the 11th Panchen Lama
1990 –
Jean-Éric Vergne , French racing driver
1990 –
Taylor Walker , Australian footballer
1991 –
Jordan Poyer , American football player
[25]
1991 –
Alex Shibutani , American ice dancer
1993 –
Alex Bowman , American race car driver
1993 –
Daniel Norris , American baseball player
1993 –
Raphaël Varane , French footballer
[26]
1994 –
Omar McLeod , Jamaican hurdler
[27]
1994 –
Maggie Rogers , American musician
[28]
1995 –
Lewis Baker , English footballer
1996 –
Mack Horton , Australian swimmer
1998 –
Satou Sabally , German-American basketball player
[29]
2000 –
Dejan Kulusevski , Swedish footballer
[30]
Deaths
Pre-1600
501 –
Rusticus , saint and
archbishop of Lyon (b. 455)
775 –
Smbat VII Bagratuni , Armenian prince
775 –
Mushegh VI Mamikonian , Armenian prince
908 –
Zhang Wenwei , Chinese
chancellor
1074 –
Herman I, Margrave of Baden
1077 –
Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)
1185 –
Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)
[31]
1217 –
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
1228 – Queen
Isabella II of Jerusalem (b. 1212)
1243 –
Boniface of Valperga , Bishop of Aosta
[32]
1264 –
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester , medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195)
1295 –
Sancho IV of Castile (b. 1258)
1342 –
Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
1397 –
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent , English nobleman
1472 –
Leon Battista Alberti , Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
1516 –
John Yonge , English diplomat (b. 1467)
1566 –
Louise Labé , French poet and author (b. 1520)
1566 –
Diane de Poitiers , mistress of King
Henry II of France (b. 1499)
1595 –
Torquato Tasso , Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544)
1601–1900
1605 –
Naresuan , Siamese King of
Ayutthaya Kingdom (b. c. 1555)
1644 –
Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)
1660 –
Henry Hammond , English cleric and theologian (b. 1605)
1690 –
David Teniers the Younger , Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)
1744 –
Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)
1770 –
Jean-Antoine Nollet , French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)
1800 –
William Cowper , English poet (b. 1731)
1840 –
Siméon Denis Poisson , French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
1873 –
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy , Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
1875 –
12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
1878 –
Anna Sewell , English author (b. 1820)
1890 –
Crowfoot , Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
1891 –
Nathaniel Woodard , English priest and educator (b. 1811)
1892 –
Henri Duveyrier , French explorer (b. 1840)
1892 –
Karl von Ditmar , Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
1901–present
1906 –
John Knowles Paine , American composer and educator (b. 1839)
1911 –
Emilio Salgari , Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
1913 –
Joseph-Alfred Archambeault , Canadian bishop (b. 1859)
1915 –
Frederick W. Seward , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th
United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
1919 –
Augustus D. Juilliard , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836)
1921 –
Emmeline B. Wells , American journalist and women's rights advocate (b. 1828)
1923 –
Louis-Olivier Taillon , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th
Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1928 –
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , Russian general (b. 1878)
1936 –
Wajed Ali Khan Panni , Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871)
[33]
1941 –
Salih Bozok , Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)
1943 –
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko , Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)
1944 –
George Herriman , American cartoonist (b. 1880)
1944 –
Tony Mullane , Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
1944 –
William Stephens , American engineer and politician, 24th
Governor of California (b. 1859)
1945 –
Huldreich Georg Früh , Swiss composer (b. 1903)
1961 –
Robert Garrett , American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
1970 –
Anita Louise , American actress (b. 1915)
1972 –
George Sanders , English actor (b. 1906)
1973 –
Olga Grey , Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
1974 –
Gustavo R. Vincenti , Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)
[34]
1975 –
Mike Brant , Israeli singer and songwriter (b.1947)
1976 –
Carol Reed , English director and producer (b. 1906)
1976 –
Markus Reiner , Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)
1982 –
John Cody , American cardinal (b. 1907)
1983 –
William S. Bowdern , American priest and author (b. 1897)
1988 –
Carolyn Franklin , American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1988 –
Clifford D. Simak , American journalist and author (b. 1904)
1990 –
Dexter Gordon , American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923)
1992 –
Yutaka Ozaki , Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
[35]
1995 –
Art Fleming , American game show host (b. 1925)
1995 –
Ginger Rogers , American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1995 –
Lev Shankovsky , Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903)
1996 –
Saul Bass , American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)
1998 –
Wright Morris , American author and photographer (b. 1910)
1999 –
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , Irish journalist and author (b. 1914)
1999 –
Roger Troutman , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)
2000 –
Lucien Le Cam , French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
2000 –
David Merrick , American director and producer (b. 1911)
2001 –
Michele Alboreto , Italian racing driver (b. 1956)
2002 –
Lisa Lopes , American rapper and dancer (b. 1971)
2003 –
Samson Kitur , Kenyan runner (b. 1966)
2004 –
Thom Gunn , English-American poet and academic (b. 1929)
2005 –
Jim Barker , American politician (b. 1935)
2005 –
Swami Ranganathananda , Indian monk and educator (b. 1908)
2006 –
Jane Jacobs , American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916)
2006 –
Peter Law , Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948)
[36]
2007 –
Alan Ball Jr. , English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
2007 –
Arthur Milton , English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
2007 –
Bobby Pickett , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2008 –
Humphrey Lyttelton , English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921)
2009 –
Bea Arthur , American actress and singer (b. 1922)
[37]
2010 –
Dorothy Provine , American actress and singer (b. 1935)
2010 –
Alan Sillitoe , English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928)
2011 –
Poly Styrene , British musician (b. 1957)
2012 –
Gerry Bahen , Australian footballer (b. 1929)
2012 –
Denny Jones , American rancher and politician (b. 1910)
2012 –
Moscelyne Larkin , American ballerina and educator (b. 1925)
2012 –
Louis le Brocquy , Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916)
2013 –
Brian Adam , Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)
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2013 –
Jacob Avshalomov , American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
2013 –
György Berencsi , Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941)
2013 –
Rick Camp , American baseball player (b. 1953)
2014 –
Dan Heap , Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)
2014 –
William Judson Holloway Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923)
2014 –
Earl Morrall , American football player and coach (b. 1934)
2014 –
Tito Vilanova , Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2014 –
Stefanie Zweig , German journalist and author (b. 1932)
2015 –
Jim Fanning , American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
2015 –
Matthias Kuhle , German geographer and academic (b. 1948)
2015 –
Don Mankiewicz , American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922)
2015 –
Mike Phillips , American basketball player (b. 1956)
2016 –
Tom Lewis , Australian politician, 33rd
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922)
2018 –
Madeeha Gauhar , Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956)
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2019 –
John Havlicek , American basketball player (b. 1940)
[40]
2023 –
Harry Belafonte , American singer, activist, and actor (b. 1927)
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Holidays and observances
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