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Day of the year
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1914 –
World War I : The United Kingdom and the
British Empire declare war on
Austria-Hungary .
1914 – World War I: The
Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German
cavalry formations at
Halen , Belgium.
1944 –
Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in
Sant'Anna di Stazzema .
1944 –
Nazi German troops end the week-long
Wola massacre , during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944 –
Alençon is liberated by General
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque , the first city in France to be liberated from the
Nazis by French forces.
1948 – Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are
killed by Pakistani police.
1950 –
Korean War :
Bloody Gulch massacre : Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the
North Korean Army .
1952 – The
Night of the Murdered Poets : Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1953 – First thermonuclear bomb
test : The
Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (
Joe 4 ) using a "
layered " scheme.
1953 – The 7.2 Ms
Ionian earthquake shakes the southern
Ionian Islands with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme ). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1960 –
Echo 1A , NASA's first successful
communications satellite , is launched.
[6]
1964 –
South Africa is
banned from the
Olympic Games due to the country's
racist policies .
1969 – Violence erupts after the
Apprentice Boys of Derry march in
Derry, Northern Ireland , resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the
Battle of the Bogside .
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500
Palestinians are killed in the
Tel al-Zaatar massacre , one of the bloodiest events of the
Lebanese Civil War .
1977 – The first
free flight of the
Space Shuttle Enterprise .
1977 – The
Sri Lanka Riots : Targeting the minority
Sri Lankan
Tamils , begin, less than a month after the
United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1981 – The
IBM Personal Computer is released.
1985 –
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into
Osutaka ridge in
Gunma Prefecture , Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1990 –
Sue , the largest and most complete
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by
Sue Hendrickson in
South Dakota .
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994 –
Major League Baseball players go on
strike , eventually forcing the cancellation of the
1994 World Series .
2000 – The
Russian Navy submarine
Kursk
explodes and sinks in the
Barents Sea during a
military exercise , killing her entire 118-man crew.
2015 – At least
two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in
Tianjin , China.
2016 –
Syrian civil war : The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
capture the city of
Manbij from the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in
Sarmada , Syria.
[11]
2021 – Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham,
Plymouth in the
worst mass shooting in the UK since
2010 .
[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1604 –
Tokugawa Iemitsu , Japanese shōgun (d. 1651)
1626 –
Giovanni Legrenzi , Italian composer (d. 1690)
1629 –
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria , Austrian archduchess (d. 1685)
1644 –
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
1686 –
John Balguy , English philosopher and author (d. 1748)
1696 –
Maurice Greene , English organist and composer (d. 1755)
1762 –
George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
1773 –
Karl Faber , Prussian historian and academic (d. 1853)
1774 –
Robert Southey , English poet and author (d. 1843)
1831 –
Helena Blavatsky , Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
1852 –
Michael J. McGivney , American priest and founder of the
Knights of Columbus (d. 1890)
1856 –
Diamond Jim Brady , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
1857 –
Ernestine von Kirchsberg , Austrian painter and educator (d. 1924)
1859 –
Katharine Lee Bates , American poet and author (d. 1929)
[13]
1860 –
Klara Hitler , Austrian mother of
Adolf Hitler (d. 1907)
1866 –
Jacinto Benavente , Spanish playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
1866 –
Henrik Sillem , Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (d. 1907)
1867 –
Edith Hamilton , German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
1870 –
Henry Reuterdahl , Swedish-American artist (d. 1925)
1871 –
Gustavs Zemgals , Latvian politician, 2nd
President of Latvia (d. 1939)
1876 –
Mary Roberts Rinehart , American author and playwright (d. 1958)
1877 –
Albert Bartha , Hungarian general and politician,
Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1960)
1880 –
Radclyffe Hall , English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
1880 –
Christy Mathewson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
1881 –
Cecil B. DeMille , American director and producer (d. 1959)
1883 –
Martha Hedman , Swedish-American actress and playwright (d. 1974)
1883 –
Marion Lorne , American actress (d. 1968)
1885 –
Jean Cabannes , French physicist and academic (d. 1959)
1885 –
Keith Murdoch , Australian journalist (d. 1952)
1885 –
Juhan Simm , Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
1887 –
Erwin Schrödinger , Austrian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1889 –
Zerna Sharp , American author and educator (d. 1981)
1891 –
C. E. M. Joad , English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
1891 –
John McDermott , American golfer (d. 1971)
1892 –
Alfred Lunt , American actor and director (d. 1977)
1897 –
Maurice Fernandes , Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
1899 –
Ben Sealey , Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
1901–present
1902 –
Mohammad Hatta , Indonesian statesman, 1st
Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
1904 –
Idel Jakobson , Latvian-Estonian
NKVD officer (d. 1997)
1904 –
Tamás Lossonczy , Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
1904 –
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
1906 –
Harry Hopman , Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
1906 –
Tedd Pierce , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1972)
1907 –
Gladys Bentley , American blues singer (d. 1960)
1907 –
Joe Besser , American actor (d. 1988)
1907 –
Boy Charlton , Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
1907 –
Benjamin Sheares , Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd
President of Singapore (d. 1981)
1909 –
Bruce Matthews , Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
1910 –
Yusof bin Ishak , Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st
President of Singapore (d. 1970)
[14]
1910 –
Jane Wyatt , American actress (d. 2006)
1911 –
Cantinflas , Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
1912 –
Samuel Fuller , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1913 –
Richard L. Bare , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1914 –
Gerd Buchdahl , German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001)
1914 –
Ruth Lowe , Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981)
1915 –
Michael Kidd , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1916 –
Ioan Dicezare , Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012)
1916 –
Edward Pinkowski , American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020)
1917 –
Oliver Crawford , American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
1917 –
Ebba Haslund , Norwegian writer (d. 2009)
[15]
1918 –
Sid Bernstein , American record producer (d. 2013)
1918 –
Guy Gibson , Anglo-Indian commander and pilot,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
1919 –
Margaret Burbidge , English-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2020)
1919 –
Vikram Sarabhai , Indian physicist and academic (d. 1971)
1920 –
Charles Gibson , American ethnohistorian (d. 1985)
1920 –
Percy Mayfield , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
[16]
1922 –
Fulton Mackay , Scottish actor and playwright (d. 1987)
1922 –
Miloš Jakeš , Czech communist politician (d. 2020)
1923 –
John Holt , Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
1924 –
Derek Shackleton , English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007)
1924 –
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , Pakistani general and politician, 6th
President of Pakistan (d. 1988)
1925 –
Dale Bumpers , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th
Governor of Arkansas (d. 2016)
1925 –
Guillermo Cano Isaza , Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
1925 –
Donald Justice , American poet and writing teacher (d. 2004)
1925 –
Norris McWhirter , Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the
Guinness World Records (d. 2004)
1925 –
Ross McWhirter , Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the
Guinness World Records (d. 1975)
1925 –
George Wetherill , American physicist and academic (d. 2006)
1926 –
Douglas Croft , American child actor (d. 1963)
[17]
1926 –
John Derek , American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
1926 –
Joe Jones , American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1927 –
Porter Wagoner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1928 –
Charles Blackman , Australian painter and illustrator (d. 2018)
1928 –
Bob Buhl , American baseball player (d. 2001)
1928 –
Dan Curtis , American director and producer (d. 2006)
1929 –
Buck Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1930 –
George Soros , Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the
Soros Fund Management
1930 –
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan , Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
1930 –
Jacques Tits , Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 2021)
1931 –
William Goldman , American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1932 –
Dallin H. Oaks , American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
1932 –
Charlie O'Donnell , American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
1932 –
Sirikit , Queen mother of
Thailand
1933 –
Parnelli Jones , American race car driver and businessman
1933 –
Frederic Lindsay , Scottish author and educator (d. 2013)
1934 –
Robin Nicholson , English metallurgist and academic
1935 –
John Cazale , American actor (d. 1978)
1936 –
Kjell Grede , Swedish director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1937 –
Walter Dean Myers , American author and poet (d. 2014)
1938 –
Jean-Paul L'Allier , Canadian journalist and politician, 38th
Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2016)
1939 –
George Hamilton , American actor
1939 –
David Jacobs , American television writer and producer (d. 2023)
[18]
1939 –
S. Jayakumar , Singaporean politician, 4th
Senior Minister of Singapore
[19]
1939 –
Pam Kilborn , Australian track and field athlete
1939 –
David King , South African chemist and academic
1939 –
Sushil Koirala , Nepalese politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2016)
1939 –
Roy Romanow , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th
Premier of Saskatchewan
1940 –
Eddie Barlow , South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
1940 –
John Waller , English
historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and
fight director (d. 2018)
[20]
1941 –
L. M. Kit Carson , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1941 –
Réjean Ducharme , Canadian author and playwright (d. 2017)
1941 –
Dana Ivey , American actress
1942 –
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt , German physician and author
1943 –
Javeed Alam , Indian academician
[21] (d. 2016)
1945 –
Dorothy E. Denning , American computer scientist and academic
1945 –
Ron Mael , American keyboard player and songwriter
1946 –
Terry Nutkins , English television host and author (d. 2012)
1947 –
John Nathan-Turner , English author and television director, producer, and writer (d. 2002)
[22]
1948 –
Siddaramaiah , Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd
Chief Minister of Karnataka
1948 –
Graham J. Zellick , English academic and jurist
1949 –
Panagiotis Chinofotis , Greek admiral and politician
1949 –
Mark Knopfler , Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949 –
Lou Martin , Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
1949 –
Alex Naumik , Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1949 –
Rick Ridgeway , American mountaineer and photographer
1950 –
Jim Beaver , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1950 –
August "Kid Creole" Darnell , American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
1950 –
George McGinnis , American basketball player (d. 2023)
[23]
1951 –
Klaus Toppmöller , German football manager and former player
1952 –
Daniel Biles , American associate justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court
1952 –
Sitaram Yechury , Indian politician and leader of
CPI(M)
[24]
1954 –
Rob Borbidge , Australian politician, 35th
Premier of Queensland
1954 –
Leung Chun-ying , Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1954 –
Ibolya Dávid , Hungarian lawyer and politician,
Minister of Justice of Hungary
1954 –
François Hollande , French lawyer and politician, 24th
President of France
1954 –
Sam J. Jones , American actor
[25]
1954 –
Pat Metheny , American jazz guitarist and composer
1956 –
Lee Freedman , Australian horse trainer
1956 –
Bruce Greenwood , Canadian actor and producer
1956 –
Sidath Wettimuny , Sri Lankan cricketer
1957 –
Friedhelm Schütte , German footballer
1957 –
Amanda Redman , English actress
1958 –
Jürgen Dehmel , German bass player and songwriter
1959 –
Kerry Boustead , Australian rugby league player
1960 –
Laurent Fignon , French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1960 –
Greg Thomas , Welsh-English cricketer
1961 –
Roy Hay , English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
1961 –
Mark Priest , New Zealand cricketer
1963 –
Kōji Kitao , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th
Yokozuna (d. 2019)
1963 –
Campbell Newman , Australian politician, 38th
Premier of Queensland
1963 –
Sir Mix-a-Lot , American rapper, producer, and actor
1964 –
Txiki Begiristain , Spanish footballer
1964 –
Michael Hagan , Australian rugby league player and coach
1965 –
Peter Krause , American actor
1966 –
Tobias Ellwood , American-English captain and politician
1967 –
Andy Hui , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1967 –
Andrey Plotnikov , Russian race walker
1967 –
Regilio Tuur , Dutch boxer
1968 –
Thorsten Boer , German footballer and manager
1969 –
Aga Muhlach , Filipino actor and politician
1969 –
Stuart Williams , Nevisian cricketer
1969 –
Tanita Tikaram , British pop/folk singer-songwriter
[26]
1970 –
Aleksandar Đurić , Bosnian footballer
1970 –
Charles Mesure , English-Australian actor and screenwriter
1970 –
Toby Perkins , English businessman and politician
1970 –
Jim Schlossnagle , American baseball player and coach
1970 –
Anthony Swofford , American soldier and author
1971 –
Michael Ian Black , American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 –
Yvette Nicole Brown , American actress, comedian, and talk show host
[27]
1971 –
Rebecca Gayheart , American actress
1971 –
Pete Sampras , American tennis player
1972 –
Demir Demirkan , Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
1972 –
Mark Kinsella , Irish footballer and manager
1972 –
Takanohana Kōji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th
Yokozuna
1972 –
Gyanendra Pandey , Indian cricketer
1972 –
Del the Funky Homosapien , American rapper
[28]
1973 –
Jonathan Coachman , American sportscaster and wrestler
1973 –
Mark Iuliano , Italian footballer and manager
1973 –
Todd Marchant , American ice hockey player and coach
1974 –
Matt Clement , American baseball player and coach
1974 –
Karl Stefanovic , Australian television host
1975 –
Casey Affleck , American actor
1976 –
Pedro Collins , Barbadian cricketer
1976 –
Mikko Lindström , Finnish guitarist
1976 –
Henry Tuilagi , Samoan rugby player
1976 –
Antoine Walker , American basketball player
1977 –
Plaxico Burress , American football player
1977 –
Jesper Grønkjær , Danish footballer
1977 –
Park Yong-ha , South Korean actor (d. 2010)
1978 –
Chris Chambers , American football player
1978 –
Hayley Wickenheiser , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 –
D. J. Houlton , American baseball player
1979 –
Ian Hutchinson , English motorcycle racer
1979 –
Cindy Klassen , Canadian speed skater
1979 –
Austra Skujytė , Lithuanian pentathlete
1980 –
Javier Chevantón , Uruguayan footballer
1980 –
Maggie Lawson , American actress
1980 –
Dominique Swain , American actress
1980 –
Matt Thiessen , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 –
Tony Capaldi , Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
1981 –
Djibril Cissé , French footballer
1982 –
Boban Grnčarov , Macedonian footballer
1982 –
Alexandros Tzorvas , Greek footballer
1983 –
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , Dutch footballer
1983 –
Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas , Brazilian footballer
1983 –
Manoa Vosawai , Italian rugby player
1984 –
Bryan Pata , American football player (d. 2006)
1985 –
Danny Graham , English footballer
1985 –
Franck Moutsinga , German rugby player
1986 –
Andrei Agius , Maltese footballer
1986 –
Kyle Arrington , American football player
1987 –
Vanessa Watts , West Indian cricketer
1988 –
Tyson Fury , English boxer
1988 –
Matt Gillett , Australian rugby league player
1989 –
Tom Cleverley , English footballer
1989 –
Hong Jeong-ho , South Korean footballer
1989 –
Sunye , South Korean singer
[29]
1990 –
Mario Balotelli , Italian footballer
1990 –
Marvin Zeegelaar , Dutch footballer
1990 –
Martin Zurawsky , German footballer
1991 –
Jesinta Campbell , Australian model
1991 –
Sam Hoare , Australian rugby league player
1991 –
Khris Middleton , American basketball player
[30]
1991 –
LaKeith Stanfield , American actor and musician
[27]
1992 –
Cara Delevingne , English model and actress
[31]
1992 –
Jacob Loko , Australian rugby player
1992 –
Teo Gheorghiu , Swiss pianist and actor
1993 –
Ewa Farna , Czech singer-songwriter
1993 –
Luna , South Korean singer, actress and presenter
[32]
1996 –
Choi Yu-jin , South Korean singer and actress
[33]
1996 –
Julio Urías , Mexican baseball player
1996 –
Arthur Melo , Brazilian footballer
[34]
1996 –
Samuel Moutoussamy , Congolese footballer
[35]
1998 –
Stefanos Tsitsipas , Greek tennis player
1999 –
Matthijs de Ligt , Dutch footballer
1999 –
Dream , American YouTuber
[36]
1999 –
Jule Niemeier , German tennis player
[37]
2000 –
Tristan Charpentier , French racing driver
[38]
2001 –
Dixie D'Amelio , American social media personality and singer
[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
30 BC –
Cleopatra , Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
792 –
Jænberht , archbishop of Canterbury
875 –
Louis II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825)
960 –
Li Gu , chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903)
961 –
Yuan Zong , emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
1222 –
Vladislaus III , duke of Bohemia
1295 –
Charles Martel , king of Hungary (b. 1271)
1319 –
Rudolf I , duke of Bavaria (b. 1274)
1315 –
Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick , English nobleman
1335 –
Prince Moriyoshi , Japanese shōgun (b. 1308)
1399 –
Demetrius I Starshy , Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. 1327)
1424 –
Yongle , emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360)
1484 –
Sixtus IV , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)
[40]
1546 –
Francisco de Vitoria , Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
1577 –
Thomas Smith , English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
1588 –
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder , Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
1601–1900
1602 –
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak , Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
1612 –
Giovanni Gabrieli , Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
1638 –
Johannes Althusius , German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
1674 –
Philippe de Champaigne , Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
1689 –
Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
1778 –
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
1809 –
Mikhail Kamensky , Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
1810 –
Étienne Louis Geoffroy , French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
1822 –
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh , Irish-English politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
1827 –
William Blake , English poet and painter (b. 1757)
1829 –
Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie , French general (b. 1760)
1848 –
George Stephenson , English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
1849 –
Albert Gallatin , Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th
United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
1861 –
Eliphalet Remington , American inventor and businessman, founded
Remington Arms (b. 1793)
1864 –
Sakuma Shōzan , Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
1865 –
William Jackson Hooker , English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
1891 –
James Russell Lowell , American poet and critic (b. 1819)
1896 –
Thomas Chamberlain , American colonel (b. 1841)
1900 –
Wilhelm Steinitz , Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
1901–present
1901 –
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
1904 –
William Renshaw , English tennis player (b. 1861)
1914 –
John Philip Holland , Irish engineer, designed
HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840)
1918 –
William Thompson , American archer (b. 1848)
1921 –
Pyotr Boborykin , Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
1922 –
Arthur Griffith , Irish journalist and politician, 3rd
President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
1924 –
Sándor Bródy , Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
1928 –
Leoš Janáček , Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
1934 –
Hendrik Petrus Berlage , Dutch architect, designed the
Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
1935 –
Friedrich Schottky , German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
1940 –
Nikolai Triik , Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
1941 –
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon , English soldier and politician, 56th
Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
1941 –
Bobby Peel , English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
1943 –
Vittorio Sella , Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
1944 –
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
1952 –
David Bergelson , Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
1955 –
Thomas Mann , German author and critic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1955 –
James B. Sumner , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1959 –
Mike O'Neill , Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
1964 –
Ian Fleming , English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
[41]
1966 –
Artur Alliksaar , Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
1967 –
Esther Forbes , American historian and author (b. 1891)
[42]
1973 –
Walter Rudolf Hess , Swiss physiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1973 –
Karl Ziegler , German chemist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1976 –
Tom Driberg , British politician/journalist (b. 1905)
[43]
1978 –
John Williams , English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
1979 –
Ernst Boris Chain , German-Irish biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1982 –
Henry Fonda , American actor (b. 1905)
1982 –
Salvador Sánchez , Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
1983 –
Theodor Burchardi , German admiral (b. 1892)
1984 –
Ladi Kwali , Nigerian potter (b. 1925)
[44]
1985 –
Kyu Sakamoto , Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1985 –
Manfred Winkelhock , German race car driver (b. 1951)
1986 –
Evaline Ness , American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
1988 –
Jean-Michel Basquiat , American painter (b. 1960)
1989 –
Aimo Koivunen , Finnish soldier and corporal (b. 1917)
[45]
1989 –
William Shockley , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1990 –
Dorothy Mackaill , English-American actress (b. 1903)
1992 –
John Cage , American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
1996 –
Victor Ambartsumian , Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
1996 –
Mark Gruenwald , American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
1997 –
Jack Delano , American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
1999 –
Jean Drapeau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th
Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
2000 –
Gennady Lyachin , Russian captain (b. 1955)
2000 –
Loretta Young , American actress (b. 1913)
[46]
2002 –
Enos Slaughter , American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
2004 –
Godfrey Hounsfield , English biophysicist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2005 –
John Loder , English sound engineer and producer, founded
Southern Studios (b. 1946)
2006 –
Victoria Gray Adams , American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
2007 –
Merv Griffin , American actor, singer, and producer, created
Jeopardy! and
Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
2007 –
Mike Wieringo , American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
2008 –
Christie Allen , English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
2008 –
Helge Hagerup , Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (b. 1933)
2009 –
Les Paul , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
2010 –
Isaac Bonewits , American
Druid , author, and activist; founded
Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949)
2010 –
Guido de Marco , Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th
President of Malta (b. 1931)
2010 –
Richie Hayward , American drummer and songwriter (b. 1946)
2010 –
André Kim , South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
2011 –
Robert Robinson , English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2012 –
Jimmy Carr , American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2012 –
Jerry Grant , American race car driver (b. 1935)
2012 –
Joe Kubert , Polish-American illustrator, founded
The Kubert School (b. 1926)
2012 –
Édgar Morales Pérez , Mexican engineer and politician
2012 –
Alf Morris , English politician and activist (b. 1928)
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2013 –
Tereza de Arriaga , Portuguese painter (b. 1915)
2013 –
Hans-Ekkehard Bob , German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
2013 –
Pauline Maier , American historian and academic (b. 1938)
2013 –
David McLetchie , Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
2013 –
Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov , Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930)
2014 –
Lauren Bacall , American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)
2014 –
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi , Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
2014 –
Kongō Masahiro , Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
2015 –
Jaakko Hintikka , Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
2015 –
Stephen Lewis , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015 –
Meshulim Feish Lowy , Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
2015 –
John Scott , English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
2016 –
Juan Pedro de Miguel , Spanish handball player (b. 1958)
2017 –
Bryan Murray , Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
2019 –
DJ Arafat , Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986)
2020 –
Bill Yeoman , American college football player and coach (b. 1927)
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2021 –
Una Stubbs , English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937)
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