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Day of the year
August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 140 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1624 – The French king
Louis XIII appoints
Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
1645 – Sweden and Denmark sign
Peace of Brömsebro .
1650 – Colonel
George Monck of the
English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the
Coldstream Guards .
[2]
1704 –
War of the Spanish Succession :
Battle of Blenheim :
English and
Imperial forces are victorious over
French and
Bavarian troops.
1779 –
American Revolutionary War : The
Royal Navy defeats the
Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the
attack on Pearl Harbor .
1792 – King
Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an
enemy of the people .
1806 –
Battle of Mišar during the
Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
1814 – The
Convention of London , a treaty between the United Kingdom and the
United Netherlands , is signed in London, England.
1868 – The 8.5–9.0 Mw
Arica earthquake struck southern
Peru with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide
tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
1889 – William Gray of
Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
[3]
1898 –
Spanish–American War : Spanish and American forces engage in a
mock battle for
Manila , after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
[4]
1898 –
Carl Gustav Witt discovers
433 Eros , the first
near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1900 – The steamer
Deutschland of
Hamburg America Lines set a new record for the eastward passage when it docked on
Plymouth , England, five days, 11 hours and 45 minutes after sailing from New York, breaking by three hours, six minutes its previous mark in its maiden voyage in July.
[5]
1901–present
1905 – Norwegians
vote to end the union with Sweden.
1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's
25th Infantry Regiment
are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in
Brownsville, Texas , despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
1913 – First production in the UK of
stainless steel by
Harry Brearley .
1918 – Women enlist in the
United States Marine Corps for the first time.
Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (
BMW )
established as a public company in Germany.
1920 –
Polish–Soviet War : The
Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till
August 25 . The
Red Army is defeated.
1937 –
Second Sino-Japanese War : The
Battle of Shanghai begins.
1942 – Major General
Eugene Reybold of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the
Manhattan Project .
1944 –
World War II : German troops begin the
pillage and razing of Anogeia in
Crete that would continue until
September 5 .
1954 –
Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "
Qaumī Tarāna ", the
national anthem of
Pakistan for the first time.
1960 – The
Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 –
Cold War :
East Germany closes the border between the
eastern and
western sectors of
Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the
West , and construction of the
Berlin Wall is started.
[6] The day is known as
Barbed Wire Sunday .
1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the
murder of John Alan West becoming the last people
executed in the United Kingdom .
1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of
grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's
Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
[7]
1968 –
Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek
dictator Colonel
Georgios Papadopoulos in
Varkiza ,
Athens .
1969 – The
Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a
ticker tape parade in New York City.
[8] That evening, at a
state dinner in
Los Angeles , they are awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President
Richard Nixon .
[9]
1973 –
Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to
A Coruña Airport in
A Coruña , Spain, killing 85.
[10]
1977 – Members of the
British National Front (NF)
clash with anti-NF demonstrators in
Lewisham , London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
1978 – One hundred fifty
Palestinians in
Beirut are
killed in a
terrorist attack during the
second phase of the
Lebanese Civil War .
1990 – A mainland Chinese fishing boat
Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after
Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident .
[11]
2004 – One hundred fifty-six
Congolese
Tutsi refugees are massacred at the
Gatumba
refugee camp in
Burundi .
2008 –
Russo-Georgian War : Russian units
occupy the Georgian city of
Gori .
2015 – At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a
truck bombing in
Baghdad , Iraq.
2020 –
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1625 –
Rasmus Bartholin , Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1662 –
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , English politician,
Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)
1666 –
William Wotton , English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)
1700 –
Heinrich von Brühl , Polish-German politician (d. 1763)
1717 –
Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)
1756 –
James Gillray , English caricaturist and printmaker (d. 1815)
1764 –
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers , French general (d. 1813)
1790 –
William Wentworth , Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)
1803 –
Vladimir Odoyevsky , Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)
1814 –
Anders Jonas Ångström , Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
1818 –
Lucy Stone , American abolitionist and suffragist (d. 1893)
1819 –
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet , Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
1820 –
George Grove , English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
1823 –
Goldwin Smith , English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1824 –
John J. Robison , American politician in Michigan (d. 1897)
[15]
1831 –
Salomon Jadassohn , German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
1841 –
Johnny Mullagh , Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1842 –
Charles Wells , English brewer, founded
Charles Wells Ltd (d. 1914)
1849 –
Leonora Barry , Irish-born American social activist (d. 1930)
[16]
1851 –
Felix Adler , German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)
1860 –
Annie Oakley , American target shooter (d. 1926)
[17]
1866 –
Giovanni Agnelli , Italian businessman, founded
Fiat S.p.A. (d. 1945)
1867 –
George Luks , American painter and illustrator (d. 1933)
1871 –
Karl Liebknecht , German politician, co-founded
Communist Party of Germany (d. 1919)
[18]
1872 –
Richard Willstätter , German-Swiss chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1879 –
John Ireland , English composer and educator (d. 1962)
1884 –
Harry Dean , English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)
1888 –
John Logie Baird , Scottish engineer, invented the
television (d. 1946)
1888 –
Gleb W. Derujinsky , Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1889 –
Camillien Houde , Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th
Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
1895 –
István Barta , Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
1895 –
Bert Lahr , American actor (d. 1967)
1898 –
Jean Borotra , French tennis player (d. 1994)
1898 –
Regis Toomey , American actor (d. 1991)
1899 –
Alfred Hitchcock , English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
1899 –
José Ramón Guizado , Panamanian politician, 17th
President of Panama (d. 1964)
[19]
1901–present
1902 –
Felix Wankel , German engineer (d. 1988)
1904 –
Buddy Rogers , American actor and musician (d. 1999)
1904 –
Margaret Tafoya , Native American Pueblo potter (d. 2001)
[20]
1906 –
Chuck Carroll , American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)
1906 –
Art Shires , American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)
1907 –
Basil Spence , Scottish architect, designed
Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)
1908 –
Gene Raymond , American actor and pilot (d. 1998)
1911 –
William Bernbach , American advertiser, co-founded
DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)
1912 –
Claire Cribbs , American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)
1912 –
Ben Hogan , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1912 –
Salvador Luria , Italian-American microbiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1913 –
Makarios III , Greek archbishop and politician, 1st
President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
1913 –
Fred Davis , English snooker player (d. 1998)
1914 –
Grace Bates , American mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1917 –
Sid Gordon , American baseball player (d. 1975)
1918 –
Noor Hassanali , Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
1918 –
Frederick Sanger , English biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
[21]
1919 –
Rex Humbard , American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
1919 –
George Shearing , English jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 2011)
1920 –
Neville Brand , American actor (d. 1992)
1921 –
Louis Frémaux , French conductor (d. 2017)
1921 –
Jimmy McCracklin , American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1921 –
Mary Lee , Scottish singer (d. 2022)
[22]
1922 –
Chuck Gilmur , American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
1925 –
Benny Bailey , American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005)
1925 –
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz , Argentine executive and policy maker (d. 2013)
1926 –
Fidel Castro , Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-
President of Cuba (d. 2016)
1928 –
John Tidmarsh , English journalist and radio host (d. 2019)
1929 –
Pat Harrington, Jr. , American actor (d. 2016)
1930 –
Wilfried Hilker , German footballer and referee
1930 –
Don Ho , American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
1930 –
Bernard Manning , English comedian (d. 2007)
1930 –
Wilmer Mizell , American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
1930 –
Bob Wiesler , American baseball player (d. 2014)
1933 –
Joycelyn Elders , American admiral and physician, 15th
Surgeon General of the United States
1935 –
Alex de Renzy , American director and producer (d. 2001)
1935 –
Mudcat Grant , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1938 –
Dave "Baby" Cortez , American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
1938 –
Bill Masterton , Canadian ice hockey player
[23] (d. 1968)
1940 –
Bill Musselman , American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
1942 –
Hissène Habré , Chadian politician and war criminal, 5th
president of Chad (d. 2021)
[24]
1943 –
Fred Hill , American football player
1943 –
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , President of Haiti
[25]
1943 –
Michael Willetts , English sergeant;
George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
1944 –
Kevin Tighe , American actor
[26]
1945 –
Lars Engqvist , Swedish politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1945 –
Gary Gregor , American basketball player
1945 –
Robin Jackman , Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2020)
1945 –
Howard Marks , Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (d. 2016)
1946 –
Janet Yellen , American economist, 78th
United States secretary of the treasury
[27]
1947 –
Fred Stanley , American baseball player and manager
1947 –
John Stocker , Canadian voice actor and director
1947 –
Margareta Winberg , Swedish politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1948 –
Kathleen Battle , American operatic soprano
[26]
1949 –
Jim Brunzell , American wrestler
1949 –
Bobby Clarke , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
[23]
1949 –
Philippe Petit , French
tightrope walker
1949 –
Willy Rey , Dutch-Canadian model (d. 1973)
1950 –
Jane Carr , English actress
[28]
1950 –
Rusty Gerhardt , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1951 –
Dan Fogelberg , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1952 –
Dave Carter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1952 –
Gary Gibbs , American football player and coach
1952 –
Suzanne Muldowney , American performance artist
[29]
1952 –
Herb Ritts , American photographer and director (d. 2002)
1952 –
Hughie Thomasson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1952 –
Eugenio Lopez III , Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of
ABS-CBN Corporation
1953 –
Tom Cohen , American philosopher, theorist, and academic
1953 –
Ron Hilditch , Australian rugby league player and coach
1953 –
Thomas Pogge , German philosopher and academic
1953 –
Peter Wright , English historian and author
1954 –
Nico Assumpção , Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1955 –
Keith Ahlers , English race car driver
1955 –
Hideo Fukuyama , Japanese race car driver
1955 –
Paul Greengrass , English director and screenwriter
1956 –
Rohinton Fali Nariman , Judge of the
Supreme Court of India
[30]
1958 –
David Feherty , Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
1958 –
Feargal Sharkey , Northern Irish singer-songwriter
1958 –
Randy Shughart , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1959 –
Danny Bonaduce , American actor and wrestler
[26]
1959 –
Bruce French , English cricketer and coach
1959 –
Tom Niedenfuer , American baseball player
1960 –
Ivar Stukolkin , Estonian swimmer
1961 –
Koji Kondo , Japanese composer and sound director
1961 –
Dawnn Lewis , American actress
[26]
1961 –
Neil Mallender , English cricketer and umpire
1961 –
Tom Perrotta , American novelist and screenwriter
1962 –
John Slattery , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[26]
1963 –
Steve Higgins , American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist
1963 –
Valerie Plame , American
CIA agent and author
1963 –
Sridevi , Indian actress (d. 2018)
1964 –
Jay Buhner , American baseball player and sportscaster
1964 –
Debi Mazar , American actress
[26]
1964 –
Tom Prince , American baseball player and manager
1965 –
Mark Lemke , American baseball player, coach, and radio host
1965 –
Hayato Matsuo , Japanese composer and conductor
1966 –
Scooter Barry , American basketball player
1966 –
Shayne Corson , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 –
Quinn Cummings , American actress, author, and entrepreneur
[26]
1967 –
Dave Jamerson , American basketball player
1967 –
Digna Ketelaar , Dutch tennis player
1968 –
Tal Bachman , Canadian singer-songwriter
1968 –
Todd Hendricks , American football player and coach
1968 –
Tony Jarrett , English sprinter and hurdler
1969 –
Midori Ito , Japanese figure skater
1970 –
Will Clarke , American author
1970 –
Elvis Grbac , American football player and coach
1970 –
Seana Kofoed , American actress
[26]
1970 –
Alan Shearer , English footballer and manager
[31]
1971 –
Patrick Carpentier , Canadian race car driver
1971 –
Adam Housley , American baseball player and journalist
1971 –
Moritz Bleibtreu , German actor
[32]
1972 –
Kevin Plank , American businessman, founded
Under Armour
1973 –
Molly Henneberg , American journalist
1973 –
Eric Medlen , American race car driver (d. 2007)
1974 –
Scott MacRae , American baseball player and coach
1974 –
Joe Perry , English snooker player
1974 –
Niklas Sundin , Swedish musician and artist
1974 –
Jarrod Washburn , American baseball player and coach
1975 –
Shoaib Akhtar , Pakistani cricketer
1975 –
Marty Turco , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
[23]
1976 –
Geno Carlisle , American basketball player
1976 –
Nicolás Lapentti , Ecuadorian tennis player
1977 –
Michael Klim , Polish-Australian swimmer
1977 –
Kenyan Weaks , American basketball player and coach
1978 –
Dwight Smith , American football player
1979 –
Román Colón , Dominican baseball player
1979 –
Corey Patterson , American baseball player
1979 –
Taizō Sugimura , Japanese politician
1980 –
Murtz Jaffer , Canadian journalist
1982 –
Christopher Raeburn , English fashion designer
1982 –
Sarah Huckabee Sanders , American political consultant and press secretary
1982 –
Sebastian Stan , Romanian-American actor
[26]
1983 –
Dallas Braden , American baseball player
1983 –
Aleš Hemský , Czech ice hockey player
1983 –
Ľubomír Michalík , Slovak footballer
1983 –
Christian Müller , German footballer
1984 –
Alona Bondarenko , Ukrainian tennis player
1984 –
Niko Kranjčar , Croatian footballer
1984 –
Boone Logan , American baseball player
1984 –
James Morrison , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[26]
1985 –
Gerrit van Look , German rugby player and coach
1987 –
Jose Lorenzo Diokno , Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 –
Devin McCourty , American football player
1987 –
Jason McCourty , American football player
1987 –
Jamie Reed , Welsh footballer
1988 –
Keith Benson , American basketball player
1988 –
Jerry Hughes , American football player
[33]
1988 –
Brandon Workman , American baseball player
1989 –
Greg Draper , New Zealand footballer
1989 –
Justin Greene , American basketball player
1989 –
Israel Jiménez , Mexican footballer
1990 –
DeMarcus Cousins , American basketball player
1990 –
Benjamin Stambouli , French footballer
1991 –
Dave Days , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 –
Lesley Doig , Scottish lawn bowler
[34]
1992 –
Katrina Gorry , Australian football player
1992 –
Lucas Moura , Brazilian footballer
1992 –
Alicja Tchórz , Polish swimmer
1992 –
Taijuan Walker , American baseball player
[35]
1993 –
Moses Mbye , Australian rugby league player
1994 –
Filip Forsberg , Swedish ice hockey player
1996 –
Antonia Lottner , German tennis player
1998 –
Dalma Gálfi , Hungarian tennis player
[36]
1999 –
Lennon Stella , Canadian singer and actress
[26]
2000 –
Na Jaemin , South Korean rapper, singer, dancer and actor
[37]
Deaths
Pre-1600
587 –
Radegund , Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
604 –
Wen , emperor of the
Sui Dynasty (b. 541)
612 –
Fabia Eudokia , Byzantine empress (b. 580)
662 –
Maximus the Confessor , Byzantine theologian
696 –
Takechi , Japanese prince
900 –
Zwentibold , king of
Lotharingia (b. 870)
908 –
Al-Muktafi , Abbasid caliph
981 –
Gyeongjong , king of
Goryeo (
Korea ) (b. 955)
1134 –
Irene of Hungary , Byzantine empress (b. 1088)
1297 –
Nawrūz , Mongol emir
1311 –
Pietro Gradenigo , doge of
Venice
1382 –
Eleanor of Aragon , queen of
Castile (b. 1358)
1447 –
Filippo Maria Visconti , duke of
Milan (b. 1392)
1523 –
Gerard David , Flemish painter (b. 1460)
1601–1900
1608 –
Giambologna , Italian sculptor (b. 1529)
1617 –
Johann Jakob Grynaeus , Swiss clergyman and theologian (b. 1540)
1667 –
Jeremy Taylor , Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
1686 –
Louis Maimbourg , French priest and historian (b. 1610)
1721 –
Jacques Lelong , French priest and author (b. 1665)
1744 –
John Cruger , Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th
Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
1749 –
Johann Elias Schlegel , German poet and critic (b. 1719)
1766 –
Margaret Fownes-Luttrell , English painter (b. 1726)
1795 –
Ahilyabai Holkar , Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
[38]
1826 –
René Laennec , French physician, invented the
stethoscope (b. 1781)
1863 –
Eugène Delacroix , French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
1865 –
Ignaz Semmelweis , Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
1900 –
Collis Potter Huntington , American railway magnate (b. 1821)
[39]
1901–present
1910 –
Florence Nightingale , Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
[40]
1912 –
Jules Massenet , French composer (b. 1842)
1917 –
Eduard Buchner , German chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1934 –
Mary Hunter Austin , American author and playwright (b. 1868)
1937 –
Sigizmund Levanevsky , Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
1946 –
H. G. Wells , English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
1954 –
Demetrius Constantine Dounis , Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
1958 –
Francis J. McCormick , American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
1963 –
Louis Bastien , French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
1965 –
Hayato Ikeda , Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1971 –
W. O. Bentley , English race car driver and engineer, founded
Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
1974 –
Ida McNeil , American broadcaster and designer of the
flag of South Dakota (b. 1888)
[41]
1975 –
Murilo Mendes , Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
1978 –
Lonnie Mayne , American wrestler (b. 1944)
1979 –
Andrew Dasburg , American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1984 –
Tigran Petrosian , Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1986 –
Helen Mack , American actress (b. 1913)
1989 –
Tim Richmond , American race car driver (b. 1955)
1989 –
Larkin I. Smith , American police officer and politician (b. 1944)
1991 –
James Roosevelt , American general and politician (b. 1907)
1995 –
Alison Hargreaves , English mountaineer (b. 1963)
1995 –
Jan Křesadlo , Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926)
1995 –
Mickey Mantle , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
1996 –
António de Spínola , Portuguese general and politician, 14th
President of Portugal (b. 1910)
1998 –
Nino Ferrer , Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1998 –
Edward Ginzton , Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
1998 –
Julien Green , American author (b. 1900)
1998 –
Rafael Robles , Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947)
1999 –
Ignatz Bubis , German Jewish religious leader (b. 1927)
1999 –
Jaime Garzón , Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
2000 –
Nazia Hassan , Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
[42]
2001 –
Otto Stuppacher , Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
2001 –
Jim Hughes , American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
2001 –
Betty Cavanna , American author (b. 1909)
[43]
2003 –
Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004 –
Julia Child , American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
2005 –
Miguel Arraes , Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2005 –
David Lange , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006 –
Tony Jay , English actor and singer (b. 1933)
2006 –
Jon Nödtveidt , Swedish musician (b. 1975)
2007 –
Brian Adams , American wrestler (b. 1964)
2007 –
Brooke Astor , American philanthropist and socialite (b. 1902)
2007 –
Phil Rizzuto , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2008 –
Henri Cartan , French mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
2008 –
Bill Gwatney , American politician (b. 1959)
2008 –
Jack Weil , American businessman (b. 1901)
2009 –
Lavelle Felton , American basketball player (b. 1980)
2010 –
Panagiotis Bachramis , Greek footballer (b. 1976)
2010 –
Lance Cade , American wrestler (b. 1981)
2010 –
Edwin Newman , American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2011 –
Tareque Masud , Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
2011 –
Mishuk Munier , Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (b. 1959)
2012 –
Hugo Adam Bedau , American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
2012 –
Helen Gurley Brown , American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2012 –
Ray Jordon , Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2012 –
Johnny Pesky , American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
2012 –
Joan Roberts , American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2013 –
Lothar Bisky , German politician (b. 1941)
2013 –
Aaron Selber, Jr. , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2013 –
Jean Vincent , French footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2014 –
Frans Brüggen , Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
2014 –
Eduardo Campos , Brazilian politician, 14th
Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (b. 1965)
2014 –
Martino Finotto , Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
2014 –
Süleyman Seba , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2015 –
Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti , Iraqi politician,
Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952)
2015 –
Bob Fillion , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920)
2015 –
Om Prakash Munjal , Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded
Hero Cycles (b. 1928)
2016 –
Kenny Baker , English actor and musician (b. 1934)
2016 –
Pramukh Swami Maharaj , Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921)
2018 –
Jim Neidhart , American wrestler (b. 1955)
[44]
2021 –
Nanci Griffith , American singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
[45]
Holidays and observances
References
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