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Day of the year
August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 151 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
338 BC – A
Macedonian army led by
Philip II defeated the combined forces of
Athens and
Thebes in the
Battle of Chaeronea , securing
Macedonian
hegemony in Greece and the
Aegean .
[1]
216 BC – The
Carthaginian army led by
Hannibal defeats a numerically superior
Roman army at the
Battle of Cannae .
49 BC –
Caesar , who marched to Spain earlier in the year leaving
Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats
Pompey 's general
Afranius and
Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river.
[2]
461 –
Majorian is arrested near
Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the
Suebian general
Ricimer as
puppet emperor .
932 – After a two-year siege, the city of
Toledo , in
Spain , surrenders to the forces of the
Caliph of
Córdoba
Abd al-Rahman III , assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the
Central March .
[3]
1274 –
Edward I of England returns from the
Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1343 – After the execution of her husband,
Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
1377 – Russian troops are defeated by forces of the
Blue Horde
Khan Arapsha in the
Battle on Pyana River .
1415 –
Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the
Southampton Plot .
1492 –
The Jews are expelled from Spain : 40,000–200,000 leave. Sultan
Bayezid II of the
Ottoman Empire , learning of this, dispatches the
Ottoman Navy to bring the Jews safely to Ottoman lands, mainly to the cities of
Thessaloniki (in modern-day Greece) and
İzmir (in modern-day
Turkey ).
[4]
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 – The
Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the
Ottoman Empire begins.
1914 – The
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1916 –
World War I :
Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship
Leonardo da Vinci in
Taranto .
1918 – The first
general strike in Canadian history
takes place in Vancouver.
1922 –
A typhoon hits
Shantou ,
Republic of China , killing more than 50,000 people.
1923 – Vice President
Calvin Coolidge becomes
U.S. President upon the death of President
Warren G. Harding .
1932 – The
positron (
antiparticle of the
electron ) is discovered by
Carl D. Anderson .
1934 –
Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes
Führer of Germany following the death of President
Paul von Hindenburg .
1937 – The
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render
marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1939 –
Albert Einstein and
Leo Szilard write
a letter to
Franklin D. Roosevelt , urging him to begin the
Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1943 –
The Holocaust : Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at
Treblinka , one of the deadliest of
Nazi
death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
1943 –
World War II : The
Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the
Japanese destroyer
Amagiri and sinks. Lt.
John F. Kennedy , future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
1944 –
ASNOM : Birth of the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia , celebrated as
Day of the Republic in
North Macedonia .
1944 – World War II: The
largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the
Western Approaches .
1945 – World War II: End of the
Potsdam Conference .
1947 – A
British South American Airways
Avro Lancastrian airliner
crashes into a mountain during a flight from
Buenos Aires, Argentina to
Santiago, Chile . The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1968 – An
earthquake hits
Casiguran, Aurora ,
Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 – A flash fire kills 50 people at the
Summerland amusement centre at
Douglas, Isle of Man .
1980 – A
bomb explodes at the
railway station in Bologna, Italy , killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
[5]
1982 – The
Helsinki Metro , the first
rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.
[6]
[7]
1985 –
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 , a
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar , crashes at
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 –
Pakistan is re-admitted to the
Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
1989 – A
massacre is carried out by an
Indian Peace Keeping Force in
Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic
Tamil civilians.
1990 –
Iraq invades Kuwait , eventually leading to the
Gulf War .
1999 – The
Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in
Assam , India.
2005 –
Air France Flight 358 lands at
Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a
factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China .
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1612 –
Saskia van Uylenburgh , Dutch model and wife of
Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)
1627 –
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter (d. 1678)
1630 –
Estephan El Douaihy , Maronite patriarch (d. 1704)
1646 –
Jean-Baptiste du Casse , French admiral and buccaneer (d. 1715)
1672 –
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer , Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)
1674 –
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
1696 –
Mahmud I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)
1702 –
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)
1703 –
Lorenzo Ricci , Italian religious leader, 18th
Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1740 –
Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux , French general (d. 1817)
1754 –
Pierre Charles L'Enfant , French-American architect and engineer, designed
Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
1788 –
Leopold Gmelin , German chemist and academic (d. 1853)
1815 –
Adolf Friedrich von Schack , German poet and historian (d. 1894)
1820 –
John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)
1828 –
Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque , Spanish general (d. 1895)
1834 –
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the
Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)
1835 –
Elisha Gray , American businessman, co-founded
Western Electric (d. 1901)
1861 –
Prafulla Chandra Ray , Indian chemist and academic (d. 1944)
1865 –
Irving Babbitt , American academic and critic (d. 1933)
1865 –
John Radecki , Australian
stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 –
Ernest Dowson , English poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1900)
1868 –
Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
1870 –
Marianne Weber , German sociologist and suffragist (d. 1954)
[8]
1871 –
John French Sloan , American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
1872 –
George E. Stewart , Australian-American colonel,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1876 –
Pingali Venkayya , Indian geologist, designed the
Flag of India (d. 1963)
1877 –
Ravishankar Shukla , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (d. 1956)
1878 –
Aino Kallas , Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)
1880 –
Arthur Dove , American painter and educator (d. 1946)
1882 –
Red Ames , American baseball player and manager (d. 1936)
1882 –
Albert Bloch , American painter and academic (d. 1961)
1884 –
Rómulo Gallegos , Venezuelan author and politician, 46th
President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
1886 –
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy , Canadian pilot and politician, 20th
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
1887 –
Oskar Anderson , Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960)
1889 –
Margaret Lawrence , American stage actress (d. 1929)
1891 –
Arthur Bliss , English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
1891 –
Viktor Zhirmunsky , Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
1892 –
Jack L. Warner , Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded
Warner Bros. (d. 1978)
1894 –
Bertha Lutz , Brazilian feminist and scientist (d. 1976)
1895 –
Matt Henderson , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
1897 –
Karl-Otto Koch , German
SS officer (d. 1945)
1897 –
Max Weber , Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
1898 –
Ernő Nagy , Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)
1899 –
Charles Bennett , English director and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1900 –
Holling C. Holling , American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
1900 –
Helen Morgan , American actress and singer (d. 1941)
1901–present
1902 –
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
1902 –
Mina Rees , American mathematician (d. 1997)
[9]
1905 –
Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer (d. 1963)
1905 –
Myrna Loy , American actress (d. 1993)
1905 –
Ruth Nelson , American actress (d. 1992)
[10]
[11]
1907 –
Mary Hamman , American journalist and author (d. 1984)
1910 –
Roger MacDougall , Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1911 –
Ann Dvorak , American actress (d. 1979)
1912 –
Palle Huld , Danish actor (d. 2010)
1912 –
Håkon Stenstadvold , Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
1912 –
Vladimir Žerjavić , Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)
1913 –
Xavier Thaninayagam , Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
1914 –
Félix Leclerc , Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)
1914 –
Big Walter Price , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1914 –
Beatrice Straight , American actress (d. 2001)
1915 –
Gary Merrill , American actor (d. 1990)
1916 –
Alfonso A. Ossorio , Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
1917 –
Wah Chang , Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)
[12]
1919 –
Nehemiah Persoff , Israeli-American actor (d. 2022)
[13]
1920 –
Louis Pauwels , French journalist and author (d. 1997)
1920 –
Augustus Rowe , Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
1921 –
Alan Whicker , Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
1922 –
Betsy Bloomingdale , American philanthropist and socialite (d. 2016)
1922 –
Geoffrey Dutton , Australian historian and author (d. 1998)
1923 –
Shimon Peres , Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th
President of Israel (d. 2016)
[14]
1923 –
Ike Williams , American boxer (d. 1994)
1924 –
James Baldwin , American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)
1924 –
Joe Harnell , American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1924 –
Carroll O'Connor , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1925 –
K. Arulanandan , Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1925 –
John Dexter , English director and producer (d. 1990)
1925 –
John McCormack , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
1925 –
Jorge Rafael Videla , Argentinian general and politician, 43rd
President of Argentina (d. 2013)
1927 –
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , English mathematician and academic (d. 2018)
1928 –
Malcolm Hilton , English cricketer (d. 1990)
1929 –
Roy Crimmins , English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)
1929 –
John Gale , English director and producer
1929 –
Vidya Charan Shukla , Indian politician,
Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
1929 –
David Waddington, Baron Waddington , English lawyer and politician,
Governor of Bermuda (d. 2017)
1930 –
Vali Myers , Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
1931 –
Pierre DuMaine , American bishop and academic (d. 2019)
1931 –
Eddie Fuller , South African cricketer (d. 2008)
1931 –
Karl Miller , English journalist and critic (d. 2014)
1931 –
Viliam Schrojf , Czech footballer (d. 2007)
1932 –
Lamar Hunt , American businessman, co-founded the
American Football League and
World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)
1932 –
Peter O'Toole , British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
1933 –
Ioannis Varvitsiotis , Greek politician,
Greek Minister of Defence
1934 –
Valery Bykovsky , Russian general and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
[15]
1935 –
Hank Cochran , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936 –
Anthony Payne , English composer and author (d. 2021)
[16]
1937 –
Ron Brierley , New Zealand businessman
1937 –
Billy Cannon , American football player and dentist (d. 2018)
1937 –
María Duval , Mexican actress and singer
[17]
1937 –
Garth Hudson , Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1938 –
Dave Balon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
1938 –
Pierre de Bané , Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
[18]
1938 –
Terry Peck , Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
1939 –
Benjamin Barber , American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017)
1939 –
Wes Craven , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1939 –
John W. Snow , American businessman and politician, 73rd
United States Secretary of the Treasury
1940 –
Angel Lagdameo , Filipino archbishop (d. 2022)
1940 –
Beko Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
1940 –
Will Tura , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 –
Doris Coley , American singer (d. 2000)
1941 –
Jules A. Hoffmann , Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 –
François Weyergans , Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1942 –
Isabel Allende , Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
1942 –
Leo Beenhakker , Dutch football manager
1942 –
Juan Formell , Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1942 –
Nell Irvin Painter , American author and historian
1943 –
Herbert M. Allison , American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)
1943 –
Tom Burgmeier , American baseball player and coach
1943 –
Jon R. Cavaiani , English-American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
1943 –
Rose Tremain , English novelist and short story writer
1944 –
Jim Capaldi , English drummer and singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1944 –
Naná Vasconcelos , Brazilian singer and
berimbau player (d. 2016)
1945 –
Joanna Cassidy , American actress
1945 –
Alex Jesaulenko , Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
1945 –
Bunker Roy , Indian educator and activist
1945 –
Eric Simms , Australian rugby league player and coach
1946 –
James Howe , American journalist and author
1947 –
Ruth Bakke , Norwegian organist and composer
1947 –
Lawrence Wright , American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1948 –
Andy Fairweather Low , Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948 –
Dennis Prager , American radio host and author
1948 –
Tapan Kumar Sarkar , Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (d. 2021)
[19]
[20]
1948 –
James Street , American football and baseball player (d. 2013)
1948 –
Snoo Wilson , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1949 –
James Fallows , American journalist and author
1949 –
Bertalan Farkas , Hungarian general and cosmonaut
[21]
1950 –
Jussi Adler-Olsen , Danish author and publisher
1950 –
Ted Turner , British guitarist
1951 –
Andrew Gold , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1951 –
Steve Hillage , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Burgess Owens , American football player and politician
[22]
1951 –
Joe Lynn Turner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Per Westerberg , Swedish businessman and politician,
Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
1952 –
Alain Giresse , French footballer and manager
[23]
1953 –
Donnie Munro , Scottish singer and guitarist
1953 –
Butch Patrick , American actor
[24]
1953 –
Anthony Seldon , English historian and author
1954 –
Sammy McIlroy , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1955 –
Caleb Carr , American historian and author
1955 –
Tony Godden , English footballer and manager
1955 –
Butch Vig , American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
1956 –
Fulvio Melia , Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
1957 –
Jacky Rosen , United States senator
[25]
1959 –
Victoria Jackson , American actress and singer
1959 –
Johnny Kemp , Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1959 –
Apollonia Kotero , American singer and actress
1960 –
Linda Fratianne , American figure skater
1960 –
Neal Morse , American singer and keyboard player
1960 –
David Yow , American singer-songwriter
1961 –
Pete de Freitas , Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (d. 1989)
1962 –
Lee Mavers , English singer, songwriter and guitarist
1962 –
Cynthia Stevenson , American actress
[26]
1963 –
Laura Bennett , American architect and fashion designer
1963 –
Uğur Tütüneker , Turkish footballer and manager
1964 –
Frank Biela , German race car driver
1964 –
Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
1965 –
Joe Hockey , Australian lawyer and politician, 38th
Treasurer of Australia
1965 –
Hisanobu Watanabe , Japanese baseball player and coach
1966 –
Takashi Iizuka , Japanese wrestler
1966 –
Grainne Leahy , Irish cricketer
1966 –
Tim Wakefield , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
1967 –
Aaron Krickstein , American tennis player
1967 –
Aline Brosh McKenna , American screenwriter and producer
1968 –
Stefan Effenberg , German footballer and sportscaster
1969 –
Cedric Ceballos , American basketball player
1969 –
Fernando Couto , Portuguese footballer and manager
1970 –
Tony Amonte , American ice hockey player and coach
1970 –
Kevin Smith , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[27]
1970 –
Philo Wallace , Barbadian cricketer
1971 –
Jason Bell , Australian rugby league player
1971 –
Michael Hughes , Irish footballer and manager
1972 –
Mohamed Al-Deayea , Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 –
Muriel Bowser , American politician,
Mayor of Washington, D.C.
[28]
1973 –
Danie Keulder , Namibian cricketer
1973 –
Miguel Mendonca , Zimbabwean journalist and author
1973 –
Susie O'Neill , Australian swimmer
1974 –
Phil Williams , English journalist and radio host
1975 –
Mineiro , Brazilian footballer
1975 –
Xu Huaiwen , Chinese-German badminton player and coach
1975 –
Tamás Molnár , Hungarian water polo player
1976 –
Reyes Estévez , Spanish runner
1976 –
Jay Heaps , American soccer player and coach
1976 –
Michael Weiss , American figure skater
1976 –
Sam Worthington , English-Australian actor and producer
[26]
1976 –
Mohammad Zahid , Pakistani cricketer
1977 –
Edward Furlong , American actor
[26]
1978 –
Goran Gavrančić , Serbian footballer
1978 –
Matt Guerrier , American baseball player
1978 –
Deividas Šemberas , Lithuanian footballer
1978 –
Dragan Vukmir , Serbian footballer
1979 –
Marco Bonura , Italian footballer
1979 –
Reuben Kosgei , Kenyan runner
1980 –
Ivica Banović , Croatian footballer
1981 –
Alexander Emelianenko , Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
1981 –
Tim Murtagh , Irish-English cricketer
1982 –
Hélder Postiga , Portuguese footballer
1982 –
Kerry Rhodes , American football player
1982 –
Grady Sizemore , American baseball player
1983 –
Michel Bastos , Brazilian footballer
1983 –
Huston Street , American baseball player
[29]
1984 –
Giampaolo Pazzini , Italian footballer
1985 –
Stephen Ferris , Irish rugby player
1985 –
David Hart Smith , Canadian wrestler
1985 –
Britt Nicole , American Christian pop artist
1986 –
Mathieu Razanakolona , Canadian skier
1986 –
Lily Gladstone , American actress
[30]
1988 –
Rob Kwiet , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Golden Tate , American football player
[31]
1989 –
Nacer Chadli , Belgian footballer
1990 –
Ima Bohush , Belarusian tennis player
1990 –
Vitalia Diatchenko , Russian tennis player
[32]
1990 –
Skylar Diggins-Smith , American basketball player
[33]
1992 –
Charli XCX , English singer-songwriter
[34]
1993 –
Gael Bussa , Congolese politician
[35]
1994 –
Laura Pigossi , Brazilian tennis player
1994 –
Laremy Tunsil , American football player
1995 –
Kristaps Porziņģis , Latvian basketball player
1996 –
Keston Hiura , American baseball player
[36]
1996 –
Simone Manuel , American swimmer
[37]
1997 –
Austin Theory , American wrestler
[38]
1999 –
Mark Lee , Korean-Canadian singer
[39]
2000 –
Varvara Gracheva , Russian tennis player
[40]
2000 –
Mohammed Kudus , Ghanaian footballer
[41]
Deaths
Pre-1600
216 BC –
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus ,
Roman consul
216 BC –
Lucius Aemilius Paullus ,
Roman consul and general
216 BC –
Marcus Minucius Rufus ,
Roman consul
257 –
Pope Stephen I
575 –
Ahudemmeh , Syriac Orthodox
Grand Metropolitan of the East .
[42]
640 –
Pope Severinus
686 –
Pope John V
[43]
855 –
Ahmad ibn Hanbal , Arab theologian and jurist (b. 780)
924 –
Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1075 – Patriarch
John VIII of Constantinople
1100 –
William II of England (b. 1056)
[44]
1222 –
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1277 –
Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane , Chancellor and Regent of the
Sultanate of Rum
1316 –
Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
1330 –
Yolande of Dreux , Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (b. 1263)
[45]
1332 – King
Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
1415 –
Thomas Grey , English conspirator (b. 1384)
1445 –
Oswald von Wolkenstein , Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
1451 –
Elizabeth of Görlitz (b. 1390)
1511 –
Andrew Barton , Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
1512 –
Alessandro Achillini , Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
1589 –
Henry III of France (b. 1551)
1601–1900
1605 –
Richard Leveson , English admiral (b. c. 1570)
1611 –
Katō Kiyomasa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
1667 –
Francesco Borromini , Swiss architect, designed
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and
Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1696 –
Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
1769 –
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea , English politician,
Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
1788 –
Thomas Gainsborough , English painter (b. 1727)
1799 –
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier , French inventor, co-invented the
hot air balloon (b. 1745)
1815 –
Guillaume Brune , French general and politician (b. 1763)
1823 –
Lazare Carnot , French mathematician, general, and politician,
president of the National Convention (b. 1753)
1834 –
Harriet Arbuthnot , English diarist (b. 1793)
1849 –
Muhammad Ali of Egypt , Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
1854 –
Heinrich Clauren , German author (b. 1771)
1859 –
Horace Mann , American educator and politician (b. 1796)
1876 –
"Wild Bill" Hickok , American sheriff (b. 1837)
1889 –
Eduardo Gutiérrez , Argentinian author (b. 1851)
1890 –
Louise-Victorine Ackermann , French poet and author (b. 1813)
1901–present
1903 –
Eduard Magnus Jakobson , Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
1903 –
Edmond Nocard , French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
1911 –
Ioryi Mucitano , Aromanian revolutionary
[46]
1913 –
Ferenc Pfaff , Hungarian architect and academic, designed
Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
1915 –
John Downer , Australian politician, 16th
premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
1917 –
Jaan Mahlapuu , Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
1921 –
Enrico Caruso , Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
1922 –
Alexander Graham Bell , Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the
telephone (b. 1847)
1923 –
Warren G. Harding , American journalist and politician, 29th
president of the United States (b. 1865)
1923 –
Joseph Whitty ,
Irish Republican died on hunger strike during the
1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (b. 1904)
[47]
1934 –
Paul von Hindenburg , German field marshal and politician, 2nd
president of Germany (b. 1847)
1937 –
Artur Sirk , Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
1939 –
Harvey Spencer Lewis , American mystic and author (b. 1883)
1945 –
Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
1955 –
Alfred Lépine , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
1955 –
Wallace Stevens , American poet and educator (b. 1879)
1963 –
Oliver La Farge , American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
1967 –
Walter Terence Stace , English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
1970 –
Angus MacFarlane-Grieve , English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
1972 –
Brian Cole , American bass player (b. 1942)
1972 –
Paul Goodman , American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
1972 –
Helen Hoyt , American poet and author (b. 1887)
1973 –
Ismail Abdul Rahman , Former
Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1915)
[48]
1973 –
Jean-Pierre Melville , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1974 –
Douglas Hawkes , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
1976 –
László Kalmár , Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1976 –
Fritz Lang , Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1978 –
Carlos Chávez , Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
1978 –
Antony Noghès , French businessman, founded the
Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
1979 –
Thurman Munson , American baseball player (b. 1947)
[49]
1981 –
Kieran Doherty , Irish hunger striker and politician (b. 1955)
[50]
1981 –
Stefanie Clausen , Danish diver (b. 1900)
1983 –
James Jamerson , American bass player
[51] (b. 1936)
1986 –
Roy Cohn , American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1988 –
Joe Carcione , American activist and author (b. 1914)
1988 –
Raymond Carver , American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
1990 –
Norman Maclean , American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
1990 –
Edwin Richfield , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 –
Michel Berger , French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1996 –
Michel Debré , French lawyer and politician, 150th
prime minister of France (b. 1912)
1996 –
Obdulio Varela , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1996 –
Mohamed Farrah Aidid , Somalian general and politician, 5th
president of Somalia (b. 1934)
[52]
1997 –
William S. Burroughs , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
1997 –
Harald Kihle , Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
[53]
1997 –
Fela Kuti , Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
1998 –
Shari Lewis , American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
1999 –
Willie Morris , American writer (b. 1934)
2003 –
Peter Safar , Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
2004 –
Ferenc Berényi , Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
2004 –
François Craenhals , Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 –
Heinrich Mark , Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th
prime minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
2005 –
Steven Vincent , American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2007 –
Chauncey Bailey , American journalist (b. 1950)
2008 –
Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
2011 –
José Sanchis Grau , Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 –
Gabriel Horn , English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 –
Magnus Isacsson , Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
2012 –
Jimmy Jones , American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2012 –
John Keegan , English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
2012 –
Bernd Meier , German footballer (b. 1972)
2012 –
Marguerite Piazza , American soprano (b. 1920)
2013 –
Julius L. Chambers , American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
2013 –
Richard E. Dauch , American businessman, co-founded
American Axle (b. 1942)
2013 –
Alla Kushnir , Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
2014 –
Ed Joyce , American journalist (b. 1932)
2014 –
Billie Letts , American author and educator (b. 1938)
2014 –
Barbara Prammer , Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
2014 –
James Thompson , American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
2015 –
Forrest Bird , American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
2015 –
Giovanni Conso , Italian jurist and politician,
Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
2015 –
Piet Fransen , Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
2015 –
Jack Spring , American baseball player (b. 1933)
[54]
2016 –
Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
2016 –
David Huddleston , American actor (b. 1930)
2016 –
Franciszek Macharski , Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
2016 –
Ahmed Zewail , Egyptian-American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
2017 –
Judith Jones , American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924)
[55]
2020 –
Suzanne Perlman , Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922)
[56]
2022 –
Vin Scully , American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1927)
[57]
2023 –
Nitin Chandrakant Desai , Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (b. 1965)
[58]
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