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Day of the year
December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 15 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 – In
Rugby Union , The "
Match of the Century " is played between
Wales and
New Zealand at
Cardiff Arms Park .
[10]
[11]
1912 –
First Balkan War : The
Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the
Ottoman Navy at the
Battle of Elli .
1914 –
World War I : Admiral
Franz von Hipper commands a
raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby .
1920 – The
Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the
Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1942 –
The Holocaust :
Schutzstaffel chief
Heinrich Himmler orders that
Roma candidates for extermination be deported to
Auschwitz .
1944 –
World War II : The
Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three
German armies through the
Ardennes forest.
1951 – A Miami Airlines
Curtiss C-46 Commando
crashes in
Elizabeth, New Jersey , killing all 58 aboard including dancer
Doris Ruby .
[12]
1960 – A
United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a
TWA Lockheed Super Constellation
collide over
Staten Island ,
New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
1968 –
Second Vatican Council : Official revocation of the
Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain .
[13]
1971 –
Bangladesh Liberation War and
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 : The
Surrender of the
Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as
Victory Day in Bangladesh and India respectively.
1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes
Bahrain 's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's
National Day .
1973 –
Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia)
Volokolamsky District , killing all 51 aboard, including 4 Lithuanian doctors.
[14]
1986 –
Jeltoqsan : Riots erupt in
Alma-Ata ,
Kazakh SSR , in response to Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev 's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh
Dinmukhamed Kunaev , the First Secretary of the
Communist Party of Kazakhstan , and his replacement with
Gennady Kolbin , an ethnic Russian from the
Russian SFSR .
[15]
1989 –
Romanian Revolution : Protests break out in
Timișoara ,
Romania , in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor
László Tőkés .
2011 –
Zhanaozen massacre : Violent protests by oil workers take place in
Zhanaozen ,
Kazakhstan , leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.
[16]
2013 – A
bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital
Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2014 –
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants
attack an Army Public School in
Peshawar ,
Pakistan , killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
[17]
2022 –
A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of
Batang Kali in
Selangor , Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
[18]
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1605 –
Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland , English diplomat (d. 1663)
1614 –
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1630 –
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort , British botanist (d. 1715)
1714 –
George Whitefield , English Anglican priest (d. 1770)
1716 –
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini , French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
1717 –
Elizabeth Carter , English poet and scholar (d. 1806)
[20]
1730 –
Diego Silang , Filipino revolutionary leader (d. 1763)
[21]
1742 –
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , German field marshal (d. 1819)
1770 –
Ludwig van Beethoven , composer (d. 1827)
1775 –
Jane Austen , English novelist (d. 1817)
[22]
1775 –
François-Adrien Boieldieu , French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
1776 –
Johann Wilhelm Ritter , German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
1778 –
John Ordronaux , French-American soldier (d. 1841)
1787 –
Mary Russell Mitford , English author and playwright (d. 1855)
1790 –
Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1804 –
Viktor Bunyakovsky , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
1812 –
Stuart Donaldson , English-Australian politician, 1st
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1867)
1834 –
Léon Walras , French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
1836 –
Ernst von Bergmann , Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
1849 –
Mary Hartwell Catherwood , American author and poet (d. 1902)
[23]
1861 –
Antonio de La Gándara , French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1863 –
George Santayana , Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
1865 –
Olavo Bilac , Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)
1866 –
Wassily Kandinsky , Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
1867 –
Amy Carmichael , Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)
[24]
1869 –
Hristo Tatarchev , Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
1869 –
Bertha Lamme Feicht , American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
1872 –
Anton Denikin , Russian general (d. 1947)
1882 –
Jack Hobbs , English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)
1882 –
Zoltán Kodály , Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
1882 –
Walther Meissner , German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
1883 –
Károly Kós , Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
1883 –
Max Linder , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
1884 –
John Gunn , Australian politician, 29th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)
1884 –
Seibo Kitamura , Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
1888 –
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1888 –
Alphonse Juin , Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
1889 –
Kim Chwa-chin , South Korean
guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
1895 –
Marie Hall Ets , American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
1896 –
Anna Anderson , an imposter who claimed to be
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
1899 –
Noël Coward , English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
1900 –
Lucille Lortel , American actress and producer (d. 1999)
1900 –
V. S. Pritchett , British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
1901–present
1901 –
Margaret Mead , American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
[25]
1902 –
Rafael Alberti , Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
1903 –
Hardie Albright , American actor (d. 1975)
1903 –
Harold Whitlock , English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
1905 –
Piet Hein , Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
1905 –
Ruben Nirvi , Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)
[26]
1907 –
Barbara Kent , Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
1908 –
Remedios Varo , Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
1910 –
Freddie Brown , Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
1913 –
George Ignatieff , Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th
Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
1914 –
O. Winston Link , American photographer (d. 2001)
1916 –
Ruth Johnson Colvin , American author and educator, founded
ProLiteracy Worldwide
1917 –
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch , Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
1917 –
Pete T. Cenarrusa , American soldier, pilot, and politician,
Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
1917 –
Arthur C. Clarke , English science fiction writer (d. 2008)
[27]
1920 –
Frederick Rotimi Williams , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1921 –
Eulalio González , Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1922 –
Cy Leslie , American record producer, founded
Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
1923 –
Menahem Pressler , German-American pianist (d. 2023)
1923 –
Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
1924 –
Nicolas Sidjakov , Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
1926 –
James McCracken , American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
1926 –
A. N. R. Robinson ,
Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
[28]
1926 –
Jeffrey Stone , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1927 –
Peter Dickinson , Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
1927 –
Randall Garrett , American author and poet (d. 1987)
1928 –
Terry Carter , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2024)
1928 –
Philip K. Dick , American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
[29]
1929 –
Nicholas Courtney , Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
1930 –
Bill Brittain , American author (d. 2011)
1930 –
Sam Most , American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
1930 –
Bill Young , American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
1932 –
Grace Alele-Williams , Nigerian mathematician and academic (d. 2022)
[30]
1932 –
Quentin Blake , English author and illustrator
1932 –
Lin Zhao , Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the
Cultural Revolution (d. 1968)
1936 –
Morris Dees , American lawyer and activist, co-founded the
Southern Poverty Law Center
1937 –
Joyce Bulifant , American actress
[31]
1937 –
Edward Ruscha , American painter and photographer
1938 –
Frank Deford , American journalist and author (d. 2017)
[29]
1938 –
Liv Ullmann , Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
[31]
1939 –
Philip Langridge , English tenor (d. 2010)
1939 –
Gordon Miller , English high jumper
1941 –
Lesley Stahl , American journalist and actress
[31]
1941 –
Roger Neil Wheeler , English general
1942 –
Donald Carcieri , American educator and politician, 73rd
Governor of Rhode Island
1943 –
Steven Bochco , American television writer and producer (d. 2018)
[29]
1943 –
Patti Deutsch , American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
[32]
1944 –
Jeff Kanew , American director and screenwriter
1944 –
Don Meyer , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1945 –
Tony Hicks , English singer and guitarist
[31]
1946 –
Benny Andersson , Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
[31]
1946 –
Charles Dennis , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 –
Trevor Pinnock , English
harpsichord player and conductor
1946 –
Tom Stern , American cinematographer
1947 –
Ben Cross , English actor (d. 2020)
[29]
1947 –
Vincent Matthews , American sprinter
1947 –
Martyn Poliakoff , English chemist and academic
1947 –
Trevor Żahra , Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
[33]
1949 –
Billy Gibbons , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[31]
1949 –
Heather Hallett , English lawyer and judge
1950 –
Claudia Cohen , American journalist (d. 2007)
1950 –
Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
1951 –
Aykut Barka , Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
1951 –
Sally Emerson , English author and poet
1951 –
Mike Flanagan , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
1951 –
Robben Ford , American guitarist and songwriter
1951 –
Mark Heard , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
1952 –
Joel Garner , Barbadian cricketer and manager
1952 –
Francesco Graziani , Italian footballer and manager
1953 –
Rebecca Forstadt , American voice actress and screenwriter
1955 –
Xander Berkeley , American actor and producer
[31]
1955 –
Carol Browner , American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
1955 –
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1955 –
Chiharu Matsuyama , Japanese singer-songwriter
1956 –
Lizzy Mercier Descloux , French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
1957 –
Antonio Vega , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1958 –
Bart Oates , American football player and lawyer
1958 –
Jeff Ruland , American basketball player
[34]
1959 –
H. D. Kumaraswamy , Indian social worker and politician, 18th
Chief Minister of Karnataka
1959 –
Alison La Placa , American actress
[31]
1959 –
Alexander Lebedev , Russian businessman and politician
1959 –
Steve Mattsson , American author and illustrator
1960 –
Pat Van Den Hauwe , Belgian footballer and manager
1961 –
André Andersen , Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1961 –
Shane Black , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961 –
Bill Hicks , American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
1961 –
LaChanze , American actress, singer, and dancer
1961 –
Sam Robards , American actor
[31]
1961 –
Jon Tenney , American actor and director
[31]
1962 –
Maruschka Detmers , Dutch-French actress
1962 –
William Perry , American football player and wrestler
1963 –
Benjamin Bratt , American actor and producer
[31]
1963 –
Cathy Johnston-Forbes , American golfer
1963 –
James Mangold , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 –
Heike Drechsler , German sprinter and long jumper
1964 –
Todd Glass , American comedian
1964 –
John Kirwan , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1964 –
Georgie Parker , Australian actress
1964 –
Billy Ripken , American baseball player and sportscaster
1965 –
Melanie Sloan , American lawyer and activist
1965 –
J. B. Smoove , American comedian, writer, and actor
[31]
1966 –
Paul McGinley , Irish golfer
1966 –
Clifford Robinson , American basketball player (d. 2020)
1966 –
Dennis Wise , English footballer and manager
1967 –
Donovan Bailey , Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
1967 –
Indrek Kaseorg , Estonian decathlete
1967 –
Miranda Otto , Australian actress
[31]
1968 –
Wendy Doolan , Australian golfer
1968 –
Lalah Hathaway , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968 –
Greg Kovacs , Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1969 –
Simon Grayson , English footballer and manager
1969 –
Kent Hehr , Canadian politician
1969 –
Adam Riess , American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1969 –
Michelle Smith , Irish swimmer
1969 –
Dmitri Tymoczko , American composer and theorist
1969 –
Craig White , English cricketer and coach
1970 –
Valerie Chow , Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
1970 –
Daniel Cosgrove , American actor
[31]
1971 –
Seyhan Kurt , French-Turkish poet and sociologist
1971 –
Paul van Dyk , German musician, producer and DJ
[35]
1971 –
Michael McCary , American R&B singer
[31]
1972 –
Charles Gipson , American baseball player
1972 –
Paul Leyden , Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 –
Travis Morrison , American singer-songwriter
1973 –
Themba Mnguni , South African footballer
1973 –
Scott Storch , American songwriter and producer, founded
Storch Music Company
1975 –
Valentin Bădoi , Romanian footballer and manager
1975 –
Kaba Diawara , French-Guinean footballer
1975 –
Benjamin Kowalewicz , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 –
Paul Maynard , English politician
1976 –
Jen Golbeck , American computer scientist and academic
1977 –
Éric Bélanger , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 –
Sylvain Distin , French footballer
1978 –
John Morris , Canadian curler and firefighter
1978 –
Gunter Van Handenhoven , Belgian footballer and manager
1979 –
Trevor Immelman , South African golfer
1979 –
Brodie Lee , American wrestler (d. 2020)
[36]
1979 –
Daniel Narcisse , French handball player
[37]
1979 –
Mihai Trăistariu , Romanian singer-songwriter
1979 –
Jessie Ward , American wrestler and producer
1980 –
Danish Kaneria , Pakistani cricketer
1981 –
Krysten Ritter , American actress, musician, and model
[31]
1981 –
Reanna Solomon , Nauruan weightlifter (d. 2022)
[38]
1981 –
Gareth Williams , Scottish footballer
1982 –
Antrel Rolle , American football player
1982 –
Anna Sedokova , Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
1982 –
Stanislav Šesták , Slovak footballer
1983 –
Kelenna Azubuike , Nigerian-American basketball player
1983 –
Frankie Ballard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 –
Joey Dorsey , American basketball player
[39]
1984 –
Theo James , English actor
[31]
1985 –
Stanislav Manolev , Bulgarian footballer
1985 –
James Nash , English race car driver
1985 –
Amanda Setton , American actress
[31]
1986 –
Alcides Escobar , Venezuelan baseball player
1986 –
Zoltán Kovács , Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
1986 –
Pärt Uusberg , Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
1987 –
Mame Biram Diouf , Senegalese footballer
1987 –
Beau Dowler , Australian footballer
1987 –
Hallee Hirsh , American actress
[31]
1988 –
Mats Hummels , German footballer
1988 –
Anna Popplewell , English actress
[31]
1988 –
Alexey Shved , Russian basketball player
[40]
1989 –
Mikkel Bødker , Danish ice hockey player
[41]
1990 –
Rebecca Marino , Canadian tennis player
[42]
1991 –
Craig Goodwin , Australian footballer
1991 –
David Johnson , American football player
[43]
1992 –
Ulrikke Eikeri , Norwegian tennis player
[44]
1992 –
Anamul Haque , Bangladeshi cricketer
1992 –
Pietro Perdichizzi , Belgian footballer
1992 –
Tom Rogic , Australian footballer
1993 –
Jyoti Amge , Indian actress
[29]
1993 –
Stephan James , Canadian actor
[31]
1994 –
Nigel Hayes , American basketball player
[45]
1994 –
Elliot Lee , English footballer
1994 –
Nicola Murru , Italian footballer
1994 –
José Rodríguez , Spanish footballer
1998 –
Mira Antonitsch , Austrian tennis player
[46]
Deaths
Pre-1600
604 –
Houzhu , emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)
705 –
Wu Zetian , Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624)
714 –
Pepin of Herstal , Frankish statesman (b. 635)
867 –
Eberhard of Friuli , Frankish duke (b. 815)
874 –
Ado , archbishop of Vienne
882 –
John VIII , pope of the Catholic Church
902 –
Wei Yifan , chancellor of the Tang dynasty
999 –
Adelaide of Italy , Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)
1153 –
Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester , Norman nobleman
1263 –
Haakon IV , king of Norway (b. 1204)
1316 –
Öljaitü , Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)
1325 –
Charles , French nobleman (b. 1270)
1378 –
Secondotto , marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)
1379 –
John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel , English general and politician,
Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)
1470 –
John II , duke of Lorraine (b. 1424)
1474 –
Ali Qushji , Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)
1515 –
Afonso de Albuquerque , Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd
Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)
1558 –
Thomas Cheney , English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1583 –
Ivan Fyodorov , Russian printer
1594 –
Allison Balfour , Scottish witch
1598 –
Yi Sun-sin , Korean general (b. 1545)
1601–1900
1669 –
Nathaniel Fiennes , English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
1687 –
William Petty , English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
[47]
1751 –
Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
1774 –
François Quesnay , French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
1783 –
Johann Adolph Hasse , German composer and educator (b. 1699)
1783 –
Sir William James, 1st Baronet , Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
1805 –
Saverio Cassar , Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
1809 –
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy , French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
1859 –
Wilhelm Grimm , German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
1892 –
Henry Yesler , American businessman and politician, 7th
Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
1897 –
Alphonse Daudet , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
1898 –
Pavel Tretyakov , Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1901–present
1908 –
American Horse , American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
1917 –
Frank Gotch , American wrestler (b. 1878)
1921 –
Camille Saint-Saëns , French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
1922 –
Gabriel Narutowicz , Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
1928 –
Elinor Wylie , American poet and author (b. 1885)
1935 –
Thelma Todd , American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
1936 –
Frank Eugene , American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
1940 –
Eugène Dubois , Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
1940 –
Billy Hamilton , American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
1943 –
George Bambridge , English diplomat (b. 1892)
1944 –
Betsie ten Boom , Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
1945 –
Giovanni Agnelli , Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
1945 –
Fumimaro Konoe , Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
1949 –
Sidney Olcott , Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
1952 –
Robert Henry Best , American journalist (b. 1896)
1956 –
Nina Hamnett , Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
1961 –
Hans Rebane , Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
1965 –
W. Somerset Maugham , British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
1968 –
Futabayama Sadaji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th
Yokozuna (b. 1912)
1968 –
Muhammad Suheimat , Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
1969 –
Alphonse Castex , French rugby union player (b. 1899)
1969 –
Soe Hok Gie , Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
1970 –
Oscar Lewis , American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
1974 –
Kostas Varnalis , Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
1976 –
Réal Caouette , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
1977 –
Risto Jarva , Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
1980 –
Colonel Sanders , American businessman, founded
KFC (b. 1890)
1980 –
Hellmuth Walter , German-American engineer (b. 1900)
1982 –
Colin Chapman , English engineer and businessman, founded
Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1983 –
Debs Garms , American baseball player (b. 1907)
1984 –
Karl Deichgräber , German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
1985 –
Thomas Bilotti , American mobster (b. 1940)
1985 –
Paul Castellano , American mobster (b. 1915)
1989 –
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)
1989 –
Silvana Mangano , Italian actress (b. 1930)
1989 –
Aileen Pringle , American actress (b. 1895)
1989 –
Lee Van Cleef , American actor (b. 1925)
1991 –
Eszter Tamási , Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)
1993 –
Moses Gunn , American actor (b. 1929)
1993 –
Kakuei Tanaka , Japanese soldier and politician, 64th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
1996 –
Quentin Bell , English historian and author (b. 1910)
1997 –
Lillian Disney , American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
1998 –
William Gaddis , American author and academic (b. 1922)
2001 –
Stuart Adamson , English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
2001 –
Stefan Heym , German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
2003 –
Robert Stanfield , Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th
Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
2003 –
Gary Stewart , American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2004 –
Ted Abernathy , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2004 –
Deyda Hydara , Gambian journalist, co-founded
The Point (b. 1946)
2004 –
Agnes Martin , American painter and educator (b. 1912)
2005 –
Kenneth Bulmer , English author (b. 1921)
2005 –
Ed Hansen , American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005 –
John Spencer , American actor (b. 1946)
2006 –
Don Jardine , Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)
2006 –
Taliep Petersen , South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)
2006 –
Pnina Salzman , Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)
2006 –
Stanford J. Shaw , American historian and academic (b. 1930)
2007 –
Dan Fogelberg , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2009 –
Roy E. Disney , American businessman (b. 1930)
2009 –
Yegor Gaidar , Russian economist and politician,
Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)
2009 –
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang , South African physician and politician, 22nd
South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)
2010 –
Melvin E. Biddle , American soldier,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
2010 –
Ayinde Barrister , Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948)
2011 –
Robert Easton , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2011 –
Nicol Williamson , Scottish actor (b. 1938)
2012 –
Elwood V. Jensen , American biologist and academic (b. 1920)
2012 –
Jake Adam York , American poet and academic (b. 1972)
2013 –
James Flint , English commander (b. 1913)
2013 –
Ray Price , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
2013 –
Marta Russell , American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)
2014 –
Martin Brasier , English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
2014 –
Tim Cochran , American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
2015 –
Peter Dickinson , Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
2015 –
Lizmark , Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)
2015 –
George Earl Ortman , American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)
2017 –
Keely Smith , American singer and actress (b. 1928)
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Holidays and observances
References
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq . New York: DK Publishing. p. 68.
ISBN
9780756695484 .
^ Beckwith, Christopher (1993).
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 142–143.
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