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Day of the year
December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 14 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 – The
Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the
Wright Flyer at
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina .
[8]
1907 –
Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of
Bhutan .
1918 –
Darwin Rebellion : Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on
Government House in Darwin,
Northern Territory , Australia.
1926 –
Antanas Smetona assumes power in
Lithuania as the
1926 coup d'état is successful.
1927 – Indian revolutionary
Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
1928 – Indian revolutionaries
Bhagat Singh ,
Sukhdev Thapar and
Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in
Lahore ,
Punjab , to avenge the death of
Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
1933 – The
first NFL Championship Game is played at
Wrigley Field in
Chicago between the
New York Giants and
Chicago Bears . The Bears won 23–21.
[9]
1935 – First flight of the
Douglas DC-3 .
1938 –
Otto Hahn discovers the
nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of
nuclear energy .
1939 –
World War II :
Battle of the River Plate : The
Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain
Hans Langsdorff outside
Montevideo .
1943 – All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the
Act of 1882 and the introduction of the
Magnuson Act .
1944 – World War II:
Battle of the Bulge :
Malmedy massacre : American
285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
POWs are shot by
Waffen-SS
Kampfgruppe
Joachim Peiper .
1945 –
Kurdistan flag day, the
flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in
Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
[10]
1947 – First flight of the
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
strategic bomber .
1948 – The
Finnish Security Police is established to remove
communist leadership from its predecessor, the
State Police .
1950 – The
F-86 Sabre 's first mission over Korea.
1951 – The American
Civil Rights Congress delivers "
We Charge Genocide " to the
United Nations .
1957 – The United States successfully launches the first
Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at
Cape Canaveral, Florida .
1960 – Troops loyal to Emperor
Haile Selassie in
Ethiopia crush the
coup that began
December 13 , returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
1960 –
Munich C-131 crash : Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
1961 –
Niterói circus fire : Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, killing more than 500.
1967 –
Harold Holt ,
Prime Minister of Australia ,
disappears while swimming near
Portsea, Victoria , and is presumed drowned.
1969 –
Project Blue Book : The United States Air Force closes its study of
UFOs .
1970 –
Polish protests : In
Gdynia , soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
1973 – Thirty passengers are killed in
an attack by
Palestinian terrorists on Rome's
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport .
1981 – American Brigadier General
James L. Dozier is abducted by the
Red Brigades in
Verona , Italy.
1983 –
Provisional IRA members
detonate a car bomb at
Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
1989 –
Romanian Revolution : Protests continue in
Timișoara , Romania, with rioters breaking into the
Romanian Communist Party 's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
1989 –
Fernando Collor de Mello defeats
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the
Brazilian presidential election , becoming the first democratically elected
President in almost 30 years.
1989 –
The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire ".
[11]
1997 –
Peruvian internal conflict : 14 members of the
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement provoke a
hostage crisis by taking over the Japanese embassy in Lima.
[12]
1997 –
Aerosvit Flight 241 : A
Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into the
Pierian Mountains near
Thessaloniki Airport in
Thessaloniki , Greece, killing all 70 people on board.
[13]
2002 –
Second Congo War : The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for
transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
2003 – The
Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
2003 –
SpaceShipOne , piloted by
Brian Binnie , makes
its first powered and first supersonic flight .
[14]
2003 – Sex work rights activists establish December 17 (or "D17") as
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers to memorialize victims of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, and highlight State violence against sex workers by police and others.
[15]
2005 – Anti-
World Trade Organization
protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong .
2005 –
Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of
Bhutan .
2009 –
MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of
Lebanon , resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
2010 –
Mohamed Bouazizi
sets himself on fire . This act became the catalyst for the
Tunisian Revolution and the wider
Arab Spring .
2014 – The United States and Cuba re-establish
diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 –
Roger L'Estrange , English pamphleteer and author (d. 1704)
1619 –
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (d. 1682)
1632 –
Anthony Wood , English historian and author (d. 1695)
1685 –
Thomas Tickell , English poet (d. 1740)
1699 –
Charles-Louis Mion , French composer and educator (d. 1775)
1706 –
Émilie du Châtelet , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
[17]
1734 –
Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816)
1749 –
Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer and educator (d. 1801)
1778 –
Humphry Davy , English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)
1796 –
Thomas Chandler Haliburton , Canadian judge and politician (d. 1865)
1797 –
Joseph Henry , American physicist and engineer (d. 1878)
1807 –
John Greenleaf Whittier , American poet and activist (d. 1892)
1812 –
Vilhelm Petersen , Danish painter (d. 1880)
1827 –
Alexander Wassilko von Serecki , Austrian lawyer and politician (d. 1893)
1830 –
Jules de Goncourt , French author and critic (d. 1870)
1835 –
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz , Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)
1840 –
Nozu Michitsura , Japanese field marshal (d. 1908)
1842 –
Sophus Lie , Norwegian mathematician and academic (d. 1899)
1847 –
Émile Faguet , French author and critic (d. 1916)
1853 –
Pierre Paul Émile Roux , French physician and immunologist, co-founded the
Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)
1858 –
Eva Nansen , Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer and pioneer on women's skiing (d. 1907)
[18]
1859 –
Paul César Helleu , French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
1866 –
Kazys Grinius , Lithuanian physician and politician, third
President of Lithuania (d. 1950)
1873 –
Ford Madox Ford , English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1939)
1874 –
William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian economist and politician, tenth
Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)
1881 –
Aubrey Faulkner , South African-English cricketer and coach (d. 1930)
1884 –
Alison Uttley , English children's book writer (d. 1976)
1887 –
Josef Lada , Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
1890 –
Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920)
1892 –
Sam Barry , American basketball player and coach (d. 1950)
1893 –
Charles C. Banks , English captain and pilot (d. 1971)
1893 –
Erwin Piscator , German director and producer (d. 1966)
1894 –
Arthur Fiedler , American conductor (d. 1979)
1894 –
Patrick Flynn , Irish-American runner and soldier (d. 1969)
1894 –
Wim Schermerhorn , Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1895 –
Gerald Patterson , Australian tennis player (d. 1967)
[19]
1898 –
Loren Murchison , American sprinter (d. 1979)
1900 –
Mary Cartwright , English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (d. 1998)
1901–present
1903 –
Erskine Caldwell , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1987)
1903 –
Ray Noble , English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978)
1904 –
Paul Cadmus , American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
1905 –
Simo Häyhä , Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)
1905 –
Mohammad Hidayatullah , 11th
Chief Justice of India , and politician, sixth
Vice President of India (d. 1992)
1905 –
Erico Verissimo , Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)
1906 –
Fernando Lopes-Graça , Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1906 –
Russell C. Newhouse , American pilot and engineer (d. 1998)
1908 –
Willard Libby , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1910 –
Eknath Easwaran , Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999)
1910 –
Sy Oliver , American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)
1912 –
Edward Short, Baron Glenamara , English captain and politician,
Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)
1913 –
Burt Baskin , American businessman, co-founded
Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967)
[20]
1914 –
Mushtaq Ali , Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
1914 –
Fernando Alonso , Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the
Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013)
1916 –
Penelope Fitzgerald , English author and poet (d. 2000)
1917 –
Kenneth Dike , Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
1920 –
Kenneth E. Iverson , Canadian computer scientist, developed the
APL programming language (d. 2004)
1921 –
Lore Berger , German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943)
1922 –
Alan Voorhees , American engineer and academic (d. 2005)
1923 –
Jaroslav Pelikan , American historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1926 –
Ray Jablonski , American baseball player (d. 1985)
1926 –
John Hans Krebs , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1926 –
Stephen Lewis , English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015)
1927 –
Richard Long , American actor and director (d. 1974)
1927 –
Edward Meneeley , American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1928 –
Marilyn Beck , American journalist (d. 2014)
1928 –
Eli Beeding , American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
1928 –
Doyle Conner , American farmer and politician, seventh
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (d. 2012)
1929 –
William Safire , American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1930 –
Bob Guccione , American photographer and publisher, founded
Penthouse (d. 2010)
1930 –
Armin Mueller-Stahl , German actor and painter
1930 –
Dorothy Rowe , Australian psychologist and author (d. 2019)
1931 –
Gerald Finnerman , American director and cinematographer (d. 2011)
1931 –
Dave Madden , Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
1931 –
James McGaugh , American neurobiologist and psychologist
1932 –
John Bond , English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1934 –
Irving Petlin , American painter and academic (d. 2018)
1934 –
Ray Wilson , English footballer and manager (d. 2018)
1935 –
Brian Langford , English cricketer (d. 2013)
1935 –
Cal Ripken Sr. , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
1936 –
Pope Francis
[21]
1936 –
Tommy Steele , English singer, guitarist, and actor
[21]
1937 –
Brian Hayes , Australian-English radio host
1937 –
Art Neville , American singer and keyboard player (d. 2019)
1937 –
Kerry Packer , Australian businessman, founded
World Series Cricket (d. 2005)
1937 –
John Kennedy Toole , American novelist (d. 1969)
1937 –
Calvin Waller , American general (d. 1996)
1938 –
Peter Snell , New Zealand runner (d. 2019)
1939 –
James Booker , American pianist (d. 1983)
1939 –
Eddie Kendricks , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1940 –
Kåre Valebrokk , Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)
1940 –
María Elena Velasco , Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 –
Dave Dee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1941 –
Stan Mudenge , Zimbabwean historian and politician,
Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
1942 –
Muhammadu Buhari , Nigerian general and politician, 7th
Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1942 –
Paul Butterfield , American singer and harmonica player (d. 1987)
[22]
1943 –
Ron Geesin , Scottish pianist and composer
1944 –
Jack L. Chalker , American author and educator (d. 2005)
1944 –
Carlo M. Croce , Italian-American oncologist and academic
1944 –
Bernard Hill , English actor
[21]
1945 –
Ernie Hudson , American actor
[21]
1945 –
David Mallet , English director
1945 –
Chris Matthews , American journalist and author
[21]
1945 –
Jüri Talvet , Estonian poet and critic
1945 –
Jacqueline Wilson , English author and academic
[23]
1946 –
Simon Bates , English radio host
1946 –
Eugene Levy , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
[21]
1947 –
Wes Studi , American actor and producer
[24]
1948 –
Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1948 –
Jim Bonfanti , American rock drummer
[21]
1948 –
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu , Turkish economist and politician
1949 –
Joel Brooks , American actor
[21]
1949 –
Sotiris Kaiafas , Cypriot footballer
1949 –
Paul Rodgers , English singer-songwriter and producer
[21]
1950 –
Laurence F. Johnson , American educator and author
1950 –
Maurice Peoples , American sprinter and coach
1951 –
Pat Hill , American football player and coach
1951 –
Ken Hitchcock , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 –
Tatyana Kazankina , Russian runner
1953 –
Bill Pullman , American actor
[21]
1954 –
Sergejus Jovaiša , Lithuanian basketball player
1955 –
Brad Davis , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 –
Peter Farrelly , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[21]
1956 –
Dominic Lawson , English journalist and author
1956 –
Totka Petrova , Bulgarian runner
1957 –
Wendy Hoyte , English sprinter
1957 –
Bob Ojeda , American baseball player and coach
1958 –
Mike Mills , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
[21]
1959 –
Bob Stinson , American songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1961 –
Mansoor al-Jamri , Bahraini journalist and author
1961 –
Sara Dallin , English singer
[21]
1962 –
Paul Dobson , English footballer
1962 –
Galina Malchugina , Russian sprinter
1962 –
Rocco Mediate , American golfer and journalist
1964 –
Frank Musil , Czech ice hockey player and coach
1964 –
Joe Wolf , American basketball player and coach
1965 –
Craig Berube , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 –
Jeff Grayer , American basketball player and coach
[25]
1966 –
Tracy Byrd , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 –
Kristiina Ojuland , Estonian politician, 23rd
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1967 –
Vincent Damphousse , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1967 –
Gigi D'Agostino , Italian muscisian, singer and DJ.
[26]
1967 –
Karsten Neitzel , German footballer and manager
1968 –
Claudio Suárez , Mexican footballer
1968 –
Paul Tracy , Canadian race car driver and sportscaster
1969 –
Laurie Holden , American actress and model
[21]
1969 –
Inna Lasovskaya , Russian triple jumper
1969 –
Chuck Liddell , American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
[20]
1969 –
Mick Quinn , English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1970 –
Sean Patrick Thomas , American actor
[21]
1971 –
Claire Forlani , English actress
[21]
1971 –
Alan Khan , South African radio and TV presenter
1971 –
Nikki McCray-Penson , American basketball player and coach (d. 2023)
[27]
1971 –
Antoine Rigaudeau , French basketball player
1972 –
John Abraham , Indian actor and producer
1972 –
Iván Pedroso , Cuban long jumper and coach
1973 –
Eddie Fisher , American drummer
[28]
1973 –
Konstadinos Gatsioudis , Greek javelin thrower
1973 –
Rian Johnson , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Paula Radcliffe , English runner
1973 –
Hasan Vural , German-Turkish footballer
1974 –
Charl Langeveldt , South African cricketer
1974 –
Sarah Paulson , American actress
[21]
1974 –
Giovanni Ribisi , American actor
1974 –
Marissa Ribisi , American actress
[21]
1975 –
Nick Dinsmore , American wrestler and trainer
1975 –
Susanthika Jayasinghe , Sri Lankan sprinter
1975 –
Milla Jovovich , Ukrainian-American actress
[21]
1976 –
Éric Bédard , Canadian speed skater and coach
1976 –
Nir Davidovich , Israeli footballer and manager
1976 –
Patrick Müller , Swiss footballer
1976 –
Andrew Simpson , English sailor (d. 2013)
1976 –
Takeo Spikes , American football player and sportscaster
1977 –
Arnaud Clément , French tennis player
[29]
1977 –
Samuel Påhlsson , Swedish ice hockey player
1977 –
Katheryn Winnick , Canadian actress
[20]
1978 –
Alex Cintrón , Puerto Rican baseball player and sportscaster
1978 –
Riteish Deshmukh , Indian film actor, producer and architect
1978 –
Manny Pacquiao , Filipino boxer and politician
[21]
1978 –
Neil Sanderson , Canadian drummer and songwriter
1978 –
Chase Utley , American baseball player
1979 –
Matt Murley , American ice hockey player
1979 –
Paul Smith , English footballer
1980 –
Suzy Batkovic , Australian basketball player
[30]
1980 –
Ryan Hunter-Reay , American race car driver
1980 –
Alexandra Papageorgiou , Greek hammer thrower
1980 –
Eli Pariser , American activist and author
1981 –
Jerry Hsu , American skateboarder and photographer
1981 –
Tim Wiese , German footballer
1982 –
Josh Barfield , American baseball player
1982 –
Lorenzo Cittadini , Italian rugby player
1982 –
Craig Kielburger , Canadian activist and author
1982 –
Stéphane Lasme , Gabonese basketball player
1983 –
Gregory Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
[31]
1983 –
Erik Christensen , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Mikky Ekko , American singer and songwriter
[21]
1983 –
Haron Keitany , Kenyan runner
1983 –
Sébastien Ogier , French race car driver
1984 –
Luis Alfageme , Argentinian footballer
1984 –
Julian Bennett , English footballer
1984 –
Andrew Davies , English footballer
1984 –
Shannon Woodward , American actress
[21]
1985 –
Fernando Abad , Dominican baseball player
[32]
1985 –
Łukasz Broź , Polish footballer
1985 –
Craig Reid , English footballer
1986 –
Emma Bell , American actress
[21]
1986 –
Frank Winterstein , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1986 –
Vanessa Zima , American actress
[21]
1987 –
Maryna Arzamasova , Belarusian middle-distance runner
[33]
1987 –
Bo Guagua , Chinese businessman
1987 –
Chelsea Manning , American soldier and intelligence analyst
[20]
1987 –
Donovan Solano , Colombian baseball player
[34]
1988 –
Liisa Ehrberg , Estonian cyclist
1988 –
Grethe Grünberg , Estonian ice dancer
1988 –
Kris Joseph , Canadian basketball player
1988 –
David Rudisha , Kenyan runner
1988 –
Craig Sutherland , Scottish footballer
1989 –
Taylor York , American musician
[21]
1990 –
Graham Rogers , American actor
[21]
1991 –
Jordan Rankin , Australian rugby league player
1991 –
Atsedu Tsegay , Ethiopian runner
1992 –
Quinton de Kock , South African cricketer
1992 –
Buddy Hield , Bahamian basketball player
[35]
1992 –
Joshua Ingram , Canadian drummer and percussionist
1993 –
Kiersey Clemons , American actress
[20]
1993 –
Patricia Kú Flores , Peruvian tennis player
[36]
1994 –
Lloyd Perrett , New Zealand rugby league player
1994 –
Nat Wolff , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
[21]
1995 –
Guerschon Yabusele , French basketball player
[37]
1996 –
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva , Russian figure skater
1997 –
Naiktha Bains , British-Australian tennis player
[38]
1997 –
Shoma Uno , Japanese figure skater
1998 –
Jasmine Armfield , English actress
1998 –
Martin Ødegaard , Norwegian footballer
1999 –
Mirei Sasaki , Japanese singer, model, and actress
[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
779 –
Sturm ,
abbot of
Fulda
908 –
al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i , Abbasid vizier
908 –
Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz , Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for one day
942 –
William I , duke of
Normandy
1187 –
Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
1195 –
Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
1273 –
Rumi , Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
1316 –
Juan Fernández , bishop-elect of León
[40]
1419 –
William Gascoigne , Chief Justice of England
1471 –
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
1559 –
Irene di Spilimbergo , Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
[41]
1562 –
Eleonora di Toledo , Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
1601–1900
1901–present
1904 –
William Shiels , Irish-Australian politician, 16th
Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
1907 –
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin , Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
1909 –
Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
1917 –
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , English physician and activist (b. 1836)
1927 –
Rajendra Lahiri , Indian activist (b. 1892)
1928 –
Frank Rinehart , American photographer (b. 1861)
1929 –
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa , Portuguese general and politician, tenth
President of Portugal (b. 1863)
1930 –
Peter Warlock , Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
1932 –
Charles Winckler , Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and
tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
1933 –
13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
1935 –
Lizette Woodworth Reese , American poet (b. 1856)
[43]
1940 –
Alicia Boole Stott , Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
1942 –
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley , English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
1947 –
Christos Tsigiridis , Greek engineer (b. 1877)
1956 –
Eddie Acuff , American actor (b. 1903)
1957 –
Dorothy L. Sayers , English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1962 –
Thomas Mitchell , American actor (b. 1892)
1964 –
Victor Francis Hess , Austrian-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1967 –
Harold Holt , Australian lawyer and politician, 17th
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
1970 –
Oliver Waterman Larkin , American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
1978 –
Don Ellis , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
1981 –
Antiochos Evangelatos , Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
1982 –
Homer S. Ferguson , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
1986 –
Guillermo Cano Isaza , Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
1987 –
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink , Dutch cardinal (b. 1900)
1987 –
Linda Wong , American porn actress (b. 1951)
1987 –
Marguerite Yourcenar , Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
1992 –
Günther Anders , German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
1992 –
Dana Andrews , American actor (b. 1909)
1999 –
Rex Allen , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
1999 –
Grover Washington Jr. , American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
1999 –
C. Vann Woodward , American historian and academic (b. 1908)
2002 –
K. W. Devanayagam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, tenth
Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
2003 –
Otto Graham , American football player and coach (b. 1921)
2004 –
Tom Wesselmann , American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
2005 –
Jack Anderson , American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2005 –
Marc Favreau , Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
2005 –
Haljand Udam , Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)
2006 –
Larry Sherry , American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
2008 –
Sammy Baugh , American football player and coach (b. 1914)
2008 –
Freddy Breck , German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 –
Dave Smith , American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
2008 –
Gregoire , Congolese
chimpanzee , oldest recorded (b. 1942)
[44]
2009 –
Chris Henry , American football player (b. 1983)
2009 –
Jennifer Jones , American actress (b. 1919)
2009 –
Alaina Reed Hall , American actress (b. 1946)
2010 –
Captain Beefheart , American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2010 –
Walt Dropo , American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
2010 –
Ralph Coates , English footballer (b. 1946)
2011 –
Eva Ekvall , Venezuelan journalist and author,
Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)
2011 –
Kim Jong-il , North Korean commander and politician, second
Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941)
2012 –
Richard Adams , Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
2012 –
James Gower , American priest and activist, co-founded the
College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)
2012 –
Daniel Inouye , American captain and politician (b. 1924)
2012 –
Laurier LaPierre , Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)
2012 –
Frank Pastore , American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957)
2013 –
Fred Bruemmer , Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
2013 –
Ricardo María Carles Gordó , Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
2013 –
Richard Heffner , American historian and television host (b. 1925)
2013 –
Tetsurō Kashibuchi , Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
2013 –
Janet Rowley , American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
2013 –
Conny van Rietschoten , Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
2014 –
Dieter Grau , German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)
2014 –
Richard C. Hottelet , American journalist (b. 1917)
2014 –
Oleh Lysheha , Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
2014 –
Lowell Steward , American captain (b. 1919)
2014 –
Ivan Vekić , Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician,
Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)
2015 –
Hal Brown , American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2015 –
Osamu Hayaishi , American-Japanese biochemist and academic (b. 1920)
2015 –
Michael Wyschogrod , German-American philosopher and theologian (b. 1928)
2016 –
Benjamin A. Gilman , American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2016 –
Henry Heimlich , American doctor (b. 1920)
2016 –
Gordon Hunt , American voice director (b. 1929)
2020 –
Jeremy Bullock , English actor (b. 1945)
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2020 –
Allen Dines , American politician (b. 1921)
[46]
2023 –
Ronaldo Valdez , Filipino actor (b. 1947)
[47]
2023 –
James McCaffrey , American actor (b. 1958)
[48]
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