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Day of the year
December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 23 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1907 –
King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the
Swedish throne .
1912 – Leaders of the
German Empire hold an
Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
1914 –
World War I : A squadron of Britain's
Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German
East Asia Squadron in the
Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1922 – Two days after coming into existence, the
Irish Free State executes four leaders of the
Irish Republican Army :
Liam Mellows ,
Rory O'Connor ,
Joe McKelvey and
Dick Barrett .
[6]
1941 –
World War II : U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt declares
December 7 to be "
a date which will live in infamy ", after which
the U.S. declares war on Japan .
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade
Shanghai International Settlement ,
Malaya ,
Thailand ,
Hong Kong ,
the Philippines , and
the Dutch East Indies . (See
December 7 for the concurrent
attack on Pearl Harbor in the
Western Hemisphere .)
1943 – World War II: The German
117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of
Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of
reprisals that culminated a few days later with the
Massacre of Kalavryta .
1953 – U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "
Atoms for Peace " speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
1955 – The
Flag of Europe is adopted by
Council of Europe .
1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine)
go on strike for 114 days.
1963 –
Pan Am Flight 214 , a
Boeing 707 , is struck by
lightning and crashes near
Elkton, Maryland , killing all 81 people on board.
1966 – The Greek ship
SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the
Aegean Sea , killing over 200.
1969 –
Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a
Douglas DC-6 in history.
1971 –
Indo-Pakistani War : The
Indian Navy
launches an attack on
West Pakistan 's port city of
Karachi .
1972 –
United Airlines Flight 553 , a
Boeing 737 , crashes after aborting its landing attempt at
Chicago Midway International Airport , killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
1974 – A
plebiscite results in the abolition of
monarchy in Greece .
1980 –
John Lennon is
murdered by
Mark David Chapman in front of
The Dakota in
New York City .
[7]
1985 – The
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation , the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established.
1987 –
Cold War : The
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev in the
White House .
1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter kills four
Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the
Erez Crossing on the
Israel–Gaza Strip border , which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the
First Intifada .
1988 – A
United States Air Force
A-10 Thunderbolt II
crashes into an apartment complex in
Remscheid , Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others.
1990 – The
Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time.
1991 – The leaders of Russia,
Belarus and
Ukraine sign an
agreement dissolving the
Soviet Union and establishing the
Commonwealth of Independent States .
1992 – The
Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time.
1998 –
Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in
Algeria .
2001 – A raid conducted by the
Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore .
[8]
2004 – The
Cusco Declaration is signed in
Cusco ,
Peru , establishing the
South American Community of Nations .
2004 –
Columbus nightclub shooting : Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in
Columbus, Ohio , killing former
Pantera guitarist
Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer.
[9]
2009 –
Bombings in
Baghdad, Iraq , kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
2010 – With the
second launch of the
Falcon 9 and the first launch of the
Dragon ,
SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a
spacecraft .
[10]
2010 – The Japanese
solar-sail spacecraft
IKAROS passes the planet
Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi).
2013 –
Riots break out in
Singapore after a fatal accident in
Little India .
2013 –
Metallica performs a show in
Antarctica , making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2019 – First confirmed case of
COVID-19 in China.
[11]
Births
Pre-1600
65 BC –
Horace , Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
[12]
1021 –
Wang Anshi , Chinese economist and chancellor (d. 1086)
1412 –
Astorre II Manfredi , Italian lord (d. 1468)
1418 –
Queen Jeonghui , Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483)
1424 –
Anselm Adornes , Belgian merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)
[13]
1538 –
Miklós Istvánffy , Hungarian politician (d. 1615)
1542 –
Mary, Queen of Scots , daughter of
James V of Scotland and
Mary of Guise (d. 1587)
[14]
1558 –
François de La Rochefoucauld , Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)
[15]
1601–1900
1678 –
Antonio de Benavides , colonial governor of Florida (d. 1762)
[16]
1678 –
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole , English politician and diplomat,
British Ambassador to France (d. 1757)
1699 –
Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)
1708 –
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
1724 –
Claude Balbastre , French organist and composer (d. 1799)
1730 –
Jan Ingenhousz , Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)
1731 –
František Xaver Dušek , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)
1756 –
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801)
1765 –
Eli Whitney , American engineer, invented the
cotton gin (d. 1825)
1795 –
Peter Andreas Hansen , Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)
1807 –
Friedrich Traugott Kützing , German pharmacist, botanist and
phycologist (d. 1893)
1813 –
August Belmont , Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890)
1815 –
Adolph Menzel , German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)
1817 –
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs , Danish lawyer and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)
1818 –
Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)
1822 –
Jakov Ignjatović , Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889)
1832 –
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , Norwegian-French author and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
1860 –
Amanda McKittrick Ros , Irish author and poet (d. 1939)
[17]
1861 –
William C. Durant , American businessman, founded
General Motors and
Chevrolet (d. 1947)
1861 –
Aristide Maillol , French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)
1861 –
Georges Méliès , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938)
1862 –
Georges Feydeau , French playwright (d. 1921)
1863 –
Charles Lincoln Edwards , American zoologist (d. 1937)
1864 –
Camille Claudel , French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)
[18]
1865 –
Rüdiger von der Goltz , German general (d. 1946)
1865 –
Jacques Hadamard , French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
1865 –
Jean Sibelius , Finnish violinist and composer (d. 1957)
[19]
1874 –
Ernst Moro , Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)
1875 –
Frederik Buch , Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)
1877 –
Paul Ladmirault , French pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1944)
1880 –
Johannes Aavik , Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)
1881 –
Tuomas Bryggari , Finnish politician (d. 1964)
[20]
1881 –
Albert Gleizes , French painter (d. 1953)
1884 –
Francis Balfour , English colonel and politician (d. 1965)
1886 –
Diego Rivera , Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)
1887 –
Elizabeth Daryush , English poet (d. 1977)
[21]
1890 –
Bohuslav Martinů , Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)
1892 –
Marcus Lee Hansen , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938)
1894 –
E. C. Segar , American cartoonist, created
Popeye (d. 1938)
1894 –
James Thurber , American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)
1899 –
Arthur Leslie , English-Welsh actor and playwright (d. 1970)
1899 –
John Qualen , Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)
1900 –
Sun Li-jen , Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)
1900 –
Ants Oras , Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)
1901–present
1902 –
Wifredo Lam , Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)
1903 –
Zelma Watson George , Black American opera singer (d. 1994)
[22]
1908 –
Concha Piquer , Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)
1908 –
John A. Volpe , American soldier and politician, 61st
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
[23]
1911 –
Lee J. Cobb , American actor (d. 1976)
1911 –
Nikos Gatsos , Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)
1913 –
Delmore Schwartz , American poet and short story writer (d. 1966)
1914 –
Floyd Tillman , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1914 –
Ernie Toshack , Australian cricketer (d. 2003)
1915 –
Ernest Lehman , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1916 –
Richard Fleischer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1917 –
Ian Johnson , Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)
1919 –
Peter Tali Coleman , Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd
Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)
1919 –
Julia Bowman , American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)
[24]
1919 –
Kateryna Yushchenko , Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)
[25]
1920 –
McDonald Bailey , Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)
[26]
1922 –
Lucian Freud , German-English painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
[27]
1922 –
Jean Ritchie , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1923 –
Dewey Martin , American actor (d. 2018)
1923 –
Rudolph Pariser , Chinese-American soldier and chemist (d. 2021)
1924 –
Lionel Gilbert , Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1925 –
Sammy Davis, Jr. , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990)
[28]
1925 –
Nasir Kazmi , Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1972)
1925 –
Carmen Martín Gaite , Spanish author and poet (d. 2000)
1925 –
Jimmy Smith , American organist (d. 2005)
1927 –
Niklas Luhmann , German thinker and social theorist (d. 1998)
1927 –
Vladimir Shatalov , Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2021)
1928 –
Bill Hewitt , Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996)
1928 –
Ulric Neisser , German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012)
1929 –
Victor Nosach , chronicler of the history of workers and trade union of Russia (d. 2011)
[29]
1930 –
Julian Critchley , English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1930 –
Maximilian Schell , Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
[30]
1931 –
Bob Arum , American boxing promoter, founded
Top Rank
1932 –
Claus Luthe , German automotive designer (d. 2008)
[31]
1933 –
Johnny Green , American basketball player (d. 2023)
[32]
1933 –
Flip Wilson , American actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1935 –
Dharmendra , Indian actor, producer, and politician
1935 –
Tatiana Zatulovskaya , Russian-Israeli chess player (d. 2017)
[33]
1936 –
David Carradine , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
[30]
1936 –
Michael Hobson , American publisher (d. 2020)
1936 –
Peter Parfitt , English cricketer
1937 –
James MacArthur , American actor (d. 2010)
[30]
1937 –
Arne Næss, Jr. , German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)
1939 –
Red Berenson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[34]
1939 –
Jerry Butler , American singer-songwriter and producer
[35]
1939 –
James Galway , Irish flute player
[35]
1939 –
Felipe Gozon , Filipino lawyer and businessman
1939 –
Dariush Mehrjui , Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1939 –
Soko Richardson , American drummer (d. 2004)
1940 –
Brant Alyea , American baseball player
1941 –
Ed Brinkman , American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1941 –
Bob Brown , American football player (d. 2023)
1941 –
Duke Cunningham , American commander and politician
1941 –
Bobby Elliott , English drummer
[35]
1941 –
Geoff Hurst , English footballer and manager
1942 –
Bob Love , American basketball player
[36]
1943 –
Larry Martin , American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)
1943 –
Jim Morrison , American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1971)
[30]
1943 –
James Tate , American poet (d. 2015)
1943 –
Bodo Tümmler , German runner
1943 –
Mary Woronov , American actress, director, and screenwriter
[35]
1944 –
George Baker , Dutch singer-songwriter
1944 –
Bertie Higgins , American singer-songwriter
1944 –
Ted Irvine , Canadian ice hockey player
1944 –
Vince MacLean , Canadian educator and politician
1945 –
John Banville , Irish novelist and screenwriter
1945 –
Julie Heldman , American tennis player
[37]
1946 –
Chava Alberstein , Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 –
John Rubinstein , American actor, director, and composer
[35]
1947 –
Gregg Allman , American musician (d. 2017)
[30]
1947 –
Gérard Blanc , French singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2009)
1947 –
Thomas Cech , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1947 –
Kati-Claudia Fofonoff , Finnish author and poet (d. 2011)
1947 –
Margaret Geller , American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1948 –
Luis Caffarelli , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic
1948 –
John Waters , English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1949 –
Mary Gordon , American author, critic, and academic
1949 –
Nancy Meyers , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 –
Robert Sternberg , American psychologist and academic
1950 –
Rick Baker , American actor and makeup artist
1950 –
Tim Foli , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1950 –
Dan Hartman , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1994)
1951 –
Bill Bryson , American essayist, travel and science writer
[30]
1951 –
Richard Desmond , English publisher and businessman, founded
Northern & Shell
1951 –
Jan Eggum , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 –
Steve Atkinson , English-Hong Kong cricketer
1952 –
Khaw Boon Wan , Malayan-Singaporean politician,
Singaporean Minister of Health
1953 –
Kim Basinger , American actress
[34]
1953 –
Norman Finkelstein , American author, academic, and activist
1953 –
Roy Firestone , American sportscaster and journalist
1953 –
Sam Kinison , American comedian (d. 1992)
1953 –
Władysław Kozakiewicz , Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach
1953 –
Steve Yates , English footballer
1954 –
Harold Hongju Koh , American lawyer, academic, and politician
1954 –
Frits Pirard , Dutch cyclist
1955 –
Milenko Zablaćanski , Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1956 –
Warren Cuccurullo , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[35]
1956 –
Andrius Kubilius , Lithuanian academic and politician,
9th Prime Minister of Lithuania
1956 –
Slick , American wrestler and manager
1957 –
Mike Buchanan , British men's rights advocate
1957 –
James Cama , American martial artist and educator (d. 2014)
1957 –
Phil Collen , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 –
Rob Byrnes , American author and blogger
1958 –
Rob Curling , Malayan-English journalist
1958 –
Michel Ferté , French race car driver
1958 –
Bob Greene , American physiologist and author
1958 –
Mirosław Okoński , Polish footballer
1958 –
George Rogers , American football player
[38]
1959 –
Stephen Jefferies , South African cricketer and coach
1959 –
Mark Steyn , Canadian-American author and critic
1960 –
Aaron Allston , American game designer and author (d. 2014)
1960 –
Lim Guan Eng , Malaysian accountant and politician
1961 –
Mark Bugden , Australian rugby league player
[39]
1961 –
Ann Coulter , American political commentator and author
[30]
1961 –
Conceição Lima , São Toméan poet
[40]
1961 –
Mikey Robins , Australian comedian and television host
1962 –
Steve Elkington , Australian-American golfer
1962 –
Marty Friedman , American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host
[35]
1962 –
Nikos Karageorgiou , Greek footballer and manager
1962 –
Berry van Aerle , Dutch footballer
1963 –
Greg Howe , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1963 –
Toshiaki Kawada , Japanese wrestler
1963 –
Wendell Pierce , American actor
[35]
1963 –
Ricky Walford , Australian rugby league player
1964 –
James Blundell , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 –
Teri Hatcher , American actress
[34]
1964 –
Chigusa Nagayo , Japanese wrestler
1964 –
Óscar Ramírez , Costa Rican footballer and coach
1965 –
David Harewood , English actor
[35]
1965 –
Theo Maassen , Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 –
Teresa Weatherspoon , American basketball player and coach
[41]
1966 –
Bushwick Bill , Jamaican-American rapper (d. 2019)
1966 –
Les Ferdinand , English footballer and coach
1966 –
Matthew Labyorteaux , American actor
[35]
1966 –
Tyler Mane , Canadian wrestler and actor
1966 –
Sinéad O'Connor , Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
[34]
1967 –
Jeff George , American football player
1967 –
Andy Kapp , German curler
1967 –
Kotono Mitsuishi , Japanese voice actress and singer
1967 –
Darren Sheridan , English footballer and manager
1968 –
Michael Cole , American sportscaster and journalist
[42]
1968 –
Mike Mussina , American baseball player and coach
1968 –
Doriano Romboni , Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
1969 –
Kristin Lauter , American mathematician and cryptographer
1971 –
Abdullah Ercan , Turkish footballer and manager
1972 –
Indrek Allmann , Estonian architect
1972 –
Janae Kroc , American powerlifter
[43]
1972 –
Édson Ribeiro , Brazilian sprinter
[44]
1973 –
Corey Taylor , American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
[30]
1974 –
Cristian Castro , Mexican singer
1974 –
Nick Zinner , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1975 –
Kevin Harvick , American race car driver
1976 –
Brettina , Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress
1976 –
Reed Johnson , American baseball player
1976 –
Zoe Konstantopoulou , Greek lawyer and politician
1976 –
Dominic Monaghan , German-British actor
[34]
1977 –
Ryan Newman , American race car driver
1977 –
Aleksandra Olsza , Polish tennis player
1977 –
Anita Weyermann , Swiss runner and journalist
1978 –
John Oster , English-Welsh footballer
1978 –
Frédéric Piquionne , French footballer
1978 –
Anwar Siraj , Ethiopian footballer
1978 –
Ian Somerhalder , American actor
[35]
1978 –
Vernon Wells , American baseball player
1979 –
Daniel Fitzhenry , Australian rugby player
1979 –
Johan Forssell , Swedish lawyer and politician
1979 –
Raymond Lam , Chinese actor and singer
1979 –
Ingrid Michaelson , American singer-songwriter and pianist
[35]
1979 –
Christian Wilhelmsson , Swedish footballer
1980 –
Yuliya Krevsun , Ukrainian runner
1981 –
Jeremy Accardo , American baseball player
1981 –
Simon Finnigan , English rugby league player
1981 –
Philip Rivers , American football player
1982 –
Alfredo Aceves , Mexican baseball player
1982 –
Chrisette Michele , American singer-songwriter
[35]
1982 –
Nicki Minaj , Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
[34]
1982 –
Serena Ryder , Canadian singer-songwriter
1983 –
Matt Ellison , Canadian ice hockey player
[45]
1983 –
Neel Jani , Swiss race car driver
1983 –
Valéry Mézague , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
1984 –
Emma Green Tregaro , Swedish high jumper
1984 –
Greg Halford , English footballer
1984 –
Sam Hunt , American singer-songwriter
[35]
1985 –
Josh Donaldson , American baseball player
[46]
1985 –
Meagan Duhamel , Canadian figure skater
1985 –
Dwight Howard , American basketball player
[47]
1985 –
Oleksiy Pecherov , Ukrainian basketball player
1986 –
Enzo Amore , American wrestler and rapper
1986 –
Amir Khan , English boxer
1986 –
Sam Tagataese , New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1986 –
Kate Voegele , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
[35]
1989 –
Drew Doughty , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Jen Ledger , English musician and singer
[35]
1989 –
Andrew Nicholson , Canadian basketball player
[48]
1989 –
Jesse Sene-Lefao , New Zealand rugby league player
1991 –
Philip Holm , Swedish ice hockey player
[49]
1991 –
Bhavini Purohit , Indian television actress and YouTuber
[50]
1992 –
Yui Yokoyama , Japanese idol, model, and actress
1993 –
Janari Jõesaar , Estonian basketball player
1993 –
Cara Mund , American model,
Miss America 2018
1993 –
Jordan Obita , English footballer
1993 –
AnnaSophia Robb , American actress
[35]
1994 –
Conseslus Kipruto , Kenyan runner
[51]
1994 –
Raheem Sterling , English footballer
1995 –
Thatcher Demko , American ice hockey player
[52]
1996 –
Scott McTominay , Scottish footballer
[53]
1997 –
Sam Hauser , American basketball player
[54]
1998 –
Owen Teague , American actor
[30]
Deaths
Pre-1600
855 –
Drogo of Metz , illegitimate son of
Charlemagne (b. 801)
899 –
Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)
964 –
Zhou the Elder , Chinese queen consort
1186 –
Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c
1125 )
1292 –
John Peckham ,
Archbishop of Canterbury
1365 –
Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)
1431 –
Hedwig Jagiellon , Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408)
1550 –
Gian Giorgio Trissino , Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)
1596 –
Luis de Carvajal the Younger ,
Marrano writer and martyr (b.
c. 1566/1567)
[55]
1601–1900
1626 –
John Davies , English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)
1632 –
Philippe van Lansberge , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)
1638 –
Ivan Gundulić , Croatian poet (b. 1589)
1643 –
John Pym , English politician (b. 1583)
1649 –
Noël Chabanel , French missionary and saint (b. 1613)
1680 –
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester , English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
1691 –
Richard Baxter , English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
1695 –
Barthélemy d'Herbelot , French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
1709 –
Thomas Corneille , French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
[56]
1722 –
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
1734 –
James Figg , English prizefighter
[57]
1744 –
Marie Anne de Mailly , French mistress of
Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
1745 –
Étienne Fourmont , French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
1746 –
Charles Radclyffe , English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
1756 –
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington , English politician and diplomat,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
1768 –
Jean Denis Attiret , French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
1779 –
Nathan Alcock , English physician (b. 1707)
1815 –
Mary Bosanquet Fletcher ,
Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
1830 –
Benjamin Constant , Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
1856 –
Theobald Mathew , Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
1859 –
Thomas De Quincey , English journalist and author (b. 1785)
1864 –
George Boole , English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
1869 –
Narcisa de Jesús , Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
1885 –
William Henry Vanderbilt , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
1886 –
Isaac Lea , American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
1894 –
Pafnuty Chebyshev , Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
1901–present
1903 –
Herbert Spencer , English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
1907 –
King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
1913 –
Camille Jenatzy , Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
1914 –
Melchior Anderegg , Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
1914 –
Maximilian von Spee , Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
1917 –
Mendele Mocher Sforim , Russian author (b. 1836)
1918 –
Josip Stadler , Bosnian Catholic archbishop (b. 1843)
1919 –
J. Alden Weir , American painter (b. 1852)
1922 –
Joe McKelvey and three other prominent
Irish Republican Army officers are executed during the
Irish Civil War
[58]
1929 –
José Vicente Concha , Colombian politician and 8th
President of Colombia (b. 1867)
[59]
1932 –
Gertrude Jekyll , British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)
[60]
1937 –
Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
1938 –
Friedrich Glauser , Swiss author (b. 1896)
1940 –
George Lloyd , English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
1941 –
Izidor Kürschner , Hungarian football player and coach (b. 1885)
[61]
1942 –
Albert Kahn , American architect,
Fisher Building ,
Packard Automotive Plant ,
Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
1952 –
Charles Lightoller , English sailor (b. 1874)
1954 –
Claude Cahun , French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
[62]
1954 –
Gladys George , American actress (b. 1904)
1954 –
Joseph B. Keenan , American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
1958 –
Tris Speaker , American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
1963 –
Sarit Thanarat , Thai field marshal and politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
1966 –
Ward Morehouse , American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
1971 –
Ernst Krenkel , Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
1971 –
Eleni Ourani , Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
1975 –
Gary Thain , New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
1978 –
Golda Meir , Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
[63]
1980 –
John Lennon , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
[7]
1982 –
Bram Behr , Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
1982 –
André Kamperveen , Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
1982 –
Marty Robbins , American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
1982 –
Haim Laskov , Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)
1983 –
Keith Holyoake , New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
1983 –
Slim Pickens , American actor (b. 1919)
1984 –
Luther Adler , American actor (b. 1903)
1984 –
Robert Jay Mathews , American militant leader, founded
The Order (b. 1953)
1984 –
Razzle , English drummer (b. 1960)
1984 –
Semih Sancar , Turkish general (b. 1911)
1991 –
Buck Clayton , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)
1992 –
William Shawn , American journalist (b. 1917)
1993 –
Yevgeny Minayev , Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
1994 –
Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1996 –
Howard Rollins , American actor (b. 1950)
1996 –
Kashiwado Tsuyoshi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th
Yokozuna (b. 1938)
1997 –
Bob Bell , American clown and actor (b. 1922)
1999 –
Péter Kuczka , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
2001 –
Mirza Delibašić , Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2001 –
Betty Holberton , American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
2003 –
Rubén González , Cuban pianist (b. 1919)
2004 –
Dimebag Darrell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
[9]
2005 –
Rose Heilbron , British barrister and judge (b. 1914)
[64]
2006 –
Martha Tilton , American singer (b. 1915)
2006 –
José Uribe , Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
2007 –
Gerardo García Pimentel , Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
2008 –
Oliver Postgate , English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2008 –
Robert Prosky , American actor (b. 1930)
2009 –
Luis Días , Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
2012 –
Jerry Brown , American football player (b. 1987)
2012 –
John Gowans , Scottish-English 16th
General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)
2012 –
Johnny Lira , American boxer (b. 1951)
2013 –
John Cornforth , Australian-English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2013 –
Sándor Szokolay , Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)
2013 –
Richard S. Williamson , American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
2014 –
Tom Gosnell , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
2014 –
Russ Kemmerer , American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 –
Knut Nystedt , Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)
2015 –
Mattiwilda Dobbs , American soprano and actress (b. 1925)
2015 –
Alan Hodgkinson , English footballer and coach (b. 1936)
2015 –
Douglas Tompkins , American businessman, co-founded
The North Face and
Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)
2015 –
John Trudell , American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)
[65]
2015 –
Elsie Tu , English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)
2016 –
John Glenn , American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)
[66]
2018 –
David Weatherall , English physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1933)
[67]
2019 –
René Auberjonois , American actor (b. 1940)
[68]
2019 –
Juice Wrld , American rapper, singer and songwriter (b. 1998)
[69]
2019 –
Caroll Spinney , American puppeteer and actor (b. 1933)
[70]
2021 –
Robbie Shakespeare , Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer (b. 1953)
[71]
2023 –
Ryan O'Neal , American actor (b. 1941)
[72]
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