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Day of the year
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1909 – The
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the
SS Penguin , an inter-island
ferry , sinks and explodes at the entrance to
Wellington Harbour .
1912 – The
Xuantong Emperor , the last
Emperor of China ,
abdicates .
1919 – The
Second Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the
Makhnovshchina at
Huliaipole .
[12]
1921 –
Bolsheviks launch a revolt in
Georgia as a preliminary to the
Red Army invasion of Georgia .
1935 –
USS Macon , one of the two largest
helium -filled
airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of
California and sinks.
1945 – A
devastating tornado outbreak in
Mississippi and
Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.
[13]
[14]
1946 –
World War II :
Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured
U-boats .
1946 –
African American
United States Army veteran
Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a
South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the
civil rights movement and partially inspires
Orson Welles ' film
Touch of Evil .
1947 – The
largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an
impact crater in
Sikhote-Alin , in the
Soviet Union .
1947 –
Christian Dior unveils a "
New Look ", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1961 – The Soviet Union launches
Venera 1 towards
Venus .
1963 – Construction begins on the
Gateway Arch in
St. Louis ,
Missouri .
1963 –
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes into the
Everglades shortly after takeoff from
Miami International Airport , killing all 45 people on board.
[15]
1966 –
Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield, Michigan .
[16]
[17]
1965 –
Malcolm X visits
Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged
1964 United Kingdom general election .
[18]
1968 –
Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre .
1974 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , winner of the
Nobel Prize in Literature in
1970 , is exiled from the Soviet Union.
1983 – One hundred women protest in
Lahore , Pakistan against military dictator
Zia-ul-Haq 's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
1988 –
Cold War : The
1988 Black Sea bumping incident : The U.S. missile cruiser
USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate
Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet
territorial waters , while Yorktown claims
innocent passage .
1990 –
Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes
Premier of Western Australia .
1992 – The current
Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1993 – Two-year-old
James Bulger is abducted from
New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
1994 – Four thieves break into the
National Gallery of Norway and steal
Edvard Munch 's iconic painting
The Scream .
1999 – United States President
Bill Clinton is acquitted by the
United States Senate in his
impeachment trial.
2001 –
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "
saddle " region of
433 Eros , becoming the first spacecraft to land on an
asteroid .
2002 – The
trial of Slobodan Milošević , the former President of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , begins at the
United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in
The Hague , Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
2002 – An
Iran Airtour
Tupolev Tu-154
crashes in the mountains outside
Khorramabad ,
Iran while descending for a landing at
Khorramabad Airport , killing 119.
2004 – The city of
San Francisco begins issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from
Mayor
Gavin Newsom .
2009 –
Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in
Clarence Center, New York while on approach to
Buffalo Niagara International Airport , killing all on board and one on the ground.
2016 –
Pope Francis and
Patriarch Kirill sign an
Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the
Catholic and
Russian Orthodox Churches since their
split in 1054 .
2019 – The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the
Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the
Prespa agreement , settling
a long-standing naming dispute with
Greece .
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
AD 41 –
Britannicus , Roman son of
Claudius (d. 55)
[20]
528 –
Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei , nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei
661 –
Princess Ōku of Japan (d. 702)
1074 –
Conrad II of Italy (d. 1101)
[21]
1218 –
Kujo Yoritsune , Japanese
shōgun (d. 1256)
1322 –
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (d. 1375)
1443 –
Giovanni II Bentivoglio , Italian noble (d. 1508)
1480 –
Frederick II of Legnica , Duke of Legnica (d. 1547)
1540 –
Won Gyun , Korean general and admiral (d. 1597)
1567 –
Thomas Campion , English composer, poet, and physician (d. 1620)
[22]
1584 –
Caspar Barlaeus , Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1648)
1601–1900
1606 –
John Winthrop the Younger , English-American lawyer and politician,
Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
1608 –
Daniello Bartoli , Italian Jesuit priest (d. 1685)
1637 –
Jan Swammerdam , Dutch biologist and zoologist (d. 1680)
1663 –
Cotton Mather , English-American minister and author (d. 1728)
1665 –
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius , German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
1704 –
Charles Pinot Duclos , French author (d. 1772)
1706 –
Johann Joseph Christian , German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (d. 1777)
1728 –
Étienne-Louis Boullée , French architect (d. 1799)
[23]
1753 –
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral (d. 1798)
1761 –
Jan Ladislav Dussek , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1812)
1768 –
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
[24]
1775 –
Louisa Adams , 6th
First Lady of the United States (d. 1852)
1777 –
Bernard Courtois , French chemist and academic (d. 1838)
1777 –
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , German author and poet (d. 1843)
1785 –
Pierre Louis Dulong , French physicist and chemist (d. 1838)
1787 –
Norbert Provencher , Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1853)
1788 –
Carl Reichenbach , German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
1791 –
Peter Cooper , American businessman and philanthropist, founded
Cooper Union (d. 1883)
1794 –
Alexander Petrov , Russian chess player and composer (d. 1867)
1794 –
Valentín Canalizo , Mexican general and politician (d. 1850)
[25]
1804 –
Heinrich Lenz , German-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1865)
1809 –
Charles Darwin , English geologist and theorist (d. 1882)
1809 –
Abraham Lincoln , American lawyer and statesman, 16th
President of the United States (d. 1865)
1819 –
William Wetmore Story , American sculptor, architect, poet and editor (d. 1895)
1824 –
Dayananda Saraswati , Indian monk and philosopher, founded
Arya Samaj (d. 1883)
1828 –
George Meredith , English novelist and poet (d. 1909)
[26]
1837 –
Thomas Moran , British-American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School (d. 1926)
1857 –
Eugène Atget , French photographer (d. 1927)
1857 –
Bobby Peel , English cricketer and coach (d. 1943)
[27]
1861 –
Lou Andreas-Salomé , Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1937)
[28]
1866 –
Lev Shestov , Russian philosopher (d. 1938)
1869 –
Kiến Phúc , Vietnamese emperor (d. 1884)
1870 –
Marie Lloyd , English actress and singer (d. 1922)
1876 –
13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
1877 –
Louis Renault , French engineer and businessman, co-founded
Renault (d. 1944)
1880 –
George Preca , Maltese priest and saint (d. 1962)
1880 –
John L. Lewis , American miner and union leader (d. 1969)
1881 –
Anna Pavlova , Russian-English ballerina and actress (d. 1931)
[29]
1882 –
Walter Nash , English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1968)
1884 –
Max Beckmann , German painter and sculptor (d. 1950)
1884 –
Johan Laidoner , Estonian-Russian general (d. 1953)
1884 –
Alice Roosevelt Longworth , American author (d. 1980)
1884 –
Marie Vassilieff , Russian-French painter (d. 1957)
[30]
1885 –
James Scott , American composer (d. 1938)
[31]
1885 –
Julius Streicher , German publisher, founded
Der Stürmer (d. 1946)
1889 –
Bhante Dharmawara , Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (d. 1999)
1893 –
Omar Bradley , American general (d. 1981)
1895 –
Kristian Djurhuus , Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1984)
1897 –
Charles Groves Wright Anderson , South African-Australian colonel and politician (d. 1988)
1897 –
Lincoln LaPaz , American astronomer and academic (d. 1985)
1898 –
Wallace Ford , English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
1900 –
Roger J. Traynor , American lawyer and jurist, 23rd
Chief Justice of California (d. 1983)
1901–present
1902 –
William Collier, Jr. , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1903 –
Jorge Basadre , Peruvian historian (d. 1980)
[32]
1903 –
Chick Hafey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
1904 –
Ted Mack , American radio and television host (d. 1976)
1907 –
Joseph Kearns , American actor (d. 1962)
1908 –
Jean Effel , French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d. 1982)
1908 –
Jacques Herbrand , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1931)
1909 –
Zoran Mušič , Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
1909 –
Sigmund Rascher , German physician (d. 1945)
1911 –
Charles Mathiesen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)
1912 –
R. F. Delderfield , English author and playwright (d. 1972)
1914 –
Tex Beneke , American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (d. 2000)
[33]
1914 –
Hanna Neumann , German-Canadian mathematician (d. 1971)
[34]
1915 –
Lorne Greene , Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)
[35]
1915 –
Olivia Hooker , American sailor (d. 2018)
1916 –
Joseph Alioto , American lawyer and politician, 36th
Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
1917 –
Al Cervi , American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
[36]
1917 –
Dom DiMaggio , American baseball player (d. 2009)
1918 –
Norman Farberow , American psychologist and academic (d. 2015)
1918 –
Julian Schwinger , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1919 –
Forrest Tucker , American actor (d. 1986)
1920 –
Raymond Mhlaba , South African anti-apartheid and
ANC activist (d. 2005)
1922 –
Hussein Onn , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)
1923 –
Franco Zeffirelli , Italian director, producer, and politician (d. 2019)
[37]
1925 –
Anthony Berry , English politician (d. 1984)
[38]
1925 –
Joan Mitchell , American-French painter (d. 1992)
1926 –
Rolf Brem , Swiss sculptor and illustrator (d. 2014)
1926 –
Joe Garagiola , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2016)
[35]
1926 –
Charles Van Doren , American academic (d. 2019)
[35]
1928 –
Vincent Montana, Jr. , American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
1930 –
John Doyle , Irish hurler and politician (d. 2010)
1930 –
Arlen Specter , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
[39]
1931 –
Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch-American author and translator (d. 2008)
1932 –
Axel Jensen , Norwegian author and poet (d. 2003)
1932 –
Julian Simon , American economist, author, and academic (d. 1998)
1933 –
Ivan Anikeyev , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1992)
[40]
1933 –
Costa-Gavras , Greek-French director and producer
1934 –
Annette Crosbie , Scottish actress
1934 –
Anne Osborn Krueger , American economist and academic
1934 –
Bill Russell , American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
[35]
1935 –
Gene McDaniels , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1936 –
Joe Don Baker , American actor
[41]
1936 –
Alan Ebringer , Australian immunologist
1938 –
Judy Blume , American author and educator
[35]
1939 –
Leon Kass , American physician, scientist, and educator
1939 –
Ray Manzarek , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2013)
1941 –
Dominguinhos , Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2013)
1941 –
Naomi Uemura , Japanese mountaineer and explorer (d. 1984)
1942 –
Ehud Barak , Israeli general and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Israel
[35]
1942 –
Terry Bisson , American science fiction and fantasy author (d. 2024)
[42]
1942 –
Pat Dobson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
1945 –
Maud Adams , Swedish model and actress
[41]
1945 –
David D. Friedman , American economist, physicist, and scholar
1946 –
Jean Eyeghé Ndong , Gabonese politician,
Prime Minister of Gabon
1946 –
Ajda Pekkan , Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
1948 –
Ray Kurzweil , American computer scientist and engineer
1948 –
Nicholas Soames , English politician,
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1949 –
Gundappa Viswanath , Indian cricketer
[43]
1950 –
Angelo Branduardi , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 –
Steve Hackett , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[41]
1950 –
Michael Ironside , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
[41]
1952 –
Simon MacCorkindale , English actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1952 –
Michael McDonald , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
[41]
1953 –
Joanna Kerns , American actress and director
[41]
1954 –
Zach Grenier , American actor
[41]
1954 –
Joseph Jordania , Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
1954 –
Tzimis Panousis , Greek comedian, singer, and author (d. 2018)
1954 –
Phil Zimmermann , American cryptographer and programmer
1955 –
Bill Laswell , American musician and producer
1955 –
Chet Lemon , American baseball player and coach
1956 –
Arsenio Hall , American actor and talk show host
[41]
1956 –
Ad Melkert , Dutch lawyer and politician,
Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
1956 –
Brian Robertson , Scottish musician and songwriter
1958 –
Bobby Smith , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
[44]
1959 –
Larry Nance , American basketball player
[45]
1961 –
David Graeber , American anthropologist and activist (d. 2020)
[46]
1961 –
Jim Harris , Canadian environmentalist and politician
1961 –
Michel Martelly , Haitian singer and politician, 56th
President of Haiti
1963 –
John Michael Higgins , American actor and comedian
[41]
1964 –
Omar Hakim , American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer
1964 –
Raphael Sbarge , American actor and director
[41]
1965 –
Rubén Amaro, Jr. , American baseball player and manager
1965 –
Christine Elise , American actress and producer
[41]
1965 –
Brett Kavanaugh , American lawyer and jurist,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
[47]
1965 –
David Westlake , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 –
Greg Carberry , Australian rugby league player
[48]
1966 –
Paul Crook , American musician, songwriter, and producer
1966 –
Lochlyn Munro , Canadian actor
[35]
1968 –
Josh Brolin , American actor
[41]
1968 –
Chynna Phillips , American singer and actress
[41]
1968 –
Nathan Rees , Australian politician, 41st
Premier of New South Wales
[49]
1969 –
Darren Aronofsky , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 –
Alemayehu Atomsa , Ethiopian educator and politician (d. 2014)
1969 –
Steve Backley , English javelin thrower
1969 –
Anneli Drecker , Norwegian singer and actress
1969 –
Hong Myung-bo , South Korean footballer and manager
1970 –
Jim Creeggan , Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
[41]
1970 –
Bryan Roy , Dutch footballer and manager
1970 –
Judd Winick , American author and illustrator
1971 –
Scott Menville , American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
1972 –
Owen Nolan , Northern Irish-Canadian ice hockey player
[50]
1973 –
Gianni Romme , Dutch speed skater
1973 –
Tara Strong , Canadian-American voice actress and singer
1974 –
Naseem Hamed , English boxer
1975 –
Scot Pollard , American basketball player and actor
[51]
1976 –
Christian Cullen , New Zealand rugby player
1977 –
Jimmy Conrad , American soccer player and manager
1978 –
Paul Anderson , English actor
1979 –
Jesse Spencer , Australian actor and violinist
[41]
1980 –
Juan Carlos Ferrero , Spanish tennis player
1980 –
Sarah Lancaster , American actress
[41]
1980 –
Gucci Mane , American rapper
[41]
1980 –
Christina Ricci , American actress and producer
[41]
1981 –
Wade McKinnon , Australian rugby league player
1982 –
Jonas Hiller , Swiss ice hockey player
1982 –
Louis Tsatoumas , Greek long jumper
1982 –
Anthony Tuitavake , New Zealand rugby player
1983 –
Carlton Brewster , American football player and coach
1984 –
Brad Keselowski , American race car driver
1984 –
Andrei Sidorenkov , Estonian footballer
1984 –
Peter Vanderkaay , American swimmer
1985 –
Konstantin Pushkaryov , Kazakhstani ice hockey player
[52]
1986 –
Todd Frazier , American baseball player
[53]
1987 –
Jérémy Chardy , French tennis player
[54]
1987 –
Gabriela Mărginean , Romanian basketball player
[55]
1988 –
DeMarco Murray , American football player
1988 –
Nicolás Otamendi , Argentine footballer
1988 –
Josh Phegley , American baseball player
[56]
1988 –
Mike Posner , American singer-songwriter and producer
1989 –
Josh Harrellson , American basketball player
[57]
1990 –
Katherine Barrell , Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer
[35]
1990 –
Robert Griffin III , American football player
1991 –
Patrick Herrmann , German footballer
1991 –
Kane Richardson , Australian cricketer
[58]
1992 –
Magda Linette , Polish tennis player
[59]
1993 –
Bud Dupree , American football player
[60]
1993 –
Rafinha , Brazilian footballer
[61]
1993 –
Jennifer Stone , American actress
[41]
1994 –
Arman Hall , American sprinter
[62]
1994 –
Paxton Lynch , American football player
[63]
2000 –
Kim Ji-min , South Korean actress
2001 –
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia , Georgian footballer
[64]
Deaths
Pre-1600
821 –
Benedict of Aniane , French monk and saint (b. 747)
890 –
Henjō , Japanese priest and poet (b. 816)
981 –
Ælfstan ,
bishop of Ramsbury
[65]
901 –
Antony II , patriarch of
Constantinople
914 –
Li , empress of
Yan
941 –
Wulfhelm , Archbishop of Canterbury
1247 –
Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg , ruler (b. 1185)
1266 –
Amadeus of the Amidei , Italian saint
1517 –
Catherine of Navarre (b. 1468)
1538 –
Albrecht Altdorfer , German painter, engraver, and architect (b. 1480)
1554 –
Lord Guildford Dudley , English son of
Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (b. 1536; executed)
[66]
1554 –
Lady Jane Grey , de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (b. 1537; executed)
[66]
1571 –
Nicholas Throckmorton , English politician and diplomat (b. 1515)
1590 –
François Hotman , French lawyer and author (b. 1524)
1600 –
Edward Denny , Knight Banneret of
Bishop's Stortford , English soldier, privateer and adventurer (b. 1547)
1601–1900
1612 –
Jodocus Hondius , Flemish cartographer (b. 1563)
1624 –
George Heriot , Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded
George Heriot's School (b. 1563)
1713 –
Jahandar Shah , Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
1728 –
Agostino Steffani , Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
1763 –
Pierre de Marivaux , French author and playwright (b. 1688)
1771 –
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
1789 –
Ethan Allen , American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
1804 –
Immanuel Kant , German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
1834 –
Friedrich Schleiermacher , German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
1886 –
Randolph Caldecott , English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
1894 –
Hans von Bülow , German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
1896 –
Ambroise Thomas , French composer and academic (b. 1811)
1901–present
1912 –
Gerhard Armauer Hansen , Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
1915 –
Émile Waldteufel , French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
1916 –
Richard Dedekind , German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
1929 –
Lillie Langtry , English singer and actress (b. 1853)
1931 –
Samad bey Mehmandarov , Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd
Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
1935 –
Auguste Escoffier , French chef and author (b. 1846)
1942 –
Eugene Esmonde , Irish-English lieutenant and pilot,
Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
1942 –
Avraham Stern , Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
1942 –
Grant Wood , American painter and academic (b. 1891)
1947 –
Moses Gomberg , Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
1949 –
Hassan al-Banna , Egyptian educator, founded the
Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
1954 –
Dziga Vertov , Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1958 –
Douglas Hartree , English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
1960 –
Oskar Anderson , Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
1970 –
Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
1971 –
James Cash Penney , American businessman and philanthropist, founded
J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
1975 –
Carl Lutz , Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
1976 –
Frank Stagg ,
Irish Republican hunger striker (b. 1941)
[67]
1976 –
Sal Mineo , American actor (b. 1939)
1977 –
Herman Dooyeweerd , Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
1979 –
Jean Renoir , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1980 –
Muriel Rukeyser , American poet and activist (b. 1913)
1982 –
Victor Jory , Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
1983 –
Eubie Blake , American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
1984 –
Anna Anderson , Polish-American woman, who claimed to be
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)
1984 –
Julio Cortázar , Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (b. 1914)
1985 –
Nicholas Colasanto , American actor and director (b. 1924)
1989 –
Thomas Bernhard , Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)
1991 –
Roger Patterson , American bass player (b. 1968)
1992 –
Bep van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
1994 –
Donald Judd , American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
1995 –
Philip Taylor Kramer , American bass player (b. 1952)
1998 –
Gardner Ackley , American economist and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
2000 –
Tom Landry , American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2000 –
Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist, created
Peanuts (b. 1922)
2001 –
Kristina Söderbaum , Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
2002 –
John Eriksen , Danish footballer (b. 1957)
2005 –
Dorothy Stang , American-Brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)
2007 –
Ann Barzel , American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)
[68]
2007 –
Peggy Gilbert , American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2008 –
David Groh , American actor (b. 1939)
2009 –
Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims:
2010 –
Nodar Kumaritashvili , Georgian luger (b. 1988)
2011 –
Peter Alexander , Austrian singer and actor (b. 1926)
2011 –
Betty Garrett , American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1919)
2011 –
Kenneth Mars , American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
2012 –
Zina Bethune , American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1945)
2012 –
Denis Flannery , Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1928)
2012 –
David Kelly , Irish actor (b. 1929)
2012 –
John Severin , American illustrator (b. 1921)
2013 –
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1941)
2013 –
Reginald Turnill , English journalist and author (b. 1915)
2013 –
Hennadiy Udovenko , Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (b. 1931)
2014 –
Sid Caesar , American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
2014 –
John Pickstone , English historian and author (b. 1944)
2015 –
Movita Castaneda , American actress and singer (b. 1916)
2015 –
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat , Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th
Menteri Besar of Kelantan (b. 1931)
2015 –
Gary Owens , American radio host and voice actor (b. 1934)
2015 –
Steve Strange , Welsh singer (b. 1959)
2016 –
Dominique D'Onofrio , Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
2016 –
Yannis Kalaitzis , Greek cartoonist (b. 1945)
2016 –
Yan Su , Chinese general and composer (b. 1930)
2017 –
Al Jarreau , American singer (b. 1940)
2017 –
Anna Marguerite McCann , first female American underwater archaeologist (b. 1933)
2017 –
Ren Xinmin , Chinese rocket scientist (b. 1915)
2018 –
Bill Crider , American author (b. 1941)
[69]
2019 –
Gordon Banks , English footballer (b. 1937)
[70]
2019 –
Lyndon LaRouche , American political activist (b. 1922)
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Pedro Morales , Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942)
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Christie Blatchford , Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)
[73]
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Geert Hofstede , Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)
[74]
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Ivan Reitman , Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
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