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Day of the year
February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 321 days remain until the end of the year (322 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1913 – The
13th Dalai Lama proclaims
Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost
four decades of independence .
1914 –
Copyright : In New York City the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
1920 – The
Negro National League is formed.
1931 – The
British Raj completes its transfer from
Calcutta to
New Delhi .
1935 – A jury in
Flemington, New Jersey finds
Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the
1932
kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby , the son of
Charles Lindbergh .
1945 –
World War II : The
siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of
German and
Hungarian forces to the
Red Army .
1945 – World War II:
Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to
Dresden , Germany to attack the city with a
massive aerial bombardment .
1951 –
Korean War :
Battle of Chipyong-ni , which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
1954 –
Frank Selvy becomes the only
NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
1955 –
Israel obtains four of the seven
Dead Sea Scrolls .
1955 – Twenty-nine people are killed when
Sabena Flight 503 crashes into
Monte Terminillo near
Rieti ,
Italy .
[13]
1960 – With the success of a
nuclear test codenamed "
Gerboise Bleue ", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
1960 – Black college students stage the first of the
Nashville sit-ins at three
lunch counters in
Nashville, Tennessee .
1961 – An allegedly
500,000-year-old rock is discovered near
Olancha, California , US, that appears to anachronistically encase a
spark plug .
1967 – American researchers discover the
Madrid Codices by
Leonardo da Vinci in the
National Library of Spain .
1975 – Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the
World Trade Center in
New York .
1978 –
Hilton bombing : A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the
Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
1979 – An
intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the
Hood Canal Bridge .
1981 – A series of
sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in
Louisville, Kentucky .
1983 – A
cinema fire in
Turin , Italy, kills 64 people.
1984 –
Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late
Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
1990 –
German reunification : An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
1991 –
Gulf War : Two laser-guided "
smart bombs " destroy the
Amiriyah shelter in
Baghdad . Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
1996 – The
Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the
Kingdom of Nepal by the
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) .
2001 –
An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the
Richter magnitude scale hits
El Salvador , killing at least 944.
2004 – The
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known
diamond ,
white dwarf
star
BPM 37093 . Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after
The Beatles ' song "
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ".
2007 –
Taiwan opposition leader
Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the
Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of
Taipei ; Ma also announces his candidacy for the
2008 presidential election .
2008 – Australian Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd makes a
historic apology to the
Indigenous Australians and the
Stolen Generations .
2010 –
A bomb explodes in the city of
Pune ,
Maharashtra , India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
2011 – For the first time in more than 100 years the
Umatilla , an
American Indian tribe , are able to hunt and harvest a
bison just outside
Yellowstone National Park , restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
2012 – The
European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European
Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in
Kourou, French Guiana .
2017 –
Kim Jong-nam , brother of North Korean dictator
Kim Jong-un , is assassinated at
Kuala Lumpur International Airport .
2021 – Former U.S. President
Donald Trump is acquitted in his
second impeachment trial .
[14]
2021 – A
major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in
Texas and northern
Mexico .
[15]
[16]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1602 –
William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1637)
1672 –
Étienne François Geoffroy , French physician and chemist (d. 1731)
1683 –
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta , Italian painter (d. 1754)
1719 –
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney , English admiral and politician (d. 1792)
1721 –
John Reid , Scottish general (d. 1807)
1728 –
John Hunter , Scottish surgeon and anatomist (d. 1793)
1766 –
Thomas Robert Malthus , English economist and scholar (d. 1834)
1768 –
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier , French general and politician, 15th
Prime Minister of France (d. 1835)
1769 –
Ivan Krylov , Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1844)
1805 –
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet , German mathematician and academic (d. 1859)
1811 –
François Achille Bazaine , French general (d. 1888)
1815 –
Rufus Wilmot Griswold , American anthologist, editor, poet and critic (d. 1857)
1831 –
John Aaron Rawlins , American general and politician, 29th
United States Secretary of War (d. 1869)
1834 –
Heinrich Caro ,
Sephardic Jewish Polish-German chemist and academic (d. 1910)
1835 –
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , Indian religious leader (d. 1908)
1849 –
Lord Randolph Churchill , English lawyer and politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1895)
1855 –
Paul Deschanel , Belgian-French politician, 11th
President of France (d. 1922)
1863 –
Hugo Becker , German cellist and composer (d. 1941)
1867 –
Harold Mahony , Scottish-Irish tennis player (d. 1905)
1870 –
Leopold Godowsky , Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1871 –
Joseph Devlin , Northern Irish political leader (
Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) ) (d. 1934)
[17]
1873 –
Feodor Chaliapin , Russian opera singer (d. 1938)
1876 –
Fritz Buelow , German-American baseball player and umpire (d. 1933)
1879 –
Sarojini Naidu , Indian poet and activist (d. 1949)
1880 –
Dimitrie Gusti , Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1955)
1881 –
Eleanor Farjeon , English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1965)
[18]
1883 –
Hal Chase , American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
1883 –
Yevgeny Vakhtangov , Russian-Armenian actor and director (d. 1922)
1884 –
Alfred Carlton Gilbert , American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the
A. C. Gilbert Company (d. 1961)
1885 –
Bess Truman , 35th
First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)
1887 –
Géza Csáth , Hungarian playwright and critic (d. 1919)
1888 –
Georgios Papandreou , Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
1889 –
Leontine Sagan , Austrian actress and director (d. 1974)
1891 –
Kate Roberts , Welsh author and activist (d. 1985)
1891 –
Grant Wood , American painter and academic (d. 1942)
1892 –
Robert H. Jackson , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 57th
United States Attorney General (d. 1954)
1898 –
Hubert Ashton , English cricketer and politician (d. 1979)
1899 –
Rolf Stenersen , Norwegian businessman (d. 1978)
[19]
1900 –
Barbara von Annenkoff , Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979)
1901–present
1901 –
Paul Lazarsfeld , Austrian-American sociologist and academic (d. 1976)
1902 –
Harold Lasswell , American political scientist and theorist (d. 1978)
1903 –
Georgy Beriev , Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the
Beriev Design Bureau (d. 1979)
1903 –
Georges Simenon , Belgian-Swiss author (d. 1989)
1906 –
Agostinho da Silva , Portuguese philosopher and author (d. 1994)
1907 –
Katy de la Cruz , Filipino-American singer and actress (d. 2004)
1910 –
William Shockley , English-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1911 –
Faiz Ahmad Faiz , Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist (d. 1984)
1911 –
Jean Muir , American actress and educator (d. 1996)
1912 –
Harald Riipalu , Russian-Estonian commander (d. 1961)
1912 –
Margaretta Scott , English actress (d. 2005)
1913 –
Khalid of Saudi Arabia (d. 1982)
1915 –
Lyle Bettger , American actor (d. 2003)
1915 –
Aung San , Burmese general and politician, 5th
Premier of British Crown Colony of Burma (d. 1947)
1916 –
Dorothy Bliss , American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987)
1919 –
Tennessee Ernie Ford , American singer and actor (d. 1991)
[20]
1919 –
Eddie Robinson , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1920 –
Boudleaux Bryant , American songwriter (d. 1987)
1920 –
Eileen Farrell , American soprano and educator (d. 2002)
1921 –
Jeanne Demessieux , French pianist and composer (d. 1968)
[21]
1921 –
Aung Khin , Burmese painter (d. 1996)
1922 –
Francis Pym, Baron Pym , Welsh soldier and politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2008)
1922 –
Gordon Tullock , American economist and academic (d. 2014)
1923 –
Michael Anthony Bilandic , American soldier, judge, and politician, 49th
Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)
1923 –
Chuck Yeager , American general and pilot; first test pilot to break the sound barrier (d. 2020)
[20]
1924 –
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber , French journalist and politician (d. 2006)
1926 –
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove , American nuclear physicist (d. 2012)
1928 –
Gerald Regan , Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th
Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)
1929 –
Omar Torrijos , Panamanian commander and politician,
Military Leader of Panama (d. 1981)
1930 –
Ernst Fuchs , Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
1930 –
Israel Kirzner , English-American economist, author, and academic
1932 –
Susan Oliver , American actress (d. 1990)
1933 –
Paul Biya , Cameroon politician, 2nd
President of Cameroon
1933 –
Kim Novak , American actress
[22]
1933 –
Emanuel Ungaro , French fashion designer (d. 2019)
1934 –
George Segal , American actor (d. 2021)
[20]
1937 –
Ali El-Maak , Sudanese author and academic (d. 1992)
1937 –
Sigmund Jähn , German pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
[23]
1937 –
Angelo Mosca , American-Canadian football player and wrestler (d. 2021)
1938 –
Oliver Reed , English actor (d. 1999)
1940 –
Bram Peper , Dutch sociologist and politician,
Mayor of Rotterdam (d. 2022)
1941 –
Sigmar Polke , German painter and photographer (d. 2010)
1941 –
Bo Svenson , Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
[22]
1942 –
Carol Lynley , American model and actress (d. 2019)
[20]
1942 –
Peter Tork , American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (d. 2019)
[20]
1942 –
Donald E. Williams , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
1943 –
Elaine Pagels , American theologian and academic
1944 –
Stockard Channing , American actress
[22]
1944 –
Jerry Springer , English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th
Mayor of Cincinnati (d. 2023)
[22]
1945 –
Marian Dawkins , English biologist and academic
1945 –
King Floyd , American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1945 –
Simon Schama , English historian and author
1945 –
William Sleator , American author and composer (d. 2011)
1946 –
Richard Blumenthal , American sergeant and politician, 23rd
Attorney General of Connecticut
1946 –
Janet Finch , English sociologist and academic
1946 –
Colin Matthews , English composer and educator
1947 –
Stephen Hadley , American soldier and diplomat, 21st
United States National Security Advisor
1947 –
Mike Krzyzewski , American basketball player and coach
[22]
1947 –
Bogdan Tanjević , Montenegrin-Bosnian basketball coach
1947 –
Kevin Bloody Wilson , Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1949 –
Peter Kern , Austrian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1950 –
Vera Baird , English lawyer and politician
1950 –
Peter Gabriel , English singer-songwriter and musician
[22]
1951 –
David Naughton , American actor and singer
[22]
1952 –
Ed Gagliardi , American musician (d. 2014)
1953 –
Akio Sato , Japanese wrestler and manager
1954 –
Donnie Moore , American baseball player (d. 1989)
1955 –
Joe Birkett , American lawyer, judge, and politician
1956 –
Peter Hook , English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
[22]
1957 –
Denise Austin , American fitness trainer and author
[20]
1958 –
Pernilla August , Swedish actress
1958 –
Øivind Elgenes , Norwegian singer, guitarist, and composer
1958 –
Marc Emery , Canadian publisher and activist
1958 –
Jean-François Lisée , Canadian journalist and politician
1958 –
Derek Riggs , English painter and illustrator
1959 –
Gaston Gingras , Canadian ice hockey player
1960 –
Pierluigi Collina , Italian footballer and referee
1960 –
John Healey , English journalist and politician
1960 –
Gary Patterson , American football player and coach
1960 –
Matt Salinger , American actor
[22]
1960 –
Artur Yusupov , Russian-German chess player and author
1961 –
Marc Crawford , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 –
cEvin Key , Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboard player, and producer
1961 –
Henry Rollins , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
[22]
1962 –
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá , Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
1962 –
Baby Doll , American wrestler and manager
1962 –
Michele Greene , American actress
1964 –
Stephen Bowen , American engineer, captain, and astronaut
1964 –
Ylva Johansson , Swedish educator and politician,
Swedish Minister of Employment
1965 –
Peter O'Neill , Papua New Guinean accountant and politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
1966 –
Neal McDonough , American actor and producer
[22]
1966 –
Jeff Waters , Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1966 –
Freedom Williams , American rapper and singer
[22]
1967 –
Stanimir Stoilov , Bulgarian footballer and coach
1968 –
Kelly Hu , American actress
[22]
1969 –
Joyce DiDonato , American soprano and actress
1969 –
Bryan Thomas Schmidt , American science fiction author and editor
[24]
1970 –
Elmer Bennett , American basketball player
[25]
1970 –
Karoline Krüger , Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
1971 –
Sonia Evans , English singer-songwriter
1971 –
Mats Sundin , Swedish ice hockey player
1971 –
Todd Williams , American baseball player
1972 –
Virgilijus Alekna , Lithuanian discus thrower
[26]
1972 –
Juha Ylönen , Finnish ice hockey player
[27]
1974 –
Fonzworth Bentley , American rapper and actor
1974 –
Robbie Williams , English singer-songwriter
[22]
1975 –
Ben Collins , English race car driver
1975 –
Katie Hopkins , English media personality and columnist
1976 –
Jörg Bergmeister , German race car driver
1976 –
Feist , Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
[22]
1977 –
Randy Moss , American football player and coach
1978 –
Niklas Bäckström , Finnish ice hockey player
1978 –
Philippe Jaroussky , French singer
1978 –
Cory Murphy , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[28]
1979 –
Anders Behring Breivik , Norwegian murderer
1979 –
Rafael Márquez , Mexican footballer
1979 –
Rachel Reeves , English economist and politician,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
[29]
1979 –
Mena Suvari , American actress and fashion designer
[30]
1980 –
Carlos Cotto , Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer
1981 –
Luisão , Brazilian footballer
1981 –
Luke Ridnour , American basketball player
[31]
1982 –
Even Helte Hermansen , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1982 –
Michael Turner , American football player
1983 –
Mike Nickeas , Canadian baseball player
1983 –
Anna Watkins , English rower
1984 –
Hinkelien Schreuder , Dutch swimmer
1985 –
Somdev Devvarman , Indian tennis player
[32]
1985 –
J. R. Giddens , American basketball player
[33]
1985 –
Kwak Ji-min , South Korean actress
1985 –
Al Montoya , American ice hockey player
[34]
1986 –
Luke Moore , English footballer
1986 –
Aqib Talib , American football player
[35]
1987 –
Eljero Elia , Dutch footballer
1988 –
Ryan Goins , American baseball player
1988 –
Dave Rudden , Irish author
[36]
1989 –
Rodrigo Possebon , Brazilian footballer
1990 –
Nathan Eovaldi , American baseball player
[37]
1990 –
Mamadou Sakho , French footballer
[38]
1991 –
Eliaquim Mangala , French footballer
[39]
1991 –
Vianney , French singer
1991 –
Luke Voit , American baseball player
[40]
1992 –
Keith Appling , American basketball player
[41]
1994 –
Memphis Depay , Dutch footballer
1995 –
Kendall Fuller , American football player
[42]
1995 –
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou , French-Cameroonian footballer
[43]
2000 –
Vitinha , Portuguese footballer
[44]
2001 –
Kaapo Kakko , Finnish ice hockey player
[45]
2002 –
Jaden Ivey , American basketball player
[46]
2002 –
Sophia Lillis , American actress
[20]
Deaths
Pre-1600
106 –
Emperor He of Han (Han Hedi) of the Chinese Eastern
Han Dynasty (b. AD 79)
[47]
721 –
Chilperic II , Frankish king (b. 672)
858 –
Kenneth MacAlpin , Scottish king (probable;
[48] b. 810)
921 –
Vratislaus I , duke of Bohemia
936 –
Xiao Wen , empress of the Liao Dynasty
942 –
Muhammad ibn Ra'iq , Abbasid emir and regent
988 –
Adalbert Atto , Lombard nobleman
[49]
1021 –
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah , Fatimid caliph (b. 985)
1130 –
Honorius II , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1060)
[50]
1141 –
Béla II , king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1110)
1199 –
Stefan Nemanja , Serbian grand prince (b. 1113)
1219 –
Minamoto no Sanetomo , Japanese shōgun (b. 1192)
1332 –
Andronikos II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1259)
1351 –
Kō no Morofuyu , Japanese general
1539 –
Isabella d'Este , Italian noblewoman (b. 1474)
1542 –
Catherine Howard , English wife of
Henry VIII of England (executed;
[51] b. 1521)
1571 –
Benvenuto Cellini , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1500)
1585 –
Alfonso Salmeron , Spanish priest and scholar (b. 1515)
1601–1900
1602 –
Alexander Nowell , English clergyman and theologian (b. 1507)
1660 –
Charles X Gustav , king of Sweden (b. 1622)
1662 –
Elizabeth Stuart , queen of Bohemia (b. 1596)
[52]
1693 –
Johann Caspar Kerll , German organist and composer (b. 1627)
1727 –
William Wotton , English linguist and scholar (b. 1666)
1728 –
Cotton Mather , American minister and author (b. 1663)
1732 –
Charles-René d'Hozier , French historian and author (b. 1640)
1741 –
Johann Joseph Fux , Austrian composer and theorist (b. 1660)
1787 –
Roger Joseph Boscovich , Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1711)
1787 –
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes , French lawyer and politician,
Foreign Minister of France (b. 1717)
1795 –
George (Konissky) , Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian (b. 1717)
[53]
1813 –
Samuel Ashe , American lawyer and politician, 9th
Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725)
1818 –
George Rogers Clark , American general (b. 1752)
1826 –
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen , Russian general and politician,
Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1745)
1831 –
Edward Berry , English admiral (b. 1768)
1837 –
Mariano José de Larra , Spanish journalist and author (b. 1809)
1845 –
Henrik Steffens , Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773)
1859 –
Eliza Acton , English food writer and poet (b. 1799)
[54]
1877 –
Costache Caragiale , Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
1883 –
Richard Wagner , German composer (b. 1813)
1888 –
Jean-Baptiste Lamy , French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
1892 –
Provo Wallis , Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
[55]
1893 –
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano , Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
1901–present
1905 –
Konstantin Savitsky , Russian painter (b. 1844)
1906 –
Albert Gottschalk , Danish painter (b. 1866)
1934 –
József Pusztai , Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
1942 –
Otakar Batlička , Czech journalist (b. 1895)
1942 –
Epitácio Pessoa , Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th
President of Brazil (b. 1865)
1950 –
Rafael Sabatini , Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
1951 –
Lloyd C. Douglas , American minister and author (b. 1877)
1952 –
Josephine Tey , Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
1954 –
Agnes Macphail , Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
1956 –
Jan Łukasiewicz , Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1958 –
Christabel Pankhurst , English activist, co-founded the
Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
1958 –
Georges Rouault , French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
1964 –
Paulino Alcántara , Filipino-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1896)
1964 –
Werner Heyde , German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1902)
1967 –
Yoshisuke Aikawa , entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded
Nissan Motor Company (b. 1880)
1967 –
Abelardo L. Rodríguez , substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (b. 1889)
[56]
1968 –
Mae Marsh , American actress (b. 1895)
1968 –
Portia White , Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)
[57]
1973 –
Marinus Jan Granpré Molière , Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
1975 –
André Beaufre , French general (b. 1902)
1976 –
Murtala Mohammed , Nigerian general and politician, 4th
President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
1976 –
Lily Pons , French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
1980 –
David Janssen , American actor (b. 1931)
1984 –
Cheong Eak Chong , Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)
[58]
1986 –
Yuri Ivask , Russian-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
1989 –
Wayne Hays , American lieutenant and politician (b. 1911)
1991 –
Arno Breker , German sculptor and illustrator (b. 1900)
1992 –
Nikolay Bogolyubov , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1909)
1996 –
Martin Balsam , American actor (b. 1919)
1997 –
Robert Klark Graham , American eugenicist and businessman (b. 1906)
1997 –
Mark Krasnosel'skii , Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
2000 –
Anders Aalborg , Canadian educator and politician (b. 1914)
2000 –
James Cooke Brown , American sociologist and author (b. 1921)
2000 –
John Leake , English soldier (b. 1949)
2002 –
Waylon Jennings , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2003 –
Kid Gavilán , Cuban-American boxer (b. 1926)
2003 –
Walt Whitman Rostow , American economist; 7th
United States National Security Advisor (b. 1916)
2004 –
François Tavenas , Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1942)
2004 –
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev , Chechen politician, 2nd
President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1952)
2005 –
Nelson Briles , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1943)
2005 –
Lúcia Santos , Portuguese nun (b. 1907)
2006 –
P. F. Strawson , English philosopher and author (b. 1919)
2007 –
Elizabeth Jolley , English-Australian author and academic (b. 1923)
2007 –
Charlie Norwood , American captain and politician (b. 1941)
2007 –
Richard Gordon Wakeford , English air marshal (b. 1922)
2008 –
Kon Ichikawa , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2009 –
Edward Upward , English author and educator (b. 1903)
2010 –
Lucille Clifton , American poet and academic (b. 1936)
2010 –
Dale Hawkins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2012 –
Russell Arms , American actor and singer (b. 1920)
2012 –
Louise Cochrane , American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
2012 –
Daniel C. Gerould , American playwright and academic (b. 1928)
2013 –
Gerry Day , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013 –
Miles J. Jones , American pathologist and physician (b. 1952)
2013 –
Pieter Kooijmans , Dutch judge and politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Netherlands (b. 1933)
2013 –
Andrée Malebranche , Haitian artist (b. 1916)
[59]
2013 –
Yuko Tojo , Japanese activist and politician (b. 1939)
2014 –
Balu Mahendra , Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2014 –
Richard Møller Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
2014 –
Ralph Waite , American actor and activist (b. 1928)
2015 –
Faith Bandler , Australian activist and author (b. 1918)
2015 –
Stan Chambers , American journalist and actor (b. 1923)
2016 –
O. N. V. Kurup , Indian poet and academic (b. 1931)
2016 –
Antonin Scalia , American lawyer and judge,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936)
2017 –
Ricardo Arias Calderón , Panamanian politician (b. 1933)
2017 –
Aileen Hernandez , American union organizer and activist (b. 1926)
2017 –
Seijun Suzuki , Japanese filmmaker (b. 1923)
2017 –
Kim Jong-nam , North Korean politician (b. 1971)
2017 –
E-Dubble , American rapper (b. 1982)
2018 –
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark , French-born Danish royal (b. 1934)
[60]
2019 –
Callistus Ndlovu , Zimbabwean academic and politician (b. 1936)
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2021 –
Kadir Topbaş , Turkish politician (b. 1945)
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Holidays and observances
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