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Day of the year
January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1916 –
World War I : The British government passes the
Military Service Act that introduces
conscription in the United Kingdom .
[10]
1918 – Beginning of the
Finnish Civil War .
1924 – Six days after his
death Lenin's body is carried into a
specially erected mausoleum .
[11]
[12]
[13]
1927 –
Ibn Saud takes the title of
King of Nejd .
1928 –
Bundaberg tragedy : a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with
Staph. aureus bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of
Bundaberg .
[14]
1939 – First flight of the
Lockheed P-38 Lightning .
1943 –
World War II : The
Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one
B-17s and
B-24s to attack the
U-boat construction yards at
Wilhelmshaven , Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
1944 – World War II: The 900-day
Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
1945 – World War II: The
Soviet 322nd Rifle Division
liberates the remaining inmates of
Auschwitz-Birkenau .
1951 –
Nuclear testing at the
Nevada Test Site begins with
Operation Ranger .
1961 – The
Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its
snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
1965 – South Vietnamese Prime Minister
Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of
Nguyễn Khánh .
[15]
1967 –
Apollo program :
Astronauts
Gus Grissom ,
Ed White and
Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their
Apollo 1 spacecraft at the
Kennedy Space Center ,
Florida .
1967 –
Cold War : The
Soviet Union , the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the
Outer Space Treaty in
Washington, D.C. , banning deployment of
nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the
Moon and other
celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
1973 – The
Paris Peace Accords officially ends the
Vietnam War .
[16] Colonel
William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape
hostilities in
Iran in the culmination of the
Canadian Caper .
1983 – The pilot shaft of the
Seikan Tunnel , the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of
Honshū and
Hokkaidō , breaks through.
[17]
1996 – In a
military coup , Colonel
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of
Niger ,
Mahamane Ousmane .
[18]
1996 – Germany first observes the
International Holocaust Remembrance Day .
2002 –
An explosion at a military storage facility in
Lagos , Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
2003 – The first selections for the
National Recording Registry are announced by the
Library of Congress .
2010 – The
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when
Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new
President of Honduras .
2010 –
Apple announces the
iPad .
[19]
2011 –
Arab Spring : The
Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in
Sana'a .
[20]
2011 – Within
Ursa Minor ,
H1504+65 , a
white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.
[21]
2013 – Two hundred and forty-two people die in a
nightclub fire in the
Brazilian city of
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul .
2014 –
Rojava conflict : The
Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the
Syrian Arab Republic .
[22]
2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element
tennessine takes place in the United States.
[23]
2023 –
Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the
Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying
Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.
[24]
2023 – A
shooting at a
synagogue in
Neve Yaakov ,
East Jerusalem , kills seven people and injures three others.
[25]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1603 –
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet , English lawyer and politician,
Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1685)
1603 –
Humphrey Mackworth , English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654)
1621 –
Thomas Willis , English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)
1662 –
Richard Bentley , English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)
1663 –
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington , Royal Navy admiral (d. 1733)
1687 –
Johann Balthasar Neumann , German engineer and architect, designed
Würzburg Residence and
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (d. 1753)
1701 –
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim , German historian and theologian (d. 1790)
1708 –
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
1741 –
Hester Thrale , Welsh author (d. 1821)
1756 –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
1775 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)
1782 –
Titumir , Bengali revolutionary (d. 1831)
[26]
1790 –
Juan Álvarez , Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1867)
[27]
1795 –
Eli Whitney Blake , American engineer, invented the
Mortise lock (d. 1886)
1803 –
Eunice Hale Waite Cobb , American writer, public speaker, and activist (d. 1880)
[28]
1805 –
Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)
1805 –
Samuel Palmer , English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
1806 –
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga , Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)
1808 –
David Strauss , German theologian and author (d. 1874)
1814 –
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , French architect, designed the
Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)
1821 –
John Chivington , American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)
1823 –
Édouard Lalo , French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
1824 –
Urbain Johnson , Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)
1826 –
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)
1826 –
Richard Taylor , American general, historian, and politician (d. 1879)
1832 –
Lewis Carroll , English novelist, poet, and mathematician (d. 1898)
[29]
1832 –
Carl Friedrich Schmidt , Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)
1836 –
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)
1842 –
Arkhip Kuindzhi , Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)
1848 –
Tōgō Heihachirō , Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
1850 –
John Collier , English painter and author (d. 1934)
1850 –
Samuel Gompers , English-American labor leader (d. 1924)
[30]
1850 –
Edward Smith , English captain (d. 1912)
1858 –
Neel Doff , Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
1859 –
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 1941)
1869 –
Will Marion Cook , American violinist and composer (d. 1944)
1878 –
Dorothy Scarborough , American author (d. 1935)
1885 –
Jerome Kern , American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)
1885 –
Seison Maeda , Japanese painter (d. 1977)
1886 –
Radhabinod Pal , Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
1889 –
Balthasar van der Pol , Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)
1893 –
Soong Ching-ling , Chinese politician,
Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)
1895 –
Joseph Rosenstock , Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
1895 –
Harry Ruby , American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1900 –
Hyman G. Rickover , American admiral (d. 1986)
1901–present
1901 –
Willy Fritsch , German actor (d. 1973)
1901 –
Art Rooney , American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988)
[31]
1903 –
John Eccles , Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1904 –
James J. Gibson , American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)
[32]
1905 –
Howard McNear , American actor (d. 1969)
1908 –
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
[31]
1910 –
Edvard Kardelj , Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd
Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979)
[33]
1912 –
Arne Næss , Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)
[34]
1912 –
Francis Rogallo , American engineer, invented the
Rogallo wing (d. 2009)
1913 –
Michael Ripper , English actor (d. 2000)
[35]
1915 –
Jules Archer , American historian and author (d. 2008)
1915 –
Jacques Hnizdovsky , Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)
1918 –
Skitch Henderson , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1918 –
Elmore James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
[31]
1918 –
William Seawell , American general (d. 2005)
1919 –
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. , American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created
Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972)
[36]
1920 –
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
1920 –
Helmut Zacharias , German violinist and composer (d. 2002)
1921 –
Donna Reed , American actress (d. 1986)
[37]
1924 –
Rauf Denktaş , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st
President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)
1924 –
Brian Rix , English actor, producer, and politician (d. 2016)
1924 –
Harvey Shapiro , American poet (d. 2013)
1926 –
Fritz Spiegl , Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)
1926 –
Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress (d. 2004)
1928 –
Hans Modrow , Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of East Germany (d. 2023)
1929 –
Mohamed Al-Fayed , Egyptian-Swiss businessman (d. 2023)
1929 –
Michael Craig , Indian-English actor and screenwriter
[38]
1929 –
Gastón Suárez , Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
1930 –
Bobby Bland , American blues singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1931 –
Mordecai Richler , Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1931 –
Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson , English lieutenant and businessman
1932 –
Boris Shakhlin , Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
1933 –
Jerry Buss , American chemist and businessman (d. 2013)
1934 –
Édith Cresson , French politician and diplomat,
Prime Minister of France
[39]
1934 –
George Follmer , American race car driver
1935 –
Steve Demeter , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1936 –
Troy Donahue , American actor (d. 2001)
[40]
1936 –
Samuel C. C. Ting , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1937 –
Fred Åkerström , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1940 –
Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin , Turkish engineer and politician, 35th
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 –
James Cromwell , American actor
[41]
1940 –
Terry Harper , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 –
Petru Lucinschi , Romanian activist and politician, 2nd
President of Moldova
1940 –
Reynaldo Rey , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 –
Beatrice Tinsley , New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
[42]
1942 –
Maki Asakawa , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1942 –
Tasuku Honjo , Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
1942 –
John Witherspoon , American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
[31]
1942 –
Kate Wolf , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
1943 –
Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege , English businesswoman and politician
1944 –
Peter Akinola , Nigerian archbishop
1944 –
Mairead Maguire , Northern Irish activist,
Nobel Prize laureate
[31]
1944 –
Nick Mason , English drummer, songwriter, and producer
1945 –
Harold Cardinal , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1946 –
Christopher Hum , English academic and diplomat,
British Ambassador to China
1946 –
Nedra Talley , American singer
[43]
1947 –
Björn Afzelius , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1947 –
Vyron Polydoras , Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister for Public Order
1947 –
Cal Schenkel , American painter and illustrator
1947 –
Philip Sugden , English historian and author (d. 2014)
1947 –
Perfecto Yasay Jr. , Filipino lawyer and
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (d. 2020)
1948 –
Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor
[43]
1948 –
Jean-Philippe Collard , French pianist
1950 –
Jiří Bubla , Czech ice hockey player
[44]
1951 –
Seth Justman , American keyboard player and songwriter
1951 –
Cees van der Knaap , Dutch soldier and politician
1952 –
Brian Gottfried , American tennis player
1952 –
Billy Johnson , American football player and coach
1952 –
Tam O'Shaughnessy , American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
1952 –
G. E. Smith , American guitarist and songwriter
1954 –
Peter Laird , American author and illustrator
1954 –
Ed Schultz , American talk show host and sportscaster (d. 2018)
1955 –
Brian Engblom , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1955 –
John Roberts , American lawyer and judge, 17th
Chief Justice of the United States
[31]
1956 –
Mimi Rogers , American actress
[45]
1957 –
Janick Gers , English guitarist and songwriter
[43]
1957 –
Frank Miller , American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter
[46]
1958 –
James Grippando , American lawyer and author
1958 –
Alan Milburn , English businessman and politician,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1958 –
Susanna Thompson , American actress
[41]
1959 –
Cris Collinsworth , American football player and sportscaster
1959 –
Göran Hägglund , Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th
Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
1959 –
Keith Olbermann , American journalist and author
[43]
1960 –
Fiona O'Donnell , Canadian-Scottish politician
1961 –
Gillian Gilbert , English musician, songwriter, and singer
[43]
1961 –
Narciso Rodriguez , American fashion designer
1961 –
Margo Timmins , Canadian singer-songwriter
[43]
1962 –
Roberto Paci Dalò , Italian director and composer
1963 –
George Monbiot , English-Welsh author and activist
1964 –
Bridget Fonda , American actress
[31]
1964 –
Jack Haley , American basketball player (d. 2015)
[47]
1964 –
Patrick van Deurzen , Dutch composer and academic
1965 –
Alan Cumming , Scottish-American actor
[41]
1965 –
Mike Newell , English footballer and manager
1965 –
Ignacio Noé , Argentinian author and illustrator
1965 –
Attila Sekerlioglu , Austrian footballer and manager
1966 –
Tamlyn Tomita , Japanese-American actress and singer
[41]
1967 –
Dave Manson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 –
Tracy Lawrence , American country singer
[43]
1968 –
Mike Patton , American singer, composer, and voice artist
[43]
1968 –
Matt Stover , American football player
1968 –
Tricky , English rapper and producer
[43]
1969 –
Michael Kulas , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1969 –
Patton Oswalt , American comedian and actor
[41]
1969 –
Shane Thomson , New Zealand cricketer
1970 –
Bradley Clyde , Australian rugby league player
1970 –
Dean Headley , English cricketer and coach
1971 –
Patrice Brisebois , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 –
Bibi Gaytán , Mexican singer and actress
[48]
1972 –
Josh Randall , American actor
[41]
1972 –
Bryant Young , American football player and coach
[49]
1973 –
Valyantsin Byalkevich , Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1974 –
Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Norwegian skier and biathlete
1974 –
Andrei Pavel , Romanian tennis player and coach
1974 –
Chaminda Vaas , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1976 –
Clint Ford , American screenwriter and voice actor
[50]
1976 –
Danielle George
MBE
FIET , American professor
1976 –
Ahn Jung-hwan , South Korean footballer
1976 –
Fred Taylor , American football player
[51]
1977 –
Tomi Kallio , Finnish ice hockey player
[52]
1979 –
Lonny Baxter , American basketball player
[53]
1979 –
Daniel Vettori , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1980 –
Chanda Gunn , American ice hockey player and coach
1980 –
Marat Safin , Russian tennis player and politician
1980 –
Jiří Welsch , Czech basketball player
[54]
1981 –
Alicia Molik , Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1981 –
Tony Woodcock , New Zealand rugby player
1982 –
Eva Asderaki , Greek tennis umpire
[55]
1983 –
Carlo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Paulo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Gavin Floyd , American baseball player
1983 –
Lee Grant , English footballer
[56]
1986 –
Johan Petro , French basketball player
[57]
1987 –
Katy Rose , American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 –
Anton Shunin , Russian footballer
1988 –
Kerlon , Brazilian footballer
1989 –
Alberto Botía , Spanish footballer
1990 –
Tim Beckham , American baseball player
[58]
1991 –
Christian Bickel , German footballer
1991 –
Julio Teherán , Colombian baseball player
[59]
1992 –
Stefano Pettinari , Italian footballer
[60]
1994 –
Jack Stephens , English footballer
[61]
1995 –
Harrison Reed , English footballer
[62]
1996 –
Braeden Lemasters , American actor, musician, and singer
[43]
1998 –
Devin Druid , American actor
[31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
98 –
Nerva , Roman emperor (b. 35)
457 –
Marcian , Byzantine emperor (b. 392)
555 –
Yuan Di , emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 508)
672 –
Pope Vitalian
847 –
Pope Sergius II (b. 790)
906 –
Liu Can ,
chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
931 –
Ruotger , archbishop of
Trier
947 –
Zhang Yanze , Chinese general and governor
1062 –
Adelaide of Hungary , (b. c. 1040)
1311 –
Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan
1377 –
Frederick the Simple , King of Sicily
1490 –
Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shōgun (b. 1435)
1504 –
Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1438)
1540 –
Angela Merici , Italian educator and saint, founded the
Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)
1592 –
Gian Paolo Lomazzo , Italian painter (b. 1538)
1596 –
Francis Drake , English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
1601–1900
1629 –
Hieronymus Praetorius , German organist and composer (b. 1560)
1638 –
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses , Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
1651 –
Abraham Bloemaert , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
1688 –
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (b. 1613)
[63]
1689 –
Robert Aske , English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
1731 –
Bartolomeo Cristofori , Italian instrument maker, invented the
Piano (b. 1655)
1733 –
Thomas Woolston , English theologian and author (b. 1669)
1740 –
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)
1770 –
Philippe Macquer , French historian (b. 1720)
1794 –
Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille , French general (b. 1765)
1812 –
John Perkins , Anglo-Jamaican captain
1814 –
Johann Gottlieb Fichte , German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)
1816 –
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood , English admiral and politician (b. 1724)
1851 –
John James Audubon , French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
1852 –
Paavo Ruotsalainen , Finnish farmer and lay preacher (b. 1777)
[64]
1860 –
János Bolyai , Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
1873 –
Adam Sedgwick , British geologist, Anglican priest and doctoral advisor to
Charles Darwin (b. 1785)
[65]
1880 –
Edward Middleton Barry , English architect and academic, co-designed the
Halifax Town Hall and the
Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
1901–present
1901 –
Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 –
Thomas Crapper , English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
1917 –
Ernst Sars , Norwegian historian (b. 1835)
[66]
1919 –
Endre Ady , Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
1921 –
Maurice Buckley , Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
1922 –
Nellie Bly , American journalist and author (b. 1864)
[67]
1927 –
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius , Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
1931 –
Nishinoumi Kajirō II , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th
Yokozuna (b. 1880)
1940 –
Isaac Babel , Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
1942 –
Kaarel Eenpalu , Estonian journalist and politician,
Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
1951 –
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th
President of Finland (b. 1867)
1956 –
Erich Kleiber , Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
1961 –
Bernard Friedberg , Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
1963 –
John Farrow , Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1965 –
Abraham Walkowitz , American painter (b. 1878)
1967 – crew of
Apollo 1
1967 –
Alphonse Juin , Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
1970 –
Rocco D'Assunta , Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
1970 –
Marietta Blau , Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1894)
[71]
1971 –
Jacobo Árbenz , Guatemalan captain and politician,
President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
1972 –
Mahalia Jackson , American singer (b. 1911)
1973 –
William Nolde , American colonel (b. 1929)
1974 –
Georgios Grivas , Cypriot general (b. 1898)
1975 –
Bill Walsh , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
1979 –
Victoria Ocampo . Argentine writer (b. 1890)
[72]
1982 –
Trần Văn Hương , South Vietnamese politician, 3rd
President of South Vietnam , 3rd
Vice President of South Vietnam , and 3rd
Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1902)
[73]
1983 –
Louis de Funès , French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1986 –
Lilli Palmer , German-American actress (b. 1914)
1987 –
Norman McLaren , Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
1988 –
Massa Makan Diabaté , Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
1989 –
Thomas Sopwith , English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
1993 –
André the Giant , French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 –
Claude Akins , American actor (b. 1918)
1996 –
Ralph Yarborough , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
2000 –
Friedrich Gulda , Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
2003 –
Henryk Jabłoński , Polish historian and politician,
President of Poland (b. 1909)
2004 –
Salvador Laurel , Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th
Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
2004 –
Jack Paar , American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
2006 –
Gene McFadden , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
2006 –
Johannes Rau , German journalist and politician, 8th
President of Germany (b. 1931)
2007 –
Yang Chuan-kwang , Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)
2008 –
Suharto , Indonesian general and politician, 2nd
President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
2008 –
Gordon B. Hinckley , American religious leader and author, 15th
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)
2008 –
Louie Welch , American businessman and politician, 54th
Mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
2009 –
John Updike , American novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
2009 –
R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 8th
President of India (b. 1910)
2010 –
Zelda Rubinstein , American actress (b. 1933)
2010 –
J. D. Salinger , American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2010 –
Howard Zinn , American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)
2011 –
Charlie Callas , American comedian and musician (b. 1927)
2012 –
Greg Cook , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2012 –
Ted Dicks , English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2012 –
Jeannette Hamby , American nurse and politician (b. 1933)
2012 –
Kevin White , American politician, 51st
Mayor of Boston (b. 1929)
2013 –
Ivan Bodiul , Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)
2013 –
Stanley Karnow , American journalist and historian (b. 1925)
2014 –
Pete Seeger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919)
2014 –
Epimaco Velasco , Filipino lawyer and politician,
Governor of Cavite (b. 1935)
2014 –
Paul Zorner , German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2015 –
Rocky Bridges , American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 –
David Landau , English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
2015 –
Joseph Rotman , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 –
Charles Hard Townes , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2015 –
Larry Winters , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956)
2016 –
Carlos Loyzaga , Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2017 –
Emmanuelle Riva , French actress (b. 1927)
2017 –
Arthur H. Rosenfeld , American physicist (b. 1926)
2018 –
Ingvar Kamprad , Founder of
IKEA (b. 1926)
[74]
2018 –
Mort Walker , American cartoonist (b. 1923)
[75]
2019 –
Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau , German socialite (b. 1958)
[76]
2020 –
Lina Ben Mhenni , Tunisian Internet activist and blogger (b. 1983)
[77]
2021 –
Cloris Leachman , American actress and comedian (b. 1926)
[78]
[79]
[80]
2021 –
Nunuk Nuraini , Indonesian food scientist (b. 1961)
[81]
2022 –
Andy Devine , British TV actor (b. 1942)
[82]
Holidays and observances
References
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