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Day of the year
July 15 is the 196th day of the year (197th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 169 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1640 – The first university of Finland, the
Royal Academy of Turku , is inaugurated in
Turku .
[1]
[2]
1738 – Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in
St. Petersburg , Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of
Empress
Anna Ivanovna .
[3]
1741 –
Aleksei Chirikov sights land in
Southeast Alaska . He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit
Alaska .
1789 –
French Revolution :
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette , is named by acclamation
Colonel General of the new
National Guard of Paris.
1799 – The
Rosetta Stone is found in the
Egyptian village of
Rosetta by French
Captain
Pierre-François Bouchard during
Napoleon 's
Egyptian Campaign .
[4]
1806 –
Pike Expedition :
United States Army
Lieutenant
Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from
Fort Bellefontaine near
St. Louis, Missouri , to explore the west.
1815 –
Napoleonic Wars :
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard
HMS Bellerophon .
1823 – A fire destroys the ancient
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
1834 – The
Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
1838 –
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the
Divinity School Address at
Harvard Divinity School , discounting
Biblical miracles and declaring
Jesus a great man, but not God. The
Protestant community reacts with outrage.
1849 – The first
air raid in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of
Venice
[5]
1862 –
American Civil War : The
CSS Arkansas , the most effective
ironclad on the
Mississippi River , battles with
Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral
David Farragut , severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself.
1870 –
Reconstruction Era of the United States :
Georgia becomes the last of the former
Confederate states to be readmitted to the
Union .
1870 –
Canadian Confederation :
Rupert's Land and the
North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the
Hudson's Bay Company , and the province of
Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
1888 – The
stratovolcano
Mount Bandai
erupts , killing approximately 500 people in
Fukushima Prefecture , Japan.
1901–present
1910 – In his book Clinical Psychiatry ,
Emil Kraepelin gives a name to
Alzheimer's disease , naming it after his colleague
Alois Alzheimer .
1916 – In
Seattle, Washington ,
William Boeing and
George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed
Boeing ).
1918 –
World War I : The
Second Battle of the Marne begins near the
River Marne with a German attack.
1920 –
Aftermath of World War I : The
Parliament of Poland establishes
Silesian Voivodeship before the
Polish-German plebiscite .
1922 – The
Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
1927 –
Massacre of July 15, 1927 : Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in
Vienna .
1941 –
The Holocaust :
Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the
occupied Netherlands to
extermination camps .
[6]
1946 – The
State of North Borneo , now
Sabah ,
Malaysia , is annexed by the
United Kingdom .
1954 – The
Boeing 367-80 , the prototype for both the
Boeing 707 and
C-135 series, takes its first flight.
1955 – Eighteen
Nobel laureates sign the
Mainau Declaration against
nuclear weapons , later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1966 –
Vietnam War : The United States and South Vietnam begin
Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the
Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone .
1971 – The
United Red Army is founded in Japan.
1974 – In
Nicosia ,
Cyprus ,
Greek junta -sponsored nationalists launch a
coup d'état , deposing President
Makarios and installing
Nikos Sampson as
Cypriot
president .
1975 –
Space Race :
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an
Apollo spacecraft and a
Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the
Saturn family of rockets .
1979 – U.S.
President
Jimmy Carter gives his "
malaise speech ".
1983 – An
attack at
Orly Airport in
Paris is launched by
Armenian militant organisation
ASALA , leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
1983 – Nintendo released the
Famicom in Japan.
[7]
1996 – A
Belgian Air Force
C-130 Hercules carrying the
Royal Netherlands Army marching band
crashes on landing at
Eindhoven Airport .
1998 –
Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Tamil MP
S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a
claymore mine .
2002 – "American
Taliban "
John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a
felony .
2002 – The
Anti-Terrorism Court of
Pakistan sentences British born
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering
The Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Pearl to life.
2003 –
AOL Time Warner disbands
Netscape . The
Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2006 –
Twitter , later one of the largest
social media platforms in the world, is launched.
2009 –
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near
Jannatabad, Qazvin , Iran, killing 168.
[8]
2012 – South Korean rapper
Psy releases his hit single
Gangnam Style .
[9]
2014 – A
train derails on the
Moscow Metro , killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
2016 – Factions of the
Turkish Armed Forces attempt
a coup .
[10]
2018 –
France win their second
World Cup title, defeating
Croatia
4–2 .
[11]
Births
Pre-1600
980 –
Ichijō , Japanese emperor (d. 1011)
1273 –
Ewostatewos , Ethiopian monk and saint (d. 1352)
1353 –
Vladimir the Bold , Russian prince (d. 1410)
1359 –
Antonio Correr , Italian cardinal (d. 1445)
1442 –
Boček IV of Poděbrady , Bohemian nobleman (d. 1496)
1455 –
Queen Yun , Korean queen (d. 1482)
1471 –
Eskender , Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494)
1478 –
Barbara Jagiellon , duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (d. 1534)
1573 –
Inigo Jones , English architect, designed the
Queen's House (d. 1652)
1600 –
Jan Cossiers , Flemish painter (d. 1671)
1601–1900
1606 –
Rembrandt , Dutch painter and etcher (d. 1669)
1611 –
Jai Singh I , maharaja of Jaipur (d. 1667)
1613 –
Gu Yanwu , Chinese philologist and geographer (d. 1682)
1631 –
Jens Juel , Danish politician and diplomat,
Governor-general of Norway (d. 1700)
1631 –
Richard Cumberland , English philosopher (d. 1718)
1638 –
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693)
1704 –
August Gottlieb Spangenberg , German bishop and theologian (d. 1792)
1779 –
Clement Clarke Moore , American author, poet, and educator (d. 1863)
1793 –
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps , American educator, author, editor (d. 1884)
[12]
1796 –
Thomas Bulfinch , American mythologist (d. 1867)
1799 –
Reuben Chapman , American lawyer and politician, 13th
Governor of Alabama (d. 1882)
1800 –
Sidney Breese , American jurist and politician (d. 1878)
1808 –
Henry Edward Manning , English cardinal (d. 1892)
1812 –
James Hope-Scott , English lawyer and academic (d. 1873)
1817 –
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet , English engineer, designed the
Forth Bridge (d. 1898)
1827 –
W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th
Governor of Oregon (d. 1899)
1848 –
Vilfredo Pareto , Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
1850 –
Frances Xavier Cabrini , Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917)
1852 –
Josef Josephi , Polish-born singer and actor (d. 1920)
[13]
1858 –
Emmeline Pankhurst , English political activist and suffragist (d. 1928)
1864 –
Marie Tempest , English actress and singer (d. 1942)
1865 –
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe , Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the
Amalgamated Press (d. 1922)
1865 –
Wilhelm Wirtinger , Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945)
1867 –
Jean-Baptiste Charcot , French physician and explorer (d. 1936)
1871 –
Doppo Kunikida , Japanese journalist, author, and poet (d. 1908)
1880 –
Enrique Mosca , Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1950)
1883 –
Denny Barry
Irish Republican died during the
1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (d. 1923)
[14]
1887 –
Wharton Esherick , American sculptor (d. 1970)
1892 –
Walter Benjamin , German philosopher and critic (d. 1940)
1893 –
Enid Bennett , Australian-American actress (d. 1969)
1893 –
Dick Rauch , American football player and coach (d. 1970)
1894 –
Tadeusz Sendzimir , Polish-American engineer (d. 1989)
1899 –
Seán Lemass , Irish soldier and politician, 4th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1971)
1901–present
1902 –
Jean Rey , Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of the European Commission (d. 1983)
1903 –
Walter D. Edmonds , American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1903 –
K. Kamaraj , Indian journalist and politician (d. 1975)
1904 –
Rudolf Arnheim , German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
1905 –
Dorothy Fields , American songwriter (d. 1974)
[15]
1905 –
Anita Farra , Italian actress (d. 2008)
1906 –
R. S. Mugali , Indian poet and academic (d. 1993)
1906 –
Rudolf Uhlenhaut , English-German engineer (d. 1989)
1909 –
Jean Hamburger , French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)
1911 –
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton , English geographer and politician,
Secretary of State for Air (d. 1994)
1913 –
Cowboy Copas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1913 –
Hammond Innes , English journalist and author (d. 1998)
[16]
1913 –
Abraham Sutzkever , Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
1914 –
Birabongse Bhanudej , Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the
Thai royal family (d. 1985)
[17]
1914 –
Akhtar Hameed Khan , Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999)
1914 –
Howard Vernon , Swiss-French actor (d. 1996)
1915 –
Albert Ghiorso , American chemist and academic (d. 2010)
1915 –
Kashmir Singh Katoch , Indian army officer (d. 2007)
1916 –
Sumner Gerard , American politician and diplomat (d. 2005)
1917 –
Robert Conquest , English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015)
1917 –
Joan Roberts , American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 –
Nur Muhammad Taraki , Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)
1918 –
Bertram Brockhouse , Canadian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
[18]
1918 –
Brenda Milner , English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic
[19]
1919 –
Fritz Langanke , German lieutenant (d. 2012)
1919 –
Iris Murdoch , Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999)
[20]
1921 –
Henri Colpi , Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1921 –
Robert Bruce Merrifield , American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1922 –
Leon M. Lederman , American physicist and mathematician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1922 –
Jean-Pierre Richard , French writer (d. 2019)
1924 –
Jeremiah Denton , American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
1924 –
Marianne Bernadotte , Swedish actress and philanthropist
1925 –
Philip Carey , American actor (d. 2009)
1925 –
Taylor Hardwick , American architect, designed
Haydon Burns Library and
Friendship Fountain Park (d. 2014)
1925 –
D. A. Pennebaker , American documentary filmmaker (d. 2019)
1925 –
Evan Hultman , American politician
1925 –
Antony Carbone , American actor (d. 2020)
1925 –
Pandel Savic , American football player (d. 2018)
1926 –
Driss Chraïbi , Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007)
1926 –
Leopoldo Galtieri , Argentinian general and politician, 44th
President of Argentina (d. 2003)
1926 –
Raymond Gosling , English physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1926 –
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet , English diplomat (d. 2019)
1927 –
Nan Martin , American actress (d. 2010)
1927 –
Carmen Zapata , American actress (d. 2014)
1927 –
Håkon Brusveen , Norwegian cross-country skier (d. 2021)
1928 –
Carl Woese , American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012)
1928 –
Viramachaneni Vimla Devi , Indian parliamentarian (d. 1967)
1929 –
Charles Anthony , American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
1929 –
Francis Bebey , Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)
1929 –
Ian Stewart , Scottish racing driver (d. 2017)
1930 –
Jacques Derrida , Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
1930 –
Richard Garneau , Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1930 –
Stephen Smale , American mathematician and computer scientist
1930 –
Einosuke Akiya , Japanese Buddhist leader
1931 –
Clive Cussler , American archaeologist and author (d. 2020)
1931 –
Joanna Merlin , American actress and casting director (d. 2023)
1931 –
Jacques-Yvan Morin , Canadian lawyer and politician,
Deputy Premier of Quebec
1932 –
Ed Litzenberger , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
1933 –
Guido Crepax , Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1933 –
M. T. Vasudevan Nair , Indian author and screenwriter
1934 –
Harrison Birtwistle , English composer and academic (d. 2022)
1934 –
Eva Krížiková , Czech actress (d. 2020)
1934 –
Risto Jarva , Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)
1935 –
Donn Clendenon , American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005)
1935 –
Alex Karras , American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)
1935 –
Ken Kercheval , American actor and director (d. 2019)
1936 –
George Voinovich , American lawyer and politician, 65th
Governor of Ohio (d. 2016)
1937 –
Prabhash Joshi , Indian journalist (d. 2009)
1938 –
Bill Alsup , American racing driver (d. 2016)
[21]
1938 –
Ernie Barnes , American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
1938 –
Carmen Callil , Australian publisher, founded
Virago Press
1938 –
Barry Goldwater, Jr. , American lawyer and politician
1939 –
Aníbal Cavaco Silva , Portuguese economist and politician, 19th
President of the Portuguese Republic
1940 –
Chris Cord , American racing driver
[22]
1940 –
Denis Héroux , Canadian director and producer (d. 2015)
1940 –
Ronald Gene Simmons , American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990)
1940 –
Robert Winston , English surgeon, academic, and politician
1942 –
Vivian Malone Jones , American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
1943 –
Jocelyn Bell Burnell , Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1944 –
Millie Jackson , American singer-songwriter
1944 –
Jan-Michael Vincent , American actor (d. 2019)
1944 –
Nigel Williams , English conservator (d. 1992)
[23]
1945 –
David Arthur Granger , Guyanese politician, 9th
President of Guyana
1945 –
Peter Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 –
Jürgen Möllemann , German soldier and politician,
Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)
1946 –
Linda Ronstadt , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1946 –
Hassanal Bolkiah , Sultan of Brunei
1947 –
Lydia Davis , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
1947 –
Pridiyathorn Devakula , Thai economist and politician,
Thai Minister of Finance
1947 –
Roky Erickson , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019)
1948 –
Twinkle , English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1948 –
Dimosthenis Kourtovik , Greek anthropologist and critic
1948 –
Artimus Pyle , American rock drummer and songwriter
1949 –
Carl Bildt , Swedish politician and diplomat,
Prime Minister of Sweden
1949 –
Trevor Horn , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1949 –
Richard Russo , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
1950 –
Colin Barnett , Australian economist and politician, 29th
Premier of Western Australia
1950 –
Arianna Huffington , Greek-American journalist and publisher
1951 –
Gregory Isaacs , Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1951 –
Jesse Ventura , American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th
Governor of Minnesota
1952 –
John Cleland , British racing driver
[24]
1952 –
Celia Imrie , English actress
1952 –
Terry O'Quinn , American actor
1952 –
David Pack , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1952 –
Marky Ramone , American drummer and songwriter
1952 –
Johnny Thunders , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
1953 –
Jean-Bertrand Aristide , Haitian priest and politician, 49th
President of Haiti
1953 –
Sultanah Haminah , Malaysian royal consort
1953 –
Mohamad Shahrum Osman , Malaysian politician
1953 –
Alicia Bridges , American singer-songwriter
1954 –
John Ferguson , Australian rugby league player
1954 –
Giorgos Kaminis , American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th
Mayor of Athens
1954 –
Mario Kempes , Argentinian footballer and manager
1956 –
Ashoke Sen , Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
[25]
1956 –
Ian Curtis , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)
1956 –
Nicholas Harberd , British botanist, educator, and academician
1956 –
Barry Melrose , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 –
Steve Mortimer , Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator
1956 –
Joe Satriani , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 –
Wayne Taylor , South African racing driver
1958 –
Gary Heale , English footballer and coach
1958 –
Mac Thornberry , American lawyer and politician
1959 –
Vincent Lindon , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1961 –
Lolita Davidovich , Canadian actress
1961 –
Jean-Christophe Grangé , French journalist and screenwriter
1961 –
Forest Whitaker , American actor
1962 –
Nikos Filippou , Greek basketball player and manager
1962 –
Michelle Ford , Australian swimmer
1963 –
Brigitte Nielsen , Danish-Italian actress
1963 –
Steve Thomas , English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 –
Alistair Carmichael , Scottish lawyer and politician,
Secretary of State for Scotland
1965 –
Gero Miesenböck , Austrian neuroscientist and educator
1965 –
David Miliband , English politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1966 –
Jason Bonham , English singer-songwriter and drummer
1966 –
Irène Jacob , French-Swiss actress
1967 –
Adam Savage , American actor and special effects designer
1967 –
Elbert West , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1968 –
Eddie Griffin , American comedian, actor, and producer
1969 –
Ain Tammus , Estonian footballer and coach
1970 –
Tarkan Gözübüyük , Turkish bass player and producer
1972 –
Scott Foley , American actor
1973 –
Brian Austin Green , American actor
1973 –
Buju Banton , Jamaican singer
[26]
1975 –
Cherry , American wrestler and manager
1975 –
Danny Law , English cricketer
1975 –
Ben Pepper , Australian basketball player
1976 –
Steve Cunningham , American boxer
1976 –
Marco Di Vaio , Italian footballer
1976 –
Diane Kruger , German actress and model
1976 –
Gabriel Iglesias , Mexican-American comedian and voice actor
1977 –
D. J. Kennington , Canadian racing driver
[27]
1977 –
André Nel , South African cricketer
1977 –
Lana Parrilla , American actress
[28]
1977 –
John St. Clair , American football player
1977 –
Ray Toro , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[29]
1978 –
Miguel Olivo , Dominican baseball player
1979 –
Laura Benanti , American actress and singer
1979 –
Alexander Frei , Swiss footballer
1979 –
Edda Garðarsdóttir , Icelandic footballer
1979 –
Renata Kučerová , Czech tennis player
1980 –
Reggie Abercrombie , American baseball player
1980 –
Jonathan Cheechoo , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 –
Julia Perez , Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017)
1981 –
Alou Diarra , French footballer
1981 –
Petros Klampanis , Greek bassist and composer
1981 –
Marius Stankevičius , Lithuanian footballer
1982 –
Julien Canal , French racing driver
[30]
1982 –
Neemia Tialata , New Zealand rugby player
1982 –
Aída Yéspica , Venezuelan model and actress
1983 –
Salvatore Iovino , American racing driver
[31]
1983 –
Nelson Merlo , Brazilian racing driver
1983 –
Heath Slater , American wrestler
1984 –
Angelo Siniscalchi , Italian footballer
1984 –
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová , Slovak skier
1986 –
Tyler Kennedy , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 –
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , American actor
[32]
1989 –
Alisa Kleybanova , Russian tennis player
1989 –
Anthony Randolph , American basketball player
1990 –
Olly Alexander , English singer and actor
[33]
1990 –
Zach Bogosian , American ice hockey player
1990 –
Damian Lillard , American basketball player
[34]
1990 –
Tyler Young , American racing driver
[35]
1991 –
Danilo , Brazilian footballer
1991 –
Derrick Favors , American basketball player
1991 –
Evgeny Tishchenko , Russian boxer
1991 –
Nuria Párrizas Díaz , Spanish tennis player
[36]
1992 –
Tobias Harris , American basketball player
1992 –
Wayde van Niekerk , South African sprinter
1993 –
Håvard Nielsen , Norwegian footballer
[37]
1993 –
Harrison Rhodes , American racing driver
[38]
1993 –
Masataka Yoshida , Japanese baseball player
[39]
1996 –
Vivianne Miedema , Dutch football player
[40]
1997 –
Jil Teichmann , Swiss tennis player
[41]
1998 –
Noah Gragson , American racing driver
[42]
1999 –
Mohamed Sobhy , Egyptian footballer
[43]
2008 –
Iain Armitage , American child actor
[44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
756 –
Yang Guifei , consort of
Xuan Zong (b. 719)
998 –
Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī , Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 940)
1015 –
Vladimir the Great ,
Grand prince of
Kievan Rus' (b. c. 958)
1274 –
Bonaventure , Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)
1291 –
Rudolf I of Germany (b. 1218)
1299 – King
Eric II of Norway (b. c. 1268)
1381 –
John Ball , English
Lollard priest
1388 –
Agnes of Durazzo , titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (b. 1313)
1397 –
Catherine of Henneberg , German ruler (b. c. 1334)
1406 –
William, Duke of Austria
1410 –
Ulrich von Jungingen , German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1360)
1445 –
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
1542 –
Lisa del Giocondo , subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting
Mona Lisa (b. 1479)
1544 –
René of Châlon (b. 1519)
1571 –
Shimazu Takahisa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1514)
1601–1900
1609 –
Annibale Carracci , Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1560)
1614 –
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme , French soldier, historian, and author (b. 1540)
1655 –
Girolamo Rainaldi , Italian architect (b. 1570)
1685 –
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , Dutch-English general and politician,
Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1649)
1750 –
Vasily Tatishchev , Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)
1765 –
Charles-André van Loo , French painter (b. 1705)
1767 –
Michael Bruce , Scottish poet and composer (b. 1746)
1789 –
Jacques Duphly , French
harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)
1828 –
Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor (b. 1741)
1839 –
Winthrop Mackworth Praed , English poet and politician (b. 1802)
1844 –
Claude Charles Fauriel , French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
1851 –
Anne-Marie Javouhey , French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (b. 1779)
[45]
1851 –
Juan Felipe Ibarra , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
1857 –
Carl Czerny , Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
1858 –
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov , Russian painter (b. 1806)
1883 –
General Tom Thumb , American circus performer (b. 1838)
1885 –
Rosalía de Castro , Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
1890 –
Gottfried Keller , Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
1898 –
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe , French-American archbishop (b. 1825)
1901–present
1904 –
Anton Chekhov , Russian playwright and short story writer (b.
1860 )
[46]
1919 –
Emil Fischer , German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1852 )
[47]
1929 –
Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b.
1874 )
[48]
1930 –
Leopold Auer , Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
1930 –
Leonora Barry , Irish-born American social activist (b. 1849)
[49]
1931 –
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz , Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
1932 –
Bahíyyih Khánum , Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
[50]
1932 –
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven , South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
1933 –
Irving Babbitt , American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
1933 –
Freddie Keppard , American cornet player (b. 1890)
1940 –
Eugen Bleuler , Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
1940 –
Robert Wadlow , American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b. 1918)
1942 –
Wenceslao Vinzons , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
1944 –
Marie-Victorin Kirouac , Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
1946 –
Razor Smith , English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
1947 –
Walter Donaldson , American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)
1948 –
John J. Pershing , American general (b. 1860)
1953 –
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios , Indian archbishop, founded the
Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
1957 –
James M. Cox , American publisher and politician, 46th
Governor of Ohio (b.
1870 )
[51]
1957 –
Vasily Maklakov , a Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
1959 –
Ernest Bloch , Swiss-American composer and academic (b. 1880)
1959 –
Vance Palmer , Australian author and critic (b.
1885 )
[52]
1960 –
Set Persson , Swedish politician (b. 1897)
1960 –
Lawrence Tibbett , American singer and actor (b. 1896)
1961 –
John Edward Brownlee , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th
Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)
1961 –
Nina Bari , Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
[53]
1965 –
Francis Cherry , American lawyer and politician, 35th
Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
1966 –
Seyfi Arkan , Turkish architect (b. 1903)
1969 –
Grace Hutchins , American labor reformer and researcher (b. 1885)
[54]
1974 –
Christine Chubbuck , American journalist (b.
1944 )
[55]
1976 –
Paul Gallico , American journalist and author (b. 1897)
1977 –
Donald Mackay , Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933)
1979 –
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz , Mexican academic and politician, 29th
President of Mexico (b. 1911)
[56]
1981 –
Frédéric Dorion , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)
1982 –
Bill Justis , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
1986 –
Billy Haughton , American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
1988 –
Eleanor Estes , American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)
1989 –
Laurie Cunningham , English footballer (b. 1956)
1990 –
Zaim Topčić , Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920)
1990 –
Margaret Lockwood , English actress (b. 1916)
1990 –
Omar Abu Risha , Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th
Syrian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1910)
1991 –
Bert Convy , American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)
1992 –
Hammer DeRoburt , Nauruan educator and politician, 1st
President of Nauru (b. 1922)
1992 –
Chingiz Mustafayev , Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
1997 –
Justinas Lagunavičius , Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)
1997 –
Gianni Versace , Italian fashion designer, founded
Versace (b. 1946)
1998 –
S. Shanmuganathan , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
2000 –
Louis Quilico , Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925)
2001 –
C. Balasingham , Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917)
2003 –
Roberto Bolaño , Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953)
2003 –
Elisabeth Welch , American actress and singer (b. 1904)
2006 –
Robert H. Brooks , American businessman, founder of
Hooters and
Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
2006 –
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi , Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942)
2008 –
György Kolonics , Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)
2010 –
James E. Akins , American politician and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (b. 1926)
2011 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler , German landowner and politician (b. 1928)
2011 –
Googie Withers , British-Australian actress (b. 1917)
2012 –
Boris Cebotari , Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
2012 –
Tsilla Chelton , Israeli-French actress (b. 1919)
2012 –
Grant Feasel , American football player (b. 1960)
2012 –
David Fraser , English general (b. 1920)
2012 –
Celeste Holm , American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2012 –
Yoichi Takabayashi , Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
[57]
2013 –
Ninos Aho , Syrian-American poet and activist (b. 1945)
2013 –
Henry Braden , American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
2013 –
Tom Greenwell , American lawyer and judge (b. 1956)
2013 –
Earl Gros , American football player (b. 1940)
2013 –
Noël Lee , Chinese-American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
2013 –
Meskerem Legesse , Ethiopian runner (b. 1986)
2013 –
John T. Riedl , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1962)
2014 –
Óscar Acosta , Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
2014 –
James MacGregor Burns , American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918)
2014 –
Edward Perl , American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926)
2014 –
Robert A. Roe , American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2015 –
Masahiko Aoki , Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938)
2015 –
Wan Li , Chinese politician, 4th
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1916)
2015 –
Aubrey Morris , British actor (b. 1926)
2015 –
Dave Somerville , Canadian singer (b. 1933)
2017 –
Martin Landau , American film and television actor (b. 1928)
2021 –
Peter R. de Vries , Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (b. 1956)
[58]
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