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Day of the year
July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 163 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1645 –
Qing dynasty regent
Dorgon issues an
edict ordering all
Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the
Manchus .
1656 – The
Raid on Málaga takes place during the
Anglo-Spanish War .
1674 – A
Dutch assault on the French island of
Martinique is repulsed against all odds.
[2]
1718 – The
Treaty of Passarowitz between the
Ottoman Empire , Austria and the
Republic of Venice is signed.
1774 –
Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) : Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
1798 –
French campaign in Egypt and Syria :
Napoleon's forces defeat an
Ottoman -
Mamluk army near
Cairo in the
Battle of the Pyramids .
1831 – Inauguration of
Leopold I of Belgium , first king of the
Belgians .
1861 –
American Civil War :
First Battle of Bull Run : At
Manassas Junction, Virginia , the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the
Confederate army.
1865 – In the market square of
Springfield, Missouri ,
Wild Bill Hickok
shoots and kills
Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
1873 – At
Adair, Iowa ,
Jesse James and the
James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful
train robbery in the
American Old West .
1877 – After rioting by
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the
deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the
Maryland militia, workers in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , stage a
sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
1901–present
1904 –
Louis Rigolly , a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter
Gobron-Brillié in
Ostend , Belgium.
1907 – The passenger steamer
SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off
Shelter Cove, California , killing 88 people.
1919 – The
dirigible
Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in
Chicago , killing 12 people.
1920 – The "
Belfast Pogrom " begins two years of violence with the expulsion of thousands of
Catholic shipyard, factory and linen mill workers from their jobs.
[3]
1925 –
Scopes Trial : In
Dayton, Tennessee , high school biology teacher
John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching
human evolution in class and fined $100.
1925 –
Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At
Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives
Sunbeam 350HP built by
Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
[4]
1936 –
Spanish Civil War : The
Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an
anarcho-syndicalist economy in
Catalonia .
[5]
1944 –
World War II :
Battle of Guam : American troops land on
Guam , starting a battle that will end on
August 10 .
1944 – World War II:
Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the
July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1949 – The
United States Senate ratifies the
North Atlantic Treaty .
1952 – The 7.3 Mw
Kern County earthquake strikes
Southern California with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
1954 –
First Indochina War : The
Geneva Conference partitions
Vietnam into
North Vietnam and
South Vietnam .
1959 –
NS Savannah , the first
nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is
launched as a showcase for
Dwight D. Eisenhower 's "
Atoms for Peace " initiative.
1959 –
Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first
African-American to play for the
Boston Red Sox , the last team to integrate. He came in as a
pinch runner for
Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the
Chicago White Sox .
1960 –
Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of
Sri Lanka , becoming the world's first female head of government
1961 –
Mercury program :
Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission:
Gus Grissom piloting
Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
1961 –
Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near
Shemya Air Force Base in
Shemya ,
Alaska killing six.
[6]
1964 –
A series of racial riots break out in Singapore. In the next six weeks, 23 die with 454 others injured.
[7]
1969 –
Apollo program : At 02:56 UTC, astronaut
Neil Armstrong becomes the
first person to walk on the Moon , followed 19 minutes later by
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin .
1970 – After 11 years of construction, the
Aswan High Dam in
Egypt is completed.
1972 –
The Troubles :
Bloody Friday : The
Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
1973 – In
Lillehammer, Norway ,
Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972
Munich Olympics Massacre .
1976 –
Christopher Ewart-Biggs , the British ambassador to the
Republic of Ireland , is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1977 – The start of the four-day-long
Libyan–Egyptian War .
1979 –
Jay Silverheels , a
Mohawk actor, becomes the first
Native American to have a star commemorated in the
Hollywood Walk of Fame .
[8]
1983 – The
world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at
Vostok Station , Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1990 –
Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat
Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to
Fujian , causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
[9]
1995 –
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis : The
People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of
Taiwan .
2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in
Akashi, Hyōgo , Japan,
11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR
Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
2005 – Four
attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupt part of
London 's public transport system.
2008 –
Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first
President of Nepal .
2010 – President
Barack Obama signs the
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act .
[10]
2011 –
NASA 's
Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of
Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission
STS-135 at
NASA 's
Kennedy Space Center .
[11]
2012 –
Erden Eruç completes the first solo
human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
2019 –
Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong.
Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from
protests while police failed to take action.
[12]
2023 – The
Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures,
Greta Gerwig 's
fantasy comedy
Barbie and
Christopher Nolan 's
epic
biographical
thriller
Oppenheimer , are released in theaters on the same day and audiences, instead of creating a rivalry between the extremely dissimilar films, instead attend and praise both as an informal, surreal
double feature .
[13]
[14]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 –
Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1676)
1620 –
Jean Picard , French astronomer (d. 1682)
1648 –
John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee , Scottish general (d. 1689)
1654 –
Pedro Calungsod , Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized (d. 1672)
1664 –
Matthew Prior , English poet and diplomat,
British Ambassador to France (d. 1721)
1693 –
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle , English politician,
Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1768)
[16]
1710 –
Paul Möhring , German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)
1783 –
Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon , French general (d. 1853)
1808 –
Simion Bărnuțiu , Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)
1810 –
Henri Victor Regnault , French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
1811 –
Robert Mackenzie , Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of Queensland (d. 1873)
1816 –
Paul Reuter , German-English journalist, founded
Reuters (d. 1899)
1858 –
Maria Christina of Austria (d. 1929)
1858 –
Lovis Corinth , German painter (d. 1925)
1858 –
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe , New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941)
1863 –
C. Aubrey Smith , English-American cricketer and actor (d. 1948)
1866 –
Carlos Schwabe , Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (d. 1926)
1870 –
Emil Orlík , Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer (d. 1932)
1875 –
Charles Gondouin , French rugby player and
tug of war competitor (d. 1947)
1880 –
Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)
1882 –
David Burliuk , Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)
1885 –
Jacques Feyder , Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
1891 –
Julius Saaristo , Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (d. 1969)
1893 –
Hans Fallada , German author (d. 1947)
1896 –
Sophie Bledsoe Aberle , Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (d. 1996)
1898 –
Sara Carter , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1899 –
Hart Crane , American poet (d. 1932)
[17]
1899 –
Ernest Hemingway , American novelist, short story writer, and journalist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1900 –
Isadora Bennett , American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent (d. 1980)
1901–present
1903 –
Russell Lee , American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)
1903 –
Roy Neuberger , American businessman and financier, co-founded
Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)
1908 –
Jug McSpaden , American golfer and architect (d. 1996)
1911 –
Marshall McLuhan , Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)
1911 –
Umashankar Joshi , Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
1914 –
Aleksander Kreek , Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1977)
1917 –
Alan B. Gold , Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)
1920 –
Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)
1920 –
Isaac Stern , Russian-American violinist and conductor (d. 2001)
1920 –
Jean Daniel , Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author (d. 2020)
1921 –
James Cooke Brown , American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
1921 –
John Horsley , English actor (d. 2014)
1921 –
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa , Zulu sangoma (d. 2020)
1922 –
Kay Starr , American singer (d. 2016)
1922 –
Mollie Sugden , English actress (d. 2009)
1923 –
Rudolph A. Marcus , Canadian-American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1923 –
Queenie Watts , English actress and singer (d. 1980)
1924 –
Don Knotts , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1925 –
Johnny Peirson , Canadian hockey player (d. 2021)
1926 –
Paul Burke , American actor (d. 2009)
1926 –
Norman Jewison , Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2024)
[18]
1926 –
Rahimuddin Khan , Pakistani general and politician, 7th
Governor of Balochistan (d. 2022)
1926 –
Bill Pertwee , English actor (d. 2013)
1926 –
Karel Reisz , Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)
1928 –
Sky Low Low , Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
1929 –
Bob Orton , American wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 –
Anand Bakshi , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)
1930 –
Helen Merrill , American singer
1931 –
Sonny Clark , American pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1931 –
Plas Johnson , American saxophonist
1931 –
Leon Schidlowsky , Chilean-Israeli painter and composer
1932 –
Kaye Stevens , American singer and actress (d. 2011)
1933 –
John Gardner , American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982)
1934 –
Chandu Borde , Indian cricketer and manager
1934 –
Jonathan Miller , English actor, director, and author (d. 2019)
1935 –
Norbert Blüm , German businessman and politician (d. 2020)
1935 –
Moe Drabowsky , Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
1937 –
Eduard Streltsov , Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
1938 –
Les Aspin , American captain and politician, 18th
United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)
1938 –
Anton Kuerti , Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
1938 –
Janet Reno , American lawyer and politician, 79th
United States Attorney General (d. 2016)
1939 –
Jamey Aebersold , American saxophonist and educator
1939 –
Kim Fowley , American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 2015)
1939 –
John Negroponte , English-American diplomat, 23rd
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1942 –
Mallikarjun Kharge , Indian politician, 98th
President of the Indian National Congress
[19]
1943 –
Fritz Glatz , Austrian race car driver (d. 2002)
1943 –
Edward Herrmann , American actor (d. 2014)
1943 –
Henry McCullough , Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
1943 –
Robert Shrum , American author and political advisor
[20]
1944 –
John Atta Mills , Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Ghana (d. 2012)
1944 –
Buchi Emecheta , Nigerian author and academic (d. 2017)
1944 –
Paul Wellstone , American academic and politician (d. 2002)
1945 –
Wendy Cope , English poet, critic, and educator
1945 –
Geoff Dymock , Australian cricketer
1945 –
Barry Richards , South African cricketer
1946 –
Ken Starr , American lawyer and judge, 39th
Solicitor General of the United States (d. 2022)
[21]
1946 –
Timothy Harris , American author, screenwriter and producer
1947 –
Chetan Chauhan , Indian cricketer and politician (d. 2020)
1948 –
Art Hindle , Canadian actor and director
1948 –
Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 –
Garry Trudeau , American cartoonist
1949 –
Christina Hart , American playwright and actress
1949 –
Hirini Melbourne , New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2003)
1950 –
Ubaldo Fillol , Argentinian footballer and coach
1950 –
Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer , English politician,
Minister of State for Transport
1951 –
Richard Gozney , English politician and diplomat, 30th
Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man , 139th
Governor of Bermuda
1951 –
Robin Williams , American actor and comedian (d. 2014)
1952 –
John Barrasso , American physician and politician
1952 –
Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah , Malaysian economist
1953 –
Eric Bazilian , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer
1953 –
Jeff Fatt , Australian keyboard player and actor
1953 –
Bernie Fraser , New Zealand rugby player
1953 –
Brian Talbot , English footballer and manager
1955 –
Howie Epstein , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)
1955 –
Dannel Malloy , American lawyer and politician, 88th
Governor of Connecticut
1955 –
Taco , Indonesian-b. Dutch singer and entertainer
1955 –
Béla Tarr , Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 –
Michael Connelly , American author
1957 –
Stefan Löfven , Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of Sweden
1957 –
Jon Lovitz , American comedian, actor, and producer
1958 –
Dave Henderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1959 –
Gene Miles , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1959 –
Reha Muhtar , Turkish journalist
1959 –
Paul Vautin , Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1960 –
Amar Singh Chamkila , Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1960 –
Veselin Matić , Serbian basketball player and coach
1960 –
Fritz Walter , German footballer
1961 –
Morris Iemma , Australian politician, 40th
Premier of New South Wales
1961 –
Jim Martin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 –
Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale , English businessman
1963 –
Kevin Poole , English footballer and manager
1963 –
Giant Silva , Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
1964 –
Steve Collins , Irish boxer and actor
1964 –
Ross Kemp , English actor and producer
1964 –
Jens Weißflog , German ski jumper and journalist
1965 –
Guðni Bergsson , Icelandic footballer and lawyer
1965 –
Mike Bordick , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1966 –
Arija Bareikis , American actress
1966 –
Sarah Waters , Welsh author
[22]
1968 –
Brandi Chastain , American soccer player and sportscaster
1968 –
Aditya Srivastava , Indian actor
1968 –
Lyle Odelein , Canadian ice hockey player
1969 –
Godfrey , American comedian and actor
1969 –
Klaus Graf , German race car driver
1969 –
Emerson Hart , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969 –
Isabell Werth , German equestrian
1970 –
Michael Fitzpatrick , American singer-songwriter
1971 –
Emmanuel Bangué , French long jumper
1971 –
Charlotte Gainsbourg , English-French actress and singer
1971 –
Nitzan Shirazi , Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1972 –
Kimera Bartee , American baseball player (d. 2021)
[23]
1972 –
Korey Cooper , American singer and guitarist
1972 –
Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner
[24]
1974 –
Geoff Jenkins , American baseball player and coach
1974 –
René Reinumägi , Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 –
Christopher Barzak , American author and educator
1975 –
David Dastmalchian , American actor
[25]
1975 –
Cara Dillon , Irish singer-songwriter
1975 –
Ravindra Pushpakumara , Sri Lankan cricketer
1975 –
Mike Sellers , American football player
1976 –
Cori Bush , American politician
[26]
1976 –
Jalmari Helander , Finnish film director and screenwriter
[27]
1976 –
Jaime Murray , English actress
1977 –
Paul Casey , English golfer
1978 –
Justin Bartha , American actor
1978 –
Anderson da Silva Gibin , Brazilian footballer
1978 –
Josh Hartnett , American actor
1978 –
Julian Huppert , English academic and politician
1978 –
Damian Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
1978 –
Gary Teale , Scottish footballer
1979 –
David Carr , American football player
1979 –
Tamika Catchings , American basketball player
1979 –
Luis Ernesto Michel , Mexican footballer
1979 –
Andriy Voronin , Ukrainian footballer
1980 –
Jon Dorenbos , American football player
[28]
1980 –
Justin Griffith , American football player
1980 –
Sandra Laoura , French skier
1980 –
CC Sabathia , American baseball player
1980 –
Yvonne Sampson , Australian journalist and sportscaster
1980 –
Heath Scotland , Australian rules footballer
[29]
1981 –
Paloma Faith , English singer-songwriter and actress
1981 –
Anabelle Langlois , Canadian figure skater
1981 –
Joaquín , Spanish footballer
1981 –
Blake Lewis , American musician,
American Idol contestant
[30]
1981 –
Romeo Santos , American singer-songwriter
1981 –
Stefan Schumacher , German cyclist
[31]
1982 –
Jason Cram , Australian swimmer
1982 –
Mao Kobayashi , Japanese newscaster and actress (d. 2017)
1983 –
Kellen Winslow II , American football player
[32]
1984 –
Jurrick Juliana , Dutch footballer
1984 –
Liam Ridgewell , English footballer
1985 –
Mati Lember , Estonian footballer
1985 –
Von Wafer , American basketball player
1986 –
Anthony Annan , Ghanaian footballer
1986 –
Rebecca Ferguson , American-English singer-songwriter
1986 –
Jason Thompson , American basketball player
1987 –
Peter Doocy , American journalist[
citation needed ]
1987 –
Bilel Mohsni , French footballer
1987 –
Jesús Zavala , Mexican footballer
1988 –
KB , American rapper
1988 –
DeAndre Jordan , American basketball player
[33]
1988 –
Chris Mitchell , Scottish footballer (d. 2016)
1989 –
Rory Culkin , American actor
[34]
1989 –
Marco Fabián , Mexican footballer
1989 –
Juno Temple , English actress
1989 –
Jamie Waylett , British actor
[35]
1990 –
Franck Elemba , Congolese athlete
1990 –
Chris Martin , English footballer
1990 –
Jason Roy , South African-English cricketer
1990 –
Erislandy Savón , Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer
1991 –
Sara Sampaio , Portuguese model
1992 –
Jude Adjei-Barimah , Italian-American football player
[36]
1992 –
Jessica Barden , English actress
[37]
1992 –
Julia Beljajeva , Estonian épée fencer
[38]
1992 –
Burak Çelik , Turkish actor and model
[39]
1992 –
Da$H , American rapper
[40]
1992 –
Giovanni De Gennaro , Italian slalom canoeist
[41]
[42]
1992 –
Charlotte de Witte , Belgian DJ and record producer
[43]
1992 –
Dawid Dryja , Polish volleyball player
[44]
1992 –
Rachael Flatt , American figure skater
[45]
1992 –
Marcus Harris , Australian cricketer
[46]
1992 –
Jonathon Jennings , American
Canadian football player
[47]
1992 –
Dante Marini , American soccer player
[48]
1992 –
Henry Owens , American baseball pitcher
[49]
1992 –
Andrew Rayel , Moldovan DJ and producer
[50]
1992 –
Yuka Sato , Japanese javelin thrower
[51]
1992 –
Miles Ukaoma , American-born Nigerian hurdler
[52]
1996 –
Mikael Ingebrigtsen , Norwegian footballer
[53]
1998 –
Marie Bouzkova , Czech tennis player
[54]
2000 –
Erling Haaland , Norwegian footballer
[55]
Deaths
Pre-1600
658 –
K'an II , Mayan ruler (b. 588)
710 –
Li Guo'er , princess of the Tang dynasty
710 –
Wei , empress of the Tang Dynasty
710 –
Shangguan Wan'er , Chinese poet (b. 664)
987 –
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
1259 –
Gojong of Goryeo
1403 –
Henry Percy , English soldier (b. 1364)
1403 –
Sir Walter Blount , English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV
1403 –
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford , English soldier
1425 –
Manuel II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)
1552 –
Antonio de Mendoza , Spanish politician, 1st
Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)
1601–1900
1688 –
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
1793 –
Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux , French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
1796 –
Robert Burns , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
[56]
1798 –
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt , Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
1798 –
Anthony Perry , Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
1868 –
William Bland , Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
1878 –
Sam Bass , American outlaw (b. 1851)
1880 –
Hiram Walden , American general and politician (b. 1800)
1889 –
Nelson Dewey , American lawyer and politician, 1st
Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1899 –
Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
1901–present
1920 –
Fiammetta Wilson , English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
[57]
1928 –
Ellen Terry , English actress (b. 1847)
[58]
1932 –
Bill Gleason , American baseball player (b. 1858)
1938 –
Owen Wister , American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
1941 –
Bohdan Lepky , Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
1943 –
Charley Paddock , American runner and actor (b. 1900)
1943 –
Louis Vauxcelles , French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
1944 –
Claus von Stauffenberg , German soldier (b. 1907)
1946 –
Gualberto Villarroel , Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th
President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
1948 –
Arshile Gorky , Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
1952 –
Pedro Lascuráin , Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)
[59]
1966 –
Philipp Frank , Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
1967 –
Jimmie Foxx , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
1967 –
Albert Lutuli , South African academic and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1967 –
Basil Rathbone , South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
1968 –
Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
[60]
1970 –
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov , Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970 –
Bob Kalsu , American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
1972 –
Ralph Craig , American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
1972 –
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck , Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
1977 –
Lee Miller , American model and photographer (b. 1907)
1982 –
Dave Garroway , American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
1991 –
Paul Warwick , English race car driver (b. 1969)
1994 –
Marijac , French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
1997 –
Olaf Kopvillem , Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
1998 –
Alan Shepard , American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
1998 –
Robert Young , American actor and singer (b. 1907)
2000 –
Marc Reisner , American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
2002 –
Esphyr Slobodkina , Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
2003 –
John Davies , English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)
2004 –
Jerry Goldsmith , American composer and conductor (b. 1929)
2004 –
Edward B. Lewis , American geneticist and biologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2005 –
Long John Baldry , English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)
2005 –
Lord Alfred Hayes , English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)
2006 –
Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)
2006 –
Ta Mok , Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926)
2007 –
Dubravko Škiljan , Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)
2008 –
Donald Stokes , English businessman (b. 1914)
2010 –
Luis Corvalán , Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)
2010 –
Ralph Houk , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2010 –
John E. Irving , Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
2012 –
Alexander Cockburn , Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
2012 –
Marie Kruckel , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2012 –
Ali Podrimja , Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)
2012 –
James D. Ramage , American admiral and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 –
Angharad Rees , English-b. Welsh actress (b. 1944)
2012 –
Don Wilson , English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2013 –
Andrea Antonelli , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)
2013 –
Lourembam Brojeshori Devi , Indian martial artist (b. 1981)
2013 –
Det de Beus , Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)
2013 –
Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom , Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971)
2013 –
Fred Taylor , American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 –
Louise Abeita ,
Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)
2014 –
Dan Borislow , American businessman, invented the
magicJack (b. 1961)
2014 –
Lettice Curtis , English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)
2014 –
Hans-Peter Kaul , German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
2014 –
Rilwanu Lukman , Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)
[61]
2014 –
Kevin Skinner , New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)
[62]
2015 –
Robert Broberg , Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2015 –
E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)
[63]
2015 –
Nicholas Gonzalez , American physician (b. 1947)
2015 –
Czesław Marchaj , Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)
[64]
2015 –
Dick Nanninga , Dutch footballer (b. 1949)
2016 –
Dennis Green , American football player and coach (b. 1949)
[65]
2017 –
John Heard , American film and television actor (b. 1946)
[66]
2018 –
Alene Duerk , U.S. Navy first female admiral (b. 1920)
[67]
2020 –
Annie Ross , Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)
[68]
2020 –
Andrew Mlangeni , South African political activist (b. 1925)
[69]
2023 –
Tony Bennett , American singer (b. 1926)
[70]
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