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Day of the year
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 178 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1614 –
Raid on Żejtun : The south east of
Malta , and the town of
Żejtun , suffer a raid from
Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of
Malta .
1630 –
Thirty Years' War : Four thousand Swedish troops under
Gustavus Adolphus land in
Pomerania , Germany.
1685 –
Battle of Sedgemoor : Last battle of the
Monmouth Rebellion . Troops of King James II defeat troops of
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth .
1751 –
Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the
Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Arch
diocese of
Udine and
Gorizia .
1777 –
American Revolutionary War :
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga : After a bombardment by British
artillery under General
John Burgoyne ,
American forces retreat from
Fort Ticonderoga , New York.
1779 –
Battle of Grenada : The French defeat British naval forces in the
Caribbean during the
American Revolutionary War .
1791 – At
Padua , the Emperor
Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France
Louis XVI 's freedom.
[5]
1801 –
First Battle of Algeciras : Outnumbered
French Navy ships defeat the
Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of
Algeciras .
1809 – The second day of the
Battle of Wagram ; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
1854 – The
Republican Party of the
United States held its first convention in
Jackson, Michigan .
1885 –
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his
vaccine against
rabies on
Joseph Meister , a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 –
David Kalākaua , monarch of the
Kingdom of Hawaii , is forced to sign the
Bayonet Constitution , which transfers much of the king's authority to the
Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii .
1892 – Three thousand eight hundred
striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with
Pinkerton agents during the
Homestead Strike , leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1901–present
1917 –
World War I :
Arabian troops led by
T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and
Auda ibu Tayi capture
Aqaba from the
Ottoman Empire during the
Arab Revolt .
1918 – The
Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador
Wilhelm von Mirbach by
Cheka members.
1919 – The British
dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1933 – The first
Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's
Comiskey Park . The
American League defeated the
National League 4–2.
1936 – A major breach of the
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the
River Irwell .
1937 –
Spanish Civil War :
Battle of Brunete : The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
1939 –
Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
1940 –
Story Bridge , a major landmark in
Brisbane , as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
1941 –
World War II : The German army launches its
offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near
Smolensk .
1942 –
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "
Secret Annexe " above her father's office in an
Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 –
Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a
court-martial .
1944 – The
Hartford circus fire , one of America's worst
fire disasters , kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in
Hartford, Connecticut .
[6]
1947 –
Referendum held in
Sylhet to decide its fate in the
Partition of India .
[7]
1947 – The
AK-47 goes into production in the
Soviet Union .
1957 –
Althea Gibson wins the
Wimbledon championships , becoming the first black athlete to do so.
[8]
1957 –
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
[9]
1962 – As a part of
Operation Plowshare , the
Sedan nuclear test takes place.
1962 –
The Late Late Show , the world's longest-running
chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on
RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 –
Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 – Malawi becomes a
republic , with
Hastings Banda as its first
President .
1967 –
Nigerian Civil War :
Nigerian forces invade
Biafra , beginning the war.
1975 – The
Comoros declares independence from France.
1982 – While attempting to return to
Sheremetyevo International Airport ,
Aeroflot Flight 411 , an
Ilyushin Il-62 , crashes near
Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast , killing all 90 people on board.
[10]
1988 – The
Piper Alpha drilling platform in the
North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
1989 – The
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack : Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
1995 – In the
Bosnian War , under the command of General
Ratko Mladić , Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of
Srebrenica .
1996 – A
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as
Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a
turbine engine failure during takeoff from
Pensacola International Airport , killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.
[11]
1997 –
The Troubles : In response to the
Drumcree dispute , five days of
mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of
Northern Ireland .
1998 –
Hong Kong International Airport opens in
Chek Lap Kok ,
Hong Kong , replacing
Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
2003 – The 70-metre
Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a
METI message (
Cosmic Call 2 ) to five stars:
Hip 4872 ,
HD 245409 ,
55 Cancri (HD 75732),
HD 10307 and
47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
2006 – The
Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the
Sino-Indian War , re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a
shooting at a school in
Yobe State ,
Nigeria .
2013 – A
Boeing 777 operating as
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at
San Francisco International Airport , killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
2013 – A 73-car oil train
derails in the town of
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
2021 – An
Antonov An-26 operating as
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to
Palana Airport , killing all 28 aboard.
[12]
2022 – The
Georgia Guidestones , a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
[13]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1623 –
Jacopo Melani , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
1678 –
Nicola Francesco Haym , Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
1686 –
Antoine de Jussieu , French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
1701 –
Mary, Countess of Harold , English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1785)
[17]
1736 –
Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (d. 1802)
1747 –
John Paul Jones , Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
1766 –
Alexander Wilson , Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
1782 –
Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
1785 –
William Hooker , English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
1789 –
María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
1796 –
Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
[18]
1797 –
Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1869)
[19]
1799 –
Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill , American author (d. 1879)
[20]
1817 –
Albert von Kölliker , Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
1818 –
Adolf Anderssen , German chess player (d. 1879)
1823 –
Sophie Adlersparre , Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (d. 1895)
[21]
1829 –
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
1831 –
Sylvester Pennoyer , American lawyer and politician, 8th
Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
1832 –
Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
[22]
1837 –
R. G. Bhandarkar , Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
1838 –
Vatroslav Jagić , Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
1840 –
José María Velasco Gómez , Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
1843 –
John Downer , Australian politician, 16th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)
1846 –
Ángela Peralta , Mexican opera singer (d. 1883)
[23]
1856 –
George Howard Earle, Jr. , American lawyer and businessman (d. 1928)
1858 –
William Irvine , Irish-Australian politician, 21st
Premier of Victoria (d. 1943)
1865 –
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
1868 –
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
1873 –
Dimitrios Maximos , Greek banker and politician, 140th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
1877 –
Arnaud Massy , French golfer (d. 1950)
1878 –
Eino Leino , Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
[24]
1883 –
Godfrey Huggins ,
Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (d. 1971)
[25]
1884 –
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
1885 –
Ernst Busch , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1886 –
Marc Bloch , French historian and academic (d. 1944)
[26]
1887 –
Marc Chagall , Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
1887 –
Annette Kellermann , Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
1890 –
Dhan Gopal Mukerji , Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
1891 –
Earle S. MacPherson , American engineer, created
MacPherson strut (d. 1960)
[27]
1892 –
Will James , American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
1897 –
Richard Krautheimer , German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
1898 –
Hanns Eisler , German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
1899 –
Susannah Mushatt Jones , American
supercentarian (d. 2016)
1900 –
Frederica Sagor Maas , American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1900 –
Elfriede Wever , German Olympic runner (d. 1941)
1901–present
1903 –
Hugo Theorell , Swedish biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1904 –
Robert Whitney , American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
1904 –
Erik Wickberg , Swedish 9th
General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
1905 –
Juan O'Gorman , Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982)
[28]
1907 –
Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
1907 –
George Stanley , Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the
flag of Canada (d. 2002)
1908 –
Anton Muttukumaru , Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
1909 –
Eric Reece , Australian politician, 32nd
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)
1910 –
René Le Grèves , French cyclist (d. 1946)
1911 –
June Gale , American actress (d. 1996)
1912 –
Heinrich Harrer , Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
1912 –
Molly Yard , American feminist (d. 2005)
1913 –
Vance Trimble , American journalist and author (d. 2021)
1914 –
Vince McMahon Sr. , American wrestling promoter, founded
WWE (d. 1984)
1914 –
Ernest Kirkendall , American chemist and metallurgist (d. 2005)
1915 –
Leonard Birchall , Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (d. 2004)
1916 –
Harold Norse , American poet and author (d. 2009)
1916 –
Don R. Christensen , American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006)
1917 –
Arthur Lydiard , New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
1918 –
Sebastian Cabot , English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
1918 –
Herm Fuetsch , American professional basketball player (d. 2010)
1918 –
Francisco Moncion , Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the
New York City Ballet (d. 1995)
1919 –
Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
1919 –
Edward Kenna , Australian Second World War recipient of the
Victoria Cross (d. 2009)
1919 –
Ray Dowker , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004)
1921 –
Allan MacEachen , Canadian economist and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017)
1921 –
Billy Mauch , American actor (d. 2006)
1921 –
Bobby Mauch , American actor (d. 2007)
1921 –
Nancy Reagan , American actress and activist, 42nd
First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
[29]
1922 –
William Schallert , American actor; president (1979–81) of the
Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
1923 –
Wojciech Jaruzelski , Polish general and politician, 1st
President of Poland (d. 2014)
1924 –
Mahim Bora , Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the
Padma Shri , India's fourth highest civilian honour (d. 2016)
1924 –
Louie Bellson , American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
1925 –
Ruth Cracknell , Australian actress (d. 2002)
[30]
1925 –
Merv Griffin , American actor, singer, and producer, created
Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
1925 –
Bill Haley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1925 –
Gazi Yaşargil , Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
1926 –
Sulev Vahtre , Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
1926 –
Armando Silvestre , Mexican-American actor
1926 –
Dorothy E. Smith , Canadian sociologist (d. 2022)
[31]
1927 –
Jan Hein Donner , Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
1927 –
Janet Leigh , American actress and author (d. 2004)
1928 –
Bernard Malgrange , French mathematician
1929 –
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse , French politician historian (d. 2023)
1930 –
George Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021)
[32]
1930 –
Ian Burgess , English racing driver (d. 2012)
[33]
1931 –
Della Reese , American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1931 –
László Tábori , Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018)
1932 –
Herman Hertzberger , Dutch architect and academic
1935 –
Candy Barr , American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
1935 –
Tenzin Gyatso ,
14th Dalai Lama
1936 –
Dave Allen , Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1937 –
Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
1937 –
Ned Beatty , American actor (d. 2021)
[34]
1937 –
Gene Chandler , American singer-songwriter and producer
1937 –
Bessie Head , Botswanan writer (d. 1986)
[35]
1937 –
Michael Sata , Zambian police officer and politician, 5th
President of Zambia (d. 2014)
1939 –
Jet Harris , English bass player (d. 2011)
1939 –
Mary Peters , English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
1939 –
Bruce Hunter , American swimmer (d. 2018)
1940 –
Nursultan Nazarbayev , Kazakh politician, 1st
President of Kazakhstan
1940 –
Jeannie Seely , Grammy Award-winning
country music singer-songwriter and
Grand Ole Opry member
1940 –
Siti Norma Yaakob , Malaysian lawyer and judge
[36]
[37]
1941 –
David Crystal , British linguist, author, and academic
1941 –
Reinhard Roder , German footballer and manager
1942 –
Ian Leslie , Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host
[38]
1943 –
Tamara Sinyavskaya , Russian soprano
1944 –
Gunhild Hoffmeister , German runner
1945 –
Burt Ward , American actor
[39]
1946 –
George W. Bush , American businessman and politician, 43rd
President of the United States
[40]
1946 –
Fred Dryer , American football player and actor
1946 –
Peter Singer , Australian philosopher and academic
1946 –
Sylvester Stallone , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 –
Roy Señeres , Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016)
1948 –
Nathalie Baye , French actress
1948 –
Jean-Pierre Blackburn , Canadian academic and politician, 26th
Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
1948 –
Brad Park , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1949 –
Noli de Castro , Filipino journalist and politician, 14th
Vice President of the Philippines
1949 –
Phyllis Hyman , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
1949 –
Michael Shrieve , American composer, drummer, and percussionist
1950 –
John Byrne , English-American author and illustrator
1951 –
Lorna Golding , Former First Lady of Jamaica
1951 –
Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor and producer
1951 –
Rick Sternbach , American illustrator and concept designer
[41]
1952 –
Hilary Mantel , English author and critic (d. 2022)
[42]
1953 –
Nanci Griffith , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1953 –
Kaiser Kalambo , Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1953 –
Robert Ménard , French politician and former journalist
1954 –
Allyce Beasley , American actress
1954 –
Willie Randolph , American baseball player and manager
1958 –
Jennifer Saunders , English actress, comedian and screenwriter
[43]
1959 –
Richard Dacoury , French basketball player
1960 –
Maria Wasiak , Polish businesswoman and politician,
Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
1962 –
Todd Bennett , English runner and coach (d. 2013)
[44]
1962 –
Peter Hedges , American author, screenwriter, and director[
citation needed ]
1967 –
Heather Nova , Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 –
Inspectah Deck , American rapper and producer
1972 –
Daniel Andrews , Australian politician, 48th
Premier of Victoria
1972 –
Laurent Gaudé , French author and playwright
1972 –
Greg Norton , American baseball player and coach
1972 –
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block , Ukrainian sprinter
1974 –
Harashima , Japanese professional wrestler
[45]
1974 –
Zé Roberto , Brazilian footballer
1975 –
50 Cent , American rapper and actor
[46]
1975 –
Sebastián Rulli , Argentine-Mexican actor and model
1975 –
Amir-Abbas Fakhravar , Iranian journalist and activist
1975 –
Kristian Woolf , Australian rugby league player and coach
[47]
1976 –
Rory Delap , English-Irish footballer
1976 –
Ioana Dumitriu , Romanian-American mathematician and academic
1977 –
Max Mirnyi , Belarusian tennis player
1977 –
Makhaya Ntini , South African cricketer
1978 –
Adam Busch , American actor, director, and producer
1978 –
Tamera Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 –
Tia Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 –
Kevin Senio , New Zealand rugby player
1979 –
Nic Cester , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 –
Kevin Hart , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1980 –
Joell Ortiz , American rapper
1980 –
Eva Green , French actress and model
[48]
1981 –
Nnamdi Asomugha , American football player
1981 –
Roman Shirokov , Russian footballer
1982 –
Brandon Jacobs , American football player
1982 –
Misty Upham , American actress (d. 2014)
[49]
1983 –
Gregory Smith , Canadian actor, director, and producer
1984 –
Zhang Hao , Chinese figure skater
1985 –
Ranveer Singh , Indian film actor
[50]
1986 –
David Karp , American businessman, founded
Tumblr
1987 –
Sophie Auster , American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 –
Manteo Mitchell , American runner
1987 –
Kate Nash , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987 –
Caroline Trentini , Brazilian model
[51]
1988 –
Kevin Fickentscher , Swiss footballer
1990 –
Magaye Gueye , French footballer
1990 –
Jamal Idris , Australian rugby league player
[52]
1990 –
Justin Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player
[53]
1992 –
Na-Lae Han , South Korean tennis player
[54]
1992 –
Manny Machado , Dominican-American baseball player
[55]
2000 –
Zion Williamson , American basketball player
[56]
Deaths
Pre-1600
371 BC –
Cleombrotus I , Spartan king
649 –
Goar of Aquitaine , French bishop
887 –
Wang Chongrong , Chinese warlord
918 –
William I , duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
1017 –
Genshin , Japanese scholar (b. 942)
1070 –
Godelieve , Flemish saint (b. 1049)
1189 –
Henry II , king of England (b. 1133)
[57]
1218 –
Odo III , duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 –
Alexander II , king of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415 –
Jan Hus , Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
[2]
1476 –
Regiomontanus , German mathematician and astrologer (b. 1436)
1480 –
Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533 –
Ludovico Ariosto , Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
1535 –
Thomas More , English lawyer and politician,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
1553 –
Edward VI , king of England and Ireland (b. 1537)
1583 –
Edmund Grindal , English archbishop (b. 1519)
1585 –
Thomas Aufield , English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
1601–1900
1614 –
Man Singh I , Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550)
1684 –
Peter Gunning , English bishop (b. 1614)
1758 –
George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe , English general and politician (b. 1725)
1768 –
Conrad Beissel , German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
1802 –
Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (b. 1736)
1809 –
Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French general (b. 1775)
1813 –
Granville Sharp , English activist (b. 1735)
1815 –
Samuel Whitbread , English politician (b. 1764)
[58]
1835 –
John Marshall , American captain and politician, 4th
United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
1854 –
Georg Ohm , German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
1868 –
Harada Sanosuke , Japanese captain (b. 1840)
1893 –
Guy de Maupassant , French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
1901–present
1901 –
Chlodwig Carl Viktor , German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
1902 –
Maria Goretti , Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
1904 –
Abai Qunanbaiuly , Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
1907 –
August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein , German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
1914 –
Georges Legagneux , French aviator (b. 1882)
[59]
1916 –
Odilon Redon , French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
1918 –
Wilhelm von Mirbach , German diplomat (b. 1871)
1922 –
Maria Teresia Ledóchowska , Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
1932 –
Kenneth Grahame , Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
1934 –
Nestor Makhno , Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
1946 –
Horace Pippin , American painter (b. 1888)
1947 –
Adolfo Müller-Ury , Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
1952 –
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th
Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
1954 –
Cornelia Sorabji , Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (b. 1866)
[60]
1959 –
George Grosz , German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
1960 –
Aneurin Bevan , Welsh-English politician,
Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
1961 –
Scott LaFaro , American bassist (b. 1936)
1961 –
Woodall Rodgers , American lawyer and politician,
Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
1962 –
Paul Boffa , Maltese soldier and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
1962 –
William Faulkner , American novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1962 –
Joseph August , archduke of Austria (b. 1872)
1963 –
George , duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
1964 –
Claude V. Ricketts , American admiral (b. 1906)
1966 –
Sad Sam Jones , American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
1967 –
Hilda Taba , Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
1971 –
Louis Armstrong , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
1973 –
Otto Klemperer , German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
1975 –
Reşat Ekrem Koçu , Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 –
Zhu De , Chinese general and politician,
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
1976 –
Fritz Lenz , German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
1977 –
Ödön Pártos , Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
1978 –
Babe Paley , American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
1979 –
Van McCoy , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
1986 –
Jagjivan Ram , Indian lawyer and politician, 4th
Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
1987 –
Elli Stenberg , Finnish politician (b. 1903)
[61]
1989 –
János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician,
Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
1991 –
Mudashiru Lawal , Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1992 –
Marsha P. Johnson , American
drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
1994 –
Ahmet Haxhiu , Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
1995 –
Aziz Nesin , Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
1997 –
Chetan Anand , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1998 –
Roy Rogers , American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
1999 –
Joaquín Rodrigo , Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
2000 –
Władysław Szpilman , Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
2002 –
Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded
Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
2002 –
John Frankenheimer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2003 –
Buddy Ebsen , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
2003 –
Çelik Gülersoy , Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
2004 –
Thomas Klestil , Austrian politician, 10th
President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 –
Syreeta Wright , American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2005 –
Ed McBain , American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2005 –
Claude Simon , Malagasy-French novelist and critic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
2006 –
Kasey Rogers , American actress (b. 1925)
2007 –
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss , American author (b. 1939)
2009 –
Vasily Aksyonov , Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
2009 –
Robert McNamara , American businessman and politician, 8th
United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
2010 –
Harvey Fuqua , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2011 –
Carly Hibberd , Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985)
[62]
2012 –
Hani al-Hassan , Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
2013 –
Lo Hsing Han , Burmese businessman, co-founded
Asia World (b. 1935)
2014 –
Alan J. Dixon , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th
Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
2015 –
Jerry Weintraub , American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)
2018 –
Shoko Asahara , founder of Japanese cult group
Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955)
[63]
2019 –
João Gilberto , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of
bossa nova music style (b. 1931)
[64]
2020 –
Charlie Daniels , American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (b. 1936)
[65]
2020 –
Mary Kay Letourneau , American child rapist (b. 1962)
[66]
2020 –
Ennio Morricone , Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (b. 1928)
[67]
2022 –
James Caan , American actor (b. 1940)
[68]
2022 –
Arnaldo Pambianco , Italian former professional road racing cyclist (b. 1935)
[69]
2022 –
Norah Vincent , American writer (b. 1968)
[70]
Holidays and observances
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