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Day of the year
June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 212 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 – The
Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
[3]
1615 – The first
Récollet
missionaries arrive at
Quebec City , from
Rouen , France.
[4]
1676 –
Franco-Dutch War :
France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the
Battle of Palermo .
[5]
1692 –
Bridget Bishop is the first person to be
tried for witchcraft in
Salem, Massachusetts ; she was found guilty and later hanged.
1763 –
Pontiac's Rebellion : At what is now
Mackinaw City, Michigan ,
Chippewas capture
Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of
lacrosse , then chasing a ball into the fort.
1774 –
Intolerable Acts : The
Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in
colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1780 – The anti-Catholic
Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.
[6]
1793 –
French Revolution :
François Hanriot , leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22
Girondists selected by
Jean-Paul Marat , setting the stage for the
Reign of Terror .
1805 –
Napoleonic Wars : A
Franco -
Spanish fleet
recaptures Diamond Rock , an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to
Fort-de-France , from the British.
1835 –
P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1848 – The
Slavic congress in
Prague begins.
1866 – The
Fenians defeat Canadian forces at
Ridgeway and
Fort Erie , but the raids end soon after.
1896 –
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a
patent for his
wireless telegraph .
1901–present
1909 –
Alfred Deakin becomes
Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1910 –
Charles Rolls , a co-founder of
Rolls-Royce Limited , becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the
English Channel by plane.
1919 –
Anarchists simultaneously
set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1924 – U.S. President
Calvin Coolidge signs the
Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting
citizenship to all
Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1941 –
World War II : German
paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of
Kondomari and
Alikianos .
1946 –
Birth of the Italian Republic : In a
referendum ,
Italians vote to turn Italy from a
monarchy into a
Republic . After the referendum, King
Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1953 – The
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at
Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation
[7] and one of the first major international events to be televised.
[8]
1955 – The
USSR and
Yugoslavia sign the
Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since
1948 .
[9]
1962 – During the
FIFA World Cup , police had to intervene multiple times in fights between
Chilean and
Italian players in
one of the most violent games in
football history.
1964 – The
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
[10]
1966 –
Surveyor program :
Surveyor 1 lands in
Oceanus Procellarum on the
Moon , becoming the first U.S.
spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1967 –
Luis Monge is executed in
Colorado 's
gas chamber , in the last
pre-Furman execution in the United States.
1967 – Protests in
West Berlin against the arrival of the
Shah of
Iran are brutally suppressed, during which
Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the
terrorist group
Movement 2 June .
1979 –
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first
Pope to visit a
Communist country.
1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard
Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a
flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
1990 – The
Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in
Illinois ,
Indiana ,
Kentucky , and
Ohio , killing 12.
1997 – In
Denver ,
Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and
conspiracy for his role in the
1995
bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City , in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet,
Mars . The
European Space Agency 's
Mars Express probe launches from the
Baikonur space center in
Kazakhstan .
2012 – Former
Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to
life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the
2011 Egyptian revolution .
2014 –
Telangana officially
becomes the 29th
state of India , formed from ten districts of northwestern
Andhra Pradesh .
2022 – Following a request from
Ankara , the
United Nations officially changed the name of the
Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "
Türkiye ."
[11]
2023 – A
collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of
Balasor ,
Odisha in eastern
India , results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1602 –
Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia , Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)
1621 –
Rutger von Ascheberg , Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)
[16]
1621 – (baptized)
Isaac van Ostade , Dutch painter (d. 1649)
[17]
1638 –
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (d. 1709)
1644 –
William Salmon , English medical writer (d. 1713)
1731 –
Martha Washington ,
First Lady of the United States (d. 1802)
[18]
1739 –
Jabez Bowen , American colonel and politician, 45th
Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1815)
1740 –
Marquis de Sade , French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
1743 –
Alessandro Cagliostro , Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
1773 –
John Randolph of Roanoke , American planter and politician, 8th
United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1833)
1774 –
William Lawson , English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
1813 –
Daniel Pollen , Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1896)
1823 –
Gédéon Ouimet , Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)
1835 –
Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
1838 –
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)
1840 –
Thomas Hardy , English novelist and poet (d. 1928)
1840 –
Émile Munier , French artist (d. 1895)
1857 –
Edward Elgar , English composer and educator (d. 1934)
1857 –
Karl Adolph Gjellerup , Danish author and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1861 –
Concordia Selander , Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
1863 –
Felix Weingartner , Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
1865 –
George Lohmann , English cricketer (d. 1901)
1865 –
Adelaide Casely-Hayford ,
Sierra Leone Creole
advocate and activist for cultural
nationalism (d. 1960)
[19]
1866 –
Jack O'Connor , American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
[20]
1875 –
Charles Stewart Mott , American businessman and politician, 50th
Mayor of Flint, Michigan (d. 1973)
1878 –
Wallace Hartley , English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
1881 –
Walter Egan , American golfer (d. 1971)
1891 –
Thurman Arnold , American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
1891 –
Takijirō Ōnishi , Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
1899 –
Lotte Reiniger , German animator and director (d. 1981)
1899 –
Edwin Way Teale , American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)
1901–present
1904 –
Frank Runacres , English painter and educator (d. 1974)
1904 –
Johnny Weissmuller , Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
1907 –
Dorothy West , American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1907 –
John Lehmann , English poet and publisher (d. 1987)
1910 –
Hector Dyer , American sprinter (d. 1990)
1911 –
Joe McCluskey , American runner (d. 2002)
[21]
1913 –
Barbara Pym , English author (d. 1980)
[22]
1913 –
Elsie Tu , English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)
1915 –
Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy (d. 1992)
1917 –
Heinz Sielmann , German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1918 –
Ruth Atkinson , Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)
1918 –
Kathryn Tucker Windham , American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1920 –
Frank G. Clement , American lawyer and politician, 41st
Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1920 –
Yolande Donlan , American-English actress (d. 2014)
1920 –
Marcel Reich-Ranicki , Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)
1920 –
Tex Schramm , American businessman (d. 2003)
1920 –
Johnny Speight , English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)
1921 –
Betty Freeman , American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
1921 –
Ernie Royal , American trumpet player (d. 1983)
1921 –
Sigmund Sternberg , Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1921 –
András Szennay , Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
1922 –
Juan Antonio Bardem , Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1922 –
Carmen Silvera , Canadian-English actress (d. 2002)
1923 –
Lloyd Shapley , American mathematician and economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1924 –
June Callwood , Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
1926 –
Chiyonoyama Masanobu , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st
Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1926 –
Milo O'Shea , Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
1927 –
W. Watts Biggers , American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
1927 –
Colin Brittan , English footballer (d. 2013)
[23]
1928 –
Erzsi Kovács , Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
1928 –
Ron Reynolds , English footballer (d. 1999)
[24]
1929 –
Norton Juster , American architect, author, and academic (d. 2021)
1929 –
Ken McGregor , Australian tennis player (d. 2007)
1930 –
Pete Conrad , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
1933 –
Sasao Gouland , governor of
Chuuk State , Micronesia (d. 2011)
[25]
1933 –
Jerry Lumpe , American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1933 –
Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson ,
drag racer (d. 1971)
[26]
1934 –
Johnny Carter , American singer (d. 2009)
1935 –
Carol Shields , American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2003)
1935 –
Dimitri Kitsikis , Greek poet and educator (d. 2021)
1936 –
Volodymyr Holubnychy , Ukrainian race walker (d. 2021)
1937 –
Rosalyn Higgins , English lawyer and judge
1937 –
Sally Kellerman , American actress (d. 2022)
[27]
1937 –
Jimmy Jones , American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1937 –
Robert Paul , Canadian figure skater and choreographer
1937 –
Deric Washburn , American screenwriter and playwright
1938 –
Kevin Brownlow , English historian and author
1938 –
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose , Scottish lawyer and judge
1939 –
Charles Miller , American musician (d. 1980)
1939 –
John Schlee , American golfer (d. 2000)
1940 –
Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)
[28]
1941 –
Ünal Aysal , Turkish businessman
1941 –
Stacy Keach , American actor
1941 –
Lou Nanne , Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1941 –
Charlie Watts , English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2021)
[29]
1942 –
Mike Ahern , Australian politician, 32nd
Premier of Queensland (d. 2023)
1943 –
Charles Haid , American actor and director
1943 –
Crescenzio Sepe , Italian cardinal
1944 –
Robert Elliott , American actor (d. 2004)
1944 –
Marvin Hamlisch , American composer and conductor (d. 2012)
1945 –
Richard Long , English painter, sculptor, and photographer
1945 –
Bonnie Newman , American businesswoman and politician
1946 –
Lasse Hallström , Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 –
Peter Sutcliffe , English serial killer (d. 2020)
[30]
1948 –
Jerry Mathers , American actor
1949 –
Heather Couper , English astronomer and physicist (d. 2020)
1949 –
Frank Rich , American journalist and critic
1950 –
Joanna Gleason , Canadian actress and singer
1950 –
Momčilo Vukotić , Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1951 –
Gilbert Baker , American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (d. 2017)
[31]
1951 –
Arnold Mühren , Dutch footballer and manager
1951 –
Larry Robinson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 –
Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven , Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
1952 –
Gary Bettman , American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the
National Hockey League
1953 –
Vidar Johansen , Norwegian saxophonist
1953 –
Craig Stadler , American golfer
1953 –
Cornel West , American philosopher, author, and academic
1954 –
Dennis Haysbert , American actor and producer
1955 –
Dana Carvey , American comedian and actor
1955 –
Nandan Nilekani , Indian businessman, co-founded
Infosys
1955 –
Mani Ratnam , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 –
Michael Steele , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1956 –
Jan Lammers , Dutch race car driver
1957 –
Mark Lawrenson , English footballer and manager
1958 –
Lex Luger , American wrestler and football player
1959 –
Rineke Dijkstra , Dutch photographer
1959 –
Lydia Lunch , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1959 –
Erwin Olaf , Dutch photographer
1960 –
Olga Bondarenko , Russian runner
1960 –
Tony Hadley , English singer-songwriter and actor
1960 –
Kyle Petty , American race car driver and sportscaster
1961 –
Dez Cadena , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 –
Mark Plaatjes , South African-American runner and coach
1963 –
Anand Abhyankar , Indian actor (d. 2012)
1964 –
Caroline Link , German director and screenwriter
1965 –
Russ Courtnall , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 –
Mark Waugh , Australian cricketer and journalist
1965 –
Steve Waugh , Australian cricketer
1966 –
Dayana Cadeau , Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
[32]
[33]
1966 –
Candace Gingrich , American activist
[34]
1966 –
Pedro Guerra , Spanish singer-songwriter
1966 –
Catherine King , Australian politician
[35]
1966 –
Petra van Staveren , Dutch swimmer
1967 –
Remigija Nazarovienė , Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
1967 –
Mike Stanton , American baseball player
1967 –
Nadhim Zahawi , British politician
[36]
1968 –
Merril Bainbridge , Australian singer-songwriter
1968 –
Andy Cohen , American television host
1968 –
Lester Green , American comedian and actor
[37]
[38]
[39]
1969 –
Kurt Abbott , American baseball player
1969 –
Paulo Sérgio , Brazilian footballer
1969 –
David Wheaton , American tennis player, radio host, and author
1970 –
B Real , American rapper and actor
1971 –
Kateřina Jacques , Czech translator and politician
1972 –
Wayne Brady , American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
1972 –
Raúl Ibañez , American baseball player
1972 –
Wentworth Miller , American actor and screenwriter
1973 –
Marko Kristal , Estonian footballer and manager
1973 –
Neifi Pérez , Dominican-American baseball player
1974 –
Gata Kamsky , Russian-American chess player
1974 –
Matt Serra , American mixed martial artist
1975 –
Salvatore Scibona , American author
1976 –
Earl Boykins , American basketball player
1976 –
Martin Čech , Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1976 –
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira , Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
1976 –
Tim Rice-Oxley , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1977 –
Teet Allas , Estonian footballer
1977 –
A.J. Styles , American wrestler
1977 –
Zachary Quinto , American actor and producer
1978 –
Dominic Cooper , English actor
1978 –
Nikki Cox , American actress
1978 –
Yi So-yeon ,
biotechnologist and
astronaut , the first
Korean in space
[40]
1978 –
Justin Long , American actor
[41]
1979 –
Morena Baccarin , Brazilian-American actress
1979 –
Butterfly Boucher , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1980 –
Fabrizio Moretti , Brazilian-American drummer
1980 –
Bobby Simmons , American basketball player
[42]
1980 –
Richard Skuse , English rugby player
1980 –
Abby Wambach , American soccer player and coach
1980 –
Tomasz Wróblewski , Polish bass player and songwriter
1981 –
Nikolay Davydenko , Russian tennis player
1981 –
Chin-hui Tsao , Taiwanese baseball player
1982 –
Jewel Staite , Canadian actress
1983 –
Chris Higgins , American ice hockey player
1983 –
Toni Livers , Swiss skier
1984 –
Jack Afamasaga , New Zealand rugby league player
1984 –
Feleti Mateo , Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1985 –
Miyuki Sawashiro , Japanese voice actress and singer
[43]
1986 –
Todd Carney , Australian rugby league player
[44]
1987 –
Maryka Holtzhausen , South African netball player
1987 –
Yoann Huget , French rugby player
[45]
1987 –
Matthew Koma , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 –
Angelo Mathews , Sri Lankan cricketer
[46]
1987 –
Sonakshi Sinha , Indian actress
1988 –
Sergio Agüero , Argentine footballer
[47]
1988 –
Awkwafina , American actress, rapper, and comedian
[48]
1988 –
Staniliya Stamenova , Bulgarian canoeist
[49]
1989 –
Steve Smith , Australian cricketer
1990 –
Dane Rampe , Australian rules footballer
[50]
1992 –
Pajtim Kasami , Swiss footballer
[51]
1993 –
Adam Taggart , Australian footballer
[52]
1996 –
Morissette , Filipina singer-songwriter
[53]
1997 –
Scott Wozniak , American YouTuber
[54]
1999 –
Campbell Graham , Australian rugby league player
[55]
2001 –
Kysaiah Pickett , Australian rules footballer
[56]
2002 –
Madison Hu , American actress
[57]
[58]
2002 –
Fonua Pole , New Zealand rugby league player
[59]
Deaths
Pre-1600
657 –
Pope Eugene I
[60]
891 –
Al-Muwaffaq , Abbasid general (b. 842)
910 –
Richilde of Provence (b. 845)
1200 – Bishop
John of Oxford
[61]
1258 –
Peter I, Count of Urgell
1292 –
Rhys ap Maredudd , Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
1418 –
Katherine of Lancaster , queen of
Henry III of Castile
1453 –
Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo , Constable of Castile
1567 –
Shane O'Neill , head of the
O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (b. 1530)
1572 –
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1536)
1581 –
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton , Scottish soldier and politician,
Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1525)
1601–1900
1603 –
Bernard of Wąbrzeźno , Roman Catholic priest (b. 1575)
1693 –
John Wildman , English soldier and politician,
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621)
1701 –
Madeleine de Scudéry , French author (b. 1607)
[62]
1716 –
Ogata Kōrin , Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658)
1754 –
Ebenezer Erskine , Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680)
1761 –
Jonas Alströmer , Swedish businessman (b. 1685)
1785 –
Jean Paul de Gua de Malves , French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)
1806 –
William Tate , English painter (b. 1747)
1853 –
Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre , English general (b. 1777)
1865 –
Ner Middleswarth , American judge and politician (b. 1783)
1875 –
Józef Kremer , Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
1881 –
Émile Littré , French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
1882 –
Giuseppe Garibaldi , Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
1901–present
1901 –
George Leslie Mackay , Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
1927 –
Hüseyin Avni Lifij , Turkish painter (b. 1886)
1929 –
Enrique Gorostieta , Mexican general (b. 1889)
1933 –
Frank Jarvis , American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
1937 –
Louis Vierne , French organist and composer (b. 1870)
1941 –
Lou Gehrig , American baseball player (b. 1903)
1942 –
Bunny Berigan , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
1947 –
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton , English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
1948 –
Viktor Brack , German physician (b. 1904)
1948 –
Karl Brandt , German
SS officer (b. 1904)
1948 –
Karl Gebhardt , German physician (b. 1897)
1948 –
Waldemar Hoven , German physician (b. 1903)
1948 –
Wolfram Sievers , German
SS officer (b. 1905)
1952 –
Naum Torbov , Bulgarian architect, designed the
Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
1956 –
Jean Hersholt , Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
1959 –
Lyda Borelli , Italian actress (b. 1884)
1961 –
George S. Kaufman , American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
1962 –
Vita Sackville-West , English author and poet (b. 1892)
[63]
1967 –
Benno Ohnesorg , German student and activist (b. 1940)
1968 –
André Mathieu , Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1969 –
Leo Gorcey , American actor (b. 1917)
1970 –
Orhan Kemal , Turkish author (b. 1914)
1970 –
Albert Lamorisse , French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1970 –
Bruce McLaren , New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the
McLaren racing team (b. 1937)
1970 –
Giuseppe Ungaretti , Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)
1970 –
Lucía Sánchez Saornil , Spanish anarchist feminist (b. 1895)
[64]
1974 –
Hiroshi Kazato , Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)
1976 –
Kenneth Mason , English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)
1976 –
Juan José Torres , Bolivian general and politician, 61st
President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
1977 –
Albert Bittlmayer , German footballer (b. 1952)
1977 –
Stephen Boyd , Northern Irish-born American actor (b. 1931)
1978 –
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste , Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895)
1979 –
Jim Hutton , American actor (b. 1934)
1982 –
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry , Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th
President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
1982 –
Shah Abd al-Wahhab , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (b. 1894)
[65]
1983 –
Stan Rogers , Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
1983 –
Ray Stehr , Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1913)
1986 –
Aurèle Joliat , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1987 –
Anthony de Mello , Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
1987 –
Sammy Kaye , American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
1987 –
Andrés Segovia , Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
1988 –
Raj Kapoor , Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
1989 –
Ted a'Beckett , Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)
1990 –
Rex Harrison , English actor (b. 1908)
1991 –
Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)
1992 –
Philip Dunne , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1993 –
Johnny Mize , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1993 –
Tahar Djaout , Algerian journalist, writer and poet (b. 1954)
1994 –
David Stove , Australian philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1927)
1996 –
John Alton , Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (b. 1901)
1996 –
Leon Garfield , English author (b. 1921)
1996 –
Ray Combs , American game show host (b. 1956)
1997 –
Doc Cheatham , American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (b. 1905)
1997 –
Helen Jacobs , American tennis champion (b. 1908)
[66]
1999 –
Junior Braithwaite , Jamaican singer (b. 1949)
2000 –
Svyatoslav Fyodorov , Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (b. 1927)
2000 –
John Schlee , American golfer (b. 1939)
2000 –
Gerald James Whitrow , English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (b. 1912)
2001 –
Imogene Coca , American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
2001 –
Joey Maxim , American boxer (b. 1922)
2002 –
Hugo van Lawick , Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937)
2003 –
Freddie Blassie , American wrestler and manager (b. 1918)
2003 –
Alma Ricard , Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist (b. 1906)
2005 –
Lucien Cliche , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2005 –
Gunder Gundersen , Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
2005 –
Samir Kassir , Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)
2005 –
Melita Norwood , English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)
2006 –
Keith Smith , English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)
2007 –
Kentarō Haneda , Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)
2007 –
Huang Ju , Chinese engineer and politician, 1st
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)
2008 –
Bo Diddley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
2008 –
Mel Ferrer , American actor (b. 1917)
[67]
2009 –
David Eddings , American author (b. 1931)
[68]
2012 –
Adolfo Calero , Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (b. 1931)
[69]
2012 –
Richard Dawson , English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (b. 1932)
[70]
2012 –
LeRoy Ellis , American basketball player (b. 1940)
2012 –
Kathryn Joosten , American actress (b. 1939)
2013 –
Mario Bernardi , Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930)
2013 –
Chen Xitong , Chinese politician, 8th
Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)
2013 –
Mandawuy Yunupingu , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2014 –
Ivica Brzić , Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2014 –
Nikolay Khrenkov , Russian bobsledder (b. 1984)
2014 –
Alexander Shulgin , American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
2015 –
Fernando de Araújo , East Timorese politician,
President of East Timor (b. 1963)
[71]
2015 –
Irwin Rose , American biologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
[72]
2017 –
Peter Sallis , English actor (b. 1921)
[73]
Holidays and observances
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