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Day of the year
March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 287 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1649 – The
House of Commons of England passes an
act abolishing the
House of Lords , declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England" .
1687 – Explorer
Robert Cavelier de La Salle , searching for the mouth of the
Mississippi River , is murdered by his own men.
1808 –
Charles IV , king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace
Aranjuez . His son,
Ferdinand VII , takes the throne.
[4]
1812 – The
Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the
Spanish Constitution of 1812 .
1824 – American explorer
Benjamin Morrell departed
Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
[5]
1831 –
First documented bank heist in U.S. history , when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now
Citibank ) on Wall Street.
[6] Most of the money was recovered.
1865 –
American Civil War : The
Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from
Four Oaks, North Carolina .
1885 –
Louis Riel declares a
provisional government in
Saskatchewan , beginning the
North-West Rebellion .
1901–present
1918 – The
US Congress
establishes
time zones and approves
daylight saving time .
1920 – The
United States Senate rejects the
Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
1921 –
Irish War of Independence : One of
the biggest engagements of the war takes place at
Crossbarry ,
County Cork . About 100
Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1931 – Governor
Fred B. Balzar signs a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.
1932 – The
Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
[7]
1943 –
Frank Nitti , the
Chicago Outfit Boss after
Al Capone , commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
1944 –
World War II : The German army
occupies Hungary .
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a
dive bomber hits the
aircraft carrier
USS Franklin , killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
1945 – World War II:
Adolf Hitler issues his "
Nero Decree " ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in
Germany to be destroyed.
1946 –
French Guiana ,
Guadeloupe ,
Martinique , and
Réunion become
overseas départements of France.
1958 – The
Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
1962 – The
Algerian War of Independence ends.
1964 – Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the
March of the Family with God for Liberty , in protest against the government of
João Goulart and against communism.
1965 – The wreck of the
SS Georgiana , valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful
Confederate
cruiser , is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer
underwater archaeologist
E. Lee Spence , exactly 102 years after its destruction.
1969 – The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at
Emley Moor transmitting station , United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
1979 – The
United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network
C-SPAN .
1982 –
Falklands War :
Argentinian forces land on
South Georgia Island , precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
1989 – The
Egyptian flag is raised at
Taba , marking the end of Israeli occupation since the
Six Days War in
1967 and the
Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.
1990 – The
ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the
Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire .
1998 – An
Ariana Afghan Airlines
Boeing 727
crashes on approach to
Kabul International Airport , killing all 45 on board.
[8]
2003 –
United States President
George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the beginning of hostilities in the
coalition invasion of Iraq .
[9]
2004 –
Catalina affair : A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
2004 –
March 19 Shooting Incident : The
Republic of China (
Taiwan ) president
Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on
March 20 .
2008 –
GRB 080319B : A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
2011 –
Libyan Civil War : After the failure of
Muammar Gaddafi 's forces
to take Benghazi , the
French Air Force launches
Opération Harmattan , beginning
foreign military intervention in Libya .
2013 – A
series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across
Iraq .
2016 –
Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at
Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
2016 – An
explosion occurs in
Taksim Square in
Istanbul , Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
2019 – The first
President of Kazakhstan ,
Nursultan Nazarbayev , resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving
Senate Chairman
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.
[10]
2023 – The
Swiss Government brokers a deal for
UBS to
buy out rival
Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the
2023 banking crisis .
[11]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1601 –
Alonzo Cano , Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1667)
1604 –
John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
1641 –
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi , Syrian author and scholar (d. 1731)
1661 –
Francesco Gasparini , Italian composer and educator (d. 1727)
1684 –
Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
1721 –
Tobias Smollett , Scottish-Italian poet and author (d. 1771) (baptised on this day)
1734 –
Thomas McKean , American lawyer and politician, 2nd
Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
1739 –
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance , French lawyer and politician (d. 1824)
1742 –
Túpac Amaru II , Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
1748 –
Elias Hicks , American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
1778 –
Edward Pakenham , Anglo-Irish general and politician (d. 1815)
1784 –
José Prudencio Padilla López , Colombian naval commander and politician (d. 1828)
[12]
1809 –
Fredrik Pacius , German composer and conductor (d. 1891)
1813 –
David Livingstone , Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
1816 –
Johannes Verhulst , Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1891)
1821 –
Richard Francis Burton , English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
1823 –
Arthur Blyth , English-Australian politician, 9th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1891)
1824 –
William Allingham , Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
1829 –
Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish businessman (d. 1901)
1844 –
Minna Canth , Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)
[13]
1847 –
Albert Pinkham Ryder , American painter (d. 1917)
1848 –
Wyatt Earp , American police officer (d. 1929)
1849 –
Alfred von Tirpitz , German admiral and politician (d. 1930)
1858 –
Kang Youwei , Chinese scholar and politician (d. 1927)
1860 –
William Jennings Bryan , American lawyer and politician, 41st
United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
1861 –
Lomer Gouin , Canadian lawyer and politician,
Premier of Quebec (d. 1929)
[14]
1864 –
Charles Marion Russell , American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
1865 –
William Morton Wheeler , American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (d. 1937)
1868 –
Senda Berenson Abbott , Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
1871 –
Schofield Haigh , English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)
1872 –
Anna Held , Polish singer (d. 1918)
1873 –
Max Reger , German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1875 –
Zhang Zuolin , Chinese warlord (d. 1928)
1876 –
Felix Jacoby , German philologist (d. 1959)
1880 –
Ernestine Rose , American librarian and advocate (d. 1961)
[15]
1881 –
Edith Nourse Rogers , American social worker and politician (d. 1960)
1882 –
Gaston Lachaise , French-American sculptor (d. 1935)
1883 –
Norman Haworth , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1883 –
Joseph Stilwell , American general (d. 1946)
1885 –
Attik , Greek composer (d. 1944)
1888 –
Josef Albers , German-American painter and educator (d. 1976)
1888 –
Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
1891 –
Earl Warren , American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th
Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
1892 –
Theodore Sizer , American professor of the history of art (d. 1967)
1892 –
Ado Vabbe , Estonian painter (d. 1961)
1892 –
James Van Fleet , American general and diplomat (d. 1992)
1893 –
Gertrud Dorka , German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (d. 1976)
[16]
1894 –
Moms Mabley , American comedian and singer (d. 1975)
1900 –
Carmen Carbonell , Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988)
[17]
1900 –
Frédéric Joliot-Curie , French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
[18]
1901–present
1901 –
Jo Mielziner , French-American set designer (d. 1976)
1904 –
John Sirica , American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
[19]
1905 –
Joe Rollino , American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)
1905 –
Albert Speer , German architect and politician (d. 1981)
1906 –
Clara Breed , American librarian and activist (d. 1994)
1906 –
Adolf Eichmann , German
SS officer (d. 1962)
1909 –
Louis Hayward , South African-American actor (d. 1985)
1909 –
Marjorie Linklater , Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (d. 1997)
[20]
1910 –
Joseph Carroll , American general (d. 1991)
1912 –
Hugh Watt , Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician,
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
1914 –
Leonidas Alaoglu , Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
1914 –
Jay Berwanger , American football player and coach (d. 2002)
1915 –
Robert G. Cole , American colonel,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
1915 –
Patricia Morison , American actress and singer (d. 2018)
1916 –
Eric Christmas , English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
1916 –
Irving Wallace , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1917 –
Laszlo Szabo , Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
1919 –
Lennie Tristano , American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
1920 –
Kjell Aukrust , Norwegian author, poet, and painter (d. 2002)
1921 –
Tommy Cooper , British magician and prop comedian (d. 1984)
1922 –
Guy Lewis , American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1922 –
Hiroo Onoda , Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
1923 –
Pamela Britton , American actress (d. 1974)
1923 –
Benito Jacovitti , Italian illustrator (d. 1997)
1923 –
Henry Morgentaler , Polish-Canadian physician and activist (d. 2013)
1924 –
Joe Gaetjens , Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
1925 –
Brent Scowcroft , American general and diplomat, 9th
United States National Security Advisor (d. 2020)
1927 –
Richie Ashburn , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1928 –
Hans Küng , Swiss theologian and author (d. 2021)
1928 –
Patrick McGoohan , Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1931 –
Emma Andijewska , Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
1932 –
Gay Brewer , American golfer (d. 2007)
1932 –
Peter Hall , English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1932 –
Gail Kobe , American actress and producer (d. 2013)
1933 –
Phyllis Newman , American actress and singer (d. 2019)
1933 –
Philip Roth , American novelist (d. 2018)
[19]
1933 –
Renée Taylor , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
[21]
1933 –
Richard Williams , Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1935 –
Nancy Malone , American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1936 –
Ursula Andress , Swiss model and actress
[21]
1936 –
Ben Lexcen , Australian sailor and architect (d. 1988)
1937 –
Clarence "Frogman" Henry , American singer-songwriter and pianist
[21]
1937 –
Egon Krenz , German politician
1938 –
Joe Kapp , American football player, coach, and actor (d. 2023)
1942 –
Heather Robertson , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1943 –
Nate Bowman , American basketball player (d. 1984)
[22]
1943 –
Mario J. Molina , Mexican chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
1943 –
Mario Monti , Italian economist and politician,
Prime Minister of Italy
1943 –
Vern Schuppan , Australian race car driver
1944 –
Said Musa , Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Belize
1945 –
John Holder , English cricketer and umpire
1945 –
Modestas Paulauskas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1946 –
Ruth Pointer , American musician
[23]
1947 –
Glenn Close , American actress, singer, and producer
[21]
1947 –
Marinho Peres , Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2023)
1948 –
David Schnitter , American saxophonist and educator
1949 –
Blase J. Cupich , American theologian and cardinal
1950 –
José S. Palma , Filipino archbishop
1952 –
Warren Lees , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1952 –
Martin Ravallion , Australian economist and academic (d. 2022)
1952 –
Harvey Weinstein , American film producer and sex offender
[19]
1953 –
Ian Blair , English police officer
1953 –
Peter Hendy , English businessman
1953 –
Ricky Wilson , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1985)
1954 –
Cho Kwang-rae , South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
1954 –
Scott May , American basketball player
[24]
1955 –
Bruce Willis , German-American actor and producer
[21]
1956 –
Yegor Gaidar , Russian economist and politician,
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2009)
[25]
1957 –
Dudley Bradley , American basketball player
[26]
1958 –
Andy Reid , American football player and coach
1960 –
Eliane Elias , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist
[27]
1963 –
Neil LaBute , American director and screenwriter
[28]
1963 –
Mary Scheer , American actress and comedian
[21]
1964 –
Yoko Kanno , Japanese pianist and composer
1966 –
Michael Crockart , Scottish police officer and politician
1966 –
Olaf Marschall , German footballer and manager
1966 –
Andy Sinton , English footballer and manager
[29]
1967 –
Sandra Dombrowski , Swiss ice hockey player and referee
[30]
1967 –
Vladimir Konstantinov , Russian-American ice hockey player
1968 –
Tyrone Hill , American basketball player and coach
1969 –
Connor Trinneer , American actor
[21]
1970 –
Harald Johnsen , Norwegian bassist and composer (d. 2011)
1970 –
Michael Krumm , German race car driver
1970 –
Janne Laukkanen , Finnish ice hockey player
[31]
1973 –
Bun B , American rapper and songwriter
[21]
1973 –
Ashley Giles , English cricketer and coach
1975 –
Antonio Daniels , American basketball player
1976 –
Rachel Blanchard , Canadian actress
[21]
1976 –
Derek Chauvin , American criminal and former police officer
[32]
[33]
1976 –
Andre Miller , American basketball player
[34]
1976 –
Alessandro Nesta , Italian footballer and manager
1977 –
David Ross , American baseball player and manager
[35]
1978 –
Cydonie Mothersille , Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
1978 –
Virginia Williams , American actress
[21]
1979 –
Abby Brammell , American actress
[21]
1979 –
Sheldon Brown , American football player
1979 –
Ivan Ljubičić , Croatian tennis player
[36]
1979 –
Christos Patsatzoglou , Greek footballer
[37]
1979 –
Hedo Türkoğlu , Turkish basketball player
1980 –
Luca Ferri , Italian footballer
1980 –
Taichi Ishikari , Japanese wrestler
1980 –
Mikuni Shimokawa , Japanese singer-songwriter
1980 –
Theo Von , American stand-up comedian
[38]
1981 –
Steve Cummings , English cyclist
1981 –
Casey Jacobsen , American basketball player and sportscaster
[39]
1981 –
Kolo Touré , Ivorian footballer
[40]
1982 –
Jonathan Fanene , American football player
1982 –
Brad Jones , Australian footballer
1982 –
Hana Kobayashi , Venezuelan singer
[41]
1982 –
Landon Powell , American baseball player and manager
[42]
1982 –
Eduardo Saverin , Brazilian-Singaporean businessman
[19]
1985 –
Inesa Jurevičiūtė , Lithuanian figure skater
1986 –
Tyler Bozak , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Ahmad Bradshaw , American football player
[43]
1987 –
AJ Lee , American wrestler and author
[44]
1987 –
Michal Švec , Czech footballer
1987 –
Miloš Teodosić , Serbian basketball player
1988 –
Clayton Kershaw , American baseball player
[45]
1988 –
Ben Uzoh , Nigerian-American basketball player
[46]
1990 –
EJ Manuel , American football player
[47]
1990 –
Anders Nilsson , Swedish ice hockey player
[48]
1991 –
Garrett Clayton , American actor and singer
[19]
1991 –
Aleksandr Kokorin , Russian footballer
[49]
1993 –
Hakim Ziyech , Moroccan footballer
[50]
1995 –
Héctor Bellerín , Spanish footballer
[51]
1995 –
Philip Daniel Bolden , American actor
[21]
1995 –
Julia Montes , Filipino actress
[52]
1995 –
Alexei Sintsov , Russian figure skater
1996 –
Yung Gravy , American rapper
[53]
1996 –
Barbara Haas , Austrian tennis player
1996 –
Quenton Nelson , American football player
[54]
1998 –
Caylee Cowan , American actress
[55]
1998 –
Julian Love , American football player
[56]
1999 –
Nico Collins , American football player
[57]
Deaths
Pre-1600
235 –
Severus Alexander , Roman emperor (b. 208)
953 –
al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah , caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (b. 913)
968 –
Emma of Paris , duchess of Normandy (b. 943)
1238 –
Henry the Bearded , Polish duke and son of
Bolesław I the Tall (b. 1163)
1263 –
Hugh of Saint-Cher , French cardinal (b. 1200)
1279 –
Zhao Bing , Chinese emperor (b. 1271)
1286 –
Alexander III , king of Scotland (b. 1241)
[58]
1330 –
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , English politician,
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1301)
1372 –
John II , marquess of Montferrat (b. 1321)
1533 –
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners , English baron and statesman (b. 1467)
1534 –
Michael Weiße , German theologian (b. c. 1488)
1539 –
Lord Edmund Howard , English nobleman (b. c. 1478)
1563 –
Arthur Brooke , English poet
1568 –
Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell , English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)
1581 –
Francis I , duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
1601–1900
1612 –
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill , Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
1637 –
Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
1649 –
Gerhard Johann Vossius , German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
1683 –
Thomas Killigrew , English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
1687 –
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle , French-American explorer (b. 1643)
1697 –
Nicolaus Bruhns , German organist and composer (b. 1665)
1711 –
Thomas Ken , English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
1717 –
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland , Scottish soldier (b. 1636)
1721 –
Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
1783 –
Frederick Cornwallis , English archbishop (b. 1713)
1790 –
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha , Ottoman general and politician, 182nd
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1713)
1797 –
Philip Hayes , English organist and composer (b. 1738)
1816 –
Philip Mazzei , Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
1871 –
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger , Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
1884 –
Elias Lönnrot , Finnish physician and philologist (b. 1802)
[59]
1897 –
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie , Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
1900 –
John Bingham , American lawyer and politician, 7th
United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
1900 –
Charles-Louis Hanon , French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
1901–present
1914 –
Giuseppe Mercalli , Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
1919 –
Emma Bell Miles , American writer, poet, and artist of
Appalachia (b. 1879)
1930 –
Arthur Balfour , Scottish-English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
1930 –
Henry Lefroy , Australian politician, 11th
Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
1942 –
Clinton Hart Merriam , American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
1944 –
William Hale Thompson , American rancher and politician, 41st
Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
1947 –
James A. Gilmore , American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887)
[60]
1948 –
Maud Howe Elliott , American novelist (b. 1854)
[61]
1949 –
James Somerville , English admiral and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
1949 –
James Newland , Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
[62]
1950 –
Edgar Rice Burroughs , American soldier and author (b. 1875)
1950 –
Norman Haworth , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1951 –
Dmytro Doroshenko , Ukrainian historian and politician,
Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1882)
1976 –
Albert Dieudonné , French actor and author (b. 1889)
1976 –
Paul Kossoff , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
1977 –
William L. Laurence , Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
1978 –
M. A. Ayyangar , Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
1982 –
J. B. Kripalani , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
1982 –
Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
1984 –
Garry Winogrand , American photographer (b. 1928)
1986 –
Sabino Barinaga , Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1987 –
Louis de Broglie , French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1988 –
Bun Cook , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
1990 –
Andrew Wood , American singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
1993 –
Henrik Sandberg , Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)
1996 –
Lise Østergaard , Danish psychologist and politician (b. 1924)
1996 –
Alan Ridout , English composer and teacher. (b. 1934)
[63]
1996 –
Virginia Henderson , American nurse, researcher, theorist and author (b. 1897)
1997 –
Willem de Kooning , Dutch-American painter and educator (b. 1904)
1997 –
Eugène Guillevic , French poet and author (b. 1907)
1998 –
E. M. S. Namboodiripad , Indian theorist and politician, 1st
Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
1999 –
Tofilau Eti Alesana , Samoan politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
2000 –
Joanne Weaver , American baseball player (b. 1935)
2000 –
Shafiq-ur-Rahman , Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
2003 –
Michael Mathias Prechtl , German soldier and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 –
Mitchell Sharp , Canadian economist and politician, 23rd
Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1911)
2005 –
John DeLorean , American engineer and businessman, founded the
DeLorean Motor Company (b. 1925)
2008 –
Arthur C. Clarke , English science fiction writer (b. 1917)
[64]
2008 –
Hugo Claus , Belgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1929)
2008 –
Paul Scofield , English actor (b. 1922)
2009 –
Maria Bergson , Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914)
2011 –
Kym Bonython , Australian drummer and radio host (b. 1920)
2012 –
Jim Case , American director and producer (b. 1927)
2012 –
Ulu Grosbard , Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929)
2012 –
Hugo Munthe-Kaas , Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922)
2014 –
Patrick Joseph McGovern , American businessman, founded
IDG (b. 1937)
2014 –
Fred Phelps , American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the
Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929)
2014 –
Heather Robertson , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)
2014 –
Robert S. Strauss , American diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918)
2014 –
Lawrence Walsh , Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th
United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912)
2014 –
Joseph F. Weis, Jr. , American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2015 –
Gus Douglass , American farmer and politician (b. 1927)
2015 –
Safet Plakalo , Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950)
2015 –
Danny Schechter , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2016 –
Roger Agnelli , Brazilian banker and businessman (b. 1959)
2016 –
Jack Mansell , English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
2019 –
William Whitfield , British architect (b. 1920)
[65]
2021 –
Glynn Lunney , American engineer (b. 1936)
[66]
Holidays and observances
References
^
Nicol, Donald M. (1988).
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–201.
ISBN
0-521-34157-4 .
^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008).
The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales . University of Wales Press. p. 754.
ISBN
978-0-7083-1953-6 .
^ Curtis, Benjamin (2013). The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty .
Bloomsbury . p. 36.
^
Stanley G. Payne , History of Spain of Portugal , Vol 2, University of Wisconsin Press., 1973,
ISBN
978-0299062842 , page 420
^ Morrell, Benjamin (1832).
A Narrative of Four Voyages...etc . New York: J & J Harper. pp. 69–70. Retrieved December 17, 2009 .
^ Townsend, John (2005).
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