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Day of the year
May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 230 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
221 –
Liu Bei , Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of
Shu Han , the successor of the
Han dynasty .
392 – Emperor
Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into
Gaul against the
Frankish usurper
Arbogast . He is found hanging in his residence at
Vienne .
589 – King
Authari marries
Theodelinda , daughter of the
Bavarian duke
Garibald I . A
Catholic , she has great influence among the
Lombard nobility.
756 –
Abd al-Rahman I , the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of
Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes
emir of
Cordova , Spain.
[1]
1252 –
Pope Innocent IV issues the
papal bull
ad extirpanda , which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of
heretics in the
Medieval Inquisition .
1525 –
Insurgent peasants led by
Anabaptist pastor
Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the
Battle of Frankenhausen , ending the
German Peasants' War in the
Holy Roman Empire .
1536 –
Anne Boleyn , Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected
jury .
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 – The city of
Las Vegas is founded in
Nevada , United States.
[3]
1911 – In
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States , the
United States Supreme Court declares
Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable"
monopoly under the
Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the
Torreón massacre when the forces of the
Mexican Revolution led by
Emilio Madero take the city of
Torreón from the
Federales .
1918 – The
Finnish Civil War ends when the
Whites took over
Fort Ino , a Russian
coastal artillery base on the
Karelian Isthmus , from Russian troops.
[4]
1919 – The
Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of
Winnipeg had walked off the job.
1919 –
Greek occupation of Smyrna . During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350
Turks ; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
1929 – A
fire at the
Cleveland Clinic in
Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
1932 – In an attempted
coup d'état , the
Prime Minister of Japan
Inukai Tsuyoshi is
assassinated .
1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the
RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its
Wehrmacht military's air arm, the
Luftwaffe .
1934 – A
self coup by
prime minister
Kārlis Ulmanis succeeded in
Latvia , suspending its constitution and dissolving its
Saeima .
[5]
1940 –
USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus .
1940 –
World War II : The
Battle of the Netherlands : After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped
Dutch troops surrender to
Germany , marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
1940 –
Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first
McDonald's restaurant.
1941 – First flight of the
Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied
jet aircraft .
1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
1943 –
Joseph Stalin dissolves the
Comintern (or Third International ).
1945 – World War II: The
Battle of Poljana , the final skirmish in Europe is fought near
Prevalje ,
Slovenia .
1948 – Following the expiration of
The British Mandate for Palestine , the
Kingdom of Egypt ,
Transjordan ,
Lebanon ,
Syria ,
Iraq and
Saudi Arabia invade
Israel thus starting the
1948 Arab–Israeli War .
1957 – At
Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first
hydrogen bomb in
Operation Grapple .
1963 –
Project Mercury : The launch of the final Mercury mission,
Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut
Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in
space , and the last American to go into space alone.
1970 – President
Richard Nixon appoints
Anna Mae Hays and
Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army
generals .
1972 – The
Ryukyu Islands , under
U.S. military governance since its
conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1974 –
Ma'alot massacre : Members of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an
Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
1988 –
Soviet–Afghan War : After more than eight years of fighting, the
Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from
Afghanistan .
1991 –
Édith Cresson becomes France's first female
Prime Minister .
1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the
"Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the
Laos Memorial in honor of
Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
1997 – The
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on
STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station
Mir .
[6]
2001 – A
CSX
EMD SD40-2
rolls out of a train yard in
Walbridge , Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some
tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near
Kenton .
[7] The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film
Unstoppable .
[8]
2004 –
Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining
Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "
The Invincibles ".
2008 –
California becomes the second
U.S. state after
Massachusetts in
2004 to legalize
same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court
rules a previous ban unconstitutional .
[9]
2010 –
Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
[10]
2013 – An
upsurge in violence in
Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 –
René Goupil , French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
1633 –
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban , French noble (d. 1707)
1645 –
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys , British judge (d. 1689)
1689 –
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (d. 1762)
[14]
1720 –
Maximilian Hell , Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
1749 –
Levi Lincoln Sr. , American lawyer and politician, 4th
United States Attorney General (d. 1820)
1759 –
Maria Theresia von Paradis , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
1770 –
Ezekiel Hart , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
1773 –
Klemens von Metternich , German-Austrian politician, 1st
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)
1786 –
Dimitris Plapoutas , Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
1803 –
Juan Almonte , son of
José María Morelos , was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a
regent in the
Second Mexican Empire (d. 1869)
[15]
1805 –
Samuel Carter , English railway solicitor and
Member of Parliament (MP) (d. 1878)
1808 –
Michael William Balfe , Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
1817 –
Debendranath Tagore , Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
1841 –
Clarence Dutton , American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
1845 –
Élie Metchnikoff , Russian zoologist (d. 1916)
1848 –
Viktor Vasnetsov , Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
1848 –
Carl Wernicke , German neuropathologist. (d. 1905)
[16]
1854 –
Ioannis Psycharis , Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
1856 –
L. Frank Baum , American novelist (d. 1919)
1856 –
Matthias Zurbriggen , Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
1857 –
Williamina Fleming , Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
[17]
1859 –
Pierre Curie , French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
1862 –
Arthur Schnitzler , Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
1863 –
Frank Hornby , English businessman and politician, invented
Meccano (d. 1936)
1869 –
Paul Probst , Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
1869 –
John Storey , Australian politician, 20th
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
1873 –
Oskari Tokoi , Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)
[18]
1882 –
Walter White , Scottish international footballer (d. 1950)
[19]
1890 –
Katherine Anne Porter , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
1891 –
Mikhail Bulgakov , Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
1891 –
Hjalmar Dahl , Finnish journalist, translator and writer (d. 1960)
[20]
1891 –
Fritz Feigl , Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
1892 –
Charles E. Rosendahl , American admiral (d. 1977)
1892 –
Jimmy Wilde , Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
1893 –
José Nepomuceno , Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)
1894 –
Feg Murray , American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
1895 –
Prescott Bush , American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
1895 –
William D. Byron , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
1898 –
Arletty , French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
1899 –
Jean Étienne Valluy , French general (d. 1970)
1900 –
Ida Rhodes , American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)
[21]
1901–present
1901 –
Xavier Herbert , Australian author (d. 1984)
1901 –
Luis Monti , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1902 –
Richard J. Daley , American lawyer and politician, 48th
Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
1902 –
Sigizmund Levanevsky , Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)
1903 –
Maria Reiche , German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
1904 –
Clifton Fadiman , American game show host and author (d. 1999)
1905 –
Joseph Cotten , American actor (d. 1994)
1905 –
Albert Dubout , French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
1905 –
Abraham Zapruder , American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the
Zapruder film (d. 1970)
1907 –
Sukhdev Thapar , Indian activist (d. 1931)
1909 –
James Mason , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1909 –
Clara Solovera , Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1910 –
Constance Cummings , British-based American actress (d. 2005)
1911 –
Max Frisch , Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
1911 –
Herta Oberheuser , German physician (d. 1978)
1912 –
Arthur Berger , American composer and educator (d. 2003)
1914 –
Turk Broda , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
1914 –
Angus MacLean , Canadian farmer and politician, 25th
Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
1914 –
Norrie Paramor , English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1915 –
Hilda Bernstein , English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
1915 –
Paul Samuelson , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1915 –
Henrik Sandberg , Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
1916 –
Vera Gebuhr , Danish actress (d. 2014)
1918 –
Eddy Arnold , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1918 –
Arthur Jackson , American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
1918 –
Joseph Wiseman , Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
1920 –
Michel Audiard , French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1921 –
Federico Krutwig , Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (d. 1998)
[22]
1922 –
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt , Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
1922 –
Jakucho Setouchi , Japanese nun and author (d. 2021)
[23]
1923 –
Richard Avedon , American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
1923 –
John Lanchbery , English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1924 –
Maria Koepcke , German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
1925 –
Andrei Eshpai , Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1925 –
Mary F. Lyon , English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
1925 –
Carl Sanders , American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th
Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
1925 –
Roy Stewart , Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
1926 –
Clermont Pépin , Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
1926 –
Anthony Shaffer , English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1926 –
Peter Shaffer , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 –
Jasper Johns , American painter and sculptor
1931 –
Ken Venturi , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1931 –
James Fitz-Allen Mitchell , Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2021)
[24]
1935 –
Don Bragg , American pole vaulter (d. 2019)
1935 –
Ted Dexter , Italian-English cricketer (d. 2021)
1935 –
Utah Phillips , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1935 –
Akihiro Miwa , Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
1936 –
Anna Maria Alberghetti , Italian-American actress and singer
1936 –
Mart Laga , Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
1936 –
Ralph Steadman , English painter and illustrator
1936 –
Paul Zindel , American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
1937 –
Madeleine Albright , Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th
United States Secretary of State (d. 2022)
[25]
1937 –
Karin Krog , Norwegian singer
1937 –
Trini Lopez , American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
1938 –
Mireille Darc , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1938 –
Nancy Garden , American author (d. 2014)
[26]
1939 –
Dorothy Shirley , English high jumper and educator
1940 –
Roger Ailes , American businessman (d. 2017)
1940 –
Lainie Kazan , American actress and singer
1940 –
Don Nelson , American basketball player and coach
1941 –
Jaxon , American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the
Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
1942 –
Lois Johnson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1942 –
Jusuf Kalla , Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th
Vice President of Indonesia
1942 –
Doug Lowe , Australian politician, 35th
Premier of Tasmania
1942 –
K. T. Oslin , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
1943 –
Paul Bégin , Canadian lawyer and politician
1943 –
Freddie Perren , American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
1944 –
Bill Alter , American police officer and politician
1944 –
Ulrich Beck , German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
1945 –
Michael Dexter , English hematologist and academic
1945 –
Jerry Quarry , American boxer (d. 1999)
1946 –
Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý , Vietnamese priest and activist
1947 –
Graeham Goble , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1948 –
Kate Bornstein , American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
1948 –
Yutaka Enatsu , Japanese baseball player
1948 –
Brian Eno , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1948 –
Kathleen Sebelius , American politician, 44th
Governor of Kansas
1949 –
Frank L. Culbertson Jr. , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1949 –
Robert S.J. Sparks , English geologist and academic
1950 –
Jim Bacon , Australian politician, 41st
Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
1950 –
Jim Simons , American golfer (d. 2005)
1951 –
Dennis Frederiksen , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1951 –
Chris Ham , English political scientist and academic
1951 –
Frank Wilczek , American mathematician and physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
1952 –
Chazz Palminteri , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 –
George Brett , American baseball player and coach
1953 –
Athene Donald , English physicist and academic
1953 –
Mike Oldfield , English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 –
Diana Liverman , English-American geographer and academic
1954 –
Caroline Thomson , English journalist and broadcaster
1955 –
Mohamed Brahmi , Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
1955 –
Lia Vissi , Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
1956 –
Andreas Loverdos , Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Labour
1956 –
Dan Patrick , American television anchor and sportscaster
1956 –
Kevin Greenaugh , American nuclear engineer
1957 –
Meg Gardiner , American-English author and academic
1957 –
Juan José Ibarretxe , Spanish politician
1957 –
Kevin Von Erich , American football player and wrestler
1958 –
Jason Graae , American musical theater actor
1958 –
Ruth Marcus , American journalist
1958 –
Ron Simmons , American football player and wrestler
1959 –
Khaosai Galaxy , Thai boxer and politician
1959 –
Luis Pérez-Sala , Spanish race car driver
1959 –
Beverly Jo Scott , American-Belgian singer-songwriter
1960 –
Rhonda Burchmore , Australian actress, singer, and dancer
1960 –
Rob Bowman , American director and producer
1960 –
R. Kuhaneswaran , Sri Lankan politician
1960 –
Rimas Kurtinaitis , Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1961 –
Giselle Fernández , Mexican-American television journalist.
1962 –
Lisa Curry , Australian swimmer
1963 –
Gavin Nebbeling , South African footballer
[27]
1964 –
Lars Løkke Rasmussen , Danish lawyer and politician, 40th
Prime Minister of Denmark
1965 –
André Abujamra , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 –
Scott Tronc , Australian rugby league player
1966 –
Jiří Němec , Czech footballer
1967 –
Simen Agdestein , Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
1967 –
Laura Hillenbrand , American journalist and author
1967 –
John Smoltz , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 –
Madhuri Dixit , Indian actress
1968 –
Cecilia Malmström , Swedish academic and politician, 15th
European Commissioner for Trade
1968 –
Sophie Raworth , English journalist and broadcaster
1969 –
Hideki Irabu , Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
1969 –
Emmitt Smith , American football player and sportscaster
1970 –
Frank de Boer , Dutch footballer and manager
1970 –
Ronald de Boer , Dutch footballer and manager
1970 –
Desmond Howard , American football player and sportscaster
1970 –
Alison Jackson , English photographer, director, and screenwriter
1970 –
Rod Smith , American football player
1970 –
Ben Wallace , English captain and politician
1971 –
Karin Lušnic , Slovenian tennis player
1972 –
Danny Alexander , Scottish politician,
Secretary of State for Scotland
1972 –
David Charvet , French actor and singer
1974 –
Vasilis Kikilias , Greek basketball player and politician
1974 –
Matthew Sadler , English chess player and author
1974 –
Marko Tredup , German footballer and manager
1974 –
Ahmet Zappa , American musician and writer
1975 –
Ray Lewis , American football player and sportscaster
1975 –
Ales Michalevic , Belarusian lawyer and politician
1975 –
Janne Seurujärvi ,
Finnish Sami politician, and the first Sami ever to be elected to the
Finnish Parliament .
[28]
1976 –
Torraye Braggs , American basketball player
1976 –
Mark Kennedy , Irish footballer
1976 –
Jacek Krzynówek , Polish footballer
1976 –
Ryan Leaf , American football player and coach
1976 –
Anže Logar , Slovenian politician
1976 –
Tyler Walker , American baseball player
1978 –
Amy Chow , American gymnast and pediatrician
1978 –
Dwayne De Rosario , Canadian soccer player
1978 –
Edu , Brazilian footballer
1978 –
David Krumholtz , American actor
1979 –
Adolfo Bautista , Mexican footballer
1979 –
Daniel Caines , English sprinter
1979 –
Chris Masoe , New Zealand rugby player
1979 –
Ryan Max Riley , American skier
1979 –
Robert Royal , American football player
1979 –
Dominic Scott , Irish guitarist
1980 –
Josh Beckett , American baseball player
1981 –
Patrice Evra , French footballer
1981 –
Paul Konchesky , English international footballer
[29]
1981 –
Justin Morneau , Canadian baseball player
1981 –
Zara Phillips , English equestrian
1981 –
Jamie-Lynn Sigler , American actress and singer
1982 –
Veronica Campbell-Brown , Jamaican sprinter
1982 –
Segundo Castillo , Ecuadorian footballer
1982 –
Rafael Pérez , Dominican baseball player
1982 –
Layal Abboud , Lebanese singer
1984 –
Jeff Deslauriers , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Sérgio Jimenez , Brazilian race car driver
1984 –
Samantha Noble , Australian actress
1984 –
Beau Scott , Australian rugby league player
1984 –
Mr Probz , Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
[30]
1985 –
Cristiane , Brazilian footballer
1985 –
Tania Cagnotto , Italian diver
1985 –
Laura Harvey , English football coach
1985 –
Tathagata Mukherjee , Indian actor
1985 –
Denis Onyango , Ugandan football goalkeeper
1985 –
Justine Robbeson , South African javelin thrower
1986 –
Thomas Brown , American football player
1986 –
Matías Fernández , Chilean footballer
1986 –
Adam Moffat , Scottish footballer
1987 –
David Adams , American baseball player
1987 –
Michael Brantley , American baseball player
1987 –
Brian Dozier , American baseball player
1987 –
Mark Fayne , American ice hockey player
1987 –
Ersan İlyasova , Turkish basketball player
1987 –
Leonardo Mayer , Argentinian tennis player
1987 –
Andy Murray , Scottish tennis player
[31]
1988 –
Indrek Kajupank , Estonian basketball player
1988 –
Scott Laird , English footballer
1989 –
Susan Soonkyu Lee , Korean-American singer and entertainer
[32]
1989 –
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa , French footballer
1990 –
Jordan Eberle , Canadian ice hockey player
1990 –
Lee Jong-hyun , Korean guitarist
1990 –
Stella Maxwell , New Zealand model
1993 –
Jeremy Hawkins , New Zealand rugby league player
1993 –
Tomáš Kalas , Czech international footballer
[33]
1996 –
Birdy , English singer-songwriter
1997 –
Ousmane Dembélé , French footballer
1997 –
Scott Drinkwater , Australian rugby league player
[34]
1998 –
Lucrezia Stefanini , Italian tennis player
[35]
1999 –
Anastasia Gasanova , Russian tennis player
[36]
2000 –
Dayana Yastremska , Ukrainian tennis player
[37]
2002 –
Chase Hudson , American internet celebrity, singer, actor
[38]
Deaths
Pre-1600
392 –
Valentinian II , Roman emperor (b. 371)
558 –
Hilary of Galeata , Christian monk (b. 476)
884 –
Marinus I , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)
913 –
Hatto I , German archbishop (b. 850)
926 –
Zhuang Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 885)
973 –
Byrhthelm , bishop of Wells
1036 –
Go-Ichijō , emperor of Japan (b. 1008)
1157 –
Yuri Dolgorukiy , Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)
1175 –
Mleh , prince of Armenia
1174 –
Nur ad-Din , Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)
1268 –
Peter II , count of Savoy (b. 1203)
1461 –
Domenico Veneziano , Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
1464 –
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436)
1470 –
Charles VIII , king of Sweden (b. 1409)
1585 –
Niwa Nagahide , Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
1601–1900
1609 –
Giovanni Croce , Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
1615 –
Henry Bromley , English politician (b. 1560)
1634 –
Hendrick Avercamp , Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1698 –
Marie Champmeslé , French actress (b. 1642)
1699 –
Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet , English politician (b. 1631)
1700 –
John Hale , American minister (b. 1636)
1740 –
Ephraim Chambers , English publisher (b. 1680)
1773 –
Alban Butler , English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
1845 –
Braulio Carrillo Colina , Costa Rican lawyer and politician,
Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
1879 –
Gottfried Semper , German architect and educator, designed the
Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
1886 –
Emily Dickinson , American poet and author (b. 1830)
1901–present
1914 –
Ida Freund , Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
[39]
1919 –
Hasan Tahsin , Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
1924 –
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant , French diplomat and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1926 –
Joseph James Fletcher , Australian biologist (b. 1850)
1928 –
Umegatani Tōtarō I , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th
Yokozuna (b. 1845)
1935 –
Kazimir Malevich , Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
1937 –
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden , English politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
1945 –
Kenneth J. Alford , English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
1945 –
Charles Williams , English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
1948 –
Edward J. Flanagan , Irish-American priest, founded
Boys Town (b. 1886)
1954 –
William March , American soldier and author (b. 1893)
1955 –
Harry J. Capehart , American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)
[40]
[41]
[42]
1956 –
Austin Osman Spare , English painter and magician (b. 1886)
1957 –
Keith Andrews , American race car driver (b. 1920)
1957 –
Dick Irvin , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
1963 –
John Aglionby , English-born
Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
1964 –
Vladko Maček , Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1965 –
Pio Pion , Italian businessman (b. 1887)
1967 –
Edward Hopper , American painter (b. 1882)
1967 –
Italo Mus , Italian painter (b. 1892)
1969 –
Joe Malone , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
1971 –
Tyrone Guthrie , English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
1978 –
Robert Menzies , Australian lawyer and politician, 12th
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1980 –
Gordon Prange , American historian and author (b. 1910)
1982 –
Gordon Smiley , American race car driver (b. 1946)
1984 –
Francis Schaeffer , American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
1985 –
Jackie Curtis , American actress and writer (b. 1947)
1986 –
Elio de Angelis , Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1986 –
Theodore H. White , American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
1989 –
Johnny Green , American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1989 –
Luc Lacourcière , Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
1991 –
Andreas Floer , German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
1991 –
Amadou Hampâté Bâ , Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
1991 –
Fritz Riess , German race car driver (b. 1922)
1993 –
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim , Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
1994 –
Gilbert Roland , American actor (b. 1905)
1995 –
Eric Porter , English actor (b. 1928)
1996 –
Charles B. Fulton , American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
1998 –
Earl Manigault , American basketball player (b. 1944)
1998 –
Naim Talu , Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th
Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
2003 –
June Carter Cash , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
2006 –
Nizar Abdul Zahra , Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
2007 –
Jerry Falwell , American pastor, founded
Liberty University (b. 1933)
2008 –
Tommy Burns , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2008 –
Alexander Courage , American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
2008 –
Will Elder , American illustrator (b. 1921)
2009 –
Bud Tingwell , Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2009 –
Wayman Tisdale , American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
2010 –
Besian Idrizaj , Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
2010 –
Loris Kessel , Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
2012 –
Carlos Fuentes , Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
2012 –
Arno Lustiger , German historian and author (b. 1924)
2012 –
Zakaria Mohieddin , Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
2013 –
Henrique Rosa , Bissau-Guinean politician,
President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
2014 –
Jean-Luc Dehaene , French-Belgian politician, 63rd
Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
2014 –
Noribumi Suzuki , Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2015 –
Elisabeth Bing , German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
2015 –
Jackie Brookner , American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
2015 –
Flora MacNeil , Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
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2015 –
Garo Yepremian , Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)
[44]
2020 –
Fred Willard , American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933)
[45]
2021 –
Oliver Gillie , British journalist and scientist (b. 1937)
[46]
2022 –
Frank Curry , Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)
[47]
2022 –
Kay Mellor , English actress (b. 1951)
[48]
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