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Day of the year
May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 219 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
17 –
Germanicus celebrates a
triumph in Rome for his victories over the
Cherusci ,
Chatti , and other
German tribes west of the
Elbe .
[1]
451 –
Battle of Avarayr between
Armenian rebels and the
Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice
Christianity .
[2]
946 – King
Edmund I of
England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating
St Augustine 's Mass Day.
961 – King
Otto I elects his six-year-old son
Otto II as
heir apparent and co-ruler of the
East Frankish Kingdom . He is crowned at
Aachen , and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother
Matilda .
[3]
1135 –
Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in
León Cathedral as
Imperator totius Hispaniae (Emperor of all of Spain ).
[4]
1293 – An
earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan, killing about 23,000.
[5]
1328 –
William of Ockham , the
Franciscan Minister-General
Michael of Cesena , and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave
Avignon , fearing a death sentence from
Pope John XXII .
1538 –
Geneva expels
John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in
Strasbourg for the next three years.
[6]
1573 – The
Battle of Haarlemmermeer , a naval engagement in the
Eighty Years' War .
[7]
1601–1900
1637 –
Pequot War : A combined English and
Mohegan force under
John Mason attacks a village in
Connecticut ,
massacring approximately 500
Pequots .
1644 –
Portuguese Restoration War : Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the
Battle of Montijo .
1736 – The
Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of
Tupelo, Mississippi . British and
Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and
Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
1783 –
A Great Jubilee Day held at
North Stratford, Connecticut , celebrates the end of fighting in the
American Revolution .
1805 –
Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of
King of Italy and is crowned with the
Iron Crown of Lombardy in
Milan Cathedral , the
gothic cathedral in
Milan .
1821 – Establishment of the
Peloponnesian Senate by the
Greek rebels .
1822 – At least 113 people die in the
Grue Church fire , the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
1864 –
Montana is organized as a
United States territory .
1865 –
American Civil War : The
Confederate General
Edmund Kirby Smith , commander of the Confederate
Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at
Galveston, Texas .
1868 – The
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
1869 –
Boston University is chartered by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
1879 –
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the
Treaty of Gandamak establishing an
Afghan state .
1896 –
Nicholas II is
crowned as the last
Tsar of
Imperial Russia .
1896 –
Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the
Dow Jones Industrial Average .
1900 –
Thousand Days' War : The
Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the
Colombian Liberal Party in the
Battle of Palonegro .
1901–present
1903 –
Românul de la Pind , the longest-running newspaper by and about
Aromanians until
World War II , is founded.
[8]
1908 – The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at
Masjed Soleyman in southwest
Persia . The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company .
1917 – Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of
Mattoon .
1918 – The
Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
1923 – The first
24 Hours of Le Mans is held and has since been run annually in June.
1927 – The last
Ford Model T rolls off the
assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
[9]
1936 – In the
House of Commons of Northern Ireland ,
Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the
Appropriation bill . By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
1937 –
Walter Reuther and members of the
United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with
Ford Motor Company security guards at the
River Rouge Complex complex in
Dearborn, Michigan , during the
Battle of the Overpass .
[10]
1938 – In the United States, the
House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
1940 –
World War II :
Operation Dynamo : In northern France,
Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from
Dunkirk , France.
[11]
1940 – World War II: The
Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
1942 – World War II: The
Battle of Gazala takes place.
1948 – The U.S. Congress passes
Public Law 80-557 , which permanently establishes the
Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the
United States Air Force .
1966 –
British Guiana gains independence, becoming
Guyana .
1967 –
The Beatles '
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
[12]
1968 –
H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
[13]
1969 –
Apollo program :
Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed
Moon landing .
1970 – The
Soviet
Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed
Mach 2 .
1971 –
Bangladesh Liberation War : The
Pakistan Army
slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga,
Sylhet ,
Bangladesh .
1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty .
1981 –
Italian Prime Minister
Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the
pseudo-masonic lodge
P2 (Propaganda Due) .
[14]
1981 – An
EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the
aircraft carrier
USS Nimitz , killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
1983 – The 7.8 Mw
Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern
Honshu with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
[15]
1986 – The
European Community adopts the
European flag .
1991 –
Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected
President of the
Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991 –
Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the
Phu Toei National Park in the
Suphan Buri Province of
Thailand , killing all 223 people on board.
[16]
1998 – The
Supreme Court of the United States rules in
New Jersey v. New York that
Ellis Island , the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of
New Jersey , not New York.
1998 – The first "
National Sorry Day " is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
1998 – A
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
Harbin Y-12
crashes near
Erdenet ,
Orkhon Province ,
Mongolia , resulting in 28 deaths.
[17]
2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love
collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the
Arkansas River near
Webbers Falls, Oklahoma , resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
2003 –
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 crashes in the Turkish town of
Maçka , killing 75.
[18]
2004 – United States Army veteran
Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the
Oklahoma City bombing .
2008 –
Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
2020 –
Protests triggered by the
murder of
George Floyd erupt in
Minneapolis–Saint Paul , later becoming widespread
across the United States and
around the world .
[19]
2021 – Ten people are killed in a
shooting at a
VTA
rail yard in
San Jose, California ,
United States .
[20]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1602 –
Philippe de Champaigne , Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
1623 –
William Petty , English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)
[22]
1650 –
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
1667 –
Abraham de Moivre , French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
1669 –
Sébastien Vaillant , French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
1700 –
Nicolaus Zinzendorf , German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
1750 –
William Morgan , British actuary (d. 1833)
[23]
1799 –
August Kopisch , German poet and painter (d. 1853)
1822 –
Edmond de Goncourt , French author and critic, founded the
Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
1863 –
Bob Fitzsimmons , English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
1865 –
Robert W. Chambers , American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
1867 –
Mary of Teck , English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
[24]
1873 –
Olaf Gulbransson , Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
1876 –
Percy Perrin , English cricketer (d. 1945)
[25]
1880 –
W. Otto Miessner , American composer and educator (d. 1967)
1881 –
Adolfo de la Huerta , Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)
[26]
1883 –
Mamie Smith , American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
1886 –
Al Jolson , American singer and actor (d. 1950)
[27]
1887 –
Ba U , 2nd
President of Burma (d. 1963)
1893 –
Eugene Aynsley Goossens , English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1895 –
Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
1895 –
Paul Lukas , Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1898 –
Ernst Bacon , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1898 –
Christfried Burmeister , Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1899 –
Antonio Barrette , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th
Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
1899 –
Muriel McQueen Fergusson , Canadian lawyer and politician,
Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
1900 –
Karin Juel , Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)
1901–present
1904 –
George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
1904 –
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
1904 –
Vlado Perlemuter , Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
1907 –
Jean Bernard , French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
1907 –
John Wayne , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
1908 –
Robert Morley , English actor (d. 1992)
1908 –
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ , Vietnamese politician, 1st
Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
1909 –
Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1909 –
Adolfo López Mateos , Mexican politician, 48th
President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1910 –
Imi Lichtenfeld , Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
1911 –
Maurice Baquet , French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
1911 –
Henry Ephron , American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1912 –
János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th
Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
1912 –
Jay Silverheels , Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
1913 –
Peter Cushing , English actor (d. 1994)
1913 –
Pierre Daninos , French author (d. 2005)
1913 –
Karin Ekelund , Swedish actress (d. 1976)
1913 –
Josef Manger , German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1914 –
Frankie Manning , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1915 –
Vernon Alley , American bassist (d. 2004)
1915 –
Antonia Forest , English author (d. 2003)
1916 –
Henriette Roosenburg , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
1919 –
Rubén González , Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
1920 –
Jack Cheetham , South African cricketer (d. 1980)
1920 –
Peggy Lee , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
1921 –
Inge Borkh , German soprano (d. 2018)
[28]
1923 –
James Arness , American actor (d. 2011)
1923 –
Roy Dotrice , English actor (d. 2017)
1925 –
Carmen Montejo , Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
1925 –
Alec McCowen , English actor
[29] (d. 2017)
[30]
1926 –
Miles Davis , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
[31]
1927 –
Jacques Bergerac , French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
1928 –
Jack Kevorkian , American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
1929 –
J. F. Ade Ajayi , Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
1929 –
Ernie Carroll , Australian television personality and producer (d. 2022)
[32]
1929 –
Hans Freeman , Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
1929 –
Catherine Sauvage , French singer and actress (d. 1998)
1930 –
Karim Emami , Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
1935 –
Eero Loone , Estonian philosopher and academic
1936 –
Natalya Gorbanevskaya , Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013)
[33]
1937 –
Manorama , Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1937 –
Paul E. Patton , American politician, 59th
Governor of Kentucky
1938 –
William Bolcom , American pianist and composer
1938 –
Andrew Clennel Palmer , British engineer (d. 2019)
[34]
1938 –
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya , Russian author and playwright
1938 –
K. Bikram Singh , Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1938 –
Teresa Stratas , Canadian soprano and actress
[35]
1940 –
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay , Canadian academic and politician,
Deputy Premier of Quebec
1940 –
Levon Helm , American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
1941 –
Aldrich Ames , American
CIA officer and criminal
1941 –
Jim Dobbin , Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
1941 –
Cliff Drysdale , South African tennis player and sportscaster
1941 –
Imants Kalniņš , Latvian composer
1943 –
Erica Terpstra , Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
1944 –
Phil Edmonston , American-Canadian journalist and politician
1944 –
Jan Kinder , Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1944 –
Sam Posey , American race car driver and journalist
1945 –
Vilasrao Deshmukh , Indian lawyer and politician, 17th
Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
1945 –
Alistair MacDuff , English lawyer and judge
1945 –
Garry Peterson , Canadian-American drummer
1946 –
Neshka Robeva , Bulgarian gymnast and coach
1946 –
Mick Ronson , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
1947 –
Carol O'Connell , American author and painter
1947 –
Glenn Turner , New Zealand cricketer
[36]
1948 –
Stevie Nicks , American singer-songwriter
1949 –
Jeremy Corbyn , British journalist and politician
1949 –
Ward Cunningham , American computer programmer, developed the first
wiki
1949 –
Pam Grier , American actress
1949 –
Anne McGuire , Scottish educator and politician
1949 –
Philip Michael Thomas , American actor
[37]
1949 –
Hank Williams Jr. , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[38]
1951 –
Ramón Calderón , Spanish lawyer and businessman
1951 –
Lou van den Dries , Dutch mathematician
1951 –
Muhammed Faris , Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut
[39]
1951 –
Sally Ride , American physicist and astronaut, founded
Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
[40]
1951 –
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn , Irish educator and politician
1953 –
Kay Hagan , American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
1953 –
Don McAllister , English footballer and manager
[41]
1953 –
Michael Portillo , English journalist, politician and TV presenter
[42]
1954 –
Michael Devine ,
Irish Republican
hunger strike participant (d. 1981)
[43]
1954 –
Alan Hollinghurst , English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
1954 –
Denis Lebel , Canadian businessman and politician, 29th
Canadian Minister of Transport
1955 –
Masaharu Morimoto , Japanese-American chef
1955 –
Paul Stoddart , Australian businessman
1956 –
Fiona Shackleton , English lawyer
[44]
1956 –
Jyoti Gogte , Indian academician
[45]
1957 –
Diomedes Díaz , Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1957 –
François Legault , Canadian businessman and politician
1957 –
Roberto Ravaglia , Italian racing driver
1958 –
Ronnie Black , American golfer
1958 –
Arto Bryggare , Finnish hurdler and politician
1958 –
Margaret Colin , American actress
1959 –
Ole Bornedal , Danish actor, director, and producer
1960 –
Doug Hutchison , American actor
1960 –
Dean Lukin , Australian weightlifter
1960 –
Masahiro Matsunaga , Japanese racing driver
1960 –
Rob Murphy , American baseball player
1960 –
Romas Ubartas , Lithuanian discus thrower
1961 –
Steve Pate , American golfer
1961 –
Tarsem Singh , Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 –
Black , English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1962 –
Genie Francis , Canadian-American actress
1962 –
Bobcat Goldthwait , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963 –
Simon Armitage , English poet, playwright and novelist
[46]
1963 –
Claude Legault , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1963 –
Mary Nightingale , English journalist
1963 –
Jamie Spence , English golfer
1964 –
Caitlín R. Kiernan , Irish-American paleontologist and author
1964 –
Lenny Kravitz , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
1964 –
Argiris Pedoulakis , Greek basketball player and coach
1966 –
Helena Bonham Carter , English actress
1966 –
Zola Budd , South African runner
1967 –
Philip Treacy , Irish milliner, hat designer
1967 –
Mika Yamamoto , Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
1968 –
Fernando León de Aranoa , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 –
Frederik X , king of Denmark
1968 –
Steve Sedgley , English footballer and manager
1969 –
John Baird , Canadian politician, 10th
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1969 –
Siri Lindley , American triathlete and coach
[47]
1970 –
Nobuhiro Watsuki , Japanese illustrator
1971 –
Zaher Andary , Lebanese footballer
1971 –
Matt Stone , American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1973 –
Naomi Harris , Canadian-American photographer
1974 –
Lars Frölander , Swedish swimmer
1975 –
Lauryn Hill , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1976 –
Paul Collingwood , English cricketer and coach
1976 –
Stephen Curry , Australian comedian and actor
1976 –
Kenny Florian , American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1976 –
Justin Pierre , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1977 –
Nikos Chatzivrettas , Greek basketball player
1977 –
Raina Telgemeier , American author and cartoonist
1977 –
Luca Toni , Italian footballer
1977 –
Misaki Ito , Japanese actress and model
1978 –
Phil Elvrum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 –
Fabio Firmani , Italian footballer
1978 –
Dan Parks , Australian-Scottish rugby player
1979 –
Amanda Bauer , American astronomer and academic
1979 –
Ashley Massaro , American wrestler and model (d. 2019)
[48]
1979 –
Natalya Nazarova , Russian sprinter
1979 –
Elisabeth Harnois , American actress
1979 –
Mehmet Okur , Turkish basketball player
1980 –
Louis-Jean Cormier , Canadian singer and songwriter
1981 –
Anthony Ervin , American swimmer
[49]
1981 –
Jason Manford , English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1981 –
Ben Zobrist , American baseball player
[50]
1982 –
Hasan Kabze , Turkish footballer
1983 –
Demy de Zeeuw , Dutch footballer
1983 –
Nathan Merritt , Australian rugby league player
1985 –
Monika Christodoulou , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 –
Ashley Vincent , English footballer
1986 –
Michel Tornéus , Swedish long jumper
1987 –
Olcay Şahan , Turkish footballer
1988 –
Andrea Catellani , Italian footballer
1988 –
Dani Samuels , Australian discus thrower
[51]
1988 –
Damian Williams , American football player
1989 –
Paula Findlay , Canadian triathlete
1991 –
Ah Young , South Korean singer and actress
1993 –
Jason Adesanya , Belgian footballer
1993 –
Jimmy Vesey , American ice hockey player
1996 –
Lara Goodall , South African cricketer
1997 –
Mathew Barzal , Canadian ice hockey player
[52]
1999 –
Micah Parsons , American football player
[53]
1999 –
Georgia Wareham , Australian cricketer
[54]
Deaths
Pre-1600
604 –
Augustine of Canterbury , Benedictine monk and archbishop
735 –
Bede , English monk, historian, and theologian
818 –
Ali al-Ridha , 8th of
The Twelve Imams
926 –
Yuan Xingqin , Chinese general and governor
946 –
Edmund I , king of England (b. 921)
1035 –
Berenguer Ramon I , Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)
1055 –
Adalbert , margrave of Austria
1250 –
Peter I , duke of Brittany
1339 –
Aldona Ona , queen of Poland
1362 –
Louis I , king of Naples (b. 1320)
1421 –
Mehmed I , Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)
1512 –
Bayezid II , Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
1536 –
Francesco Berni , Italian poet (b. 1498)
1552 –
Sebastian Münster , German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)
1601–1900
1648 –
Vincent Voiture , French poet and author (b. 1597)
1653 –
Robert Filmer , English theorist and author (b. 1588)
1679 –
Ferdinand Maria , Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1685 –
Charles II , German elector palatine (b. 1651)
1702 –
Zeb-un-Nissa , Mughal princess and poet (d. 1638)
[55]
1703 –
Samuel Pepys , English politician (b. 1633)
[56]
1742 –
Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
1746 –
Thomas Southerne , Irish playwright (b. 1660)
1762 –
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
1799 –
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
1818 –
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian field marshal and politician,
Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
1818 –
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza , Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
1824 –
Capel Lofft , English lawyer (b. 1751)
1840 –
Sidney Smith , English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
1881 –
Jakob Bernays , German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
1883 –
Abdelkader El Djezairi , Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
1901–present
1902 –
Almon Brown Strowger , American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
1908 –
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , Indian religious leader, founded the
Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
1914 –
Jacob August Riis , Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
1924 –
Victor Herbert , Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
1926 –
Srečko Kosovel , Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1933 –
Horatio Bottomley , English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
1933 –
Jimmie Rodgers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
1939 –
Charles Horace Mayo , American physician, co-founded
Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
1943 –
Edsel Ford , American businessman (b. 1893)
1943 –
Alice Tegnér , Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
[57]
1944 –
Christian Wirth , German
SS officer (b. 1885)
1948 –
Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
1951 –
Lincoln Ellsworth , American explorer (b. 1880)
1954 –
Lionel Conacher , Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
1955 –
Alberto Ascari , Italian racing driver (b. 1918)
1956 –
Al Simmons , American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
1959 –
Philip Kassel , American gymnast (b. 1876)
1964 –
Ruben Oskar Auervaara , Finnish fraudster (b. 1906)
[58]
1966 –
Elizabeth Dilling , American author and activist (b. 1894)
1969 –
Paul Hawkins , Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
1969 –
Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer, co-founded the
Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
1974 –
Silvio Moser , Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
1976 –
Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
1978 –
Cybele Andrianou , Greek actress (b. 1887)
1979 –
George Brent , Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
1984 –
Elizabeth Peer , American journalist (b. 1936)
1989 –
Don Revie , English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
1994 –
Sonny Sharrock , American guitarist (b. 1940)
1995 –
Friz Freleng , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)
1997 –
Ralph Horween , American football player and coach (b. 1896)
1999 –
Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
1999 –
Waldo Semon , American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
2001 –
Vittorio Brambilla , Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
2001 –
Anne Haney , American actress (b. 1934)
2001 –
Moven Mahachi , Zimbabwean soldier and politician,
Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
2001 –
Dona Massin , Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
2002 –
Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2003 –
Kathleen Winsor , American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2004 –
Nikolai Chernykh , Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
2005 –
Eddie Albert , American actor (b. 1906)
2005 –
Chico Carrasquel , Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2005 –
Ruth Laredo , American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
2005 –
Leslie Smith , English businessman, co-founded
Lesney Products (b. 1918)
2006 –
Édouard Michelin , French businessman (b. 1963)
2006 –
Kevin O'Flanagan , Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
2007 –
Jack Edward Oliver , English illustrator (b. 1942)
2007 –
Howard Porter , American basketball player (b. 1948)
2008 –
Sydney Pollack , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2008 –
Zita Urbonaitė , Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
2009 –
Mihalis Papagiannakis , Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
2009 –
Peter Zezel , Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
2010 –
Art Linkletter , Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
2010 –
Chris Moran , English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
2010 –
Kieran Phelan , Irish politician (b. 1949)
2011 –
Arisen Ahubudu , Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 –
Arthur Decabooter , Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
2012 –
Leo Dillon , American illustrator (b. 1933)
2012 –
Stephen Healey , Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
2012 –
Hiroshi Miyazawa , Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2012 –
Hans Schmidt , Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
2012 –
Jim Unger , English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
2013 –
Ray Barnhart , American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
2013 –
John Bierwirth , American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
2013 –
Roberto Civita , Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
2013 –
Tom Lichtenberg , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 –
Otto Muehl , Austrian painter (b. 1925)
2013 –
Jack Vance , American author (b. 1916)
2014 –
Baselios Thoma Didymos I , Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)
2014 –
Miodrag Radulovacki , Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)
2014 –
William R. Roy , American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
2014 –
Hooshang Seyhoun , Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
2015 –
Vicente Aranda , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015 –
Les Johnson , Australian politician and diplomat,
Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
2015 –
Robert Kraft , American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2015 –
João Lucas , Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
2016 –
Hedy Epstein , German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
2017 –
Zbigniew Brzezinski , Polish-born American politician (b. 1928)
2019 –
Prem Tinsulanonda , Former Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1920)
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2022 –
Andy Fletcher , English musician (b. 1961)
[60]
2022 –
Ray Liotta , American actor (b. 1954)
[61]
2022 –
Alan White , English drummer (b. 1949)
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