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Day of the year
May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 238 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1625 –
State funeral of
James VI and I (1566-1625) is held at
Westminster Abbey .
[6]
1664 – Inaugural celebrations begin at
Louis XIV of France 's new
Palace of Versailles .
[7]
1685 –
Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
1697 –
Stockholm 's royal castle (dating back to
medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current
Royal Palace .
[8]
1718 – The city of
New Orleans is founded by
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville .
[9]
1763 –
Pontiac's War begins with
Pontiac 's attempt to seize
Fort Detroit from the British.
1765 –
HMS Victory is launched at
Chatham Dockyard , Kent. She is not commissioned until 1778.
[10]
1794 –
French Revolution :
Robespierre introduces the
Cult of the Supreme Being in the
National Convention as the new
state religion of the
French First Republic .
1798 –
French Revolutionary Wars : A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the
Îles Saint-Marcouf is
repulsed with heavy losses .
[11]
1824 – World premiere of
Ludwig van Beethoven 's
Ninth Symphony in
Vienna , Austria. The performance is conducted by
Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
[12]
1832 – Greece's independence is recognized by the
Treaty of London .
1840 – The
Great Natchez Tornado strikes
Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest
tornado in United States history.
1846 – The
Cambridge Chronicle , America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in
Cambridge, Massachusetts .
1864 –
American Civil War : The
Army of the Potomac , under General
Ulysses S. Grant , breaks off from the
Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
1864 – The world's oldest surviving
clipper ship, the
City of Adelaide is launched by
William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
1895 – In
Saint Petersburg , Russian scientist
Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov
lightning detector—a primitive
radio receiver . In some parts of the former
Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as
Radio Day .
1901–present
1915 –
World War I : German
submarine
U-20
sinks
RMS Lusitania , killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the
German Empire .
1915 – The
Republic of China accedes to 13 of the
21 Demands , extending the
Empire of Japan 's control over
Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
[13]
1920 –
Kyiv offensive :
Polish troops led by
Józef Piłsudski and
Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic
Ukrainian force capture
Kyiv only to be driven out by the
Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
1920 –
Treaty of Moscow :
Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
1930 – The 7.1 Mw
Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
1931 – The stand-off between criminal
Francis Crowley and 300 members of the
New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street,
New York City .
1937 –
Spanish Civil War : The German
Condor Legion , equipped with
Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist
Francisco Franco 's forces.
1940 –
World War II : The
Norway Debate in the
British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain with
Winston Churchill three days later.
1942 – World War II: During the
Battle of the Coral Sea , United States Navy
aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the
Imperial Japanese Navy
light aircraft carrier
Shōhō ; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
1945 – World War II: Last German
U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the
Firth of Forth ,
Scotland .
1945 – World War II: General
Alfred Jodl signs
unconditional surrender terms at
Reims , France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed
Sony ) is founded.
[14]
1948 – The
Council of Europe is founded during the
Hague Congress .
1952 – The concept of the
integrated circuit , the basis for all modern computers, is first published by
Geoffrey Dummer .
1954 –
Indochina War : The
Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
1960 –
Cold War :
U-2 Crisis of 1960 : Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American
U-2 pilot
Gary Powers .
1964 –
Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is hijacked by
Francisco Gonzales and crashes in
Contra Costa County, California , killing 44.
[15]
1986 – Canadian
Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the
Seven Summits .
1991 – A
fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at
Sungai Buloh , Malaysia, killing 26.
[16]
1992 –
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the
United States Constitution making the
27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the
U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
1992 –
Space Shuttle program : The
Space Shuttle
Endeavour is launched on its first mission,
STS-49 .
1992 – Three employees at a
McDonald's Restaurant in
Sydney, Nova Scotia , Canada, are
brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
1994 –
Edvard Munch 's painting
The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the
National Gallery of Norway in February.
[17]
1998 –
Mercedes-Benz buys
Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms
DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
[18]
1999 –
Pope John Paul II travels to
Romania , becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly
Eastern Orthodox country since the
Great Schism in 1054.
1999 –
Kosovo War : Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a
NATO aircraft inadvertently
bombs the Chinese embassy in
Belgrade, Serbia .
1999 – In
Guinea-Bissau , President
João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a
military coup .
2000 –
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
2002 – An
EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to
Tunis–Carthage International Airport , killing 14 people.
[19]
2002 – A
China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the
Yellow Sea , killing 112 people.
2004 – American businessman
Nick Berg is
beheaded by
Islamic militants . The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
[20]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1605 –
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)
1643 –
Stephanus Van Cortlandt , American politician, 10th
Mayor of New York City (d. 1700)
1700 –
Gerard van Swieten , Dutch-Austrian physician (d. 1772)
1701 –
Carl Heinrich Graun , German tenor and composer (d. 1759)
[23]
1711 –
David Hume , Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)
[24]
1724 –
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser , French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)
1740 –
Nikolai Arkharov , Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)
1748 –
Olympe de Gouges , French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)
[25]
1751 –
Stephen Badlam , American artisan and military officer (d. 1815)
[26]
1763 –
Józef Poniatowski , Polish general (d. 1813)
1767 –
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)
1774 –
William Bainbridge , American commodore (d. 1833)
1787 –
Jacques Viger , Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st
mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
1812 –
Robert Browning , English poet and playwright (d. 1889)
[27]
1833 –
Johannes Brahms , German pianist and composer (d. 1897)
[28]
1836 –
Joseph Gurney Cannon , American lawyer and politician, 40th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1926)
1837 –
Karl Mauch , German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)
1840 –
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
1845 –
Mary Eliza Mahoney , American nurse and activist (d. 1926)
1847 –
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
1857 –
William A. MacCorkle , American lawyer and politician, 9th
Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
1860 –
Tom Norman , English businessman (d. 1930)
1861 –
Rabindranath Tagore , Indian author and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
[29]
1867 –
Władysław Reymont , Polish novelist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
1875 –
Bill Hoyt , American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
1880 –
Pandurang Vaman Kane , Indologist and Sanskrit scholar,
Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)
1881 –
George E. Wiley , American cyclist (d. 1954)
1882 –
Willem Elsschot , Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)
1885 –
George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor (d. 1969)
1889 –
Viktor Puskar , Estonian colonel (d. 1943)
1891 –
Harry McShane , Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)
1892 –
Archibald MacLeish , American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)
1892 –
Josip Broz Tito , Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st
President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
1893 –
Frank J. Selke , Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)
1896 –
Kathleen McKane Godfree , English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)
1899 –
Alfred Gerrard , English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)
1901–present
1901 –
Gary Cooper , American actor (d. 1961)
[30]
1903 –
Jimmy Ball , Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
1903 –
Nikolay Zabolotsky , Russian-Soviet poet and translator (d. 1958)
[31]
1905 –
Philip Baxter , Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (d. 1989)
[32]
1906 –
Eric Krenz , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)
1909 –
Edwin H. Land , American scientist and inventor, co-founded the
Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)
1909 –
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino , Native American teacher (d. 2005)
[33]
1911 –
Ishirō Honda , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1911 –
Rıfat Ilgaz , Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)
1912 –
Pannalal Patel , Indian author (d. 1989)
1913 –
John Spencer Hardy , American general (d. 2012)
1913 –
Simon Ramo , American physicist and engineer (d. 2016)
1914 –
Arthur Snelling , English civil servant and diplomat.
British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)
1916 –
Huw Wheldon , Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
1916 –
W. B. Young , Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)
1917 –
Domenico Bartolucci , Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
1917 –
Lenox Hewitt , Australian public servant (d. 2020)
1917 –
David Tomlinson , English actor (d. 2000)
1919 –
Eva Perón , Argentinian actress, 25th
First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)
1920 –
Rendra Karno , Indonesian actor (d. 1985)
1921 –
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs , English historian and academic (d. 2016)
[34]
1921 –
Gaston Rébuffat , French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
1922 –
Darren McGavin , American actor and director (d. 2006)
1922 –
Joe O'Donnell , American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)
1923 –
Anne Baxter , American actress (d. 1985)
1923 –
Jim Lowe , American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host (d. 2016)
1923 –
Bülent Ulusu , Turkish admiral and politician, 18th
Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)
1924 –
Albert Band , French-American director and producer (d. 2002)
1925 –
Lauri Vaska , Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)
1927 –
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929 –
Dick Williams , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
1930 –
Totie Fields , American comedian and author (d. 1978)
1930 –
Babe Parilli , American football player and coach (d. 2017)
1930 –
John Smith, Baron Kirkhill , English politician (d. 2023)
1931 –
Teresa Brewer , American singer (d. 2007)
1931 –
Gene Wolfe , American author (d. 2019)
1932 –
Jordi Bonet , Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)
1932 –
Alan Cuthbert , English pharmacologist and academic (d. 2016)
1932 –
Pete Domenici , American lawyer and politician, 37th
Mayor of Albuquerque (d. 2017)
1932 –
Derek Taylor , English journalist and author (d. 1997)
1933 –
Johnny Unitas , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1935 –
Avraham Heffner , Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1935 –
Michael Hopkins , English architect (d. 2023)
1936 –
Robin Hanbury-Tenison , English explorer and author
1936 –
Tony O'Reilly , Irish rugby player and businessman
1936 –
Jimmy Ruffin , American soul singer (d. 2014)
1937 –
Eddie Clayton , English footballer
[35]
1937 –
Claude Raymond , Canadian baseball player and coach
1939 –
Sidney Altman , Canadian-American biologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
1939 –
Ruggero Deodato , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1939 –
Ruud Lubbers , Dutch economist and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)
1939 –
Johnny Maestro , American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010)
1939 –
Clive Soley, Baron Soley , English politician
1940 –
Angela Carter , English novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)
1940 –
Dave Chambers , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 –
Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury , English lawyer and judge
1943 –
Terry Allen , American singer and painter
1943 –
Harvey Andrews , English singer-songwriter and poet
1943 –
John Bannon , Australian academic and politician, 39th
Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)
1943 –
Peter Carey , Australian novelist and short story writer
1945 –
Christy Moore , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 –
Robin Strasser , American actress
1946 –
Thelma Houston , American R&B/disco singer and actress
1946 –
Marv Hubbard , American football player (d. 2015)
1946 –
Bill Kreutzmann , American drummer
1946 –
Michael Rosen , English author and poet
1946 –
Brian Turner , English chef and television host
1949 –
Kathy Ahern , American golfer (d. 1996)
1949 –
Deborah Butterfield , American sculptor
[36]
1950 –
John Dowling Coates , Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
1950 –
Randall "Tex" Cobb , American boxer and actor
1950 –
Tim Russert , American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)
1953 –
Pat McInally , American football player and coach
1953 –
Ian McKay , English sergeant,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1954 –
Philippe Geluck , Belgian cartoonist
1954 –
Joanna Haigh , English meteorologist and physicist
1954 –
Amy Heckerling , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 –
Clément Gignac , Canadian politician
1955 –
Axel Zwingenberger , German pianist and songwriter
1956 –
Jan Peter Balkenende , Dutch jurist and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1956 –
Anne Dudley , English pianist and composer
1956 –
Nicholas Hytner , English director and producer
[37]
1956 –
Jean Lapierre , Canadian talk show host and politician (d. 2016)
1956 –
Calum MacDonald , Scottish journalist and politician
1957 –
Kristina M. Johnson , American business executive, engineer, academic, and government official
1958 –
Mikhail Biryukov , Russian footballer and manager
1958 –
Mark G. Kuzyk , American physicist and academic
1958 –
Anne Marie Rafferty , English nurse and academic
1959 –
Michael E. Knight , American actor
1959 –
Tony Sealy , English footballer and manager
[38]
1959 –
Heiki Valk , Estonian archeologist and academic
1960 –
Adam Bernstein , American director and screenwriter
1960 –
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham , Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
1960 –
Almudena Grandes , Spanish author
1961 –
Hans-Peter Bartels , German politician
1961 –
Sue Black , Scottish anthropologist and academic
1961 –
Ivar Must , Estonian composer and producer
1962 –
Tony Campbell , American basketball player and coach
1962 –
Judith Donath , American computer scientist and academic
1964 –
Ronnie Harmon , American football player
1964 –
Denis Mandarino , Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter
1964 –
Leslie O'Neal , American football player
1965 –
Reuben Davis , American football player
1965 –
Owen Hart , Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)
1965 –
Norman Whiteside , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1965 –
Huang Zhihong , Chinese shot putter
1967 –
Martin Bryant , Australian mass murderer
1967 –
Adam Price , Danish chef and screenwriter
1967 –
Joe Rice , American colonel and politician
1968 –
Traci Lords , American actress and singer
1968 –
Lisa Raitt , Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th
Canadian Minister of Transport
1969 –
Eagle-Eye Cherry , Swedish singer-songwriter
[39]
1969 –
Jun Falkenstein , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 –
Katerina Maleeva , Bulgarian tennis player
1971 –
Reidar Horghagen , Norwegian drummer
1971 –
Dave Karpa , Canadian ice hockey player
1971 –
Billy Moore , Australian rugby league player
[40]
1971 –
Thomas Piketty , French economist
[41]
1972 –
Peter Dubovský , Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)
1972 –
Frank Trigg , American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1973 –
Kristian Lundin , Swedish songwriter and producer
1973 –
Paolo Savoldelli , Italian cyclist
1974 –
Breckin Meyer , American actor, writer, and producer
[42]
1974 –
Ian Pearce , English footballer and assistant manager
[43]
1975 –
Ashley Cowan , English cricketer
1976 –
Calvin Booth , American basketball player
[44]
1976 –
Berke Hatipoğlu , Turkish guitarist and songwriter
1976 –
Stacey Jones , New Zealand rugby league player
[45]
1976 –
Andrea Lo Cicero , Italian rugby player
[46]
1976 –
Michael P. Murphy , American lieutenant,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
1976 –
Ayelet Shaked , former Israeli Minister of Justice
1977 –
Elton Flatley , Australian rugby player
1978 –
Stian Arnesen , Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
1978 –
James Carter , American hurdler
[47]
1978 –
Shawn Marion , American basketball player
1979 –
Katie Douglas , American basketball player
1983 –
Phionah Atuhebwe , Ugandan vaccinologist and immunization expert
[48]
1984 –
Kevin Owens , Canadian wrestler
1984 –
Alex Smith , American football player
[49]
1985 –
J Balvin , Colombian singer-songwriter and producer
[50]
1985 –
Jarrad Hickey , Australian rugby league player
1985 –
Drew Neitzel , American basketball player
1986 –
Matt Helders , English drummer
1987 –
Aidy Bryant , American actress and comedian
[51]
1987 –
Asami Konno , Japanese singer
1987 –
Michael Maidens , English footballer (d. 2007)
1987 –
Mark Reynolds , Scottish footballer
[52]
1987 –
David Schlemko , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Eino Puri , Estonian footballer
[53]
1988 –
Sander Puri , Estonian footballer
[54]
1989 –
Earl Thomas , American football player
[55]
1992 –
Alexander Ludwig , Canadian actor and musician
[56]
1993 –
Will Ospreay , English wrestler
[57]
1993 –
Ajla Tomljanovic , Australian tennis player
[58]
1995 –
Seko Fofana , French born Ivorian international footballer
[59]
1997 –
Daria Kasatkina , Russian tennis player
[60]
[61]
1998 –
Maryna Piddubna , Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
[62]
1998 –
Jesse Puljujärvi , Finnish ice hockey player
[63]
1998 –
MrBeast , American YouTuber
[64]
1999 –
Cody Gakpo , Dutch footballer
[65]
2004 –
Ashlyn Krueger , American tennis player
[66]
Deaths
Pre-1600
721 –
John of Beverley , bishop of
York
[67]
833 –
Ibn Hisham , Egyptian Muslim historian
973 –
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
1014 –
Bagrat III , 1st King of Georgia (b. 960)
1092 –
Remigius de Fécamp , English monk and bishop
1166 –
William I of Sicily
1202 –
Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
1205 –
Ladislaus III of Hungary (b. 1201)
1234 –
Otto I, Duke of Merania (b. c. 1180)
1243 –
Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel
1427 –
Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr , English priest (b. 1352)
1494 –
Eskender ,
Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471)
1523 –
Franz von Sickingen , German knight (b. 1481)
1539 –
Ottaviano Petrucci , Italian printer (b. 1466)
1601–1900
1617 –
David Fabricius , German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
[68]
1667 –
Johann Jakob Froberger , German organist and composer (b. 1616)
1682 –
Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
1685 –
Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
1718 –
Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
1793 –
Pietro Nardini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
1800 –
Niccolò Piccinni , Italian composer (b. 1728)
1805 –
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , Irish-English politician,
Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1737)
[69]
1815 –
Jabez Bowen , American colonel and politician, 45th
Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
1825 –
Antonio Salieri , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
1840 –
Caspar David Friedrich , German painter and educator (b. 1774)
1868 –
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux , Scottish lawyer and politician,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
1872 –
Alexander Loyd , American carpenter and politician, 4th
Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1876 –
William Buell Sprague , American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
1887 –
C. F. W. Walther , German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
1896 –
H. H. Holmes , American serial killer (b. 1861)
1901–present
1902 –
Agostino Roscelli , Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
1917 –
Albert Ball , English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
[70]
1922 –
Max Wagenknecht , German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
1924 –
Alluri Sitarama Raju , Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
1925 –
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme , English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
1937 –
Ernst A. Lehmann , German captain and author (b. 1886)
1938 –
Octavian Goga , Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
1940 –
George Lansbury , English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
1941 –
James George Frazer , Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
1942 –
Felix Weingartner , Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
1943 –
Fethi Okyar , Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
1946 –
Herbert Macaulay , Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
1951 –
Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889)
1967 –
Margaret Larkin , American writer and poet (b. 1899)
1958 –
Mihkel Lüdig , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
1976 –
Alison Uttley , English children's book writer (b. 1884)
1978 –
Mort Weisinger , American journalist and author (b. 1915)
1986 –
Haldun Taner , Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
1987 –
Colin Blakely , Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
1987 –
Paul Popham , American soldier and activist, co-founded
Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
1990 –
Sam Tambimuttu , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
1994 –
Clement Greenberg , American art critic (b. 1909)
1995 –
Ray McKinley , American drummer, singer, and bandleader (
Glenn Miller Orchestra ) (b. 1910)
1998 –
Allan McLeod Cormack , South African-English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
1998 –
Eddie Rabbitt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2000 –
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)
2001 –
Jacques de Bourbon-Busset , French author and politician (b. 1912)
2004 –
Waldemar Milewicz , Polish journalist (b. 1956)
2005 –
Tristan Egolf , American author and activist (b. 1971)
2005 –
Peter Rodino , American captain and politician (b. 1909)
2005 –
Otilino Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
2006 –
Richard Carleton , Australian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 –
Joan C. Edwards , American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
2007 –
Isabella Blow , English magazine editor (b. 1958)
2007 –
Diego Corrales , American boxer (b. 1977)
2007 –
Octavian Paler , Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
2007 –
Yahweh ben Yahweh , American cult leader, founded the
Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)
2009 –
David Mellor , English designer (b. 1930)
2009 –
Danny Ozark , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
2011 –
Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer (b. 1957)
2011 –
Willard Boyle , Canadian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2011 –
Big George , English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)
2011 –
Victor Nosach , Soviet historian (b. 1929)
[71]
2012 –
Sammy Barr , Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)
2012 –
Ferenc Bartha , Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
2012 –
Dennis E. Fitch , American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
2013 –
Ferruccio Mazzola , Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2013 –
George Sauer, Jr. , American football player (b. 1943)
2014 –
Neville McNamara , Australian air marshal (b. 1923)
2014 –
Colin Pillinger , English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
2014 –
Dick Welteroth , American baseball player (b. 1927)
2015 –
Frank DiPascali , American businessman (b. 1956)
2015 –
John Dixon , Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2023 –
Aase Foss Abrahamsen , Norwegian writer (b. 1930)
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