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Day of the year
October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 81 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1614 – The
New Netherland Company applies to the
States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights
in what is now the northeastern United States .
1634 – The
Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army
sacks Wexford , killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1776 –
American Revolution : A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain
is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797 – The Royal Navy
decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1811 – The
Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
1840 – The Maronite leader
Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1852 – The
University of Sydney , Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862 –
American Civil War : Confederate troops conduct a
raid on Chambersburg , Pennsylvania.
1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the
Morant Bay rebellion .
1890 – In Washington, D.C., the
Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899 – The
Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
1901–present
1906 – San Francisco sparks a
diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
1910 – Piloted by
Arch Hoxsey , Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1912 –
First Balkan War : The day after the
Battle of Sarantaporo , Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
1918 – The 7.1
San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
1937 – The
Duke and
Duchess of Windsor
tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
1941 – Beginning of the
National Liberation War of Macedonia .
1942 –
World War II : Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships
intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1944 – The
Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
1950 – CBS's
field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954 – In accord with the
1954 Geneva Conference , French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
1958 – NASA launches
Pioneer 1 , its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
1961 – The
1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement is held in
Belgrade ,
SFR Yugoslavia , resulting in the establishment of the
Non-Aligned Movement .
[2]
1962 – The
Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – NASA launches
Apollo 7 , the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
1976 –
George Washington is
posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger , astronaut
Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984 –
Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1986 –
Ronald Reagan and
Mikhail Gorbachev
meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back
IRBM arsenals in Europe.
1987 – The
AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987 – Start of
Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
1991 –
Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the
Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
[3]
1999 –
Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an
ATR 42 from
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later
crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
[4]
2000 – NASA launches
STS-92 , the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
2001 – The
Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A
bomb attack in a
Myyrmanni shopping mall in
Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2013 – A migrant boat
sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning.
2018 –
Soyuz MS-10 , launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 –
Andreas Gryphius , German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1661 –
Melchior de Polignac , French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1671 –
Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1672 –
Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 –
Samuel Clarke , English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1738 –
Arthur Phillip , English admiral and politician, 1st
Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1739 –
Grigory Potemkin , Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1758 –
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers , German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1778 –
George Bridgetower , British musician and composer (d. 1860)
1782 –
Steen Steensen Blicher , Danish author and poet (d. 1848)
[5]
1786 –
Stevenson Archer , American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1788 –
Simon Sechter , Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1793 –
Maria James , Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)
[6]
1803 –
Gregor von Helmersen , Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1814 –
Jean-Baptiste Lamy , French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1815 –
Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte , Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1821 –
George Williams , English philanthropist, founded the
YMCA (d. 1905)
1827 –
Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V , 5th
Nizam of Hyderabad
[7]
1835 –
Ernst Sars , Norwegian historian (d. 1917)
[8]
1835 –
Theodore Thomas , American conductor, founded the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
1844 –
Henry J. Heinz , American businessman, founded the
H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
1865 –
Hans E. Kinck , Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1871 –
Johan Oscar Smith , Norwegian evangelist, founded the
Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1872 –
Emily Davison , English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872 –
Harlan F. Stone , American lawyer and jurist, 12th
Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1879 –
Ernst Mally , Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1881 –
Hans Kelsen , Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1883 –
Kristian Welhaven , Norwegian police officer (d. 1975)
[9]
1884 –
Friedrich Bergius , German-Argentinian chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884 –
Eleanor Roosevelt , American humanitarian and politician, 32nd
First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
[10]
1884 –
Sig Ruman , German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 –
François Mauriac , French novelist, poet, and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 –
A. V. Kulasingham , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1894 –
Julius Kuperjanov , Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1896 –
Roman Jakobson , Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1897 –
Nathan Farragut Twining , American general (d. 1982)
1899 –
Eddie Dyer , American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1901–present
1901 –
Masanobu Tsuji , Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1902 –
Jayaprakash Narayan , Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1905 –
Fred Trump , American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)
1909 –
Sir Ken Anderson , Australian politician (d. 1985)
1910 –
Cahit Arf , Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1911 –
Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1913 –
Joe Simon , American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1915 –
T. Llew Jones , Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1916 –
Nanaji Deshmukh , Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1916 –
Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar , Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991)
[11]
1918 –
Fred Bodsworth , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918 –
Jerome Robbins , American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 –
Art Blakey , American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1919 –
Douglas Albert Munro , United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded
Medal of Honor (d. 1942)
1922 –
G. C. Edmondson , American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1924 –
André Emmerich , German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924 –
Sammy McCrory , Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 –
Mal Whitfield , American athlete (d. 2015)
[12]
1925 –
Elmore Leonard , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
[13]
1926 –
Jean Alexander , English actress (d. 2016)
1926 –
Yvon Dupuis , Canadian politician (d. 2017)
1926 –
Thích Nhất Hạnh , Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022)
1926 –
Earle Hyman , American actor (d. 2017)
1926 –
Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th
Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1927 –
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927 –
Jim Prior, Baron Prior , English soldier and politician,
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1928 –
Alfonso de Portago , Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928 –
Roscoe Robinson Jr. , American general (d. 1993)
1928 –
Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff , English businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1929 –
Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)
1930 –
Michael Edwardes , South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
1930 –
LaVell Edwards , American football player and coach (d. 2016)
[13]
1930 –
Sam Johnson , American colonel and politician (d. 2020)
1932 –
Saul Friedländer , Israeli historian and author
1932 –
Barry Jones , Australian lawyer and politician
1932 –
Dottie West , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1935 –
Dan Evins , American businessman, founded
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935 –
Daniel Quinn , American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)
1936 –
C. Gordon Fullerton , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936 –
Billy Higgins , American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936 –
James M. McPherson , American historian and author
1937 –
Bobby Charlton , English footballer and manager (d. 2023)
1937 –
R. H. W. Dillard , American poet, author, and critic
1937 –
Ron Leibman , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)
[13]
1938 –
Darrall Imhoff , American basketball player (d. 2017)
[14]
1938 –
Michael Stear , English air marshal (d. 2020)
1939 –
Maria Bueno , Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)
1939 –
Austin Currie , Northern Irish lawyer and
SDLP politician
1940 –
Lucy Morgan , American newspaper reporter
1941 –
Lester Bowie , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1942 –
Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton , Welsh academic and politician
1942 –
Amitabh Bachchan , Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1943 –
Keith Boyce , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
1943 –
Michael Harloe , English sociologist and academic
1943 –
John Nettles , English actor and writer
1943 –
Ilmar Reepalu , Swedish lawyer and politician
1943 –
Gene Watson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1944 –
Rodney Marsh , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1945 –
Andrew Logan , English sculptor and painter
1946 –
Elinor Goodman , English journalist
1946 –
Daryl Hall , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[15]
1946 –
Sawao Katō , Japanese gymnast
1947 –
Thomas Boswell , American journalist and author
[13]
1947 –
Lucas Papademos , Greek economist and politician, 183rd
Prime Minister of Greece
1947 –
Alan Pascoe , English hurdler
1948 –
David Rendall , English tenor and actor
1948 –
Peter Turkson , Ghanaian cardinal
1949 –
Henry Luke Orombi , Ugandan archbishop
1949 –
Lawrence Tanter , American basketball player and sportscaster
1950 –
Catlin Adams , American actress
[15]
1950 –
William R. Forstchen , American historian and author
1950 –
Amos Gitai , Israeli director, producer, and author
1950 –
Patty Murray , American educator and politician
1951 –
Bruce Bartlett , American economist, historian, and author
1951 –
Miroslav Dvořák , Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
[16]
1951 –
Jean-Jacques Goldman , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Jon Miller , American sportscaster
1951 –
Louise Rennison , English author and comedian (d. 2016)
[17]
1951 –
Charles Shyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 –
Paulette Carlson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 –
David Morse , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[15]
1954 –
David Michaels , American epidemiologist and politician
1954 –
Vojislav Šešelj , Serbian lawyer and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1955 –
Norm Nixon , American basketball player and sportscaster
1956 –
Nicanor Duarte , Paraguayan lawyer and politician,
President of Paraguay
1956 –
Derek Ringer , Scottish race car driver
1956 –
Stephen Spinella , American actor
[15]
1957 –
Francky Dury , Belgian footballer and manager
1957 –
Dawn French , Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
[13]
1959 –
Wayne Gardner , Australian motorcycle racer
1959 –
Allan Little , Scottish journalist and author
1960 –
Randy Breuer , American basketball player
1960 –
Nicola Bryant , English actress
[18]
1960 –
Curt Ford , American baseball player and manager
1960 –
Gábor Pölöskei , Hungarian footballer and manager
1961 –
Neil Buchanan , English guitarist
1961 –
Steve Young , American football player and sportscaster
[13]
1962 –
Joan Cusack , American actress
[15]
1962 –
Andy McCoy , Finnish musician
1963 –
Marcus Graham , Australian actor
1963 –
Brian Rice , Scottish footballer and manager
1963 –
Ronny Rosenthal , Israeli footballer
[19]
1963 –
Rima Te Wiata , English-New Zealand actress and singer
[20]
1964 –
Michael J. Nelson , American actor, director, and screenwriter
[15]
1965 –
Sean Patrick Flanery , American actor and producer
[15]
1965 –
Alexander Hacke , German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 –
Orlando Hernández , Cuban baseball player
1965 –
Volodymyr Horilyi , Ukrainian footballer and coach
1965 –
Lennie James , English actor
[15]
1966 –
Luke Perry , American actor and producer (d. 2019)
[13]
1966 –
Todd Snider , American singer-songwriter
[15]
1966 –
Stephen Williams , Welsh lawyer and politician
1967 –
Jay Grdina , American businessman and pornographic actor
1967 –
Artie Lange , American actor and comedian
[15]
1967 –
David Starr , American race car driver
1968 –
Jane Krakowski , American actress and singer
[15]
1968 –
Claude Lapointe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 –
Brett Salisbury , American football player and author
1969 –
Merieme Chadid , Moroccan astronomer and explorer
1969 –
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1969 –
Stephen Moyer , English actor
1970 –
Chidi Ahanotu , American football player
1970 –
Vanessa Harding , American wrestler
1970 –
MC Lyte , American rapper, DJ, and actress
[15]
1970 –
Andy Marriott , English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970 –
Shin Tae-yong , South Korean footballer and coach
1970 –
Constance Zimmer , American actress
[15]
1971 –
Petra Haden , American violinist and singer
1971 –
Justin Lin , American film director
1971 –
Oleksandr Pomazun , Ukrainian footballer and manager
1972 –
Marcus Bai , Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1973 –
Brendan B. Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 –
Greg Chalmers , Australian golfer
1973 –
Steven Pressley , Scottish footballer and manager
1973 –
Niki Xanthou , Greek long jumper
1973 –
Dmitri Young , American baseball player and radio host
1974 –
Jason Arnott , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 –
Rachel Barton Pine , American violinist and educator
1976 –
Dominic Aitchison , Scottish bass player and songwriter
1976 –
Emily Deschanel , American actress and producer
[15]
1977 –
Matt Bomer , American actor and producer
[13]
1977 –
Igor Figueiredo , Brazilian snooker player
1977 –
Jérémie Janot , French footballer and manager
1977 –
Desmond Mason , American basketball player and sportscaster
1977 –
Rhett McLaughlin , American YouTuber
1977 –
Ty Wigginton , American baseball player
1978 –
Carl Bussey , American soccer player
1978 –
Trevor Donovan , American actor
[15]
1978 –
Takuya Kawaguchi , Japanese footballer
1979 –
Jamar Beasley , American football player
1979 –
Andy Douglas , American wrestler
1979 –
Kim Yong-dae , South Korean footballer
1980 –
Nyron Nosworthy , English-born Jamaican footballer
1982 –
Cameron Knowles , New Zealand footballer
1982 –
Jeff Larish , American baseball player
1982 –
Terrell Suggs , American football player
1982 –
Mauricio Victorino , Uruguayan footballer
1983 –
Denis Grebeshkov , Russian ice hockey player
[21]
1984 –
Sergio Hellings , Dutch footballer
1984 –
Martha MacIsaac , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984 –
Zeb Taia , Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1984 –
Jane Zhang , Chinese singer-songwriter
1985 –
Nesta Carter , Jamaican sprinter
1985 –
Yang Cheng , Chinese footballer
1985 –
Álvaro Fernández , Uruguayan footballer
1985 –
Peter Ölvecký , Slovak ice hockey player
[22]
1985 –
Michelle Trachtenberg , American actress
[15]
1986 –
Ikioi Shōta , Japanese sumo wrestler
1987 –
Tony Beltran , American soccer player
1987 –
Mike Conley Jr. , American basketball player
1987 –
Nathan Coulter-Nile , Australian cricketer
1988 –
Omar Gonzalez , American soccer player
1988 –
Ricochet , American wrestler
1989 –
Michelle Wie , American golfer
[23]
1990 –
Joo , South Korean singer and actress
1990 –
Sebastian Rode , German footballer
1991 –
Joel Bitonio , American football player
[24]
1991 –
Toby Fox , American video game developer and composer
1991 –
Gio Urshela , Colombian baseball player
[25]
1991 –
Kika van Es , Dutch footballer
1992 –
Cardi B , American rapper
[15]
1992 –
Christian Davis , English cricketer
1992 –
Riffi Mandanda , Congolese footballer
1992 –
Ligi Sao , New Zealand rugby league player
1993 –
Brandon Flynn , American actor
[13]
1993 –
Hardik Pandya , Indian cricketer
1994 –
Clésio Baúque , Mozambican footballer
1994 –
Zior Park , South Korean rapper
[26]
1994 –
T. J. Watt , American football player
[27]
1995 –
Nicolás Jarry , Chilean tennis player
[28]
1996 –
Rhea Ripley , Australian wrestler
[29]
1999 –
Leicester Fainga'anuku , New Zealand rugby union player
[30]
1999 –
Keldon Johnson , American basketball player
[31]
2001 –
Maja Chwalińska , Polish tennis player
[32]
[33]
2001 –
Daniel Maldini , Italian footballer
2001 –
Jacob Preston , Australian rugby league player
[34]
Deaths
Pre-1600
965 –
Bruno the Great ,
Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
1086 –
Sima Guang , Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1159 –
William of Blois ,
Count of Boulogne and
Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1188 –
Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 –
Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 –
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 –
Jan Žižka , Czech general and Hussite leader
1531 –
Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
[35]
1542 –
Thomas Wyatt , English poet and diplomat (born
1503 )
1579 –
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 43rd
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1601–1900
1667 –
Mattias de' Medici , Italian noble (b. 1613)
1684 –
James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
1698 –
William Molyneux , Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
1705 –
Guillaume Amontons , French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 –
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 –
Edward Colston , English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 –
Hans Herr , Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 –
Casimir Pulaski , Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 –
Meriwether Lewis , American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd
Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 –
John Ross Key , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1830 –
José de La Mar , Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (b. 1776)
[36]
1837 –
Samuel Wesley , English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 –
Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 –
James Prescott Joule , English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 –
Edward Benson , English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 –
Anton Bruckner , Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 –
Léon Boëllmann , French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1901–present
1904 –
Mary Tenney Gray , American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1908 –
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez , Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 –
William Alden Smith , American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 –
Steele Rudd , Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 –
Vito Volterra , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 –
Heinrich Gutkin , Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 –
Mihkel Pung , Estonian politician, 11th
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 –
Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter (b. 1876)
1960 –
Richard Cromwell , American actor (b. 1910)
[37]
1961 –
Chico Marx , American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 –
Jean Cocteau , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 –
Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 –
Walther Stampfli , Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th
President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1967 –
Stanley Morison ,
typographer , known for work on
Times New Roman
font (b. 1889)
1968 –
Selim Sarper , Turkish educator and politician, 13th
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 –
Tamanoumi Masahiro , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st
Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 –
Chesty Puller , American general (b. 1898)
1976 –
Alfredo Bracchi , Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 –
MacKinlay Kantor , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 –
R. Fraser Armstrong , Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 –
Benno Schotz , Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 –
Norm Cash , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 –
Bonita Granville , American actress (b. 1923)
1989 –
M. King Hubbert , American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 –
Redd Foxx , American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1993 –
Andy Stewart , Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
1996 –
Keith Boyce , Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
1996 –
Eleanor Cameron , Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 –
Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996 –
Joe Morris , English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1998 –
Richard Denning , American actor (b. 1914)
1999 –
Leo Lionni , Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 –
Luc-Marie Bayle , French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 –
Donald Dewar , Scottish politician, 1st
First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
[38]
2001 –
Beni Montresor , Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 –
Keith Miller , Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 –
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee , Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 –
Attilâ İlhan , Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 –
Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and politician,
Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 –
Cory Lidle , American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 –
David Lee "Tex" Hill , South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 –
Werner von Trapp , Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 –
Marjorie Fletcher , English Director of the
Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
2008 –
Jörg Haider , Austrian lawyer and politician,
Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 –
Ernst-Paul Hasselbach , Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 –
Neal Hefti , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 –
Angelo DiGeorge , American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 –
Halit Refiğ , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 –
Avrohom Genachowsky , Israeli rabbi (b. 1936)
[39]
2012 –
Helmut Haller , German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 –
Edward Kossoy , Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 –
Édgar Negret , Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 –
Champ Summers , American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 –
María de Villota , Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 –
Erich Priebke , German captain (b. 1913)
2014 –
Anita Cerquetti , Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 –
Carmelo Simeone , Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 –
Bob Such , Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 –
Dean Chance , American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
[40]
2017 –
Clifford Husbands , Barbadian politician (b. 1926)
2019 –
Alexei Leonov , Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a
spacewalk (b. 1934)
[41]
2022 –
Angela Lansbury , English-American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1925)
[42]
Holidays and observances
References
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Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World
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