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Day of the year
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 85 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1912 – The
Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1913 –
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving
vehicle assembly line .
[6]
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most
lopsided college football game in American history.
1919 –
KLM , the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1924 –
Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1929 –
Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1940 –
World War II : The
McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1944 – World War II: During an
uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
1949 – The communist
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 –
Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1958 – The
1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
1958 – The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to
Project Mercury .
1959 – The Soviet probe
Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1961 – A
Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to
British Midland International )
crashes in
Canigou , France, killing 34 people.
[7]
1963 – President Kennedy signs the ratification of the
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty .
1963 –
Buddhist crisis : Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the
Kennedy administration .
[8]
1977 – The
Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
1978 –
Aeroflot Flight 1080 crashes after takeoff from
Koltsovo International Airport , killing 38.
[9]
1979 –
Swissair Flight 316 crashes at
Ellinikon International Airport in
Athens , Greece, killing 14.
[10]
1985 – The
Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1985 – Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front
hijack the
MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
1987 – Sikh nationalists declare the independence of
Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1987 –
Fiji becomes a republic.
[11]
1988 – A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes
a multinational effort to free the whales .
1991 – Croatian War of Independence:
Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
1993 – The
flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1996 –
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1998 –
Matthew Shepard , a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He dies five days later.
2000 –
Israeli-Palestinian conflict :
Hezbollah militants capture three
Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a
cross-border raid .
2001 – The
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the
longest war in American history.
2002 – The
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on
STS-112 to continue
assembly of the International Space Station .
[12]
2004 –
Three bombs explode at
Taba and
Nuweiba in the
Sinai Peninsula , Egypt, killing 34.
[13]
2008 – Asteroid
2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
2008 –
Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near
Learmonth, Victoria , Australia, injuring 112.
[14]
2016 – In the wake of
Hurricane Matthew , the death toll rises to over 800.
[15]
2022 – 10 people die and 8 are injured in
an explosion at petrol station in
Creeslough .
[16]
2022 –
Ales Bialiatski , along with two organisations,
Memorial &
Center for Civil Liberties , are
awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize .
[17]
2023 –
Hamas and several other
Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into
Israel by launching
a major attack , which results in the deaths of around 1,200,
[18] mostly civilians, and taking more than
240 hostages ,
[19] the majority of which are civilians.
[20]
[21] The attack initiated the
Israel–Hamas war .
[22]
[23]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1635 –
Roger de Piles , French painter (d. 1709)
1713 –
Granville Elliott , English general (d. 1759)
1728 –
Caesar Rodney , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th
Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
1744 –
Sergey Vyazmitinov , Russian general and politician,
War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
1746 –
William Billings , American composer and educator (d. 1800)
1748 –
Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
1769 –
Solomon Sibley , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st
Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
1786 –
Louis-Joseph Papineau , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
1798 –
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
1819 –
Ann Eliza Smith , American author and patriot (d. 1905)
[24]
1821 –
Richard H. Anderson , American general (d. 1879)
[25]
1832 –
Charles Crozat Converse , American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
1835 –
Felix Draeseke , German composer and educator (d. 1913)
1836 –
Henri Elzéar Taschereau , Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th
Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
1841 –
Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
1849 –
James Whitcomb Riley , American poet and author (d. 1916)
1860 –
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos , Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
1866 –
Wlodimir Ledóchowski , Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th
Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1870 –
Uncle Dave Macon , American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)
1876 –
Louis Tancred , South African cricketer (d. 1934)
1879 –
Joe Hill , Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)
1881 –
Mikhail Drozdovsky , Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
1884 –
Harold Geiger , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
1885 –
Niels Bohr , Danish physicist and philosopher,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1885 –
Claud Ashton Jones , American admiral,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
1887 –
Jack Russell , English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)
1888 –
Henry A. Wallace , American agronomist and politician, 33rd
Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1888 –
Edna Meade Colson , American educator and activist (d. 1985)
[26]
1889 –
Robert Z. Leonard , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1892 –
Dwain Esper , American director and producer (d. 1982)
1893 –
Alice Dalgliesh , Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
1895 –
Maurice Grevisse , Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
1896 –
Paulino Alcántara , Spanish Filipino football player and manager (d. 1964)
1897 –
Elijah Muhammad , American religious leader (d. 1975)
1897 –
Thakin Mya , Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)
1900 –
Heinrich Himmler , German commander and politician (d. 1945)
1901–present
1901 –
Frank Boucher , Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1977)
[27]
1904 –
Armando Castellazzi , Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1904 –
Chuck Klein , American baseball player (d. 1958)
[28]
1905 –
Andy Devine , American actor (d. 1977)
1907 –
Helen MacInnes , Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
1909 –
Anni Blomqvist , Finnish author (d. 1990)
1909 –
Shura Cherkassky , Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)
1909 –
Erastus Corning 2nd , American soldier and politician, 72nd
Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
[29]
1910 –
Henry Plumer McIlhenny , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
1911 –
Vaughn Monroe , American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 –
Fernando Belaúnde Terry , Peruvian architect and politician, 85th
President of Peru (d. 2002)
1912 –
Peter Walker , English race car driver (d. 1984)
1913 –
Simon Carmiggelt , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
1913 –
Raimond Valgre , Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
1914 –
Begum Akhtar , Indian actress (d. 1974)
[30]
1914 –
Sarah Churchill , English actress (d. 1982)
1914 –
Alfred Drake , American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1914 –
Herman Keiser , American golfer (d. 2003)
1917 –
June Allyson , American actress (d. 2006)
[31]
1918 –
Harry V. Jaffa , American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
1919 –
Henriette Avram , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1919 –
Zelman Cowen , Australian academic and politician, 19th
Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
1919 –
Georges Duby , French historian and author (d. 1996)
1920 –
Georg Leber , German soldier and politician,
German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1920 –
Jack Rowley , English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1921 –
Raymond Goethals , Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
1922 –
Grady Hatton , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1922 –
William Zinsser , American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
1923 –
Irma Grese , German
SS officer (d. 1945)
1923 –
Břetislav Pojar , Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
1923 –
Jean-Paul Riopelle , Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1926 –
Alex Groza , American basketball player (d. 1995)
[32]
1927 –
Al Martino , American singer and actor (d. 2009)
1927 –
R. D. Laing , Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
1927 –
Demetrio González , Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (d. 2015)
1928 –
José Messias , Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (d. 2015)
1928 –
Ali Kafi , Pakistani politician (d. 2013)
1928 –
Lorna Wing , English autism researcher (d. 2014)
1929 –
Graeme Ferguson , Canadian director and producer, co-founded the
IMAX Corporation (d. 2021)
1929 –
Mariano Gagnon , American Catholic priest and author (d. 2017)
1929 –
Robert Westall , English journalist and author (d. 1993)
1930 –
Curtis Crider , American race car driver (d. 2012)
1931 –
Cotton Fitzsimmons , American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
1931 –
Tommy Lewis , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 –
R. Sivagurunathan , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
1931 –
Desmond Tutu , South African archbishop and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
[33]
1932 –
Joannes Gijsen , Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
1933 –
Harold Dunaway , American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)
1934 –
Amiri Baraka , American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 –
Ulrike Meinhof , German
far-left
terrorist , co-founder of the
Red Army Faction , journalist (d. 1976)
1934 –
Willie Naulls , American basketball player (d. 2018)
[34]
1934 –
Julian Thompson , English general and historian
1935 –
Thomas Keneally , Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
1936 –
Michael Hurll , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 –
Christopher Booker , English journalist and author (d. 2019)
1937 –
Chet Powers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
1937 –
Maria Szyszkowska , Polish academic and politician
1938 –
Yvonne Brewster , Jamaican actress and theatre director
[35]
1938 –
Ann Jones , English tennis player and sportscaster
1939 –
John Hopcroft , American computer scientist and author
1939 –
Clive James , Australian television host, author, and critic (d. 2019)
1939 –
Harry Kroto , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1939 –
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya , Congolese cardinal (d. 2021)
1939 –
Bill Snyder , American football player and coach
1942 –
Joy Behar , American talk show host, comedian and television personality
[36]
1943 –
José Cardenal , Cuban baseball player and coach
1943 –
Oliver North , American colonel, journalist, and author
[37]
1944 –
Judee Sill , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1979)
1944 –
Donald Tsang , Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1945 –
Kevin Godley , English singer-songwriter and director
[36]
1945 –
David Wallace , Scottish physicist and academic
1946 –
John Brass , Australian rugby player and coach
1946 –
Catharine MacKinnon , American lawyer, activist, and author
1947 –
Chris Bambridge , Australian footballer and referee
1947 –
Jill Larson , American actress
[36]
1948 –
Diane Ackerman , American poet and essayist
1948 –
John F. B. Mitchell , English climatologist and author
1948 –
Stephen Rucker , American composer
1949 –
Dave Hope , American bass player and priest
1950 –
Dick Jauron , American football player and coach
1950 –
Jakaya Kikwete , Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th
President of Tanzania
1951 –
Enki Bilal , French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
1951 –
John Mellencamp , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
[36]
1952 –
Mary Badham , American actress
[36]
1952 –
Vladimir Putin , Russian colonel and politician, 4th
President of Russia
[31]
1952 –
Jacques Richard , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1952 –
Graham Yallop , Australian cricketer
1953 –
Linda Griffiths , Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
1953 –
Margus Lepa , Estonian journalist and actor
1953 –
Tico Torres , American drummer
[36]
1955 –
Ralph Johnson , American computer scientist and author
1955 –
Bill Henson , Australian photographer
1955 –
Yo-Yo Ma , French-American cellist and educator
[36]
1956 –
Steve Bainbridge , English rugby player
1956 –
Mike Shipley , Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
1956 –
Brian Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 –
Joey Marquez , Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
1957 –
Michael W. Smith , American singer-songwriter and actor
[36]
1957 –
Jayne Torvill , English figure skater
1959 –
Dylan Baker , American actor
1959 –
Simon Cowell , English businessman and record producer
[36]
1959 –
Lourdes Flores , Peruvian lawyer and politician
1959 –
Jean-Marc Fournier , Canadian lawyer and politician
1959 –
Brazo de Oro , Mexican wrestler (d. 2017)
1960 –
Kevin Boyle , American historian and author
1961 –
Brian Mannix , Australian singer-songwriter
1961 –
Tony Sparano , American football player and coach (d. 2018)
1962 –
Dave Bronconnier , Canadian businessman and politician, 35th
Mayor of Calgary
1962 –
Micky Flanagan , English comedian
1962 –
William Johnson , German-English cricketer
1964 –
Sam Brown , English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1964 –
Dan Savage , American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
1964 –
Paul Stewart , English footballer
1965 –
Genji Hashimoto , Japanese race car driver
1965 –
Kumiko Watanabe , Japanese voice actress
1966 –
Sherman Alexie , American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
1966 –
Marco Beltrami , Italian-American composer and conductor
1966 –
Janet Shaw , Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
1967 –
Michelle Alexander , American law professor, author and activist
1967 –
Peter Baker , English golfer
[38]
1967 –
Toni Braxton , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[36]
1968 –
Thom Yorke , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[36]
1969 –
Bobbie Brown , American model and actress
1969 –
Malia Hosaka , American wrestler
1970 –
Nicole Ari Parker , American actress
[36]
1971 –
Daniel Boucher , Canadian singer and actor
1972 –
Marlou Aquino , Filipino basketball player
1972 –
Ben Younger , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Dida , Brazilian footballer
1973 –
Priest Holmes , American football player
1973 –
Sami Hyypiä , Finnish footballer and manager
1973 –
Grigol Mgaloblishvili , Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th
Prime Minister of Georgia
1974 –
Rune Glifberg , Danish skateboarder
1974 –
Allison Munn , American actress
[36]
1974 –
Ruslan Nigmatullin , Russian footballer
1974 –
Charlotte Perrelli , Swedish singer
1975 –
Giorgos Karadimos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 –
Damian Kulash , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[36]
1975 –
Tim Minchin , English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1975 –
Rhyno , American wrestler
[39]
1976 –
Marc Coma , Spanish motorcycle racer
1976 –
Taylor Hicks , American singer-songwriter
[36]
1976 –
Gilberto Silva , Brazilian footballer
1976 –
Santiago Solari , Argentinian footballer and manager
1976 –
Charles Woodson , American football player
1977 –
Antoine Revoy , French comics writer and illustrator
1978 –
Alison Balsom , English trumpet player and educator
1978 –
Alesha Dixon , English singer-songwriter and dancer
1978 –
Zaheer Khan , Indian cricketer
1978 –
Omar Benson Miller , American actor
[36]
1979 –
Simona Amânar , Romanian gymnast
1979 –
Aaron Ashmore , Canadian actor
1979 –
Shawn Ashmore , Canadian actor
[36]
1982 –
Madjid Bougherra , Algerian footballer
1982 –
Jermain Defoe , English footballer
1982 –
Robby Ginepri , American tennis player
1982 –
Jake McLaughlin , American actor
[36]
1982 –
Lockett Pundt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 –
Li Yundi , Chinese pianist
1983 –
Archie Bland , English journalist and author
1983 –
Dwayne Bravo , Trinidadian cricketer
1983 –
Flying Lotus , American rapper, DJ, and producer
[36]
1983 –
Scottie Upshall , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Salman Butt , Pakistani cricketer
1984 –
Toma Ikuta , Japanese actor and singer
1984 –
Simon Poulsen , Danish footballer
1984 –
Zachary Wyatt , American soldier and politician
1985 –
Evan Longoria , American baseball player
1986 –
Chase Daniel , American football player
1986 –
Lee Nguyen , American soccer player
1986 –
Gunnar Nielsen , Faroese footballer
1986 –
Bree Olson , American actress, model, and former pornographic actress
1986 –
A. J. Price , American basketball player
[40]
1986 –
Holland Roden , American actress
[36]
1986 –
Amy Satterthwaite , New Zealand cricketer
1986 –
Amber Stevens West , American actress
[36]
1987 –
Jeremy Brockie , New Zealand footballer
1987 –
Alex Cobb , American baseball player
[41]
1987 –
Aiden English , American wrestler
1987 –
Damion James , American basketball player
[42]
1987 –
Sam Querrey , American tennis player
1988 –
Diego da Silva Costa , Brazilian footballer
1989 –
Trent Merrin , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Sebastián Coates , Uruguayan footballer
1991 –
Oscar Fantenberg , Swedish ice hockey player
[43]
1991 –
Mike Foltynewicz , American baseball player
[44]
1991 –
Nicole Jung , American singer
[45]
1991 –
Lay Zhang , Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
[46]
1992 –
Mookie Betts , American baseball player
1993 –
Nic Stauskas , Canadian basketball player
[47]
1995 –
Lyndon Dykes , Australian professional footballer
1995 –
Mathias Dyngeland , Norwegian footballer
1995 –
Lloyd Jones , English professional footballer
1995 –
Bram van Vlerken , Dutch professional football player
1996 –
Lewis Capaldi , Scottish singer-songwriter
[48]
1996 –
Choi Jeong , South Korean Go player
[49]
1997 –
Nicole Maines , American actress, writer, and activist
[31]
1998 –
Trent Alexander-Arnold , English footballer
2001 –
Princess Senate Seeiso , Princess of Lesotho
[50]
Deaths
Pre-1600
336 –
Mark , pope of the
Catholic Church
858 –
Montoku , Japanese emperor (b. 826)
929 –
Charles the Simple , French king (b. 879)
950 –
Li , Chinese empress consort
951 –
Shi Zong , emperor of the
Liao Dynasty (b. 919)
951 –
Xiao , Chinese
Khitan empress dowager
951 –
Zhen , Chinese Khitan empress consort
988 –
Qian Chu , king of
Wuyue (b. 929)
1242 –
Juntoku , Japanese emperor (b. 1197)
1259 –
Ezzelino III da Romano , Italian ruler
1363 –
Eleanor de Bohun , English noblewoman (b. 1304)
1368 –
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence , Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
1461 –
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles , follower of
Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)
1468 –
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta , Italian nobleman (b. 1417)
1553 –
Cristóbal de Morales , Spanish composer (b. 1500)
1571 –
Sufi Ali Pasha , Ottoman soldier and politician,
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1571 –
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg , Danish queen consort of
Christian III of Denmark (b. 1511)
1577 –
George Gascoigne , English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
1601–1900
1612 –
Giovanni Battista Guarini , Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
1620 –
Stanisław Żółkiewski , Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
1637 –
Victor Amadeus I , duke of
Savoy (b. 1587)
1651 –
Jacques Sirmond , French scholar (b. 1559)
1653 –
Fausto Poli , Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
1708 –
Guru Gobind Singh , Indian 10th
Sikh guru (b. 1666)
1747 –
Giulia Lama , Italian painter (b. 1681)
[51]
1772 –
John Woolman , American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
1787 –
Henry Muhlenberg , German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
1792 –
George Mason , American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1793 –
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , English politician,
President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
1796 –
Thomas Reid , Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
1849 –
Edgar Allan Poe , American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
1884 –
Bernard Petitjean , French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
1894 –
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. , American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
1901–present
1903 –
Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
[52]
1904 –
Isabella Bird , English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
[53]
1906 –
Honoré Beaugrand , Canadian journalist and politician, 18th
Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
[54]
1911 –
John Hughlings Jackson , English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
[55]
1919 –
Alfred Deakin , Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
[56]
1925 –
Christy Mathewson , American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1926 –
Emil Kraepelin , German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
1933 –
Alexander Peacock , Australian politician, 20th
Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
1939 –
Harvey Williams Cushing , American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
1943 –
Radclyffe Hall , English author and poet (b. 1880)
1944 –
Helmut Lent , German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1950 –
Willis Haviland Carrier , American engineer (b. 1876)
1951 –
Anton Philips , Dutch businessman, co-founded
Philips (b. 1874)
1956 –
Clarence Birdseye , American businessman, founded
Birds Eye (b. 1886)
1959 –
Mario Lanza , American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
1966 –
Grigoris Asikis , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
1967 –
Norman Angell , English journalist and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1969 –
Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
1970 –
Alphonse-Marie Parent , Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
1983 –
George O. Abell , American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
1985 –
Cemal Reşit Rey , Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
1990 –
Beatrice Hutton , Australian architect (b. 1893)
1990 –
Chiara Badano , Italian beatified (b.1971)
1990 –
Grim Natwick , American animator (b. 1890)
[57]
1991 –
Harry W. Brown , American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
1991 –
Leo Durocher , American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1991 –
Darren Millane , Australian footballer (b. 1965)
1992 –
Allan Bloom , American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
1992 –
Babu Karam Singh Bal , Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
1993 –
Cyril Cusack , South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)
1994 –
Niels Kaj Jerne , Danish-English physician and immunologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1995 –
Ivan Hutchinson , Australian film critic and author (b. 1928)
1995 –
Olga Taussky-Todd , Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
1996 –
Lou Lichtveld , Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
1998 –
Cees de Vreugd , Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
2001 –
Herblock , American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
2001 –
Christopher Adams , English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
2001 –
Roger Gaudry , Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 –
Pierangelo Bertoli , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2003 –
Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2003 –
Arthur Berger , American composer and educator (b. 1912)
2004 –
Tony Lanfranchi , English race car driver (b. 1935)
2005 –
Charles Rocket , American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
2006 –
Julen Goikoetxea , Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
2006 –
Anna Politkovskaya , American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
2007 –
Norifumi Abe , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
2007 –
George E. Sangmeister , American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
2009 –
Irving Penn , American photographer (b. 1917)
2010 –
T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
2010 –
Milka Planinc , Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
2011 –
Ramiz Alia , Albanian politician, 1st
President of Albania (b. 1925)
2011 –
Andrew Laszlo , Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
2012 –
Mervyn M. Dymally , Trinidadian-American politician, 41st
Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
2012 –
Ivo Michiels , Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
2012 –
Wiley Reed , American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
2013 –
Mick Buckley , English footballer (b. 1953)
2013 –
Terry Burnham , American actress (b. 1949)
[58]
2013 –
Patrice Chéreau , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2013 –
David E. Jeremiah , American admiral (b. 1934)
2013 –
Leandro Mendoza , Filipino police officer and politician, 36th
Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
2013 –
Joe Rogers , American lawyer and politician, 45th
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
2014 –
Nika Kiladze , Georgian footballer (b. 1988)
2014 –
Siegfried Lenz , Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
2014 –
Iva Withers , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2015 –
Harry Gallatin , American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 –
Hossein Hamadani , Iranian general (b. 1951)
2015 –
Jurelang Zedkaia , Marshallese politician, 5th
President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
2016 –
Ross Higgins , Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)
[59]
2020 –
Mario Molina , Mexican chemist (b. 1943)
[60]
2022 –
Arun Bali , Indian actor (b. 1942)
[61]
2023 –
Lior Asulin , Israeli footballer (b. 1980)
[13]
2023 –
Jayar Davidov , Israeli police officer (b. 1979)
[62]
2023 –
Roy Edan , Israeli journalist (b. 1978)
[63]
2023 –
Hayim Katsman , American-Israeli peace activist (b. 1991)
[64]
2023 –
Ofir Libstein , Israeli politician (b. 1973)
[65]
2023 –
Roi Levy , Israel Defense Forces officer (b. 1979)
[66]
2023 –
Izhar Peled , Israeli police officer (b. 1961)
[67]
2023 –
Vivian Silver , Canadian-Israeli peace activist (b. 1949)
[68]
2023 –
Yonatan Steinberg , Israel Defense Forces officer (b. 1980)
[69]
2023 –
Yahav Winner , Israeli filmmaker (b. 1986)
[70]
2023 –
Yaniv Zohar , Israeli journalist
[71]
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