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Day of the year
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 106 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1620 –
Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the
Mayflower .
[1]
1701 –
James Francis Edward Stuart , sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the
Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732 – In
Campo Maior, Portugal , a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1776 –
American Revolutionary War : The
Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American
Siege of Savannah begins.
1810 – With the
Grito de Dolores , Father
Miguel Hidalgo begins
Mexico's fight for independence from Spain .
1822 – French physicist
Augustin-Jean Fresnel , in a "note" read to the
Academy of Sciences , reports a direct refraction experiment verifying
David Brewster 's hypothesis that
photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced
birefringence .
[2]
1863 –
Robert College , in
Istanbul , the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by
Christopher Robert , an American philanthropist.
1880 –
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in
Ithaca, New York .
1893 – Settlers make a
land run for prime land in the
Cherokee Strip in
Oklahoma .
1901–present
1908 – The
General Motors Corporation is founded.
1914 –
World War I : The
Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1920 – The
Wall Street bombing : A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
1940 –
World War II : Italian troops
conquer Sidi Barrani .
1943 – World War II: The
German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the
Allied bridgehead around Salerno .
1945 – World War II: The
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1953 –
American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in
Colonie, New York , killing 28 people.
[3]
1955 – The military coup to unseat President
Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955 – A Soviet
Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a
ballistic missile .
1956 –
TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the
Xerox 914 , is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of
Hurricane Esther . Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to
Project Stormfury .
1961 –
Typhoon Nancy , with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in
Osaka , Japan, killing 173 people.
1961 – Pakistan establishes its
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with
Abdus Salam as its head.
1963 –
Malaysia is formed from the
Federation of Malaya ,
Singapore ,
North Borneo (
Sabah ) and
Sarawak . However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
1966 – The
Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera
Antony and Cleopatra .
1970 –
King Hussein of
Jordan declares war against the
Palestine Liberation Organization , the conflict came to be known as
Black September .
1975 –
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975 –
Cape Verde ,
Mozambique , and
São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975 – The first prototype of the
Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Armenian champion swimmer
Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a
Yerevan reservoir.
1978 – The 7.4 Mw
Tabas earthquake affects the city of
Tabas , Iran with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). At least 15,000 people are killed.
1979 – Eight people
escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
1982 –
Lebanon War : The
Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987 – The
Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from
depletion .
1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at
Dostyk , adding a sizable link to the concept of the
Eurasian Land Bridge .
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator
Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992 –
Black Wednesday : The British pound is forced out of the
European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994 – The British government lifts the
broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
2004 –
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a
Category 3 hurricane .
2005 – The
Camorra organized crime boss
Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007 –
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
2007 – Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide
shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
2013 – A gunman
kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
[4]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its
Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
2015 – A 8.3 Mw
earthquake strikes the Chilean city of
Illapel , killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.
[5]
2019 – Five months before the
COVID-19 stock market crash , an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the
Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the
repo market .
2021 – A 6.0 Mw
earthquake strikes Lu County , Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
[6]
2022 – During the
Let Yet Kone massacre , the
Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in
Sagaing Region ,
Myanmar .
[7]
2022 – The
death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide
protests .
[8]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1615 –
Heinrich Bach , German organist and composer (d. 1692)
1625 –
Gregorio Barbarigo , Roman Catholic saint (d. 1697)
1651 –
Engelbert Kaempfer , German physician and botanist (d. 1716)
1666 –
Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1716)
1678 –
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , English philosopher and politician,
Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1751)
1716 –
Angelo Maria Amorevoli , Italian tenor and actor (d. 1798)
1722 –
Gabriel Christie , Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
1725 –
Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
1745 –
Mikhail Kutuzov , Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
[12]
1777 –
Nathan Mayer Rothschild , German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
1782 –
Daoguang Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1812 –
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint , Dutch novelist (d. 1886)
[13]
1822 –
Charles Crocker , American businessman (d. 1888)
[14]
1823 –
Francis Parkman , American historian and author (d. 1893)
1823 –
Ludwik Teichmann , Polish anatomist (d. 1895)
[15]
1827 –
Jean Albert Gaudry , French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1908)
1828 –
Per Pålsson , Swedish murderer (d. 1914)
1830 –
Patrick Francis Moran , Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
1837 –
Pedro V of Portugal (d. 1861)
1838 –
James J. Hill , Canadian-American railroad executive (d. 1916)
1844 –
Paul Taffanel , French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
1846 –
Anna Kingsford , English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
1853 –
Albrecht Kossel , German physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
1858 –
Edward Marshall Hall , English lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
1858 –
Bonar Law , Canadian-Scottish banker and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
1859 –
Yuan Shikai , Chinese general and politician,
President of the Republic of China (d. 1916)
1861 –
Miriam Benjamin , African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947)
1866 –
Georg Voigt , German lawyer and politician,
Mayor of Marburg (d. 1927)
1870 –
John Pius Boland , Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
1875 –
James Cash Penney , American businessman and philanthropist, founded
J. C. Penney (d. 1971)
1876 –
Marvin Hart , American boxer (d. 1931)
1877 –
Jacob Schick , American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded
Schick Razors (d. 1937)
1878 –
Karl Albiker , German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (d. 1961)
1880 –
Clara Ayres , American nurse (d. 1917)
1880 –
Alfred Noyes , English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
1881 –
Clive Bell , English philosopher and critic (d. 1964)
1883 –
T. E. Hulme , English poet and critic (d. 1917)
1886 –
Jean Arp , Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1887 –
Nadia Boulanger , French composer and educator (d. 1979)
[16]
1888 –
W. O. Bentley , English race car driver and engineer, founded
Bentley Motors Limited (d. 1971)
1888 –
Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish author,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1890 –
Avigdor Hameiri , Israeli author (d. 1970)
1891 –
Karl Dönitz , German admiral and politician,
President of Germany (d. 1980)
1891 –
Stephanie von Hohenlohe , Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
1893 –
Alexander Korda , Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1893 –
Albert Szent-Györgyi , Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1895 –
Zainal Abidin Ahmad , Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973)
1897 –
Milt Franklyn , American composer (d. 1962)
1898 –
H. A. Rey , American author and illustrator, co-created
Curious George (d. 1977)
1899 –
Hans Swarowsky , Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)
1901–present
1901 –
Josef Schächter , Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1994)
1905 –
Vladimír Holan , Czech poet and author (d. 1980)
1906 –
Jack Churchill , Sri Lankan-British colonel (d. 1996)
1910 –
Erich Kempka , German colonel and chauffeur (d. 1975)
1910 –
Karl Kling , German race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
1911 –
Wilfred Burchett , Australian journalist and author (d. 1983)
1911 –
Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1914 –
Allen Funt , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1915 –
Cy Walter , American pianist (d. 1968)
1916 –
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw , Caribbean politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978)
1916 –
Frank Farrell , Australian rugby league player and policeman (d. 1985)
1916 –
M. S. Subbulakshmi , Indian
Carnatic vocalist (d. 2004)
1916 –
Frank Leslie Walcott , Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999)
1916 –
Marie Vieux-Chauvet , Haitian writer (d. 1973)
[17]
1916 –
Raosaheb Gogte , Indian industrialist (d. 2000)
[18]
1918 –
Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist (d. 1968)
1919 –
Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1919 –
Laurence J. Peter , Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990)
1919 –
Andy Russell , American singer and actor (d. 1992)
1920 –
Staryl C. Austin , American air force general (d. 2015)
1920 –
Sheila Quinn , English nurse and educator (d. 2016)
1920 –
Art Sansom , American cartoonist (d. 1991)
1921 –
Ursula Franklin , German-Canadian
metallurgist (d. 2016)
1921 –
Jon Hendricks , American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)
1921 –
Korla Pandit , American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
1922 –
Guy Hamilton , French-English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1922 –
Janis Paige , American actress and singer
[19]
1923 –
Lee Kuan Yew , Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2015)
1924 –
Lauren Bacall , American actress (d. 2014)
[20]
1924 –
Raoul Coutard , French cinematographer and director (d. 2016)
[21]
1925 –
Charlie Byrd , American singer and guitarist (d. 1999)
1925 –
Charles Haughey , Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2006)
1925 –
B.B. King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2015)
[20]
1926 –
Eric Gross , Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
1926 –
John Knowles , American novelist (d. 2001)
1926 –
Roger McKee , American baseball player (d. 2014)
1926 –
Robert H. Schuller , American pastor and author (d. 2015)
1927 –
Peter Falk , American actor (d. 2011)
[20]
1927 –
Jack Kelly , American actor and politician (d. 1992)
[20]
1927 –
Sadako Ogata , Japanese academic and diplomat,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2019)
1928 –
Rex Trailer , American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013)
1928 –
Lady Gwen Thompson , English author and educator (d. 1986)
1928 –
Patricia Wald , American judge (d. 2019)
1929 –
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar , last sultan of Zanzibar
1929 –
Stan Stephens , Canadian-American politician, 20th
Governor of Montana (d. 2021)
1930 –
Anne Francis , American actress (d. 2011)
[20]
1931 –
K. D. Arulpragasam , Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003)
1931 –
Little Willie Littlefield , American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013)
1932 –
George Chakiris , American actor
[19]
1932 –
Micky Stewart , English cricketer and coach
1933 –
Steve Shirley , German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded
Xansa
1934 –
Elgin Baylor , American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
[20]
1934 –
Ronnie Drew , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1935 –
Carl Andre , American sculptor (d. 2024)
1935 –
Billy Boy Arnold , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 –
Jules Bass , American director, producer, composer, and author (d. 2022)
[22]
1935 –
Lilia Cuntapay , Filipino actress (d. 2016)
[23]
[24]
1935 –
Bob Kiley , American-English businessman (d. 2016)
1935 –
Esther Vilar , Argentinian-German author and playwright
[25]
1935 –
Helen Williams , American fashion model (d. 2023)
[26]
1937 –
Aleksandr Medved , Russian wrestler
1937 –
Vince Naimoli , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1939 –
Breyten Breytenbach , South African-French poet and painter
1939 –
Bill McGill , American basketball player (d. 2014)
1940 –
Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2018)
1940 –
Butch Buchholz , American tennis player
1941 –
Joe Butler , American singer,
autoharp player, and drummer
1941 –
Richard Perle , American political scientist and politician
1942 –
Bernie Calvert , English bass player and keyboard player
1942 –
Susan L. Graham , American computer scientist and academic
1943 –
Wang Houjun , Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1943 –
James Alan McPherson , American short story writer and essayist (d. 2016)
1944 –
Linda Kaye Henning , American actress
1944 –
Betty Kelly , American soul/R&B singer
[19]
1946 –
Sonny LeMaire , American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
1946 –
Mike Reynolds , Australian lawyer and politician
1946 –
Camilo Sesto , Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1947 –
Dusty Hughes , English director and playwright
1948 –
Ron Blair , American bass player
1948 –
Rosemary Casals , American tennis player and sportscaster
1948 –
Julia Donaldson , English author and playwright
1948 –
Kenney Jones , English drummer
[19]
1948 –
Susan Ruttan , American actress
[19]
1949 –
Ed Begley Jr. , American actor and environmental activist
[19]
1950 –
David Bellamy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[19]
1950 –
Henry Louis Gates Jr. , American historian, scholar, and journalist
1950 –
Loyd Grossman , American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
1951 –
Vince Bell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Andy Irvine , Scottish rugby player and coach
1951 –
Cornelius Sim , Bruneian cardinal
[27]
1952 –
Tony Cunningham , English educator and politician
1952 –
Česlovas Laurinavičius , Lithuanian historian
1952 –
Karen Muir , South African swimmer and physician (d. 2013)
1952 –
Mickey Rourke , American boxer and actor
[19]
1953 –
Kurt Fuller , American character actor
1953 –
Alan Barton , English singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
1953 –
Nancy Huston , Canadian-American author and translator
1953 –
Earl Klugh , American musician
[19]
1953 –
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown , English journalist and politician, 2nd
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1953 –
Jerry Pate , American golfer and sportscaster
1953 –
Manuel Pellegrini , Chilean footballer and manager
1953 –
Christopher Rich , American actor
[19]
1953 –
Eric Vail , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1954 –
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay , Indian
sitar player and composer
1954 –
William McKeen , American author and academic
1954 –
Colin Newman , English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1954 –
Frank Reed , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1954 –
Roger Woolley , Australian cricketer
1955 –
Ron Brewer , American basketball player
1955 –
Robin Yount , American baseball player and coach
[20]
1956 –
Maggie Atkinson , English educator and civil servant
1956 –
David Copperfield , American magician and actor
[19]
1956 –
Ross Greenberg , American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)
1956 –
Dave Schulthise , American bass player (d. 2004)
1956 –
Kazuharu Sonoda , Japanese wrestler (d. 1987)
1957 –
D. C. Drake , American wrestler
1957 –
Clara Furse , English businesswoman
1957 –
Norman Lamb , English lawyer and politician
1957 –
David McCreery , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1957 –
Anca Parghel , Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)
1958 –
Orel Hershiser , American baseball player and coach
1958 –
Neville Southall , Welsh footballer and manager
1958 –
Jennifer Tilly , American actress and poker player
[19]
1959 –
Peter Keleghan , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1959 –
Tim Raines , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1959 –
Dave Richardson , South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
1959 –
Victory Tischler-Blue , American bass player, director, and producer
1960 –
Jayne Brook , American actress
[19]
1960 –
Graham Haynes , American trumpet player and composer
1960 –
Mike Mignola , American author and illustrator
1961 –
Bilinda Butcher , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 –
Philip Lafon , Canadian wrestler
1961 –
Annamária Szalai , Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (d. 2013)
1962 –
Seth , Canadian author and illustrator
1963 –
Richard Marx , American singer-songwriter and producer
[19]
1964 –
Mary Coustas , Australian actress and screenwriter
1964 –
Rossy de Palma , Spanish-French model and actress
1964 –
Dave Sabo , American guitarist and songwriter
1964 –
Molly Shannon , American actress, comedian and producer
[19]
1965 –
Katy Kurtzman , American actress and producer
1965 –
Karl-Heinz Riedle , German footballer and manager
1965 –
Stephen Shareaux , American singer-songwriter
1966 –
John Bel Edwards , American attorney and politician
1966 –
Wil McCarthy , American author and playwright
1966 –
Kevin Young , American hurdler
1967 –
Hiroya Oku , Japanese author and illustrator
1967 –
Damon Thayer , Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader
[28]
1968 –
Marc Anthony , American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
[19]
1968 –
Walt Becker , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 –
Tommy Keane , Irish footballer (d. 2012)
1969 –
Justine Frischmann , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 –
Janno Gibbs , Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
1970 –
Mark Schultz , American singer-songwriter
1971 –
Joel Heyman , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 –
Charlie Jacobs , American businessman
1971 –
Amy Poehler , American actress, comedian, and producer
[19]
1971 –
Richard Slinger , American wrestler
1971 –
Shawntel Smith , American beauty pageant contestant
1972 –
Mark Bruener , American football player
1972 –
Mike Doyle , American actor and producer
1972 –
Alessandro Nunziati , Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1973 –
George Corrie , English footballer
1973 –
Camiel Eurlings , Dutch businessman and member of the
International Olympic Committee
1973 –
Justin Haythe , American author and screenwriter
1973 –
Alexander Vinokourov , Kazakh cyclist and manager
1974 –
Loona , Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
1974 –
Monique Brumby , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974 –
Joaquin Castro , American lawyer and politician
1974 –
Julian Castro , American lawyer and politician, 16th
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1975 –
Jason Leffler , American race car driver (d. 2013)
1975 –
Shannon Noll , Australian singer-songwriter
1975 –
Toks Olagundoye , Nigerian actress
[19]
1976 –
Elīna Garanča , Latvian soprano
1976 –
Tina Barrett , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1976 –
Greg Buckner , American basketball player and coach
1977 –
Gregory Ball , American captain and politician
1977 –
Musiq Soulchild , American singer-songwriter
[19]
1978 –
Dan Dickau , American basketball player and coach
1978 –
Claudia Marx , German runner
1978 –
Sensei , Mexican wrestler
1978 –
Brian Sims , American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
1979 –
Fanny , French singer
1979 –
Bobby Korecky , American baseball player
1979 –
Flo Rida , American rapper, singer, and songwriter
[19]
1980 –
Patrik Štefan , Czech ice hockey player
1980 –
Kenny van Weeghel , Dutch wheelchair racer
1981 –
Fan Bingbing , Chinese actress, singer, and producer
[20]
1981 –
Alexis Bledel , American actress
[19]
1981 –
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette , Virgin Islander sprinter
1982 –
Leon Knight , English footballer
1982 –
Michele Rizzo , Italian rugby player
1982 –
Fiete Sykora , German footballer
1982 –
Ryan Thomson , Scottish footballer
1983 –
John Afoa , New Zealand rugby player
1983 –
Katerine Avgoustakis , Belgian singer and pianist
1983 –
Jennifer Blake , Canadian wrestler
1983 –
Kirsty Coventry , Zimbabwean swimmer
1983 –
Brandon Moss , American baseball player
1983 –
Legedu Naanee , American football player
1984 –
Sabrina Bryan , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
[19]
1984 –
Serginho Catarinense , Brazilian footballer
1984 –
Katie Melua , Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 –
Matt Harrison , American baseball player
[29]
1985 –
Max Minghella , English actor
1985 –
Madeline Zima , American actress
[19]
1986 –
Gordon Beckham , American baseball player
1986 –
Ian Harding , American actor
[19]
1986 –
Kyla Pratt , American actress and singer
[19]
1987 –
Merve Boluğur , Turkish actress
1987 –
Kyle Lafferty , Irish footballer
1987 –
Louis Ngwat-Mahop , Cameroonian footballer
1987 –
Burry Stander , South African cyclist (d. 2013)
1987 –
Travis Wall , American dancer and choreographer
1988 –
Teddy Geiger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
[19]
1989 –
Lancelot Bravado , American wrestler
1989 –
Bailey De Young , American actress
[19]
1989 –
Robbie Grossman , American baseball player
[30]
1989 –
Braden Holtby , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Salomón Rondón , Venezuelan footballer
1989 –
Dustin Tokarski , Canadian ice hockey player
1991 –
Diāna Bukājeva , Latvian tennis player
1991 –
Alexandra Paul , Canadian figure skater (d. 2023)
1991 –
Kyle Smith , English motorcycle racer
1992 –
Vytenis Čižauskas , Lithuanian basketball player
1992 –
Nick Jonas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[19]
1992 –
Jake Roche , English singer-songwriter and actor
1992 –
Chase Stokes , American actor
[20]
1993 –
Sam Byram , English footballer
1994 –
Anthony Mantha , Canadian ice hockey player
[31]
1994 –
Mitchell Moses , Australian rugby league player
1995 –
Aaron Gordon , American basketball player
[32]
1997 –
Jackie Young , American basketball player
[33]
1999 –
Brady Tkachuk , American ice hockey player
[34]
2000 –
Sam Howell , American football player
[35]
2001 –
Avishag Semberg , Israeli Olympic
taekwondo bronze medalist
[36]
2003 –
Ryan Couchman , Australian rugby league player
[37]
2003 –
Toby Couchman , Australian rugby league player
[38]
Deaths
Pre-1600
307 –
Flavius Valerius Severus , Roman emperor
655 –
Pope Martin I
1087 –
Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
1100 –
Bernold of Constance , German priest and historian (b. 1054)
1122 –
Vitalis of Savigny , Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (b. 1060)
[39]
1226 –
Pandulf Verraccio , Roman ecclesiastical politician
1343 –
Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306)
1345 –
John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
1360 –
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)
1380 –
Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1394 –
Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
1406 –
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1498 –
Tomás de Torquemada , Spanish friar (b. 1420)
1581 –
Peter Niers , notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
1583 –
Catherine Jagiellon , queen of
John III of Sweden (b. 1526)
1589 –
Michael Baius , Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)
1601–1900
1607 –
Mary Stuart , English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)
1672 –
Anne Bradstreet , English poet (b. 1612)
1701 –
James II of England (b. 1633)
1736 –
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit , Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the
thermometer (b. 1686)
1792 –
Nguyễn Huệ , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
1803 –
Nicolas Baudin , French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
1819 –
John Jeffries , American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
1824 –
Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
1843 –
Ezekiel Hart , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
1845 –
Thomas Davis , Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
1865 –
Christian de Meza , Danish general (b. 1792)
1887 –
Sakaigawa Namiemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th
Yokozuna (b. 1841)
1896 –
Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
1896 –
Pavlos Kalligas , Greek jurist and politician,
Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1898 –
Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
1901–present
1911 –
Edward Whymper , English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
1914 –
C. X. Larrabee , American businessman (b. 1843)
1919 –
Maria Nikiforova , Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (b. 1885)
[40]
1925 –
Leo Fall , Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
1925 –
Alexander Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
1931 –
Omar Mukhtar , Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
1932 –
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle , British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
1932 –
Ronald Ross , Indian-English physician and mathematician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1933 –
George Gore , American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
1936 –
Jean-Baptiste Charcot , French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
1940 –
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington , English-Scottish politician, 8th
Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
1944 –
Gustav Bauer , German journalist and politician, 11th
Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
1945 –
John McCormack , Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
1946 –
James Hopwood Jeans , English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
1950 –
Pedro de Cordoba , American actor (b. 1881)
1955 –
Leo Amery , Indian-English journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
1961 –
Hasan Polatkan , Turkish politician, 15th
Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
1961 –
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu , Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
1965 –
Ahn Eak-tai , North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
1965 –
Fred Quimby , American animator and producer (b. 1886)
1973 –
Víctor Jara , Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
1976 –
Bertha Lutz , Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
1977 –
Marc Bolan , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1977 –
Maria Callas , Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
1980 –
Jean Piaget , Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
1984 –
Louis Réard , French engineer and fashion designer, created the
bikini (b. 1897)
1984 –
Richard Brautigan , American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
1987 –
Christopher Soames , English soldier and politician,
Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
1991 –
Olga Spessivtseva , Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
1992 –
Millicent Fenwick , American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
1993 –
František Jílek , Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1993 –
Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
1996 –
McGeorge Bundy , American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th
United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
1996 –
Gene Nelson , American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
2001 –
Samuel Z. Arkoff , American producer (b. 1918)
2002 –
James Gregory , American actor (b. 1911)
2003 –
Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
2004 –
Michael Donaghy , American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
2005 –
Harry Freedman , Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
2005 –
Gordon Gould , American physicist and academic, invented the
laser (b. 1920)
2006 –
Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
2006 –
Zsuzsa Körmöczy , Hungarian tennis player and coach (b. 1924)
[41]
2007 –
Robert Jordan , American engineer and author (b. 1948)
2008 –
Norman Whitfield , American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2009 –
Myles Brand , American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
2009 –
Ernst Märzendorfer , Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
2009 –
Mary Travers , American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2010 –
George N. Parks , American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
2010 –
Jim Towers , English footballer (b. 1933)
2011 –
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)
2011 –
Enamul Haque Chowdhury , Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
2012 –
Roman Kroitor , Canadian director and producer, co-founded
IMAX (b. 1926)
2012 –
Julien J. LeBourgeois , American admiral (b. 1923)
2012 –
Friedrich Zimmermann , German lawyer and politician,
German Federal Minister of the Interior (b. 1925)
2013 –
Scott Adams , American football player (b. 1966)
2013 –
Ratiba El-Hefny , Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)
2013 –
Patsy Swayze , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
2015 –
Guy Béart , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2015 –
Julio Brady , Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th
Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1942)
2015 –
Kurt Oppelt , Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)
2015 –
Allan Wright , English captain and pilot (b. 1920)
2016 –
Edward Albee , American director and playwright (b. 1928)
2016 –
Gabriele Amorth , Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
2016 –
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Italian economist and politician, 10th
President of Italy and 49th
Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
2016 –
W. P. Kinsella , American novelist (b. 1935)
2016 –
António Mascarenhas Monteiro , Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd
President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
2016 –
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus , French-born American businessman (b. 1932)
2017 –
Marcelo Rezende , Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
2017 –
Arjan Singh , Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
2018 –
James Burdette Thayer , American brigadier general (b. 1920)
2019 –
H. S. Dillon , Indonesian politician and human rights defender (b. 1945)
2020 –
Maxim Martsinkevich , Russian social activist and media personality (b. 1984)
[42]
2021 –
Jane Powell , American actress (b. 1929)
[43]
2021 –
Clive Sinclair , English entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1940)
[44]
Holidays and observances
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