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Day of the year
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 96 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1905 –
Albert Einstein publishes the third of his
Annus Mirabilis papers , introducing the special theory of relativity.
1907 – Four months after the
1907 Imperial Conference , New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1910 – Indian journalist
Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
1914 – The
United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the
Federal Trade Commission Act .
[5]
1917 –
World War I : The
Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The
Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1923 – The German government accepts the
occupation of the Ruhr .
1933 – As gangster
Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot,
G-Men !", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – The ocean liner
RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1936 –
Spanish Civil War :
Lluis Companys
reshuffles the
Generalitat de Catalunya , with the
marxist
POUM and
anarcho-syndicalist
CNT joining the government.
[6]
1942 –
Holocaust : Senior SS official August Frank issues
a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops
recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 –
Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
1954 – The Japanese rail ferry
Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
1959 –
Typhoon Vera , the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised
debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 –
Abbey Road , the last recorded album by
The Beatles , is released.
1973 –
Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1978 –
Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in
Residencial Las Casas in
San Juan, Puerto Rico , killing six.
[7]
1980 – At the
Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
1981 –
Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer
Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a
computer error and not an American first strike , thus preventing nuclear war
1983 –
Australia II wins the
America's Cup , ending the
New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a
transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong , to take place in 1997.
1992 – A
Nigerian Air Force
Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in
Ejigbo, Lagos , killing 159.
1994 – A
Yakovlev Yak-40
crashes into a river near
Vanavara , Russia, killing 24.
[8]
1997 – A
Garuda Indonesia
Airbus A300
crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
1997 – An
earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 –
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The
MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry,
MV Le Joola , capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor
Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a
jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2009 –
Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2010 – The
Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the
De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.
[9]
2014 – A
mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1637 –
Sébastien Leclerc , French painter (d. 1714)
[12]
1641 –
Nehemiah Grew , English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
1651 –
Francis Daniel Pastorius , founder of
Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 1720)
[13]
1660 –
George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
1698 –
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)
[14]
1711 –
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple , English politician,
First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 –
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood , English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 –
Cosme Argerich , Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 –
Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 –
Johnny Appleseed , American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1783 –
Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke , English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)
1791 –
Théodore Géricault , French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 –
William Hobson , Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st
Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 –
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 –
Louis-Olivier Taillon , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th
Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 –
Joseph Furphy , Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 –
Henry Walters , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 –
Ivan Pavlov , Russian physiologist and physician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
[15]
1865 –
Archibald Butt ,
United States Army Officer (d. 1912)
[16]
1865 –
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1869 –
Komitas , Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 –
Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
[17]
1872 –
Max Ehrmann , American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 –
Wacław Berent , Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1874 –
Lewis Hine , American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1874 –
Charles Vyner Brooke ,
3rd Raj of Sarawak (d. 1963)
[18]
1875 –
Edmund Gwenn , English-American actor (d. 1959)
[19]
1876 –
Edith Abbott , American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
[20]
1876 –
Ghulam Bhik Nairang , Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 –
Ugo Cerletti , Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 –
Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 –
Bertha De Vriese , Belgian physician (d. 1958)
1878 –
Walter Steinbeck , German actor (d. 1942)
1884 –
Jack Bickell , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 –
Archibald Hill , English physiologist, academic, and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 –
Edwin Keppel Bennett , English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 –
Antonio Moreno , Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 –
Barnes Wallis , English scientist and engineer, invented the
Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 –
J. Frank Dobie , American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 –
T. S. Eliot , English poet, playwright, critic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 –
Gordon Brewster , Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 –
Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1890 –
Jack Tresadern , English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 –
William McKell , Australian politician, 12th
Governor General of Australia (d. 1985)
1891 –
Charles Münch , French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1891 –
Hans Reichenbach , German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)
1892 –
Robert Staughton Lynd , American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1894 –
Gladys Brockwell , American actress (d. 1929)
1895 –
Jürgen Stroop , German general (d. 1952)
1897 –
Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 –
Arthur Rhys-Davids , English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 –
George Gershwin , American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 –
Suzanne Belperron , French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901–present
1901 –
George Raft , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1901 –
Ted Weems , American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
1902 –
Albert Anastasia , Italian-American mobster (d. 1957)
[21]
1905 –
Millito Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 –
Karl Rappan , Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 –
Anthony Blunt , English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 –
Shug Fisher , American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (d. 1984)
1907 –
Bep van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 –
Bill France, Sr. , American race car driver, founded
NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 –
A. P. Hamann , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 –
Al Helfer , American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 –
Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 –
Achille Compagnoni , Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 –
Jack LaLanne , American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 –
Réal Caouette , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 –
Tran Duc Thao , Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 –
Eric Morley , English businessman and television host, founded the
Miss World (d. 2000)
1919 –
Barbara Britton , American actress (d. 1980)
1919 –
Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 –
Takis Miliadis , Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 –
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 –
Dev Anand , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 –
Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths , English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)
1923 –
James Hennessy , English businessman and diplomat (d. 2024)
1924 –
Jean Hoerni , Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (d. 1997)
1925 –
Norm Dussault , American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 –
Marty Robbins , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 –
Julie London , American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 –
Manfred Mayrhofer , Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 –
Robert Cade , American physician and educator, co-invented
Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 –
Patrick O'Neal , American actor (d. 1994)
1927 –
Enzo Bearzot , Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 –
Bob Van der Veken , Belgian actor (d. 2019)
1928 –
Wilford White , American football player (d. 2013)
1930 –
Philip Bosco , American actor (d. 2018)
1930 –
Joe Brown , English mountaineer and author (d. 2020)
1931 –
Kenneth Parnell , American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 –
Manmohan Singh , Indian economist and politician, 13th
Prime Minister of India
1932 –
Donna Douglas , American actress (d. 2015)
[22]
1932 –
Joyce Jameson , American actress (d. 1987)
1932 –
Vladimir Voinovich , Russian author and poet (d. 2018)
1934 –
Neil Coles , English golfer and architect
1935 –
Bob Barber , English cricketer
1935 –
Lou Myers , American actor (d. 2013)
1935 –
Joe Sherlock , Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 –
Leroy Drumm , American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010)
1936 –
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , South African academic and politician, 8th
First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018)
[22]
1937 –
Valentin Pavlov , Russian banker and politician, 11th
Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 –
Jerry Weintraub , American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
[22]
1938 –
Lucette Aldous , New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 –
Jonathan Goldsmith , American actor
[23]
[24]
1938 –
Lars-Jacob Krogh , Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 –
Ricky Tomlinson , English actor and screenwriter
[25]
1941 –
Salvatore Accardo , Italian violinist and conductor
1941 –
Martine Beswick , Jamaican-English model and actress
1941 –
David Frizzell , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
[26]
1942 –
Kent McCord , American actor
[26]
1942 –
Gloria E. Anzaldúa , American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004)
1943 –
Ian Chappell , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 –
Tim Schenken , Australian racing driver
1944 –
Jan Brewer , American politician, 22nd
Governor of Arizona
1944 –
Keith O'Nions , English geologist and academic
1944 –
Anne Robinson , English journalist and game show host
[26]
1945 –
Louise Beaudoin , Canadian academic and politician
1945 –
Gal Costa , Brazilian singer (d. 2022)
[27]
1945 –
Bryan Ferry , English singer-songwriter
[26]
1946 –
Andrea Dworkin , American activist and author (d. 2005)
[28]
1946 –
John MacLachlan Gray , Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 –
Mary Beth Hurt , American actress
[26]
1946 –
Radha Krishna Mainali , Nepalese politician
1946 –
Louise Simonson , American author
1946 –
Claudette Werleigh , Haitian Prime Minister
[29]
1947 –
Lucius Allen , American basketball player
[30]
1947 –
Lynn Anderson , American singer and actress (d. 2015)
[22]
1947 –
Philippe Lavil , French singer and actor
1947 –
Dick Roth , American swimmer
1948 –
Olivia Newton-John , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)
[31]
1948 –
Vladimír Remek , Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot
[32]
1949 –
Clodoaldo , Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 –
Wendy Saddington , Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1949 –
Jane Smiley , American novelist
[22]
1949 –
Minette Walters , English journalist and author
1950 –
Andy Haden , New Zealand rugby player (d. 2020)
1951 –
Tommy Taylor , English footballer and manager
1951 –
Stuart Tosh , Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1953 –
Dolores Keane , Irish singer and actress
1953 –
Douglas A. Melton , American biologist and academic
1953 –
Paul Stephenson , English police officer
1954 –
Craig Chaquico , American guitarist
1954 –
Kevin Kennedy , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954 –
Cesar Rosas , Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[26]
1955 –
Carlene Carter , American singer-songwriter
[26]
1956 –
Steve Butler , American race car driver and engineer
1956 –
Linda Hamilton , American actress
[26]
1957 –
Bob Staake , American author and illustrator
1957 –
Klaus Augenthaler , German footballer and manager
1957 –
Michael Dweck , American photographer and director
1958 –
Rudi Cerne , German figure skater and journalist
1958 –
Darby Crash , American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1958 –
Robert Kagan , Greek-American historian and author
1958 –
Kenny Sansom , English footballer
1958 –
Richard B. Weldon Jr. , American sailor and politician
1959 –
Andrew Bolt , Australian journalist
1959 –
Trevor Dodds , Namibian golfer
1959 –
Rich Gedman , American baseball player and coach
1959 –
Ilya Kormiltsev , Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 –
Uwe Bein , German footballer and manager
1960 –
Jouke de Vries , Dutch academic and politician
1960 –
Doug Supernaw , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1961 –
Jeanie Buss , American sports executive
[33]
1961 –
Cindy Herron , American singer-songwriter and actress
[26]
1961 –
Marianne Mikko , Estonian journalist and politician
1961 –
Will Self , English novelist and journalist
[22]
1962 –
Melissa Sue Anderson , American-Canadian actress
[26]
1962 –
Jonas Bergqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
[34]
1962 –
Mark Haddon , English author and poet
1962 –
Steve Moneghetti , Australian runner
1962 –
Al Pitrelli , American guitarist and songwriter
1962 –
Tracey Thorn , English singer-songwriter and writer
[26]
1962 –
Jacky Wu , Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1963 –
Lysette Anthony , English actress and producer
1963 –
Joe Nemechek , American race car driver
1964 –
Dave Martinez , American baseball player and coach
1965 –
Radisav Ćurčić , Serbian-Israeli basketball player
[35]
1965 –
Petro Poroshenko , Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th
President of Ukraine
1966 –
Jillian Barberie , Canadian actress and sportscaster
[26]
1966 –
Christos Dantis , Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 –
Shane Dye , New Zealand jockey
1966 –
Craig Heyward , American football player (d. 2006)
1967 –
Bruno Akrapović , Bosnian footballer and manager
1967 –
Shannon Hoon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1967 –
Craig Janney , American ice hockey player
1968 –
Jim Caviezel , American actor
[26]
1968 –
Ben Shenkman , American actor
[26]
1969 –
Andy Petterson , Australian footballer and coach
1969 –
David Slade , English director and producer
1969 –
Holger Stanislawski , German footballer and manager
1969 –
Paul Warhurst , English footballer and manager
1970 –
Daryl Beattie , Australian motorcycle racer
1970 –
Sheri Moon Zombie , American actress and fashion designer
1970 –
David Parland , Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
1972 –
Ras Kass , American rapper and producer
1972 –
Beto O'Rourke , American politician
[36]
1972 –
Shawn Stockman , American singer
1973 –
Marty Casey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 –
Julienne Davis , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Dr. Luke , American record producer and songwriter
[26]
1973 –
Chris Small , Scottish snooker player and coach
1973 –
Olga Vasdeki , Greek triple jumper
1974 –
Boris Cepeda , German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974 –
Gary Hall Jr. , American swimmer
1974 –
Martin Müürsepp , Estonian basketball player and coach
1975 –
Emma Härdelin , Swedish singer and violinist
1975 –
Jake Paltrow , American director and screenwriter
1975 –
Chiara Schoras , German actress
1976 –
Michael Ballack , German footballer
1976 –
Sami Vänskä , Finnish bass player
1977 –
Kerem Özyeğen , Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 –
Aka Plu , Japanese comedian and actor
1978 –
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , Kenyan runner
1979 –
Jon Harley , English footballer
1979 –
Simon Kirch , German sprinter
1979 –
Chris Kunitz , Canadian ice hockey player
[37]
1979 –
Naomichi Marufuji , Japanese wrestler
1979 –
Fuifui Moimoi , Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
1979 –
Cameron Mooney , Australian footballer
1979 –
Jaycie Phelps , American gymnast
1979 –
Taavi Rõivas , Estonian politician,
16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 –
Jacob Tierney , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 –
Patrick Friesacher , Austrian racing driver
1980 –
Brooks Orpik , American ice hockey player
1980 –
Daniel Sedin , Swedish ice hockey player
1980 –
Henrik Sedin , Swedish ice hockey player
1981 –
Asuka , Japanese professional wrestler
1981 –
Yao Beina , Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 –
Christina Milian , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
[26]
1981 –
Ayumi Tsunematsu , Japanese voice actress
1981 –
Serena Williams , American tennis player
[38]
1982 –
Rob Burrow , English rugby player
1982 –
Simon Picone , Italian rugby player
1982 –
Miguel Alfredo Portillo , Argentinian footballer
1982 –
John Scott , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Archimede Morleo , Italian footballer
1983 –
Zoe Perry , American actress
[26]
1983 –
Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer
1984 –
Nev Schulman , American photographer, television host, and producer
[22]
1985 –
Talulah Riley , English actress
[26]
1985 –
Greg Stiemsma , American basketball player
[39]
1986 –
Sean Doolittle , American baseball player
[40]
1987 –
Cyril Gautier , French road bicycle racer
1987 –
Rosanna Munter , Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 –
Vladimir Niculescu , Romanian footballer
1988 –
Chris Archer , American baseball player
[41]
1988 –
James Blake , English singer-songwriter and producer
[22]
1988 –
Kiira Korpi , Finnish figure skater
1988 –
Buddy Matthews , Australian wrestler
[42]
1989 –
Jonny Bairstow , English cricketer
1991 –
Réka Demeter , Hungarian football defender
1991 –
Alma Jodorowsky , French actress, fashion model and singer
1991 –
Dan Preston , English footballer
1992 –
Yoo Ara , South Korean singer and actress
1993 –
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist , American basketball player
1994 –
Lucas Gafarot , Spanish footballer
1994 –
Jack Conger , American swimmer
1995 –
Miloš Veljković , Serbian footballer
1996 –
Shake Milton , American basketball player
[43]
1996 –
Jessika Ponchet , French tennis player
[44]
[45]
2000 –
Frankie Amaya , American soccer player
[46]
2000 –
Princess Salma bint Abdullah , Jordanian princess
2001 –
Xinyu Wang , Chinese tennis player
[47]
Deaths
Pre-1600
800 –
Berowulf , bishop of
Würzburg
862 –
Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi , Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)
1241 –
Fujiwara no Teika , Japanese poet
1290 –
Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)
1313 –
Gottfried von Hagenau , Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
1327 –
Cecco d'Ascoli , Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)
1328 –
Ibn Taymiya , Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)
1345 –
William II, Count of Hainaut
1371 –
Jovan Uglješa , Serbian despot
1413 –
Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)
1417 –
Francesco Zabarella , Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1468 –
Juan de Torquemada , Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)
1536 –
Didier de Saint-Jaille , 46th Grandmaster of the
Knights Hospitaller
1588 –
Amias Paulet , Governor of Jersey (b. 1532)
1600 –
Claude Le Jeune , French composer (b. 1530)
1601–1900
1620 –
Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 –
Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent , English politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
1626 –
Wakisaka Yasuharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1554)
1716 –
Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
1764 –
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro , Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
1800 –
William Billings , American composer and educator (b. 1746)
1802 –
Jurij Vega , Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
1820 –
Daniel Boone , American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1825 –
José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle , Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (b. 1779)
[48]
1846 –
Thomas Clarkson , English abolitionist (b. 1760)
[49]
1868 –
August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 –
Hermann Grassmann , German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1901–present
1902 –
Levi Strauss , German-American businessman, founded
Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
1904 –
Lafcadio Hearn , Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
1904 –
John Fitzwilliam Stairs , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1922 –
Charles Wade , Australian politician, 17th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
1935 –
Andy Adams , American author (b. 1859)
1935 –
Iván Persa , Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 –
Bessie Smith , American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1943 –
Henri Fertet ,
French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
[50]
1945 –
Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 –
William Strunk Jr. , American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 –
Hugh Lofting , English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 –
Hans Cloos , German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 –
George Santayana , Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
1953 –
Xu Beihong , Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 –
Ellen Roosevelt , American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 –
Arthur Powell Davies , American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 –
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
1959 –
Leslie Morshead , Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 –
Teodor Ussisoo , Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1961 –
Charles Erwin Wilson , American politician,
5th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1890)
[51]
1965 –
James Fitzmaurice , Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 –
Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin , Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
1968 –
Daniel Johnson Sr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th
Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
1968 –
Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 –
Charles Correll , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 –
Samuel Flagg Bemis , American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 –
Ralph Earnhardt , American race car driver (b. 1928)
1973 –
Anna Magnani , Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 –
Leopold Ružička , Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1977 –
Uday Shankar , Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 –
Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1979 –
Arthur Hunnicutt , American actor (b. 1910)
1982 –
Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1984 –
Paquirri , Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 –
John Facenda , American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 –
Ramang , Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 –
Herbert Tichy , Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 –
Branko Zebec , Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 –
Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)
1990 –
Hiram Abas , Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)
1990 –
Alberto Moravia , Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 –
Billy Vaughn , American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1995 –
Kalju Pitksaar , Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 –
Nicu Ceaușescu , Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1997 –
Dorothy Kingsley , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
[52]
1998 –
Betty Carter , American singer (b. 1930)
1999 –
Oseola McCarty , American philanthropist (b. 1908)
2000 –
Richard Mulligan , American actor (b. 1932)
2000 –
Baden Powell de Aquino , Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
2002 –
Nils Bohlin , Swedish engineer, invented
three-point safety belt (b. 1920)
[53]
2003 –
Shawn Lane , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
2003 –
Robert Palmer , English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2004 –
Marianna Komlos , Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 –
Helen Cresswell , English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 –
Byron Nelson , American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 –
Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 –
Bill Wirtz , American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 –
Marc Moulin , Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 –
Paul Newman , American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)
2010 –
Terry Newton , English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 –
Gloria Stuart , American actress (b. 1910)
2011 –
Bob Cassilly , American sculptor, founded the
City Museum (b. 1949)
2012 –
M'el Dowd , American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 –
Sylvia Fedoruk , Canadian physicist and politician, 17th
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
2012 –
Eugene Genovese , American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 –
Sam Steiger , American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 –
Azizan Abdul Razak , Malaysian politician, 10th
Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)
2013 –
Seánie Duggan , Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 –
Mario Montez , Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 –
Sos Sargsyan , Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 –
Jim Boeke , American football player and coach (b. 1938)
2014 –
Sam Hall , American screenwriter (b. 1921)
2014 –
Gerald Neugebauer , American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)
2014 –
Tamir Sapir , Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)
2015 –
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich , Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
2015 –
Sidney Phillips , American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
2015 –
Ana Seneviratne , Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)
2016 –
Toughie ,
last known
Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h.
fl. 2005 )
[54]
2019 –
Jacques Chirac , French politician, President of France (b. 1932)
[55]
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