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Day of the year
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 95 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 – "
Wreck of the Old 97 ": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.
[10]
1908 – Production of the Model T automobile begins at the
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
1916 –
Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt
Zewditu .
1922 – King
Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son,
George II .
1928 – The
Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
1930 –
Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters)
Grand Slam of golf .
1938 – The ocean liner
Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
1940 –
World War II : The
Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1941 – World War II: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with
Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
1941 – The
SS Patrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
1942 – World War II: Last day of the
Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
1944 – World War II: The
Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission during the war.
1949 –
Zeng Liansong 's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
1956 – USAF Captain
Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the
Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1959 –
Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
1962 – The
Yemen Arab Republic is established.
1962 – Rachel Carson's book
Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
1964 – The British
TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
1973 –
Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the
Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near
Mena, Arkansas , killing all 11 people on board.
[11]
1975 – The
last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
1977 –
Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in
Subang ,
Malaysia , killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
[12]
1988 – The
National League for Democracy is formed by
Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
1993 – The
Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
[13]
1996 – The
Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
1996 – Confusion on a tanker ship results in the
Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
1998 – The
Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
2001 – In Switzerland, a gunman
shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
2003 – The
SMART-1 satellite is launched.
[14]
2007 – NASA launches the
Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
2008 – CNSA astronaut
Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
2012 – In Minneapolis, a gunman
shoots seven citizens , killing five and then himself.
2014 – The
eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
2019 – Over two million people participated in
worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
[15]
[16]
2020 –
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war :
Azerbaijan launched an offensive against the self-proclaimed
Republic of Artsakh , inhabited predominantly by
ethnic Armenians .
[17]
[18]
Births
Pre-1600
808 –
Ninmyō , Japanese emperor (d. 850)
830 –
Ermentrude of Orléans , Queen of the Franks (probable year; d. 869)
1271 –
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia , King of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
[19]
1275 –
John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
1300 –
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1327)
1389 –
Cosimo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1433 –
Stanisław Kazimierczyk , Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)
1442 –
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
1496 –
Hieronymus Łaski , Polish diplomat (d. 1542)
1507 –
Guillaume Rondelet , French physician (d. 1566)
1533 –
Stefan Batory , King of Poland (d. 1586)
1544 –
Takenaka Shigeharu , Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
1552 –
Flaminio Scala , Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
1598 –
Robert Blake , English admiral (d. 1657)
[20]
1601–1900
1601 –
Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1627 –
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
1643 –
Solomon Stoddard , American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
1657 –
Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
1677 –
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
1696 –
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori , Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
1719 –
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
1722 –
Samuel Adams , American philosopher and politician, fourth
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1729 –
Michael Denis , Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
1739 –
Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock , Irish politician (d. 1767)
1765 –
Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille , French general (d. 1794)
1772 –
Martha Jefferson Randolph , daughter of
Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children (d. 1836)
1783 –
Agustín de Iturbide , Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
1803 –
Samuel Francis Du Pont , American admiral (d. 1865)
1805 –
George Müller , German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the
Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)
1818 –
Hermann Kolbe , German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
1821 –
Henri-Frédéric Amiel , Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
1824 –
William "Bull" Nelson , American general (d. 1862)
1830 –
William Babcock Hazen , American general (d. 1887)
1838 –
Lawrence Sullivan Ross , American general and politician, 19th
Governor of Texas (d. 1898)
1840 –
Alfred Thayer Mahan , American captain and historian (d. 1914)
1840 –
Thomas Nast , German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 –
Alphonse François Renard , Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
1843 –
Gaston Tarry , French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
1861 –
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson , American poet and author (d. 1933)
1864 –
Andrej Hlinka , Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
1866 –
Eurosia Fabris , Italian saint (d. 1932)
1871 –
Grazia Deledda , Italian novelist and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1873 –
Vithalbhai Patel , Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933)
[21]
1879 –
Hans Hahn , Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
1879 –
Frederick Schule , American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
1879 –
Cyril Scott , English poet and composer (d. 1970)
1882 –
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith , English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
1885 –
Harry Blackstone, Sr. , American magician (d. 1965)
1885 –
Charles Benjamin Howard , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
1892 –
George Bambridge , English diplomat (d. 1943)
1894 –
Lothar von Richthofen , German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
1896 –
Gilbert Ashton , English cricketer (d. 1981)
1896 –
Sam Ervin , American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
1898 –
Vincent Youmans , American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1901–present
1904 –
Edvard Kocbek , Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
1905 –
Conrad Heidkamp , German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1906 –
William Empson , English poet and critic (d. 1984)
1906 –
Jim Thompson , American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1906 –
Sergei Varshavsky , Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
1907 –
Bernard Miles , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1907 –
Bhagat Singh , Indian socialist
revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (d. 1931)
[22]
1911 –
Marcey Jacobson , American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
1913 –
Albert Ellis , American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
[23]
1916 –
S. Yizhar , Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
1917 –
Louis Auchincloss , American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
1917 –
Carl Ballantine , American magician and actor (d. 2009)
1917 –
William T. Orr , American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1917 –
Benjamin Rubin , American microbiologist (d. 2010)
1918 –
Martin Ryle , English astronomer and author,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1918 –
Malcolm Shepherd , 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)
1918 –
Konstantin Gerchik , Soviet military leader (d. 2001)
1919 –
Jayne Meadows , American actress and author (d. 2015)
[24]
1919 –
Charles H. Percy , American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
1919 –
James H. Wilkinson , American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
1920 –
William Conrad , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1994)
[24]
1921 –
Miklós Jancsó , Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1921 –
Milton Subotsky , American screenwriter and producer, co-founded
Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
1921 –
Bernard Waber , American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1922 –
Sammy Benskin , American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
1922 –
Arthur Penn , American director and producer (d. 2010)
[24]
1924 –
Ernest Becker , American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1924 –
Bud Powell , American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
[25]
1924 –
Fred Singer , Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020)
1924 –
Josef Škvorecký , Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
1925 –
Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1925 –
George Gladir , American author (d. 2013)
1926 –
Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1927 –
Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
1927 –
Red Rodney , American trumpet player (d. 1994)
1927 –
Romano Scarpa , Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
1927 –
Sada Thompson , American actress (d. 2011)
1928 –
Margaret Rule , English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
[26]
1929 –
Calvin Jones , American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
1929 –
Bruno Junk , Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
1929 –
Barbara Murray , English actress (d. 2014)
[27]
1930 –
Paul Reichmann , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded
Olympia and York (d. 2013)
1931 –
Freddy Quinn , Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
1932 –
Geoff Bent , English footballer (d. 1958)
1932 –
Michael Colvin , English captain and politician (d. 2000)
1932 –
Gabriel Loubier , Canadian politician
1932 –
Oliver E. Williamson , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
1932 –
Marcia Neugebauer , American geophysicist
1933 –
Rodney Cotterill , Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
1933 –
Greg Morris , American actor (d. 1996)
1934 –
Wilford Brimley , American actor (d. 2020)
[24]
1934 –
Claude Jarman, Jr. , American actor and producer
[28]
1934 –
Dick Schaap , American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)
1935 –
Al MacNeil , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[29]
1936 –
Don Cornelius , American television host and producer (d. 2012)
1936 –
Gordon Honeycombe , English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)
1937 –
Vasyl Durdynets , Ukrainian politician and diplomat, eighth
Prime Minister of Ukraine
1938 –
Jean-Loup Dabadie , French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1939 –
Nicholas Haslam , English interior designer and author
1939 –
Carol Lynn Pearson , American author, poet, and playwright
1939 –
Kathy Whitworth , American golfer
[24]
1940 –
Josephine Barstow , English soprano and actress
1940 –
Benoni Beheyt , Belgian cyclist
1941 –
Peter Bonetti , English footballer and coach (d. 2020)
1941 –
Serge Ménard , Canadian lawyer and politician
1941 –
Don Nix , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1942 –
Dith Pran , Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1942 –
Alvin Stardust , English singer and actor (d. 2014)
1943 –
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (d. 2021)
1943 –
Randy Bachman , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
[28]
1944 –
Angélica María , American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
[30]
1944 –
Gary Sutherland , American baseball player and scout
1945 –
Jack Goldstein , Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
1946 –
Nicos Anastasiades , Cypriot lawyer and politician, seventh
President of Cyprus
1946 –
T. C. Cannon , American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)
1947 –
Dick Advocaat , Dutch football manager and former player
1947 –
Richard Court , Australian politician, 26th
Premier of Western Australia
1947 –
Barbara Dickson , Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1947 –
Denis Lawson , Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 –
Meat Loaf , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2022)
[31]
1947 –
Liz Torres , Puerto Rican-American actress and comedian
[28]
1948 –
Tom Braidwood , Canadian actor, director, and producer
1948 –
Les Chapman , English footballer and manager
1948 –
Duncan Fletcher , Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1948 –
A Martinez , American actor
[28]
1949 –
Graham Richardson , Australian journalist and politician, 39th
Australian Minister for Health
1949 –
Mike Schmidt , American baseball player
[32]
1949 –
Jahn Teigen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1950 –
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Japanese-American actor and martial artist
[28]
1951 –
Geoff Gallop , Australian politician, 27th
Premier of Western Australia
1951 –
Michel Rivard , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 –
Jim Shooter , American author and illustrator
[33]
1952 –
Katie Fforde , English author
1952 –
Dumitru Prunariu , Romanian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut
[34]
1953 –
Diane Abbott , English journalist and politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
1953 –
Mata Amritanandamayi , Indian guru and saint
1953 –
Claudio Gentile , Italian footballer and manager
1953 –
Greg Ham , Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1954 –
Ray Hadley , Australian radio host and sportscaster
1954 –
Dmitry Sitkovetsky , Russian violinist and conductor
1954 –
Larry Wall , American computer programmer and author
1956 –
Steve Archibald , Scottish footballer and manager
1957 –
Bill Athey , English cricketer, footballer, and coach
1958 –
Shaun Cassidy , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
[28]
1958 –
Irvine Welsh , Scottish author and playwright
1959 –
Beth Heiden , American speed skater and cyclist
[24]
1960 –
Jean-Marc Barr , German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 –
Gavin Larsen , New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1963 –
Marc Maron , American comedian, actor, and radio host
[28]
1964 –
Predrag Brzaković , Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
1964 –
Tracy Camp , American computer scientist and academic
1964 –
Johnny du Plooy , South African boxer (d. 2013)
1964 –
Stephan Jenkins , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[28]
1965 –
Steve Kerr , American basketball player, coach and sportscaster
1965 –
Bernard Lord , Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th
Premier of New Brunswick
1965 –
Peter MacKay , Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th
Canadian Minister of Justice
1965 –
Alexis Stewart , American radio and television host
1966 –
Debbie Wasserman Schultz , American politician
[35]
1966 –
Stephanie Wilson , American engineer and astronaut
[36]
1966 –
Lorenzo Cherubini , Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
1967 –
Uche Okechukwu , Nigerian footballer
1968 –
Mari Kiviniemi , Finnish politician, 41st
Prime Minister of Finland
1968 –
Patrick Muldoon , American actor
[28]
1970 –
Yoshiharu Habu , Japanese chess player and author
1970 –
Tamara Taylor , Canadian actress
1971 –
Horacio Sandoval , Mexican illustrator
1972 –
Sylvia Crawley , American basketball player and coach
1972 –
Clara Hughes , Canadian cyclist and speed skater
1972 –
Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
[28]
1972 –
Craig L. Rice , American politician
1973 –
Vratislav Lokvenc , Czech footballer
1973 –
Stanislav Pozdnyakov , Russian fencer
[37]
1973 –
Indira Varma , British actress
[28]
1974 –
Carrie Brownstein , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1976 –
Matt Harding , American video game designer and dancer
1976 –
Jason Phillips , American baseball player and coach
1976 –
Francesco Totti , Italian footballer
1977 –
Andrus Värnik , Estonian javelin thrower
1978 –
Brad Arnold , American singer-songwriter
[28]
1978 –
Jon Rauch , American baseball player
1978 –
Mihaela Ursuleasa , Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
1979 –
Jon Garland , American baseball player
1979 –
Zita Görög , Hungarian actress and model
1979 –
Christian Jones , Australian race car driver
1979 –
Steve Simpson , Australian rugby league player
1980 –
Asashōryū Akinori , Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th
Yokozuna
1980 –
Ehron VonAllen , American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 –
Sophie Crumb , American author and illustrator
1981 –
Brendon McCullum , New Zealand cricketer
[38]
1981 –
Lakshmipathy Balaji , Indian cricketer
1982 –
Anna Camp , American actress
[28]
1982 –
Jon McLaughlin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1982 –
Markus Rosenberg , Swedish footballer
1982 –
Lil Wayne , American rapper, producer, and actor
[28]
1982 –
Tan White , American basketball player
[39]
1982 –
Darrent Williams , American football player (d. 2007)
1983 –
Jay Bouwmeester , Canadian ice hockey player
[40]
1983 –
Jeon Hye-bin , South Korean actress and singer
1983 –
Chris Quinn , American basketball player and coach
[41]
1984 –
Paul Bevan , Australian footballer
1984 –
Davide Capello , Italian footballer
1984 –
John Lannan , American baseball player
1984 –
Avril Lavigne , Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
[28]
1984 –
Wouter Weylandt , Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
1985 –
Massimo Bertocchi , Canadian decathlete
1985 –
Anthony Morrow , American basketball player
[42]
1985 –
Daniel Pudil , Czech footballer
1985 –
Ibrahim Touré , Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
1986 –
Vin Mazzaro , American baseball player
1986 –
Ricardo Risatti , Argentinian race car driver
1986 –
Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
1987 –
Ádám Bogdán , Hungarian footballer
1987 –
Austin Carlile , American singer-songwriter
1987 –
Vanessa James , French figure skater
1987 –
Olga Puchkova , Russian tennis player
1988 –
Lisa Ryzih , German pole vaulter
1989 –
Park Tae-hwan , South Korean swimmer
1990 –
Dion Lewis , American football player
[43]
1991 –
Ousmane Barry , Guinean footballer
1991 –
Simona Halep , Romanian tennis player
[44]
1991 –
Thomas Mann , American actor
[24]
1991 –
Anete Paulus , Estonian footballer
1991 –
Rio Uchida , Japanese model and actress
1992 –
Lachlan Burr , Australian rugby league player
1992 –
Luc Castaignos , Dutch footballer
1992 –
Gabriel , Brazilian footballer
1992 –
Pak Kwang-ryong , North Korean footballer
1992 –
Sam Lerner , American actor
[28]
1992 –
Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1992 –
Granit Xhaka , Swiss footballer
1993 –
Lisandro Magallán , Argentinian footballer
1993 –
Ryan Murray , Canadian ice hockey player
[45]
1993 –
Monica Puig , Puerto Rican-American tennis player
[46]
1993 –
Vinnie Sunseri , American football player
1994 –
Dylan Walker , Australian rugby league player
1995 –
Kwon Eun-bi , South Korean singer and musical actress
[47]
1995 –
Christian Wood , American basketball player
[48]
1998 –
Ioana Mincă , Romanian tennis player
[49]
2001 –
David Malukas , American race car driver
[50]
2002 –
Jenna Ortega , American actress
[51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
765 –
Pugu Huai'en , Chinese general during the
Tang dynasty
936 –
Gyeon Hwon , king of
Hubaekje (b. 867)
1111 –
Vekenega , Croatian Benedictine abbess
1115 –
Bonfilius , Italian saint and
bishop of Foligno (b.c.
1040 )
[52]
1125 –
Richeza of Berg , Duchess of Bohemia (b.c.
1095 )
1194 –
Renaud de Courtenay , Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
1249 –
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1404 –
William of Wykeham , English bishop (b. 1320)
1536 –
Felice della Rovere , illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)
1612 –
Piotr Skarga , Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)
1637 –
Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino saint (b. c.1600)
1657 –
Olimpia Maidalchini , Roman noble (b. 1591)
1557 –
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1590 –
Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
1601–1900
1623 –
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1561)
[53]
1651 –
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 –
Vincent de Paul , French priest and saint (b. 1581)
[54]
1674 –
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly , French writer (b. 1589)
1700 –
Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
1719 –
George Smalridge , English bishop (b. 1662)
1730 –
Laurence Eusden , English poet and author (b. 1688)
1735 –
Peter Artedi , Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
1742 –
Hugh Boulter , Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
1783 –
Étienne Bézout , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
1832 –
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
1833 –
Raja Ram Mohan Roy , Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
1838 –
Bernard Courtois , French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
1876 –
Braxton Bragg , American general (b. 1817)
1886 –
Charles Gordon Greene , American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
1891 –
Ivan Goncharov , Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
1898 –
Thomas Joseph Byrnes , Australian politician, 12th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
1901–present
1911 –
Auguste Michel-Lévy , French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
1915 –
Remy de Gourmont , French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
1917 –
Edgar Degas , French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
1919 –
Adelina Patti , Italian-French
opera singer (b. 1843)
1921 –
Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer and educator (b. 1854)
1934 –
Ellen Willmott , English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
[55]
1935 –
Alan Gray , English composer and organist (b. 1855)
1940 –
Walter Benjamin , German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
1940 –
Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Austrian physician and neuroscientist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1942 –
Douglas Albert Munro , United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded
Medal of Honor , (b. 1919)
1944 –
Aimee Semple McPherson , Canadian-American evangelist, founded the
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
1956 –
Gerald Finzi , English composer and educator (b. 1901)
1956 –
Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
1960 –
Sylvia Pankhurst , English activist (b. 1882)
1961 –
H.D. , American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
1965 –
Clara Bow , American actress (b. 1905)
1965 –
William Stanier , English engineer, co-designed the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
1967 –
Felix Yusupov , Russian husband of
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
1972 –
S. R. Ranganathan , Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
1974 –
Silvio Frondizi , Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
1975 –
Jack Lang , Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
1979 –
Gracie Fields , English actress and singer (b. 1898)
1979 –
Jimmy McCulloch , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
1981 –
Robert Montgomery , American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1983 –
Wilfred Burchett , Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1984 –
Chronis Exarhakos , Greek actor (b. 1932)
1985 –
Lloyd Nolan , American actor (b. 1902)
1986 –
Cliff Burton , American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
1991 –
Joe Hulme , English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
1992 –
Zhang Leping , Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)
1993 –
Jimmy Doolittle , American general,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
1993 –
Fraser MacPherson , Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
1996 –
Mohammad Najibullah , Afghan physician and politician, seventh
President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
1997 –
Walter Trampler , American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
1998 –
Doak Walker , American football player (b. 1927)
2003 –
Jean Lucas , French race car driver (b. 1927)
2003 –
Donald O'Connor , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2004 –
John E. Mack , American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 –
Ronald Golias , Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
2005 –
Mary Lee Settle , American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
2006 –
Helmut Kallmeyer , German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
2007 –
Dale Houston , American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2007 –
Kenji Nagai , Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
2008 –
Henri Pachard , American director and producer (b. 1939)
2009 –
Ivan Dykhovichny , Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2009 –
Charles Houston , American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
2009 –
William Safire , American author and journalist (b. 1929)
2010 –
George Blanda , American football player (b. 1927)
2010 –
Balaji Sadasivan , Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)
2010 –
Trevor Taylor , English race car driver (b. 1936)
2011 –
David Croft , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2011 –
Imre Makovecz , Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
2011 –
Johnny "Country" Mathis , American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2012 –
Eddie Bert , American trombonist (b. 1922)
2012 –
Herbert Lom , Czech-English actor (b. 1917)
2012 –
John Silber , American academic and politician (b. 1926)
2012 –
Sanjay Surkar , Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
2012 –
Frank Wilson , American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013 –
Oscar Castro-Neves , Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
2013 –
Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez , Spanish sherry maker and a conservationist (b. 1923)
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2013 –
Tuncel Kurtiz , Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 –
Albert Naughton , English rugby player (b. 1929)
2014 –
Gaby Aghion , French fashion designer, founded
Chloé (b. 1921)
2014 –
Eugie Foster , American journalist and author (b. 1971)
2014 –
Taylor Hardwick , American architect and educator, designed
Haydon Burns Library and
Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)
2014 –
Wally Hergesheimer , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2014 –
Abdelmajid Lakhal , Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
2014 –
James Traficant , American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
2015 –
Syed Ahmed , Indian author and politician, 16th
Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
2015 –
Pietro Ingrao , Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
2015 –
Kallen Pokkudan , Indian activist and author (b. 1937)
2015 –
Frank Tyson , English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)
2016 –
David Hahn , American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)
2017 –
Hugh Hefner , American publisher, founder of
Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)
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2018 –
Kavita Mahajan , Indian author and translator (b. 1967)
[58]
2018 –
Michael Payton , American football quarterback (b. 1970)
[59]
2018 –
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji , Indian nobleman and politician (b. 1935)
[60]
2018 –
Marty Balin , American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (b. 1942)
2023 –
Michael Gambon , Irish-English actor (b. 1940)
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