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Day of the year
September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 119 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
36 BC – In the
Battle of Naulochus ,
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ,
admiral of
Octavian , defeats
Sextus Pompey , son of
Pompey , thus ending Pompeian resistance to the
Second Triumvirate .
301 –
San Marino , one of the
smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest
republic still in existence, is founded by
Saint Marinus .
590 – Consecration of
Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
673 – King
Wamba of the
Visigoths puts down a revolt by
Hilderic , governor of
Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
863 – Major
Byzantine victory at the
Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
1189 –
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at
Westminster .
[1]
1260 – The
Mamluks defeat the
Mongols at the
Battle of Ain Jalut in
Palestine , marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the
Mongol Empire .
1335 – At the congress of Visegrád
Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs,
John of Bohemia and
Casimir III of Poland .
[2]
1411 – The
Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the
Ottoman Empire and the
Republic of Venice .
1601–1900
1901–present
1914 –
William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 – French composer
Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914 –
World War I : Start of the
Battle of Grand Couronné , a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of
Nancy .
1916 – World War I:
Leefe Robinson destroys the German
airship
Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over
Cuffley , north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1925 –
USS Shenandoah , the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a
squall line over
Noble County, Ohio . Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander,
Zachary Lansdowne .
1933 –
Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the
Soviet Union , Communism Peak (now called
Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in
Tajikistan ) (7495 m).
1935 – Sir
Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the
Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah , becoming the first person to drive an
automobile over 300 mph.
1939 –
World War II : France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also
declares war , but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a
naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the
Battle of the Atlantic .
1941 –
The Holocaust :
Karl Fritzsch , deputy camp commandant of the
Auschwitz concentration camp , experiments with the use of
Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation,
Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the
Ghetto of
Lakhva (present-day
Belarus ).
1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops
land on the Italian mainland . On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the
Armistice of Cassibile , although it is not announced for another five days.
1944 – Holocaust:
Diarist
Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the
Westerbork transit camp to the
Auschwitz concentration camp , arriving three days later.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the
Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1950 –
"Nino" Farina becomes the first
Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the
1950 Italian Grand Prix .
1954 – The
People's Liberation Army begins shelling the
Republic of China -controlled islands of
Quemoy , starting the
First Taiwan Strait Crisis .
1967 –
Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1971 –
Qatar becomes an independent state.
1976 –
Viking program : The American
Viking 2 spacecraft lands at
Utopia Planitia on
Mars .
1978 – During the
Rhodesian Bush War a group of
ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian
Vickers Viscount aircraft (
Air Rhodesia Flight 825 ) with a Soviet-made
SAM Strela-2 ; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.
[5]
[6]
1981 – The
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women , an international
bill of rights for women, is instituted by the
United Nations .
[7]
1987 – In a
coup d'état in Burundi , President
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major
Pierre Buyoya .
1989 –
Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of
Havana shortly after takeoff from
José Martí International Airport , killing 150.
[8]
1989 –
Varig Flight 254 crashes in the
Amazon rainforest near
São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
[9]
1997 –
Vietnam Airlines
Flight 815 (
Tupolev Tu-134 ) crashes on approach into
Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2001 – In
Belfast , Protestant
loyalists begin a
picket of Holy Cross , a Catholic
primary school for girls.
2004 –
Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
2010 – After taking off from
Dubai International Airport ,
UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near
Nad Al Sheba , killing both crew members on board.
[10]
2016 – The U.S. and
China , together responsible for
40% of the world's carbon emissions , both formally ratify the
Paris global climate agreement .
2017 –
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful
nuclear test .
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1675 –
Paul Dudley , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1751)
1693 –
Charles Radclyffe , English captain and politician (d. 1746)
1695 –
Pietro Antonio Locatelli , Italian violin player and composer (d. 1764)
1704 –
Joseph de Jussieu , French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (d. 1779)
1710 –
Abraham Trembley , Swiss biologist and zoologist (d. 1784)
[11]
1724 –
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , Irish-English general and politician, 21st
Governor General of Canada (d. 1808)
1781 –
Eugène de Beauharnais , French general and politician (d. 1824)
1803 –
Prudence Crandall , American educator (d. 1890)
[12]
1810 –
Paul Kane , Irish-Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1811 –
John Humphrey Noyes , American activist, founded the
Oneida Community (d. 1886)
1814 –
James Joseph Sylvester , English mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
1820 –
George Hearst , American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
1840 –
Jacob Christian Fabricius , Danish composer (d. 1919)
1841 –
Tom Emmett , English cricketer (d. 1904)
1849 –
Sarah Orne Jewett , American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1909)
[13]
1851 –
Olga Constantinovna of Russia , Queen consort of the Hellenes (d. 1926)
[14]
1854 –
Charles Tatham , American fencer (d. 1939)
1856 –
Louis Sullivan , American architect and educator, designed the
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (d. 1924)
1869 –
Fritz Pregl , Slovenian chemist and physician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1875 –
Ferdinand Porsche , Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded
Porsche (d. 1951)
1878 –
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers , English tennis player (d. 1960)
1882 –
Johnny Douglas , English cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1887 –
Frank Christian , American trumpet player (d. 1973)
1897 –
Sally Benson , American author and screenwriter (d. 1972)
1899 –
Frank Macfarlane Burnet , Australian virologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1900 –
Percy Chapman , English cricketer (d. 1961)
1900 –
Urho Kekkonen , Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th
President of Finland (d. 1986)
1901–present
1901 –
Eduard van Beinum , Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 1959)
1905 –
Carl David Anderson , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 –
John Mills , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
1907 –
Loren Eiseley , American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (d. 1977)
1908 –
Lev Pontryagin , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
1910 –
Kitty Carlisle , American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007)
1910 –
Franz Jáchym , Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
1910 –
Maurice Papon , French civil servant (d. 2007)
1911 –
Bernard Mammes , American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000)
1913 –
Alan Ladd , American actor and producer (d. 1964)
1914 –
Dixy Lee Ray , American biologist and politician, 17th
Governor of Washington (d. 1994)
[15]
1915 –
Knut Nystedt , Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014)
1915 –
Memphis Slim , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988)
1916 –
Eddie Stanky , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
1918 –
Helen Wagner , American actress (d. 2010)
1919 –
Phil Stern , American soldier and photographer (d. 2014)
1920 –
Tereska Torrès , French soldier and author (d. 2012)
1921 –
John Aston Sr. , English footballer (d. 2003)
1921 –
Thurston Dart , English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
1921 –
Marguerite Higgins , American journalist and author (d. 1966)
1923 –
Glen Bell , American businessman, founded
Taco Bell (d. 2010)
1923 –
Alice Gibson , Belizean chief librarian and educator
[16] (d. 2021)
1923 –
Fred Hawkins , American golfer (d. 2014)
1923 –
Mort Walker , American cartoonist (d. 2018)
[17]
1924 –
Mary Grace Canfield , American actress (d. 2014)
1925 –
Anne Jackson , American actress (d. 2016)
1925 –
Bengt Lindström , Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008)
1925 –
Hank Thompson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1926 –
Alison Lurie , American author and academic (d. 2020)
1926 –
Irene Papas , Greek actress (d. 2022)
[17]
1926 –
Uttam Kumar , Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (d. 1980)
1928 –
Gaston Thorn , Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007)
1929 –
Whitey Bulger , American organized crime boss (d. 2018)
[17]
1929 –
Carlo Clerici , Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
1929 –
Steve Rickard , New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (d. 2015)
1929 –
Armand Vaillancourt , Canadian sculptor and painter
1930 –
Cherry Wilder , New Zealand author and poet (d. 2002)
1931 –
Albert DeSalvo , American serial killer known as the
Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
[17]
1931 –
Dick Motta , American basketball player and coach
1931 –
Guy Spitaels , Belgian academic and politician, 7th
Minister-President of Wallonia (d. 2012)
1932 –
Eileen Brennan , American actress and singer (d. 2013)
[17]
1933 –
Basil Butcher , Guyanese cricketer (d. 2019)
1933 –
Tompall Glaser , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1934 –
Freddie King , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1935 –
Helmut Clasen , German-Canadian motorcycle racer
1936 –
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd
President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
1936 –
Pilar Pallete , Peruvian-American actress
1938 –
Liliane Ackermann , French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007)
1938 –
Sarah Bradford , English historian and author
1938 –
Caryl Churchill , English-Canadian playwright
1938 –
Richard MacCormac , English architect, founded
MJP Architects (d. 2014)
1938 –
Ryōji Noyori , Japanese chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1940 –
Frank Duffy , English architect
1940 –
Pauline Collins , English actress
[18]
1940 –
Eduardo Galeano , Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015)
1940 –
Brian Lochore , New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2019)
1941 –
Sergei Dovlatov , Russian-American journalist and author (d. 1990)
1942 –
Al Jardine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[18]
1943 –
Valerie Perrine , American model and actress
[18]
1944 –
Geoff Arnold , English cricketer and coach
1944 –
Ray Groom , Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th
Premier of Tasmania
1945 –
George Biondo , American bass player and songwriter
1945 –
Peter Goddard , English physicist and mathematician
1945 –
Martha Saxton , American Historian (d. 2023)
[19]
1947 –
Kjell Magne Bondevik , Norwegian minister and politician, 26th
Prime Minister of Norway
1947 –
Michael Connarty , Scottish educator and politician
1947 –
Mario Draghi , Italian banker and economist
1947 –
Gérard Houllier , French footballer and coach (d. 2020)
1947 –
Susan Milan , English flute player and composer
1948 –
Don Brewer , American drummer and singer-songwriter
[18]
1948 –
Lyudmila Karachkina , Ukrainian astronomer
1948 –
Fotis Kouvelis , Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Justice
1948 –
Levy Mwanawasa , Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Zambia (d. 2008)
1949 –
José Pékerman , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1949 –
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1950 –
Doug Pinnick , American rock singer-songwriter and bass player
1951 –
Denys Hobson , South African cricketer
1952 –
Shakti Kapoor , Indian Actor
1953 –
Jean-Pierre Jeunet , French director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 –
George Peponis , Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
1954 –
Jaak Uudmäe , Estonian triple jumper and coach
1955 –
Steve Jones , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[18]
1956 –
Jishu Dasgupta , Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
1956 –
Pat McGeown , Irish republican activist (d. 1996)
1956 –
Stephen Woolley , English director and producer
1957 –
Garth Ancier , American businessman
1957 –
Earl Cureton , American basketball player and coach (d. 2024)
1957 –
Steve Schirripa , American actor and producer
[18]
1957 –
Sadhguru , Indian yogi, mystic
1957 –
Ivan Šramko , Governor of the
National Bank of Slovakia
[20]
1960 –
Nick Gibb , English accountant and politician
1961 –
Andy Griffiths , Australian author
1962 –
David De Roure , English computer scientist and academic
1963 –
Sam Adams , American politician, 51st
Mayor of Portland
1963 –
Mubarak Ghanim , Emirati footballer
1963 –
Malcolm Gladwell , Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
1964 –
Adam Curry , American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded
mevio
1964 –
Spike Feresten , American screenwriter and producer
1964 –
Junaid Jamshed , Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist and
naat khawan (d. 2016)
1964 –
Holt McCallany , American actor
[18]
1965 –
Rachel Johnson , British journalist
1965 –
Vaden Todd Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[18]
1965 –
Costas Mandylor , Australian actor
[18]
1965 –
Charlie Sheen , American actor and producer
[18]
1966 –
Steven Johnson Leyba , American painter and author
1966 –
Vladimir Ryzhkov , Russian historian and politician
1967 –
Chris Gatling , American basketball player
1967 –
Luis Gonzalez , American baseball player
1968 –
Grace Poe , Filipino educator and politician
1969 –
Noah Baumbach , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[17]
1969 –
John Fugelsang , American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1969 –
Robert Karlsson , Swedish golfer
1969 –
Marianna Komlos , Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (d. 2004)
1969 –
Matthew Offord , English journalist and politician
1969 –
John Picacio , American artist
[21]
1970 –
Jeremy Glick , American businessman (d. 2001)
1970 –
George Lynch , American basketball player and coach
1970 –
Gareth Southgate , English footballer and manager
1971 –
Kiran Desai , Indian-American author
[17]
1971 –
Glen Housman , Australian swimmer
1971 –
Chabeli Iglesias , Portuguese-Spanish journalist
1971 –
Paolo Montero , Uruguayan footballer and manager
1972 –
Christine Boudrias , Canadian speed skater
1972 –
Bob Evans , American wrestler and trainer
1972 –
Robbie O'Davis , Australian rugby league player
1972 –
Martin Straka , Czech ice hockey player
1973 –
Jennifer Paige , American singer
[18]
1973 –
Damon Stoudamire , American basketball player and coach
1974 –
Martin Gerber , Swiss ice hockey player
[22]
1974 –
Clare Kramer , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1974 –
Rahul Sanghvi , Indian cricketer
1975 –
Daniel Chan , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1975 –
Cristobal Huet , French ice hockey player
1975 –
Redfoo , American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
[18]
1976 –
Valery V. Afanasyev , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1976 –
Ashley Jones , American actress
[18]
1976 –
Jevon Kearse , American football player
1976 –
Raheem Morris , American football player and coach
1977 –
Casey Hampton , American football player
[23]
1977 –
Rui Marques , Angolan footballer
1977 –
Olof Mellberg , Swedish footballer
1977 –
Nate Robertson , American baseball player
1978 –
Terje Bakken , Norwegian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1978 –
John Curtis , English footballer
1978 –
Nichole Hiltz , American actress
[18]
1978 –
Michal Rozsíval , Czech ice hockey player
1978 –
Nick Wechsler , American actor
[18]
1979 –
Júlio César , Brazilian footballer
1979 –
Tomo Miličević , Bosnian-American guitarist
[18]
1980 –
B.G. , American rapper and actor
1980 –
Daniel Bilos , Argentinian footballer
1980 –
Cindy Burger , Dutch footballer
1980 –
Jason McCaslin , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1981 –
Fearne Cotton , English television and radio presenter
[24]
1982 –
Sarah Burke , Canadian skier (d. 2012)
1982 –
Andrew McMahon , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1982 –
Kaori Natori , Japanese singer
1982 –
Tiago Rannow , Brazilian footballer
1982 –
Chris Wilcox , American basketball player
[25]
1983 –
Augusto Farfus , Brazilian race car driver
1983 –
Nicky Hunt , English footballer
1983 –
Marcus McCauley , American football player
1983 –
Valdas Vasylius , Lithuanian basketball player
1984 –
Mason Crosby , American football player
[26]
1984 –
Garrett Hedlund , American actor
[18]
1984 –
T. J. Perkins , Filipino-American wrestler
1985 –
Scott Carson , English footballer
1985 –
Kelvin Wilson , English footballer
1986 –
Shaun White , American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
[17]
1986 –
OMI , Jamaican singer
1987 –
Allie , Canadian wrestler
1987 –
Modibo Maïga , Malian footballer
1987 –
Dawid Malan , English cricketer
1987 –
James Neal , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Jérôme Boateng , Ghanaian-German footballer
1988 –
Hana Makhmalbaf , Iranian director and producer
1990 –
Mohammad Shami , Indian Cricketer
[27]
1992 –
August Alsina , American singer-songwriter
[18]
1992 –
Sakshi Malik , Indian wrestler
[28]
1993 –
Lee So-jung , South Korean singer
[29]
1993 –
Dominic Thiem , Austrian tennis player
1994 –
Francis Molo , New Zealand rugby league player
1994 –
Glen Rea , English-Irish footballer
1995 –
Myles Jack , American football player
[30]
1995 –
Niklas Süle , German footballer
1996 –
Joy , South Korean
idol and actress
[31]
1996 –
Adama Barro , Burkinabé footballer
[32]
1996 –
Abrahm DeVine , American swimmer
[33]
1996 –
Veronika Domjan , Slovenian athlete
[34]
1996 –
William Eskelinen , Swedish footballer
[35]
1996 –
Dwayne Green , Dutch footballer
[36]
1996 –
D. J. Hogg , American basketball player
[37]
1996 –
Nanda Kyaw , Burmese footballer
[38]
1996 –
Florian Maitre , French cyclist
[39]
1996 –
Callum Moore , Australian footballer
[40]
1996 –
Neilson Powless , American cyclist
[41]
1996 –
Osgar O'Hoisin , Irish tennis player
[42]
1996 –
Zhang Tingting , Chinese handball player
[43]
1996 –
Brad Walsh , Australian footballer
[44]
1996 –
Yoane Wissa , French footballer
[45]
1997 –
Andrew Austin , Irish cricketer
[46]
1997 –
Sulayman Bojang , Norwegian footballer
[47]
1997 –
Reniece Boyce , West Indian cricketer
[48]
1997 –
Carter Kieboom , American baseball player
[49]
1997 –
Petar Krstić , Macedonian footballer
[50]
1997 –
Devin Singletary , American football player
[51]
1997 –
Bernard Tekpetey , Ghanaian footballer
[52]
1997 –
Christopher Udeh , Nigerian footballer
[53]
2000 –
Brandon Williams , English footballer
[54]
2001 –
Kaia Gerber , American model and actress
[18]
2002 –
Iman Vellani , Pakistani-Canadian actress
[18]
2003 –
Jack Dylan Grazer , American actor
[17]
2010 –
Tanitoluwa Adewumi , Nigerian-American chess player
[55]
Deaths
Pre-1600
264 –
Sun Xiu , Chinese emperor (b. 235)
618 –
Xue Ju , emperor of Qin
863 –
Umar al-Aqta , Arab emir
931 –
Uda , emperor of Japan (b. 867)
1120 –
Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the
Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040)
1189 –
Jacob of Orléans , French Jewish scholar
[56]
1301 –
Alberto I della Scala , Lord of Verona
1313 –
Anna of Bohemia (b. 1290)
1354 –
Joanikije II , Serbian patriarch and saint
1400 –
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. c. 1352)
1402 –
Gian Galeazzo Visconti , Italian son of
Galeazzo II Visconti (b. 1351)
1420 –
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. 1340)
1467 –
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1434)
1592 –
Robert Greene , English author and playwright (b. 1558)
1601–1900
1609 –
Jean Richardot , Belgian diplomat (b. 1540)
1634 –
Edward Coke , English lawyer, judge, and politician,
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1552)
1653 –
Claudius Salmasius , French scholar and author (b. 1588)
1658 –
Oliver Cromwell , English general and politician (b. 1599)
1720 –
Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway , French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
1729 –
Jean Hardouin , French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
1766 –
Archibald Bower , Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
1808 –
John Montgomery , American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
1857 –
John McLoughlin , Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
1866 –
Konstantin Flavitsky , Russian painter (b. 1830)
1877 –
Adolphe Thiers , French historian and politician, 2nd
President of France (b. 1797)
1883 –
Ivan Turgenev , Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
1886 –
William W. Snow , American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
1893 –
James Harrison , Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
1901–present
1901 –
Evelyn Abbott , English classical scholar (b. 1843)
[57]
1906 –
Mihály Kolossa , Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
1914 –
Albéric Magnard , French composer and educator (b. 1865)
1929 –
John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey , English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
1936 –
Nikita Balieff , Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
1941 –
Rafailo Momčilović ,
Serbian Orthodox hegumen and painter (b. 1875)
[58]
1942 –
Will James , Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
1942 –
Séraphine Louis , French painter (b. 1864)
1944 –
John Lumsden , Irish physician, founded the
St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
1948 –
Edvard Beneš , Czech academic and politician, 2nd
President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
1954 –
Marika Kotopouli , Greek actress (b. 1887)
1961 –
Robert E. Gross , American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 –
E. E. Cummings , American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
1963 –
Louis MacNeice , Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
1967 –
Francis Ouimet , American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
1969 –
John Lester , American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
1970 –
Vasil Gendov , Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
1970 –
Vince Lombardi , American football player and coach (b. 1913)
[59]
1970 –
Alan Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
1974 –
Harry Partch , American composer and theorist (b. 1901)
1977 –
Gianni Vella , Maltese artist (b. 1885)
[60]
1980 –
Barbara O'Neil , American actress (b. 1910)
1980 –
Duncan Renaldo , Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1981 –
Alec Waugh , English soldier and author (b. 1898)
1985 –
Johnny Marks , American songwriter (b. 1909)
1987 –
Morton Feldman , American composer and educator (b. 1926)
1988 –
Ferit Melen , Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
1989 –
Gaetano Scirea , Italian footballer (b. 1953)
1991 –
Frank Capra , Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1993 –
David Brown , English businessman (b. 1904)
1994 –
James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
1994 –
Billy Wright , English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
1995 –
Mary Adshead , English painter (b. 1904)
[61]
1996 –
Emily Kame Kngwarreye , Australian painter (b. 1910)
1999 –
Emma Bailey , American auctioneer and author (b. 1910)
[62]
2000 –
Edward Anhalt , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2001 –
Pauline Kael , American film critic and author (b. 1919)
2002 –
Kenneth Hare , Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
2002 –
W. Clement Stone , American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
2003 –
Alan Dugan , American soldier and poet (b. 1923)
2003 –
Rudolf Leiding , German businessman (b. 1914)
2005 –
R. S. R. Fitter , English biologist and author (b. 1913)
2005 –
William Rehnquist , American lawyer and jurist, 16th
Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
2007 –
Carter Albrecht , American keyboard player and guitarist (b. 1973)
2007 –
Syd Jackson , New Zealand trade union leader and activist (b. 1939)
2007 –
Jane Tomlinson , English runner (b. 1964)
2007 –
Steve Fossett , American aviator (b. 1944)
2008 –
Donald Blakeslee , American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
2010 –
Noah Howard , American saxophonist (b. 1943)
2010 –
Robert Schimmel , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
2012 –
Griselda Blanco , Colombian drug lord (b. 1943)
2012 –
Harold Dunaway , American race car driver and pilot (b. 1933)
2012 –
Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (b. 1957)
2012 –
Siegfried Jamrowski , Russian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
2012 –
Sun Myung Moon , Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the
Unification Church (b. 1920)
2012 –
Charlie Rose , American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
2013 –
Ralph M. Holman , American lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2013 –
Pedro Ferriz Santacruz , Mexican-American journalist (b. 1921)
2013 –
José Ramón Larraz , Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2013 –
Janet Lembke , American author and scholar (b. 1933)
2013 –
Don Meineke , American basketball player (b. 1930)
2013 –
Lewis Morley , Hong Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925)
2014 –
Aarno Raninen , Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
2014 –
A. P. Venkateswaran , Indian soldier and politician, 14th
Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930)
2015 –
Adrian Cadbury , English rower and businessman (b. 1929)
2015 –
Judy Carne , English actress and comedian (b. 1939)
2015 –
Carter Lay , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971)
2015 –
Zhang Zhen , Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
2015 –
Chandra Bahadur Dangi , world record holder for shortest man (b. 1939)
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2017 –
Walter Becker , American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
2017 –
John Ashbery , American poet (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
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