April 26

April 26 in recent years
2024 (Friday)
2023 (Wednesday)
2022 (Tuesday)
2021 (Monday)
2020 (Sunday)
2019 (Friday)
2018 (Thursday)
2017 (Wednesday)
2016 (Tuesday)
2015 (Sunday)

April 26is the 116th day of the year (117th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;249 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1336– Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascendsMont Ventoux.^[1]
1478– ThePazzi family attackonLorenzo de' Mediciin order to displace the rulingMedici familykills his brotherGiulianoduringHigh MassinFlorence Cathedral.^[2]
1564– PlaywrightWilliam Shakespeareis baptized inStratford-upon-Avon,Warwickshire,England (date of birth is unknown).

1601–1900

1607– TheVirginia Companycolonists make landfall atCape Henry.
1721–A massive earthquakedevastates the Iranian city ofTabriz.^[3]
1777–Sybil Ludington,aged 16, allegedly rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of theBritish regular forces
1794–Battle of Beaumontduring theFlanders Campaignof theWar of the First Coalition.
1802–Napoleon Bonapartesigns a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notoriousémigrés of the French Revolutionto return to France.^[4]
1803– Thousands ofmeteor fragments fallfrom the skies ofL'Aigle,France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
1805–First Barbary War:United States Marines captured Derneunder the command ofFirst Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
1865–Unioncavalry troopers corner and shoot deadJohn Wilkes Booth,assassin of President Abraham Lincoln,inVirginia.
1900–Firesdestroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. Twelve thousand people are left without a home.^[5]

1901–present

1903–Atlético Madrid Association footballclub is founded
1915–World War I:Italysecretly signs theTreaty of Londonpledging to join theAllied Powers.^[6]
1916–Easter Rising:Battle of Mount Street Bridge^[7]
1920–Ice hockeymakes its Olympic debut at theAntwerp Gameswith centerFrank Fredricksonscoring seven goals in Canada's 12–1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.^[8]
1923–The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-LyonatWestminster Abbey.^[9]
1925–Paul von HindenburgdefeatsWilhelm Marxin the second round of theGerman presidential electionto become the first directly electedhead of stateof theWeimar Republic.
1933– TheGestapo,the officialsecret police forceofNazi Germany,is established byHermann Göring.
1937–Spanish Civil War:Guernica,Spain, isbombedby the GermanCondor Legionand the ItalianAviazione Legionaria.
1942–Benxihu Collieryaccident inManchukuoleaves 1,549 Chinese miners dead.
1943– TheEaster Riotsbreak out inUppsala,Sweden.
1944–Georgios Papandreoubecomes head of theGreek government-in-exilebased inEgypt.
1944 –Heinrich Kreipeis captured by Allied commandos inoccupied Crete.
1945–World War II:Battle of Bautzen:Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of theWehrmacht.
1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberateBaguioas they fight against the Japanese forces under GeneralTomoyuki Yamashita.
1954– TheGeneva Conference,an effort to restore peace inIndochinaand Korea, begins.
1954 – The first clinical trials ofJonas Salk'spolio vaccinebegin inFairfax County, Virginia.^[10]
1956–SSIdeal X,the world's first successfulcontainer ship,leavesPort Newark, New Jersey,forHouston,Texas.
1958– Final run of theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad'sRoyal Bluefrom Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to useelectric locomotives.
1960– Forced out by theApril Revolution,President of South Korea Syngman Rheeresigns after 12 years ofdictatorial rule.
1962–NASA'sRanger 4spacecraft crashes into theMoon.
1962 – TheBritish space programmelaunches its first satellite, theAriel 1.^[11]
1963– InLibya,amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
1964–TanganyikaandZanzibarmerge to form theUnited Republic of Tanzania.
1966– The magnitude 5.1Tashkent earthquakeaffects the largest city inSoviet Central Asiawith a maximumMSK intensityof VII (Very strong).Tashkentis mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
1966 – A new government is formed in theRepublic of the Congo,led byAmbroise Noumazalaye.
1970– TheConvention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organizationenters into force.
1981– Dr.Michael R. Harrisonof theUniversity of California, San Francisco Medical Centerperforms the world's first human openfetal surgery.
1986– TheChernobyl disasteroccurs in theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1989–The deadliest known tornadostrikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
1989 –People's Dailypublishes theApril 26 Editorialwhich inflames the nascentTiananmen Square protests.
1991–Fifty-five tornadoesbreak out in thecentral United States.Before the outbreak's end,Andover, Kansas,would record the year's onlyF5tornado.
1993– TheSpace ShuttleColumbiais launched on missionSTS-55to conduct experiments aboard theSpacelabmodule.^[12]
1994–China Airlines Flight 140crashes atNagoya Airportin Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
1994 –South Africabegins itsfirst multiracial election,which is won byNelson Mandela'sAfrican National Congress.^[13]
2002– Robert Steinhäuserkills 16atGutenberg-GymnasiuminErfurt,Germany before committing suicide.
2005–Cedar Revolution:Under international pressure,Syriawithdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison inLebanon,ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
2015–Nursultan Nazarbayevis re-electedPresident of Kazakhstanwith 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.^[14]

Births

Pre-1600

121–Marcus Aurelius,Roman emperor (d. 180)^[15]
757–Hisham I of Córdoba(d. 796)
764–Al-Hadi,Abbasid caliph (d. 786)
1284–Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick(d. 1324)
1319–John II of France(d. 1364)^[16]
1538–Gian Paolo Lomazzo,Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)
1575–Marie de' Medici,queen ofHenry IV of France(d. 1642)

1601–1900

1647–William Ashhurst,English banker,Sheriff of London,Lord Mayor of Londonand politician (d. 1720)
1648–Peter II of Portugal(d. 1706)^[17]
1697–Adam Falckenhagen,Germanluteplayer and composer (d. 1754)
1710–Thomas Reid,Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)
1718–Esek Hopkins,American commander (d. 1802)
1774–Christian Leopold von Buch,German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)
1782–Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily,Queen of France (d. 1866)^[18]
1785–John James Audubon,French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)^[19]
1787–Ludwig Uhland,German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)
1798–Eugène Delacroix,French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)^[20]
1801–Ambrose Dudley Mann,American politician and diplomat, 1stUnited States Assistant Secretary of State(d. 1889)
1804–Charles Goodyear,American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)
1822–Frederick Law Olmsted,American journalist and designer, co-designedCentral Park(d. 1903)
1834–Charles Farrar Browne,American author (d. 1867)
1856–Joseph Ward,Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17thPrime Minister of New Zealand(d. 1930)
1862–Edmund C. Tarbell,American painter and educator (d. 1938)
1865–Akseli Gallen-Kallela,Finnish artist (d. 1931)^[21]
1876–Ernst Felle,German rower (d. 1959)
1877–James Dooley,Irish-Australian politician, 21stPremier of New South Wales(d. 1950)
1878–Rafael Guízar y Valencia,Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)
1879–Eric Campbell,British actor (d. 1917)
1879 –Owen Willans Richardson,English physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1959)
1886–Ma Rainey,American singer-songwriter (d. 1939)
1886 –Ğabdulla Tuqay,Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)
1889–Anita Loos,American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1889 –Ludwig Wittgenstein,Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)
1894–Rudolf Hess,Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
1896–Ruut Tarmo,Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)
1896 –Ernst Udet,German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
1897–Eddie Eagan,American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)
1897 –Douglas Sirk,German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1898–Vicente Aleixandre,Spanish poet and author,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1984)
1898 –John Grierson,Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)
1899–Oscar Rabin,Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1958)
1900–Eva Aschoff,German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969)^[22]
1900 –Charles Francis Richter,American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
1900 –Hack Wilson,American baseball player (d. 1948)

1901–present

1904–Paul-Émile Léger,Canadian cardinal (d. 1991)
1904 –Xenophon Zolotas,Greek economist and politician, 177thPrime Minister of Greece(d. 2004)
1905–Jean Vigo,French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)
1907–Ilias Tsirimokos,Greek politician,Prime Minister of Greece(d. 1968)
1909–Marianne Hoppe,German actress (d. 2002)
1910–Tomoyuki Tanaka,Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1911–Paul Verner,German soldier and politician (d. 1986)
1912–A. E. van Vogt,Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
1914–Bernard Malamud,American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)
1914 –James Rouse,American real estate developer (d. 1996)
1916–Eyvind Earle,American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)
1916 –Ken Wallis,English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)
1916 –Morris West,Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)
1917–Sal Maglie,American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)
1917 –I. M. Pei,Chinese-American architect, designed theNational Gallery of ArtandBank of China Tower(d. 2019)
1917 –Virgil Trucks,American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1918–Fanny Blankers-Koen,Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)
1921–Jimmy Giuffre,American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)
1922–J. C. Holt,English historian and academic (d. 2014)
1922 –Jeanne Sauvé,Canadian journalist and politician,Governor General of Canada(d. 1993)^[23]
1922 –Margaret Scott,South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2019)
1924–Browning Ross,American runner and soldier (d. 1998)
1925–Vladimir Boltyansky,Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019)
1925 –Gerard Cafes gian,American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1925 –Michele Ferrero,Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015)
1925 –Frank Hahn,British economist (d. 2013)
1926–Michael Mathias Prechtl,German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)
1927–Jack Douglas,English actor (d. 2008)
1927 –Anne McLaren,British scientist (d. 2007)^[24]
1927 –Harry Gallatin,American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1927 –Granny Hamner,American baseball player (d. 1993)
1929–Richard Mitchell,American author and educator (d. 2002)
1930–Roger Moens,Belgian runner and sportscaster
1931–Paul Almond,Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1931 –Bernie Brillstein,American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)
1931 –John Cain Jr.,Australian politician, 41stPremier of Victoria(d. 2019)
1932–Israr Ahmed,Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
1932 –Shirley Cawley,English long jumper
1932 –Frank D'Rone,American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1932 –Francis Lai,French accordion player and composer (d. 2018)
1932 –Michael Smith,English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2000)
1933–Carol Burnett,American actress, singer, and producer^[25]
1933 –Al McCoy,American sports announcer (d. 2024)^[26]
1933 –Filiberto Ojeda Ríos,Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)
1933 –Arno Allan Penzias,German-American physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2024)
1937–Jean-Pierre Beltoise,French racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1938–Duane Eddy,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2024)^[27]
1938 –Maurice Williams,American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
1940–Giorgio Moroder,Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1940 –Cliff Watson,English rugby league player (d. 2018)
1941–Claudine Auger,French model and actress (d. 2019)
1942–Svyatoslav Belza,Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
1942 –Sharon Carstairs,Canadian lawyer and politician,Leader of the Government in the Senate
1942 –Michael Kergin,Canadian diplomat,Canadian Ambassador to the United States
1942 –Bobby Rydell,American singer and actor^[28](d. 2022)
1942 –Jadwiga Staniszkis,Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic (d. 2024)
1943–Gary Wright,American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2023)
1943 –Peter Zumthor,Swiss architect and academic, designed theTherme Vals
1944–Richard Bradshaw,English conductor (d. 2007)
1945–Howard Davies,English director and producer (d. 2016)
1945 –Dick Johnson,Australian racing driver
1945 –Sylvain Simard,Canadian academic and politician
1946–Ralph Coates,English international footballer (d. 2010)^[29]
1946 –Marilyn Nelson,American poet and author
1946 –Alberto Quintano,Chilean footballer
1949–Carlos Bianchi,Argentinian footballer and manager
1949 –Jerry Blackwell,American wrestler (d. 1995)
1950–Junko Ohashi,Japanese singer (d. 2023)^[30]
1951–John Battle,English politician
1954–Tatyana Fomina,Estonian chess player
1954 –Alan Hinkes,English mountaineer and explorer
1955–Kurt Bodewig,German politician
1956–Koo Stark,American actress and photographer
1958–John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute,Scottish racing driver (d. 2021)
1958 –Giancarlo Esposito,American actor, director, and producer^[31]
1958 –Georgios Kostikos,Greek footballer, coach, and manager
1959–John Corabi,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 –Pedro Pierluisi,Puerto Rican politician^[32]
1960–H. G. Carrillo,American writer and academic (d. 2020)^[33]
1960 –Steve Lombardozzi,American baseball player and coach
1960 –Roger Taylor,English drummer
1961–Joan Chen,Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter^[31]
1961 –Chris Mars,American artist
1962–Colin Anderson,English footballer
1962 –Debra Wilson,American actress and comedian
1963–Jet Li,Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer^[31]
1963 –Colin Scotts,Australian-American football player
1963 –Cornelia Ullrich,German hurdler
1963 –Bill Wennington,Canadian basketball player
1965–Susannah Harker,English actress
1965 –Kevin James,American actor and comedian
1967–Glenn Thomas Jacobs,American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
1967 –Marianne Jean-Baptiste,English actress and singer-songwriter
1967 –Toomas Tõniste,Estonian sailor and politician
1970–Dean Austin,English footballer and manager^[34]
1970 –Melania Trump,Slovene-American model; 47thFirst Lady of the United States^[31]
1970 –Kristen R. Ghodsee,American ethnographer and academic
1970 –Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins,American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1971–Naoki Tanaka,Japanese comedian and actor
1971 –Jay DeMarcus,American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1972–Jason Bargwanna,Australian racing driver
1972 –Kiko,Spanish footballer
1972 –Natrone Means,American football player and coach
1972 –Avi Nimni,Israeli footballer and manager
1973–Geoff Blum,American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 –Jules Naudet,French-American director and producer
1973 –Chris Perry,English footballer^[35]
1973 –Óscar,Spanish footballer and coach
1975–Joey Jordison,American musician and songwriter (d. 2021)^[36]
1975 –Rahul Verma,Indian social worker and activist
1976–Václav Varaďa,Czech ice hockey player
1977–Samantha Cristoforetti,Italian astronaut
1977 –Kosuke Fukudome,Japanese baseball player^[31]
1977 –Roxana Saberi,American journalist and author
1977 –Tom Welling,American actor^[37]
1978–Stana Katic,Canadian actress
1978 –Peter Madsen,Danish footballer
1980–Jordana Brewster,Panamanian-American actress
1980 –Marlon King,English footballer
1980 –Anna Mucha,Polish actress and journalist
1980 –Channing Tatum,American actor and producer
1981–Caro Emerald,Dutch pop and jazz singer
1981 –Ms. Dynamite,English rapper and producer
1981 –Sandra Schmitt,German skier (d. 2000)
1982–Novlene Williams-Mills,Jamaican sprinter
1983–José María López,Argentinian racing driver
1983 –Jessica Lynch,American soldier
1985–John Isner,American tennis player
1986–Lior Refaelov,Israeli footballer
1986 –Yuliya Zaripova,Russian runner
1987–Jorge Andújar Moreno,Spanish footballer
1989–Melvin Ingram,American football player
1989 –Kang Daesung,South Korean singer^[38]
1990–Jonathan dos Santos,Mexican footballer^[39]
1990 –Mitch Rein,Australian rugby league player
1990 –Nevin Spence,Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)
1990 –Joey Wendle,American baseball player^[40]
1991–Peter Handscomb,Australian cricketer
1991 –Isaac Liu,New Zealand rugby league player
1992–Aaron Judge,American baseball player
1992 –Delon Wright,American basketball player^[41]
1994–Daniil Kvyat,Russian racing driver^[42]
1994 –Odysseas Vlachodimos,Greek international footballer^[43]
1996–Jordan Pefok,American footballer^[44]
2001–Thiago Almada,Argentine footballer^[45]

Deaths

Pre-1600

499–Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei(b. 467)
645–Richarius,Frankish monk and saint (b. 560)
680–Mu'awiya I,Umayyad caliph (b. 602)
757–Pope Stephen II(b. 715)
893–Chen Jingxuan,general of theTang Dynasty
962–Adalbero I,bishop ofMetz
1192–Emperor Go-Shirakawaof Japan (b. 1127)
1366–Simon Islip,Archbishop of Canterbury
1392–Chŏng Mong-ju,Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338)
1444–Robert Campin,Flemish painter (b. 1378)
1478–Giuliano de' Medici,Italian ruler (b. 1453)
1489–Ashikaga Yoshihisa,Japanese shōgun (b. 1465)
1558–Jean Fernel,French physician (b. 1497)^[46]

1601–1900

1686–Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie,Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
1716–John Somers, 1st Baron Somers,English jurist and politician,Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain(b. 1651)
1784–Nano Nagle,Irish nun and educator, founded thePresentation Sisters(b. 1718)
1789–Petr Ivanovich Panin,Russian general (b. 1721)
1809–Bernhard Schott,German music publisher (b. 1748)^[47]
1865–John Wilkes Booth,American actor, assassin ofAbraham Lincoln(b. 1838)
1881–Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen,German general (b. 1815)
1895–Eric Stenbock,Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)

1901–present

1910–Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1832)
1915–John Bunny,American actor (b. 1863)
1915 –Ida Hunt Udall,American diarist (b. 1858)^[48]
1916–Mário de Sá-Carneiro,Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1890)^[49]
1920–Srinivasa Ramanujan,Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
1932–William Lockwood,English cricketer (b. 1868)
1934–Arturs Alberings,Latvian politician, formerPrime Minister of Latvia(b. 1876)
1934 –Konstantin Vaginov,Russian poet and novelist (b. 1899)^[50]
1940–Carl Bosch,German chemist and engineer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1874)
1944–Violette Morris,French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
1945–Sigmund Rascher,German physician (b. 1909)
1945 –Pavlo Skoropadskyi,German-Ukrainian general and politician,Hetman of Ukraine(b. 1871)
1946–James Larkin White,American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
1950–George Murray Hulbert,American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
1951–Arnold Sommerfeld,German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
1956–Edward Arnold,American actor (b. 1890)
1957–Gichin Funakoshi,Japanese martial artist, foundedShotokan(b. 1868)
1964–E. J. Pratt,Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
1968–John Heartfield,German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
1969–Morihei Ueshiba,Japanese martial artist, foundedaikido(b. 1883)
1970–Erik Bergman,Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
1970 –Gypsy Rose Lee,American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
1973–Irene Ryan,American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
1976–Sidney Franklin,American bullfighter (b. 1903)
1976 –Sid James,South African-English actor (b. 1913)
1976 –Armstrong Sperry,American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
1980–Cicely Courtneidge,Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
1981–Jim Davis,American actor (b. 1909)
1984–Count Basie,American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)
1986–Broderick Crawford,American actor (b. 1911)
1986 –Bessie Love,American actress (b. 1898)
1986 –Dechko Uzunov,Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
1987–Shankar,Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
1987 –John Silkin,English lawyer and politician,Shadow Leader of the House of Commons(b. 1923)
1989–Lucille Ball,American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
1991–Leo Arnaud,French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
1991 –Carmine Coppola,American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
1991 –A. B. Guthrie, Jr.,American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
1991 –Richard Hatfield,Canadian lawyer and politician, 26thPremier of New Brunswick(b. 1931)
1994–Masutatsu Ōyama,Japanese martial artist, foundedKyokushin kaikan(b. 1923)
1996–Stirling Silliphant,American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
1999–Adrian Borland,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)
1999 –Jill Dando,English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)^[51]
2003–Rosemary Brown,Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)
2003 –Yun Hyon-seok,South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)
2003 –Edward Max Nicholson,Irish environmentalist, co-founded theWorld Wide Fund for Nature(b. 1904)
2004–Hubert Selby, Jr.,American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2005–Mason Adams,American actor (b. 1919)
2005 –Elisabeth Domitien,Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)^[52]
2005 –Maria Schell,Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
2005 –Augusto Roa Bastos,Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917)
2007–Jack Valenti,American businessman, created theMPAA film rating system(b. 1921)
2008–Árpád Orbán,Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)^[53]^[54]
2009–Hans Holzer,Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)
2010–Mariam A. Aleem,Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)
2010 –Urs Felber,Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)
2011–Phoebe Snow,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2012–Terence Spinks,English boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
2013–Jacqueline Brookes,American actress and educator (b. 1930)
2013 –George Jones,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
2013 –Earl Silverman,Canadian men's rights advocate (b. 1948)^[55]
2014–Gerald Guralnik,American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
2014 –Paul Robeson, Jr.,American historian and author (b. 1927)
2014 –DJ Rashad,American electronic musician, producer and DJ (b. 1979)
2015–Jayne Meadows,American actress (b. 1919)
2015 –Marcel Pronovost,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2016–Harry Wu,Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
2017–Jonathan Demme,American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2022–Klaus Schulze,German composer and musician (b. 1947)^[56]
2023–Jerry Apodaca,American politician, 24thGovernor of New Mexico(b. 1934)^[57]
2023 –Tangaraju Suppiah,Singaporean drug trafficker (b. 1977)^[58]

Holidays and observances

Chernobyl disasterrelated observances:
- Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy(Belarus)
- Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes(Russia)
Christianfeast day:
Confederate Memorial Day(Florida,United States)
Union Day (Tanzania)
World Intellectual Property Day^[59]

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