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August 21is the 233rd day of the year (234th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;132 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 959–Eraclusbecomes the 25thbishop of Liège.
- 1140–Song dynastygeneralYue Feidefeats an army led byJin dynastygeneralWuzhuat theBattle of Yanchengduring theJin–Song Wars.
- 1169–Battle of the Blacks:Uprising by theblack Africanforces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, againstSaladin.[1]
- 1192–Minamoto no YoritomobecomesSei-i Taishōgunand thede factoruler of Japan. (TraditionalJapanese date:the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū ( kiến lâu ) era).[2]
- 1331– KingStefan Uroš III,aftermonths of anarchy,surrenders to his son and rivalStefan Dušan,who succeeds asKing of Serbia.[3]
- 1415–Henry the Navigatorleads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at theConquest of Ceuta.[4]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1680–Pueblo IndianscaptureSanta Fefrom the Spanish during thePueblo Revolt.
- 1689– TheBattle of Dunkeldin Scotland.[5]
- 1716–Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War:The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of theBattle of Petrovaradinforce theOttomansto abandon theSiege of Corfu,thus preserving theIonian IslandsunderVenetian rule.[6]
- 1770–James Cookformally claims eastern Australia forGreat Britain,naming itNew South Wales.
- 1772– KingGustav IIIcompletes hiscoup d'étatby adopting a newConstitution,endinghalf a century of parliamentary rulein Sweden and installing himself as anenlightened despot.
- 1778–American Revolutionary War:British forcesbegin besiegingthe French outpost atPondichéry.
- 1791– AVodou ceremony,led byDutty Boukman,turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning theHaitian Revolution.
- 1808–Battle of Vimeiro:BritishandPortugueseforces led by GeneralArthur WellesleydefeatFrenchforce under Major-GeneralJean-Andoche Junotnear the village ofVimeiro,Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of thePeninsular War.
- 1810–Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte,Marshal of France,is electedCrown Princeof Sweden by the SwedishRiksdag of the Estates.
- 1821–Jarvis Islandis discovered by the crew of the ship,Eliza Frances.
- 1831–Nat Turnerleads black slaves and free blacks ina rebellioninSouthampton County, Virginia,which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.[7]
- 1852–Tlingit IndiansdestroyFort Selkirk,Yukon Territory.
- 1858– The first of theLincoln–Douglas debatesis held inOttawa, Illinois.[8]
- 1862– TheStadtpark,the first public park inVienna,opens to the public.[9]
- 1863–Lawrence, Kansasisdestroyedbypro-Confederate guerrillasknown asQuantrill's Raiders.
- 1878– TheAmerican Bar Associationis founded inSaratoga Springs,New York.[10]
- 1879– The locals ofKnock, County Mayo,Irelandreport their having seen an apparitionof theVirgin Mary.The apparition is later named“Our Lady of Knock”and the spot transformed into aCatholicpilgrimage site.[11]
- 1883–An F5 tornadostrikesRochester, Minnesota,leading to the creation of theMayo Clinic.
- 1888– The first successfuladding machinein the United States is patented byWilliam Seward Burroughs.
1901–present[edit]
- 1901– Six hundred American school teachers,Thomasites,arrived inManilaon theUSAT Thomas.
- 1911– TheMona LisaisstolenbyVincenzo Peruggia,aLouvreemployee.[12]
- 1914–World War I:TheBattle of Charleroi,a successful German attack across the RiverSambrethat pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
- 1918– World War I: TheSecond Battle of the Sommebegins.
- 1942–World War II:TheGuadalcanal Campaign:American forces defeat an attack byImperial Japanese Armysoldiers in theBattle of the Tenaru.
- 1944–Dumbarton Oaks Conference,prelude to theUnited Nations,begins.
- 1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish unitscapturethe strategically important town ofFalaise, Calvados,France.
- 1945– PhysicistHarry Daghlianis fatally irradiated in acriticality accidentduring an experiment with theDemon coreatLos Alamos National Laboratory.
- 1957– TheSoviet Unionsuccessfully conducts a long-range test flight of theR-7 Semyorka,the firstintercontinental ballistic missile.[13]
- 1959–United States PresidentDwight D. Eisenhowersigns an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated byHawaii Admission Day.
- 1963–Xá Lợi Pagoda raids:TheArmy of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forcesloyal toNgô Đình Nhu,brother of PresidentNgo Dinh Diem,vandalizesBuddhistpagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
- 1965– TheSocialist Republic of Romaniais proclaimed, following the adoption ofa new constitution.[14]
- 1968–Cold War:Nicolae Ceaușescu,leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns theSoviet-ledWarsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia,encouraging theRomanianpopulation to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
- 1968 –James Anderson Jr.posthumously receives the firstMedal of Honorto be awarded to anAfrican AmericanU.S. Marine.
- 1971– A bomb exploded in theLiberal Partycampaign rally inPlaza Miranda,Manila,Philippineswith several anti-Marcospolitical candidates injured.
- 1982–Lebanese Civil War:The first troops of amultinational forcelands inBeirutto oversee thePalestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal fromLebanon.
- 1983– Philippine opposition leaderBenigno Aquino Jr.isassassinatedat Manila International Airport (now renamedNinoy Aquino International Airportin his honor).
- 1986– Carbon dioxide gas erupts fromvolcanicLake NyosinCameroon,killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.
- 1988– The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquakeshakes the Nepal–India border with a maximumMercalli intensityof VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
- 1991–Latviadeclares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.[15]
- 1991 –Coup attemptagainstMikhail Gorbachevcollapses.
- 1993–NASAloses contact with theMars Observerspacecraft.
- 1994–Royal Air Maroc Flight 630crashes in Douar Izounine,Morocco,killing all 44 people on board.[16]
- 1995–Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529,anEmbraer EMB 120 Brasilia,attempts to divert toWest Georgia Regional Airportafter the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes inCarroll CountynearCarrollton, Georgia,killing nine of the 29 people on board.[17]
- 2000– American golferTiger Woodswins the 82ndPGA Championshipand becomes the first golfer sinceBen Hoganin 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
- 2013– Hundreds of people are reported killed bychemical attacksin theGhoutaregion ofSyria.
- 2017–A solar eclipsetraverses thecontinental United States.
Births[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 1165–Philip II of France(d. 1223)
- 1481–Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra(d. 1550)
- 1535–Shimazu Yoshihiro,Japanese general (d. 1619)
- 1552–Muhammad Qadiri,Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (d. 1654)
- 1567–Francis de Sales,Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622)
- 1579–Henri, Duke of Rohan(d. 1638)
- 1597–Roger Twysden,English historian and politician (d. 1672)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1625–John Claypole,English politician (d. 1688)
- 1643–Afonso VI of Portugal(d. 1683)
- 1660–Hubert Gautier,French mathematician and engineer (d. 1737)
- 1665–Giacomo F. Maraldi,French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729)
- 1670–James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick,French general and politician,Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire(d. 1734)
- 1725–Jean-Baptiste Greuze,French painter and educator (d. 1805)
- 1754–William Murdoch,Scottish engineer and inventor, createdgas lighting(d. 1839)
- 1754 –Banastre Tarleton,English general and politician (d. 1833)
- 1765–William IV of the United Kingdom(d. 1837)
- 1789–Augustin-Louis Cauchy,French mathematician and academic (d. 1857)
- 1798–Jules Michelet,French historian and philosopher (d. 1874)
- 1800–Hiram Walden,American general and politician (d. 1880)
- 1801–Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer,Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876)
- 1813–Jean Stas,Belgian chemist and physician (d. 1891)
- 1816–Charles Frédéric Gerhardt,French chemist and academic (d. 1856)
- 1823–Nathaniel Everett Green,English painter and astronomer (d. 1899)
- 1826–Carl Gegenbaur,German anatomist and academic (d. 1903)
- 1829–Otto Goldschmidt,German composer, conductor and pianist (d. 1907)
- 1840–Ferdinand Hamer,Dutch bishop and missionary (d. 1900)
- 1851–Charles Barrois,French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)[18]
- 1856–Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès,American heiress (d. 1921)
- 1858–Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria(d. 1889)
- 1862–Emilio Salgari,Italian journalist and author (d. 1911)
- 1869–William Henry Ogilvie,Scottish-Australian poet and author (d. 1963)
- 1872–Aubrey Beardsley,English author and illustrator (d. 1898)[19]
- 1878–Richard Girulatis,German footballer and manager (d. 1963)
- 1879–Claude Grahame-White,English pilot and engineer (d. 1959)
- 1884–Chandler Egan,American golfer and architect (d. 1936)
- 1885–Édouard Fabre,Canadian runner (d. 1939)
- 1886–Ruth Manning-Sanders,Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
- 1887–James Paul Moody,English sailor (d. 1912)
- 1891–Emiliano Mercado del Toro,Puerto Rican-American soldier (d. 2007)
- 1892–Charles Vanel,French actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1894–Christian Schad,German painter (d. 1982)
- 1895–Blossom Rock,American actress (d. 1978)
- 1897–Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott,Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966)
1901–present[edit]
- 1902–Angel Karaliychev,Bulgarian author (d. 1972)
- 1903–Kostas Giannidis,Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1984)
- 1904–Count Basie,American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
- 1905–Bipin Gupta,Indian actor and producer (d. 1981)
- 1906–Friz Freleng,American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995)
- 1907–P. Jeevanandham,Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
- 1909–Nikolay Bogolyubov,Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
- 1912–Toe Blake,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
- 1914–Doug Wright,English cricketer and coach (d. 1998)
- 1916–Bill Lee,American actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1916 –Consuelo Velázquez,Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1917–Leonid Hurwicz,Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008)
- 1918–Billy Reay,Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004)
- 1921–Reuven Feuerstein,Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1922–Albert Irvin,English soldier and painter (d. 2015)
- 1923–Keith Allen,Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
- 1924–Jack Buck,American sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1924 –Jack Weston,American actor (d. 1996)
- 1926–Can Yücel,Turkish poet and translator (d. 1999)
- 1927–Thomas S. Monson,American religious leader, 16thPresident of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(d. 2018)
- 1928–Addison Farmer,American bassist (d. 1963)
- 1928 –Art Farmer,American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
- 1928 –Bud McFadin,American football player (d. 2006)
- 1929–Herman Badillo,Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1929 –X. J. Kennedy,American poet, translator, anthologist, editor
- 1929 –Ahmed Kathrada,South African politician and political prisoner (d. 2017)
- 1930–Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon(d. 2002)[20]
- 1930 –Frank Perry,American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1932–Menashe Kadishman,Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015)
- 1932 –Melvin Van Peebles,American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2021)[20]
- 1933–Janet Baker,English soprano and educator
- 1933 –Michael Dacher,German mountaineer (d. 1994)
- 1933 –Barry Norman,English author and critic (d. 2017)
- 1933 –Erik Paaske,Danish actor and singer (d. 1992)
- 1934–Sudhakarrao Naik,Indian lawyer and politician, 13thChief Minister of Maharashtra(d. 2001)
- 1934 –Paul Panhuysen,Dutch composer (d. 2015)
- 1936–Wilt Chamberlain,American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)[20]
- 1936 –Radish Tordia,Georgian painter and educator
- 1937–Donald Dewar,Scottish politician, firstFirst Minister of Scotland(d. 2000)[21]
- 1937 –Gustavo Noboa,Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51stPresident of Ecuador(d. 2021)
- 1937 –Robert Stone,American novelist and short story writer (d. 2015)
- 1938–Steve Cowper,American politician, 6thGovernor of Alaska[22]
- 1938 –Kenny Rogers,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2020)[20]
- 1938 –Mike Weston,English rugby player (d. 2023)
- 1939–James Burton,AmericanHall of Fameguitarist[23]
- 1939 –Festus Mogae,Botswana economist and politician, thirdPresident of Botswana
- 1939 –Clarence Williams III,American actor (d. 2021)[20]
- 1940–Dominick Harrod,English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2013)
- 1940 –Endre Szemerédi,Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1941–Jackie DeShannon,American singer-songwriter[23]
- 1943–Patrick Demarchelier,French photographer (d. 2022)
- 1943 –Jonathan Schell,American journalist and author (d. 2014)
- 1943 –Lucius Shepard,American author and critic (d. 2014)
- 1943 –Hugh Wilson,American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1944–Perry Christie,Bahamian politician, thirdPrime Minister of the Bahamas
- 1944 –Peter Weir,Australian director, producer, and screenwriter[20]
- 1945–Basil Poledouris,Greek-American composer, conductor[24](d. 2006)
- 1945 –Celia Brayfield,English journalist and author
- 1945 –Jerry DaVanon,American baseball player
- 1945 –Willie Lanier,American football player
- 1945 –Patty McCormack,American actress[23]
- 1947–Carl Giammarese,American singer-songwriter and musician[23]
- 1949–Loretta Devine,American actress and singer[23]
- 1949 –Daniel Sivan,Israeli scholar and academic
- 1950–Patrick Juvet,Swiss singer-songwriter and model (d. 2021)
- 1950 –Arthur Bremer,American attempted assassin ofGeorge Wallace[25]
- 1951–Eric Goles,Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
- 1951 –Glenn Hughes,English musician[20]
- 1951 –Yana Mintoff,Maltese politician, economist and educator
- 1951 –Chesley V. Morton,American businessman and politician
- 1952–Keith Hart,Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
- 1952 –Jiří Paroubek,Czech soldier and politician, sixthPrime Minister of the Czech Republic
- 1952 –Bernadette Porter,English nun and educator
- 1952 –Joe Strummer,English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)[20]
- 1953–Ivan Stang,American author, publisher, and director
- 1954–Archie Griffin,American football player[20]
- 1954 –Steve Smith,American drummer
- 1954 –Mark Williams,New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1956–Kim Cattrall,English-Canadian actress[23]
- 1956 –Jon Tester,American farmer and politician
- 1957–Frank Pastore,American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)
- 1958–Steve Case,American businessman, co-founder ofAmerica Online(AOL)[20]
- 1958 –Mark Williams,Australian footballer and coach
- 1959–Anne Hobbs,English tennis player and coach
- 1959 –Jim McMahon,American football player and coach
- 1961–Gerardo Barbero,Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)
- 1961 –V. B. Chandrasekhar,Indian cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
- 1961 –Stephen Hillenburg,American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator ofSpongeBob SquarePants(d. 2018)
- 1962–Cleo King,American actress[23]
- 1962 –John Korfas,Greek-American basketball player and coach
- 1962 –Gilberto Santa Rosa,Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero[26]
- 1962 –Pete Weber,American bowler
- 1963–Mohammed VI of Morocco,King ofMorocco[20]
- 1963 –Nigel Pearson,English footballer and manager
- 1964–Gary Elkerton,Australian surfer
- 1965–Jim Bullinger,American baseball player
- 1966–John Wetteland,American baseball player and coach
- 1967–Darren Bewick,Australian footballer
- 1967 –Charb,French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)[20]
- 1967 –Carrie-Anne Moss,Canadian actress[20]
- 1967 –Serj Tankian,Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer[23]
- 1968–Dina Carroll,English singer-songwriter
- 1968 –Goran Ćurko,Serbian footballer
- 1968 –Laura Trevelyan,English journalist and author
- 1969–Bruce Anstey,New Zealand motorcycle racer
- 1969 –Josée Chouinard,Canadian figure skater
- 1970–Craig Counsell,American baseball player and coach
- 1970 –Erik Dekker,Dutch cyclist and manager
- 1970 –Cathy Weseluck,Canadian actress
- 1971–Mamadou Diallo,Senegalese footballer
- 1971 –Robert Harvey,Australian footballer and coach
- 1971 –Liam Howlett,English keyboard player, DJ, and producer[23]
- 1973–Sergey Brin,Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-foundedGoogle
- 1973 –Steve McKenna,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1974–Martin Andanar,Filipino journalist and radio host
- 1974 –Paul Mellor,Australian rugby league player and referee
- 1975–Simon Katich,Australian cricketer and manager
- 1975 –Alicia Witt,American actress and musician[23]
- 1976–Alex Brooks,American ice hockey player and scout
- 1976 –Jeff Cunningham,Jamaican-American soccer player
- 1976 –Robert Miles,Australian rugby league player
- 1976 –Ramón Vázquez,Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1978–Peter Buxton,English rugby player and manager
- 1978 –Reuben Droughns,American football player and coach
- 1978 –Lee Gronkiewicz,American baseball player and coach
- 1978 –Alan Lee,Irish footballer and coach
- 1978 –Jason Marquis,American baseball player
- 1979–Kelis,American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author[23]
- 1979 –Diego Klattenhoff,Canadian actor[23]
- 1980–Bryan Allen,Canadian ice hockey player[27]
- 1980 –Burney Lamar,American race car driver
- 1980 –Paul Menard,American race car driver
- 1980 –Jasmin Wöhr,German tennis player
- 1981–Jarrod Lyle,Australian golfer (d. 2018)
- 1981 –Cameron Winklevoss,American rower and businessman, co-foundedConnectU
- 1981 –Tyler Winklevoss,American rower and businessman, co-foundedConnectU
- 1981 –Ross Thomas,American actor
- 1982–Jason Eaton,New Zealand rugby player
- 1982 –Omar Sachedina,Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor
- 1983–Brody Jenner,American television personality and model[23]
- 1983 –Scott McDonald,Australian footballer
- 1984–Neil Dexter,South African cricketer
- 1984 –Melvin Upton, Jr.,American baseball player
- 1985–Nicolás Almagro,Spanish tennis player
- 1985 –Aleksandra Kiryashova,Russian pole vaulter
- 1985 –Alizée,French singer[28]
- 1986–Usain Bolt,Jamaican sprinter[20]
- 1986 –Wout Brama,Dutch footballer
- 1986 –Koki Sakamoto,Japanese gymnast
- 1986 –Brooks Wheelan,American comedian and actor[23]
- 1987–DeWanna Bonner,American-Macedonian basketball player[29]
- 1987 –Cody Kasch,American actor[23]
- 1987 –J. D. Martinez,American baseball player[30]
- 1987 –Jodie Meeks,American basketball player and coach[31]
- 1988–Robert Lewandowski,Polish footballer
- 1988 –Kacey Musgraves,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[23]
- 1989–Charlison Benschop,Dutch footballer
- 1989 –James Davey,English rugby league player
- 1989 –Matteo Gentili,Italian footballer
- 1989 –Hayden Panettiere,American actress[23]
- 1989 –Aleix Vidal,Spanish footballer
- 1990–Bo Burnham,American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet[20]
- 1990 –Christian Vázquez,Puerto Rican baseball player[32]
- 1991–Leandro Bacuna,Dutch footballer
- 1992–Brandon Drury,American baseball player[33]
- 1992 –RJ Mitte,American actor[23]
- 1992 –Felipe Nasr,Brazilian race car driver
- 1993–Millie Bright,English footballer[34]
- 1993 –Mike Evans,American football player[35]
- 1995–Dominik Kubalík,Czech ice hockey player[36]
- 1996–Karolína Muchová,Czech tennis player[37]
- 1999–Maxim Knight,American actor[23]
- 2000–Corbin Carroll,American baseball player[38]
Deaths[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 672–Emperor Kōbunof Japan (b. 648)
- 784–Alberic,archbishop ofUtrecht
- 913–Tang Daoxi,Chinese general
- 1131– KingBaldwin II of Jerusalem
- 1148–William II, Count of Nevers(b. c. 1089)
- 1157–Alfonso VII of León and Castile(b. 1105)
- 1245–Alexander of Hales,English theologian
- 1271–Alphonse, Count of Poitiers(b. 1220)
- 1534–Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam,44th Grandmaster of theKnights Hospitaller(b. 1464)
- 1568–Jean Parisot de Valette,49thGrandmasterof theKnights Hospitaller(b. 1495)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1614–Elizabeth Báthory,Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (b. 1560)[39]
- 1622–Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana,Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582)
- 1627–Jacques Mauduit,French composer and academic (b. 1557)
- 1673–Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford,English soldier (b. 1599)
- 1689–William Cleland,Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)[5]
- 1762–Lady Mary Wortley Montagu,English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
- 1763–Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont,English politician,Secretary of State for the Southern Department(b. 1710)
- 1775–Zahir al-Umar,Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
- 1796–John McKinly,American physician and politician, firstGovernor of Delaware(b. 1721)
- 1814–Benjamin Thompson,American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
- 1835–John MacCulloch,Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
- 1836–Claude-Louis Navier,French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
- 1838–Adelbert von Chamisso,German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
- 1853–Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon,French general (b. 1783)
- 1854–Thomas Clayton,American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
- 1867–Juan Álvarez,Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)[40]
- 1870–Ma Xinyi,Chinese general and politician,Viceroy of Liang gian g(b. 1821)
- 1888–James Farnell,Australian politician, eighthPremier of New South Wales(b. 1825)
1901–present[edit]
- 1905–Alexander von Oettingen,Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
- 1910–Bertalan Székely,Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
- 1911–Mahboob Ali Khan,sixthNizamofHyderabad State(b. 1866)[41]
- 1919–Laurence Doherty,English tennis player (b. 1875)
- 1935–John Hartley,English tennis player (b. 1849)
- 1940–Hermann Obrecht,Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
- 1940 –Ernest Thayer,American poet and author (b. 1863)
- 1940 –Leon Trotsky,Russian theorist and politician, founded theRed Army(b. 1879)
- 1943–Henrik Pontoppidan,Danish journalist and author,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1857)
- 1947–Ettore Bugatti,Italian-French engineer and businessman, foundedBugatti(b. 1881)
- 1951–Constant Lambert,English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
- 1957–Mait Metsanurk,Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
- 1957 –Nels Stewart,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1957 –Harald Sverdrup,Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
- 1960–David B. Steinman,American engineer, designed theMackinac Bridge(b. 1886)
- 1964–Palmiro Togliatti,Italian journalist and politician,Italian Minister of Justice(b. 1893)
- 1968–Germaine Guèvremont,Canadian journalist and author (b. 1893)[42]
- 1971–George Jackson,American activist and author, co-founded theBlack Guerrilla Family(b. 1941)
- 1974–Buford Pusser,American police officer (b. 1937)
- 1974 –Kirpal Singh,Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
- 1978–Charles Eames,American architect, co-designed theEames House(b. 1907)
- 1979–Giuseppe Meazza,Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- 1981–Kaka Kalelkar,Indian Hindi Writer(b. 1885)
- 1983–Benigno Aquino Jr.,Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
- 1988–Teodoro de Villa Diaz,Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
- 1988 –Ray Eames,American architect, co-designed theEames House(b. 1912)
- 1989–Raul Seixas,Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)
- 1993–Tatiana Troyanos,American soprano and actress (b. 1938)
- 1995–Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1910)
- 1995 –Chuck Stevenson,American race car driver (b. 1919)
- 1996–Mary Two-Axe Earley,Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (b. 1911)[43]
- 2000–Tomata du Plenty,American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948)
- 2000 –Daniel Lisulo,Zambian politician, thirdPrime Minister of Zambia(b. 1930)
- 2000 –Andrzej Zawada,Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928)
- 2001–Calum MacKay,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2003–John Coplans,British artist (b. 1920)
- 2003 –Kathy Wilkes,English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)
- 2004–Sachidananda Routray,Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)
- 2005–Martin Dillon,American tenor and educator (b. 1957)
- 2005 –Robert Moog,American businessman, foundedMoog Music(b. 1934)
- 2005 –Dahlia Ravikovitch,Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
- 2005–Marcus Schmuck,Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- 2006–Bismillah Khan,Indian musician,Bharat Ratnarecipient (b. 1916)
- 2006–Paul Fentener van Vlissingen,Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
- 2007–Frank Bowe,American academic (b. 1947)[44]
- 2007 –Siobhan Dowd,British author (b. 1960)
- 2007 –Elizabeth P. Hoisington,American general (b. 1918)
- 2008–Jerry Finn,American engineer and producer (b. 1969)
- 2009–Rex Shelley,Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930)
- 2010–Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill,Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941)
- 2012–Georg Leber,German soldier and politician,Federal Minister of Defence for Germany(b. 1920)
- 2012 –J. Frank Raley Jr.,American soldier and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 –Don Raleigh,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2012 –Guy Spitaels,Belgian academic and politician, seventhMinister-President of Wallonia(b. 1931)
- 2012 –William Thurston,American mathematician and academic (b. 1946)
- 2013–Jean Berkey,American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
- 2013 –Sid Bernstein,American record producer (b. 1918)
- 2013 –C. Gordon Fullerton,American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)[45]
- 2013 –Fred Martin,Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- 2013 –Enos Nkala,Zimbabwean politician,Zimbabwean Minister of Defence(b. 1932)
- 2014–Gerry Anderson,Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)
- 2014 –Helen Bamber,English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)
- 2014 –Steven R. Nagel,American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946)
- 2014 –Jean Redpath,Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
- 2014 –Albert Reynolds,Irish businessman and politician, ninthTaoiseach of Ireland(b. 1932)
- 2015–Colin Beyer,New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938)
- 2015 –Wang Dong xing,Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916)
- 2015 –Jimmy Evert,American tennis player and coach (b. 1924)
- 2017–Bajram Rexhepi,First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (b. 1954)
- 2018–Stefán Karl Stefánsson,Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)[46]
- 2019–Celso Piña,Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953)[47]
Holidays and observances[edit]
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