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March 18is the 77th day of the year (78th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;288 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 37– Roman Senate annulsTiberius' will and proclaimsGaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus(akaCaligula= Little Boots)emperor.[1]
- 1068– Anearthquakein theLevantand theArabian Peninsulaleaves up to 20,000 dead.
- 1229–Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor,declares himselfKing of Jerusalemin theSixth Crusade.
- 1241–First Mongol invasion of Poland:MongolsoverwhelmPolisharmies inKrakówin theBattle of Chmielnikand plunder the city.
- 1314–Jacques de Molay,the 23rd and final Grand Master of theKnights Templar,is burned at the stake.
- 1438–Albert II of HabsburgbecomesKing of the Romans.
- 1571–Vallettais made the capital city ofMalta.[2]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1608–Susenyosis formally crowned Emperor ofEthiopia.
- 1644– TheThird Anglo-Powhatan Warbegins in theColony of Virginia.
- 1673– English lordJohn Berkeleysold his half ofNew Jerseyto theQuakers[3]
- 1741– New York governorGeorge Clarke's complex atFort Georgeis burned in an arson attack, starting theNew York Conspiracy of 1741.
- 1766–American Revolution:TheBritish Parliamentrepeals theStamp Act.
- 1793– The first modernrepublicin Germany, theRepublic of Mainz,is declared byAndreas Joseph Hofmann.
- 1793–Flanders Campaignof theFrench Revolution,Battle of Neerwinden.
- 1834–Six farm labourersfromTolpuddle,Dorset,England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming atrade union.
- 1848– The premiere ofFry'sLeonorainPhiladelphiais the first known performance of agrand operaby an American composer.[4]
- 1848 –Revolutions of 1848:Arebellionarose inMilanwhich in five days of street fighting droveMarshal Radetzkyand his Austrian soldiers from the city.[5]
- 1865–American Civil War:TheCongress of the Confederate Statesadjourns for the last time.
- 1871– Declaration of theParis Commune;President of the French Republic,Adolphe Thiers,orders the evacuation of Paris.
- 1874– TheHawaiian Kingdomsigns a treaty with the United States granting exclusivetraderights.
- 1899–Phoebe,asatellite of Saturn,becomes the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, byWilliam Henry Pickering.[6]
1901–present
[edit]- 1901– TheKumasi Mutiny of 1901begins.[7]
- 1902–Macario Sakayissues Presidential Order No. 1 of hisTagalog Republic.[8]
- 1913– KingGeorge I of Greeceis assassinated in the recently liberated city ofThessaloniki.
- 1915–World War I:During theBattle of Gallipoli,threebattleshipsare sunk during a failed British and Frenchnaval attack on the Dardanelles.
- 1921– The secondPeace of Rigais signed between Poland and theSoviet Union.
- 1921 – TheKronstadt rebellionis suppressed by theRed Army.[9]
- 1921 –Mongolian Revolution of 1921:The Mongolian People's Army defeated local Chinese forces atAltanbulag, Selenge(then known as Maimachen). This battle was seen as the birthday of the People's Army and completed the expulsion of Chinese militants in Mongolia.[10]
- 1922– In India,Mohandas Gandhiis sentenced to six years inprisonforcivil disobedience,of which he serves only two.
- 1925– TheTri-State Tornadohits the Midwestern states ofMissouri,Illinois,andIndiana,killing 695 people.
- 1937– TheNew London School explosioninNew London, Texas,kills 300 people, mostly children.
- 1937 –Spanish Civil War:Spanish Republican forces defeat theItaliansat theBattle of Guadalajara.
- 1938– Mexico createsPemexbyexpropriatingall foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
- 1940–World War II:Adolf HitlerandBenito Mussolinimeet at theBrenner Passin theAlpsand agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
- 1942– TheWar Relocation Authorityis established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1944–Mount Vesuviusin Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
- 1945– 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, landed unopposed inTigbauanforcing the Japanese forces to surrender and GeneralMacario Peraltaand Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare theLiberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras.[11]
- 1948– Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of theTito–Stalin split.
- 1953– Anearthquakehits westernTurkey,killing at least 1,070 people.
- 1959– TheHawaii Admission Actis signed into law.
- 1962– TheÉvian Accordsend theAlgerian War of Independence,which had begun in 1954.
- 1965–CosmonautAlexei Leonov,leaving his spacecraftVoskhod 2for 12 minutes, becomes the first person towalk in space.
- 1966–United Arab Airlines Flight 749crashes on approach toCairo International AirportinCairo,Egypt,killing 30 people.[12]
- 1967– ThesupertankerTorrey Canyonruns aground off the Cornish coast.
- 1968–Gold standard:TheU.S. Congressrepeals the requirement for a gold reserve to backUS currency.
- 1969– The United States beginssecretly bombingtheSihanouk TrailinCambodia,used bycommunist forcesto infiltrateSouth Vietnam.
- 1970–Lon NoloustsPrinceNorodom SihanoukofCambodia.
- 1971–Peru:Alandslidecrashes intoYanawayin Lake,killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
- 1974–Güzel İstanbul,a nude sculpture byGürdal Duyarin Istanbul is torn down in the middle of the night.[13]
- 1980– AVostok-2Mrocket atPlesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43explodes during a fueling operation,killing 48 people.
- 1990– Germans in theGerman Democratic Republicvote in thefirst democratic electionsin the former communist dictatorship.
- 1990 – In the largestart theftin US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million,are stolenfrom theIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseuminBoston.[14]
- 1994–Bosnia'sBosniaksandCroatssign theWashington Agreement,ending war between theCroatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosniaand theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,and establishing theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1996– Anightclub fireinQuezon City,Philippineskills 162 people.
- 1997– The tail of a RussianAntonov An-24charter planebreaks offwhile en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
- 2014– The parliaments of Russia andCrimeasign anaccession treaty.
- 2015– TheBardo National MuseuminTunisiaisattackedby gunmen. Twenty-four people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
Births
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1075–Al-Zamakhshari,Persian scholar and theologian (d. 1144)
- 1395–John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter,English military commander (d. 1447)[15]
- 1495–Mary Tudor, Queen of France(d. 1533)[16]
- 1548–Cornelis Ketel,Dutch painter (d. 1616)
- 1552–Polykarp Leyser the Elder,German theologian (d. 1610)
- 1554–Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg,Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (d. 1588)[17][18]
- 1555–Francis, Duke of Anjou(d. 1584)
- 1578–Adam Elsheimer,German painter (d. 1610)
- 1590–Manuel de Faria e Sousa,Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
- 1597–Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière,French religious leader, founded theSociété Notre-Dame de Montréal(d. 1659)
1601–1900
[edit]- 1603–Simon Bradstreet,English colonial magistrate (d. 1697)
- 1609–Frederick III of Denmark(d. 1670)
- 1634–Madame de La Fayette,French author (d. 1693)
- 1640–Philippe de La Hire,French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
- 1657–Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni,Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)
- 1690–Christian Goldbach,Prussian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1764)
- 1701–Niclas Sahlgren,Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded theSwedish East India Company(d. 1776)
- 1733–Christoph Friedrich Nicolai,German author and bookseller (d. 1811)
- 1780–Miloš Obrenović,Serbian prince (d. 1860)
- 1782–John C. Calhoun,American lawyer and politician, 7thVice President of the United States(d. 1850)
- 1789–Charlotte Elliott,English poet, hymn writer, editor (d. 1871)[19]
- 1798–Francis Lieber,German-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1872)
- 1800–Harriet Smithson,Irish actress, the first wife and muse ofHector Berlioz(d. 1854)
- 1813–Christian Friedrich Hebbel,German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
- 1814–Jacob Bunn,American businessman (d. 1897)
- 1819–James McCulloch,Scottish-Australian politician, 5thPremier of Victoria(d. 1893)[20]
- 1820–John Plankinton,American businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist (d. 1891)[21]
- 1823–Antoine Chanzy,French general (d. 1883)
- 1828–Randal Cremer,English activist and politician,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1908)
- 1837–Grover Cleveland,American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24thPresident of the United States(d. 1908)
- 1840–William Cosmo Monkhouse,English poet and critic (d. 1901)
- 1842–Stéphane Mallarmé,French poet and critic (d. 1898)
- 1844–Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,Russian composer and academic (d. 1908)
- 1845–Kicking Bear,Native American tribal leader (d. 1904)
- 1848–Nathanael Greene Herreshoff,American architect and engineer (d. 1938)
- 1858–Rudolf Diesel,German engineer, invented theDiesel engine(d. 1913)
- 1862–Eugène Jansson,Swedish painter (d. 1915)
- 1863–William Sulzer,American lawyer and politician, 39thGovernor of New York(d. 1941)
- 1869–Neville Chamberlain,English businessman and politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(d. 1940)
- 1870–Agnes Sime Baxter,Canadian mathematician (d. 1917)
- 1874–Nikolai Berdyaev,Russian-French philosopher and theologian (d. 1948)
- 1877–Edgar Cayce,American mystic and psychic (d. 1945)
- 1877 –Clem Hill,Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)
- 1878–Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry,English businessman (d. 1956)
- 1880–Kalle Hakala,Finnish politician (d. 1947)[22]
- 1882–Gian Francesco Malipiero,Italian composer and educator (d. 1973)
- 1884–Bernard Cronin,English-Australian journalist and author (d. 1968)
- 1886–Edward Everett Horton,American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1970)
- 1890–Henri Decoin,French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
- 1893–Costante Girardengo,Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
- 1893 –Wilfred Owen,English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
- 1899–Marjorie Abbatt,English toy-maker and businesswoman (d. 1991)[23]
1901–present
[edit]- 1901–Manly Palmer Hall,Canadian mystic, author and philosopher (d. 1990)
- 1901 –William Johnson,American painter (d. 1970)
- 1903–Galeazzo Ciano,Italian journalist and politician,Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs(d. 1944)
- 1903 –E. O. Plauen,German cartoonist (d. 1944)
- 1904–Srečko Kosovel,Slovenian poet and author (d. 1926)
- 1905–Thomas Townsend Brown,American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)
- 1905 –Robert Donat,English actor (d. 1958)
- 1907–John Zachary Young,English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)
- 1908–Loulou Gasté,French composer (d. 1995)
- 1909–Ernest Gallo,American businessman, co-founded theE & J Gallo Winery(d. 2007)
- 1909 –C. Walter Hodges,English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
- 1911–Smiley Burnette,American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)
- 1912–Art Gilmore,American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
- 1913–René Clément,French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1913 –Werner Mölders,German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)[24]
- 1915–Richard Condon,American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1922–Egon Bahr,German journalist and politician,Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany(d. 2015)
- 1922 –Seymour Martin Lipset,American sociologist and academic (d. 2006)
- 1922 –Suzanne Perlman,Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (d. 2020)[25]
- 1922 –Fred Shuttlesworth,American activist, co-founded theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference(d. 2011)
- 1923–Andy Granatelli,American race car driver and businessman (d. 2013)
- 1925–Alessandro Alessandroni,Italian musician (d. 2017)
- 1925 –James Pickles,English journalist, lawyer, and judge (d. 2010)
- 1926–Peter Graves,American actor and director (d. 2010)
- 1927–John Kander,American pianist and composer[26]
- 1927 –George Plimpton,American journalist and actor (d. 2003)
- 1927 –Lillian Vernon,German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded theLillian Vernon Company(d. 2015)
- 1928–Miguel Poblet,Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1928 –Fidel V. Ramos,Filipino general and politician, 12thPresident of the Philippines(d. 2022)
- 1929–Samuel Pisar,Polish-American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
- 1930–James J. Andrews,American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
- 1931–John Fraser,Scottish actor (d. 2020)
- 1932–John Updike,American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 2009)
- 1933–Unita Blackwell,American civil rights activist and politician (d. 2019)
- 1934–Roy Chapman,English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- 1934 –Charley Pride,American country music singer and musician (d. 2020)
- 1935–Ole Barndorff-Nielsen,Danish mathematician and statistician (d. 2022)
- 1935 –Frances Cress Welsing,American psychiatrist and author (d. 2016)
- 1936–F. W. de Klerk,South African lawyer and politician, formerState President of South Africa,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2021)[27]
- 1937–Rudi Altig,German cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
- 1937 –Mark Donohue,American race car driver (d. 1975)
- 1938–Carl Gottlieb,American actor and screenwriter
- 1938 –Shashi Kapoor,Indian actor and producer (d. 2017)
- 1938 –Kenny Lynch,English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2019)
- 1938 –Timo Mäkinen,Finnish race car driver (d. 2017)
- 1938 –Machiko Soga,Japanese actress (d. 2006)
- 1939–Ron Atkinson,English footballer and manager
- 1939 –Jean-Pierre Wallez,French violinist and conductor
- 1941–Wilson Pickett,American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1942–Kathleen Collins,American filmmaker and playwright (d. 1988)
- 1942 –Jeff Mullins,American basketball player and coach[28]
- 1943–Dennis Linde,American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1944–Amnon Lipkin-Shahak,Israeli general and politician, 22ndTransportation Minister of Israel(d. 2012)
- 1944 –Frank McRae,American football player and actor (d. 2021)
- 1944 –Dick Smith,Australian publisher and businessman, foundedDick Smith ElectronicsandAustralian Geographic
- 1945–Hiroh Kikai,Japanese photographer (d. 2020)
- 1945 –Michael Reagan,American journalist and radio host
- 1945 –Susan Tyrrell,American actress (d. 2012)
- 1945 –Eric Woolfson,Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2009)
- 1946–Michel Leclère,French race car driver
- 1947–Patrick Barlow,English actor and playwright
- 1947 –Patrick Chesnais,French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 –David Lloyd,English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
- 1947 –B. J. Wilson,English rock drummer (d. 1990)
- 1948–Guy Lapointe,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1948 –Brian Lloyd,Welsh footballer
- 1948 –Eknath Solkar,Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
- 1949–Åse Kleveland,Norwegian singer and politician,Norwegian Minister of Culture
- 1950–James Conlon,American conductor and educator
- 1950 –Brad Dourif,American actor[26]
- 1950 –Linda Partridge,English geneticist and academic
- 1950 –Larry Perkins,Australian race car driver
- 1951–Paul Barber,English actor
- 1951 –Ben Cohen,American businessman and philanthropist, co-foundedBen and Jerry's
- 1951 –Bill Frisell,American guitarist and composer[26]
- 1951 –Timothy N. Philpot,American lawyer, author, and judge
- 1952–Will Durst,American journalist and actor
- 1952 –Pat Eddery,Irish jockey and trainer (d. 2015)
- 1952 –Bernie Tormé,Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
- 1952 –Mike Webster,American football player (d. 2002)
- 1953–Franz Wright,Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)
- 1953 –Takashi Yoshimatsu,Japanese composer
- 1955–Francis G. Slay,American lawyer and politician, 45thMayor of St. Louis
- 1955 –Jeff Stelling,English journalist and game show host
- 1956–Rick Martel,Canadian wrestler
- 1956 –Deborah Jeane Palfrey,American madam (d. 2008)
- 1956 –Ingemar Stenmark,Swedish skier
- 1957–Christer Fuglesang,Swedish physicist and astronaut
- 1958–Richard de Zoysa,Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 1990)
- 1959–Luc Besson,French director, producer, and screenwriter, foundedEuropaCorp
- 1959 –Irene Cara,American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)[29]
- 1960–Richard Biggs,American actor (d. 2004)
- 1960 –Guy Carbonneau,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 –James Plaskett,Cypriot-English chess player
- 1961–Grant Hart,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
- 1962–Thomas Ian Griffith,American actor and martial artist[26]
- 1962 –James McMurtry,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1962 –Mike Rowe,American television personality[26]
- 1962 –Etsushi Toyokawa,Japanese actor and director
- 1962 –Volker Weidler,German race car driver and engineer
- 1963–Jeff LaBar,American guitarist (d. 2021)
- 1963 –Vanessa L. Williams,American model, actress, and singer[26]
- 1964–Bonnie Blair,American speed skater[26]
- 1964 –Alex Caffi,Italian race car driver
- 1964 –Jo Churchill,British politician
- 1964 –Isabel Noronha,Mozambican film director[30]
- 1964 –Courtney Pine,English saxophonist and clarinet player
- 1965–David Cubitt,English-Canadian actor[26]
- 1966–Jerry Cantrell,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[26]
- 1966 –Peter Jones,English businessman
- 1966 –Brian Watts,Canadian golfer
- 1967–Miki Berenyi,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968–Miguel Herrera,Mexican footballer and manager
- 1968 –Temur Ketsbaia,Georgian footballer and manager
- 1968 –Paul Marsden,English businessman and politician
- 1969–Michael Bergin,American actor[26]
- 1969 –Andy Cutting,English accordion player and composer
- 1969 –Vasyl Ivanchuk,Ukrainian chess player
- 1969 –Shaun Udal,English cricketer
- 1970–Katy Gallagher,Australian politician[31]
- 1970 –Queen Latifah,American rapper, producer, and actress[26]
- 1971–Wayne Arthurs,Australian tennis player
- 1971 –Mike Bell,American wrestler (d. 2008)
- 1971 –Mariaan de Swardt,South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1971 –Kitty Ussher,English economist and politician
- 1972–Dane Cook,American comedian, actor, director, and producer[26]
- 1972 –Reince Priebus,American lawyer and politician
- 1973–Luci Christian,American voice actress and screenwriter
- 1974–Laure Savasta,French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1974 –Stuart Zender,English bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1975–Sutton Foster,American actress, singer, and dancer[26]
- 1975 –Brian Griese,American football player and sportscaster
- 1975 –Kimmo Timonen,Finnish ice hockey player
- 1975 –Tomas Žvirgždauskas,Lithuanian footballer
- 1976–Giovanna Antonelli,Brazilian actress and producer
- 1976 –Tomo Ohka,Japanese baseball player
- 1976 –Scott Podsednik,American baseball player
- 1976 –Mike Quackenbush,American wrestler, trainer, and author, foundedChikara wrestling promotion
- 1977–Zdeno Chára,Slovak ice hockey player
- 1977 –Danny Murphy,English footballer and sportscaster[32]
- 1977 –Fernando Rodney,Dominican-American baseball player
- 1977 –Willy Sagnol,French footballer and manager
- 1977 –Terrmel Sledge,American baseball player and coach
- 1978–Jan Bulis,Czech ice hockey player[33]
- 1978 –Fernandão,Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
- 1978 –Brooke Hanson,Australian swimmer
- 1978 –Hu Jun,Chinese actor[34][35]
- 1978 –Brian Scalabrine,American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1978 –Jonas Wallerstedt,Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
- 1979–Adam Levine,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality[26]
- 1980–Sébastien Frey,French footballer
- 1980 –Sophia Myles,English actress
- 1980 –Vitaly Vishnevskiy,Russian ice hockey player[36]
- 1980 –Alexei Yagudin,Russian figure skater
- 1981–Tora Berger,Norwegian biathlete
- 1981 –Fabian Cancellara,Swiss cyclist
- 1981 –Leslie Djhone,French sprinter
- 1981 –Jang Na-ra,South Korean singer and actress
- 1981 –Kasib Powell,American basketball player
- 1981 –Tom Starke,German footballer
- 1981 –Doug Warren,American soccer player
- 1981 –Lovro Zovko,Croatian tennis player
- 1982–Chad Cordero,American baseball player
- 1982 –Timo Glock,German race car driver
- 1982 –Matthew Lombardi,Canadian ice hockey player[37]
- 1982 –Mantorras,Angolan footballer
- 1982 –Adam Pally,American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[26]
- 1983–Ethan Carter III,American wrestler
- 1983 –Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro,French tennis player
- 1983 –Andy Sonnanstine,American baseball player
- 1983 –Tomasz Stolpa,Polish footballer
- 1984–Simone Padoin,Italian footballer
- 1984 –Rajeev Ram,American tennis player[38]
- 1984 –Vonzell Solomon,American singer and actress
- 1985–Ana Beatriz,Brazilian race car driver
- 1985 –Duane Henry,English actor[26]
- 1985 –Marvin Humes,English singer
- 1985 –Vince Lia,Australian footballer
- 1986–Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani,Algerian footballer
- 1986 –Lykke Li,Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1986 –Cory Schneider,American ice hockey player[39]
- 1986 –Eric Wood,American football player and sportscaster[40]
- 1987–C. J. Miles,American basketball player[41]
- 1987 –Rebecca Soni,American swimmer
- 1989–Robert Bortuzzo,Canadian ice hockey player[42]
- 1989 –Francesco Checcucci,Italian footballer
- 1989 –Lily Collins,English-American actress[26]
- 1989 –Shreevats Goswami,Indian cricketer
- 1989 –Kana Nishino,Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1989 –Paul Marc Rousseau,Canadian guitarist and producer
- 1989 –Ming Xi,Chinese model
- 1991–Travis Frederick,American football player[43]
- 1991 –Leury García,Dominican baseball player[44]
- 1991 –Solomon Hill,American basketball player[45]
- 1991 –Dylan Mattingly,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 –J. T. Realmuto,American baseball player[46]
- 1992–Anthony Barr,American football player[47]
- 1992 –Trey Mancini,American baseball player[48]
- 1992 –Ryan Truex,American race car driver
- 1992 –Takuya Terada,Japanese singer, actor, and model
- 1993–Solo Sikoa,American wrestler[49]
- 1994–Kris Dunn,American basketball player[50]
- 1994 –Ronnie Stanley,American football player[51]
- 1995–Irina Bara,Romanian tennis player[52]
- 1995 –Julia Goldani Telles,American actress and dancer[26]
- 1996–Skal Labissière,Haitian basketball player[53]
- 1997–Ciara Bravo,American actress[26]
- 1997 –Rieko Ioane,New Zealand rugby union player
- 1997 –Jordan Whitehead,American football player[54]
- 1997 –Ivica Zubac,Croatian basketball player[55]
- 1998–Emmanuel Clase,Dominican baseball player[56]
- 2002–Brenden Rice,American football player[57]
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 978–Edward the Martyr,English king (b. 962)
- 1076–Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy(b. 1018)
- 1086–Anselm of Lucca,Italian bishop (b. 1036)
- 1227–Pope Honorius III(b. 1148)
- 1272–John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel(b. 1246)
- 1308–Yuri I of Galicia
- 1314–Jacques de Molay,Frankish knight (b. 1244)
- 1314 –Geoffroy de Charney,Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar
- 1321–Matthew III Csák,Hungarian oligarch (b. c. 1260/5)
- 1582–Juan Jauregui,attempted assassin ofWilliam I of Orange(b. 1562)
1601–1900
[edit]- 1675–Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall,Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- 1689–John Dixwell,English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
- 1703–Maria de Dominici,Maltese sculptor and painter (b. 1645)[58]
- 1745–Robert Walpole,English politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b. 1676)[59]
- 1768–Laurence Sterne,Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
- 1781–Anne Robert Jacques Turgot,French economist and politician,Controller-General of Finances(b. 1727)
- 1793–Karl Abraham Zedlitz,Prussian minister of education (b. 1731)[60]
- 1823–Jean-Baptiste Bréval,French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
- 1835–Christian Günther von Bernstorff,Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845–Johnny Appleseed,American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
- 1871–Augustus De Morgan,Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
- 1898–Matilda Joslyn Gage,American author and activist (b. 1826)
- 1900–Hjalmar Kiærskou,Danish botanist (b. 1835)
1901–present
[edit]- 1907–Marcellin Berthelot,French chemist and politician,French Minister of Foreign Affairs(b. 1827)
- 1913–George I of Greece(b. 1845)
- 1918–Henry Janeway Hardenbergh,American architect, designed thePlaza Hotel(b. 1847)
- 1930–Jean Leon Gerome Ferris,American painter (b. 1863)[61]
- 1936–Eleftherios Venizelos,Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rdPrime Minister of Greece(b. 1864)
- 1939–Henry Simpson Lunn,English businessman, foundedLunn Poly(b. 1859)
- 1941–Henri Cornet,French cyclist (b. 1884)
- 1947–William C. Durant,American businessman, co-foundedGeneral MotorsandChevrolet(b. 1861)
- 1954–Walter Mead,English cricketer (b. 1868)
- 1956–Louis Bromfield,American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
- 1962–Walter W. Bacon,American accountant and politician, 60thGovernor of Delaware(b. 1880)
- 1963–C. C. Martindale,English Jesuit priest (b. 1879)[62]
- 1964–Sigfrid Edström,Swedish businessman, 4thPresident of the International Olympic Committee(b. 1870)
- 1965–Farouk of Egypt(b. 1920)
- 1973–Johannes Aavik,Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
- 1977–Marien Ngouabi,Congolese politician,President of the Republic of the Congo(b. 1938)
- 1977 –Carlos Pace,Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
- 1978–Leigh Brackett,American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 1978 –Peggy Wood,American actress (b. 1892)
- 1980–Erich Fromm,German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1982–Patrick Smith,Irish farmer and politician,Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine(b. 1901)
- 1983–Umberto II of Italy(b. 1904)
- 1984–Charley Lau,American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 1986–Bernard Malamud,American novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
- 1987–Kari Diesen,Norwegian singer and revue actress (b. 1914)[63]
- 1988–Billy Butterfield,American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)
- 1990–Robin Harris,American comedian (b. 1953)
- 1993–Kenneth E. Boulding,English-American economist and activist (b. 1910)
- 1996–Odysseas Elytis,Greek poet and critic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1911)
- 2000–Eberhard Bethge,German theologian and academic (b. 1909)
- 2001–John Phillips,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
- 2002–R. A. Lafferty,American soldier and author (b. 1914)
- 2003–Karl Kling,German race car driver (b. 1910)
- 2003 –Adam Osborne,Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded theOsborne Computer Corporation(b. 1939)
- 2004–Harrison McCain,Canadian businessman, co-foundedMcCain Foods(b. 1927)
- 2006–Dan Gibson,Canadian photographer and cinematographer (b. 1922)
- 2007–Bob Woolmer,Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1948)
- 2008–Anthony Minghella,English director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
- 2009–Omid Reza Mir Sayafi,Iranian journalist and blogger (b. 1980)
- 2009 –Natasha Richardson,English-American actress (b. 1963)
- 2010–Fess Parker,American actor and businessman (b. 1924)
- 2011–Warren Christopher,American lawyer and politician, 63rdUnited States Secretary of State(b. 1925)
- 2012–Furman Bisher,American journalist and author (b. 1918)
- 2012 –William R. Charette,American soldier,Medal of Honorrecipient (b. 1932)
- 2012 –William G. Moore Jr.,American general (b. 1920)
- 2012 –George Tupou Vof Tonga (b. 1948)
- 2013–Muhammad Mahmood Alam,Pakistani general and pilot (b. 1935)
- 2013 –Henry Bromell,American novelist, screenwriter, and director (b. 1947)
- 2013 –Clay Ford,American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
- 2014–Catherine Obianuju Acholonu,Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)
- 2014 –Kaiser Kalambo,Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953)
- 2014 –Lucius Shepard,American author and critic (b. 1943)
- 2015–Zhao Dayu,Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
- 2015 –Thomas Hopko,American priest and theologian (b. 1939)
- 2015 –Grace Ogot,Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (b. 1930)
- 2016–Barry Hines,English author and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- 2016 –Jan Němec,Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2016 –Tray Walker,American football player (b. 1992)
- 2016 –Guido Westerwelle,German lawyer and politician, 15thVice-Chancellor of Germany(b. 1961)
- 2017–Chuck Berry,American guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1926)[64]
- 2020–Alfred Worden,American test pilot, engineer and astronaut (b. 1932)[65]
- 2024–Thomas P. Stafford,American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1930)[66]
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation(Mexico)
- Christianfeast day:
- Flag Day (Aruba)
- Gallipoli Memorial Day(Turkey)
- Men's and Soldiers' Day(Mongolia)
- Ordnance Factories' Day(India)
- Sheelah's Day(Ireland,Canada,Australia)[67]
- Teacher's Day(Syria)
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