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February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 311 days remaining until the end of the year (312 in leap years ).
303 – Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia , beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution .532 – Byzantine Emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia .1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible , the first Western book printed with movable type .1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro , score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile .1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle , by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin .1778 – American Revolutionary War : Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army .1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy : A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.1821 – Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași , Wallachia (now part of Romania ).1836 – Texas Revolution : The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas .1847 – Mexican–American War : Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna .1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. , after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore , Maryland .1870 – Reconstruction Era : Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union .1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law .1885 – Sino-French War : French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum , after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall .1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake , killing around 2,000.1896 – The Tootsie Roll is invented.1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse ", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus .1900 – Second Boer War : Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart's Hill .1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".1905 – Chicago , Illinois attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club , the world's first service club .1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire .1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg , Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution .1918 – Last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide .1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission ) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli , in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg .1942 – World War II : Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara .1943 – A fire breaks out at St. Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan , Ireland, killing 36 people (35 of whom are children).1943 – Greek Resistance : The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded is Greece.
1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia .1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima , a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag .1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division , with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines , Manila , is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań . The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh .1955 – First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).1958 – Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio .1966 – In Syria , Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz , also a Baathist.1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst .1980 – Iran hostage crisis : Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies .1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin -contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri .1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud .1991 – Gulf War : Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq , thus beginning the ground phase of the war.1991 – In Thailand , General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état , deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan .
1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara , Turkey .1999 – An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür , killing 31.
2005 – The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the "positive values of colonialism". After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006 .2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg , Cumbria , England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.2008 – A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam . It is the first operational loss of a B-2.2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro , in Northern Italy , sparking an environmental disaster .2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.2014 – The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics take place in Sochi , Russia .
1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)1443 – Matthias Corvinus , Hungarian king (d. 1490)1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin , French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656)1633 – Samuel Pepys , English politician (d. 1703)1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , Japanese shogun (d. 1709)1648 – Arabella Churchill , English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)1664 – Georg Dietrich Leyding , German organist and composer (d. 1710)1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville , Canadian politician (d. 1767)1685 – George Frideric Handel , German-English composer (d. 1759)1723 – Richard Price , Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)1729 – Josiah Hornblower , English-American engineer and politician (d. 1809)1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild , German banker (d. 1812)1752 – Simon Knéfacz , Croatian monk and author (d. 1819)1809 – William Sprague , American minister and politician (d. 1868)1840 – Carl Menger , Austrian economist (d. 1921)1840 – Frederick Wicks , English author and inventor (d. 1910)
1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann , German philosopher (d. 1906)1850 – César Ritz , Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz London Hotel and Hôtel Ritz Paris (d. 1918)1852 – Dục Đức , Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois , American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)1868 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren , Swedish actress and director (d. 1947)
1873 – Liang Qichao , Chinese scholar (d. 1929)1874 – Konstantin Päts , Estonian politician, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956)1877 – Frederic L. Paxson , American historian (d. 1948)1878 – Kazimir Malevich , Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)1882 – Max Hainle , German swimmer (d. 1961)1883 – Karl Jaspers , German philosopher (d. 1969)1886 – Antonio Alice , Argentinian painter (d. 1943)1889 – János Garay , Jewish Hungarian 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist in fencing , murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (d. 1945)1889 – Musidora , French actress and director (d. 1957)1889 – Victor Fleming , American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
1889 – John Gilbert Winant , American politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1947)
1889 – Cyril Delevanti , English actor (d. 1975)
1891 – Harold Horder , Australian rugby player (d. 1978)1892 – Kathleen Harrison , English actress (d. 1995)1899 – Erich Kästner , German author and poet (d. 1974)1899 – Norman Taurog , American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1901 – Edgar Ende , German painter (d. 1965)1904 – Terence Fisher , English director and screenwriter (d. 1980)1904 – William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (d. 1993)
1904 – Leopold Trepper , Polish-Austrian spy (d. 1982)
1907 – Lee Hyo-seok , South Korean author and poet (d. 1942)1908 – William McMahon , Australian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)1914 – Theofiel Middelkamp , Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)1915 – Jon Hall , American actor (d. 1979)1915 – Paul Tibbets , American general and pilot (d. 2007)
1918 – Richard Girnt Butler , American engineer, founded the Aryan Nations (d. 2004)1919 – Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra , English politician1919 – William McLean Hamilton , Canadian politician (d. 1989)1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie , Canadian lawyer and politician1923 – Miljenko Smoje , Croatian journalist (d. 1995)1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno , Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 2014)1923 – Ioannis Grivas , Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece
1923 – Mary Francis Shura , American author (d. 1991)
1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack , South-African-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)1924 – Claude Sautet , French director and author (d. 2000)
1924 – Lee Hu-rak , South Korean intelligence officer and politician (d. 2009)
1926 – Merv Hunter , Australian politician (d. 2013)1926 – William R. Roy , American physician, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)
1927 – Régine Crespin , French soprano (d. 2007)1928 – Hans Herrmann , German race car driver1928 – Vasily Lazarev , Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990)
1929 – Jaan Einasto , Estonian astronomer and physicist1929 – Elston Howard , American baseball player and coach (d. 1980)
1929 – Alexy II of Moscow , Estonian-Russian patriarch (d. 2008)
1931 – Tom Wesselmann , American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)1932 – Majel Barrett , American actress and producer (d. 2008)1933 – Donna J. Stone , American poet (d. 1994)1934 – Linda Cristal , Argentine-American actress1935 – Gerrianne Raphael , American actress1937 – Tom Osborne , American football player, coach, and politician1937 – Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat , English journalist, academic, and politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
1938 – Paul Morrissey , American director, producer, and screenwriter1938 – Diane Varsi , American actress (d. 1992)
1940 – Peter Fonda , American actor1940 – Jackie Smith , American football player
1941 – Ron Hunt , American baseball player1943 – Fred Biletnikoff , American football player and coach1943 – Harry Pilling , English cricketer (d. 2012)
1944 – Bernard Cornwell , English author1944 – John Sandford , American author
1944 – Johnny Winter , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
1945 – Allan Boesak , South African cleric and politician1946 – Rusty Young , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco )1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard , Danish politician1947 – John McWethy , American journalist (d. 2008)
1947 – Anton Mosimann , Swiss chef and author
1948 – Bill Alexander , English director and producer1948 – Doug Moench , American author
1948 – Steve Priest , English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sweet )
1949 – Marc Garneau , Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician1950 – Maxi , Irish singer, actor, and radio host1951 – Ed Jones , American football player1951 – Patricia Richardson , American actress
1952 – Brad Whitford , American guitarist (Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project )1953 – Kenny Bee , Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wynners )1953 – Satoru Nakajima , Japanese race car driver
1953 – Walter Wick , American photographer and author
1954 – Carlos Guirao , Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium ) (d. 2012)1954 – Rajini Thiranagama , Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989)
1954 – Viktor Yushchenko , Ukrainian politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
1955 – Tom Bodett , American voice actor, radio host, and author1955 – Howard Jones , English singer-songwriter
1955 – Flip Saunders , American basketball player and coach
1955 – Francesca Simon , American author
1956 – Sandra Osborne , Scottish politician1957 – Ria Brieffies , Dutch singer (Dolly Dots ) (d. 2009)1957 – Viktor Markin , Russian runner
1958 – Patrick Marriott , English general1958 – David Sylvian , English singer-songwriter (Japan and Nine Horses )
1959 – Clayton Anderson , American engineer and astronaut1959 – Nick de Bois , English politician
1959 – Richard Dodds , English field hockey player
1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger , Scottish soldier and politician
1959 – Graeme Morrice , Scottish politician
1959 – Linda Nolan , Irish singer and actress (The Nolans )
1959 – Aris Pavlis , Greek musician
1960 – Alan Griffin , Australian politician1960 – Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan
1960 – Ivan Vdović , Serbian drummer (Suncokret , Šarlo Akrobata , Supernaut , and Ekatarina Velika ) (d. 1992)
1962 – Michael Wilton , American guitarist (Queensrÿche and Soulbender )1962 – Ahn Byeong-Keun , South Korean martial artist
1962 – Louise Wilson , English designer and academic
1963 – Bobby Bonilla , American baseball player1963 – Radosław Sikorski , Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
1964 – David E. Clemmer , American chemist1964 – Jeff Green , English comedian and author
1964 – John Norum , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Europe )
1965 – Michael Dell , American businessman, founded Dell 1965 – Sylvie Guillem , French ballet dancer
1965 – Ashok Kamte , Indian police officer (d. 2008)
1965 – Helena Suková , Czech tennis player
1966 – Mark Abrahamian , American guitarist (Starship ) (d. 2012)1967 – Hélène Darroze , French chef1967 – Chris Vrenna , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Nine Inch Nails , Tweaker , Die Warzau , and Exotic Birds )
1968 – Justin Bell , English race car driver1969 – Michael Campbell , New Zealand golfer1969 – Daymond John , American fashion designer, founded FUBU
1969 – Marc Wauters , Belgian cyclist
1970 – Marie-Josée Croze , Canadian actress1970 – Niecy Nash , American actress
1971 – Jung Chan , South Korean actor1971 – Risto Kallaste , Estonian footballer
1971 – Arvo Kraam , Estonian footballer
1971 – Don Maxwell , Canadian cricketer
1971 – Melinda Messenger , English model and television host
1971 – Joe-Max Moore , American soccer player
1972 – Steve Holy , American singer1972 – Alessandro Sturba , Italian footballer
1972 – Rondell White , American baseball player
1973 – Jason Boyd , American baseball player1973 – Arnold Dwarika , Trinidadian footballer
1973 – Tatyana Gracheva , Russian volleyball player
1973 – Lars-Olof Johansson , Swedish guitarist (The Cardigans )
1973 – Jeff Nordgaard , American-Polish basketball player
1973 – Peng Weijun , Chinese footballer
1973 – Brad Young , Australian cricketer
1974 – Leko , American DJ and producer1974 – Herschelle Gibbs , South African cricketer
1975 – Michael Cornacchia , American actor1975 – Robert Lopez , American composer
1975 – Maryse Turcotte , Canadian weightlifter
1975 – Natalia Verbeke , Argentinian actress
1976 – Scott Elarton , American baseball player1976 – Kelly Macdonald , Scottish actress
1976 – Jeff O'Neill , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Satoshi Yoneyama , Japanese wrestler
1976 – Irina Zahharenkova , Estonian pianist
1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi , Estonian skier1978 – Residente , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Calle 13 )1978 – Dan Snyder , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1979 – Sascha Zacharias , Swedish actress1979 – S. E. Cupp , American journalist and author1981 – Gareth Barry , English footballer1981 – Mai Nakahara , Japanese voice actress
1981 – Charles Tillman , American football player
1981 – Dylan Ryder , American porn actress
1982 – Anna-Maria Galojan , Estonian politician1982 – Karan Singh Grover , Indian actor
1982 – Adam Hann-Byrd , American actor
1982 – Malia Metella , French swimmer
1982 – Nick Dupree , disability rights activist
1983 – Mido , Egyptian footballer1983 – Aziz Ansari , American comedian and actor
1983 – Mirco Bergamasco , Italian rugby player
1983 – Emily Blunt , English actress
1983 – Courtney Culkin , American model
1986 – Emerson da Conceição , Brazilian footballer1986 – Skylar Grey , American singer-songwriter
1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira )
1986 – Boipelo Makhothi , Lesotho swimmer
1986 – Jerod Mayo , American football player
1986 – Ola Svensson , Swedish singer-songwriter
1988 – Nicolás Gaitán , Argentinian footballer1989 – Amara Baby , French footballer1989 – Evan Bates , American ice dancer
1990 – Kevin Cheung , Mauritian swimmer1992 – Casemiro , Brazilian footballer1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos , Greek footballer
1992 – Samara Weaving , Australian actress and model
1993 – Kasumi Ishikawa , Japanese table tennis player1994 – Dakota Fanning , American actress1995 – Andrew Wiggins , Canadian basketball player2012 – Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
572 – Chihor-Vishnasp , governor (marzban Persian Armenia (b. 6th-century)715 – Al-Walid I , Muslim caliph (b. 668)943 – Herbert II, Count of Vermandois , (b. 884)1011 – Willigis , German archbishop (b. 940)1100 – Emperor Zhezong of Song (b. 1076)1270 – Isabel of France (b. 1225)1447 – Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)1447 – Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester , English politician (b. 1390)
1464 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (b. 1427)1554 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician (b. 1515)1572 – Pierre Certon , French composer (b. 1510)1603 – Andrea Cesalpino , Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)1669 – Lieuwe van Aitzema , Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1600)1704 – Georg Muffat , French organist and composer (b. 1653)1766 – Stanisław Leszczyński , Polish king (b. 1677)1781 – George Taylor , Irish-American politician (b. 1716)1792 – Joshua Reynolds , English painter (b. 1723)1800 – Joseph Warton , English academic and critic (b. 1722)1821 – John Keats , English poet (b. 1795)1848 – John Quincy Adams , American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss , German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)1859 – Zygmunt Krasiński , Polish poet (b. 1812)1879 – Albrecht von Roon , Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister-President of Prussia (b. 1803)1897 – Woldemar Bargiel , German composer (b. 1828)1908 – Friedrich von Esmarch , German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)1918 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)1922 – Albert Victor Bäcklund , Swedish physicist (b. 1845)1925 – Samuel Berger , American boxer (b. 1884)1930 – Horst Wessel , German SA officer (b. 1907)1931 – Nellie Melba , Australian soprano (b. 1861)1934 – Edward Elgar , English composer and academic (b. 1857)1944 – Leo Baekeland , Belgian-American chemist (b. 1863)1944 – Oszkár Gerde , two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing in 1908 and 1912 , murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp (b. 1883)1946 – Tomoyuki Yamashita , Japanese general (b. 1885)1948 – John Robert Gregg , Irish-American publisher (b. 1866)1955 – Paul Claudel , French poet and playwright (b. 1868)1957 – Marika Ninou , Greek singer (b. 1918)1960 – Arthur Legat , Belgian race car driver (b. 1898)1961 – Davey Crockett , American baseball player (b. 1875)1965 – Stan Laurel , English actor and director (b. 1890)1969 – Madhubala , Indian actress (b. 1933)1970 – Hirsch Jacobs , American horse trainer (b. 1904)1973 – Dickinson W. Richards , American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)1974 – Harry Ruby , American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)1975 – Hans Bellmer , German artist (b. 1902)1976 – L. S. Lowry , English painter (b. 1887)1979 – W. A. C. Bennett , Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)1983 – Herbert Howells , English organist and composer (b. 1892)1984 – Jessamyn West , American author (b. 1902)1990 – José Napoleón Duarte , Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)1992 – Markos Vafiadis , Greek politician (b. 1906)1995 – Melvin Franklin , American singer (The Temptations ) (b. 1942)1995 – James Herriot , English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
1996 – William Bonin , American serial killer and sex offender (b. 1947)1996 – Paul Saagpakk , Estonian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1910)
1997 – Tony Williams , American drummer, composer, and producer (The Tony Williams Lifetime ) (b. 1945)1999 – Carlos Hathcock , American sniper (b. 1942)1999 – Rick Wilson , American wrestler (b. 1965)
2000 – Ofra Haza , Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)2000 – Stanley Matthews , English footballer (b. 1915)
2001 – Robert Enrico , French director and screenwriter (b. 1931)2003 – Howie Epstein , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ) (b. 1955)2003 – Robert K. Merton , American sociologist (b. 1910)
2003 – Titos Vandis , Greek actor (b. 1917)
2004 – Vijay Anand , Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)2004 – Carl Anderson , American singer and actor (b. 1945)
2004 – Neil Ardley , English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
2004 – Sikander Bakht , Indian politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Don Cornell , American singer (b. 1919)
2004 – Carl Liscombe , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
2006 – Benno Besson , Swiss actor and director (b. 1922)2006 – Telmo Zarraonaindía , Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
2007 – Donnie Brooks , American singer (b. 1936)2007 – John Ritchie , English footballer (b. 1941)
2008 – Janez Drnovšek , Slovenian politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)2008 – Douglas Fraser , Scottish-American union leader (b. 1916)
2008 – Paul Frère , Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
2008 – Denis Lazure , Canadian politician (b. 1925)
2010 – Orlando Zapata , Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)2011 – Nirmala Srivastava , Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)2012 – William Gay , American author (b. 1941)2012 – Peter King , English footballer (b. 1964)
2012 – William Raggio , American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – David Sayre , American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
2012 – Bruce Surtees , American cinematographer (b. 1937)
2012 – Kazimierz Żygulski , Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
2013 – Benedict Ashley , American theologian and philosopher (b. 1915)2013 – Eugene Bookhammer , American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)
2013 – Joan Child , Australian politician, 19th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1921)
2013 – Mary Ann McMorrow , American judge (b. 1930)
2013 – Julien Ries , Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
2013 – Sonny Russo , American trombonist (b. 1929)
2013 – Lotika Sarkar , Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)
2013 – Richard Worsley , English general (b. 1923)
2014 – K. Alison Clarke-Stewart , Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1943)2014 – Ely Capacio , Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
2014 – Penny DeHaven , American singer and actress (b. 1948)
2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer , Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903)
2014 – Roger Hilsman , American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
2014 – Samuel Sheinbein , American-Israeli murderer (b. 1980)
2014 – Norman Whiting , English cricketer (b. 1920)
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