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October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year.
539 BC – The fall of Babylon to a Persian army.
633 – King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British under Penda and Cadwallon.
1279 – The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
1398 – In the Treaty of Salynas , Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.
1492 – The first of the voyages of Christopher Columbus reaches the Bahamas.
1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
1748 – War of Jenkins' Ear : A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
1773 – America's first insane asylum opens.
1792 – The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
1793 – The cornerstone of Old East , the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina.
1798 – Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War .
1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
1810 – The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest .
1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
1823 – Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
1847 – Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
1849 – The city of Manizales , Colombia is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
1871 – The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act , naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
1890 – Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House .
1915 – World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
1917 – World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
1918 – A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary .
1944 – World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
1959 – At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde .
1960 – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
1960 – Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
1963 – After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek , a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
1964 – The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
1971 – The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
1979 – The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip .
1983 – Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
1984 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
1988 – Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings , Australia.
1992 – A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
1997 – The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
1998 – Matthew Shepard , a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup .
1999 – The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
2000 – A US Navy frigate is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6 , is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
2013 – Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.
2017 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO .[1] and is immediately followed by Israel.
2018 – Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
1008 – Go-Ichijō , emperor of Japan (d. 1036)
1240 – Trần Thánh Tông , emperor of Vietnam (then Đại Việt ) (d. 1290)
1350 – Dmitri Donskoi , Grand Duke of Moscow (d. 1389)
1490 – Bernardo Pisano , Italian composer and priest (d. 1548)
1533 – Asakura Yoshikage , Japanese ruler (d. 1573)
1537 – Edward VI , king of England (d. 1553)
1555 – Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , English diplomat (d. 1601)
1558 – Maximilian III , archduke of Austria (d. 1618)
1576 – Thomas Dudley , English-American soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1653)
1602 – William Chillingworth , English scholar and theologian (d. 1644)
1614 – Henry More , English philosopher (d. 1687)
1687 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss , German lute player and composer (d. 1750)
1710 – Jonathan Trumbull , American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1785)
1725 – Étienne Louis Geoffroy , French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
1792 – Christian Gmelin , German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1860)
1798 – Pedro I , emperor of Brazil (d. 1834)
1801 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé , Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1873)
1815 – William J. Hardee , American general (d. 1873)
1838 – George Thorn , Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (d. 1905)
1840 – Helena Modjeska , Polish-American actress (d. 1909)
1855 – Arthur Nikisch , Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)
1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry , American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (d. 1930)
1865 – Arthur Harden , English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1866 – Ramsay MacDonald , Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1937)
1868 – August Horch , German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (d. 1951)
1868 – Mariano Trías , Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (d. 1914)
1872 – Ralph Vaughan Williams , English composer and educator (d. 1958)
1874 – Jimmy Burke , American baseball player and manager (d. 1942)
1875 – Aleister Crowley , English magician and author (d. 1947)
1878 – Truxtun Hare , American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1956)
1880 – Louis Hémon , French-Canadian author (d. 1913)
1891 – Edith Stein , Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (d. 1942)
1891 – Fumimaro Konoe , Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1945)
1892 – Gilda dalla Rizza , Italian soprano and actress (d. 1975)
1893 – Velvalee Dickinson , American spy (d. 1980)
1894 – Elisabeth of Romania , queen consort of Greece (d. 1956)
1896 – Eugenio Montale , Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1903 – Josephine Hutchinson , American actress (d. 1998)
1904 – Lester Dent , American journalist and author (d. 1959)
1904 – Ding Ling , Chinese author and educator (d. 1986)
1906 – Joe Cronin , American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
1906 – John Murray , American playwright and producer (d. 1984)
1906 – Piero Taruffi , Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1988)
1908 – Paul Engle , American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
1908 – Ann Petry , American novelist (d. 1997)
1910 – Robert Fitzgerald , American poet, critic, and translator (d. 1985)
1910 – Malcolm Renfrew , American chemist and academic (d. 2013)
1911 – Vijay Merchant , Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1913 – Alice Chetwynd Ley , English author and educator (d. 2004)
1914 – John E. Hodge , African-American chemist (d. 1996)
1916 – Alice Childress , American actress and playwright (d. 1994)
1916 – Lock Martin , American actor (d. 1959)
1917 – Roque Máspoli , Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1919 – Gilles Beaudoin , Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (d. 2007)
1919 – Doris Miller , American chef and soldier (d. 1943)
1920 – Christopher Soames , English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1987)
1921 – Art Clokey , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (d. 2010)
1921 – Jaroslav Drobný , Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1921 – Logie Bruce Lockhart , Scottish rugby player and journalist
1922 – William H. Sullivan , American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (d. 2013)
1923 – Jean Nidetch , American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (d. 2015)
1923 – Goody Petronelli , American boxer, trainer, and manager (d. 2012)
1924 – Leonidas Kyrkos , Greek politician (d. 2011)
1925 – Denis Lazure , Canadian psychiatrist and politician (d. 2008)
1928 – Al Held , American painter and academic (d. 2005)
1928 – Domna Samiou , Greek singer and musicologist (d. 2012)
1929 – Nappy Brown , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1929 – Robert Coles , American psychologist, author, and academic
1929 – Magnus Magnusson , Icelandic journalist and academic (d. 2007)
1930 – Denis Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player and photographer (d. 2013)
1930 – Milica Kacin Wohinz , Slovenian historian and author
1931 – Ole-Johan Dahl , Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (d. 2002)
1932 – Dick Gregory , American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2017)
1932 – Ned Jarrett , American race car driver and sportscaster
1932 – John Moffat , Danish physicist and academic
1933 – Guido Molinari , Canadian painter and art collector (d. 2004)
1934 – James "Sugar Boy" Crawford , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1934 – Richard Meier , American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower
1934 – Albert Shiryaev , Russian mathematician and academic
1934 – Oğuz Atay , Turkish engineer and author (d. 1977)
1935 – Don Howe , English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1935 – Tony Kubek , American baseball player and sportscaster
1935 – Sam Moore , American soul singer-songwriter (Sam & Dave )
1935 – Shivraj Patil , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1935 – Luciano Pavarotti , Italian tenor and actor (d. 2007)
1937 – Paul Hawkins , Australian race car driver (d. 1969)
1937 – Robert Mangold , American painter
1941 – Michael Mansfield , English lawyer, academic, and republican
1942 – Melvin Franklin , American soul bass singer (The Temptations ) (d. 1995)
1943 – Kostas Tsakonas , Greek actor (d. 2015)
1944 – Angela Rippon , English journalist and author
1945 – Aurore Clément , French actress
1946 – Drew Edmondson , American politician
1946 – Ashok Mankad , Indian cricketer (d. 2008)
1946 – Daryl Runswick , English bassist and composer
1947 – Chris Wallace , American journalist
1948 – John Engler , American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
1948 – Rick Parfitt , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1949 – Dave Lloyd , English cyclist and coach
1949 – Carlos the Jackal , Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
1949 – Paul Went , English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1950 – Susan Anton , American actress and model
1950 – Dave Freudenthal , American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
1951 – Sally Little , South African-American golfer
1951 – Ed Royce , American businessman and politician
1951 – Norio Suzuki , Japanese golfer
1952 – Béla Csécsei , Hungarian educator and politician (d. 2012)
1952 – Roger Heath-Brown , English mathematician and theorist
1953 – Les Dennis , English comedian and actor
1953 – David Threlfall , English actor and director
1954 – Massimo Ghini , Italian actor
1954 – Michael Roe , American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1954 – Linval Thompson , Jamaican singer and producer
1955 – Einar Jan Aas , Norwegian footballer
1955 – Pat DiNizio , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1955 – Ante Gotovina , Croatian general
1955 – Jane Siberry , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Rafael Ábalos , Spanish author
1956 – Allan Evans , Scottish footballer
1956 – Lutz Haueisen , German cyclist
1956 – Catherine Holmes , Australian judge
1956 – Gerti Schanderl , German figure skater
1956 – David Vanian , English singer-songwriter
1957 – Clémentine Célarié , French actress, singer, and director
1957 – Serge Clerc , French comic book artist and illustrator
1957 – Mike Dowler , Welsh football goalkeeper
1957 – Annik Honoré , Belgian journalist and music promoter (d. 2014)
1957 – William F. Laurance , Australian biologist
1958 – Steve Austria , American lawyer and politician
1958 – Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias , Portuguese historian, author, and academic (d. 2013)
1958 – Jeff Keith , American rock singer-songwriter (Tesla )
1958 – Bryn Merrick , Welsh bass player (d. 2015)
1959 – Anna Escobedo Cabral , American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
1960 – Steve Lowery , American golfer
1960 – Carlo Perrone , Italian footballer and manager
1961 – Chendo , Spanish footballer
1962 – Carlos Bernard , American actor and director
1962 – Chris Botti , American trumpet player and composer
1962 – John Coleman , English footballer and manager
1962 – Branko Crvenkovski , Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
1962 – Deborah Foreman , American actress and photographer
1962 – Mads Eriksen , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1963 – Raimond Aumann , German footballer
1963 – Hideki Fujisawa , Japanese composer
1963 – Satoshi Kon , Japanese animator and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1963 – Dave Legeno , English actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2014)
1963 – Alan McDonald , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1963 – Luis Polonia , Dominican baseball player
1965 – Dan Abnett , English author
1965 – J. J. Daigneault , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Scott O'Grady , American captain and pilot
1966 – Jonathan Crombie , Canadian actor and voice over artist (d. 2015)
1966 – Wim Jonk , Dutch footballer
1966 – Brian Kennedy , Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Brenda Romero , American game designer
1967 – Becky Iverson , American golfer
1968 – Bill Auberlen , American race car driver
1968 – Paul Harragon , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1968 – Hugh Jackman , Australian actor, singer, and producer
1968 – Leon Lett , American football player
1969 – Martie Maguire , American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer
1969 – Željko Milinovič , Slovenian footballer
1969 – Dwayne Roloson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1969 – José Valentín , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1970 – Kirk Cameron , American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist
1970 – Patrick Musimu , Belgian diver and physiotherapist (d. 2011)
1970 – Tanyon Sturtze , American baseball player
1970 – Charlie Ward , American basketball player and coach
1971 – Tony Fiore , American baseball player
1971 – Steve Johnston , Australian motorcycle racer
1971 – Bronzell Miller , American football player and actor (d. 2013)
1972 – Neriah Davis , American model and actress
1972 – Juan Manuel Silva , Argentinian race car driver
1972 – Tom Van Mol , Belgian footballer
1973 – Lesli Brea , Dominican baseball player
1973 – Martin Corry , English rugby player
1974 – Stephen Lee , English snooker player
1975 – Susana Félix , Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975 – Marion Jones , American basketball player and runner
1977 – Cristie Kerr , American golfer
1977 – Bode Miller , American skier
1977 – Javier Toyo , Venezuelan footballer
1978 – Stefan Binder , German footballer
1978 – Baden Cooke , Australian cyclist
1979 – Steven Agnew , Northern Irish politician
1979 – Steve Borthwick , English rugby player
1979 – Jordan Pundik , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Ledley King , English footballer
1981 – Tom Guiry , American actor
1981 – Brian Kerr , Scottish football player and manager
1981 – Giuseppe Lanzone , American rower
1981 – Conrad Smith , New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Sun Tiantian , Chinese tennis player
1983 – Alex Brosque , Australian footballer
1983 – Carlton Cole , English footballer
1983 – Mariko Yamamoto , Japanese cricketer
1985 – Michelle Carter , American shot putter
1985 – Mike Green , Canadian hockey player
1985 – Anna Iljuštšenko , Estonian high jumper
1986 – Ioannis Maniatis , Greek footballer
1986 – Sergio Peter , German footballer
1986 – Tyler Blackburn , American actor
1987 – Marvin Ogunjimi , Belgian footballer
1988 – Sam Whitelock , New Zealand rugby player
1988 – Calum Scott , British singer
1989 – Anna Ohmiya , Japanese curler
1990 – Henri Lansbury , English footballer
1991 – Nicolao Dumitru , Italian footballer
1992 – Josh Hutcherson , American actor and producer
1994 – Alex Katz , American baseball player
1994 – Sean Monahan , Canadian ice hockey player
1994 – Olivia Smoliga , American swimmer
1996 – Riechedly Bazoer , Dutch footballer
1996 – James Graham , British singer
1997 – Curtis Scott , Australian rugby league player
2002 – Iris Apatow , American actress
2004 – Darci Lynne Farmer , American ventriloquist
322 BC – Demosthenes , Athenian statesman, (b. 384 BC)
638 – Honorius I , pope of the Catholic Church
642 – John IV , pope of the Catholic Church
884 – Tsunesada , Japanese prince (b. 825)
1095 – Leopold II , margrave of Austria (b. 1050)
1152 – Adolf III of Berg , German nobleman (b. 1080)
1176 – William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel , English politician (b. 1109)
1320 – Michael IX Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1277)
1328 – Clementia of Hungary , queen consort of France and Navarre (b. 1293)
1448 – Zhu Quan , Chinese prince, historian and playwright (b. 1378)
1491 – Fritz Herlen , German painter (b. 1449)
1492 – Piero della Francesca , Italian mathematician and painter (b. 1415)
1565 – Jean Ribault , French-American lieutenant and navigator (b. 1520)
1576 – Maximilian II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
1590 – Kanō Eitoku , Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543)
1600 – Luis de Molina , Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535)
1601 – Nicholas Brend , English landowner (b. 1560)
1632 – Kutsuki Mototsuna , Japanese commander (b. 1549)
1646 – François de Bassompierre , French general and courtier (b. 1579)
1654 – Carel Fabritius , Dutch painter (b. 1622)
1678 – Edmund Berry Godfrey , English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
1679 – William Gurnall , English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
1685 – Christoph Ignaz Abele , Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
1730 – Frederick IV , king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
1758 – Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth , Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
1812 – Juan José Castelli , Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
1845 – Elizabeth Fry , English nurse and philanthropist (b. 1780)
1858 – Hiroshige , Japanese painter (b. 1797)
1870 – Robert E. Lee , American general (b. 1807)
1875 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
1896 – Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs , Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
1898 – Calvin Fairbank , American minister and activist (b. 1816)
1914 – Margaret E. Knight , American inventor (b. 1838)
1915 – Edith Cavell , English nurse (b. 1865)
1923 – Bunny Lucas , English cricketer (b. 1857)
1924 – Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
1926 – Edwin Abbott Abbott , English theologian and author (b. 1838)
1933 – John Lister , English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
1940 – Tom Mix , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1946 – Joseph Stilwell , American general (b. 1883)
1948 – Susan Sutherland Isaacs , English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
1954 – George Welch , American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
1956 – Lorenzo Perosi , Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
1957 – Arie de Jong , Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
1958 – Gordon Griffith , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1960 – Inejiro Asanuma , Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
1965 – Paul Hermann Müller , Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1967 – Ram Manohar Lohia , Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
1969 – Sonja Henie , Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)
1969 – Serge Poliakoff , Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
1969 – Julius Saaristo , Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
1970 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky , Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
1970 – Mustafa Zaidi , Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
1971 – Dean Acheson , American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
1971 – Gene Vincent , American musician (b. 1935)
1972 – Robert Le Vigan , French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
1973 – Peter Aufschnaiter , Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
1978 – Nancy Spungen , American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (b. 1958)
1984 – Anthony Berry , English politician (b. 1925)
1985 – Johnny Olson , American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
1985 – Ricky Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
1987 – Alf Landon , American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
1987 – Fahri Korutürk , Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
1988 – Ruth Manning-Sanders , Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)
1988 – Coby Whitmore , American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
1989 – Jay Ward , American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (b. 1920)
1990 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub , Egyptian politician (b. 1926)
1990 – Peter Wessel Zapffe , Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (b. 1899)
1991 – Sheila Florance , Australian actress (b. 1916)
1991 – Arkady Strugatsky , Russian author and translator (b. 1925)
1991 – Regis Toomey , American actor (b. 1898)
1993 – Leon Ames , American actor (b. 1902)
1994 – Gérald Godin , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938)
1996 – René Lacoste , French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
1996 – Roger Lapébie , French cyclist (b. 1911)
1997 – John Denver , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
1998 – Mario Beaulieu , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
1998 – Matthew Shepard , American murder victim (b. 1976)
1999 – Wilt Chamberlain , American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
1999 – Robert Marsden Hope , Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
2001 – Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone , English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
2001 – Hikmet Şimşek , Turkish conductor (b. 1924)
2001 – Richard Buckle , Ballet critic and writer (b. 1916)
2002 – Ray Conniff , American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
2002 – Audrey Mestre , French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
2003 – Jim Cairns , Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1914)
2003 – Joan Kroc , American philanthropist (b. 1928)
2003 – Bill Shoemaker , American jockey (b. 1931)
2005 – C. Delores Tucker , American activist and politician (b. 1927)
2006 – Eugène Martin , French race car driver (b. 1915)
2006 – Gillo Pontecorvo , Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
2007 – Kisho Kurokawa , Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower (b. 1934)
2008 – Karl Chircop , Maltese physician and politician (b. 1965)
2009 – Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1948)
2009 – Frank Vandenbroucke , Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
2010 – Austin Ardill , Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1917)
2010 – Woody Peoples , American football player (b. 1943)
2010 – Belva Plain , American author (b. 1919)
2011 – Patricia Breslin , American actress (b. 1931)
2011 – Dennis Ritchie , American computer scientist, created the C programming language (b. 1941)
2012 – James Coyne , Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
2012 – Norm Grabowski , American hot rod builder and actor (b. 1933)
2012 – Sukhdev Singh Kang , Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (b. 1931)
2012 – Torkom Manoogian , Iraqi-Armenian patriarch (b. 1919)
2012 – Erik Moseholm , Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
2012 – Břetislav Pojar , Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013 – George Herbig , American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Oscar Hijuelos , American author and academic (b. 1951)
2013 – Hans Wilhelm Longva , Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942)
2013 – Malcolm Renfrew , American chemist and academic (b. 1910)
2014 – Ali Mazrui , Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
2014 – Graham Miles , English snooker player (b. 1941)
2014 – Roberto Telch , Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
2015 – Abdallah Kigoda , Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953)
2015 – Joan Leslie , American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925)
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