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Day of the year
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 73 days remain until the end of the year.
Pre-1600 [ edit ]
1601–1900 [ edit ]
1901–present [ edit ]
1912 – Italo-Turkish War : Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1914 – First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1921 – The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia .
1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943 – Streptomycin , the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1944 – United States forces land in the Philippines .
1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides , beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution .
1950 – China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program .
1955 – The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.[2]
1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration , officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1960 – The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes .
1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1984 – A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko , associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
1986 – The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer , an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987 – Black Monday : The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
2001 – SIEV X , an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2004 – Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri , whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport .[3]
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2013 – 105 people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
Pre-1600 [ edit ]
1601–1900 [ edit ]
1605 – Thomas Browne , English physician and author (d. 1682)
1609 – Gerrard Winstanley , English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676)
1610 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1688)
1613 – Charles of Sezze , Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1670)
1658 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)
1676 – Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes , Portuguese diplomat (d. 1733)[4]
1680 – John Abernethy , Irish minister (d. 1740)
1688 – William Cheselden , English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)
1718 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie , French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (d. 1804)
1720 – John Woolman , American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)
1721 – Joseph de Guignes , French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800)
1784 – Leigh Hunt , English poet and critic (d. 1859)
1789 – Theophilos Kairis , Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853)
1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay , American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1903)
1814 – Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter (d. 1878)
1826 – Ralph Tollemache , English priest (d. 1895)
1850 – Annie Smith Peck , American mountaineer and academic (d. 1935)
1858 – George Albert Boulenger , Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937)
1862 – Auguste Lumière , French director and producer (d. 1954)
1868 – Bertha Knight Landes , American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943)
1873 – Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
1873 – Bart King , American cricketer (d. 1965)
1876 – Mordecai Brown , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945)
1876 – Mihkel Pung , Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)
1879 – Emma Bell Miles , American writer, poet, and artist (d. 1919)
1882 – Umberto Boccioni , Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
1885 – Charles E. Merrill , American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d. 1956)
1895 – Frank Durbin , American soldier (d. 1999)
1895 – Lewis Mumford , American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)
1896 – Bob O'Farrell , American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)
1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1900 – Erna Berger , German soprano and actress (d. 1990)
1900 – Bill Ponsford , Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991)
1900 – Roy Worters , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
1901–present [ edit ]
1901 – Arleigh Burke , American admiral (d. 1996)
1903 – Tor Johnson , Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)
1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn , American bandleader and composer (d. 1962)
1908 – Geirr Tveitt , Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981)
1909 – Marguerite Perey , French physicist and academic (d. 1975)[5]
1910 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1910 – Shunkichi Hamada , Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
1910 – Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
1913 – Vinicius de Moraes , Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)
1914 – Juanita Moore , American actress (d. 2014)
1916 – Jean Dausset , French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 – Emil Gilels , Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)
1916 – Minoru Yasui , American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986)
1917 – Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande , Indian mathematician (d. 2020)[6]
1917 – William Joel Blass , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
1917 – Walter Munk , Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (d. 2019)
1918 – Charles Evans , English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995)
1918 – Russell Kirk , American theorist and author (d. 1994)
1918 – Robert Schwarz Strauss , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014)
1920 – LaWanda Page , American actress (d. 2002)
1920 – Harry Alan Towers , English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009)
1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (d. 2003)
1920 – Peter Aduja , Filipino American Hawaii Legislature representative (d. 2007)
1921 – George Nader , American actor (d. 2002)
1922 – Jack Anderson , American journalist and author (d. 2005)
1923 – Ruth Carter Stevenson , American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013)
1923 – Baby Dalupan , Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
1925 – Bernard Hepton , English actor and producer (d. 2018)
1925 – Czesław Kiszczak , Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (d. 2015)
1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera , Argentinian admiral (d. 2010)
1926 – Arne Bendiksen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
1926 – Joel Feinberg , American philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh , Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
1926 – Marjorie Tallchief , American ballerina
1927 – Pierre Alechinsky , Belgian painter and illustrator
1927 – Stephen Keynes , English businessman (d. 2017)
1928 – Lou Scheimer , American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013)
1929 – Lewis Wolpert , South African-English biologist, author, and academic (d. 2021)
1930 – John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside , English union leader and politician (d. 2016)
1930 – Mavis Nicholson , Welsh-English journalist
1931 – Ed Emberley , American author and illustrator
1931 – John le Carré , English intelligence officer and author (d. 2020)[7]
1931 – Atsushi Miyagi , Japanese tennis player
1932 – Robert Reed , American actor (d. 1992)
1933 – Brian Booth , Australian cricketer and educator
1933 – Anthony Skingsley , English air marshal (d. 2019)
1934 – Yakubu Gowon , Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
1934 – Dave Guard , American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991)
1935 – Don Ward , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1936 – James Bevel , American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008)
1937 – Marilyn Bell , Canadian swimmer
1937 – Peter Max , German-American illustrator
1937 – Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield , English banker and politician (d. 2018)
1938 – Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth , Jamaican-English union leader and politician
1939 – David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere , Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1940 – Larry Chance , American singer-songwriter
1940 – Michael Gambon , Irish-British actor
1940 – Rosny Smarth , Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti
1941 – Peter Thornley , English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki [8]
1941 – Simon Ward , English actor (d. 2012)
1942 – Andrew Vachss , American lawyer and author
1943 – Robin Holloway , English composer and academic
1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos , Greek footballer and coach
1943 – L. E. Modesitt, Jr. , American author and poet
1944 – George McCrae , American singer
1944 – Peter Tosh , Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
1945 – Angus Deaton , Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Divine , American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988)
1945 – Patricia Ireland , American lawyer and activist
1945 – Gloria Jones , American singer-songwriter
1945 – John Lithgow , American actor
1945 – Jeannie C. Riley , American singer
1945 – Martin Welz , South African journalist
1946 – Bob Holland , Australian cricketer and surveyor (d. 2017)
1946 – Philip Pullman , English author and academic
1946 – Keith Reid , English songwriter and lyricist
1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano , Italian author and illustrator
1948 – James Howard Kunstler , American author and critic
1948 – Dave Mallow , American voice actor and screenwriter
1948 – Patrick Simmons , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Lynn Dickey , American football player and radio host
1949 – Jamie McGrigor , English-Scottish politician
1950 – Yeslam bin Ladin , Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
1951 – Demetrios Christodoulou , Greek mathematician and physicist
1951 – Annie Golden , American actress and singer
1951 – Kurt Schrader , American veterinarian and politician
1952 – Peter Bone , English accountant and politician
1952 – Verónica Castro , Mexican actress and singer
1953 – Lionel Hollins , American basketball player and coach
1954 – Sam Allardyce , English footballer and manager
1954 – Deborah Blum , American journalist and author
1954 – Joe Bryant , American basketball player and coach
1955 – Dan Gutman , American author
1955 – LaSalle Ishii , Japanese actor and director
1956 – Steve Doocy , American journalist and author
1956 – Elena Garanina , Soviet ice dancer and coach
1956 – Grover Norquist , American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
1956 – Didier Theys , Belgian race car driver and coach
1956 – Carlo Urbani , Italian physician (d. 2003)
1956 – Bruce Weber , American basketball player and coach
1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1957 – Ray Richmond , American journalist and critic
1957 – Karl Wallinger , Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1958 – Carolyn Browne , English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
1958 – Hiromi Hara , Japanese footballer and manager
1958 – Tiriel Mora , Australian actor
1958 – Michael Steele , American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
1959 – Nir Barkat , Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
1959 – Martin Kusch , German philosopher and academic
1960 – Dawn Coe-Jones , Canadian golfer (d. 2016)
1960 – Jennifer Holliday , American actress and singer
1960 – Takeshi Koshida , Japanese footballer
1960 – Susan Straight , American author and academic
1960 – Ayuo Takahashi , Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1960 – Dan Woodgate , English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
1961 – Sunny Deol , Indian actor and producer
1961 – Cliff Lyons , Australian rugby league player and coach
1962 – Claude Callegari , English YouTube personality (d. 2021)[9]
1962 – Tracy Chevalier , American-English author
1962 – Brian Henninger , American golfer
1962 – Bendik Hofseth , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1962 – Evander Holyfield , American boxer and actor
1962 – Svetlana Zainetdinova , Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
1963 – Sinitta , American-British singer
1964 – Ty Pennington , American model, carpenter and television host
1965 – Brad Daugherty , American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 – Todd Park Mohr , American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters )
1966 – Jon Favreau , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Dimitris Lyacos , Greek poet and playwright
1966 – David Vann , American novelist and short story writer
1967 – Amy Carter , American illustrator and activist
1967 – Yōji Matsuda , Japanese actor
1967 – Yoko Shimomura , Japanese pianist and composer
1968 – Rodney Carrington , American comedian, actor, and singer
1969 – Pedro Castillo , Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru[10]
1969 – John Edward , American psychic and author
1969 – Trey Parker , American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Erwin Sánchez , Bolivian footballer and manager
1970 – Andrew Griffiths , English politician
1970 – Chris Kattan , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Keith Foulke , American baseball player
1972 – Pras , American rapper-songwriter (Fugees ), record producer, and actor
1973 – Hicham Arazi , Moroccan tennis player
1973 – Okan Buruk , Turkish footballer and manager
1973 – Joaquin Gage , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Burak Güven , Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
1976 – Omar Gooding , American actor and producer
1976 – Jostein Gulbrandsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1976 – Desmond Harrington , American actor
1976 – Paul Hartley , Scottish footballer and manager
1976 – Hiroshi Sakai , Japanese footballer
1976 – Dan Smith , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Michael Young , American baseball player
1977 – Habib Beye , French-Senegalese footballer
1977 – Louis-José Houde , Canadian comedian and actor
1977 – Jason Reitman , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Raúl Tamudo , Spanish footballer
1977 – Mo Twister , Filipino radio and television host
1978 – Enrique Bernoldi , Brazilian race car driver
1978 – Zakhar Dubensky , Russian footballer
1978 – Henri Sorvali , Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
1979 – José Luis López , Mexican footballer
1979 – Brian Robertson , American trombonist
1979 – Sachiko Sugiyama , Japanese volleyball player
1980 – José Bautista , Dominican baseball player
1980 – Rajai Davis , American baseball player
1981 – Leon Bott , Australian rugby league player
1981 – Heikki Kovalainen , Finnish race car driver
1982 – Atom Araullo , Filipino journalist
1982 – Gillian Jacobs , American actress and director
1982 – Louis Oosthuizen , South African golfer
1982 – Gonzalo Pineda , Mexican footballer
1982 – Daan van Bunge , Dutch cricketer
1983 – Rebecca Ferguson , Swedish actress
1983 – Andy Lonergan , English footballer
1983 – Cara Santa Maria , American neuroscientist and blogger
1984 – Danka Barteková , Slovak skeet shooter
1987 – Tsunenori Aoki , Japanese actor
1987 – Sam Groth , Australian tennis player
1988 – Zeph Ellis , English rapper and producer
1988 – Markiyan Kamysh , Ukrainian writer
1988 – Chris Lawrence , Australian rugby league player
1989 – James Gavet , New Zealand rugby league player
1989 – Miroslav Stoch , Slovakian footballer
1989 – Rakuto Tochihara , Japanese actor
1989 – Janine Tugonon , Filipino model and television host
1990 – Tom Kilbey , English footballer
1990 – Endō Shōta , Japanese sumo wrestler
1990 – Janet Leon , Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
1991 – Colton Dixon , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1992 – Shiho , Japanese actress and model
1993 – Abby Sunderland , American sailor
1994 – Agnė Sereikaitė , Lithuanian speed skater
1995 – Sammis Reyes , Chilean basketball and American football player[11]
1996 – Bernadeth Pons , Filipino volleyball athlete
1999 – Carlotta Truman , German singer-songwriter
Pre-1600 [ edit ]
727 – Frithuswith , English saint (b. 650)
993 – Conrad I , King of Burgundy (b. c. 925)
1216 – John, King of England (b. 1167)
1287 – Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli
1354 – Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (b. 1318)
1375 – Cansignorio della Scala , Lord of Verona (b. 1340)
1401 – John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (b. 1362)[12]
1432 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal of England (b. 1392)
1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
1595 – Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman (b. 1537)
1601–1900 [ edit ]
1608 – Martin Delrio , Flemish theologian and author (b. 1551)
1609 – Jacobus Arminius , Dutch Reformed theologian (b. 1560)
1619 – Fujiwara Seika , Japanese philosopher and educator (b. 1561)
1636 – Marcin Kazanowski , Polish politician (b. 1566)
1678 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter (b. 1627)
1682 – Thomas Browne , English physician and author (b. 1605)
1723 – Godfrey Kneller , German-English painter (b. 1646)
1745 – Jonathan Swift , Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667)
1772 – Andrea Belli , Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703)
1790 – Lyman Hall , American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b. 1724)
1796 – Michel de Beaupuy , French general (b. 1755)
1813 – Józef Poniatowski , Polish general (b. 1763)
1815 – Paolo Mascagni , Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755)
1842 – Aleksey Koltsov , Russian poet and author (b. 1808)
1851 – Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)
1856 – William Sprague III , American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1799)
1889 – Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
1897 – George Pullman , American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
1901–present [ edit ]
1901 – Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
1905 – Virgil Earp , American marshal (b. 1843)
1916 – Ioannis Frangoudis , Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
1918 – Harold Lockwood , American actor (b. 1887)
1924 – Louis Zborowski , English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
1936 – Lu Xun , Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
1937 – Ernest Rutherford , New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
1943 – Camille Claudel , French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)[13]
1944 – Dénes Kőnig , Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
1945 – Plutarco Elías Calles , Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
1945 – N. C. Wyeth , American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay , American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
1952 – Edward S. Curtis , American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
1956 – Isham Jones , American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
1960 – George Wallace , Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1961 – Şemsettin Günaltay , Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
1964 – Sergey Biryuzov , Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
1964 – Nettie Palmer , Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)
1964 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)
1965 – Edward Willis Redfield , American painter and educator (b. 1869)
1969 – Lacey Hearn , American sprinter (b. 1881)
1970 – Lázaro Cárdenas , Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
1978 – Gig Young , American actor (b. 1913)
1983 – Maurice Bishop , Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
1984 – Jerzy Popiełuszko , Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
1985 – Alfred Rouleau , Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
1986 – Dele Giwa , Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
1986 – Samora Machel , Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
1987 – Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist and educator (b. 1945)
1987 – Hermann Lang , German race car driver (b. 1909)
1988 – Son House , American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)
1992 – Magnus Pyke , English scientist and television host (b. 1908)
1994 – Martha Raye , American actress and comedian (b. 1916)
1995 – Don Cherry , American trumpet player (b. 1936)
1995 – Harilaos Perpessas , Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907)
1997 – Glen Buxton , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
1997 – Ken Wood , inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (b. 1916)
1999 – James C. Murray , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
1999 – Nathalie Sarraute , Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900)
2002 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov , Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932)
2003 – Road Warrior Hawk , American wrestler (b. 1957)
2003 – Alija Izetbegović , Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)
2003 – Margaret Murie , American environmentalist and author (b. 1902)[14]
2003 – Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1911)
2005 – Ryan Dallas Cook , American trombonist (b. 1982)
2006 – James Glennon , American cinematographer (b. 1942)
2006 – Phyllis Kirk , American actress (b. 1927)
2007 – Winifred Asprey , American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917)
2007 – Randall Forsberg , American activist and author (b. 1943)
2007 – Michael Maidens , English footballer (b. 1987)
2007 – Jan Wolkers , Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925)
2008 – Richard Blackwell , American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922)
2009 – Howard Unruh , American murderer (b. 1921)
2009 – Joseph Wiseman , Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Tom Bosley , American actor (b. 1927)
2011 – Kakkanadan , Indian author (b. 1935)
2012 – Lincoln Alexander , Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1922)
2012 – Wissam al-Hassan , Lebanese general (b. 1965)
2012 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto , Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (b. 1922)
2012 – Mike Graham , American wrestler (b. 1951)
2012 – Fiorenzo Magni , Italian cyclist (b. 1920)
2013 – John Bergamo , American drummer and composer (b. 1940)
2013 – Noel Harrison , English singer, actor, and skier (b. 1934)
2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson , American drummer and composer (b. 1940)
2013 – Mikihiko Renjō , Japanese author (b. 1948)
2013 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun , Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920)
2014 – John Holt , Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2014 – Stephen Paulus , American composer (b. 1949)
2014 – Raphael Ravenscroft , English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954)
2014 – Serena Shim , Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984)
2015 – Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
2015 – Fleming Mackell , Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929)
2015 – Ali Treki , Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938)
2016 – Phil Chess , Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921)
2016 – Giovanni Steffè , Italian rower (b. 1928)
2017 – Umberto Lenzi , Italian film director (b. 1931)
2019 – Deborah Orr , Scottish journalist (b. 1962)[15]
2021 – Jack Angel , American voice actor (b. 1930)[16]
Holidays and observances [ edit ]
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