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Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot , further increasing racial segregation. 1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1 , Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.1932 – Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact , which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. 1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.[4] 1954 – AEC Routemaster , the iconic London bus was introduced.[5] 1954 – The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.[6] 1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation .1959 – TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux , Nouvelle-Aquitaine , France, killing 55 people.[7] 1960 – USS Enterprise , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.[8] 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.1975 – Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas .2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.2009 – South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban , South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.[9] 2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.2023 – NASA 's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.[10] Births
Pre-1600
15 – Vitellius , Roman emperor (died 69)[11] 936 – 'Adud al-Dawla , Buyid king (died 983)1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , English soldier (died 1372)[12] 1418 – Anne of Cyprus , Duchess of Savoy (probable;[13] 1433 – Shekha of Amarsar , Rajput chieftain (died 1488)1473 – Georg von Frundsberg , German Knight and landowner (died 1528)1501 – Gerolamo Cardano , Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (died 1576)1534 – Guru Ram Das , fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581)1564 – William Adams , English sailor and navigator (died 1620)1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein , Bohemian general (died 1634)1601–1900
1625 – Johan de Witt , Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672)1667 – Jean-Louis Lully , French composer (died 1688)1705 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun , Austrian field marshal (died 1766)1717 – Horace Walpole , English historian, author, and politician (died 1797)[14] 1755 – John Marshall , American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1835)1761 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen , German-Danish composer and conductor (died 1817)1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor and educator (died 1875)1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1862)1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac , French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868)1812 – Mary Ann Browne , British poet and writer of musical scores (died 1845)[15] 1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio , Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901)1829 – Charles S. West , American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (died 1885)1845 – Nikolai Anderson , Estonian philologist and author (died 1905)1858 – Eugene Foss , American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939)1859 – Julius Klengel , German cellist and composer (died 1933)1861 – Bhikaiji Cama , Indian activist (died 1936)1870 – Georges Claude , French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (died 1960)1871 – Lottie Dod , English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960)1872 – Jaan Teemant , Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (died 1941)1873 – María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui , Cuban pianist and composer (died 1957)1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz , Swiss author and poet (died 1947)1880 – Sarah Knauss , American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999)1882 – Max Decugis , French tennis player (died 1978)1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars , American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (died 1934)1883 – Lawson Robertson , Scottish-American high jumper and coach (died 1951) 1884 – Gustave Garrigou , French cyclist (died 1963)1884 – İsmet İnönü , Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (died 1973) 1884 – Hugo Schmeisser , German weapons designer and engineer (died 1953) 1885 – Artur Lemba , Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1963)1890 – Mike González , Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)1890 – A. P. Herbert , English author and playwright (died 1971) 1892 – Adélard Godbout , Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (died 1956)1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1929)1894 – Tommy Armour , Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (died 1968)1894 – Billy Bletcher , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1979) 1895 – André Frédéric Cournand , French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald , American novelist and short story writer (died 1940)1898 – Howard Florey , Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly , American astronomer (died 1990) 1899 – William Dobell , Australian painter (died 1970)1899 – Bessie Braddock , British politician (died 1970)[16] 1900 – Ham Fisher , American cartoonist (died 1955)1901–present
1901 – Alexandra Adler , Austrian neurologist and psychologist (died 2001)1905 – Severo Ochoa , Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)1906 – Leonard Marsh , Canadian sociologist and academic (died 1982)1906 – Józef Nawrot , Polish footballer (died 1982) 1907 – Ben Oakland , American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979)1909 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek , Polish historian and architect (died 1966)1910 – Jean Servais , Belgian-French actor (died 1976)1911 – Konstantin Chernenko , Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and de facto leader of the USSR (died 1985)[17] 1912 – Robert Lewis Taylor , American author (died 1998)1913 – Herb Jeffries , American singer (died 2014)1914 – Esther Eng , Chinese-American film director (died 1970)[18] 1914 – John Kerr , Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (died 1991) 1914 – Andrzej Panufnik , Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1991) 1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette , American businesswoman and author (died 2004)1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar , Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (died 1997)1918 – Audra Lindley , American actress (died 1997) 1920 – Richard Bong , American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)1920 – Jan Carew , Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (died 2012) 1920 – Ovadia Yosef , Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013) 1921 – Jim McKay , American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008)1921 – Sheila MacRae , English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014) 1922 – Ettore Bastianini , Italian actor and singer (died 1967)1922 – Bert I. Gordon , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) 1922 – Theresa Merritt , American actress and singer (died 1998) 1922 – John Moffatt , English actor and playwright (died 2012) 1923 – Louis Edmonds , American actor (died 2001)1923 – Fats Navarro , American trumpet player and composer (died 1950) 1923 – Raoul Bott , Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005) 1924 – Nina Bocharova , Ukrainian gymnast (died 2020)1924 – Voula Zouboulaki , Egyptian-Greek actress (died 2015) 1925 – Autar Singh Paintal , Indian physiologist and academic (died 2004)1927 – Arthur Malet , English-American actor and singer (died 2013)1929 – John Carter , American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (died 1991)1930 – Jack Gaughan , American illustrator (died 1985)[19] 1930 – Józef Krupiński , Polish poet and author (died 1998) 1930 – Angelo Muscat , Maltese-English actor (died 1977) 1930 – Benjamin Romualdez , Filipino politician and diplomat (died 2012) 1930 – John W. Young , American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 2018)[20] 1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder , Scottish painter and printmaker (died 2021)[21] 1931 – Cardiss Collins , American lawyer and politician (died 2013) 1931 – Brian Glanville , English journalist and author (died 2025) 1931 – Anthony Newley , English singer and actor (died 1999) 1931 – Mike Parkes , English race car driver (died 1977) 1932 – Miguel Montuori , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1998)1932 – Walter Wallmann , German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (died 2013) 1933 – Raffaele Farina , Italian cardinal1933 – Mel Taylor , American drummer (died 1996) 1934 – Tommy Anderson , Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)1934 – John Brunner , English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995) 1934 – John Kasmin , English art dealer 1934 – Bernard Nevill , English painter, designer, and academic (died 2019) 1934 – Chick Willis , American singer and guitarist (died 2013) 1934 – Manfred Wörner , German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (died 1994) 1934 – Donald Wrye , American director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015) 1936 – Sivanthi Adithan , Indian businessman (died 2013)1936 – Jim Henson , American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990)[20] 1938 – Steve Douglas , American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (died 1993)1939 – Wayne Henderson , American trombonist and producer (died 2014)1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum , Israeli journalist (died 2015) 1939 – Jacques Vallée , French ufologist 1940 – Yves Navarre , French author (died 1994)1941 – John Mackey , American football player (died 2011)1941 – Linda McCartney , American singer, photographer, and activist (died 1998)[20] 1942 – Gerry Marsden , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)1944 – Eavan Boland , Irish poet and academic (died 2020)1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen , Danish bodybuilder and stuntman 1944 – Victoria Vetri , Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 1968 Playmate of the Year. 1945 – Lou Dobbs , American journalist and author[22] [23] 1945 – Carson Van Osten , American comics creator and musician (died 2015) 1945 – John Rutter , English composer, conductor, and producer 1946 – Jerry Donahue , American guitarist and producer1946 – Joe Greene , American football player, coach, and actor[20] 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen , Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland 1946 – César Pedroso , Cuban pianist and songwriter (died 2022) 1946 – Pat Pocock , Welsh-English cricketer 1946 – María Teresa Ruiz , Chilean astronomer 1947 – Stephen Mueller , American painter (died 2011)1948 – Gordon Clapp , American actor[22] 1948 – Phil Hartman , Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998)[20] 1948 – Garth Porter , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer 1949 – Baleka Mbete , South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa 1949 – Anders Arborelius , Swedish cardinal 1950 – Mohinder Amarnath , Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster1950 – John Kessel , American author, poet, and playwright 1950 – Harriet Walter , English actress[22] 1951 – Douglas Kmiec , American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta 1952 – Dieter Hochheimer , German footballer and manager1952 – Mark Sandman , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999) 1954 – Marco Tardelli , Italian footballer and coach1955 – Riccardo Illy , Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia 1956 – Hubie Brooks , American baseball player1957 – Wolfgang Wolf , German footballer and manager1958 – Kevin Sorbo , American actor and producer[22] 1959 – Theo Paphitis , Cypriot-English businessman1959 – Steve Whitmire , American puppeteer 1960 – Amy Sky , Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1961 – Christopher L. Eisgruber , American lawyer and academic1961 – John Logan , American screenwriter and producer 1961 – Luc Picard , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter 1962 – Ally McCoist , Scottish footballer and manager1962 – Mike Phelan , English footballer, coach, and manager 1962 – Tim Supple , English director and producer 1962 – Nia Vardalos , Canadian-American actress and screenwriter[22] 1962 – Ilgvars Zalāns , Latvian painter 1963 – Michael Potter , Australian rugby player and coach1963 – Ben Preston , English journalist 1964 – Rafael Palmeiro , Cuban-American baseball player1964 – Marko Pomerants , Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior 1964 – Ronald van der Kemp , Dutch fashion designer 1965 – Robert Irvine , English chef and television host[20] 1965 – Njål Ølnes , Norwegian saxophonist and composer 1965 – Sean McNabb , American singer and bass player 1965 – Janet Weiss , American drummer 1966 – Christophe Bouchut , French race car driver1966 – Rajesh Khattar , Indian voice actor 1966 – Bernard Gilkey , American baseball player 1966 – Stefan Molyneux , Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger 1966 – Michael O. Varhola , American journalist and author 1967 – Noreena Hertz , English economist, author, and academic1969 – Shawn Crahan , American drummer, songwriter, and producer[22] 1969 – Christopher Pincher , English politician 1969 – Shamim Sarif , English author, director, and screenwriter 1969 – Paul Ray Smith , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2003) 1969 – Megan Ward , American actress 1971 – Michael S. Engel , American paleontologist and entomologist1971 – Mike Michalowicz , American businessman and author 1971 – Kevin Millar , American baseball player and sportscaster 1971 – Peter Salisbury , English drummer 1972 – Conor Burns , British politician1972 – Kate Fleetwood , English actress 1973 – Eddie George , American football player and sportscaster1973 – Gillian Lindsay , Scottish rower[24] 1973 – Rodrick Rhodes , American basketball player and coach 1974 – John McDonald , American baseball player1976 – Carlos Almeida , Angolan basketball player1976 – Ian Bohen , American actor[22] 1976 – Stephanie McMahon , American wrestler and businesswoman[22] 1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka , Japanese voice actor and singer (died 2013) 1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe , Estonian footballer 1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst , German footballer and manager1977 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila , American football player[25] 1977 – Casey Rabach , American football player 1978 – Wietse van Alten , Dutch archer1979 – Fábio Aurélio , Brazilian footballer1979 – Kim Jong-min , South Korean singer 1980 – Daniele Bennati , Italian cyclist1980 – Dean Canto , Australian race car driver 1980 – Petri Pasanen , Finnish footballer 1980 – Victoria Pendleton , English cyclist 1980 – John Arne Riise , Norwegian footballer 1981 – Ryan Briscoe , Australian race car driver1981 – Drew Gooden , American basketball player 1982 – Morgan Hamm , American gymnast[20] 1982 – Paul Hamm , American gymnast[20] 1982 – Jeff Karstens , American baseball player 1983 – Liam Finn , Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist1983 – Randy Foye , American basketball player 1983 – Ben Harris , Australian rugby league player 1984 – Bobby Brown , American basketball player[26] 1985 – Jonathan Soriano , Spanish footballer1986 – Max Lercher , Austrian politician[27] 1986 – Eloise Mumford , American actress[20] 1987 – Spencer Treat Clark , American actor[22] 1987 – Matthew Connolly , English footballer 1987 – Grey Damon , American actor[22] 1988 – Karl Alzner , Canadian ice hockey player1988 – Steven Kampfer , American ice hockey player[28] 1988 – Kyle Sullivan , American actor[22] 1989 – Pia Wurtzbach , Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015 [29] 1990 – Vontaze Burfict , American football player[30] 1991 – Oriol Romeu , Spanish footballer1993 – Sonya Deville , American wrestler and mixed martial artist[31] 1993 – Ben Platt , American actor, singer, and songwriter[22] 1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo , English footballer1998 – Nikolas Cruz , American mass murderer[32] 2002 – Gaeul , South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer[33] 2003 – Joe Locke , Manx actor[20] Deaths
Pre-1600
366 – Pope Liberius 768 – Pepin the Short , Frankish king (born 714)887 – Gao Pian , general of the Tang Dynasty (born 821)1054 – Hermann of Reichenau , German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1013)[34] 1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1072)1143 – Agnes of Germany (born 1072)1143 – Pope Innocent II 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos , Byzantine emperor (born 1118)1218 – Robert of Knaresborough (born 1160)1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned , Serbian king (born 1165)1270 – Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres 1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford , English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1208)1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (born 1370)1459 – Eric of Pomerania , King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born 1382)1494 – Poliziano , Italian poet and scholar (born 1454)1534 – Michael Glinski , Lithuanian prince (born c. 1470)1541 – Paracelsus , German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (born 1493)1545 – Albert of Mainz , German cardinal (born 1490)1562 – Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent , English politician (born 1495)1572 – Túpac Amaru , last of the Incas1601–1900
1605 – Manuel Mendes , Portuguese composer and educator (born 1547)1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , Polish commander (born 1560)1646 – Duarte Lobo , Portuguese composer and educator (born 1565)1655 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (born 1617)1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja , Italian poet and author (born 1642)1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (born 1654)1742 – Johann Matthias Hase , German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1684)1790 – John Keyse Sherwin , English engraver (born 1751)1798 – Bartholomew Teeling , leader of the United Irishmen executed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 [35] 1802 – Alexander Radishchev , Russian author and critic (born 1749)1834 – Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798)1848 – Branwell Brontë , English painter and poet (born 1817)1863 – William Debenham , English businessman, founded Debenhams (born 1794)1889 – D. H. Hill , American general and academic (born 1821)1889 – Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver (born 1856) 1892 – Patrick Gilmore , Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829)1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer , Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)1901–present
1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen , Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej , Thai prince (born 1892)1930 – William A. MacCorkle , American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (born 1857)1933 – Mike Donlin , American baseball player and actor (born 1878)1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson , English author (born 1869) 1936 – József Klekl , Slovene priest and journalist (born 1879)1938 – Lev Schnirelmann , Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900)1939 – Carl Laemmle , German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867)1939 – Charles Tatham , American fencer (born 1854) 1945 – Hans Geiger , German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882)1947 – Andrew C. McLaughlin , American historian and author (born 1861)1948 – Warren William , American actor (born 1894)1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1863)1962 – Charles Reisner , American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)1973 – August Kippasto , Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (born 1887)1973 – Josué de Castro , Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (born 1908) 1975 – Earle Cabell , American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906)1976 – Philip Gbeho , Ghanaian composer and educator (born 1904)1978 – James Bassett , American journalist and author (born 1912)1978 – Ida Noddack , German chemist and physicist (born 1896)[36] 1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel , German general and politician (born 1897) 1980 – Theodor Luts , Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1896)1981 – Patsy Kelly , American actress and dancer (born 1910)1982 – Sarah Churchill , English actress (born 1914)1982 – Józef Nawrot , Polish-English footballer (born 1906) 1984 – Neil Hamilton , American actor (born 1899)1991 – Dr. Seuss , American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904)1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957)1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist and academic (born 1913) 1994 – Barry Bishop , American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (born 1932)1996 – Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931)1998 – Jeff Moss , American composer and screenwriter (born 1942)2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi , Chadian politician (born 1953)2002 – Mike Webster , American football player (born 1952) 2003 – Rosalie Allen , American singer and radio host (born 1924)2003 – Lyle Bettger , American actor (born 1915) 2004 – Françoise Sagan , French author and screenwriter (born 1935)2006 – Michael Ferguson , PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953)2006 – Phil Latulippe , Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909) 2008 – Oliver Crawford , American screenwriter and author (born 1917)2008 – Irene Dailey , American actress (born 1920) 2008 – Mickey Vernon , American baseball player and coach (born 1918) 2009 – Nelly Arcan , Canadian author (born 1975)2010 – Gennady Yanayev , Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)2012 – Pierre Adam , French cyclist (born 1924)2012 – Bruno Bobak , Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923) 2012 – Pedro Vázquez Colmenares , Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934) 2013 – Paul Dietzel , American football player and coach (born 1924)2013 – Margaret Feilman , Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921) 2013 – Boris Karvasarsky , Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931) 2013 – Anthony Lawrence , English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912) 2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov , Kazakh general and politician (born 1924) 2013 – Paul Oliver , American football player (born 1984) 2014 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920)2014 – Christopher Hogwood , English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941) 2014 – Madis Kõiv , Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929) 2015 – Alan Moore , Australian painter and educator (born 1914)2015 – Wang Zhongshu , Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925) 2016 – Mel Charles , Welsh footballer (born 1935)2016 – Bill Mollison , Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928) 2016 – Bill Nunn , American actor (born 1953) 2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco , American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947) 2020 – Dean Jones , Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)[37] 2022 – Pharoah Sanders , American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)[38] 2025 – Sara Jane Moore , American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930)[39] Holidays and observances
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