October 12
Day of the year
October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 80 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House .1909 – Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club .[ 10] 1915 – World War I : British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied 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 Boston Children's Hospital .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.1945 – The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence.[ 11]
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.1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died.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.1967 – A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 while flying over the Mediterranean Sea , killing 66.[ 12] 1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard 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.1973 – President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew .[ 13] 1976 – Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashes at Santacruz Airport in Bombay , India, killing 95.[ 14] 1977 – Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China.[ 15] 1979 – Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.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 at least 31 others.[ 16] 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 .1994 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 crashes near Natanz , Iran, killing all 66 people on board.[ 17]
1996 – New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger 's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First .[ 18] 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 – The USS Cole , a US Navy destroyer , is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali , Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200.2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6 2010 – The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen Homoilta episodeFinns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church .[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] 2012 – The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize .[ 22] 2013 – Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.2013 – An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.[ 23] [ 24]
2017 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO . Israel immediately follows.2018 – Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle .2019 – Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.[ 25] 2019 – Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.[ 26]
2019 – The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans , which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.[ 27] [ 28]
2022 – 2022 Bratislava shooting , killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting. Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead due to a self inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.[ 29]
Births
Pre-1600
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)[ 30] 1855 – Arthur Nikisch , Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry , American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (d. 1930)1864 – Kamini Roy , British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer (d. 1933)[ 31] 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)[ 32] 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)1880 – Kullervo Manner , Finnish Speaker of the Parliament , the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (d. 1939)[ 33]
1889 – Dietrich von Hildebrand , German Catholic philosopher and author (d. 1977)[ 34] 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)[ 35] 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)[ 36]
1903 – Josephine Hutchinson , American actress (d. 1998)1904 – Lester Dent , American journalist and author (d. 1959)1904 – Anthony F. DePalma , American orthopedic surgeon and professor (d. 2005)[ 37]
1904 – Ding Ling , Chinese author and educator (d. 1986)
1906 – Joe Cronin , American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)[ 38] 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)[ 39]
1909 – Dorothy Livesay , Canadian poet (d. 1996)[ 40] 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)1912 – Muhammad Shamsul Huq , Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006 )[ 41] 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)1917 – James Phillip McAuley , Australian Poet (d. 1976)[ 42]
1919 – Gilles Beaudoin , Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (d. 2007)1919 – Doris Miller , American cook and soldier (d. 1943)[ 38]
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 1921 – Jaroslav Drobný , Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1921 – Logie Bruce Lockhart , Scottish rugby player and journalist (d. 2020)
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)1926 – Eliška Misáková , Czech gymnast (d. 1948)[ 43] 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 (d. 2021)
1931 – Ole-Johan Dahl , Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (d. 2002)1932 – Dick Gregory , American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2017)[ 38] 1932 – Ned Jarrett , American race car driver and sportscaster
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[ 44]
1935 – Shivraj Patil , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1935 – Luciano Pavarotti , Italian tenor and actor (d. 2007)[ 38]
1937 – Paul Hawkins , Australian race car driver (d. 1969)1937 – Robert Mangold , American painter
1941 – Michael Mansfield , English lawyer, academic, and republican1942 – Melvin Franklin , American soul bass singer (d. 1995)1943 – Kostas Tsakonas , Greek actor (d. 2015)1944 – Angela Rippon , English journalist and author1945 – Aurore Clément , French actress1945 – Dusty Rhodes , American wrestler (d. 2015)[ 45]
1946 – Drew Edmondson , American politician[ 46] 1946 – Ashok Mankad , Indian cricketer (d. 2008)
1946 – Daryl Runswick , English bassist and composer
1947 – Chris Wallace , American journalist[ 44] 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 coach1949 – Carlos the Jackal , Venezuelan terrorist
1949 – Barclay Shaw , American artist[ 47]
1949 – Paul Went , English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1950 – Susan Anton , American actress and model[ 44] 1950 – Dave Freudenthal , American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
1951 – Sally Little , South African-American golfer[ 48] 1951 – Ed Royce , American businessman and politician
1951 – Norio Suzuki , Japanese golfer
1952 – Trevor Chappell , Australian cricketer and coach1952 – Béla Csécsei , Hungarian educator and politician (d. 2012)
1952 – Roger Heath-Brown , English mathematician and theorist
1953 – Les Dennis , English comedian and actor1953 – David Threlfall , English actor and director
1954 – Evalie A. Bradley , Anguillian politician and member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla [ 49] 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 footballer1955 – Pat DiNizio , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1955 – Ante Gotovina , Croatian general
1955 – Jane Siberry , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer[ 44]
1956 – Rafael Ábalos , Spanish author1956 – 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 director1957 – 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 politician1958 – Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias , Portuguese historian, author, and academic (d. 2013)
1958 – Jeff Keith , American rock singer-songwriter
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 golfer1960 – Carlo Perrone , Italian footballer and manager
1960 – Hiroyuki Sanada , Japanese actor and martial artist[ 44]
1960 – Dorothee Vieth , German Paralympic cyclist[ 50]
1961 – Chendo , Spanish footballer1962 – Carlos Bernard , American actor and director[ 44] 1962 – Michelle Botes , South African actress[ 51]
1962 – Chris Botti , American trumpet player and composer[ 44]
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 footballer1963 – 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 author1965 – Chris Chandler , American football player[ 52]
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 golfer1968 – Bill Auberlen , American race car driver1968 – Paul Harragon , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1968 – Hugh Jackman , Australian actor, singer, and producer[ 44]
1968 – Leon Lett , American football player
1968 – Adam Rich , American actor (d. 2023)[ 44]
1969 – Martie Maguire , American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer[ 44] 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[ 44] 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 player1971 – Steve Johnston , Australian motorcycle racer
1971 – Bronzell Miller , American football player and actor (d. 2013)
1972 – Juan Manuel Silva , Argentinian race car driver1972 – Tom Van Mol , Belgian footballer
1973 – Lesli Brea , Dominican baseball player1973 – Martin Corry , English rugby player
1974 – Stephen Lee , English snooker player1975 – Susana Félix , Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1975 – Marion Jones , American basketball player and runner[ 38]
1975 – Randy Robitaille , Canadian ice hockey player[ 53]
1976 – Simon Bridges , New Zealand politician1977 – Cristie Kerr , American golfer1977 – Bode Miller , American skier[ 38]
1977 – Javier Toyo , Venezuelan footballer
1978 – Stefan Binder , German footballer1978 – Baden Cooke , Australian cyclist
1978 – Marko Jarić , Serbian basketball player[ 54]
1979 – Steven Agnew , Northern Irish politician1979 – Steve Borthwick , English rugby player
1979 – Jordan Pundik , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 44]
1980 – Ledley King , English footballer1980 – Ann Wauters , Belgian basketball player[ 55]
1981 – Tom Guiry , American actor1981 – Marcel Hossa , Slovak ice hockey player[ 56]
1981 – Brian Kerr , Scottish footballer and manager
1981 – Giuseppe Lanzone , American rower
1981 – Brian J. Smith , American actor[ 44]
1981 – Conrad Smith , New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Sun Tiantian , Chinese tennis player
1983 – Alex Brosque , Australian footballer1983 – Carlton Cole , English footballer
1983 – Katie Piper , English philanthropist, broadcaster, and acid violence survivor
1983 – Mariko Yamamoto , Japanese cricketer
1985 – Michelle Carter , American shot putter1985 – Mike Green , Canadian hockey player
1985 – Anna Iljuštšenko , Estonian high jumper
1985 – Greig Laidlaw , Scottish rugby player[ 57]
1985 – Carl Söderberg , Swedish ice hockey player[ 58]
1986 – Ioannis Maniatis , Greek footballer1986 – Sergio Peter , German footballer
1986 – Cristhian Stuani , Uruguayan footballer[ 59]
1986 – Tyler Blackburn , American actor[ 60]
1987 – Marvin Ogunjimi , Belgian footballer1988 – Sam Whitelock , New Zealand rugby player1988 – Calum Scott , British singer[ 61]
1989 – Anna Ohmiya , Japanese curler1990 – Henri Lansbury , English footballer1991 – Nicolao Dumitru , Italian footballer1992 – Josh Hutcherson , American actor and producer[ 44] 1993 – Ketel Marte , Dominican baseball player[ 62] 1994 – Sean Monahan , Canadian ice hockey player1994 – Olivia Smoliga , American swimmer
1995 – Jessica Hogg , Welsh artistic gymnast[ 63] 1996 – James Graham , British singer1996 – Owen Watkin , Welsh rugby player[ 64]
1997 – Curtis Scott , Australian rugby league player1999 – Ferdia Walsh-Peelo , Irish actor and musician[ 38] 2002 – Iris Apatow , American actress[ 44] 2004 – Darci Lynne , American ventriloquist[ 65]
Deaths
Pre-1600
322 BC – Demosthenes , Athenian statesman, (b. 384 BC)638 – Honorius I , pope of the Catholic Church642 – John IV , pope of the Catholic Church884 – Tsunesada , Japanese prince (b. 825)974 – Al-Muti , Abbasid caliph (b. 913/14)[ 66] 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)1828 – Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus , Aromanian physician and noble (b. 1737)[ 67] 1845 – Elizabeth Fry , English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)[ 68] 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 – Angelika Machinek , German glider pilot (b. 1956)[ 69] 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)
2017 – Margarita D'Amico , Venezuelan journalist (b. 1938)[ 70] 2020 – Conchata Ferrell , American actress (b. 1943)[ 71] 2020 – Roberta McCain , American socialite and oil heiress (b. 1912)[ 72]
2023 – Luis Garavito , Colombian serial killer (b. 1957)[ 73] 2024 – Jackmaster , Scottish DJ and record producer (b. 1986)[ 74] 2024 – Ka , American rapper (b. 1972)[ 75]
2024 – Lilly Ledbetter , American activist (b. 1938)[ 76]
2024 – Tito Mboweni , South African politician (b. 1959)[ 77]
2024 – Alvin Rakoff , Canadian film and television director (b. 1927)[ 78]
2024 – Alex Salmond , Scottish economist and politician, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1954)[ 79]
2024 – Baba Siddique , Indian politician (b. 1958)[ 80]
Holidays and observances
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