March 25
Day of the year
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 281 days remain until the end of the year.
Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).[ 1]
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1655 – Saturn 's largest moon, Titan , is discovered by Christiaan Huygens .
1708 – A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain .[ 8]
1725 – Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern , BWV 1 ", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation , coinciding with Palm Sunday .[ 9]
1770 – Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule [ 10]
1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway , then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism .
1821 – Greek War of Independence : Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar ).
1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army .[ 11]
1865 – American Civil War : In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg , Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
1894 – Coxey's Army , the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1901–present
1905 – The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes .[ 12]
1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.[ 13]
1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev , leading to the Beilis affair .
1914 – The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki .[ 14]
1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
1919 – The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust .[ 15]
1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence , Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic .
1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1932 – The famous Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens .[ 16]
1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact .
1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base , Oklahoma .
1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia .
1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg 's poem "Howl " on obscenity grounds.
1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
1959 – Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($54,957 in 2023).[ 17]
1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama .
1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos .
1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia , is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia .
1995 – WikiWikiWeb , the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository , is made public by Ward Cunningham .
1996 – The European Union 's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ).
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre : A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus , following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election , clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
2018 – Syrian civil war : Following the completion of the Afrin offensive , the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District .[ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Births
Pre-1600
1252 – Conradin , Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice , the first Bohemian archbishop (d. 1364)
1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)
1347 – Catherine of Siena , Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , English military leader (d. 1444)
1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford , English noble (d. 1455)
1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato , Italian saint (d. 1485)
1479 – Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
1510 – Guillaume Postel , French linguist (d. 1581)
1538 – Christopher Clavius , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro , Italian writer (d. 1616)
1593 – Jean de Brébeuf , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1601–1900
1611 – Evliya Çelebi , Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
1636 – Henric Piccardt , Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
1643 – Louis Moréri , French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
1661 – Paul de Rapin , French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse , German singer and composer (d. 1783)
1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
1745 – John Barry , American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
1767 – Joachim Murat , French general (d. 1815)
1782 – Caroline Bonaparte , French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)
1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen , German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
1808 – José de Espronceda , Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
1824 – Clinton L. Merriam , American banker and politician (d. 1900)
1840 – Myles Keogh , Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
1859 – Hendrik Wortman , Dutch civil engineer (d. 1939)[ 21]
1863 – Simon Flexner , American physician and academic (d. 1946)
1867 – Gutzon Borglum , American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)
1867 – Arturo Toscanini , Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
1868 – Bill Lockwood , English cricketer (d. 1932)
1871 – Louis Perrée , French fencer (d. 1924)
1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson , American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
1873 – Rudolf Rocker , German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
1874 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan , Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)[ 22]
1876 – Irving Baxter , American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
1877 – Walter Little , Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1878 – František Janda-Suk , Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
1879 – Amedee Reyburn , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
1881 – Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce , American painter and educator (d. 1936)
1881 – Mary Webb , English author and poet (d. 1927)
1893 – Johannes Villemson , Estonian runner (d. 1971)
1895 – Siegfried Handloser , German general and physician (d. 1954)
1885 – Jimmy Seed , English international footballer and manager (d. 1966)[ 23]
1897 – Leslie Averill , New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
1899 – François Rozet , French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)
1900 – George Carstairs , Australian rugby league player (d. 1966)[ 24]
1901–present
1901 – Ed Begley , American actor (d. 1970)
1903 – Binnie Barnes , English-American actress (d. 1998)
1903 – Frankie Carle , American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer , Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
1904 – Pete Johnson , American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim , German colonel (d. 1944)
1906 – Jean Sablon , French singer and actor (d. 1994)
1906 – A. J. P. Taylor , English historian and academic (d. 1990)
1908 – David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1910 – Magda Olivero , Italian soprano (d. 2014)[ 25]
1910 – Benzion Netanyahu , Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
1912 – Melita Norwood , English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
1912 – Jean Vilar , French actor and director (d. 1971)
1913 – Reo Stakis , Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)
1914 – Norman Borlaug , American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1914 – Tassos , Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (d. 1985) [ 26]
1915 – Dorothy Squires , Welsh singer (d. 1998)
1916 – S. M. Pandit , Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
1918 – Howard Cosell , American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
1920 – Paul Scott , English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
1920 – Patrick Troughton , English actor (d. 1987)
1920 – Usha Mehta , Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)
1921 – Nancy Kelly , American actress (d. 1995)
1921 – Simone Signoret , French actress (d. 1985)
1921 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia , the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)[ 27]
1922 – Eileen Ford , American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)
1923 – Bonnie Guitar , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
1923 – Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
1924 – Roberts Blossom , American actor (d. 2011)
1924 – Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress (d. 2019)
1925 – Flannery O'Connor , American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
1925 – Kishori Sinha , Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)
1926 – Riz Ortolani , Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1926 – László Papp , Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert , American actress (d. 2009)[ 28]
1926 – Jaime Sabines , Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
1926 – Gene Shalit , American journalist and critic
1927 – P. Shanmugam , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
1928 – Jim Lovell , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1928 – Gunnar Nielsen , Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
1928 – Peter O'Brien , Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)[ 29]
1928 – Hans Steinbrenner , German sculptor (d. 2008)
1929 – Cecil Taylor , American pianist and composer (d. 2018)
1930 – David Burge , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
1930 – Carlo Mauri , Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
1930 – Rudy Minarcin , American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1931 – Humphrey Burton , English radio and television host
1932 – Penelope Gilliatt , English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
1932 – Wes Santee , American runner (d. 2010)
1934 – Johnny Burnette , American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
1934 – Bernard King , Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber , German-Canadian businessman
1934 – Gloria Steinem , American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center [ 30]
1935 – Gabriel Elorde , Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
1936 – Carl Kaufmann , American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
1937 – Tom Monaghan , American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
1938 – Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
1938 – Daniel Buren , French sculptor and painter
1938 – Fritz d'Orey , Brazilian racing driver (d. 2020)
1939 – Toni Cade Bambara , American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
1939 – D. C. Fontana , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1941 – Gudmund Hernes , Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
1942 – Aretha Franklin , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)
1942 – Richard O'Brien , English actor and screenwriter
1942 – Kim Woodburn , English television host
1943 – Paul Michael Glaser , American actor and director
1945 – Leila Diniz , Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
1946 – Cliff Balsom , English footballer
1946 – Daniel Bensaïd , French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
1946 – Stephen Hunter , American author and critic
1946 – Maurice Krafft , French volcanologist (d. 1991)
1947 – Richard Cork , English historian and critic
1947 – Elton John , English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1948 – Bonnie Bedelia , American actress
1948 – Michael Stanley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1949 – Ronnie Flanagan , Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary , Police Service of Northern Ireland )
1949 – Sue Klebold , American activist
1950 – Chuck Greenberg , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
1950 – Ronnie McDowell , American singer-songwriter
1950 – David Paquette , American-New Zealander pianist
1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
1952 – Stephen Dorrell , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
1952 – Antanas Mockus , Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
1953 – Christos Ardizoglou , Greek footballer [ 31]
1953 – Robert Fox , English producer and manager
1953 – Vesna Pusić , Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
1953 – Haroon Rasheed , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1954 – Thom Loverro , American journalist and author
1955 – Daniel Boulud , French chef and author
1955 – Lee Mazzilli , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 – Christina Boxer , English runner and journalist
1957 – Kanellos Kanellopoulos , Greek cyclist [ 32]
1957 – Jonathan Michie , English economist and academic
1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov , Russian hurdler
1957 – Jim Uhls , American screenwriter and producer
1958 – Susie Bright , American journalist, author, and critic
1958 – Lorna Brown , Canadian artist, curator, and writer
1958 – Sisy Chen , Taiwanese journalist and politician
1958 – María Caridad Colón , Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
1958 – John Ensign , American physician and politician
1958 – Ray Tanner , American baseball player and coach
1958 – Åsa Torstensson , Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1960 – Mike Aulby , American bowler[ 33]
1960 – Steve Norman , English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1960 – Peter O'Brien , Australian actor
1960 – Brenda Strong , American actress
1961 – Mark Brooks , American golfer
1962 – Marcia Cross , American actress
1962 – David Nuttall , English lawyer and politician
1963 – Karen Bruce , English dancer and choreographer
1963 – Velle Kadalipp , Estonian architect
1963 – Andrew O'Connor , British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
1964 – Norm Duke , American bowler
1964 – Buzz Osborne , American musician
1964 – René Meulensteen , Dutch footballer and coach
1964 – Ken Wregget , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Avery Johnson , American basketball player and coach
1965 – Stefka Kostadinova , Bulgarian high jumper
1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress, producer, and designer
1966 – Tom Glavine , American baseball player
1966 – Humberto Gonzalez , Mexican boxer
1966 – Jeff Healey , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1966 – Anton Rogan , Northern Irish footballer
1967 – Matthew Barney , American sculptor and photographer
1967 – Doug Stanhope , American comedian and actor
1967 – Debi Thomas , American figure skater and physician
1969 – George Chlitsios , Greek conductor and composer
1969 – Dale Davis , American basketball player
1969 – Cathy Dennis , English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
1969 – Jeffrey Walker , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 – Magnus Larsson , Swedish golfer
1971 – Stacy Dragila , American pole vaulter and coach
1971 – Cammi Granato , American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971 – Sheryl Swoopes , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Naftali Bennett , Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel [ 34]
1972 – Giniel de Villiers , South African racing driver
1972 – Phil O'Donnell , Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister , Austrian skier
1973 – Anders Fridén , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1973 – Bob Sura , American basketball player
1974 – Serge Betsen , Cameroonian-French rugby player
1974 – Lark Voorhies , American actress and singer
1975 – Ladislav Benýšek , Czech ice hockey player
1975 – Melanie Blatt , English singer-songwriter and actress
1975 – Erika Heynatz , Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
1976 – Francie Bellew , Irish footballer
1976 – Lars Figura , German sprinter
1976 – Wladimir Klitschko , Ukrainian boxer
1976 – Rima Wakarua , New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1977 – Natalie Clein , English cellist and educator
1977 – Andrew Lindsay , Scottish rower
1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio , Italian footballer
1978 – Teddy Lussi-Modeste , French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher[ 35]
1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi , French sprinter
1980 – Kathrine Sørland , Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
1981 – Casey Neistat , American YouTube personality[ 36]
1982 – Danica Patrick , American race car driver[ 37]
1982 – Álvaro Saborío , Costa Rican footballer
1982 – Jenny Slate , American comedian, actress and author[ 38]
1983 – Mickaël Hanany , French high jumper
1984 – Katharine McPhee , American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – Liam Messam , New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Carmen Rasmusen , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Diana Rennik , Estonian figure skater
1986 – Marco Belinelli , Italian basketball player
1986 – Megan Gibson , American softball player
1986 – Kyle Lowry , American basketball player
1986 – Mickey Paea , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Jacob Bagersted , Danish handball player
1987 – Victor Obinna , Nigerian footballer
1987 – Nobunari Oda , Japanese figure skater
1987 – Hyun-jin Ryu , South Korean baseball player[ 39]
1988 – Big Sean , American rapper, singer and songwriter[ 40]
1988 – Ryan Lewis , American music producer[ 41]
1988 – Mitchell Watt , Australian long jumper
1988 – Arthur Zeiler , German rugby player
1989 – Aly Michalka , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989 – Scott Sinclair , English footballer
1990 – Mehmet Ekici , Turkish footballer
1990 – Alexander Esswein , German footballer[ 42]
1991 – Scott Malone , English footballer[ 43]
1992 – Meg Lanning , Australian cricketer[ 44]
1993 – Jacob Gagan , Australian rugby league player[ 45]
1993 – Sam Johnstone , English footballer[ 46]
1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier[ 47]
2000 – Ozan Kabak , Turkish footballer[ 48]
Deaths
Pre-1600
908 – Li Kening , Chinese general
940 – Taira no Masakado , Japanese samurai
990 – Nicodemus of Mammola , Italian monk and saint[ 49]
1005 – Kenneth III , king of Scotland[ 50]
1051 – Hugh IV , French nobleman
1189 – Frederick , duke of Bohemia
1223 – Alfonso II , king of Portugal (b. 1185)
1351 – Kō no Moronao , Japanese samurai
1351 – Kō no Moroyasu , Japanese samurai
1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki , Japanese samurai
1458 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana , Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)
1558 – Marcos de Niza , French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
1601–1900
1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1526)
1609 – Olaus Martini , Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
1609 – Isabelle de Limeuil , French noble (b. 1535)
1620 – Johannes Nucius , German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
1625 – Giambattista Marino , Italian poet and author (b. 1569)
1658 – Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg , German nobleman (b. 1607)
1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar , Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)
1701 – Jean Regnault de Segrais , French poet and novelist (b. 1624)
1712 – Nehemiah Grew , English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
1732 – Lucy Filippini , Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)[ 51]
1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor , English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)
1738 – Turlough O'Carolan , Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
1801 – Novalis , German poet and author (b. 1772)
1818 – Caspar Wessel , Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
1848 – Nicolai Wergeland , Norwegian priest, writer and politician (b. 1780)[ 52]
1857 – William Colgate , English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
1860 – James Braid , Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)[ 53]
1869 – Edward Bates , American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand , Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)
1901–present
1907 – Ernst von Bergmann , Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
1908 – Durham Stevens , American diplomat (b. 1851)
1914 – Frédéric Mistral , French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead , American academic (b. 1832)
1918 – Claude Debussy , French composer (b. 1862)
1918 – Peter Martin , Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
1927 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas , Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
1931 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1931 – Ida B. Wells , American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
1932 – Harriet Backer , Norwegian painter (b. 1845)[ 54]
1942 – William Carr , American rower (b. 1876)
1951 – Eddie Collins , American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
1956 – Lou Moore , American race car driver (b. 1904)
1956 – Robert Newton , English actor (b. 1905)
1958 – Tom Brown , American trombonist (b. 1888)
1964 – Charles Benjamin Howard , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
1965 – Viola Liuzzo , American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
1969 – Billy Cotton , English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
1969 – Max Eastman , American poet and activist (b. 1883)
1973 – Jakob Sildnik , Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
1973 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)
1975 – Juan Gaudino , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)
1975 – Deiva Zivarattinam , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
1976 – Josef Albers , German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
1976 – Benjamin Miessner , American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
1979 – Robert Madgwick , Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)
1979 – Akinoumi Setsuo , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
1980 – Milton H. Erickson , American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)
1980 – Walter Susskind , Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
1982 – Goodman Ace , American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
1983 – Bob Waterfield , American football player and coach (b. 1920)
1986 – Gloria Blondell , American actress (b. 1910)
1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam , Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
1988 – Robert Joffrey , American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
1991 – Marcel Lefebvre , French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
1992 – Nancy Walker , American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
1994 – Angelines Fernández , Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
1994 – Bernard Kangro , Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
1994 – Max Petitpierre , Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
1995 – James Samuel Coleman , American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
1995 – John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer (b. 1914)
1998 – Max Green , Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
1998 – Steven Schiff , American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr. , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
2000 – Helen Martin , American actress (b. 1909)
2001 – Brian Trubshaw , English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)
2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme , English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2005 – Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
2006 – Bob Carlos Clarke , Irish photographer (b. 1950)
2006 – Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2006 – Richard Fleischer , American film director (b. 1916)
2006 – Buck Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
2007 – Andranik Margaryan , Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
2008 – Ben Carnevale , American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
2008 – Thierry Gilardi , French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
2008 – Abby Mann , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
2008 – Herb Peterson , American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919)
2009 – Johnny Blanchard , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2009 – Kosuke Koyama , Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
2009 – Dan Seals , American musician (b. 1948)
2009 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu , Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)
2012 – Priscilla Buckley , American journalist and author (b. 1921)
2012 – Hal E. Chester , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
2012 – John Crosfield , English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)
2012 – Edd Gould , English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)
2012 – Antonio Tabucchi , Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
2013 – Léonce Bernard , Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
2013 – Ben Goldfaden , American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
2013 – Anthony Lewis , American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
2013 – Jean Pickering , English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
2013 – Jean-Marc Roberts , French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
2013 – John F. Wiley , American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Lorna Arnold , English historian and author (b. 1915)
2014 – Hank Lauricella , American football player and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Jon Lord , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
2014 – Sonny Ruberto , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
2014 – Jonathan Schell , American journalist and author (b. 1943)
2014 – Ralph Wilson , American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)
2015 – George Fischbeck , American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
2016 – Shannon Bolin , American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2017 – Cuthbert Sebastian , St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)
2019 – Barrie Hole , Welsh footballer (b. 1942)[ 55]
2020 – Floyd Cardoz , Indian-born American chef (b. 1960)[ 56]
2021 – Beverly Cleary , American author (b. 1916)[ 57]
2022 – Taylor Hawkins , American drummer and singer (b. 1972)[ 58]
Holidays and observances
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