April 13
Day of the year
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 262 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1909 – The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II .1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre : British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar , India ; and approximately 1,500 injured.[ 15] 1941 – A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.1943 – World War II : The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union , which denies responsibility.1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson 's birth.
1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen , Germany.1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna .
1948 – In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital , and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah . This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre .1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra .1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B , the world's first satellite navigation system.1964 – At the Academy Awards , Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey ") while en route to the Moon .1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan .1972 – Vietnam War : The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1975 – An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War .1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson 's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.1976 – Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory , the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland .
1996 – Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri , Lebanon.[ 16] 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament .2023 – The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents ; he is arrested on the same day.[ 17] [ 18] 2024 – Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney , Australia.[ 19]
Births
Pre-1600
1229 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1294)[ 20] 1350 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)1506 – Peter Faber , French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1546)[ 21] 1519 – Catherine de' Medici , Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)[ 22] 1570 – Guy Fawkes , English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable;[ 23] 1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1641)
1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , French author (d. 1693)1636 – Hendrik van Rheede , Dutch botanist (d. 1691)1648 – Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon , French mystic (d. 1717)[ 24] 1713 – Pierre Jélyotte , French tenor (d. 1797)1729 – Thomas Percy , Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811)1732 – Frederick North, Lord North , English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1792)[ 25] 1735 – Isaac Low , American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791)1743 – Thomas Jefferson , American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)1747 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)[ 26] 1764 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1830)1769 – Thomas Lawrence , English painter and educator (d. 1830)1771 – Richard Trevithick , Cornish-English engineer and explorer (d. 1833)1780 – Alexander Mitchell , Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868)1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel , Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)1787 – John Robertson , American lawyer and politician (d. 1873)1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (d. 1867)1802 – Leopold Fitzinger , Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (d. 1884)1808 – Antonio Meucci , Italian-American engineer (d. 1889)1810 – Félicien David , French composer (d. 1876)1824 – William Alexander , Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911)1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee , Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)1828 – Josephine Butler , English feminist and social reformer (d. 1906)[ 27] 1828 – Joseph Lightfoot , English bishop and theologian (d. 1889)
1832 – Juan Montalvo , Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889)1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias , French sculptor and academic (d. 1905)1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing , Irish astronomer (d. 1917)1851 – Robert Abbe , American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)1851 – William Quan Judge , Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)
1852 – Frank Winfield Woolworth , American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)1854 – Lucy Craft Laney , American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (d. 1933)[ 28] 1860 – James Ensor , English-Belgian painter, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism (d. 1949)1866 – Butch Cassidy , American criminal (d. 1908)1872 – John Cameron , Scottish international footballer and manager (d. 1935)[ 29] 1872 – Alexander Roda Roda , Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945)
1873 – John W. Davis , American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955)1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur , American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949)1879 – Edward Bruce , American lawyer and painter (d. 1943)1879 – Oswald Bruce Cooper , American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (d. 1940)
1880 – Charles Christie , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955)1885 – Vean Gregg , American baseball player (d. 1964)[ 30] 1885 – Juhan Kukk , Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942)
1885 – György Lukács , Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971)
1885 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy , Dutch politician (d. 1961)
1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni , Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995)1889 – Herbert Yardley , American cryptologist and author (d. 1958)1890 – Frank Murphy , American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (d. 1949)1890 – Dadasaheb Torne , Indian director and producer (d. 1960)
1891 – Maurice Buckley , Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)1891 – Nella Larsen , Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964)[ 31]
1891 – Robert Scholl , German accountant and politician (d. 1973)
1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet , English air marshal (d. 1984)1892 – Robert Watson-Watt , Scottish engineer, invented Radar (d. 1973)
1894 – Arthur Fadden , Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)1894 – May Brodney , Australian labour activist (d. 1973)[ 32] 1896 – Fred Barnett , English footballer (d. 1982)1897 – Werner Voss , German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts , American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993)1899 – Harold Osborn , American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975)
1900 – Sorcha Boru , American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006)1900 – Pierre Molinier , French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
1901 – Jacques Lacan , French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1981)[ 33] 1901 – Alan Watt , Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (d. 1988)
1902 – Philippe de Rothschild , French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (d. 1988)[ 34] 1902 – Marguerite Henry , American author (d. 1997)
1904 – David Robinson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987)1905 – Rae Johnstone , Australian jockey (d. 1964)1906 – Samuel Beckett , Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)1906 – Bud Freeman , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1907 – Harold Stassen , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001)1909 – Eudora Welty , American short story writer and novelist (d. 2001)1911 – Ico Hitrec , Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946)1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994)
1911 – Nino Sanzogno , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1913 – Dave Albritton , American high jumper and coach (d. 1994)1913 – Kermit Tyler , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
1914 – Orhan Veli Kanık , Turkish poet and author (d. 1950)1916 – Phyllis Fraser , Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006)[ 35] 1917 – Robert Orville Anderson , American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)1917 – Bill Clements , American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)
1919 – Roland Gaucher , French journalist and politician (d. 2007)1919 – Howard Keel , American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair , American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)
1920 – Roberto Calvi , Italian banker (d. 1982)1920 – Claude Cheysson , French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
1920 – Liam Cosgrave , Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2017)
1920 – Theodore L. Thomas , American chemical engineer , Patent attorney and writer (d. 2005)[ 36]
1922 – Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (d. 1994)1922 – John Braine , English librarian and author (d. 1986)
1922 – Julius Nyerere , Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999)[ 37]
1922 – Valve Pormeister , Estonian architect (d. 2002)[ 38]
1923 – Don Adams , American actor and director (d. 2005)[ 39] 1923 – A. H. Halsey , English sociologist and academic (d. 2014)
1924 – John T. Biggers , American painter (d. 2001)1924 – Jack T. Chick , American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 2016)
1924 – Stanley Donen , American film director and choreographer (d. 2019)
1926 – Ellie Lambeti , Greek actress (d. 1983)1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough , English businessman (d. 2014)
1927 – Rosemary Haughton , English philosopher, theologian, and author1927 – Maurice Ronet , French actor and director (d. 1983)
1928 – Alan Clark , English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999)1928 – Gianni Marzotto , Italian racing driver and businessman (d. 2012)
1929 – Marilynn Smith , American golfer (d. 2019)1931 – Anita Cerquetti , Italian soprano (d. 2014)[ 40] 1931 – Robert Enrico , French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1931 – Dan Gurney , American race car driver and engineer (d. 2018)
1931 – Jon Stone , American composer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)[ 41]
1932 – Orlando Letelier , Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1976)1934 – John Muckler , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)[ 42] [ 43] 1937 – Col Joye , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist1937 – Edward Fox , English actor
1937 – Lanford Wilson , American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (d. 2011)[ 44]
1938 – Klaus Lehnertz , German pole vaulter1939 – Seamus Heaney , Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)1939 – Paul Sorvino , American actor and singer (d. 2022)[ 45]
1940 – Mike Beuttler , Egyptian-English racing driver (d. 1988)1940 – J. M. G. Le Clézio , Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Vladimir Cosma , French composer, conductor and violinist
1940 – Jim McNab , Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1940 – Max Mosley , English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering , former president of the FIA (d. 2021)[ 46]
1940 – Ruby Puryear Hearn , African-American biophysicist
1941 – Michael Stuart Brown , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[ 47] 1941 – Jean-Marc Reiser , French author and illustrator (d. 1983)
1942 – Bill Conti , American composer and conductor[ 48] 1943 – Alan Jones , Australian rugby coach and radio host[ 49] 1943 – Tim Krabbé , Dutch journalist and author
1944 – Susan Davis , Russian-American social worker and politician1945 – Judy Nunn , Australian actress and author1946 – Al Green , American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor[ 48] 1947 – Rae Armantrout , American poet and academic1947 – Mike Chapman , Australian-English songwriter and producer
1947 – Jean-Jacques Laffont , French economist and academic (d. 2004)
1947 – Thanos Mikroutsikos , Greek composer and politician (d. 2019) [ 50]
1948 – Nam Hae-il , South Korean admiral1948 – Drago Jančar , Slovenian author and playwright
1948 – Mikhail Shufutinsky , Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
1949 – Len Cook , New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician1949 – Frank Doran , Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1949 – Christopher Hitchens , English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011)
1950 – Ron Perlman , American actor1950 – Tommy Raudonikis , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2021)[ 51]
1950 – William Sadler , American actor[ 52]
1951 – Leszek Borysiewicz , Welsh immunologist and academic1951 – Peabo Bryson , American singer[ 53]
1951 – Peter Davison , English actor
1951 – Max Weinberg , American musician and bandleader[ 54]
1952 – Gabrielle Gourdeau , Canadian writer (d. 2006)1952 – Jonjo O'Neill , Irish jockey and trainer
1955 – Steve Camp , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1955 – Muwenda Mutebi II , current King of Buganda Kingdom
1956 – César , Brazilian footballer (d. 2024)[ 55] 1959 – John Middendorf , American mountain climber (d. 2024)[ 56] [ 57] 1960 – Rudi Völler , German footballer and manager1963 – Garry Kasparov , Russian chess player and author[ 48] 1964 – Davis Love III , American golfer and sportscaster1965 – Patricio Pouchulu , Argentinian architect and educator1967 – Dana Barros , American basketball player and coach[ 58] 1967 – Michael Eisen , American biologist and academic
1967 – Olga Tañón , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1970 – Ricky Schroder , American actor[ 59] 1971 – Franck Esposito , French swimmer[ 60] 1971 – Danie Mellor , Australian painter and sculptor
1971 – Bo Outlaw , American basketball player[ 61]
1972 – Aaron Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1973 – Bokeem Woodbine , American actor[ 62] 1975 – Lou Bega , German singer[ 62] 1976 – Jonathan Brandis , American actor (d. 2003)[ 63] 1976 – Dan Campbell , American football player and coach[ 64]
1976 – Glenn Howerton , American actor[ 65]
1977 – Margus Tsahkna , Estonian lawyer and politician1978 – Carles Puyol , Spanish footballer1979 – Baron Davis , American basketball player[ 66] 1980 – Quentin Richardson , American basketball player[ 67] 1982 – Nellie McKay , British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress1982 – Ty Dolla Sign , American singer, songwriter, and musician[ 68]
1983 – Hunter Pence , American baseball player[ 69] 1986 – Lorenzo Cain , American baseball player[ 70] 1987 – Steven De Vuyst , Belgian politician[ 71] 1987 – John-Allison Weiss , American singer-songwriter
1988 – Allison Williams , American actress and singer1989 – Josh Reynolds , Australian rugby league player[ 72] 1991 – Josh Gordon , American football player[ 73] 1992 – Jordan Silk , Australian cricketer[ 74] 1993 – Melvin Gordon , American football player[ 75] 1993 – Darrun Hilliard , American basketball player[ 76]
1994 – Kahraba , Egyptian footballer[ 77] 2000 – Rasmus Dahlin , Swedish ice hockey player[ 78]
Deaths
Pre-1600
548 – Lý Nam Đế , Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)585 – Hermenegild , Visigothic prince and saint799 – Paul the Deacon , Italian monk and historian (b. 720)814 – Krum , khan of the Bulgarian Khanate 862 – Donald I , king of the Picts (b. 812)989 – Bardas Phokas , Byzantine general[ 79] 1035 – Herbert I, Count of Maine 1093 – Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)1113 – Ida of Lorraine , saint and noblewoman (b. c. 1040 )1138 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)1213 – Guy of Thouars , regent of Brittany1275 – Eleanor of England (b. 1215)1367 – John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (b. 1313)1592 – Bartolomeo Ammannati , Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
1605 – Boris Godunov , Tsar of Russia (b. 1551)1612 – Sasaki Kojirō , Japanese samurai (b. 1585)1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II , Ottoman prince (b. 1572)1638 – Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)1641 – Richard Montagu , English bishop (b. 1577)1695 – Jean de La Fontaine , French author and poet (b. 1621)[ 80] 1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington , English admiral and politician (b. 1648)1722 – Charles Leslie , Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)1793 – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette , French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)1794 – Nicolas Chamfort , French playwright and poet (b. 1741)1826 – Franz Danzi , German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)[ 81] 1853 – Leopold Gmelin , German chemist and academic (b. 1788)1853 – James Iredell, Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
1855 – Henry De la Beche , English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)1868 – Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)1880 – Robert Fortune , Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)1882 – Bruno Bauer , German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)1886 – John Humphrey Noyes , American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)1890 – Samuel J. Randall , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
1909 – Whitley Stokes , Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)1910 – William Quiller Orchardson , Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)1911 – John McLane , Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)1911 – George Washington Glick , American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
1912 – Takuboku Ishikawa , Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)1917 – Diamond Jim Brady , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)1918 – Lavr Kornilov , Russian general (b. 1870)1927 – Georg Voigt , German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)1936 – Konstantinos Demertzis , Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)1938 – Grey Owl , English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)1941 – Annie Jump Cannon , American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)1941 – William Twaits , Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
1942 – Henk Sneevliet , Dutch politician (b. 1883)1942 – Anton Uesson , Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
1944 – Cécile Chaminade , French pianist and composer (b. 1857)1945 – Ernst Cassirer , Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)1954 – Samuel Jones , American high jumper (b. 1880)1954 – Angus Lewis Macdonald , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
1956 – Emil Nolde , Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)1959 – Eduard van Beinum , Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)1961 – John A. Bennett , American soldier (b. 1936)1962 – Culbert Olson , American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)1964 – Kristian Krefting , Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (b. 1891)[ 82] 1966 – Abdul Salam Arif , Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)1966 – Carlo Carrà , Italian painter (b. 1881)
1966 – Georges Duhamel , French soldier and author (b. 1884)
1967 – Nicole Berger , French actress (b. 1934)1969 – Ambrogio Gianotti , Italian partigiano and priest (b. 1901)[ 83] 1969 – Alfred Karindi , Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1971 – Michel Brière , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)1971 – Juhan Smuul , Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1975 – Larry Parks , American actor and singer (b. 1914)1975 – François Tombalbaye , Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
1978 – Jack Chambers , Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)1978 – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (b. 1900)[ 84]
1980 – Markus Höttinger , Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)1983 – Gerry Hitchens , English footballer (b. 1934)1983 – Theodore Stephanides , Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick , American harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1911)1988 – Jean Gascon , Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)1992 – Maurice Sauvé , Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)1992 – Feza Gürsey , Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)
1992 – Daniel Pollock , Australian actor (b. 1968)
1993 – Wallace Stegner , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909)1996 – Leila Mackinlay , English author and educator (b. 1910)1997 – Bryant Bowles , American soldier and white supremacist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)1997 – Alan Cooley , Australian public servant (b. 1920)
1997 – Dorothy Frooks , American author and actress (b. 1896)
1997 – Voldemar Väli , Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
1998 – Patrick de Gayardon , French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)1999 – Ortvin Sarapu , Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)1999 – Willi Stoph , German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
2000 – Giorgio Bassani , Italian author and poet (b. 1916)2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray , American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
2004 – Caron Keating , Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)2005 – Johnnie Johnson , American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)2005 – Phillip Pavia , American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
2006 – Muriel Spark , Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)2008 – John Archibald Wheeler , American physicist and academic (b. 1911)2012 – Cecil Chaudhry , Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)2012 – Shūichi Higurashi , Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)
2013 – Stephen Dodgson , English composer and educator (b. 1924)2014 – Ernesto Laclau , Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)2014 – Michael Ruppert , American journalist and author (b. 1951)[ 85]
2015 – Eduardo Galeano , Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)2015 – Günter Grass , German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)[ 86]
2015 – Herb Trimpe , American author and illustrator (b. 1939)[ 87]
2017 – Dan Rooney , American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)[ 88] 2022 – Michel Bouquet , French stage and film actor (b. 1925)[ 89] 2022 – Gloria Parker , American musician and bandleader (b. 1921)[ 90]
2024 – Faith Ringgold , American artist and author (b. 1930)[ 91]
Holidays and observances
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