December 27
Day of the year
December 27 is the 361st day of the year (362nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; four days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1911 – "Jana Gana Mana ", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress .
1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1918 – Ukrainian War of Independence : The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine occupies Yekaterinoslav and seizes seven airplanes from the UPRAF , establishing an Insurgent Air Fleet .[ 12]
1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1927 – Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat , considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway .
1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class ".
1932 – Radio City Music Hall , "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism .
1939 – The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ). At least 32,700 people were killed.
1939 – Winter War : Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja .
1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1949 – Indonesian National Revolution : The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies .
1966 – The Cave of Swallows , the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón , San Luis Potosí , Mexico.
1968 – Apollo program : Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.
1968 – North Central Airlines Flight 458 crashes at O'Hare International Airport , killing 28.[ 13]
1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship .
1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia 's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square .
1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome , Italy, and Vienna , Austria.
1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest .
1991 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden , injuring 92.[ 14]
1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul , Afghanistan .
1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland , United Kingdom.
1999 – Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.[ 15]
2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny , Chechnya , Russia.
2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya , after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election , triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis .
2008 – Operation Cast Lead : Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
2009 – Iranian election protests : On the Day of Ashura in Tehran , Iran , government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
2019 – Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty , Kazakhstan , killing 13.[ 16]
Births
Pre-1600
1350 – John I of Aragon (d. 1395)[ 17]
1390 – Anne de Mortimer , claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)[ 18]
1459 – John I Albert , King of Poland (d. 1501)[ 19]
1481 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Margrave of Bayreuth (d. 1527)[ 20]
1493 – Johann Pfeffinger , German theologian (d. 1573)[ 21]
1566 – Jan Jesenius , Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher (d. 1621)[ 22]
1571 – Johannes Kepler , German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1630)[ 23]
1572 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus , Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)
1584 – Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1625)[ 24]
1595 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky , hetman of Ukraine (d. 1657)
1601–1900
1622 – Teofil Rutka , Polish philosopher (d. 1700)[ 25]
1633 – Jean de Lamberville , French missionary (d. 1714)[ 26]
1636 – William Whitelock , English gentleman, Member of Parliament (d. 1717)[ 27]
1637 – Petar Kanavelić , Venetian writer (d. 1719)[ 28]
1645 – Giovanni Antonio Viscardi , Swiss architect (d. 1713)[ 29]
1655 – Abstrupus Danby , English politician (d. 1727)[ 30]
1660 – Veronica Giuliani , Italian Capuchin mystic (d. 1727)[ 31]
1663 – Johann Melchior Roos , German painter (d. 1731)[ 32]
1683 – Conyers Middleton , English priest and theologian (d. 1750)[ 33]
1689 – Jacob August Franckenstein , Encyclopedia editor, professor (d. 1733)[ 34]
(baptised) 1692 – Francis Blake Delaval , British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament (d. 1752)[ 35]
1697 – Sollom Emlyn , Irish legal writer (d. 1754)[ 36]
1705 – Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau , German prince of the House of Ascania (d. 1781)[ 37]
1713 – Giovanni Battista Borra , Italian architect and engineer (d. 1770)[ 38]
1714 – George Whitefield , English preacher and saint (d. 1770)[ 39]
1715 – Philippe de Noailles , French general (d. 1794)
1721 – François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790)
(baptised) 1761 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (d. 1818)[ 41]
1773 – George Cayley , English engineer and politician (d. 1857)[ 42]
1776 – Nikolay Kamensky , Russian general (d. 1811)[ 43]
1797 – Ghalib , Indian poet (d. 1869)[ 44]
1797 – Charles Hodge , American theologian (d. 1878)[ 45]
1803 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier , Canadian activist (d. 1839)[ 46]
1809 – Alexandros Rizos Rangavis , Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (d. 1892)
1822 – Louis Pasteur , French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895)[ 47]
1823 – Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)[ 48]
1827 – Stanisław Mieroszewski , Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (d. 1900)[ 49]
1832 – Pavel Tretyakov , Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d. 1897)[ 50]
1838 – Lars Oftedal , Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (d. 1900)[ 51]
1858 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes , Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile (d. 1930)[ 52]
1863 – Louis Lincoln Emmerson , American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (d. 1941)[ 53]
1864 – Hermann-Paul , French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)[ 54]
1878 – Kalle Korhonen , Finnish politician (d. 1938)[ 55]
1879 – Sydney Greenstreet , English-American actor (d. 1954)[ 56]
1882 – Mina Loy , British modernist poet and artist (d. 1966)[ 57]
1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton , Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979)[ 58]
1888 – Thea von Harbou , German actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1954)[ 59]
1892 – Alfred Edwin McKay , Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1917)[ 60]
1896 – Louis Bromfield , American author and theorist (d. 1956)[ 61]
1896 – Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)[ 62]
1896 – Carl Zuckmayer , German author and playwright (d. 1977)[ 63]
1898 – Inejiro Asanuma , Japanese politician (d. 1960)
1900 – Hans Stuck , German racing driver (d. 1978)[ 64]
1901–present
1901 – Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer (d. 1992)[ 65]
1901 – Irene Handl , English actress (d. 1987)
1904 – René Bonnet , French racing driver and engineer (d. 1983)
1905 – Cliff Arquette , American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
1906 – Oscar Levant , American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
1907 – Asaf Halet Çelebi , Turkish poet (d. 1958)
1907 – Sebastian Haffner , German journalist and author (d. 1999)
1907 – Mary Howard , English author (d. 1991)
1907 – Conrad L. Raiford , American baseball player and activist (d. 2002)
1907 – Willem van Otterloo , Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)
1909 – James Riddell , English skier and author (d. 2000)
1910 – Charles Olson , American poet and educator (d. 1970)
1911 – Anna Russell , English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)
1913 – Elizabeth Smart , Canadian poet and novelist (d. 1986)[ 66]
1915 – William Masters , American gynecologist, author, and academic (d. 2001)
1915 – Gyula Zsengellér , Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1916 – Werner Baumbach , German pilot (d. 1953)
1916 – Cathy Lewis , American actress (d. 1968)
1917 – Buddy Boudreaux , American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)
1917 – T. Nadaraja , Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)
1917 – Onni Palaste , Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)
1918 – John Celardo , American captain and illustrator (d. 2012)
1919 – Charles Sweeney , American general and pilot (d. 2004)
1920 – Bruce Hobbs , American jockey and trainer (d. 2005)
1921 – John Whitworth , English countertenor (d. 2013)
1923 – Bruno Bobak , Polish-Canadian painter and educator (d. 2012)
1923 – Lucas Mangope , South African politician (d. 2018)
1924 – Jean Bartik , American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011)
1924 – James A. McClure , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011)
1925 – Michel Piccoli , French actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2020)
1926 – Jerome Courtland , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
1927 – Antony Gardner , English engineer and politician (d. 2011)
1927 – Nityanand Swami , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012)
1927 – Audrey Wagner , American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (d. 1984)
1930 – Marshall Sahlins , American anthropologist and academic (d. 2021)
1930 – Wilfrid Sheed , English-born American novelist and essayist (d. 2011)
1931 – Scotty Moore , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2016)
1933 – Dave Marr , American golfer (d. 1997)
1934 – Larisa Latynina , Ukrainian gymnast and coach
1934 – Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow , English businessman
1935 – Michael Turnbull , English bishop
1936 – Phil Sharpe , English cricketer (d. 2014)
1936 – Eve Uusmees , Estonian swimmer and coach
1939 – John Amos , American actor (d. 2024)[ 67]
1940 – David Shepherd , English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009)
1941 – Miles Aiken , American basketball player and coach
1941 – Mike Pinder , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2024)
1941 – Nolan Richardson , American basketball player and coach
1942 – Byron Browne , American baseball player
1942 – Thomas Menino , American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (d. 2014)
1942 – Ron Rothstein , American basketball player and coach
1943 – Cokie Roberts , American journalist and author (d. 2019)[ 68]
1943 – Joan Manuel Serrat , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Peter Sinfield , English songwriter and producer (d. 2024)[ 69]
1943 – Roy White , American baseball player and coach
1944 – Mick Jones , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer[ 67]
1946 – Lenny Kaye , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1946 – Joe Kinnear , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024)
1946 – Janet Street-Porter , English journalist and producer
1946 – Polly Toynbee , English journalist and author[ 70]
1947 – Bill Eadie , American wrestler and coach
1947 – Doug Livermore , English footballer and manager
1947 – Willy Polleunis , Belgian runner
1948 – Gérard Depardieu , French-Russian actor[ 71]
1949 – Terry Ito , Japanese director, producer, and critic
1950 – Haris Alexiou , Greek singer-songwriter
1950 – Roberto Bettega , Italian footballer and manager
1950 – Terry Bozzio , American drummer and songwriter
1951 – Karla Bonoff , American singer-songwriter[ 67]
1951 – Ernesto Zedillo , Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico [ 72]
1952 – Jay Hill , Canadian farmer and politician
1952 – David Knopfler , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 67]
1954 – Kent Benson , American basketball player[ 73]
1954 – Mandie Fletcher , English director, producer, and production manager
1954 – Teo Chee Hean , Singaporean politician and 5th Senior Minister of Singapore [ 74]
1955 – Brad Murphey , American race car driver
1955 – Barbara Olson , American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1956 – Doina Melinte , Romanian runner
1958 – Steve Jones , American golfer
1959 – Gerina Dunwich , American astrologer, historian, and author
1959 – Andre Tippett , American football player and coach
1960 – Maryam d'Abo , English actress[ 67]
1960 – Donald Nally , American conductor and academic
1960 – Terry Price , Australian golfer
1961 – Guido Westerwelle , German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)
1962 – Mark Few , American basketball player and coach
1962 – John Kampfner , Singaporean journalist and author
1962 – Bill Self , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Sherri Steinhauer , American golfer
1963 – Gaspar Noé , Argentine-French director and screenwriter
1964 – Ian Gomez , American actor[ 67]
1964 – Theresa Randle , American actress[ 67]
1965 – Salman Khan , Indian film actor and producer
1966 – Marianne Elliott , English director and producer
1966 – Bill Goldberg , American football player, wrestler and actor
1966 – Eva LaRue , American model and actress[ 67]
1969 – Jean-Christophe Boullion , French racing driver
1969 – Chyna , American professional wrestler and actress (d. 2016)[ 68]
1969 – Sarah Vowell , American author and journalist
1970 – Lorenzo Neal , American football player and radio host
1970 – Naoko Yamazaki , Japanese pilot and astronaut[ 75]
1971 – Duncan Ferguson , Scottish footballer and coach
1971 – Guthrie Govan , English guitarist and educator
1971 – Savannah Guthrie , American television journalist[ 68]
1972 – Colin Charvis , Welsh rugby union player and coach
1972 – Kevin Ollie , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Matt Slocum , American guitarist and songwriter[ 67]
1973 – Wilson Cruz , American actor[ 67]
1973 – Kristoffer Zegers , Dutch pianist and composer
1974 – Tomáš Janků , Czech high jumper
1974 – Masi Oka , Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer[ 67]
1974 – Fumiko Orikasa , Japanese voice actress and singer
1974 – Jay Pandolfo , American ice hockey player and coach[ 76]
1975 – Aigars Fadejevs , Latvian race walker and therapist
1975 – Heather O'Rourke , American actress (d. 1988)[ 68]
1976 – Nikolaos Georgeas , Greek footballer
1976 – Piotr Morawski , Polish mountaineer (d. 2009)
1976 – Daimí Pernía , Cuban basketball player and hurdler
1976 – Fernando Pisani , Canadian-Italian ice hockey player
1977 – Jacqueline Pillon , Canadian actress
1977 – Chris Tate , English footballer
1978 – Deuce McAllister , American football player
1978 – Lisa Jakub , Canadian actress[ 77]
1979 – Pascale Dorcelus , Canadian weightlifter[ 78]
1979 – David Dunn , English footballer and manager
1979 – Carson Palmer , American football player
1980 – Bernard Berrian , American football player
1980 – Claudio Castagnoli , Swiss wrestler
1980 – Dahntay Jones , American basketball player
1980 – Meelis Kompus , Estonian journalist
1981 – David Aardsma , American baseball player
1981 – Emilie de Ravin , Australian actress[ 67]
1981 – Jay Ellis , American actor[ 67]
1981 – Moise Joseph , American-Haitian runner
1981 – Patrick Sharp , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Erin E. Stead , American illustrator
1983 – Anthony Boric , New Zealand rugby union player
1983 – Cole Hamels , American baseball player
1983 – Jesse Williams , American high jumper
1984 – Andrejs Perepļotkins , Ukrainian-Latvian footballer
1984 – Gilles Simon , French tennis player[ 79]
1985 – Logan Bailly , Belgian footballer
1985 – Jérôme d'Ambrosio , Belgian racing driver
1985 – Paul Stastny , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1986 – Torah Bright , Australian snowboarder
1986 – Jamaal Charles , American football player[ 80]
1986 – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Jamaican sprinter
1987 – Lily Cole , English model
1988 – Jorge Gutiérrez , Mexican basketball player[ 81]
1988 – Hera Hilmar , Icelandic actress
1988 – Zavon Hines , Jamaican-English footballer
1988 – Ok Taec-yeon , South Korean singer and actor
1988 – Rick Porcello , American baseball player
1988 – Hayley Williams , American singer-songwriter[ 67]
1989 – Ingrid Várgas Calvo , Peruvian tennis player[ 82]
1990 – Max Lindholm , Finnish figure skater
1990 – Jonathan Marchessault , Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Milos Raonic , Canadian tennis player[ 83]
1990 – Zelina Vega , American wrestler[ 84]
1991 – Chloe Bridges , American actress[ 68]
1991 – Michael Morgan , Australian rugby league player
1991 – Beth Potter , Scottish triathlete and long-distance runner[ 85]
1991 – Danny Wilson , Scottish footballer
1992 – Joel Indermitte , Estonian footballer
1992 – Maicel Uibo , Estonian decathlete
1993 – Olivia Cooke , English actress[ 67]
1995 – Timothée Chalamet , French-American actor[ 67]
1995 – Nick Chubb , American football player[ 86]
1995 – Mark Lapidus , Estonian chess player
1997 – Vachirawit Chivaaree , Thai actor and singer[ 87]
1997 – Ana Konjuh , Croatian tennis player[ 88]
1998 – Luka Garza , American basketball player[ 89]
1999 – Brock Purdy , American football player[ 90]
Deaths
Pre-1600
683 – Gaozong of Tang , 3rd emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. 628)
870 – Aeneas of Paris , Frankish bishop
975 – Balderic , bishop of Utrecht (b. 897)
1003 – Emma of Blois , French duchess and regent
1005 – Nilus the Younger , Byzantine abbot (b. 910)
1076 – Sviatoslav II , Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027)[ 91]
1087 – Bertha of Savoy , Holy Roman Empress (b. 1051)
1381 – Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , English politician (b. 1352)
1518 – Mahmood Shah Bahmani II , sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b. c. 1470)
1543 – George , margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)
1548 – Francesco Spiera , Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1502)
1601–1900
1603 – Thomas Cartwright , English minister and theologian (b. 1535)[ 92]
1637 – Vincenzo Giustiniani , Italian banker (b. 1564)[ 93]
1641 – Francis van Aarssens , Dutch diplomat (b. 1572)[citation needed ]
1642 – Herman op den Graeff , Dutch bishop (b. 1585)[ 94]
1656 – Andrew White , English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579)[ 95]
1660 – Hervey Bagot , English politician (b. 1591)[ 96]
1663 – Christine of France , Duchess of Savoy (b. 1606)[citation needed ]
1672 – Jacques Rohault , French philosopher (b. 1618 )[ 97]
1683 – Maria Francisca of Savoy , Queen consort of Portugal (b. 1646)[ 98]
1689 – Gervase Bryan , English clergyman (b. 1622)[ 99]
1693 – Henri de Villars , French prelate (b. 1621)[ 100]
1694 – Henrik Span , naval officer in the Dutch (b. 1634)[ 101]
1704 – Hans Albrecht von Barfus , Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
1707 – Jean Mabillon , French monk and scholar (b. 1632)[ 102]
1707 – Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale , English earl, politician (b. 1654)[ 103]
1737 – William Bowyer , English printer (b. 1663)
1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud , French painter (b. 1659)
1771 – Henri Pitot , French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
1776 – Johann Rall , Hessian colonel (b. c. 1726 )
1782 – Henry Home, Lord Kames , Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 – Hugh Blair , Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
1812 – Joanna Southcott , English religious leader (b. 1750)
1834 – Charles Lamb , English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
1836 – Stephen F. Austin , American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
1858 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
1895 – Eivind Astrup , Norwegian explorer (b. 1871)[ 104]
1896 – John Brown , English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
1900 – William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong , English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
1901–present
1914 – Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
1919 – Achilles Alferaki , Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
1923 – Gustave Eiffel , French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
1924 – Agda Meyerson , Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
1936 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
1938 – Calvin Bridges , American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
1938 – Osip Mandelstam , Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
1938 – Zona Gale , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo , American painter (b. 1877)
1943 – Ants Kurvits , Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
1950 – Max Beckmann , German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
1952 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan , Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
1953 – Şükrü Saracoğlu , Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
1953 – Julian Tuwim , Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
1955 – Alfred Carpenter , English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
1956 – Lambert McKenna , Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
1965 – Edgar Ende , German painter (b. 1901)
1972 – Lester B. Pearson , Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1974 – Vladimir Fock , Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)
1974 – Amy Vanderbilt , American author (b. 1908)
1978 – Chris Bell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
1978 – Houari Boumediene , Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)
1978 – Bob Luman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
1979 – Hafizullah Amin , Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
1981 – Hoagy Carmichael , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)
1982 – Jack Swigert , American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931)
1985 – Jean Rondeau , French racing driver (b. 1946)
1986 – George Dangerfield , English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)
1986 – Dumas Malone , American historian and author (b. 1892)
1987 – Rewi Alley , New Zealand writer and political activist (b. 1897)[ 105]
1988 – Hal Ashby , American director and producer (b. 1929)
1992 – Kay Boyle , American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902)
1993 – Feliks Kibbermann , Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
1993 – Evald Mikson , Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
1993 – André Pilette , Belgian racing driver (b. 1918)
1994 – Fanny Cradock , English author and critic (b. 1909)
1994 – J. B. L. Reyes , Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
1995 – Shura Cherkassky , Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan , Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
1997 – Brendan Gill , American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)
1997 – Billy Wright , Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)
1999 – Michael McDowell , American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)
2002 – George Roy Hill , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2003 – Alan Bates , English actor (b. 1934)
2003 – Iván Calderón , Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
2004 – Hank Garland , American guitarist (b. 1930)
2007 – Benazir Bhutto , Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)[ 106]
2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2007 – Jaan Kross , Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
2008 – Delaney Bramlett , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
2008 – Robert Graham , Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
2009 – Isaac Schwartz , Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)
2011 – Catê , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
2011 – Michael Dummett , English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925)
2011 – Helen Frankenthaler , American painter and educator (b. 1928)[ 107]
2011 – Johnny Wilson , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
2012 – Harry Carey, Jr. , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2012 – Lloyd Charmers , Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938)
2012 – Tingye Li , Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931)
2012 – Archie Roy , Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924)
2012 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. , American general and engineer (b. 1934)
2012 – Salt Walther , American race car driver (b. 1947)
2013 – Richard Ambler , English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)
2013 – Mohamad Chatah , Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)
2013 – Gianna D'Angelo , American soprano and educator (b. 1929)
2013 – John Matheson , Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
2013 – Farooq Sheikh , Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (b. 1948)
2014 – Ben Ammi Ben-Israel , American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939)
2014 – Ulises Estrella , Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939)
2014 – Ronald Li , Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929)
2014 – Karel Poma , Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920)
2015 – Stein Eriksen , Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927)
2015 – Dave Henderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
2015 – Ellsworth Kelly , American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2015 – Meadowlark Lemon , American basketball player and minister (b. 1932)
2015 – Alfredo Pacheco , Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982)
2015 – Stevie Wright , English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2016 – Carrie Fisher , American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956)
2016 – Ratnasiri Wickremanayake , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)
2018 – Frank Blaichman , Polish resistance fighter (b. 1922)[ 108]
2019 – Maria Creveling , American League of Legends player (b. 1995)[ 109]
2023 – Lee Sun-kyun , South Korean actor (b. 1975)[ 110]
2023 – Gaston Glock , Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (b. 1929)[ 111]
Holidays and observances
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