February 22
Day of the year
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 312 days remain until the end of the year (313 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1632 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany , the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo 's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems [ 6] 1651 – St. Peter's Flood : A storm surge floods the Frisian coast , drowning 15,000 people.[ 7] 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession : The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed , and the Articles of War to be amended.[ 8] 1770 – British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End , Boston , fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider ; the first American fatality of the American Revolution .[ 9] 1797 – The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard , Wales .[ 10] 1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty , Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.[ 11] 1847 – Mexican–American War : The Battle of Buena Vista : Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.[ 12] 1848 – The French Revolution of 1848 , which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic , begins.[ 13] 1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh .[ 14] 1862 – American Civil War : Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia . He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.[ 15] 1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio , nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.[ 16] 1879 – In Utica, New York , Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.[ 17] 1881 – Cleopatra's Needle Central Park , New York.[ 18] 1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota , South Dakota , Montana and Washington as U.S. states .[ 19] 1899 – Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War . The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.[ 20]
1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina ; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.[ 21] 1909 – The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet , led by USS Connecticut , return to the United States after a voyage around the world.[ 22] 1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia .[citation needed 1942 – World War II : President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.[ 23] 1943 – World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl , Hans Scholl , and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany .[ 24] 1944 – World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen , Arnhem , Enschede and Deventer , resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.[ 25] 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog .[ 26]
1946 – The "Long Telegram ", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.[ 27] 1957 – Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột .[ 28] 1958 – Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic .[ 29] 1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 .[ 30] 1972 – The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.[ 31] 1973 – Cold War : Following President Richard Nixon 's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.[ 32] 1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore , Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh .[ 33] 1974 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon , but commits suicide after being wounded by police.[ 34]
1979 – Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.[ 35] 1980 – Miracle on Ice : In Lake Placid, New York , the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.[ 36] 1983 – The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders Eugene O'Neill Theatre .[ 37] 1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines .[ 38] 1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.[ 39] 1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.[ 40] 1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian , British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned .[ 41] 2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.[ 42] 2005 – The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.[ 43] 2006 – At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time , explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra , Iraq . The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam , caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war .[ 44] 2006 – The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge , Kent .[ 45]
2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch , killing 185 people.[ 46] 2011 – Bahraini uprising : Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.[ 47]
2012 – A train crash in Buenos Aires , Argentina , kills 51 people and injures 700 others.[ 48] 2014 – President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.[ 49] 2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River , killing 70 people.[ 50] 2018 – A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica , Montenegro . He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.[ 51] 2022 – Twosday , the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.[ 52]
Births
Pre-1600
1631 – Peder Syv , Danish historian (d. 1702)1649 – Bon Boullogne , French painter (d. 1717)1715 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin , French artist (d. 1790)1732 – George Washington , American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)1749 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musicologist and theorist (d. 1818)1778 – Rembrandt Peale , American painter and curator (d. 1860)1788 – Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher and author (d. 1860)1796 – Alexis Bachelot , French priest and missionary (d. 1837)1796 – Adolphe Quetelet , Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (d. 1874)
1805 – Sarah Fuller Flower Adams , English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1848)[ 56] 1806 – Józef Kremer , Polish historian and philosopher (d. 1875)1817 – Carl Wilhelm Borchardt , German mathematician and academic (d. 1880)1819 – James Russell Lowell , American poet and critic (d. 1891)1824 – Pierre Janssen , French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1907)1825 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe , French-American archbishop (d. 1898)1836 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya , Indian scholar and academic (d. 1906)1840 – August Bebel , German theorist and politician (d. 1913)1849 – Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1915)1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , English general, co-founded The Scout Association (d. 1941)1857 – Heinrich Hertz , German physicist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1894)
1860 – Mary W. Bacheler , American physician and Baptist medical missionary (d. 1939)[ 57] 1861 – Lewis Akeley , American academic (d. 1961)[ 58] 1863 – Charles McLean Andrews , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1943)1864 – Jules Renard , French author and playwright (d. 1910)1874 – Bill Klem , American baseball player and umpire (d. 1951)1876 – Zitkala-Sa , American author and activist (d. 1938)1879 – Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted , Danish chemist and academic (d. 1947)1880 – Eric Lemming , Swedish athlete (d. 1930)[ 59] 1881 – Joseph B. Ely , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1956)1881 – Albin Prepeluh , Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1937)
1882 – Eric Gill , English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1940)1883 – Marguerite Clark , American actress (d. 1940)1886 – Hugo Ball , German author and poet (d. 1927)[ 60] 1887 – Savielly Tartakower , Polish journalist, author, and chess player (d. 1956)1887 – Pat Sullivan , Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)[ 61]
1888 – Owen Brewster , American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (d. 1961)1889 – Olave Baden-Powell , English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (d. 1977)1889 – R. G. Collingwood , English historian and philosopher (d. 1943)
1891 – Vlas Chubar , Russian economist and politician (d. 1939)1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay , American poet and playwright (d. 1950)1895 – Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre , Peruvian politician (d. 1979)1897 – Karol Świerczewski , Polish general (d. 1947)1899 – George O'Hara , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1966)1900 – Luis Buñuel , Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983)
1903 – Morley Callaghan , Canadian author and playwright (d. 1990)[ 62] 1903 – Frank P. Ramsey , English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1930)[ 63]
1906 – Constance Stokes , Australian painter (d. 1991)1907 – Sheldon Leonard , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)[ 64] 1907 – Robert Young , American actor (d. 1998)[ 64]
1908 – Rómulo Betancourt , Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981)1908 – John Mills , English actor (d. 2005)[ 65]
1910 – George Hunt , English footballer (d. 1996)[ 66] 1914 – Renato Dulbecco , Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)1915 – Gus Lesnevich , American boxer (d. 1964)1918 – Sid Abel , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)1918 – Don Pardo , American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)[ 64]
1918 – Robert Wadlow , American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940)
1921 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa , Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)1921 – Giulietta Masina , Italian actress (d. 1994)
1921 – Marshall Teague , American race car driver (d. 1959)
1922 – Zenaida Manfugás , Cuban pianist (d. 2012)[ 67] 1922 – Joe Wilder , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2014)
1923 – François Cavanna , French author and editor (d. 2014)1923 – Bleddyn Williams , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1925 – Edward Gorey , American illustrator and poet (d. 2000)1925 – Gerald Stern , American poet and academic (d. 2022)
1926 – Kenneth Williams , English actor and screenwriter (d. 1988)1927 – Florencio Campomanes , Filipino political scientist and chess player (d. 2010)1927 – Guy Mitchell , American singer (d. 1999)
1928 – Clarence 13X , American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (d. 1969)1928 – Texas Johnny Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1928 – Paul Dooley , American actor[ 68]
1928 – Bruce Forsyth , English singer and television host (d. 2017)
1928 – Thomas E. Kurtz , American computer scientist and educator (d. 2024)[ 69]
1929 – James Hong , American actor and director1929 – Rebecca Schull , American stage, film, and television actress
1930 – Marni Nixon , American soprano and actress (d. 2016)1932 – Ted Kennedy , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2009)[ 64] 1932 – Zenaida Manfugás , Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (d. 2012)
1933 – Sheila Hancock , English actress and author1933 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent
1933 – Ernie K-Doe , American R&B singer (d. 2001)
1933 – Bobby Smith , English footballer (d. 2010)[ 70]
1934 – Sparky Anderson , American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)1936 – J. Michael Bishop , American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate1937 – Tommy Aaron , American golfer1937 – Joanna Russ , American author and activist (d. 2011)
1938 – Steve Barber , American baseball player (d. 2007)1938 – Tony Macedo , Gibraltarian born English footballer[ 71]
1938 – Ishmael Reed , American poet, novelist, essayist
1940 – Judy Cornwell , English actress1940 – Chet Walker , American basketball player (d. 2024)
1941 – Hipólito Mejía , Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic 1942 – Christine Keeler , English model and dancer (d. 2017)1943 – Terry Eagleton , English philosopher and critic1943 – Horst Köhler , Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany
1943 – Dick Van Arsdale , American basketball player (d. 2024)[ 72]
1943 – Tom Van Arsdale , American basketball player
1943 – Otoya Yamaguchi , Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (d. 1960)
1944 – Jonathan Demme , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)[ 64] 1944 – Mick Green , English guitarist (d. 2010)
1944 – Robert Kardashian , American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003)
1944 – Christopher Meyer , English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (d. 2022)
1944 – Tom Okker , Dutch tennis player and painter[ 73]
1945 – Oliver , American pop singer (d. 2000)1946 – Kresten Bjerre , Danish footballer and manager (d. 2014)1947 – Pirjo Honkasalo , Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter1947 – Harvey Mason , American drummer
1947 – John Radford , English footballer and manager
1947 – Frank Van Dun , Belgian philosopher and theorist
1948 – John Ashton , American actor (d. 2024)[ 68] 1948 – Dennis Awtrey , American basketball player[ 74]
1949 – John Duncan , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2022)[ 75] 1949 – Niki Lauda , Austrian racing driver (d. 2019)[ 76]
1949 – Olga Morozova , Russian tennis player and coach
1950 – Julius Erving , American basketball player and sportscaster[ 77] 1950 – Lenny Kuhr , Dutch singer-songwriter
1950 – Miou-Miou , French actress
1950 – Genesis P-Orridge , English singer-songwriter (d. 2020)[ 78]
1950 – Julie Walters , English actress and author[ 79]
1951 – Ellen Greene , American singer and actress[ 68] 1952 – Bill Frist , American physician and politician[ 80] 1952 – Joaquim Pina Moura , Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (d. 2020)[ 81]
1952 – Saufatu Sopoanga , Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. 2020)[ 82]
1953 – Nigel Planer , English actor and screenwriter1955 – David Axelrod , American journalist and political adviser1955 – Tim Young , Canadian ice hockey player
1957 – Willie Smits , Dutch microbiologist and engineer1958 – Dave Spitz , American bass player and songwriter1959 – Jiří Čunek , Czech politician1959 – Kyle MacLachlan , American actor[ 68]
1959 – Bronwyn Oliver , Australian sculptor (d. 2006)
1959 – Harry Leary , American BMX racer (d. 2024)[ 83]
1960 – Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde , Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1961 – Akira Takasaki , Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer1962 – Steve Irwin , Australian zoologist and television host (d. 2006)[ 64] 1963 – Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport [ 84] 1963 – Devon Malcolm , Jamaican-English cricketer
1963 – Vijay Singh , Fijian-American golfer[ 64]
1964 – Diane Charlemagne , English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)1964 – Andy Gray , English footballer and manager[ 85]
1965 – Chris Dudley , American basketball player[ 86] 1965 – Kieren Fallon , Irish jockey
1965 – Pat LaFontaine , American ice hockey player[ 87]
1966 – Rachel Dratch , American actress and comedian[ 88] 1967 – Paul Lieberstein , American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer[ 68] 1967 – Psicosis II , Mexican wrestler
1968 – Shawn Graham , Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick 1968 – Jeri Ryan , American model and actress
1968 – Kazuhiro Sasaki , Japanese baseball player[ 89]
1968 – Jayson Williams , American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – Thomas Jane , American actor[ 90] 1969 – Brian Laudrup , Danish footballer and sportscaster[ 91]
1969 – Marc Wilmots , Belgian footballer and manager[ 92]
1971 – Lea Salonga , Filipino actress and singer[ 93] 1972 – Michael Chang , American tennis player and coach1972 – Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater[ 94]
1972 – Haim Revivo , Israeli footballer[ 95]
1972 – Ben Sasse , American politician and college administrator[ 96]
1973 – Philippe Gaumont , French cyclist (d. 2013)1973 – Juninho Paulista , Brazilian footballer
1973 – Scott Phillips , American musician and songwriter[ 68]
1974 – James Blunt , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 68] 1974 – Chris Moyles , English radio and television host
1975 – Drew Barrymore , American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 97] 1977 – Hakan Yakin , Swiss footballer1979 – Brett Emerton , Australian footballer[ 98] 1979 – Lee Na-young , South Korean actress
1980 – Jeanette Biedermann , German singer-songwriter and actress1983 – Brian Duensing , American baseball player[ 99] 1983 – Shaun Tait , Australian cricketer
1984 – Tommy Bowe , Irish rugby player[ 100] 1984 – Branislav Ivanović , Serbian footballer
1985 – Hamer Bouazza , Algerian footballer[ 101] 1985 – Georgios Printezis , Greek basketball player[ 102]
1985 – Zach Roerig , American actor[ 68]
1986 – Rajon Rondo , American basketball player[ 103] 1987 – Han Hyo-joo , South Korean actress and model1987 – Sergio Romero , Argentine footballer[ 104]
1988 – Jonathan Borlée , Belgian sprinter[ 105] 1989 – Franco Vázquez , Argentine footballer[ 106] 1991 – Khalil Mack , American football player[ 107] 1992 – Dixon Machado , Venezuelan baseball player[ 108] 1994 – Nam Joo-hyuk , South Korean model and actor[ 109] 1994 – Elfrid Payton , American basketball player[ 110]
1995 – Devonte' Graham , American basketball player[ 111] 1996 – Kia Nurse , Canadian basketball player[ 112] 1997 – Jerome Robinson , American basketball player[ 113] 1997 – Ilya Samsonov , Russian ice hockey player[ 114]
Deaths
Pre-1600
556 – Maximianus , bishop of Ravenna (b. 499)606 – Sabinian , pope of the Catholic Church793 – Sicga , Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide845 – Wang , Chinese empress dowager954 – Guo Wei , Chinese emperor (b. 904)965 – Otto , duke of Burgundy (b. 944)970 – García I , king of Pamplona 978 – Lambert , count of Chalon (b. 930)1071 – Arnulf III , count of Flanders1072 – Peter Damian , Italian cardinal1079 – John of Fécamp , Italian Benedictine abbot1111 – Roger Borsa , king of Sicily (b. 1078)[ 115] 1297 – Margaret of Cortona , Italian penitent (b. 1247)1371 – David II , king of Scotland (b. 1324)1452 – William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (b. 1425)1500 – Gerhard VI , German nobleman (b. 1430)1511 – Henry , duke of Cornwall (b. 1511)1512 – Amerigo Vespucci , Italian cartographer and explorer (b. 1454)[ 116]
1627 – Olivier van Noort , Dutch explorer (b. 1558)1674 – Jean Chapelain , French poet and critic (b. 1595)1680 – La Voisin , French occultist (b. 1640)1690 – Charles Le Brun , French painter and theorist (b. 1619)1731 – Frederik Ruysch , Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)1732 – Francis Atterbury , English bishop (b. 1663)1770 – Christopher Seider , first American killed in the American Revolution (b. 1758)[ 9] 1799 – Heshen , Chinese politician (b. 1750)1816 – Adam Ferguson , Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)1875 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)1875 – Charles Lyell , Scottish geologist (b. 1797)[ 117]
1888 – Anna Kingsford , English physician and activist (b. 1846)1890 – John Jacob Astor III , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)1890 – Carl Bloch , Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
1897 – Charles Blondin , French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)1898 – Heungseon Daewongun , Korean king (b. 1820)
1903 – Hugo Wolf , Austrian composer (b. 1860)1904 – Leslie Stephen , English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)1913 – Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)1913 – Francisco I. Madero , Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
1923 – Théophile Delcassé , French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)1939 – Antonio Machado , Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)1942 – Stefan Zweig , Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)1943 – Christoph Probst , German activist (b. 1919)1943 – Hans Scholl , German activist (b. 1918)
1943 – Sophie Scholl , German activist (b. 1921)
1944 – Kasturba Gandhi , Indian activist (b. 1869)1944 – Fritz Schmenkel , anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (b. 1916)[ 118] [ 119]
1945 – Osip Brik , Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)1958 – Abul Kalam Azad , Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)1960 – Paul-Émile Borduas , Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)1961 – Nick LaRocca , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)1965 – Felix Frankfurter , Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)1971 – Frédéric Mariotti , French actor (b. 1883)1973 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)1973 – Elizabeth Bowen , Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
1973 – Katina Paxinou , Greek actress (b. 1900)
1973 – Winthrop Rockefeller , American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
1976 – Angela Baddeley , English actress (b. 1904)1976 – Florence Ballard , American singer (b. 1943)
1980 – Oskar Kokoschka , Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)1982 – Josh Malihabadi , Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)1983 – Adrian Boult , English conductor (b. 1889)1983 – Romain Maes , Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
1985 – Salvador Espriu , Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)1985 – Efrem Zimbalist , Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
1986 – John Donnelly , Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)1987 – David Susskind , American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)1987 – Andy Warhol , American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
1992 – Markos Vafiadis , Greek general and politician (b. 1906)1994 – Papa John Creach , American violinist (b. 1917)1995 – Ed Flanders , American actor (b. 1934)1997 – Joseph Aiuppa , American gangster (b. 1907)1998 – Abraham A. Ribicoff , American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1910)1999 – William Bronk , American poet and academic (b. 1918)1999 – Menno Oosting , Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2002 – Chuck Jones , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)2002 – Jonas Savimbi , Angolan general, founded UNITA (b. 1934)
2004 – Andy Seminick , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)2005 – Lee Eun-ju , South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)2005 – Simone Simon , French actress (b. 1910)
2006 – S. Rajaratnam , Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (b. 1915)[ 120] 2007 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe , English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (b. 1918)2007 – Dennis Johnson , American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2012 – Sukhbir , Indian author and poet (b. 1925)2012 – Frank Carson , Irish-English comedian and actor (b. 1926)
2012 – Marie Colvin , American journalist (b. 1956)
2012 – Rémi Ochlik , French photographer and journalist (b. 1983)
2013 – Atje Keulen-Deelstra , Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)2013 – Jean-Louis Michon , French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924)
2013 – Wolfgang Sawallisch , German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)
2014 – Charlotte Dawson , New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)2014 – Trebor Jay Tichenor , American pianist and composer (b. 1940)
2014 – Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)
2015 – Chris Rainbow , Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)2016 – Yolande Fox , American model and singer, Miss America 1951 (b. 1928)2016 – Sonny James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
2018 – Forges , Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942)2019 – Brody Stevens , American comedian and actor (b. 1970)[ 121] 2019 – Morgan Woodward , American actor (b. 1925)[ 122]
2021 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti , American poet, painter (b. 1919)[ 123] 2024 – John Lowe , English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (b. 1942)[ 124]
Holidays and observances
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