March 22
Day of the year
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 284 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony , lead by governor John Carver , sign a peace treaty with Massasoit , sachem of the Wampanoags ; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides.[ 6] 1622 – Jamestown massacre : Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia , a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War .1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards , dice , and gaming tables.[ 7] 1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.[ 8] 1668 – Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) .[ 9] 1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne .1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies .1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew , Thailand .[ 10] 1792 – Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets : Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution .[ 11] 1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves .[ 12] 1829 – In the London Protocol , the three protecting powers (United Kingdom , France and Russia ) establish the borders of Greece .1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara .1871 – In North Carolina , William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment .1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico .[ 13] 1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.[ 14] 1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.[ 15] 1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.[ 16]
1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris .1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long , the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam , is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina , which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.[ 17] [ 18] 1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China , restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency .[ 19] 1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh ).1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act , legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.[ 20] 1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp , Dachau .[ 21]
1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia .[ 22] 1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania .1942 – World War II : In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte .1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus ) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 .[ 23] 1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim , Germany , is heavily damaged in a British air raid , though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] 1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo , Egypt.[ 28]
1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan .[ 29] 1955 – A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range , killing 66.[ 30] 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser .1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me [ 31] 1970 – Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge , leading to the creation of Chicano Park .[ 32] 1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives .
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama , causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico .1982 – NASA 's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3 .1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan 's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 .[ 33] 1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport , leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.1992 – Fall of communism in Albania : The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election .
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS , and a 64 bit data path.1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space .1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76 .[ 34] 1997 – Tara Lipinski , aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion .1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.[ 35]
2004 – Ahmed Yassin , co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas , two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles .2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox .2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae , Thailand .2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station .2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.2017 – Syrian civil war : Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa .[ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana 's capital Accra , killing at least 50 people.[ 40]
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 .[ 41] 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 .[ 42]
2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado .[ 43] 2024 – At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk , Russia.[ 44] [ 45]
Births
Pre-1600
841 – Bernard Plantapilosa , Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable;[ 46] 1394 – Ulugh Beg , Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)[ 47] 1499 – Johann Carion , German astrologer and chronicler (d. 1537)1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini , Italian author and educator (d. 1583)1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino , Italian composer (d. 1590)1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk , English noblewoman (d. 1580)1582 – John Williams , Archbishop of York (d. 1650)1599 – Anthony van Dyck , Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)
1609 – John II Casimir Vasa , Polish king (d. 1672)1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh , British scientist (d. 1691)[ 48] 1663 – August Hermann Francke , German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath , English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)1712 – Edward Moore , English poet and playwright (d. 1757)[ 49] 1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)1723 – Charles Carroll , American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs , German painter and theorist (d. 1779)1785 – Adam Sedgwick , English scientist (d. 1873)1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)[ 50] 1808 – Caroline Norton , English feminist, social reformer, and author (d. 1877)[ 51] 1808 – David Swinson Maynard , American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)
1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews , American author and activist (d. 1886)1814 – Thomas Crawford , American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)1817 – Braxton Bragg , American general (d. 1876)1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks , English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha , Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (d. 1895)1841 – Anastassios Christomanos , Greek scientist (d. 1906) [ 52] 1842 – Mykola Lysenko , Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)1846 – Randolph Caldecott , English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)1846 – James Timberlake , American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)
1852 – Otakar Ševčík , Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)1852 – Hector Sévin , French cardinal (d. 1916)
1855 – Dorothy Tennant , British painter (d. 1926)1857 – Paul Doumer , French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)1866 – Jack Boyle , American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan , American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo , Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)[ 53] 1869 – Tom McInnes , Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)
1873 – Ernest Lawson , Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)1880 – Ernest C. Quigley , Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg , American journalist and politician (d. 1951)1884 – Lyda Borelli , Italian actress (d. 1959)
1885 – Aryeh Levin , Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)1886 – August Rei , Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)1887 – Chico Marx , American actor (d. 1961)1890 – George Clark , American race car driver (d. 1978)1892 – Charlie Poole , American country banjo player (d. 1931)1892 – Johannes Semper , Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
1896 – He Long , Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)1896 – Joseph Schildkraut , Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
1899 – Ruth Page , American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)
1901 – Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)1902 – Johannes Brinkman , Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)1902 – Madeleine Milhaud , French actress and composer (d. 2008)
1903 – Bill Holman , American cartoonist (d. 1987)1907 – James M. Gavin , American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)1908 – Jack Crawford , Australian tennis player (d. 1991)1908 – Louis L'Amour , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)[ 54]
1909 – Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat , English sailor and author (d. 1979)1912 – Wilfrid Brambell , Irish actor and performer (d. 1985)1912 – Leslie Johnson , English race car driver (d. 1959)
1912 – Karl Malden , American actor (d. 2009)[ 54]
1912 – Agnes Martin , Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
1913 – Tom McCall , American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)1913 – Lew Wasserman , American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)
1913 – James Westerfield , American actor (d. 1971)
1914 – John Stanley , American author and illustrator (d. 1993)1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes , English businessman (d. 2008)
1917 – Virginia Grey , American actress (d. 2004)1917 – Irving Kaplansky , Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)
1917 – Paul Rogers , English actor (d. 2013)
1918 – Cheddi Jagan , Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)1919 – Bernard Krigstein , American illustrator (d. 1990)1920 – James Brown , American actor and singer (d. 1992)1920 – Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (d. 2000)
1920 – Lloyd MacPhail , Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)
1920 – Ross Martin , American actor (d. 1981)
1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi , Japanese geochemist (d. 2007)
1920 – Fanny Waterman , English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (d. 2020)
1921 – Nino Manfredi , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)1922 – John J. Gilligan , American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)1922 – Stewart Stern , American screenwriter (d. 2015)
1923 – Marcel Marceau , French mime and actor (d. 2007)[ 54] 1924 – Al Neuharth , American journalist and author, founded USA Today [ 54] 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev , Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960)[ 55]
1924 – Osman F. Seden , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1924 – Bill Wendell , American television announcer (d. 1999)
1927 – Marty Blake , American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff , Russian photographer (d. 2016)
1928 – Carrie Donovan , American journalist (d. 2001)1928 – E. D. Hirsch , American author, critic, and academic
1928 – Ed Macauley , American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)
1929 – Yayoi Kusama , Japanese artist[ 54] 1929 – P. Ramlee , Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (d. 1973)
1930 – Derek Bok , American lawyer and academic1930 – Pat Robertson , American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (d. 2023)[ 56]
1930 – Stephen Sondheim , American composer and songwriter (d. 2021)[ 54]
1931 – Burton Richter , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)1931 – William Shatner , Canadian actor[ 56]
1931 – Leslie Thomas , Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)
1932 – Els Borst , Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)1932 – Larry Evans , American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr , Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (d. 2021)1934 – May Britt , Swedish actress1934 – Sheila Cameron , English lawyer and judge
1934 – Orrin Hatch , American lawyer and politician (d. 2022)[ 54]
1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova , Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (d. 2004)[ 57] 1935 – Lea Pericoli , Italian tennis player and journalist
1935 – Frank Pulli , American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
1935 – M. Emmet Walsh , American actor (d. 2024)[ 56]
1936 – Erol Büyükburç , Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015)1936 – Ron Carey , American trade union leader (d. 2008)
1936 – Roger Whittaker , Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti , American pianist and composer (d. 2022)1937 – Armin Hary , German sprinter
1937 – Jon Hassell , American trumpet player and composer (d. 2021)
1937 – Foo Foo Lammar , British drag queen (d. 2003)[ 58] [ 59]
1938 – Rein Etruk , Estonian chess player (d. 2012)1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr. , American physicist and inventor[ 60] 1940 – Dave Keon , Canadian ice hockey player[ 61]
1940 – Haing S. Ngor , Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)
1941 – Billy Collins , American poet1941 – Jeremy Clyde , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 56]
1941 – Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor (d. 2019)
1941 – Cassam Uteem , Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
1942 – Jorge Ben Jor , Brazilian singer-songwriter1942 – Dick Pound , Canadian lawyer and academic
1943 – George Benson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 62] 1943 – Nazem Ganjapour , Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1943 – Keith Relf , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1976)
1945 – Eric Roth , American screenwriter and producer1946 – Don Chaney , American basketball player and coach1946 – Rivka Golani , Israeli viola player and composer
1946 – Rudy Rucker , American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
1946 – Harry Vanda , Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – George Ferguson , English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol 1947 – James Patterson , American author and producer[ 56]
1947 – Maarten van Gent , Dutch basketball player and coach
1948 – Wolf Blitzer , American journalist[ 63] 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber , English composer and director[ 64]
1949 – Fanny Ardant , French actress, director, and screenwriter[ 56] 1949 – Brian Hanrahan , English journalist (d. 2010)
1952 – Des Browne , Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1952 – Bob Costas , American sportscaster[ 65]
1953 – Kenneth Rogoff , American economist and chess grandmaster1955 – Lena Olin , Swedish actress[ 56] 1955 – Valdis Zatlers , Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 1957 – Jürgen Bucher , German footballer1957 – Stephanie Mills , American actress and singer[ 56]
1959 – Matthew Modine , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 56] 1960 – Jim Covert , American football player[ 66] 1961 – Simon Furman , British comic book writer[ 67] 1962 – Nikos Kourbanas , Greek footballer [ 68] 1963 – Deborah Bull , English ballerina1963 – Pelle Eklund , Swedish ice hockey player[ 69]
1963 – Susan Ann Sulley , English pop singer
1963 – Hannu Virta , Finnish ice hockey player and coach[ 70]
1963 – Martín Vizcarra , Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru [ 71]
1965 – Ice MC , British rapper[ 72] 1966 – Todd Ewen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)1966 – Artis Pabriks , Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
1966 – António Pinto , Portuguese runner[ 73]
1966 – Brian Shaw , American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mario Cipollini , Italian cyclist1967 – Bernie Gallacher , Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)
1969 – Russell Maryland , American football player[ 74] 1970 – Andreas Johnson , Swedish singer-songwriter1970 – Leontien van Moorsel , Dutch cyclist
1970 – Hwang Young-cho , South Korean runner
1971 – Keegan-Michael Key , American actor, comedian, and writer[ 56] 1971 – Will Yun Lee , American actor and martial artist[ 56]
1972 – Shawn Bradley , German-American basketball player, coach, and actor1972 – Cory Lidle , American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972 – Elvis Stojko , Canadian figure skater and sportscaster[ 54]
1973 – Beverley Knight , English singer-songwriter and producer1974 – Marcus Camby , American basketball player1974 – Philippe Clement , Belgian footballer
1974 – Grigoria Golia , Greek handball player[ 75]
1974 – Tuomas Grönman , Finnish ice hockey player[ 76]
1974 – Geo Meneses , Mexican producer and singer
1975 – Guillermo Díaz , American actor[ 56] 1975 – Anne Dudek , American actress[ 56]
1975 – Cole Hauser , American actor and producer[ 56]
1975 – Jiří Novák , Czech-Monegasque tennis player
1976 – Teun de Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player1976 – Asako Toki , Japanese singer-songwriter
1976 – Reese Witherspoon , American actress and producer[ 56]
1977 – John Otto , American musician and songwriter[ 56] 1977 – Joey Porter , American football player and coach[ 77]
1977 – Tom Poti , American ice hockey player[ 78]
1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos , Venezuelan film director and screenwriter[ 79]
1978 – Josh Heupel , American football player and coach[ 80]
1979 – Michalis Kouinelis , Greek hip hop singer [ 81] 1979 – Aaron North , American guitarist
1979 – Juan Uribe , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Tiffany Dupont , American actress[ 56] 1981 – Arne Gabius , German runner
1981 – Mims , American rapper[ 82]
1982 – Deng Gai , South Sudanese basketball player[ 83] 1982 – Enrico Gasparotto , Italian cyclist
1982 – Michael Janyk , Canadian skier
1982 – Michael Morse , American baseball player[ 84]
1982 – Piá , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Mike Smith , Canadian ice hockey player[ 85]
1982 – Constance Wu , American actress[ 86]
1983 – Thomas Davis Sr. , American football player[ 87] 1984 – Piotr Trochowski , German footballer1985 – Mayola Biboko , Belgian footballer1985 – Jakob Fuglsang , Danish cyclist[ 88]
1985 – Justin Masterson , American baseball player[ 89]
1985 – Kelli Waite , Australian swimmer[ 90]
1986 – Dexter Fowler , American baseball player[ 91] 1987 – Ike Davis , American baseball player1987 – Liam Doran , British rallycross driver[ 92]
1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval , Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
1988 – Chris Ivory , American football player[ 93] 1989 – Ruben Popa , Romanian footballer1989 – J. J. Watt , American football player[ 94]
1991 – Dominique Fishback , American actress[ 54] 1992 – Roston Chase , Barbadian cricketer[ 95] 1992 – Edy Tavares , Cape Verdean basketball player[ 96]
1994 – Edwin Díaz , Puerto Rican baseball player[ 97] 1994 – Taurean Prince , American basketball player[ 98]
1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich , Belarusian tennis player[ 99]
1995 – Nick Robinson , American actor[ 54] 1997 – Alex Meret , Italian footballer[ 100] 1997 – Chimezie Metu , Nigerian-American basketball player[ 101]
2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos , Greek footballer[ 102] 2001 – Artūrs Šilovs , Latvian ice hockey player[ 103]
Deaths
Pre-1600
235 – Severus Alexander , Roman emperor (b. 208)880 – Carloman of Bavaria , Frankish king1144 – William of Norwich , child murder victim1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim , German bishop and historian (b. 1345)1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence , English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)1454 – John Kemp , Archbishop of Canterbury 1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)
1544 – Johannes Magnus , Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)1602 – Agostino Carracci , Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully , Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)1758 – Jonathan Edwards , English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)1772 – John Canton , English physicist and academic (b. 1718)1820 – Stephen Decatur , American commander (b. 1779)1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)1840 – Étienne Bobillier , French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski , writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)1881 – Samuel Courtauld , English businessman (b. 1793)1896 – Thomas Hughes , English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
1913 – Song Jiaoren , Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)1913 – Ruggero Oddi , Italian physiologist and anatomist (b. 1864)
1924 – William Macewen , Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy , Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)1942 – Frederick Cuming , English cricketer (b. 1875)1942 – William Donne , English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
1942 – María Collazo , Uruguayan journalist and activist (b. 1884)[ 104]
1945 – John Hessin Clarke , American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)1952 – D. S. Senanayake , 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)1955 – Ivan Šubašić , Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)1958 – Mike Todd , American film producer (b. 1909)1960 – José Antonio Aguirre , Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)1966 – John Harlin , American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)1971 – Johannes Villemson , Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)1971 – Nella Walker , American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
1974 – Peter Revson , American race car driver (b. 1939)1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga , Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin , American painter (b. 1898)1977 – A. K. Gopalan , Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)1978 – Karl Wallenda , German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)1979 – Ben Lyon , American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)1981 – James Elliott , American runner and coach (b. 1915)1981 – Gil Puyat , Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1985 – Raoul Ubac , French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (b. 1910)[ 105] [ 106] 1985 – Spyros Vassiliou , Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1903) [ 107]
1986 – Olive Deering , American actress (b. 1918)1986 – Mark Dinning , American singer (b. 1933)
1987 – Odysseas Angelis , Greek general and politician (b. 1912)1989 – Peta Taylor , English cricketer (b. 1912)1990 – Gerald Bull , Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)[ 108] 1991 – Léon Balcer , Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)1991 – Paul Engle , American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1991 – Dave Guard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden , English-American actress (b. 1908)
1993 – Steve Olin , American baseball player (b. 1965)1994 – Dan Hartman , American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)1994 – Walter Lantz , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1899)
1996 – Don Murray , American drummer (b. 1945)1996 – Robert F. Overmyer , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
1996 – Billy Williamson , American guitarist (b. 1925)
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff , English historian and academic (b. 1913)1999 – David Strickland , American actor (b. 1969)
2000 – Carlo Parola , Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)2001 – Stepas Butautas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)2001 – Sabiha Gökçen , Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2001 – William Hanna , American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw , Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner , Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)2003 – Terry Lloyd , English journalist (b. 1952)2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei , Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)2004 – Ahmed Yassin , Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
2004 – V. M. Tarkunde , Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
2005 – Rod Price , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)2005 – Gemini Ganesan , Indian film actor (b. 1920)
2005 – Kenzō Tange , Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann , French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)2006 – Pío Leyva , Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan , Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti , Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)2008 – Cachao López , Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)2010 – James Black , Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)2010 – Özhan Canaydın , Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
2011 – Artur Agostinho , Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)2011 – Victor Bouchard , Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2012 – Joe Blanchard , American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)2012 – John Payton , American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley , English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
2012 – Mickey Sullivan , American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2012 – David Waltz , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead , English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
2013 – Vladimír Čech , Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)2013 – James Nabrit , American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Bebo Valdés , Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – Derek Watkins , English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)
2013 – Ray Williams , American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal , Indian author (b. 1928)2014 – Mickey Duff , Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Thor Listau , Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos , Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
2015 – Arkady Arkanov , Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)2015 – Horst Buhtz , German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2015 – Norman Scribner , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2016 – Phife Dawg , American rapper (b. 1970)2016 – Rob Ford , Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
2016 – Rita Gam , American actress (b. 1927)
2018 – Johan van Hulst , Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (b. 1911)2019 – Scott Walker , British-American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)[ 109] 2024 – Laurent de Brunhoff , French author and illustrator (b. 1925)[ 110]
Holidays and observances
References
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