February 12
Day of the year
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin , an inter-island ferry , sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour .
1912 – The Xuantong Emperor , the last Emperor of China , abdicates .1919 – The Second Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole .[ 12] 1921 – Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia .1935 – USS Macon , one of the two largest helium -filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.1945 – A devastating tornado outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.[ 13] [ 14] 1946 – World War II : Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats .1946 – African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles ' film Touch of Evil
1947 – The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin , in the Soviet Union .1947 – Christian Dior unveils a "New Look ", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1961 – The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 Venus .1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis , Missouri .1963 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes into the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport , killing all 45 people on board.[ 15]
1966 – Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan .[ 16] [ 17]
1965 – Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election .[ 18] 1968 – Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre .1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970 , is exiled from the Soviet Union.1983 – One hundred women protest in Lahore , Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq 's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.1988 – Cold War : The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident : The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy territorial waters , while Yorktown claims innocent passage .1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia .1992 – The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.1993 – Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.1994 – Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch 's iconic painting The Scream 1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle " region of 433 Eros , becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid .2002 – The trial of Slobodan Milošević , the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague , Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.2002 – An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad , Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport , killing 119.
2004 – The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom .2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport , killing all on board and one on the ground.2016 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054 .2019 – The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement , settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece .[ 19] 2021 – In response to her dispute with her former record label, Big Machine Records , over the ownership of master recordings to her earlier discography, Taylor Swift releases Love Story (Taylor's Version) , a re-recording of her 2008 song, and the first in a series of re-recordings of both her older songs and albums. [ 20]
Births
Pre-1600
AD 41 – Britannicus , Roman son of Claudius (d. 55)[ 21] 528 – Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei , nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei661 – Princess Ōku of Japan (d. 702)1074 – Conrad II of Italy (d. 1101)[ 22] 1218 – Kujo Yoritsune , Japanese shōgun (d. 1256)1322 – John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (d. 1375)1443 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio , Italian noble (d. 1508)1480 – Frederick II of Legnica , Duke of Legnica (d. 1547)1540 – Won Gyun , Korean general and admiral (d. 1597)1567 – Thomas Campion , English composer, poet, and physician (d. 1620)[ 23] 1584 – Caspar Barlaeus , Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1648)
1606 – John Winthrop the Younger , English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)1608 – Daniello Bartoli , Italian Jesuit priest (d. 1685)1637 – Jan Swammerdam , Dutch biologist and zoologist (d. 1680)1663 – Cotton Mather , English-American minister and author (d. 1728)1665 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius , German botanist and physician (d. 1721)1704 – Charles Pinot Duclos , French author (d. 1772)1706 – Johann Joseph Christian , German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (d. 1777)1728 – Étienne-Louis Boullée , French architect (d. 1799)[ 24] 1753 – François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral (d. 1798)1761 – Jan Ladislav Dussek , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1812)1768 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)[ 25] 1775 – Louisa Adams , 6th First Lady of the United States (d. 1852)1777 – Bernard Courtois , French chemist and academic (d. 1838)1777 – Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , German author and poet (d. 1843)
1785 – Pierre Louis Dulong , French physicist and chemist (d. 1838)1787 – Norbert Provencher , Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1853)1788 – Carl Reichenbach , German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)1791 – Peter Cooper , American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (d. 1883)1794 – Alexander Petrov , Russian chess player and composer (d. 1867)1794 – Valentín Canalizo , Mexican general and politician (d. 1850)[ 26]
1804 – Heinrich Lenz , German-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1865)1809 – Charles Darwin , English geologist and theorist (d. 1882)[ 27] 1809 – Abraham Lincoln , American lawyer and statesman, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
1819 – William Wetmore Story , American sculptor, architect, poet and editor (d. 1895)1824 – Dayananda Saraswati , Indian monk and philosopher, founded Arya Samaj (d. 1883)1828 – George Meredith , English novelist and poet (d. 1909)[ 28] 1837 – Thomas Moran , British-American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School (d. 1926)1857 – Eugène Atget , French photographer (d. 1927)1857 – Bobby Peel , English cricketer and coach (d. 1943)[ 29]
1861 – Lou Andreas-Salomé , Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1937)[ 30] 1866 – Lev Shestov , Russian philosopher (d. 1938)1869 – Kiến Phúc , Vietnamese emperor (d. 1884)1870 – Marie Lloyd , English actress and singer (d. 1922)1876 – 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)1877 – Louis Renault , French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault (d. 1944)1880 – George Preca , Maltese priest and saint (d. 1962)1880 – John L. Lewis , American miner and union leader (d. 1969)1881 – Anna Pavlova , Russian-English ballerina and actress (d. 1931)[ 31] 1882 – Walter Nash , English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1968)1884 – Max Beckmann , German painter and sculptor (d. 1950)1884 – Johan Laidoner , Estonian-Russian general (d. 1953)
1884 – Alice Roosevelt Longworth , American author (d. 1980)
1884 – Marie Vassilieff , Russian-French painter (d. 1957)[ 32]
1885 – James Scott , American composer (d. 1938)[ 33] 1885 – Julius Streicher , German publisher, founded Der Stürmer
1889 – Bhante Dharmawara , Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (d. 1999)1893 – Omar Bradley , American general (d. 1981)1895 – Kristian Djurhuus , Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1984)1897 – Charles Groves Wright Anderson , South African-Australian colonel and politician (d. 1988)1897 – Lincoln LaPaz , American astronomer and academic (d. 1985)
1898 – Wallace Ford , English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)1900 – Roger J. Traynor , American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983)
1902 – William Collier, Jr. , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)1903 – Jorge Basadre , Peruvian historian (d. 1980)[ 34] 1903 – Chick Hafey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
1904 – Ted Mack , American radio and television host (d. 1976)1907 – Joseph Kearns , American actor (d. 1962)1908 – Jean Effel , French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d. 1982)1908 – Jacques Herbrand , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1931)
1909 – Zoran Mušič , Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)1909 – Sigmund Rascher , German physician (d. 1945)
1911 – Charles Mathiesen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)1912 – R. F. Delderfield , English author and playwright (d. 1972)1914 – Tex Beneke , American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (d. 2000)[ 35] 1914 – Hanna Neumann , German-Canadian mathematician (d. 1971)[ 36]
1915 – Lorne Greene , Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)[ 37] 1915 – Olivia Hooker , American sailor (d. 2018)
1916 – Joseph Alioto , American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)1917 – Al Cervi , American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)[ 38] 1917 – Dom DiMaggio , American baseball player (d. 2009)
1918 – Norman Farberow , American psychologist and academic (d. 2015)1918 – Julian Schwinger , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1919 – Forrest Tucker , American actor (d. 1986)1920 – Raymond Mhlaba , South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (d. 2005)1922 – Hussein Onn , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)1923 – Franco Zeffirelli , Italian director, producer, and politician (d. 2019)[ 39] 1925 – Anthony Berry , English politician (d. 1984)[ 40] 1925 – Joan Mitchell , American-French painter (d. 1992)
1926 – Rolf Brem , Swiss sculptor and illustrator (d. 2014)1926 – Joe Garagiola , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2016)[ 37]
1926 – Charles Van Doren , American academic (d. 2019)[ 37]
1928 – Vincent Montana, Jr. , American drummer and composer (d. 2013)1930 – John Doyle , Irish hurler and politician (d. 2010)1930 – Arlen Specter , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)[ 41]
1931 – Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch-American author and translator (d. 2008)1932 – Axel Jensen , Norwegian author and poet (d. 2003)1932 – Julian Simon , American economist, author, and academic (d. 1998)
1933 – Ivan Anikeyev , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1992)[ 42] 1933 – Costa-Gavras , Greek-French director and producer
1934 – Annette Crosbie , Scottish actress1934 – Anne Osborn Krueger , American economist and academic
1934 – Bill Russell , American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)[ 37]
1935 – Gene McDaniels , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)1936 – Joe Don Baker , American actor[ 43] 1936 – Alan Ebringer , Australian immunologist
1938 – Judy Blume , American author and educator[ 37] 1939 – Leon Kass , American physician, scientist, and educator1939 – Ray Manzarek , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2013)
1941 – Dominguinhos , Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2013)1941 – Naomi Uemura , Japanese mountaineer and explorer (d. 1984)
1942 – Ehud Barak , Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel [ 37] 1942 – Terry Bisson , American science fiction and fantasy author (d. 2024)[ 44]
1942 – Pat Dobson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
1945 – Maud Adams , Swedish model and actress[ 43] 1945 – David D. Friedman , American economist, physicist, and scholar
1946 – Jean Eyeghé Ndong , Gabonese politician, Prime Minister of Gabon 1946 – Ajda Pekkan , Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – Ray Kurzweil , American computer scientist and engineer1948 – Nicholas Soames , English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1949 – Lenny Randle , American baseball player[ 45] 1949 – Gundappa Viswanath , Indian cricketer[ 46]
1950 – Angelo Branduardi , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist1950 – Steve Hackett , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 43]
1950 – Michael Ironside , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter[ 43]
1952 – Simon MacCorkindale , English actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)1952 – Michael McDonald , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player[ 43]
1953 – Joanna Kerns , American actress and director[ 43] 1954 – Zach Grenier , American actor[ 43] 1954 – Joseph Jordania , Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
1954 – Tzimis Panousis , Greek comedian, singer, and author (d. 2018)
1954 – Phil Zimmermann , American cryptographer and programmer
1955 – Bill Laswell , American musician and producer1955 – Chet Lemon , American baseball player and coach
1956 – Arsenio Hall , American actor and talk show host[ 43] 1956 – Ad Melkert , Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
1956 – Brian Robertson , Scottish musician and songwriter
1958 – Bobby Smith , Canadian ice hockey player and executive[ 47] 1959 – Larry Nance , American basketball player[ 48] 1961 – David Graeber , American anthropologist and activist (d. 2020)[ 49] 1961 – Jim Harris , Canadian environmentalist and politician
1961 – Michel Martelly , Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti
1963 – John Michael Higgins , American actor and comedian[ 43] 1964 – Omar Hakim , American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer1964 – Raphael Sbarge , American actor and director[ 43]
1965 – Rubén Amaro, Jr. , American baseball player and manager1965 – Christine Elise , American actress and producer[ 43]
1965 – Brett Kavanaugh , American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [ 50]
1965 – David Westlake , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Greg Carberry , Australian rugby league player[ 51] 1966 – Paul Crook , American musician, songwriter, and producer
1966 – Lochlyn Munro , Canadian actor[ 37]
1968 – Josh Brolin , American actor[ 43] 1968 – Chynna Phillips , American singer and actress[ 43]
1968 – Nathan Rees , Australian politician, 41st Premier of New South Wales [ 52]
1969 – Darren Aronofsky , American director, producer, and screenwriter1969 – Alemayehu Atomsa , Ethiopian educator and politician (d. 2014)
1969 – Steve Backley , English javelin thrower
1969 – Anneli Drecker , Norwegian singer and actress
1969 – Hong Myung-bo , South Korean footballer and manager
1970 – Jim Creeggan , Canadian singer-songwriter and musician[ 43] 1970 – Bryan Roy , Dutch footballer and manager
1970 – Judd Winick , American author and illustrator
1971 – Scott Menville , American voice actor, singer, actor and musician1972 – Owen Nolan , Northern Irish-Canadian ice hockey player[ 53] 1973 – Gianni Romme , Dutch speed skater1973 – Tara Strong , Canadian-American voice actress and singer
1974 – Naseem Hamed , English boxer1975 – Scot Pollard , American basketball player and actor[ 54] 1976 – Christian Cullen , New Zealand rugby player1977 – Jimmy Conrad , American soccer player and manager1978 – Paul Anderson , English actor1979 – Jesse Spencer , Australian actor and violinist[ 43] 1980 – Juan Carlos Ferrero , Spanish tennis player1980 – Sarah Lancaster , American actress[ 43]
1980 – Gucci Mane , American rapper[ 43]
1980 – Christina Ricci , American actress and producer[ 43]
1981 – Wade McKinnon , Australian rugby league player1982 – Jonas Hiller , Swiss ice hockey player1982 – Louis Tsatoumas , Greek long jumper
1982 – Anthony Tuitavake , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Carlton Brewster , American football player and coach1984 – Brad Keselowski , American race car driver1984 – Andrei Sidorenkov , Estonian footballer
1984 – Peter Vanderkaay , American swimmer
1985 – Konstantin Pushkaryov , Kazakhstani ice hockey player[ 55] 1986 – Todd Frazier , American baseball player[ 56] 1987 – Jérémy Chardy , French tennis player[ 57] 1987 – Gabriela Mărginean , Romanian basketball player[ 58]
1988 – DeMarco Murray , American football player1988 – Nicolás Otamendi , Argentine footballer
1988 – Josh Phegley , American baseball player[ 59]
1988 – Mike Posner , American singer-songwriter and producer
1989 – Josh Harrellson , American basketball player[ 60] 1990 – Katherine Barrell , Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer[ 37] 1990 – Robert Griffin III , American football player
1991 – Patrick Herrmann , German footballer1991 – Kane Richardson , Australian cricketer[ 61]
1992 – Magda Linette , Polish tennis player[ 62] 1993 – Bud Dupree , American football player[ 63] 1993 – Rafinha , Brazilian footballer[ 64]
1993 – Jennifer Stone , American actress[ 43]
1994 – Kemal Bilmez , Belgian politician[ 65] 1994 – Arman Hall , American sprinter[ 66]
1994 – Paxton Lynch , American football player[ 67]
2000 – Kim Ji-min , South Korean actress2001 – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia , Georgian footballer[ 68]
Deaths
Pre-1600
821 – Benedict of Aniane , French monk and saint (b. 747)890 – Henjō , Japanese priest and poet (b. 816)981 – Ælfstan , bishop of Ramsbury [ 69] 901 – Antony II , patriarch of Constantinople 914 – Li , empress of Yan 941 – Wulfhelm , Archbishop of Canterbury1247 – Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg , ruler (b. 1185)1266 – Amadeus of the Amidei , Italian saint1517 – Catherine of Navarre (b. 1468)1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer , German painter, engraver, and architect (b. 1480)1554 – Lord Guildford Dudley , English son of Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (b. 1536; executed)[ 70] 1554 – Lady Jane Grey , de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (b. 1537; executed)[ 70]
1571 – Nicholas Throckmorton , English politician and diplomat (b. 1515)1590 – François Hotman , French lawyer and author (b. 1524)1600 – Edward Denny , Knight Banneret of Bishop's Stortford , English soldier, privateer and adventurer (b. 1547)
1612 – Jodocus Hondius , Flemish cartographer (b. 1563)1624 – George Heriot , Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (b. 1563)1713 – Jahandar Shah , Mughal emperor (b. 1664)1728 – Agostino Steffani , Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)1763 – Pierre de Marivaux , French author and playwright (b. 1688)1771 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)1789 – Ethan Allen , American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)1804 – Immanuel Kant , German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher , German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)1886 – Randolph Caldecott , English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)1894 – Hans von Bülow , German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)1896 – Ambroise Thomas , French composer and academic (b. 1811)
1912 – Gerhard Armauer Hansen , Norwegian physician (b. 1841)1915 – Émile Waldteufel , French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)1916 – Richard Dedekind , German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)1929 – Lillie Langtry , English singer and actress (b. 1853)1931 – Samad bey Mehmandarov , Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)1935 – Auguste Escoffier , French chef and author (b. 1846)1942 – Eugene Esmonde , Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)1942 – Avraham Stern , Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
1942 – Grant Wood , American painter and academic (b. 1891)
1947 – Moses Gomberg , Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)1949 – Hassan al-Banna , Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)1954 – Dziga Vertov , Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)1958 – Douglas Hartree , English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)1960 – Oskar Anderson , Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)1970 – Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator (b. 1903)1971 – James Cash Penney , American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)1975 – Carl Lutz , Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)1976 – Frank Stagg , Irish Republican died on hunger strike (b. 1941)[ 71] 1976 – Sal Mineo , American actor (b. 1939)1977 – Herman Dooyeweerd , Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)1979 – Jean Renoir , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)1980 – Muriel Rukeyser , American poet and activist (b. 1913)1982 – Victor Jory , Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)1983 – Eubie Blake , American pianist and composer (b. 1887)1984 – Anna Anderson , Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)1984 – Julio Cortázar , Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (b. 1914)
1985 – Nicholas Colasanto , American actor and director (b. 1924)1989 – Thomas Bernhard , Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)1991 – Roger Patterson , American bass player (b. 1968)1992 – Bep van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (b. 1907)1994 – Donald Judd , American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)1995 – Philip Taylor Kramer , American bass player (b. 1952)1998 – Gardner Ackley , American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)2000 – Tom Landry , American football player and coach (b. 1924)2000 – Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist, created Peanuts
2001 – Kristina Söderbaum , Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)2002 – John Eriksen , Danish footballer (b. 1957)2005 – Dorothy Stang , American-Brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)2007 – Ann Barzel , American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)[ 72] 2007 – Peggy Gilbert , American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2008 – David Groh , American actor (b. 1939)2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims:
2010 – Nodar Kumaritashvili , Georgian luger (b. 1988)2011 – Peter Alexander , Austrian singer and actor (b. 1926)2011 – Betty Garrett , American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1919)
2011 – Kenneth Mars , American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
2012 – Zina Bethune , American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1945)2012 – Denis Flannery , Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1928)
2012 – David Kelly , Irish actor (b. 1929)
2012 – John Severin , American illustrator (b. 1921)
2013 – Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1941)2013 – Reginald Turnill , English journalist and author (b. 1915)
2013 – Hennadiy Udovenko , Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (b. 1931)
2014 – Sid Caesar , American actor and comedian (b. 1922)2014 – John Pickstone , English historian and author (b. 1944)
2015 – Movita Castaneda , American actress and singer (b. 1916)2015 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat , Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (b. 1931)
2015 – Gary Owens , American radio host and voice actor (b. 1934)
2015 – Steve Strange , Welsh singer (b. 1959)
2016 – Dominique D'Onofrio , Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1953)2016 – Yannis Kalaitzis , Greek cartoonist (b. 1945)
2016 – Yan Su , Chinese general and composer (b. 1930)
2017 – Al Jarreau , American singer (b. 1940)2017 – Anna Marguerite McCann , first female American underwater archaeologist (b. 1933)
2017 – Ren Xinmin , Chinese rocket scientist (b. 1915)
2018 – Bill Crider , American author (b. 1941)[ 73] 2019 – Gordon Banks , English footballer (b. 1937)[ 74] 2019 – Lyndon LaRouche , American political activist (b. 1922)[ 75]
2019 – Pedro Morales , Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942)[ 76]
2020 – Christie Blatchford , Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)[ 77] 2020 – Geert Hofstede , Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)[ 78]
2022 – Ivan Reitman , Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)[ 79]
Holidays and observances
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