July 28
Day of the year
July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 156 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1635 – In the Eighty Years' War , the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans .
1656 – Second Northern War : Battle of Warsaw begins.
1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain .
1794 – French Revolution : Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France .
1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam .
1809 – Peninsular War : Battle of Talavera : Sir Arthur Wellesley 's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte .[ 3]
1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1854 – USS Constellation (1854) , the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor , is commissioned.[ 4]
1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Ezra Church : Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia .
1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln ).
1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1883 – A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of Ischia , killing over 2,300 people.[ 5]
1896 – The city of Miami is incorporated.
1901–present
1911 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London .[ 6]
1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis , Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia , igniting World War I .
1915 – The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti .[ 7]
1917 – The Silent Parade takes place in New York City , in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans .[ 8]
1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress .
1938 – Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
1939 – The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
1942 – World War II : Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 . In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag , or execution.
1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah : The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.[ 9]
1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya , western Kyushu, Japan , kills 992.
1960 – The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.
1962 – Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students [ 10] [ 11]
1965 – Vietnam War : U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen : Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1974 – Spetsgruppa A , Russia's elite special force, was formed.
1976 – The Tangshan earthquake [ 12] measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1984 – Olympic Games : Games of the XXIII Olympiad : The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles .
1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington . Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man .
2001 – Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania , are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2002 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow , Russia , killing 14 of the 16 people on board.[ 13]
2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland .[ 14] [ 15]
2010 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan , killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321 .
2011 – While flying from Seoul , South Korea to Shanghai , China , Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport , but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island , killing both crew members on board.[ 16]
2017 – Prime Minister of Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges .
2018 – Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race .[ 17]
2022 – Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky , resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses. [ 18]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 – Judith Leyster , Dutch painter (d. 1660)
1645 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans , French princess (d. 1721)
1659 – Charles Ancillon , French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715)
1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr. , American judge and politician (d. 1809)
1750 – Fabre d'Églantine , French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794)
1783 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck , German army officer and writer (d. 1860)
1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer , Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859)
1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach , German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872)
1815 – Stefan Dunjov , Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)
1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins , English poet (d. 1889)
1849 – James Edson White , American author and publisher, second son of Ellen G. White and James S. White [ 20]
1857 – Ballington Booth , English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (d. 1940)
1860 – Elias M. Ammons , American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (d. 1925)
1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
1863 – Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski , Russian general (d. 1919)
1866 – Beatrix Potter , English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)[ 21]
1866 – Albertson Van Zo Post , American fencer (d. 1938)
1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine , American-Argentinian astronomer (d. 1951)
1872 – Albert Sarraut , French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (d. 1962)
1874 – Ernst Cassirer , Polish-American philosopher and academic (d. 1945)
1879 – Lucy Burns , American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (d. 1966)
1879 – Stefan Filipkiewicz , Polish painter (d. 1944)
1887 – Marcel Duchamp , French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968)[ 22]
1887 – Willard Price , Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 1983)
1893 – Rued Langgaard , Danish organist and composer (d. 1952)
1896 – Barbara La Marr , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1926)
1898 – Lawrence Gray , American actor (d. 1970)
1901–present
1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)
1901 – Rudy Vallée , American actor, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1902 – Albert Namatjira , Australian painter (d. 1959)
1902 – Sir Karl Popper , Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1907 – Earl Tupper , American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)
1909 – Aenne Burda , German publisher (d. 2005)
1909 – Malcolm Lowry , English novelist and poet (d. 1957)
1914 – Carmen Dragon , American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
1915 – Charles Hard Townes , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1915 – Dick Sprang , American illustrator (d. 2000)
1915 – Frankie Yankovic , American polka musician (d. 1998)
1916 – David Brown , American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
1920 – Andrew V. McLaglen , English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
1922 – Jacques Piccard , Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008)
1923 – Ray Ellis , American conductor and producer (d. 2008)
1924 – Luigi Musso , Italian racing driver (d. 1958)
1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg , American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1926 – Charlie Biddle , American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003)[ 23]
1927 – John Ashbery , American poet (d. 2017)
1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
1929 – Shirley Ann Grau , American novelist and short story writer (d. 2020)
1930 – Firoza Begum , Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
1930 – Junior Kimbrough , American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
1930 – Jean Roba , Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers , Canadian general (d. 2014)
1931 – Alan Brownjohn , English poet and author (d. 2024)
1931 – Darryl Hickman , American actor (d. 2024)[ 24] [ 25]
1931 – Johnny Martin , Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
1932 – Natalie Babbitt , American author and illustrator (d. 2016)
1932 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra , Brazilian colonel (d. 2015)
1933 – Charlie Hodge , Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 2016)
1934 – Jacques d'Amboise , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2021)
1935 – Neil McKendrick , English historian and academic
1936 – Russ Jackson , Canadian football player and coach
1936 – Garfield Sobers , Barbadian cricketer
1937 – Francis Veber , French director and screenwriter
1938 – Luis Aragonés , Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1938 – Arsen Dedić , Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
1938 – Alberto Fujimori , Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th President of Peru (d. 2024)
1938 – Chuan Leekpai , Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand
1941 – Bill Crider , American author (d. 2018)[ 26]
1941 – Riccardo Muti , Italian conductor and educator[ 27]
1941 – Susan Roces , Filipino actress and producer (d. 2022)[ 28]
1942 – Tonia Marketaki , Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1942 – John Sattler , Australian rugby league player (d. 2023)[ 29]
1943 – Mike Bloomfield , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981)
1943 – Bill Bradley , American basketball player and politician
1943 – Richard Wright , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2008)[ 30]
1945 – Jim Davis , American cartoonist, created Garfield
1946 – Jonathan Edwards , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Linda Kelsey , American actress
1946 – Fahmida Riaz , Pakistani poet and activist (d. 2018)
1947 – Peter Cosgrove , Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia
1947 – Sally Struthers , American actress
1948 – Gerald Casale , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
1948 – Eiichi Ohtaki , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1949 – Vida Blue , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
1949 – Randall Wallace , American screenwriter and producer
1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari , Iranian singer-songwriter
1950 – Tapley Seaton , Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 2023)
1951 – Santiago Calatrava , Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
1951 – Doug Collins , American basketball player and coach
1951 – Gregg Giuffria , American rock musician and businessman
1951 – Ray Kennedy , English footballer (d. 2021)
1952 – Glenn A. Baker , Australian journalist and author[ 31]
1952 – Vajiralongkorn , King of Thailand
1954 – Hugo Chávez , Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)[ 32]
1954 – Gerd Faltings , German mathematician and academic
1954 – Steve Morse , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Mikey Sheehy , Irish footballer
1956 – John Feinstein , American journalist and author
1956 – Robert Swan , English explorer
1958 – Terry Fox , Canadian runner and activist (d. 1981)
1958 – Michael Hitchcock , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – William T. Vollmann , American novelist, short story writer and journalist
1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho , Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Jon J. Muth , American author and illustrator
1960 – Yōichi Takahashi , Japanese illustrator
1961 – Yannick Dalmas , French racing driver
1962 – Rachel Sweet , American singer, television writer, and actress
1964 – Lori Loughlin , American actress
1965 – Priscilla Chan , Hong Kong singer
1966 – Sossina M. Haile , Ethiopian American chemist[ 33]
1966 – Miguel Ángel Nadal , Spanish footballer
1966 – Jimmy Pardo , American stand-up comedian, actor, and host
1966 – Shikao Suga , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Taka Hirose , Japanese bass player
1969 – Alexis Arquette , American actress (d. 2016)
1969 – Garth Snow , American ice hockey player and manager
1969 – Dana White , American businessman, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship [ 34]
1970 – Michael Amott , Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1970 – Isabelle Brasseur , Canadian figure skater
1970 – Paul Strang , Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1971 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (d. 2019)
1971 – Ludmilla Lacueva Canut , Andorran writer
1971 – Stephen Lynch , American singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Annie Perreault , Canadian speed skater
1972 – Robert Chapman , English cricketer
1973 – Marc Dupré , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Steve Staios , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Afroman , American rapper and comedian[ 34]
1974 – Elizabeth Berkley , American actress
1974 – Alexis Tsipras , Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greece
1975 – Leonor Watling , Spanish actress
1976 – Jacoby Shaddix , American singer-songwriter
1977 – Aki Berg , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Manu Ginóbili , Argentinian basketball player
1977 – Miyabiyama Tetsushi , Japanese sumo wrestler
1978 – Kārlis Vērdiņš , Latvian poet
1978 – Hitomi Yaida , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Henrik Hansen , Danish footballer
1979 – Birgitta Haukdal , Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Lee Min-woo , South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1979 – Alena Popchanka , Belarusian-French swimmer and coach
1981 – Michael Carrick , English footballer and coach
1981 – Willie Green , American basketball player and coach[ 35]
1982 – Cain Velasquez , Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler[ 36]
1983 – Sam Dastyari , Iranian-Australian politician
1983 – Cody Hay , Canadian figure skater
1983 – Ilir Latifi , Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist[ 37]
1984 – Zach Parise , American ice hockey player
1984 – DeMeco Ryans , American football player and coach[ 38]
1984 – John David Washington , American actor and football player[ 34]
1985 – Mathieu Debuchy , French footballer
1985 – Dustin Milligan , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1986 – Alexandra Chando , American actress
1986 – Lauri Korpikoski , Finnish ice hockey player[ 39]
1987 – Yevhen Khacheridi , Ukrainian-Greek footballer
1987 – Pedro , Spanish footballer
1987 – Christofer Ranzmaier , Austrian politician[ 40]
1988 – Gunnar Nelson , Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist[ 41]
1990 – Soulja Boy , American rapper, producer, and actor
1990 – Simone Pizzuti , Italian footballer
1992 – Spencer Boldman , American actor[ 42]
1993 – Harry Kane , English footballer[ 43]
1993 – Evan Rodrigues , Canadian ice hockey player[ 44]
1993 – Cher Lloyd , English singer[ 45]
1994 – Walker Buehler , American baseball player[ 46]
1994 – Hyojung , South Korean singer[ 47]
1996 – Harriet Dart , British tennis player[ 48]
1999 – GloRilla , American rapper[ 49]
2000 – Emile Smith Rowe , English footballer[ 50]
2003 – Malik Nabers , American football player[ 51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
450 – Theodosius II , Roman emperor (b. 401)
631 – Athanasius I Gammolo , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[ 52]
938 – Thankmar , half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg ) (b. c. 908)
942 – Shi Jingtang , emperor of Later Jin (b. 892)
1057 – Victor II , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1018)[ 53]
1128 – William Clito , English son of Sybilla of Conversano (b. 1102)
1230 – Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176)
1271 – Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (b. 1220)
1285 – Keran, Queen of Armenia ( b. before 1262)
1333 – Guy VIII of Viennois , Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309)
1345 – Sancia of Majorca , queen regent of Naples (b. c. 1285)
1458 – John II , king of Cyprus and Armenia (b. 1418)
1488 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
1508 – Robert Blackadder , bishop of Glasgow
1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas , Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (b. 1460)
1540 – Thomas Cromwell , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)[ 2]
1585 – Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (b. 1527)
1601–1900
1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis , Spanish playwright (b. 1569)[ 54]
1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac , French poet and playwright (b. 1619)
1667 – Abraham Cowley , English poet and author (b. 1618)
1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke , English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)
1685 – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)
1718 – Étienne Baluze , French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
1741 – Antonio Vivaldi , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)[ 55]
1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach , German organist and composer (b. 1685)[ 56]
1762 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre , French politician, (b. 1758)[ 57]
1794 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just , French soldier and politician (b. 1767)[ 58]
1808 – Selim III , Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)[ 59]
1809 – Richard Beckett , English cricketer and captain (b. 1772)
1818 – Gaspard Monge , French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
1835 – Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise , French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
1836 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild , German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
1838 – Bernhard Crusell , Finnish composer (b. 1775)[ 60]
1842 – Clemens Brentano , German author and poet (b. 1778)
1844 – Joseph Bonaparte , French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
1849 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
1869 – Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
1878 – George Law Curry , American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
1885 – Moses Montefiore , British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
1895 – Edward Beecher , American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
1901–present
1928 – Édouard-Henri Avril , French painter (b. 1849)[ 61]
1930 – John DeWitt , American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
1930 – Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1933 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III , Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
1934 – Marie Dressler , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
1934 – Louis Tancred , South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
1935 – Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
1942 – Flinders Petrie , English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
1946 – Saint Alphonsa , first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)[ 62]
1957 – Edith Abbott , American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)[ 63]
1957 – Isaac Heinemann , German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
1963 – Carl Borgward , German engineer, founder of Borgward Group[ 64]
1965 – Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
1965 – Attallah Suheimat , Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
1967 – Karl W. Richter , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
1968 – Otto Hahn , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1969 – Ramón Grau , Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
1969 – Frank Loesser , American composer (b. 1910)
1971 – Lawrence Moore Cosgrave , Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
1971 – Myril Hoag , American baseball player (b. 1908)
1971 – Charles E. Pont , French-American minister and painter (b. 1898)
1972 – Helen Traubel , American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
1976 – Maggie Gripenberg , Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881)[ 65]
1979 – Don Miller , American football player and coach (b. 1902)
1979 – Charles Shadwell , English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
1980 – Rose Rand , Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
1981 – Stanley Rother , American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
1982 – Keith Green , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)
1987 – Jack Renshaw , Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909)
1990 – Jill Esmond , English actress (b. 1908)
1992 – Sulev Nõmmik , Estonian actor and director (b. 1931)
1993 – Stanley Woods , Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1903)
1996 – Roger Tory Peterson , American ornithologist and academic (b. 1908)
1997 – Rosalie Crutchley , English actress (b. 1920)
1997 – Seni Pramoj , Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
1998 – Zbigniew Herbert , Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
1998 – Lenny McLean , English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)
1998 – Consalvo Sanesi , Italian racing driver (b. 1911)
1999 – Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2000 – Abraham Pais , Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
2001 – Ahmed Sofa , Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
2002 – Archer John Porter Martin , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
2003 – Valerie Goulding , Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Francis Crick , English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)[ 66]
2004 – Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
2006 – David Gemmell , English author (b. 1948)
2007 – Karl Gotch , Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
2007 – Jim LeRoy , American soldier and pilot (b. 1961)
2009 – Jim Johnson , American football player and coach (b. 1941)
2011 – Abdul Fatah Younis , Libyan general (b. 1944)
2012 – Colin Horsley , New Zealand-English pianist and educator (b. 1920)
2012 – Sepp Mayerl , Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)
2012 – William F. Milliken Jr. , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911)
2013 – Mustafa Adrisi , Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (b. 1922)
2013 – Eileen Brennan , American actress and singer (b. 1932)
2013 – Rita Reys , Dutch jazz singer[ 67] (b. 1924)
2013 – William Scranton , American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1917)
2013 – Ersilio Tonini , Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
2014 – Alex Forbes , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2014 – Alakbar Mammadov , Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2015 – Jan Kulczyk , Polish businessman (b. 1950)
2015 – Edward Natapei , Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
2015 – Clive Rice , South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)[ 68]
2016 – Émile Derlin Zinsou , Beninese politician (b. 1918)
2016 – Mahasweta Devi , Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)
2018 – Wanny van Gils , Dutch footballer[ 69] (b. 1959)
2020 – Junrey Balawing , Filipino record holder[ 70] (b. 1993)
2021 – Dusty Hill , American musician (b. 1949)[ 71]
2022 – Bernard Cribbins , British actor (b. 1928)[ 72]
2024 – John Anderson , Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (b. 1931)[ 73]
2024 – Doug Creek , American baseball player (b. 1969)[ 74]
2024 – Reyes Moronta , Dominican baseball player (b. 1993)[ 75]
2024 – Francine Pascal , American author (b. 1932)[ 76]
Holidays and observances
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