October 26
Day of the year
October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 66 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1905 – King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden .1909 – Japanese occupation of Korea : An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.1912 – First Balkan War : The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.1917 – World War I : Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.1918 – World War I: Erich Ludendorff , quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army , is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.1937 – Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews .[ 4] 1942 – World War II : In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign , one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.1947 – Partition of India : The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict .1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty , Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance .1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam .
1956 – Hungarian Revolution : In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom , Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.1968 – Space Race : The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.1977 – Ali Maow Maalin , the last natural case of smallpox , develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox , the most spectacular success of vaccination .[ 5] 1979 – Park Chung Hee , President of South Korea , is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu .1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.1989 – China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.[ 6] 1991 – Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War , the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia .1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty .1995 – Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.1995 – An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri , destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.[ 7]
1999 – The United Kingdom 's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament .2000 – A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election .2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.2002 – Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.2003 – The Cedar Fire , the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2 ), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.2004 – Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.[ 8] 2012 – Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.[ 9] 2015 – A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia , killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
Births
Pre-1600
1416 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent , English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1490)1427 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 1496)1431 – Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara , Italian politician (d. 1505)1473 – Friedrich of Saxony , Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510)1483 – Hans Buchner , German Renaissance composer (d. 1538)1491 – Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521)1518 – John Basset , Devonshire gentleman (d. 1541)1529 – Anna of Hesse , princess of Hesse (d. 1591)1551 – Charlotte de Sauve , French courtesan (d. 1617)1556 – Ahmad Baba al Massufi , Malian academic (d. 1627)1564 – Hans Leo Hassler , German organist and composer (d. 1612)
1609 – William Sprague , English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)1612 – Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (d. 1658)1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)1684 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)1685 – Domenico Scarlatti , Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)1694 – Johan Helmich Roman , Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758)1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnović , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804)1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823)1759 – Georges Danton , French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1794)1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician (d. 1844)1794 – Konstantin Thon , Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881)1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)1797 – Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano (d. 1865)1799 – Margaret Agnes Bunn , Scottish actress (d. 1883)1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)1802 – Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866)1803 – Joseph Hansom , English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (d. 1882)1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin , Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904)1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician and academic (d. 1917)1850 – Grigore Tocilescu , Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909)1854 – C. W. Post , American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)1860 – Frank Eaton , American marshal and author (d. 1958)1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman (d. 1912)1869 – Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (d. 1957)1871 – Guillermo Kahlo , German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)1873 – A. K. Fazlul Huq , Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)1873 – Thorvald Stauning , Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 – Martin Lowry , English chemist and academic (d. 1936)1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1876 – H.B. Warner , English actor (d. 1958)1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II , American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (d. 1944)[ 10] 1880 – Andrei Bely , Russian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1934)1881 – Louis Bastien , French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963)1883 – Napoleon Hill , American philosopher and author (d. 1970)1883 – Paul Pilgrim , American runner (d. 1958)
1884 – William Hogenson , American sprinter (d. 1965)1888 – Runar Schildt , Finnish author (d. 1925)[ 11] 1890 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)1893 – Miloš Crnjanski , Serbian poet and author (d. 1977)1894 – Florence Nagle , English trainer and breeder of racehorses (d. 1988)1899 – Judy Johnson , American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)1900 – Ibrahim Abboud , Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (d. 1983)[ 12] 1900 – Karin Boye , Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941)[ 13]
1902 – Beryl Markham , Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)1902 – Jack Sharkey , American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope , American astronomer and academic (d. 1980)
1903 – Mahn Ba Khaing , Burmese politician (d. 1947)1905 – George Bernard Flahiff , Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)1906 – Primo Carnera , Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)[ 14] 1909 – Ignace Lepp , French psychologist and author (d. 1966)1909 – Dante Quinterno , Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1910 – John Krol , American cardinal (d. 1996)1911 – Sid Gillman , American football player and coach (d. 2003)1911 – Mahalia Jackson , American singer (d. 1972)
1911 – Sorley MacLean , Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)
1912 – Don Siegel , American director and producer (d. 1991)1913 – Charlie Barnet , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)1914 – Jackie Coogan , American actor and director (d. 1984)[ 15] 1915 – Ray Crawford , American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996)1915 – Joe Fry , English race car driver (d. 1950)
1916 – François Mitterrand , French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996)1916 – Boyd Wagner , American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1919 – Princess Ashraf of Iran (d. 2016)1919 – Frank Bourgholtzer , American journalist (d. 2010)
1919 – Edward Brooke , American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (d. 2015)
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran (d. 1980)[ 16]
1920 – Sarah Lee Lippincott , American astronomer and academic (d. 2019)1921 – Joe Fulks , American basketball player (d. 1976)1922 – Madelyn Dunham , American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008)1922 – Fred Wood , English actor (d. 2003)
1923 – Robert Hinde , English zoologist and academic (d. 2016)1924 – Shaw Taylor , English actor and television host (d. 2015)1925 – Jan Wolkers , Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)1926 – Panos Gavalas , Greek singer (d. 1988)1927 – Warne Marsh , American saxophonist (d. 1987)1928 – Francisco Solano López , Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)1929 – Neal Matthews Jr. , American country/gospel singer (d. 2000)1931 – Suhaila Noah , Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014)1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)1933 – Andrew P. O'Rourke , American judge and politician (d. 2013)
1934 – Hot Rod Hundley , American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)1934 – Hans-Joachim Roedelius , German keyboard player and producer
1935 – Mike Gray , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)1935 – Gloria Conyers Hewitt , American mathematician and academic
1936 – Al Casey , American guitarist (d. 2006)1936 – Etelka Kenéz Heka , Hungarian writer, poet and singer (d. 2024)
1936 – Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019)
1936 – György Pauk , Hungarian violinist and educator
1938 – Tom Meschery , Chinese-American basketball player[ 17] 1940 – Eddie Henderson , American trumpet player and educator1940 – John Horgan , Irish academic and politician
1941 – Steven Kellogg , American author and illustrator1941 – Charlie Landsborough , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Bob Hoskins , English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)[ 14] 1942 – Milton Nascimento , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Zdenko Runjić , Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1942 – Jonathan Williams , English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014)
1944 – Jim McCann , Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015)1945 – Pat Conroy , American author (d. 2016)[ 14] 1945 – Demetris Th. Gotsis , Greek poet and author (d. 2021)
1945 – Nancy Davis Griffeth , American computer scientist and academic
1945 – Jaclyn Smith , American actress and producer[ 18]
1946 – Kevin Barron , English electrician and politician1946 – Keith Hopwood , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Pat Sajak , American journalist, actor, and game show host[ 18]
1946 – Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican actress and author (d. 2015)
1947 – Ricardo Asch , Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist1947 – Ian Ashley , German-English race car driver
1947 – Hillary Clinton , American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States [ 14]
1947 – Reg Empey , Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
1947 – Trevor Joyce , Irish poet and scholar
1947 – Kenzo Kitakata , Japanese author
1948 – Toby Harrah , American baseball player and coach1949 – Antonio Carpio , Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1949 – Steve Rogers , American baseball player
1949 – Kevin Sullivan , American wrestler and booker (d. 2024)
1951 – Bootsy Collins , American singer-songwriter and bass player[ 18] 1951 – Tommy Mars , American keyboard player
1951 – Julian Schnabel , American painter, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Bobby Bandiera , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1952 – Edward Garnier , English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
1952 – Andrew Motion , English poet and author
1952 – David Was , American singer-songwriter and producer[ 18]
1953 – Roger Allam , British actor1953 – Tim Hely Hutchinson , English publisher
1953 – Joe Meriweather , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1953 – Keith Strickland , American guitarist and songwriter[ 18]
1954 – Vasilis Hatzipanagis , Greek footballer1954 – Adam Mars-Jones , English author and critic
1954 – D. W. Moffett , American actor and director[ 18]
1954 – James Pickens Jr. , American actor[ 14]
1956 – Stephen Gumley , Australian engineer and businessman1956 – Rita Wilson , American actress and producer[ 18]
1957 – Bob Golic , American football player and radio host1958 – Shaun Woodward , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1959 – Paul Farmer , American anthropologist and physician (d. 2022)1959 – Evo Morales , Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
1960 – Patrick Breen , American actor[ 18] 1961 – Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenyan politician, 4th President of Kenya 1961 – Gerald Malloy , American lawyer and politician
1961 – Dylan McDermott , American actor[ 18]
1961 – Joey Salceda , Filipino politician
1962 – Cary Elwes , English actor and producer[ 18] 1962 – Jack Morelli , American comic book professional and author
1963 – Tom Cavanagh , Canadian actor and producer[ 14] 1963 – Ted Demme , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002)
1963 – Natalie Merchant , American singer-songwriter and pianist[ 18]
1963 – Craig Shakespeare , English football player (Walsall , West Bromwich Albion ) and manager (Leicester City ) (d. 2024)[ 19]
1964 – Kikka Sirén , Finnish pop/schlager singer (d. 2005)[ 20] [ 21] 1965 – Kelly Rowan , Canadian actress and producer1965 – Ken Rutherford , New Zealand cricketer
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad , Norwegian drummer and composer1966 – Masaharu Iwata , Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966 – Steve Valentine , Scottish actor and magician[ 18]
1966 – Jeanne Zelasko , American journalist and sportscaster
1967 – Douglas Alexander , Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe 1967 – Keith Urban , Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 18]
1968 – Miyuki Imori , Japanese actress and singer1970 – Dian Bachar , American actor, director, and screenwriter1970 – Lisa Ryder , Canadian actress
1971 – Jim Butcher , American author1971 – Rosemarie DeWitt , American actress[ 18]
1971 – Audley Harrison , English boxer
1971 – Ronnie Irani , English cricketer
1971 – Anthony Rapp , American actor and singer[ 18]
1972 – Matsuko Deluxe , Japanese journalist and author1972 – Daniel Elena , Monegasque race car driver
1972 – Raveena Tandon , Indian actress, producer, and former model
1973 – Austin Healey , English rugby player and sportscaster1973 – Seth MacFarlane , American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 18]
1973 – Taka Michinoku , Japanese wrestler and trainer
1973 – Róbert Petrovický , Slovak ice hockey player[ 22]
1976 – Florence Kasumba , Ugandan-German actress[ 18] 1976 – Miikka Kiprusoff , Finnish ice hockey player[ 23]
1977 – Jon Heder , American actor and producer[ 18] 1977 – Marisha Pessl , American author
1978 – Sari Abacha , Nigerian footballer (d. 2013)1978 – Jimmy Aggrey , English footballer and actor
1978 – Eva Kaili , Greek journalist and politician
1978 – Antonio Pierce , American football player and coach[ 24]
1978 – CM Punk , American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor[ 14]
1978 – Dave Zastudil , American football player
1979 – Movsar Barayev , Chechen terrorist (d. 2002)1980 – Cristian Chivu , Romanian footballer1980 – Nick Collison , American basketball player[ 25]
1980 – Claire Cooper , English actress
1980 – Koichi Watanabe , Japanese kick-boxer
1981 – Sam Brown , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1981 – Martina Schild , Swiss skier
1981 – Guy Sebastian , Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
1981 – Chou Ssu-Chi , Taiwanese baseball player
1982 – Nicola Adams , English boxer1982 – Adam Carroll , Irish race car driver
1983 – Francisco Liriano , Dominican baseball player1983 – Dmitri Sychev , Russian footballer
1983 – Luke Watson , South African rugby player
1984 – Sasha Cohen , American figure skater1984 – Adriano Correia , Brazilian footballer
1984 – Mathieu Crépel , French snowboarder
1984 – Jefferson Farfán , Peruvian footballer
1984 – Amanda Overmyer , American singer-songwriter
1985 – Andrea Bargnani , Italian basketball player1985 – Kafoumba Coulibaly , Ivorian footballer
1985 – Monta Ellis , American basketball player
1985 – Kieran Read , New Zealand rugby player
1986 – Ibor Bakar , French footballer1986 – Jakub Rzeźniczak , Polish footballer
1986 – Marco Ruben , Argentinian footballer
1986 – Schoolboy Q , German-American rapper[ 18]
1987 – Abudramae Bamba , Ivorian footballer1987 – Shawn Lauvao , American football player
1988 – Nosliw Rodríguez , Venezuelan politician[ 26] 1988 – Greg Zuerlein , American figure skater
1989 – Dre Kirkpatrick , American football player1989 – Emil Sayfutdinov , Russian motorcycle racer
1990 – Mark Swanepoel , South African rugby player1991 – Riho Iida , Japanese model and actress1992 – Joseph Cramarossa , Canadian hockey player1993 – Sergey Karasev , Russian basketball player[ 27] 1994 – Waqa Blake , Fijian rugby league player1994 – Allie DeBerry , American model and actress
1996 – Rebecca Tunney , English gymnast1997 – Rhenzy Feliz , American actor and singer[ 14] 2002 – Lee Eunsang , South Korean singer[ 28] 2020 – Molly Gibson , American record holder for longest-frozen embryo to ever come to birth[ 29]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1609 – Matsudaira Tadayori , Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582)1631 – Michael Maestlin , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)[ 31] 1633 – Horio Tadaharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1596)1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet , English politician (b. 1593)1675 – William Sprague , English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)1686 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)1717 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)1751 – Philip Doddridge , English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)1764 – William Hogarth , English painter and engraver (b. 1697)1773 – Amédée-François Frézier , French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)1806 – John Graves Simcoe , English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)1864 – William T. Anderson , American captain (b. 1838)1866 – John Kinder Labatt , Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)1871 – Robert Anderson (Civil War) , American general (b. 1805)1890 – Carlo Collodi , Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)1897 – John J. Robison , American politician in Michigan (b. 1824)[ 32]
1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American activist (b. 1815)1909 – Itō Hirobumi , Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)[ 33] 1919 – Akashi Motojiro , Japanese general (b. 1864)1927 – Jūkichi Yagi , Japanese poet (b. 1898)1930 – Waldemar Haffkine , Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)1930 – Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1931 – Charles Comiskey , American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)1932 – Margaret Brown , American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)1937 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general (b. 1867)1941 – Arkady Gaidar , Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)1943 – Aurel Stein , Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)1944 – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1944 – William Temple , English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
1945 – Aleksey Krylov , Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)1945 – Paul Pelliot , French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
1946 – Ioannis Rallis , Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)1947 – Edwin Savage , English priest and author (b. 1862)1949 – Lionel Halsey , English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)1952 – Hattie McDaniel , American actress and singer (b. 1895)1956 – Walter Gieseking , French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)1957 – Gerty Cori , Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
1960 – Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general (b. 1881)1961 – Sadae Inoue , Japanese general (b. 1886)1962 – Louise Beavers , American actress (b. 1902)1963 – Elizabeth Gunn , New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)1965 – Sylvia Likens , American murder victim (b. 1949)1966 – Alma Cogan , English singer (b. 1932)1972 – Igor Sikorsky , Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)1973 – Semyon Budyonny , Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)1974 – Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator (b. 1914)1976 – Deryck Cooke , English musicologist and author (b. 1919)[ 34] 1978 – Alexander Gerschenkron , Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)1979 – Park Chung Hee , South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)1984 – Gus Mancuso , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)1986 – Jackson Scholz , American runner (b. 1897)1989 – Charles J. Pedersen , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)1991 – Sherry Hawco , Canadian gymnast (b. 1964)[ 35] 1993 – Oro , Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)1994 – Wilbert Harrison , American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)1995 – Wilhelm Freddie , Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)1995 – Gorni Kramer , Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1998 – Kenkichi Iwasawa , Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)1999 – Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)1999 – Eknath Easwaran , Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
2001 – Hüseyin Hilmi Işık , Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)2002 – Jacques Massu , French general (b. 1908)2002 – Sally Hoyt Spofford , American ornithologist (b. 1914)
2004 – Bobby Ávila , Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)2005 – Keith Parkinson , American illustrator (b. 1958)2005 – George Swindin , English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2006 – Tillman Franks , American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)2006 – Pontus Hultén , Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)
2007 – Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)2007 – Friedman Paul Erhardt , German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)
2007 – Arthur Kornberg , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (b. 1918)
2008 – Tony Hillerman , American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)2008 – Delmar Watson , American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
2009 – Teel Bivins , American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)2009 – Yoshirō Muraki , Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)
2009 – George Naʻope , American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
2009 – Troy Smith , American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
2010 – Glen Little , American clown (b. 1925)2010 – Mbah Maridjan , Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
2010 – Romeu Tuma , Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
2011 – Jona Senilagakali , Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)2012 – Mac Ahlberg , Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)2012 – Arnold Greenberg , American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
2012 – John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
2012 – Alan Kirschenbaum , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Björn Sieber , Austrian skier (b. 1989)
2012 – Alan Stretton , Australian general (b. 1922)
2013 – Ritva Arvelo , Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)2013 – Ron Davies , Welsh photographer (b. 1921)
2013 – Doug Ireland , American journalist and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Al Johnson , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
2013 – Andries Maseko , South African footballer (b. 1955)
2013 – Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)
2014 – Vic Allen , English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)2014 – Mo Collins , American football player and coach (b. 1976)
2014 – Germain Gagnon , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2014 – Senzo Meyiwa , South African footballer (b. 1987)
2014 – Brian Moore , Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)[ 36]
2014 – Jeff Robinson , American baseball player (b. 1961)
2014 – Gordy Soltau , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 – Oscar Taveras , Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)
2015 – Willis Carto , American activist and theorist (b. 1926)2015 – Leo Kadanoff , American physicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Giuseppe Nazzaro , Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)
2017 – Ali Ashraf Darvishian , Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941)2021 – Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932)[ 37]
Holidays and observances
References
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