October 4
Day of the year
October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 88 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1917 – World War I : The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.1918 – World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.1920 – The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare , a Finnish non-governmental organization , is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim .[ 4] 1925 – Great Syrian Revolt : Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured Hama from the French Mandate of Syria .[ 5] 1925 – S2 Sokol classtorpedo boat , sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia , taking with it the whole crew of 53.[ 6]
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore .1936 – The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street .1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post 1957 – Sputnik 1 [ 7] 1958 – The current constitution of France is adopted.1960 – An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.1963 – Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.1965 – Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.1966 – Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.1967 – Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded.1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.1992 – El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
1993 – Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.1993 – Tanks bombard the Russian parliament , while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.2003 – The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.2004 – SpaceShipOne 2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.2010 – The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.2017 – Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo .
Births
Pre-1600
1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin , daughter of Louis VII of France (d. c. 1220 )1274 – Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1319)1276 – Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)1289 – Louis X of France (d. 1316)1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond , Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 1382)1379 – Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)1507 – Francis Bigod , English noble (d. 1537)1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (d. 1586)1522 – Gabriele Paleotti , Catholic cardinal (d. 1597)1524 – Francisco Vallés , Spanish physician (d. 1592)1532 – Francisco de Toledo , Catholic cardinal (d. 1596)1542 – Robert Bellarmine , Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621)1550 – Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)[ 8] 1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647)1570 – Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (d. 1637)1579 – Guido Bentivoglio , Italian cardinal (d. 1644)1585 – Anna of Tyrol , Holy Roman Empress (d. 1618)
1625 – Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (d. 1661)1626 – Richard Cromwell , English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)1633 – Bernardino Ramazzini , Italian physician (d. 1714)1657 – Francesco Solimena , Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1747)1694 – Lord George Murray , Scottish Jacobite General (d. 1760)1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778)1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , German entomologist and author (d. 1798)1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast , French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)1768 – Francisco José de Caldas , Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (d. 1816)1787 – François Guizot , French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)1793 – Charles Pearson , English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (d. 1864)1814 – Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (d. 1875)1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes , American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton , American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)1836 – Juliette Adam , French author (d. 1936)[ 9] 1837 – Auguste-Réal Angers , Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1919)1841 – Prudente de Morais , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
1843 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas , Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (d. 1927)1858 – Léon Serpollet , French businessman (d. 1903)1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch , American pastor and theologian (d. 1918)1861 – Frederic Remington , American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
1862 – Johanna van Gogh-Bonger , sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh , who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (d. 1925).[ 10] 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer , American author and publisher (d. 1930)1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)1874 – John Ellis , English executioner (d. 1932)1876 – Florence Eliza Allen , American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960)1877 – Razor Smith , English cricketer (d. 1946)1879 – Robert Edwards , American artist, musician, and writer (d. 1948)[ 11] 1880 – Damon Runyon , American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch , German field marshal (d. 1948)1884 – Ramchandra Shukla , Indian historian and author (d. 1941)1888 – Lucy Tayiah Eads , American tribal chief (d. 1961)1888 – Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
1890 – Alan L. Hart , American physician and author (d. 1962)1890 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı , Turkish writer and journalist (d. 1945)
1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss , Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)1892 – Hermann Glauert , English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934)
1892 – Robert Lawson , American author and illustrator (d. 1957)
1895 – Buster Keaton , American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)1895 – Richard Sorge , German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
1896 – Dorothy Lawrence , English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (d. 1964)1900 – August Mälk , Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987)
1903 – Bona Arsenault , Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993)1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff , American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995)
1903 – Pierre Garbay , French general (d. 1980)
1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner , Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
1906 – Mary Celine Fasenmyer , American mathematician (d. 1996)1907 – Alain Daniélou , French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)1910 – Frankie Crosetti , American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)1910 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı , Turkish poet and author (d. 1956)
1911 – Mary Two-Axe Earley , Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996)[ 12] 1913 – Martial Célestin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)1914 – Jim Cairns , Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2003)1914 – Brendan Gill , American journalist and essayist (d. 1997)
1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)1916 – Jan Murray , American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
1916 – George Sidney , American director and producer (d. 2002)
1916 – Ken Wood , inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (d. 1997)
1917 – Violeta Parra , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)1918 – Kenichi Fukui , Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)1921 – Stella Pevsner , American children's author (d. 2020)[ 13] 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige Jr. , American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)1922 – Shin Kyuk-ho , South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group (d. 2020)
1922 – Don Lenhardt , American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1923 – Charlton Heston , American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)[ 14] 1924 – Donald J. Sobol , American soldier and author (d. 2012)1925 – Roger Wood , Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)1926 – Raymond Watson , American businessman (d. 2012)1927 – Wolf Kahn , American painter and academic (d. 2020)1928 – Alvin Toffler , German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)1928 – Torben Ulrich , Danish-American tennis player (d. 2023)
1929 – Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (d. 1968)1929 – John E. Mack , American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1929 – Leroy Van Dyke , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 15]
1931 – Terence Conran , English designer and businessman (d. 2020)1931 – Basil D'Oliveira , South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)
1931 – Richard Rorty , American philosopher and author (d. 2007)
1932 – Felicia Farr , American actress and model[ 15] 1933 – German Moreno , Filipino television host and actor (d. 2016)1933 – Ann Thwaite , English author
1934 – Sam Huff , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)[ 14] 1935 – Jimmy Orr , American football player (d. 2020)[ 16] 1936 – Charlie Hurley , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024)1936 – Giles Radice, Baron Radice , English politician (d. 2022)
1937 – Jackie Collins , English-American author and actress (d. 2015)[ 14] 1937 – David Crocker , American philosopher and academic
1937 – Gail Gilmore , Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
1937 – Lloyd Green , American steel guitar player
1937 – Jim Sillars , Scottish lawyer and politician
1938 – Norman D. Wilson , American actor (d. 2004)1938 – Kurt Wüthrich , Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Ivan Mauger , New Zealand speedway rider (d. 2018)1940 – Vic Hadfield , Canadian ice hockey player1940 – Silvio Marzolini , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1940 – Steve Swallow , American bass player and composer
1940 – Alberto Vilar , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2021)
1941 – Roy Blount Jr. , American humorist and journalist[ 15] 1941 – Karen Cushman , American author
1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser , Austrian race car driver
1941 – Anne Rice , American author (d. 2021)[ 14]
1941 – Frank Stagg (Irish republican) , died on hunger strike (d. 1976)[ 17]
1941 – Robert Wilson , American director and playwright
1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon , American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)[ 18] 1942 – Karl W. Richter , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967)
1942 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
1942 – Christopher Stone , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1943 – H. Rap Brown , American activist[ 14] 1943 – Owen Davidson , Australian tennis player (d. 2023)
1943 – Karl-Gustav Kaisla , Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012)
1943 – Dietmar Mürdter , German footballer
1943 – Jimy Williams , American baseball player and manager (d. 2024)
1944 – Colin Bundy , South African-English historian and academic1944 – Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Tony La Russa , American baseball player and manager[ 14]
1944 – John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith , Scottish educator and politician
1945 – Clifton Davis , American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister[ 15] 1946 – Larry Clapp , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)1946 – Chuck Hagel , American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 – Michael Mullen , American admiral
1946 – Susan Sarandon , American actress and activist[ 15]
1947 – Julien Clerc , French singer-songwriter and pianist1947 – Jim Fielder , American bass player
1947 – Ann Widdecombe , English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1948 – Iain Hewitson , New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality1948 – Linda McMahon , American businesswoman and politician
1948 – Duke Robillard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Armand Assante , American actor and producer[ 15] 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Alan Rosenberg , American actor[ 15] 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet and author1951 – Truck Robinson , American basketball player and coach[ 19]
1952 – Anita DeFrantz , American rower and sports administrator1952 – Jody Stephens , American rock drummer
1952 – Zinha Vaz , Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
1953 – Gil Moore , Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer1953 – Andreas Vollenweider , Swiss harp player
1955 – John Rutherford , Scottish rugby player1955 – Jorge Valdano , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956 – Lesley Glaister , English author and playwright1956 – Charlie Leibrandt , American baseball player
1956 – Sherri Turner , American golfer
1956 – Christoph Waltz , Austrian-German actor[ 15]
1957 – Bill Fagerbakke , American actor[ 15] 1957 – Yngve Moe , Norwegian bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
1957 – Russell Simmons , American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm [ 15]
1958 – Barbara Kooyman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1958 – Wendy Makkena , American actress[ 15]
1958 – Anneka Rice , Welsh radio and television host
1959 – Chris Lowe , English singer and keyboard player[ 15] 1959 – Tony Meo , English snooker player
1959 – Hitonari Tsuji , Japanese author, composer, and director
1960 – Joe Boever , American baseball player1960 – Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (d. 2016)
1961 – Philippe Russo , French singer-songwriter and guitarist1961 – Jon Secada , Cuban-American singer-songwriter[ 15]
1961 – Kazuki Takahashi , Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
1962 – Carlos Carsolio , Mexican mountaineer1963 – A.C. Green , American basketball player1963 – Koji Ishikawa , Japanese author and illustrator
1964 – Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2009)1964 – Yvonne Murray , Scottish runner[ 20]
1965 – Olaf Backasch , German footballer1965 – Skip Heller , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Steve Olin , American baseball player (d. 1993)
1965 – Micky Ward , American boxer
1967 – Vicky Bullett , American basketball player and coach[ 21] 1967 – Nick Green , Australian rower
1967 – Liev Schreiber , American actor and director[ 15]
1968 – Richard Hancox , English footballer and manager1968 – Tim Wise , American activist and author
1969 – Abraham Benrubi , American actor[ 15] 1971 – Darren Middleton , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist1972 – Kurt Thomas , American basketball player1973 – M. Ward , American singer-songwriter[ 15] 1974 – Paco León , Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli , Italian footballer and manager1976 – Mauro Camoranesi , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager1976 – Elisandro Naressi Roos , Brazilian footballer
1976 – Alicia Silverstone , American actress, producer, and author[ 15]
1976 – Ueli Steck , Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (d. 2017)
1977 – Richard Reed Parry , Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer1978 – Dana Davis , American actress and author[ 15] 1978 – Phillip Glasser , American actor and producer[ 15]
1978 – Kei Horie , Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Kyle Lohse , American baseball player
1979 – Caitríona Balfe , Irish actress[ 14] 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook , American actress[ 15]
1979 – Björn Phau , German tennis player
1979 – Adam Voges , Australian cricketer
1980 – Sarah Fisher , American race car driver1980 – James Jones , American basketball player
1980 – Tomáš Rosický , Czech footballer
1981 – Shaura , Japanese singer1981 – Justin Williams , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr. , American baseball player1982 – Jered Weaver , American baseball player
1983 – Dan Clarke , English race car driver1983 – Vicky Krieps , Luxembourgish actress
1983 – Marios Nicolaou , Cypriot footballer
1983 – Chansi Stuckey , American football player
1983 – Kurt Suzuki , American baseball player
1984 – Lena Katina , Russian singer-songwriter1984 – Petri Kontiola , Finnish ice hockey player[ 22]
1984 – Álvaro Parente , Portuguese race car driver
1984 – Karolina Tymińska , Polish heptathlete
1985 – Shontelle , Barbadian singer-songwriter1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann , German rugby player
1987 – Rawez Lawan , Swedish footballer1987 – Will Puddy , English footballer
1987 – Marina Weisband , German politician
1988 – Melissa Benoist , American actress and singer[ 15] 1988 – Lonnie Chisenhall , American baseball player[ 23]
1988 – Caner Erkin , Turkish footballer
1988 – Evgeni Krasnopolski , Israeli figure skater
1988 – Derrick Rose , American basketball player[ 24]
1989 – Dakota Johnson , American actress[ 25] 1990 – Signy Aarna , Estonian footballer[ 26] 1990 – Saki , Japanese guitarist and songwriter[ 27]
1990 – Sergey Shubenkov , Russian hurdler[ 28]
1991 – Leigh-Anne Pinnock , English singer and songwriter[ 15] 1993 – Mitchell Swepson , Australian cricketer[ 29] 1994 – Mike Williams , American football player[ 30] 1995 – Kenny Clark , American football player[ 31] 1995 – Mikolas Josef , Czech singer and songwriter[ 32]
1996 – Ella Balinska , English actress[ 14] 1997 – Rishabh Pant , Indian cricketer[ 33] 1997 – Yuju , South Korean singer[ 34]
Deaths
Pre-1600
744 – Yazid III , Umayyad caliph (b. 701)863 – Turpio , Frankish nobleman 1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)1160 – Constance of Castile , Queen of France (b. 1141)1189 – Gerard de Ridefort , Grand Master of the Knights Templar 1221 – William IV Talvas , Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)1227 – Caliph al-Adil of Morocco[ 35] 1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)1361 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray , English baron (b. 1310)1497 – John, Prince of Asturias , only son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (b. 1478)1582 – Teresa of Ávila , Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515)1597 – Sarsa Dengel , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550)
1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel , English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)1660 – Francesco Albani , Italian painter (b. 1578)1661 – Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (b. 1625)1669 – Rembrandt , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet , French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (b. 1609)1743 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)1747 – Amaro Pargo , Spanish corsair (b. 1678)[ 36] 1749 – Baron Franz von der Trenck , Austrian soldier (b. 1711)1755 – Samuel von Cocceji , Prussian jurist and statesman (b. 1679)[ 37] 1821 – John Rennie the Elder , Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)1827 – Grigorios Zalykis , Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)1851 – Manuel Godoy , Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)1852 – James Whitcomb , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)1859 – Karl Baedeker , German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)1864 – Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos , German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)1871 – Sarel Cilliers , South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)1890 – Catherine Booth , English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1903 – Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)1904 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)1904 – Carl Josef Bayer , Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
1910 – Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)1935 – Jean Béraud , French painter and academic (b. 1849)1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder , German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz , German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)1944 – Al Smith , American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)1946 – Barney Oldfield , American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)1947 – Max Planck , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)1951 – Henrietta Lacks , American medical patient (b. 1920)1955 – Alexander Papagos , Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)1958 – Ida Wüst , German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)1961 – Benjamin , Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)1963 – Alar Kotli , Estonian architect (b. 1904)1970 – Janis Joplin , American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)1974 – Anne Sexton , American poet and author (b. 1928)1975 – Friedrich Lutz , German economist (b. 1901)[ 38] 1975 – Joan Whitney Payson , American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
1977 – José Ber Gelbard , Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)1980 – Pyotr Masherov , First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)1981 – Freddie Lindstrom , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)1982 – Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)1982 – Stefanos Stefanopoulos , Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
1988 – Zlatko Grgić , Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)1989 – Graham Chapman , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)1990 – Mārtiņš Zīverts , Latvian playwright (b. 1903)1992 – Denny Hulme , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)1994 – Danny Gatton , American guitarist (b. 1945)1997 – Otto Ernst Remer , German general (b. 1912)1997 – Gunpei Yokoi , Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (b. 1941)
1998 – S. Arasaratnam , Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)1999 – Bernard Buffet , French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)1999 – Art Farmer , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1928)
2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa , Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)2000 – Michael Smith , English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2001 – Blaise Alexander , American race car driver (b. 1976)2001 – John Collins , American guitarist (b. 1913)
2001 – Ahron Soloveichik , Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
2002 – André Delvaux , Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)2003 – Sid McMath , American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)2004 – Gordon Cooper , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway , American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)2007 – Qassem Al-Nasser , Jordanian general (b. 1925)2009 – Gerhard Kaufhold , German footballer (b. 1928)2009 – Günther Rall , German general and pilot (b. 1918)
2010 – Norman Wisdom , English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)2011 – Doris Belack , American actress (b. 1926)2012 – David Atkinson , Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)2012 – Stan Mudenge , Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1941)
2012 – Tom Stannage , Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
2013 – John Cloudsley-Thompson , Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921)2013 – Ulric Cross , Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917)
2013 – Akira Miyoshi , Japanese composer (b. 1933)
2013 – Diana Nasution , Indonesian singer (b. 1958)
2013 – Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1911)
2013 – Nicholas Oresko , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
2014 – Konrad Boehmer , German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)2014 – Hugo Carvana , Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov , Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier , Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
2015 – Dave Pike , American vibraphone player and songwriter (b. 1938)2015 – Edida Nageswara Rao , Indian director and producer (b. 1934)
2015 – Neal Walk , American basketball player (b. 1948)[ 39]
2020 – Clark Middleton , American actor (b. 1957)[ 40] 2020 – Kenzō Takada , Japanese-French fashion designer (b. 1939)[ 41]
2022 – Loretta Lynn , American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)[ 42] 2024 – Christopher Ciccone , American artist (b. 1960)[ 43] 2024 – Billy Shaw , American football player (b. 1938)[ 44]
Holidays and observances
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