April 25
Day of the year
April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 250 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1607 – Eighty Years' War : The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar .1644 – Transition from Ming to Qing : The Chongzhen Emperor , the last Emperor of Ming China , commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng .1707 – A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession .1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine .1792 – "La Marseillaise " (the French national anthem ) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle .
1808 – Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 : The Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in Flisa , Hedemarkens Amt , between Swedish and Norwegian troops.[ 1] 1829 – Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire .1846 – Thornton Affair : Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas , triggering the Mexican–American War .1849 – The Governor General of Canada , Lord Elgin , signs the Rebellion Losses Bill , outraging Montreal 's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots .1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal .1862 – American Civil War : Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana .1864 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills , a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters , killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.1882 – French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin , when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.1898 – Spanish–American War : The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.[ 2]
1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates .1915 – World War I : The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles .1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.1920 – At the San Remo conference , the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman -ruled lands of the Middle East.1933 – Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.[ 3] 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins 1944 – The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.1945 – World War II : United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe , cutting the Wehrmacht Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day .1945 – World War II: Liberation Day (Italy) : The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic .
1945 – United Nations Conference on International Organization : Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco .
1945 – World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War . Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.
1951 – Korean War : Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong .1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid " describing the double helix structure of DNA .1954 – The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories .1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway , linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe .1961 – Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit .1972 – Vietnam War : Nguyen Hue Offensive : The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum .1974 – Carnation Revolution : A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo 1980 – One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife , Canary Islands .[ 4] 1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords .1983 – Cold War : American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war .1983 – Pioneer 10 Pluto 's orbit.
1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua , the first woman to hold the position.2001 – President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.[ 5] 2004 – The March for Women's Lives brings over 1 million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion .[ 6] 2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937 .2005 – A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.[ 7]
2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union .
2007 – Boris Yeltsin's funeral : The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.2014 – The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River , leading to lead and bacteria contamination .[ 8] 2015 – At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal .[ 9]
Births
Pre-1600
1621 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , English soldier and politician (d. 1679)1666 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett , German organist and composer (d. 1727)1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington , English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)1710 – James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776)1723 – Giovanni Marco Rutini , Italian composer (d. 1797)1725 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , English admiral and politician (d. 1786)1767 – Nicolas Oudinot , French general (d. 1847)1770 – Georg Sverdrup , Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850)1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)1843 – Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)1849 – Felix Klein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1925)1850 – Luise Adolpha Le Beau , German composer and educator (d. 1927)1851 – Leopoldo Alas , Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901)1854 – Charles Sumner Tainter , American engineer and inventor (d. 1940)1862 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon , English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)1868 – John Moisant , American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)1871 – Lorne Currie , French-English sailor (d. 1926)1872 – C. B. Fry , English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956)1873 – Walter de la Mare , English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956)1873 – Howard Garis , American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962)
1874 – Guglielmo Marconi , Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)1874 – Ernest Webb , English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)
1876 – Jacob Nicol , Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958)1878 – William Merz , American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)1882 – Fred McLeod , Scottish golfer (d. 1976)1887 – Kojo Tovalou Houénou , Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936)1892 – Maud Hart Lovelace , American author (d. 1980)1896 – Fred Haney , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)1897 – Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)1900 – Gladwyn Jebb , English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)1900 – Wolfgang Pauli , Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 – Werner Heyde , German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)1902 – Mary Miles Minter , American actress (d. 1984)
1903 – Andrey Kolmogorov , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987)1905 – George Nēpia , New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)1906 – Joel Brand , member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (d. 1964)[ 14] 1906 – William J. Brennan Jr. , American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)
1908 – Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (d. 1965)1909 – William Pereira , American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)1910 – Arapeta Awatere , New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976)1911 – Connie Marrero , Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)1911 – George Roth , American gymnast (d. 1997)[ 15]
1912 – Earl Bostic , American saxophonist (d. 1965)1913 – Nikolaos Roussen , Greek captain (d. 1944)1914 – Ross Lockridge Jr. , American author and academic (d. 1948)1915 – Mort Weisinger , American journalist and author (d. 1978)1916 – Jerry Barber , American golfer (d. 1994)1917 – Ella Fitzgerald , American singer (d. 1996)[ 16] 1917 – Jean Lucas , French racing driver (d. 2003)
1918 – Graham Payn , South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005)1918 – Gérard de Vaucouleurs , French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)
1918 – Astrid Varnay , Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006)
1919 – Finn Helgesen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011)1921 – Karel Appel , Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)1923 – Francis Graham-Smith , English astronomer and academic1923 – Melissa Hayden , Canadian ballerina (d. 2006)
1923 – Albert King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
1924 – Ingemar Johansson , Swedish race walker (d. 2009)1924 – Franco Mannino , Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)
1924 – Paulo Vanzolini , Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)
1925 – Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher , English trade union leader and businessman1925 – Sammy Drechsel , German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)
1925 – Louis O'Neil , Canadian academic and politician (d. 2018)
1926 – Johnny Craig , American author and illustrator (d. 2001)1926 – Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner , Austrian politician (d. 2008)
1926 – Patricia Castell , Argentine actress (d. 2013)
1927 – Corín Tellado , Spanish author (d. 2009)1927 – Albert Uderzo , French author and illustrator (d. 2020)
1928 – Cy Twombly , American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)1929 – Yvette Williams , New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 2019)1930 – Paul Mazursky , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)1930 – Godfrey Milton-Thompson , English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)
1930 – Peter Schulz , German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (d. 2013)
1931 – Felix Berezin , Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)1931 – David Shepherd , English painter and author (d. 2017)
1932 – Nikolai Kardashev , Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019)1932 – Meadowlark Lemon , African-American basketball player and minister (d. 2015)
1932 – Lia Manoliu , Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998)
1933 – Jerry Leiber , American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)1933 – Joyce Ricketts , American baseball player (d. 1992)
1934 – Peter McParland , Northern Irish footballer and manager1935 – Bob Gutowski , American pole vaulter (d. 1960)1935 – Reinier Kreijermaat , Dutch footballer (d. 2018)
1936 – Henck Arron , Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)1938 – Roger Boisjoly , American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012)1938 – Ton Schulten , Dutch painter and graphic designer
1939 – Tarcisio Burgnich , Italian footballer and manager (d. 2021)1939 – Michael Llewellyn-Smith , English academic and diplomat
1939 – Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky , English historian and academic
1939 – Veronica Sutherland , English academic and British diplomat
1940 – Al Pacino , American actor and director1941 – Bertrand Tavernier , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)1942 – Jon Kyl , American lawyer and politician1943 – Tony Christie , English singer-songwriter and actor1944 – Len Goodman , English dancer (d. 2023)[ 17] 1944 – Mike Kogel , German singer-songwriter
1944 – Stephen Nickell , English economist and academic
1944 – Bruce Ponder , English geneticist and cancer researcher
1945 – Stu Cook , American bass player Creedence Clearwater Revival , songwriter, and producer1945 – Richard C. Hoagland , American theorist and author
1945 – Björn Ulvaeus , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1946 – Talia Shire , American actress1946 – Peter Sutherland , Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (d. 2018)
1946 – Vladimir Zhirinovsky , Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2022)
1947 – Johan Cruyff , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)1947 – Jeffrey DeMunn , American actor
1947 – Cathy Smith , Canadian singer and drug dealer (d. 2020)[ 18]
1948 – Mike Selvey , English cricketer and sportscaster1948 – Yu Shyi-kun , Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China
1949 – Vicente Pernía , Argentinian footballer and race car driver1949 – Dominique Strauss-Kahn , French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance
1949 – James Fenton , English poet, journalist and literary critic
1950 – Donnell Deeny , Northern Irish lawyer and judge1950 – Steve Ferrone , English drummer
1950 – Peter Hintze , German politician (d. 2016)
1950 – Valentyna Kozyr , Ukrainian high jumper
1951 – Ian McCartney , Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade 1952 – Ketil Bjørnstad , Norwegian pianist and composer1952 – Vladislav Tretiak , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1952 – Jacques Santini , French footballer and coach
1953 – Ron Clements , American animator, producer, and screenwriter1953 – Gary Cosier , Australian cricketer
1953 – Anthony Venables , English economist, author, and academic
1954 – Melvin Burgess , English author1954 – Randy Cross , American football player and sportscaster
1954 – Róisín Shortall , Irish educator and politician
1955 – Américo Gallego , Argentinian footballer and coach1955 – Parviz Parastui , Iranian actor and singer
1955 – Zev Siegl , American businessman, co-founded Starbucks
1956 – Dominique Blanc , French actress, director, and screenwriter1956 – Abdalla Uba Adamu , Nigerian professor, media scholar
1957 – Theo de Rooij , Dutch cyclist and manager1958 – Mike DeVault , American politician[ 19] 1958 – Fish , Scottish singer-songwriter
1958 – Misha Glenny , British journalist
1959 – Paul Madden , English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia 1959 – Daniel Kash , Canadian actor and director
1959 – Tony Phillips , American baseball player (d. 2016)
1960 – Paul Baloff , American singer (d. 2002)1960 – Robert Peston , English journalist
1961 – Dinesh D'Souza , Indian-American journalist and author1961 – Miran Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper
1962 – Foeke Booy , Dutch footballer and manager1963 – Joy Covey , American businesswoman (d. 2013)1963 – David Moyes , Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Paul Wassif , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Hank Azaria , American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer1964 – Andy Bell , English singer-songwriter
1965 – Eric Avery , American bass player and songwriter1965 – Mark Bryant , American basketball player and coach
1965 – John Henson , American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)
1966 – Diego Domínguez , Argentinian-Italian rugby player1966 – Femke Halsema , Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician
1966 – Darren Holmes , American baseball player and coach
1967 – Angel Martino , American swimmer1968 – Thomas Strunz , German footballer1969 – Joe Buck , American sportscaster1969 – Martin Koolhoven , Dutch director and screenwriter
1969 – Jon Olsen , American swimmer[ 20]
1969 – Darren Woodson , American football player and sportscaster
1969 – Renée Zellweger , American actress and producer
1970 – Jason Lee , American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer1971 – Sara Baras , Spanish dancer1973 – Carlota Castrejana , Spanish triple jumper1973 – Barbara Rittner , German tennis player
1975 – Jacque Jones , American baseball player and coach1976 – Gilberto da Silva Melo , Brazilian footballer1976 – Tim Duncan , American basketball player
1976 – Breyton Paulse , South African rugby player
1976 – Rainer Schüttler , German tennis player and coach
1977 – Constantinos Christoforou , Cypriot singer-songwriter1977 – Marguerite Moreau , American actress and producer
1977 – Matthew West , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1978 – Matt Walker , English swimmer1980 – Daniel MacPherson , Australian actor and television host1980 – Alejandro Valverde , Spanish cyclist
1981 – Felipe Massa , Brazilian racing driver1981 – John McFall , English sprinter
1981 – Anja Pärson , Swedish skier[ 21]
1982 – Monty Panesar , English cricketer1983 – Johnathan Thurston , Australian rugby league player1983 – DeAngelo Williams , American football player
1985 – Giedo van der Garde , Dutch racing driver1986 – Alexei Emelin , Russian ice hockey player1986 – Gwen Jorgensen , American triathlete[ 22]
1986 – Claudia Rath , German heptathlete
1987 – Razak Boukari , Togolese footballer1987 – Jay Park , American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1988 – Jonathan Bailey , English actor[ 23] 1988 – Sara Paxton , American actress[ 24]
1988 – James Sheppard , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Marie-Michèle Gagnon , Canadian skier[ 25] 1989 – Michael van Gerwen , Dutch darts player
1989 – Gedhun Choekyi Nyima , the 11th Panchen Lama
1990 – Jean-Éric Vergne , French racing driver1990 – Taylor Walker , Australian footballer
1991 – Jordan Poyer , American football player[ 26] 1991 – Alex Shibutani , American ice dancer
1993 – Alex Bowman , American race car driver1993 – Daniel Norris , American baseball player
1993 – Raphaël Varane , French footballer[ 27]
1994 – Omar McLeod , Jamaican hurdler[ 28] 1994 – Maggie Rogers , American musician[ 29]
1995 – Lewis Baker , English footballer1996 – Mack Horton , Australian swimmer1998 – Satou Sabally , German-American basketball player[ 30] 2000 – Dejan Kulusevski , Swedish footballer[ 31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
501 – Rusticus , saint and archbishop of Lyon (b. 455)775 – Smbat VII Bagratuni , Armenian prince775 – Mushegh VI Mamikonian , Armenian prince
908 – Zhang Wenwei , Chinese chancellor 1074 – Herman I, Margrave of Baden 1077 – Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)1185 – Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)[ 32] 1217 – Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia 1228 – Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem (b. 1212)1243 – Boniface of Valperga , Bishop of Aosta[ 33] 1264 – Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester , medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195)1295 – Sancho IV of Castile (b. 1258)1342 – Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)1397 – Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent , English nobleman1472 – Leon Battista Alberti , Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)1516 – John Yonge , English diplomat (b. 1467)1566 – Louise Labé , French poet and author (b. 1520)1566 – Diane de Poitiers , mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)
1595 – Torquato Tasso , Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544)
1605 – Naresuan , Siamese King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (b. c. 1555)1644 – Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)1660 – Henry Hammond , English cleric and theologian (b. 1605)1690 – David Teniers the Younger , Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)1744 – Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)1770 – Jean-Antoine Nollet , French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)1800 – William Cowper , English poet (b. 1731)1840 – Siméon Denis Poisson , French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)1873 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy , Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)1875 – 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)1878 – Anna Sewell , English author (b. 1820)1890 – Crowfoot , Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)1891 – Nathaniel Woodard , English priest and educator (b. 1811)1892 – Henri Duveyrier , French explorer (b. 1840)1892 – Karl von Ditmar , Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
1906 – John Knowles Paine , American composer and educator (b. 1839)1911 – Emilio Salgari , Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)1913 – Joseph-Alfred Archambeault , Canadian bishop (b. 1859)1915 – Frederick W. Seward , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)1919 – Augustus D. Juilliard , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836)1921 – Emmeline B. Wells , American journalist and women's rights advocate (b. 1828)1923 – Louis-Olivier Taillon , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)1928 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , Russian general (b. 1878)1936 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni , Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871)[ 34] 1941 – Salih Bozok , Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)1943 – Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko , Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)1944 – George Herriman , American cartoonist (b. 1880)1944 – Tony Mullane , Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
1944 – William Stephens , American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)
1945 – Huldreich Georg Früh , Swiss composer (b. 1903)1950 – John Ernest Adamson , English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (b. 1867)[ 35] 1961 – Robert Garrett , American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)1970 – Anita Louise , American actress (b. 1915)1972 – George Sanders , English actor (b. 1906)1973 – Olga Grey , Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)1974 – Gustavo R. Vincenti , Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)[ 36] 1975 – Mike Brant , Israeli singer and songwriter (b. 1947)1976 – Carol Reed , English director and producer (b. 1906)1976 – Markus Reiner , Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)
1982 – John Cody , American cardinal (b. 1907)1983 – William S. Bowdern , American priest and author (b. 1897)1988 – Carolyn Franklin , American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)1988 – Clifford D. Simak , American journalist and author (b. 1904)
1990 – Dexter Gordon , American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923)1992 – Yutaka Ozaki , Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)[ 37] 1995 – Art Fleming , American game show host (b. 1925)1995 – Ginger Rogers , American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1995 – Lev Shankovsky , Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903)
1996 – Saul Bass , American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)1998 – Wright Morris , American author and photographer (b. 1910)1999 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , Irish journalist and author (b. 1914)1999 – Roger Troutman , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)
2000 – Lucien Le Cam , French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)2000 – David Merrick , American director and producer (b. 1911)
2001 – Michele Alboreto , Italian racing driver (b. 1956)2002 – Lisa Lopes , American rapper and dancer (b. 1971)2003 – Samson Kitur , Kenyan runner (b. 1966)2004 – Thom Gunn , English-American poet and academic (b. 1929)2005 – Jim Barker , American politician (b. 1935)2005 – Swami Ranganathananda , Indian monk and educator (b. 1908)
2006 – Jane Jacobs , American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916)2006 – Peter Law , Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948)[ 38]
2007 – Alan Ball Jr. , English footballer and manager (b. 1945)2007 – Arthur Milton , English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
2007 – Bobby Pickett , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2008 – Humphrey Lyttelton , English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921)2009 – Bea Arthur , American actress and singer (b. 1922)[ 39] 2010 – Dorothy Provine , American actress and singer (b. 1935)2010 – Alan Sillitoe , English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928)
2011 – Poly Styrene , British musician (b. 1957)2012 – Gerry Bahen , Australian footballer (b. 1929)2012 – Denny Jones , American rancher and politician (b. 1910)
2012 – Moscelyne Larkin , American ballerina and educator (b. 1925)
2012 – Louis le Brocquy , Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916)
2013 – Brian Adam , Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)[ 40] 2013 – Jacob Avshalomov , American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
2013 – György Berencsi , Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941)
2013 – Rick Camp , American baseball player (b. 1953)
2014 – Dan Heap , Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)2014 – William Judson Holloway Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923)
2014 – Earl Morrall , American football player and coach (b. 1934)
2014 – Tito Vilanova , Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2014 – Stefanie Zweig , German journalist and author (b. 1932)
2015 – Jim Fanning , American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927)2015 – Matthias Kuhle , German geographer and academic (b. 1948)
2015 – Don Mankiewicz , American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922)
2015 – Mike Phillips , American basketball player (b. 1956)
2016 – Tom Lewis , Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922)2018 – Madeeha Gauhar , Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956)[ 41] 2019 – John Havlicek , American basketball player (b. 1940)[ 42] 2023 – Harry Belafonte , American singer, activist, and actor (b. 1927)[ 43] 2024 – Marla Adams , American television actress (b. 1938)[ 44] 2024 – Laurent Cantet , French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1961)[ 45]
Holidays and observances
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