August 22
Day of the year
August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 131 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1614 – Fettmilch Uprising : Jews are expelled from Frankfurt , Holy Roman Empire , following the plundering of the Judengasse .1639 – Madras (now Chennai ), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.1642 – Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham , which marks the beginning of the English Civil War .1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam . He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.1711 – Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais .1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia .1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island , and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales .1777 – British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).1791 – The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti .1798 – French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo , Ireland to aid the rebellion .1827 – José de La Mar becomes President of Peru .1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.1849 – Passaleão incident : João Maria Ferreira do Amaral , the governor of Portuguese Macau , is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days after.[ 4] 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America 1864 – Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention , establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.[ 5] 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands .1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1902 – The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1902 – At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.[ 6]
1922 – Michael Collins , Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War .1934 – Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes .1941 – World War II : German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad .1942 – Brazil declares war on Germany , Japan and Italy .1944 – World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake .1953 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.1962 – The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle .1963 – X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).1965 – Juan Marichal , pitcher for the San Francisco Giants , strikes John Roseboro , catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers , on the head with a bat , sparking a 14-minute brawl , one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.[ 7] 1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers .1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá , Colombia . It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28 .1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.1973 – The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende 's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.1978 – Nicaraguan Revolution : The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua , along with over a thousand hostages.1978 – The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
1981 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township , Miaoli County , Taiwan . All 110 people on board are killed.[ 8] 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport . The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts .1991 – Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states .1992 – FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho .1999 – China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport , killing three people and injuring 208 more.[ 9] 2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.2004 – Versions of The Scream Madonna Edvard Munch , are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo , Norway.2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine , killing all 170 people on board.2006 – Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
2007 – The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Births
Pre-1600
1601 – Georges de Scudéry , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)1624 – Jean Regnault de Segrais , French author and poet (d. 1701)1647 – Denis Papin , French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin , French cardinal (d. 1758)1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)1764 – Charles Percier , French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)1771 – Henry Maudslay , English engineer (d. 1831)1773 – Aimé Bonpland , French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)1778 – James Kirke Paulding , American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto , Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)1818 – Rudolf von Jhering , German jurist (d. 1892)[ 12] 1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley , American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)1836 – Archibald Willard , American soldier and painter (d. 1918)1844 – George W. De Long , American Naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)1845 – William Lewis Douglas , American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)1847 – John Forrest , Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)1848 – Melville Elijah Stone , American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News 1854 – Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)1857 – Ned Hanlon , American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)1860 – Alfred Ploetz , German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
1862 – Claude Debussy , French pianist and composer (d. 1918)1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins , American inventor (d. 1934)
1868 – Willis R. Whitney , American chemist (d. 1958)1873 – Alexander Bogdanov , Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)1874 – Max Scheler , German philosopher and author (d. 1928)1880 – Gorch Fock , German author and poet (d. 1916)1880 – George Herriman , American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1881 – Bede Jarrett , English Dominican priest (d. 1934)[ 13] 1881 – James Newland , Australian soldier and policeman (d. 1949)[ 14]
1882 – Raymonde de Laroche , French pilot (d. 1919)1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1977)1890 – Cecil Kellaway , South African actor (d. 1973)1891 – Henry Bachtold , Australian soldier and railway engineer (d. 1983)1891 – Jacques Lipchitz , Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 – Wilfred Kitching , English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)1893 – Dorothy Parker , American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
1893 – Ernest H. Volwiler , American chemist (d. 1992)
1895 – László Almásy , Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)1895 – Paul Comtois , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
1896 – Laurence McKinley Gould , American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)1897 – Bill Woodfull , Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)1900 – Lisy Fischer , Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999)
1902 – Thomas Pelly , American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)1902 – Leni Riefenstahl , German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
1902 – Edward Rowe Snow , American historian and author (d. 1982)
1903 – Jerry Iger , American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)1904 – Deng Xiaoping , Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer and painter (d. 2004)1908 – Erwin Thiesies , German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
1909 – Julius J. Epstein , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)1909 – Mel Hein , American football player and coach (d. 1992)
1913 – Leonard Pagliero , English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1914 – Jack Dunphy , American author and playwright (d. 1992)1914 – Connie B. Gay , American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
1915 – David Dellinger , American activist (d. 2004)1915 – James Hillier , Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007)
1915 – Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
1917 – John Lee Hooker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)1918 – Mary McGrory , American journalist and author (d. 2004)1920 – Ray Bradbury , American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 2012)[ 15] 1920 – Denton Cooley , American surgeon and scientist (d. 2016)[ 16]
1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos , Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)1921 – Tony Pawson , English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
1922 – Roberto Aizenberg , Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1996)1922 – Theoni V. Aldredge , Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
1922 – Frank Kelly Freas , American science fiction and fantasy artist (d. 2005)[ 17]
1924 – James Kirkwood, Jr. , American playwright and author (d. 1989)1924 – Harishankar Parsai , Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995)
1925 – Honor Blackman , English actress and republican (d. 2020)[ 18] 1926 – Marc Bohan , French fashion designer (d. 2023)[ 19] 1926 – Bob Flanigan , American pop singer (d. 2011)
1928 – Tinga Seisay , Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d. 2015)1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer and academic (d. 2007)[ 20]
1929 – Valery Alekseyev , Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)1929 – Roy Clay , American computer scientist (d. 2024)[ 21]
1929 – Ulrich Wegener , German police officer and general (d. 2017)
1930 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)1932 – Gerald P. Carr , American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (d. 2020)1933 – Sylva Koscina , Italian actress (d. 1994)1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. , American general and engineer (d. 2012)[ 19] 1935 – Annie Proulx , American novelist, short story writer, and journalist[ 19] 1936 – Chuck Brown , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)1936 – John Callaway , American journalist and producer (d. 2009)
1936 – Dale Hawkins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936 – Werner Stengel , German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
1938 – Jean Berkey , American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)1939 – Valerie Harper , American actress (d. 2019)[ 22] 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski , American baseball player[ 23]
1941 – Bill Parcells , American football player and coach[ 24] 1943 – Alun Michael , Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales 1943 – Masatoshi Shima , Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
1944 – Roger Cashmore , English physicist and academic1945 – David Chase , American screenwriter and producer[ 25] 1945 – Ron Dante , American singer-songwriter and producer[ 26]
1947 – Cindy Williams , American actress and producer[ 27] 1948 – David Marks , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 25] 1949 – Diana Nyad , American swimmer and author[ 19] 1949 – Joop Donkervoort , Dutch businessman[ 28] 1950 – Ray Burris , American baseball player and coach1950 – Scooter Libby , American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
1952 – Peter Laughner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)1953 – Paul Ellering , American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager1955 – Chiranjeevi , Indian film actor, producer and politician1956 – Paul Molitor , American baseball player and coach[ 19] 1956 – Peter Taylor , Australian cricketer
1957 – Steve Davis , English snooker player, sportscaster, and author1957 – Holly Dunn , American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1958 – Colm Feore , American-Canadian actor1958 – Stevie Ray , American wrestler
1958 – Vernon Reid , English-born American guitarist and songwriter[ 25]
1959 – Juan Croucier , Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer1959 – Pia Gjellerup , Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
1959 – Mark Williams , English actor
1960 – Holger Gehrke , German footballer and manager1960 – Collin Raye , American country music singer[ 25]
1960 – Regina Taylor , American actress and playwright[ 25]
1961 – Andrés Calamaro , Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1961 – Roland Orzabal , English singer and musician[ 25]
1961 – Debbi Peterson , American singer-songwriter and drummer[ 25]
1962 – Stefano Tilli , Italian sprinter1963 – Tori Amos , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[ 25] 1963 – James DeBarge , American R&B/soul singer[ 25]
1964 – Mats Wilander , Swedish-American tennis player and coach[ 19] 1965 – Wendy Botha , South African-Australian surfer1965 – David Reimer , Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (d. 2004)[ 29]
1966 – GZA , American rapper and producer[ 25] 1966 – Rob Witschge , Dutch footballer and manager
1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , English actor[ 25] 1967 – Ty Burrell , American actor and comedian[ 25]
1967 – Paul Colman , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Layne Staley , American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1968 – Casper Christensen , Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter1968 – Aleksandr Mostovoi , Russian footballer
1968 – Elisabeth Murdoch , Australian businesswoman
1968 – Horst Skoff , Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
1970 – Charlie Connelly , English author and broadcaster1970 – Giada De Laurentiis , Italian-American chef and author[ 25]
1970 – Tímea Nagy , Hungarian fencer[ 30]
1971 – Richard Armitage , English actor[ 19] 1971 – Craig Finn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Rick Yune , American actor[ 25]
1972 – Okkert Brits , South African pole vaulter1972 – Paul Doucette , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer[ 25]
1972 – Max Wilson , German-Brazilian race car driver
1973 – Roslina Bakar , Malaysian sport shooter[ 31] 1973 – Howie Dorough , American singer-songwriter and dancer[ 25]
1973 – Kristen Wiig , American actress, comedian, and screenwriter[ 25]
1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas , Lithuanian basketball player
1974 – Cory Gardner , American politician1974 – Jenna Leigh Green , American actress and singer[ 25]
1974 – Agustín Pichot , Argentinian rugby player
1975 – Clint Bolton , Australian footballer1975 – Rodrigo Santoro , Brazilian actor
1976 – Marius Bezykornovas , Lithuanian footballer1976 – Bryn Davies , American bassist, cellist, and pianist
1976 – Laurent Hernu , French decathlete
1976 – Jeff Weaver , American baseball player[ 32]
1976 – Randy Wolf , American baseball player
1977 – Heiðar Helguson , Icelandic footballer1977 – Keren Cytter , Israeli visual artist and writer
1978 – James Corden , English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter[ 25] 1978 – Ioannis Gagaloudis , Greek basketball player
1979 – Brandon Adams , American actor[ 25] 1979 – Matt Walters , American football player
1980 – Roland Benschneider , German footballer1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris , Canadian sprinter
1980 – Seiko Yamamoto , Japanese wrestler
1981 – Alex Holmes , American football player1981 – Jang Hyun-kyu , South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1981 – Christina Obergföll , German athlete
1983 – Theo Bos , Dutch cyclist1983 – Jahri Evans , American football player
1984 – Lee Camp , English footballer1984 – Lawrence Quaye , Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
1985 – Luke Russert , American journalist1985 – Jey Uso , Samoan-American wrestler
1985 – Jimmy Uso , Samoan-American wrestler
1985 – Salih Yoluç , Turkish race car drivr[ 33]
1986 – Stephen Ireland , Irish footballer1986 – Tokushōryū Makoto , Japanese sumo wrestler
1987 – Leonardo Moracci , Italian footballer1987 – Apollo Crews , American wrestler
1989 – Giacomo Bonaventura , Italian footballer1990 – Randall Cobb , American football player1990 – Drew Hutchison , American baseball player
1990 – Robbie Rochow , Australian rugby league player
1990 – Adam Thielen , American football player[ 34]
1991 – Federico Macheda , Italian footballer1991 – Brayden Schenn , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Ema Burgić Bucko , Bosnian tennis player1993 – Dillon Danis , American mixed martial artist[ 35] 1994 – Israel Broussard , American actor[ 19] 1994 – Olli Määttä , Finnish ice hockey player
1995 – Dua Lipa , English singer-songwriter[ 36] 1996 – Jessica-Jane Applegate , British Paralympic swimmer[ 37] 1996 – Jeon So-min , South Korean singer-songwriter[ 38]
1997 – Maxx Crosby , American football player[ 39] 1997 – Fanum , American streamer[ 40]
1997 – Lautaro Martínez , Argentine footballer[ 41]
2001 – LaMelo Ball , American basketball player[ 42] 2003 – Cooper Connolly , Australian cricketer[ 43] 2005 – Stiliana Nikolova , Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast[ 44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
408 – Stilicho , Roman general (b. 359)1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)1241 – Pope Gregory IX , (b. 1143)1280 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225)[ 45] 1304 – John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)1338 – William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)1350 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293)[ 46] 1358 – Isabella of France (b. 1295)1425 – Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (b. 1423)1456 – Vladislav II of Wallachia 1485 – Richard III of England (b. 1452)[ 47] 1485 – James Harrington , Yorkist knight
1485 – John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
1485 – Richard Ratcliffe , supporter of Richard III
1485 – William Brandon , supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
1532 – William Warham , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)1545 – Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)1553 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland , English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)1584 – Jan Kochanowski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)1599 – Luca Marenzio , Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold , English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)1652 – Jacob De la Gardie , Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)1664 – Maria Cunitz , Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)1681 – Philippe Delano , Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers , French general (b. 1644)1752 – William Whiston , English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)1773 – George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton , English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)[ 48] 1793 – Louis de Noailles , French general (b. 1713)1797 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser , French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)1806 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)1818 – Warren Hastings , English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)1828 – Franz Joseph Gall , Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)[ 49] 1850 – Nikolaus Lenau , Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)1861 – Xianfeng , Emperor of China (b. 1831)1888 – Ágoston Trefort , Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)1891 – Jan Neruda , Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)1904 – Kate Chopin , American novelist and poet (b. 1850)1909 – Henry Radcliffe Crocker , English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)1914 – Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi , Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)1918 – Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)1920 – Anders Zorn , Swedish artist (b. 1860)1922 – Michael Collins , Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)1926 – Charles William Eliot , American academic (b. 1834)1933 – Alexandros Kontoulis , Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)1940 – Oliver Lodge , English physicist and academic (b. 1851)1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland , Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
1942 – Michel Fokine , Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)1946 – Döme Sztójay , Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)1950 – Kirk Bryan , American geologist and academic (b. 1888)1951 – Jack Bickell , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)1953 – Jim Tabor , American baseball player (b. 1916)1958 – Roger Martin du Gard , French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)1960 – Johannes Sikkar , Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)1963 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield , English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus , American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)1970 – Vladimir Propp , Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)1971 – Birger Nerman , Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888)[ 50] 1974 – Jacob Bronowski , Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)1976 – Gina Bachauer , Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek , Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1977 – Sebastian Cabot , English actor (b. 1918)1977 – Chunseong , Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
1977 – Rex Connor , Australian politician (b. 1907)[ 51]
1978 – Jomo Kenyatta , Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)1979 – James T. Farrell , American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)1980 – James Smith McDonnell , American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)1981 – Vicente Manansala , Filipino painter (b. 1910)1985 – Charles Gibson (historian) , Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)1986 – Celâl Bayar , Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883)1987 – Joseph P. Lash , American author and journalist (b. 1909)1989 – Robert Grondelaers , Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)1989 – Huey P. Newton , American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
1991 – Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)1991 – Boris Pugo , Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
1994 – Gilles Groulx , Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)1994 – Allan Houser , American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
1995 – Johnny Carey , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)1996 – Erwin Komenda , Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)2000 – Abulfaz Elchibey , 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)2003 – Arnold Gerschwiler , Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)2004 – Konstantin Aseev , Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)2004 – Angus Bethune , Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
2004 – Daniel Petrie , Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
2005 – Luc Ferrari , French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)2005 – Ernest Kirkendall , American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
2007 – Grace Paley , American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)2008 – Gladys Powers , English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)2009 – Muriel Duckworth , Canadian pacifist , feminist , and activist (b. 1908)[ 52] 2009 – Elmer Kelton , American journalist and author (b. 1926)
2010 – Stjepan Bobek , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)2011 – Nick Ashford , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)2011 – Jack Layton , Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
2011 – Casey Ribicoff , American philanthropist (b. 1922)
2012 – Nina Bawden , English author (b. 1925)2012 – Paul Shan Kuo-hsi , Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeffrey Stone , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013 – Paul Poberezny , American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)2013 – Andrea Servi , Italian footballer (b. 1984)
2014 – U. R. Ananthamurthy , Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)2014 – Emmanuel Kriaras , Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
2014 – Pete Ladygo , American football player and coach (b. 1928)
2014 – Noella Leduc , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2014 – John Sperling , American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
2014 – John S. Waugh , American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
2015 – Arthur Morris , Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)2015 – Ieng Thirith , Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
2015 – Eric Thompson , English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)
2016 – S. R. Nathan , 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)2016 – Toots Thielemans , Belgian and American jazz musician (b. 1922)
2017 – Michael J. C. Gordon , British Computer scientist (b. 1948)2018 – Ed King , American musician (b. 1949)[ 53] 2018 – Krishna Reddy , Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (b. 1925)[ 54]
2021 – Rod Gilbert , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)[ 55] 2024 – Arthur J. Gregg , American military officer (b. 1928)[ 56]
Holidays and observances
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