August 4
Day of the year
August 4 is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 149 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon 's invention of champagne ; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne , however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine .1701 – Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.1704 – War of the Spanish Succession : Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles .1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War , a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC factories on the West coast of Sumatra including the major port of Padang .[ 2] 1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption ). The eruption causes a famine , which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.1789 – France : abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly .1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service United States Coast Guard ).1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars .1796 – French Revolutionary Wars : Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato .1821 – The Saturday Evening Post 1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.1863 – Matica slovenská , Slovakia 's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation , is established in Martin .1873 – American Indian Wars : While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana , the United States 7th Cavalry , under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River ; only one man on each side is killed.1887 – Granny , a sea anemone , died in Edinburgh after nearly 60 years in captivity. Her death was reported in The Scotsman and The New York Times .[ 3] [ 4] 1889 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
1914 – World War I : In response to the German invasion of Belgium , Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.1915 – World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915 .1921 – Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict : Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina .[ 5] 1924 – Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime .1944 – The Holocaust : A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank , her family, and four others.1944 – Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of Finland to replace the resigned Risto Ryti .[ 6] [ 7]
1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic . One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established.1964 – Civil rights movement : Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner , Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21 .1964 – Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident : U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.1969 – Vietnam War : At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.1972 – Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin , beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians .[ 8] 1974 – A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro , Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires . The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya .1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy .1983 – Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo , president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara .[ 9] 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso .1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views.1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia .2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).2007 – NASA 's Phoenix 2018 – Syrian civil war : The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border , concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign .[ 10] 2018 – Crisis in Venezuela : Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard .[ 11]
2019 – Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio . This comes only 13 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas , where 23 people were killed.[ 12] [ 13] 2020 – Beirut Port explosion : At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon .[ 14]
Births
Pre-1600
1604 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac , French cleric and author (d. 1676)1623 – Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) (d. 1685)1701 – Thomas Blackwell , Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)1704 – Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)1721 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)1755 – Nicolas-Jacques Conté , French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley , English poet and playwright (d. 1822)1805 – William Rowan Hamilton , Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)1821 – Louis Vuitton , French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)1821 – James Springer White , American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)1834 – John Venn , English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)1836 – Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup , Danish architect (d. 1907)1839 – Walter Pater , English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)1844 – Henri Berger , German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)1853 – John Henry Twachtman , American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)1859 – Knut Hamsun , Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)1861 – Daniel Edward Howard , 16th president of Liberia (d. 1935)[ 15] 1867 – Jake Beckley , American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)1868 – Master C. V. V. , Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (d. 1922)1870 – Harry Lauder , Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)1871 – William Holman , English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1934)1876 – Giovanni Giuriati , Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)1876 – John Scaddan , Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1934)1877 – Dame Laura Knight , English artist (d. 1970)[ 16] 1884 – Béla Balázs , Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)1884 – Henri Cornet , French cyclist (d. 1941)1887 – Albert M. Greenfield , Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)1888 – Taher Saifuddin , Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)1890 – Dolf Luque , Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)1893 – Fritz Gause , German historian and curator (d. 1973)1898 – Ernesto Maserati , Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)1899 – Ezra Taft Benson , American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
1901 – Louis Armstrong , American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)1901 – Clarence Passailaigue , Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1902 – Bill Hallahan , American baseball player (d. 1981)1904 – Witold Gombrowicz , Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)1904 – Helen Kane , American singer and actress (d. 1966)
1904 – Joe Tate , English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
1905 – Abeid Karume , 1st President of Zanzibar (d. 1972)[ 17] 1906 – Eugen Schuhmacher , German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)1908 – Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor (d. 1994)1909 – Glenn Cunningham , American runner and academic (d. 1988)1910 – Anita Page , American actress (d. 2008)[ 18] 1910 – William Schuman , American composer and educator (d. 1992)
1910 – Hedda Sterne , Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)
1912 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)1912 – David Raksin , American composer and educator (d. 2004)[ 19]
1912 – Raoul Wallenberg , Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)
1913 – Wesley Addy , American actor (d. 1996)1913 – Robert Hayden , American poet and educator (d. 1980)
1913 – Johann Niemann , German lieutenant (d. 1943)
1915 – Warren Avis , American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)1917 – John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)1918 – Brian Crozier , Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)1919 – Michel Déon , French novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2016)1920 – Helen Thomas , American journalist and author (d. 2013)[ 20] 1921 – Herb Ellis , American guitarist (d. 2010)1921 – Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
1922 – Mayme Agnew Clayton , American librarian (d. 2006)[ 21] 1922 – Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)
1926 – George Irving Bell , American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)1926 – Perry Moss , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1928 – Christian Goethals , Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)1928 – Gerard Damiano , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1928 – Nadežka Mosusova , Serbian composer1929 – Kishore Kumar , Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)1929 – Vellore G. Ramabhadran , Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2012)
1930 – Ali al-Sistani , Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar1931 – Naren Tamhane , Indian cricketer (d. 2002)1932 – Frances E. Allen , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2020)1932 – Liang Congjie , Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)
1934 – Dallas Green , American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)1935 – Carol Arthur , American actress and producer (d. 2020)1935 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt , German footballer and coach (d. 1997)
1935 – Michael J. Noonan , Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)
1936 – Giorgos Zographos , Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)1937 – David Bedford , English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)1938 – Ellen Schrecker , American historian and academic1939 – Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling , English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1939 – Frankie Ford , American R&B/rock and roll singer (d. 2015)
1940 – Coriún Aharonián , Uruguayan composer and musicologist (d. 2017)[ 22] 1940 – Robin Harper , Scottish academic and politician
1940 – Larry Knechtel , American bass player and pianist (d. 2009)
1940 – Frances Stewart , English economist and academic
1940 – Timi Yuro , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1941 – Martin Jarvis , English actor1941 – Andy Smillie , English footballer
1941 – Cliff Nobles , American musician (d. 2008)[ 23]
1941 – Ted Strickland , American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
1942 – Don S. Davis , American actor (d. 2008)[ 24] 1942 – Cleon Jones , American baseball player
1942 – David Lange , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)
1943 – Vicente Álvarez Areces , Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias (d. 2019)1943 – Barbara Saß-Viehweger , German politician, lawyer and civil law notary
1943 – Bjørn Wirkola , Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
1944 – Richard Belzer , American actor (d. 2023)1944 – Doudou Ndoye , Senegalese lawyer and politician
1945 – Paul McCarthy , American painter and sculptor1945 – Alan Mulally , American engineer and businessman
1946 – Aleksei Turovski , Estonian zoologist and ethologist1947 – Klaus Schulze , German keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2022)1948 – Johnny Grubb , American baseball player and coach1949 – John Riggins , American football player, sportscaster, and actor1950 – Caldwell Jones , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)1950 – N. Rangaswamy , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
1951 – Peter Goodfellow , English geneticist and academic[ 25] 1952 – James Arbuthnot , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 1952 – Moya Brennan , Irish singer-songwriter and harp player
1952 – Gábor Demszky , Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
1953 – Hiroyuki Usui , Japanese footballer and manager1954 – Anatoliy Kinakh , Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine 1954 – Steve Phillips , English footballer
1954 – François Valéry , Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1955 – Alberto Gonzales , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1957 – Rupert Farley , British actor and voice actor1957 – Brooks D. Simpson , American historian and author
1957 – Valdis Valters , Latvian basketball player and coach
1957 – John Wark , Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1958 – Allison Hedge Coke , American-Canadian poet and academic1958 – Mary Decker , American runner
1958 – Silvan Shalom , Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1958 – Brian Voss , American bowler[ 26]
1959 – Robbin Crosby , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2002)1959 – John Gormley , Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
1960 – Chuck C. Lopez , American jockey1960 – Dean Malenko , American wrestler[ 27]
1960 – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain
1960 – Bernard Rose , English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1960 – Tim Winton , Australian author and playwright
1961 – Barack Obama , American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate[ 28] 1962 – Roger Clemens , American baseball player and actor1962 – Paul Reynolds , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Keith Maurice Ellison , 30th Attorney General of Minnesota1964 – Andrew Bartlett , Australian social worker and politician1965 – Vishal Bhardwaj , Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer[ 29] [ 30] 1965 – Adam Afriyie , English businessman and politician
1965 – Dennis Lehane , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1965 – Fredrik Reinfeldt , Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden [ 31]
1965 – Michael Skibbe , German footballer and manager
1967 – Michael Marsh , American sprinter1968 – Daniel Dae Kim , South Korean-American actor1968 – Lee Mack , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Mark Bickley , Australian footballer and coach1969 – Max Cavalera , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Troy O'Leary , American baseball player
1970 – John August , American director and screenwriter1970 – Bret Baier , American journalist
1970 – Steve House , American mountaineer
1970 – Steven Jack , South African cricketer
1970 – Kate Silverton , English journalist
1971 – Bethan Benwell , English linguist, author, and academic1971 – Jeff Gordon , American race car driver and actor
1972 – Stefan Brogren , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1973 – Eva Amaral , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist1973 – Xavier Marchand , French swimmer
1973 – Marek Penksa , Slovak footballer
1973 – Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , Brazilian footballer
1974 – Kily González , Argentine footballer1975 – Andy Hallett , American actor and singer (d. 2009)[ 32] 1975 – Nikos Liberopoulos , Greek footballer
1975 – Jutta Urpilainen , Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
1975 – Daniella van Graas , Dutch model and actress
1976 – Paul Goldstein , American tennis player[ 33] 1976 – Andrew McLeod , Australian footballer
1976 – Trevor Woodman , English rugby player and coach
1977 – Frankie Kazarian , American wrestler1977 – Luís Boa Morte , Portuguese footballer and manager
1978 – Jeremy Adduono , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1978 – Luke Allen , American baseball player (d. 2022)
1978 – Kurt Busch , American race car driver
1978 – Agnė Eggerth , Lithuanian sprinter
1978 – Ibán Espadas , Spanish footballer
1978 – Jon Knott , American baseball player
1978 – Karine Legault , Canadian swimmer
1978 – Sandeep Naik , Indian politician
1978 – Siri Nordby , Norwegian footballer
1978 – Ricardo Serrano , Spanish cyclist
1978 – Per-Åge Skrøder , Norwegian ice hockey player
1978 – Satoshi Hino , Japanese voice actor
1979 – Robin Peterson , South African cricketer1980 – Richard Dawson , English cricketer and coach1981 – Marques Houston , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1981 – Benjamin Lauth , German footballer
1981 – Abigail Spencer , American actress
1981 – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex , American actress and humanitarian, and member of British Royal Family
1983 – Greta Gerwig , American actress, producer, and screenwriter1984 – Terry Campese , Australian rugby league player1984 – Mardy Collins , American basketball player
1985 – Crystal Bowersox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1985 – Robbie Findley , American soccer player
1985 – Mark Milligan , Australian footballer
1985 – Ha Seung-jin , South Korean basketball player
1985 – Antonio Valencia , Ecuadorean footballer
1986 – Nick Augusto , American drummer1986 – Leon Camier , English motorcycle racer
1986 – Cicinho , Brazilian footballer
1986 – Iosia Soliola , New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1986 – David Williams , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Jang Keun-suk , South Korean actor and singer1987 – Marreese Speights American basketball player
1987 – Tomoya Warabino , Japanese actor
1988 – Carly Foulkes , Canadian model and actress1988 – Kelley O'Hara , American soccer player[ 34]
1989 – Tomasz Kaczor , Polish sprint canoeist[ 35] 1989 – Jessica Mauboy , Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Wang Hao , Chinese chess player
1990 – Hikmet Balioğlu , Turkish footballer1990 – Siim Tenno , Estonian footballer
1991 – Thiago Cardoso , Brazilian footballer1991 – Izet Hajrović , Bosnian footballer
1992 – Daniele Garozzo , Italian fencer1992 – Domingo Germán , Dominican baseball player[ 36]
1992 – Cole Sprouse , American actor[ 37]
1992 – Dylan Sprouse , American actor[ 37]
1994 – Bobby Shmurda , American rapper[ 38] 1995 – Bruna Marquezine , Brazilian actress1998 – Lil Skies , American rapper [ 39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
221 – Lady Zhen , Chinese empress (b. 183)966 – Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)1060 – Henry I of France (b. 1008)1113 – Gertrude of Saxony , countess and regent of Holland (b. c. 1030)[ 40] 1265 – Peter de Montfort , English politician (b. 1215)1265 – Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)
1265 – Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1208)
1265 – Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer , English politician (b. 1223)
1266 – Eudes of Burgundy , Count of Nevers (b. 1230)1306 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)[ 41] 1345 – As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1326)1378 – Galeazzo II Visconti , Lord of Milan (b. c. 1320)1430 – Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)1526 – Juan Sebastián Elcano , Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)1578 – Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)1598 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)
1612 – Hugh Broughton , English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)1639 – Juan Ruiz de Alarcón , Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)1718 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)1727 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie , French general (b. 1647)1741 – Andrew Hamilton , Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)[ 42] 1778 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial , Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)1792 – John Burgoyne , English general and politician (b. 1723)1795 – Timothy Ruggles , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)1804 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan , Scottish admiral (b. 1731)1822 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson , Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)1844 – Jacob Aall , Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)1859 – John Vianney , French priest and saint (b. 1786)1873 – Viktor Hartmann , Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)1875 – Hans Christian Andersen , Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)1886 – Samuel J. Tilden , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)[ 43] 1900 – Isaac Levitan , Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
1914 – Jules Lemaître , French playwright and critic (b. 1853)1919 – Dave Gregory , Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)1922 – Enver Pasha , Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)1932 – Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter (b. 1868)1938 – Pearl White , American actress (b. 1889)1940 – Ze'ev Jabotinsky , Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)1941 – Mihály Babits , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)1942 – Alberto Franchetti , Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)1944 – Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński , Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)1957 – John Cain Sr. , Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)1957 – Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
1958 – Ethel Anderson , Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)[ 44] 1959 – József Révai , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)1961 – Margarito Bautista , Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (b. 1878)[ 45] 1962 – Marilyn Monroe , American model and actress (b. 1926)1964 – Nätti-Jussi , Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (b. 1890)[ 46] 1967 – Peter Smith , English cricketer (b. 1908)1976 – Enrique Angelelli , Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)1976 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
1977 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)1981 – Melvyn Douglas , American actor (b. 1901)1982 – Bruce Goff , American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)1985 – Don Whillans , English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)1990 – Ettore Maserati , Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)1992 – Seichō Matsumoto , Japanese author (b. 1909)1996 – Geoff Hamilton , English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)1997 – Jeanne Calment , French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)1998 – Yury Artyukhin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)1999 – Victor Mature , American actor (b. 1913)2003 – Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)2004 – Mary Sherman Morgan , American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)2004 – Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956)
2005 – Anatoly Larkin , Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)2005 – Iván Szabó , Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)
2007 – Lee Hazlewood , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)2007 – Raul Hilberg , Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
2008 – Craig Jones , English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)2009 – Blake Snyder , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)2011 – Naoki Matsuda , Japanese footballer (b. 1977)2012 – Johnnie Bassett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)2012 – Brian Crozier , Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)
2012 – Bud Riley , American football player and coach (b. 1925)
2013 – Keith H. Basso , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)2013 – Art Donovan , American football player and radio host (b. 1925)
2013 – Olavi J. Mattila , Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
2013 – Renato Ruggiero , Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)[ 47]
2013 – Tony Snell , English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)[ 48]
2013 – Sandy Woodward , English admiral (b. 1932)[ 49]
2014 – James Brady , American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)[ 50] 2014 – Chester Crandell , American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)[ 51]
2014 – Jake Hooker , Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)[ 52]
2015 – Elsie Hillman , American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)[ 53] 2015 – Les Munro , New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)[ 54]
2015 – John Rudometkin , American basketball player (b. 1940)[ 55]
2015 – Billy Sherrill , American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)[ 56]
2019 – Nuon Chea , Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (b. 1926)[ 57] 2023 – Dalia Fadila , Israeli educator (b. 1971/1972)[ 58] 2024 – Charles Cyphers , American actor (b. 1939)[ 59] 2024 – Tsung-Dao Lee , Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)[ 60]
2024 – Duane Thomas , American football player (b. 1947)[ 61]
Holidays and observances
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