February 14
Day of the year
February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 320 days remain until the end of the year (321 in leap years ).
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day .[ 1]
Events
Pre-1600
1613 – Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace , London.[ 7] 1655 – The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655 .[ 8] 1778 – The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger , commanded by John Paul Jones .1779 – American Revolutionary War : The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia .1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii .
1797 – French Revolutionary Wars : Battle of Cape St. Vincent : John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar .1804 – Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire .[ 9] 1831 – Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay .1835 – The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , in the Latter Day Saint movement , is formed in Kirtland, Ohio .1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children , the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London .1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas .1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state .1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone , as does Elisha Gray .1879 – The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta .1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections .1900 – The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith .
1903 – The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor ).1912 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state .1912 – The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines .
1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar .[ 10] 1919 – The Polish–Soviet War begins.1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago .1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).1929 – Saint Valentine's Day Massacre : Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone 's gang, are murdered in Chicago .1939 – World War II : German battleship Bismarck is launched.[ 11] 1942 – World War II: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore .1943 – World War II: Rostov-on-Don , Russia is liberated.1943 – World War II: Tunisia Campaign : General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim 's Fifth Panzer Army launches a counter-attack against Allied positions in Tunisia .
1944 – World War II: In the action of 14 February 1944 , a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian Regia Marina submarine in the Strait of Malacca .1945 – World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden , the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden .1945 – World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague , Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army 's Vistula–Oder Offensive .
1945 – World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy , officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations .
1946 – The Bank of England is nationalized.1947 – The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary .[ 12] 1949 – The Knesset (parliament of Israel ) convenes for the first time.1949 – The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec .
1954 – First Indochina war - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege.[ 13] 1961 – Discovery of the chemical elements : Element 103, Lawrencium , is first synthesized at the University of California .1966 – Australian currency is decimalized .1979 – In Kabul , Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan , Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.1983 – United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher , is later convicted of fraud .1989 – Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster .1989 – Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie , author of The Satanic Verses
1990 – Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore , India.1990 – The Voyager 1 Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot
1998 – An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé , Cameroon , spilling fuel oil . One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.2000 – The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker 433 Eros , the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.2003 – Iraq disarmament crisis : UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq .[ 14] 2004 – In a suburb of Moscow , Russia , the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.2005 – In Beirut , 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri , are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.[ 15] 2005 – Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda -linked militants that hit Makati , Davao City , and General Santos , all in the Philippines.
2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students , eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos .
2008 – Northern Illinois University shooting : A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois , resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.2011 – As a part of Arab Spring , the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage' .2018 – Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa .2018 – A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.[ 16]
2019 – Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district , Jammu and Kashmir , India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.
Births
Pre-1600
1404 – Leon Battista Alberti , Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)1408 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)1452 – Pandolfo Petrucci , tyrant of Siena (d. 1512)1468 – Johannes Werner , German priest and mathematician (d. 1522)1483 – Babur , Moghul emperor (d. 1530)1490 – Valentin Friedland , German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (d. 1556)[ 17] 1513 – Domenico Ferrabosco , Italian composer (d. 1573)1545 – Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (d. 1561)
1602 – Francesco Cavalli , Italian composer (d. 1676)[ 18] 1614 – John Wilkins , English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (d. 1672)[ 19] [ 20] 1625 – Countess Palatine Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken , Swedish princess (d. 1687)[ 21] 1628 – Valentine Greatrakes , Irish faith healer (d. 1683)[ 22] 1640 – Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (d. 1693)[citation needed 1670 – Rajaram Raj Bhonsle , third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (d. 1700)[ 23] 1679 – Georg Friedrich Kauffmann , German organist and composer (d. 1735)1692 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French author and playwright (d. 1754)1701 – Enrique Flórez , Spanish historian and author (d. 1773)1763 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau , French general (d. 1813)1782 – Eleanora Atherton , English philanthropist (d. 1870)[ 24] 1784 – Heinrich Baermann , German clarinetist (d. 1847)1799 – Walenty Wańkowicz , Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842)1800 – Emory Washburn , American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)1808 – Michael Costa , Italian-English conductor and composer (d. 1884)1812 – Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)[ 25] 1813 – Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (d. 1884)[ 26] 1819 – Christopher Latham Sholes , American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (d. 1890)1824 – Winfield Scott Hancock , American general and politician (d. 1886)1828 – Edmond François Valentin About , French journalist and author (d. 1885)1829 – Alfred Iverson Jr. , American Confederate Army officer (d. 1911)[ 27] 1835 – Piet Paaltjens , Dutch minister and poet (d. 1894)1838 – Margaret E. Knight , American inventor (d. 1914)1846 – Julian Scott , American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)1847 – Anna Howard Shaw , American physician, minister, and activist (d. 1919)1848 – Benjamin Baillaud , French astronomer and academic (d. 1934)1855 – Frank Harris , Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. , American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (d. 1896)1860 – Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954)1869 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)1878 – Julius Nieuwland , Belgian priest, chemist and academic (d. 1936)1882 – John Barrymore , American actor (d. 1942)1884 – Nils Olaf Chrisander , Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)1884 – Kostas Varnalis , Greek poet and playwright (d. 1974)
1888 – Chandrashekhar Agashe , Indian industrialist (d. 1956)[ 28] 1890 – Nina Hamnett , Welsh-English painter and author (d. 1956)1890 – Dick Richards , Welsh international footballer (d. 1934)[ 29]
1891 – Katherine Stinson , American aviator (d. 1977)1892 – Radola Gajda , Czech commander and politician (d. 1948)1894 – Jack Benny , American actor and producer (d. 1974)[ 30] 1895 – Wilhelm Burgdorf , German general (d. 1945)1895 – Max Horkheimer , German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
1898 – Bill Tilman , English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)1898 – Fritz Zwicky , Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
1900 – Jessica Dragonette , American singer (d. 1980)[ 31]
1902 – Thelma Ritter , American actress and singer (d. 1969)[ 32] 1903 – Stuart Erwin , American actor (d. 1967)1907 – Johnny Longden , English-American jockey and trainer (d. 2003)1911 – Willem Johan Kolff , Dutch physician and inventor (d. 2009)1912 – Tibor Sekelj , Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (d. 1988)1913 – Mel Allen , American sportscaster (d. 1996)1913 – Woody Hayes , American football player and coach (d. 1987)[ 32]
1913 – Jimmy Hoffa , American trade union leader (d. 1975)[ 32]
1913 – James Pike , American bishop (d. 1969)
1915 – Sally Gray , English actress and singer (d. 2006)1916 – Marcel Bigeard , French general (d. 2010)1916 – Masaki Kobayashi , Japanese director and producer (d. 1996)
1916 – Edward Platt , American actor (d. 1974)
1917 – Herbert A. Hauptman , American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)1921 – Hugh Downs , American journalist, game show host, and producer (d. 2020)[ 32] 1921 – Hazel McCallion , Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga (d. 2023)[ 33]
1923 – Jay Hebert , American golfer (d. 1997)1924 – Juan Ponce Enrile , Filipino politician[ 34] 1924 – Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (d. 2017)
1927 – Lois Maxwell , Canadian-Australian model and actress (d. 2007)1928 – William Allain , American lawyer and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013)1928 – Vicente T. Blaz , American general and politician (d. 2014)
1929 – Vic Morrow , American actor and director (d. 1982)1931 – Brian Kelly , American actor and director (d. 2005)1932 – Harriet Andersson , Swedish actress1934 – Florence Henderson , American actress and singer (d. 2016)[ 32] 1935 – David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn , Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong 1936 – Anna German , Polish singer (d. 1982)1937 – John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market , English politician, Secretary of State for Transport 1937 – Magic Sam , American singer and guitarist (d. 1969)[ 35]
1939 – Razzy Bailey , American country music singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2021)1939 – Blowfly , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)[ 36]
1939 – Eugene Fama , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Donna Shalala , American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services 1941 – Paul Tsongas , American lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
1942 – Michael Bloomberg , American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City [ 32] 1942 – Andrew Robinson , American actor and director
1942 – Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing driver (d. 1962)
1943 – Maceo Parker , American saxophonist[ 37] 1944 – Carl Bernstein , American journalist and author[ 32] 1944 – Alan Parker , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1944 – Ronnie Peterson , Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)[ 38]
1945 – Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1945 – Rod Masterson , American lieutenant and actor (d. 2013)
1946 – Bernard Dowiyogo , Nauru politician, President of Nauru (d. 2003)1946 – Gregory Hines , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)[ 32]
1947 – Tim Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)1947 – Judd Gregg , American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
1947 – John Quayle , Australian rugby league player and administrator[ 39]
1947 – Phạm Tuân , Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut[ 40]
1948 – Mayra Gómez Kemp , Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (d. 2024)[ 41] 1948 – Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 2022)
1948 – Pat O'Brien , American journalist and author[ 42]
1948 – Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1948 – Teller , American magician and actor[ 42]
1950 – Roger Fisher , American guitarist and songwriter1951 – Terry Gross , American radio host and producer[ 32] 1951 – Kevin Keegan , English footballer and manager
1952 – Sushma Swaraj , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2019)1954 – Jam Mohammad Yousaf , Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (d. 2013)1955 – Carol Kalish , American publisher (d. 1991)1956 – Howard Davis Jr. , American boxer and trainer (d. 2015)1956 – Dave Dravecky , American baseball player
1956 – Katharina Fritsch , German sculptor and academic
1957 – Soile Isokoski , Finnish soprano and actress1957 – Alan Smith , English bishop[ 43]
1957 – Ken Wahl , American actor[ 42]
1958 – Grant Thomas , Australian footballer and coach1959 – Renée Fleming , American soprano and actress[ 42] 1960 – Philip Jones , English admiral[ 44] 1960 – Jim Kelly , American football player and businessman
1960 – Meg Tilly , American actress and author[ 42]
1962 – Sakina Jaffrey , American actress[ 42] 1963 – Enrico Colantoni , Canadian actor, director, and producer[ 42] 1964 – Gianni Bugno , Italian cyclist and sportscaster1964 – Zach Galligan , American actor[ 42]
1966 – Petr Svoboda , Czech ice hockey player and agent1967 – Stelios Haji-Ioannou , Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet 1967 – Calle Johansson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach[ 45]
1967 – Manuela Maleeva , Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
1967 – Bernie Moreno , American politician and businessman[ 46]
1967 – Mark Rutte , Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1968 – Jules Asner , American model and television host1968 – Chris Lewis , Guyanese-English cricketer
1968 – Scott McClellan , American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary
1969 – Meg Hillier , English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 1970 – Giuseppe Guerini , Italian cyclist1970 – Sean Hill , American ice hockey player
1970 – Simon Pegg , English actor, director, and producer[ 42]
1970 – Takashi Saito , Japanese baseball player[ 47]
1971 – Kris Aquino , Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer1971 – Gheorghe Mureșan , Romanian basketball player
1972 – Drew Bledsoe , American football player and coach1972 – Musōyama Masashi , Japanese sumo wrestler
1972 – Najwa Nimri , Spanish actress and singer [ 48]
1972 – Jaan Tallinn , Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
1972 – Rob Thomas , American singer-songwriter[ 42]
1973 – H. D. Ackerman , South African cricketer1973 – Annalisa Buffa , Italian mathematician
1973 – Tyus Edney , American basketball player and coach
1973 – Steve McNair , American football player (d. 2009)
1974 – Valentina Vezzali , Italian fencer and politician1975 – Viktor Kozlov , Russian ice hockey player and coach[ 49] 1975 – Dámaso Marte , Dominican baseball player[ 50]
1976 – Milan Hejduk , Czech-American ice hockey player[ 51] 1976 – Liv Kristine , Norwegian singer-songwriter
1976 – Rie Rasmussen , Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress
1977 – Anna Erschler , Russian mathematician1977 – Cadel Evans , Australian cyclist
1977 – Jim Jefferies , Australian comedian and actor
1977 – Darren Purse , English footballer
1977 – Elmer Symons , South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
1978 – Danai Gurira , American-Zimbabwean actress[ 42] 1978 – Richard Hamilton , American basketball player1978 – Darius Songaila , Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1980 – Josh Senter , American screenwriter and producer1980 – Michelle Ye , Hong Kong actress and producer
1981 – Matteo Brighi , Italian footballer1981 – Randy de Puniet , French motorcycle racer
1981 – Brad Halsey , American baseball player (d. 2014)
1981 – Kara Lawson , American basketball player and coach[ 52]
1981 – Jared Lorenzen , American football player (d. 2019)[ 53]
1982 – Marián Gáborík , Slovak ice hockey player1982 – John Halls , English footballer and model
1982 – Lenka Tvarošková , Slovak tennis player
1983 – Callix Crabbe , Virgin Islander baseball player1983 – Rocky Elsom , Australian rugby player
1983 – Bacary Sagna , French footballer
1984 – Matt Barr , American actor[ 42] 1985 – Karima Adebibe , English model and actress1985 – Tyler Clippard , American baseball player
1985 – Heart Evangelista , Filipino singer and actress
1985 – Philippe Senderos , Swiss footballer[ 54]
1985 – Miki Yeung , Hong Kong singer and actress
1986 – Michael Ammermüller , German racing driver1986 – Oliver Lee , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1986 – Gao Lin , Chinese footballer
1986 – Tiffany Thornton , American actress and singer[ 42]
1987 – Edinson Cavani , Uruguayan footballer1987 – Tom Pyatt , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – David Wheater , English footballer
1987 – Candice Wiggins , American basketball player[ 55]
1988 – Katie Boland , Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter1988 – Ángel Di María , Argentinian footballer
1988 – Siim Liivik , Estonian ice hockey player
1989 – Néstor Calderón , Mexican footballer1989 – Adam Matuszczyk , Polish footballer
1989 – Emma Miskew , Canadian curler[ 56]
1989 – Byron Mullens , American basketball player[ 57]
1989 – Derek Norris , American baseball player[ 58]
1989 – Brandon Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Jurij Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper
1989 – Kristian Thomas , English gymnast[ 59]
1990 – Chris Babb , American basketball player[ 60] 1990 – Brett Dier , Canadian actor[ 42]
1990 – Bogdan Kiselevich , Russian ice hockey player[ 61]
1990 – Sefa Yılmaz , German-Turkish footballer
1991 – Daniela Mona Lambin , Estonian footballer[ 62] 1992 – Christian Eriksen , Danish footballer[ 63] 1992 – Freddie Highmore , English actor[ 42]
1992 – Petr Mrázek , Czech ice hockey player[ 64]
1993 – Jadeveon Clowney , American football player[ 65] 1993 – Alberto Rosende , American actor and singer[ 32]
1996 – Nikolaj Ehlers , Danish ice hockey player[ 66] 1996 – Poasa Faamausili , New Zealand rugby league player[ 67]
1996 – Lucas Hernandez , French footballer[ 68]
1997 – Jaehyun , South Korean singer and actor[ 69] 1997 – Breel Embolo , Swiss footballer[ 70]
1999 – Tyler Adams , American soccer player[ 71] 2000 – Gabriel Moreno , Venezuelan baseball player[ 72]
Deaths
Pre-1600
869 – Cyril , Greek missionary bishop (b. 827)945 – Lian Chongyu , Chinese general945 – Zhu Wenjin , Chinese emperor
1009 – Bruno of Querfurt , German missionary bishop1010 – Fujiwara no Korechika , Japanese nobleman (b. 974)1140 – Leo I , Armenian prince1140 – Sobĕslav I , duke of Bohemia
1164 – Sviatoslav Olgovich , Kievan prince1229 – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson , king of the Isles1317 – Margaret of France , queen of England1400 – Richard II , king of England (b. 1367)1440 – Dietrich of Oldenburg , German nobleman1489 – Nicolaus von Tüngen , prince-bishop of Warmia1528 – Edzard I , German nobleman (b. 1462)1549 – Il Sodoma , Italian painter (b. 1477)
1676 – Abraham Bosse , French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602)1714 – Maria Luisa of Savoy , queen of Spain (b. 1688)1737 – Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot , English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)1744 – John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the octant (b. 1682)1755 – Isidro de Espinosa , Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (b. 1679)[ 73] 1779 – James Cook , English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)1780 – William Blackstone , English jurist and politician (b. 1723)1782 – Singu Min , Burmese king (b. 1756)1808 – John Dickinson , American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)1831 – Vicente Guerrero , Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)1831 – Henry Maudslay , English engineer (b. 1771)
1870 – St. John Richardson Liddell , American general (b. 1815)1881 – Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)1884 – Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)[ 26] 1885 – Jules Vallès , French journalist and author (b. 1832)1891 – William Tecumseh Sherman , American general (b. 1820)1894 – Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
1910 – Giovanni Passannante , Italian anarchist (b. 1849)1922 – Heikki Ritavuori , Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880; assassinated)[ 74] 1923 – Charles Henry Turner , American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (b. 1867)[ 75] 1924 – Amalie Andersen , Norwegian actress (b. 1861)[ 76] 1929 – Thomas Burke , American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)1930 – Thomas Mackenzie , Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)1933 – Carl Correns , German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)1937 – Erkki Melartin , Finnish composer (b. 1875)[ 77] 1942 – Adnan Saidi , Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)1943 – Dora Gerson , German actress and singer (b. 1899)1943 – David Hilbert , Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
1948 – Mordecai Brown , American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)1949 – Yusuf Salman Yusuf , Iraqi politician (b. 1901)1950 – Karl Guthe Jansky , American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)1952 – Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)1958 – Abdur Rab Nishtar , Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)1959 – Baby Dodds , American drummer (b. 1898)1967 – Sig Ruman , German-American actor (b. 1884)1969 – Vito Genovese , Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)1970 – Herbert Strudwick , English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)1974 – Stewie Dempster , New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)1975 – Julian Huxley , English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)1975 – P. G. Wodehouse , English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)
1976 – Gertrud Dorka , German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (b. 1893)[ 78] 1979 – Adolph Dubs , American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)[ 79] 1983 – Lina Radke , German runner and coach (b. 1903)1986 – Edmund Rubbra , English composer and conductor (b. 1901)1987 – Dmitry Kabalevsky , Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)1988 – Frederick Loewe , German-American composer (b. 1901)1989 – James Bond , American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)1989 – Vincent Crane , English pianist (b. 1943)
1994 – Andrei Chikatilo , Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)1994 – Christopher Lasch , American historian and critic (b. 1932)
1995 – Michael V. Gazzo , American actor and playwright (b. 1923)1995 – U Nu , Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
1996 – Bob Paisley , English footballer and manager (b. 1919)1998 – Peter Koch (wood scientist) , American industrial engineer and wood scientist (b. 1920)[ 80] 1999 – John Ehrlichman , American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (b. 1925)1999 – Buddy Knox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
2002 – Nándor Hidegkuti , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)2002 – Mick Tucker , English drummer (b. 1947)
2003 – Johnny Longden , English jockey and trainer (b. 1907)2004 – Marco Pantani , Italian cyclist (b. 1970)2005 – Rafic Hariri , Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944; assassinated )[ 81] 2006 – Lynden David Hall , English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974)2007 – Ryan Larkin , Canadian animator and director (b. 1943)2007 – Gareth Morris , English flute player and educator (b. 1920)
2008 – Perry Lopez , American actor (b. 1929)[ 82] 2009 – Bernard Ashley , English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)2009 – Louie Bellson , American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
2010 – Doug Fieger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)2010 – Dick Francis , Welsh jockey and author (b. 1920)
2010 – Linnart Mäll , Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (b. 1938)
2011 – George Shearing , English-American pianist and composer (b. 1919)2012 – Mike Bernardo , South African boxer and martial artist (b. 1969)2012 – Tonmi Lillman , Finnish drummer and producer (b. 1973)
2012 – Dory Previn , American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
2012 – Péter Rusorán , Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Glenn Boyer , American historian and author (b. 1924)2013 – Ronald Dworkin , American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931)
2014 – Tom Finney , English footballer (b. 1922)2014 – Chris Pearson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)
2014 – Mike Stepovich , American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)
2015 – Louis Jourdan , French-American actor and singer (b. 1921)2015 – Philip Levine , American poet and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Franjo Mihalić , Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920)
2016 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury , English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928)2016 – Steven Stucky , American composer and academic (b. 1949)[ 83]
2018 – Ruud Lubbers , Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1939)[ 84] 2018 – Morgan Tsvangirai , 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)[ 85]
2021 – Carlos Menem , Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (b. 1930)[ 86] 2021 – William Meninger , American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (b. 1932)[ 87]
Holidays and observances
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