March 17
Day of the year
March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 289 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda .180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius .[ 1] 455 – Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate , emperor of the Western Roman Empire ; he forces Licinia Eudoxia , the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III , to marry him.[ 2] 1337 – Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall , the first Duchy in England .1400 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus .
1776 – American Revolution : The British Army evacuates Boston , ending the Siege of Boston , after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.1805 – The Italian Republic , with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy , with Napoleon as King of Italy .1824 – The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.1842 – The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.[ 4] 1860 – The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki , New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars .1861 – The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.1862 – The first railway line of Finland between cities of Helsinki and Hämeenlinna , called Päärata [ 5] [ 6] 1891 – SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.[ 7]
1921 – The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution .1942 – Holocaust : The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.1945 – The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen , Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.1948 – Belgium , France , Luxembourg , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels , a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO .[ 8] 1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium ".[ 9] 1957 – A plane crash in Cebu , Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.1958 – The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite , which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.[ 10] 1960 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion .1960 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana , killing 63.[ 11]
1963 – Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.1966 – Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb .1968 – As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah , over 6,000 sheep are found dead .1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel .1973 – The Pulitzer Prize -winning photograph Burst of Joy prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War .1979 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez , aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.1988 – A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner , Avianca Flight 410 , crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.1988 – Eritrean War of Independence : The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea , is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet .
1992 – Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires : Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
2000 – Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.2003 – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council , Robin Cook , resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq .2004 – Unrest in Kosovo : More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.2016 – Rojava conflict : At a conference in Rmelan , the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria .[ 12]
Births
Pre-1600
1611 – Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge , Swedish field marshal (d. 1662)1665 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre , French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)[ 14] 1676 – Thomas Boston , Scottish philosopher and theologian (d. 1732)1686 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry , French painter and engraver (d. 1755)1725 – Lachlan McIntosh , Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)1777 – Patrick Brontë , Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861)1777 – Roger B. Taney , American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1864)
1780 – Thomas Chalmers , Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)1781 – Ebenezer Elliott , English poet and educator (d. 1849)1804 – Jim Bridger , American fur trader and explorer (d. 1881)1806 – Norbert Rillieux , African American inventor and chemical engineer (d. 1894)1820 – Jean Ingelow , English poet and author (d. 1897)1834 – Gottlieb Daimler , German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d. 1900)1839 – Josef Rheinberger , Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901)1842 – Rosina Heikel , Finnish physician (d. 1929)[ 16] 1846 – Kate Greenaway , English author and illustrator (d. 1901)1849 – Charles F. Brush , American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (d. 1929)1849 – Cornelia Clapp , American marine biologist (d. 1934)[ 18]
1856 – Mikhail Vrubel , Russian painter (d. 1910)1862 – Martha P. Falconer , American social reformer (d. 1941)[ 19] 1862 – Silvio Gesell , Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)
1864 – Joseph Baptista , Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)1866 – Pierce Butler , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)1867 – Patrice Contamine de Latour , Spanish poet (d. 1926)1877 – Edith New , English militant suffragette (d. 1951)[ 20] 1877 – Otto Gross , Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)
1877 – Ville Kiviniemi , Finnish politician (d. 1951)[ 21]
1880 – Patrick Hastings , English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1952)1880 – Lawrence Oates , English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1912)
1881 – Walter Rudolf Hess , Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)1884 – Alcide Nunez , American clarinet player (d. 1934)1885 – Ralph Rose , American track and field athlete (d. 1913)1886 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (d. 1974)1888 – Paul Ramadier , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961)1889 – Harry Clarke , Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (d. 1931)1891 – Ross McLarty , Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1962)[ 22] 1892 – Floyd B. Barnum , American college football coach (d. 1965)[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] 1892 – Sayed Darwish , Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
1894 – Paul Green , American playwright and academic (d. 1981)1895 – Lloyd Rees , Australian painter (d. 1988)1900 – Alfred Newman , American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
1902 – Bobby Jones , American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971)1903 – Elli Stenberg , Finnish politician (d. 1987)[ 27] 1904 – Chaim Gross , Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991)1905 – Lillian Yarbo , American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996)[ 28] 1907 – Takeo Miki , Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)1907 – Jean Van Houtte , Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)
1908 – Brigitte Helm , German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)1910 – Sonny Werblin , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1991)1912 – Bayard Rustin , American activist (d. 1987)[ 29] 1914 – Sammy Baugh , American football player and coach (d. 2008)1915 – Robert S. Arbib Jr. , American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (d. 1987)1915 – Bill Roycroft , Australian equestrian rider (d. 2011)
1916 – Ray Ellington , English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)1917 – Hank Sauer , American baseball player (d. 2001)[ 30] 1919 – Nat King Cole , American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)1920 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)1921 – Meir Amit , Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009)1922 – Patrick Suppes , American psychologist and philosopher (d. 2014)1924 – Stephen Dodgson , English composer and educator (d. 2013)1925 – Gabriele Ferzetti , Italian actor (d. 2015)1926 – Siegfried Lenz , Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014)1927 – Betty Allen , American soprano and educator (d. 2009)1928 – William John McKeag , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 2007)1930 – Paul Horn , American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)1930 – James Irwin , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991)
1931 – Patricia Breslin , American actress (d. 2011)1931 – David Peakall , English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)
1932 – Dick Curless , American country music singer (d. 1995)[ 31] 1933 – Myrlie Evers-Williams , American journalist and activist1933 – Penelope Lively , English author
1935 – Fred T. Mackenzie , American biologist and academic (d. 2024)[ 32] 1935 – Adam Wade , American singer, drummer, and actor (d. 2022)
1936 – Ida Kleijnen , Dutch chef (d. 2019)[ 33] 1936 – Ladislav Kupkovič , Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016)
1936 – Ken Mattingly , American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2023)
1937 – Galina Samsova , Russian ballerina (d. 2021)1938 – Rudolf Nureyev , Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)1938 – Keith O'Brien , Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018)
1938 – Zola Taylor , American singer (d. 2007)
1939 – Jim Gary , American sculptor (d. 2006)1939 – Bill Graham , Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2022)
1939 – Robin Knox-Johnston , English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
1939 – Giovanni Trapattoni , Italian footballer and manager
1940 – Mark White , American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (d. 2017)1941 – Wang Jin-pyng , Taiwanese soldier and politician1941 – Paul Kantner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1941 – Max Stafford-Clark , English director and academic
1942 – John Wayne Gacy , American serial killer and rapist (d. 1994)1942 – Yoko Yamamoto , Japanese actress (d. 2024)[ 34]
1943 – Jeff Banks , Welsh fashion designer1943 – Andrew Brook , Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
1944 – Pattie Boyd , English model, author, and photographer1944 – Cito Gaston , American baseball player and manager
1945 – Michael Hayden , American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 1947 – Dennis Bond , English footballer[ 35] 1947 – Yury Chernavsky , Russian-American songwriter and producer
1948 – William Gibson , American-Canadian author and screenwriter1948 – Alex MacDonald , Scottish footballer and manager
1949 – Pat Rice , Irish footballer and coach1949 – Stuart Rose , English businessman
1951 – Scott Gorham , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1951 – Craig Ramsay , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1952 – Barry Horne , English activist (d. 2001)1953 – Filemon Lagman , Filipino activist (d. 2001)1953 – Chuck Muncie , American football player (d. 2013)
1955 – Cynthia McKinney , American activist and politician
1956 – Patrick McDonnell , American author and illustrator1956 – Rory McGrath , British comedian, television personality, and writer
1957 – Michael Kelly , American journalist and author (d. 2003)1959 – Danny Ainge , American baseball and basketball player1959 – Paul Black , American singer-songwriter and drummer
1961 – Sam Bowie , American basketball player1961 – Dana Reeve , American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
1962 – Carsten Almqvist , Swedish business executive1962 – Ank Bijleveld , Dutch politician
1962 – Janet Gardner , American singer and guitarist
1962 – Clare Grogan , Scottish singer and actress
1962 – Rob Sitch , Australian actor, director, and producer
1963 – Roger Harper , Guyanese cricketer and coach1964 – Stefano Borgonovo , Italian footballer (d. 2013)1964 – Lee Dixon , English footballer and journalist
1964 – Jacques Songo'o , Cameroonian footballer and coach
1965 – Andrew Hudson , South African cricketer1966 – Andrew Rosindell , English journalist and politician1967 – Barry Minkow , American pastor and businessman
1968 – Eri Nitta , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress1969 – Edgar Grospiron , French skier1969 – Alexander McQueen , English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (d. 2010)
1969 – Golda Meir , Israel's first and only female head of government, assumes office as the fourth prime minister.[ 36]
1970 – Darren Kenny , English Paralympic cyclist[ 37] 1970 – Patrick Lebeau , Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Gene Ween , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Bill Mueller , American baseball player and coach1972 – Torquil Campbell , English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor1973 – Rico Blanco , Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor1973 – Vance Wilson , American baseball player and manager
1974 – Mark Dolan , English comedian and television host1975 – Justin Hawkins , English singer-songwriter1975 – Puneeth Rajkumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)
1975 – Test , Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)
1976 – Scott Downs , American baseball player1976 – Stephen Gately , Irish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
1976 – Álvaro Recoba , Uruguayan footballer
1977 – Tamar Braxton , American singer and television personality[ 38] 1978 – Zachery Kouwe , American journalist1979 – Stormy Daniels , American adult film actress1979 – Andrew Ference , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Stephen Kramer Glickman , Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
1979 – Mineko Nomachi , Japanese essayist
1979 – Samoa Joe , American professional wrestler
1980 – Danny Califf , American soccer player1981 – Aaron Baddeley , American-Australian golfer1981 – Servet Çetin , Turkish footballer
1981 – Nicky Jam , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter[ 39]
1981 – Kyle Korver , American basketball player
1982 – Steven Pienaar , South African footballer1983 – James Heath , English golfer1983 – Raul Meireles , Portuguese footballer
1983 – Attila Vajda , Hungarian sprint canoeist[ 40]
1984 – Chris Copeland , American basketball player and coach[ 41] 1984 – Ryan Rottman , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1985 – Tuğba Karademir , Turkish-Canadian figure skater1985 – César Valdez , Dominican baseball player[ 42]
1986 – Chris Davis , American baseball player1986 – Edin Džeko , Bosnian footballer
1986 – Miles Kane , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Jeremy Pargo , American basketball player[ 43]
1986 – Silke Spiegelburg , German pole vaulter
1987 – Federico Fazio , Argentine footballer[ 44] 1987 – Rob Kardashian , American television personality[ 45]
1987 – Carlos Lampe , Bolivian footballer[ 46]
1987 – Ryan Parent , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Bobby Ryan , American ice hockey player
1987 – Emmanuel Sanders , American football player[ 47]
1988 – Rasmus Elm , Swedish footballer1988 – Fraser Forster , English footballer
1988 – Grimes , Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist
1988 – Brent Meuleman , Belgian politician[ 48]
1988 – Ryan White , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Mikael Backlund , Swedish ice hockey player[ 49] 1989 – Shinji Kagawa , Japanese footballer
1989 – Juan Lagares , Dominican baseball player[ 50]
1989 – Harry Melling , English actor[ 51] [ 52]
1990 – Hozier , Irish musician[ 53] 1990 – Saina Nehwal , Indian badminton player
1990 – Jean Segura , Dominican baseball player[ 54]
1991 – Sergey Kalinin , Russian ice hockey player[ 55] 1991 – Cordarrelle Patterson , American football player[ 56]
1991 – Thomas Robinson , American-Lebanese basketball player[ 57]
1992 – John Boyega , British actor and producer[ 58] 1992 – Patrick Cantlay , American golfer
1992 – Yeltsin Tejeda , Costa Rican footballer[ 59]
1993 – Matteo Bianchetti , Italian footballer1993 – Rhys Hoskins , American baseball player[ 60]
1994 – DeForest Buckner , American football player[ 61] 1994 – Terry Rozier , American basketball player[ 62]
1994 – Ivan Provedel , Italian footballer[ 63]
1994 – Marcel Sabitzer , Austrian footballer[ 64]
1995 – Claressa Shields , American boxer and mixed martial artist[ 65] 1997 – Katie Ledecky , American swimmer1997 – Daniel Sprong , Dutch ice hockey player[ 66]
1998 – Brandon Aiyuk , American football player[ 67] 2001 – Pietro Pellegri , Italian footballer[ 68]
Deaths
Pre-1600
45 BC – Titus Labienus , Roman general (b. 100 BC)45 BC – Publius Attius Varus , Roman governor of Africa
180 – Marcus Aurelius , Roman emperor (b. 121)659 – Gertrude of Nivelles , Frankish abbess836 – Haito , bishop of Basel905 – Li Yu, Prince of De , prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty1008 – Kazan , emperor of Japan (b. 968)1040 – Harold Harefoot , king of England[ 69] 1058 – Lulach , king of Scotland1199 – Jocelin of Glasgow , Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130)1267 – Pierre de Montreuil , French architect1270 – Philip of Montfort , French knight and nobleman1272 – Go-Saga , emperor of Japan (b. 1220)1361 – An-Nasir Hasan , Mamluk sultan of Egypt1394 – Louis of Enghien , French nobleman1406 – Ibn Khaldun , Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332)1425 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu , Japanese shōgun (b. 1407)1516 – Giuliano de' Medici , Italian nobleman (b. 1479)1527 – Rana Sanga , Indian ruler (b. 1482)1565 – Alexander Ales , Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500)
1611 – Sophia of Sweden , duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)1620 – John Sarkander , Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)1640 – Philip Massinger , English playwright (b. 1583)1649 – Gabriel Lalemant , French missionary and saint (b. 1610)1663 – Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland , English diplomat (b. 1605)1680 – François de La Rochefoucauld , French author (b. 1613)1704 – Menno van Coehoorn , Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)1715 – Gilbert Burnet , Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)1741 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau , French poet and playwright (b. 1671)1764 – George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield , English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)1782 – Daniel Bernoulli , Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)1828 – James Edward Smith , English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)1829 – Sophia Albertina , princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)1830 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr , French general and politician (b. 1764)1846 – Friedrich Bessel , German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)1849 – William II , Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)1853 – Christian Doppler , Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)1871 – Robert Chambers , Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)1875 – Ferdinand Laub , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)1893 – Jules Ferry , French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
1902 – John Houlding , English businessman, founded Liverpool Football Club (b. 1833)[ 70] 1917 – Franz Brentano , German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)1926 – Aleksei Brusilov , Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)1934 – Bede Jarrett , English Dominican priest (b. 1881)[ 71] 1940 – Philomène Belliveau , Canadian artist (b. 1854)1942 – Nada Dimić , People's Hero of Yugoslavia , victim of Genocide of Serbs (b. 1923)[ 72] 1946 – Dai Li , Chinese general (b. 1897)1947 – Mike , American Wyandotte chicken , lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)[ 73] 1949 – Aleksandra Ekster , Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)1956 – Fred Allen , American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)1956 – Irène Joliot-Curie , French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1957 – Ramon Magsaysay , Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)1958 – John Pius Boland , Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)1958 – Bertha De Vriese , Belgian physician (b. 1877)
1961 – Susanna M. Salter , American activist and politician (b. 1860)1965 – Amos Alonzo Stagg , American football player and coach (b. 1862)1974 – Louis Kahn , American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)1976 – Luchino Visconti , Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)1981 – Paul Dean , American baseball player (b. 1913)1983 – Haldan Keffer Hartline , American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)1983 – Louisa E. Rhine , American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
1986 – Clarence D. Lester , African-American fighter pilot (b. 1923)1990 – Capucine , French model and actress (b. 1928)1990 – Dinkar G. Kelkar , Indian art collector (b. 1896)[ 74]
1992 – Grace Stafford , American actress (b. 1903)1993 – Helen Hayes , American actress (b. 1900)1994 – Charlotte Auerbach , German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (b. 1899)[ 75] 1994 – Mai Zetterling , Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
1995 – Sunnyland Slim , American blues pianist (b. 1906)1996 – René Clément , French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)1996 – Terry Stafford , American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1997 – Jermaine Stewart , American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)1999 – Ernest Gold , Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)1999 – Jean Pierre-Bloch , French activist (b. 1905)
2001 – Anthony Storr , English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (b. 1920)[ 76] 2002 – Rosetta LeNoire , American actress and producer (b. 1911)2002 – Văn Tiến Dũng , Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)
2002 – Sylvester "Pat" Weaver , American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
2005 – Royce Frith , Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923)2005 – George F. Kennan , American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
2005 – Andre Norton , American author (b. 1912)
2006 – Oleg Cassini , French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)2006 – Ray Meyer , American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)
2006 – İstemihan Taviloğlu , Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)
2007 – John Backus , American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924)2008 – Roland Arnall , French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)2009 – Clodovil Hernandes , Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)2010 – Alex Chilton , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)2010 – Sid Fleischman , American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)[ 77]
2011 – Michael Gough , English actor (b. 1916)2011 – Ferlin Husky , American country music singer (b. 1925)
2012 – Shenouda III , pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)2012 – Margaret Whitlam , Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
2013 – William B. Caldwell III , American general (b. 1925)2013 – Lawrence Fuchs , American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
2013 – A.B.C. Whipple , American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
2014 – Marek Galiński , Polish cyclist (b. 1974)2014 – Joseph Kerman , American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
2014 – Rachel Lambert Mellon , American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
2015 – Frank Perris , Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)2016 – Meir Dagan , Israeli general (b. 1945)2016 – Zoltán Kamondi , Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
2018 – Mike MacDonald , Canadian comedian (b. 1954)[ 78] 2018 – Phan Văn Khải , the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)[ 79]
2021 – John Magufuli , the fifth President of Tanzania (b. 1959)[ 80] 2023 – Lance Reddick , American actor (b. 1962)[ 81]
Holidays and observances
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