March 26
Day 85 of the year in Gregorian calendar
Day of the year
March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 280 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1913 – First Balkan War : Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople .1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals , the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association .1917 – World War I : First Battle of Gaza : British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland .1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam .
1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.1939 – Spanish Civil War : Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.1942 – World War II : The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland .1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.1954 – Nuclear weapons testing : The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll . Yield: 11 megatons.1955 – Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon , killing four.[ 10] 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3 .1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris .
1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City .1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy .1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.1979 – Anwar al-Sadat , Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.1979 – An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff , killing 10.[ 11]
1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.1991 – Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción , establishing Mercosur , the South Common Market.1991 – Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport .[ 12]
1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides .1998 – During the Algerian Civil War , the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China .2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan torpedoed , killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.2024 – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.[ 13]
Births
Pre-1600
1633 – Mary Beale , British artist (d. 1699)1634 – Domenico Freschi , Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker , Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover , queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)1698 – Prokop Diviš , Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)1749 – William Blount , American politician (d. 1800)[ 14] 1753 – Benjamin Thompson , American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch , American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , German painter (d. 1872)1804 – David Humphreys Storer , American physician and academic (d. 1891)1824 – Julie-Victoire Daubié , French journalist (d. 1874)[ 15] 1829 – Théodore Aubanel , French poet (d. 1886)1829 – Georg Andreas Bull , Norwegian architect (d. 1917)[ 16]
1830 – Dewitt Clinton Senter , American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1898)[ 17] 1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre , French occultist (d. 1909)1850 – Edward Bellamy , American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)1852 – Élémir Bourges , French author (d. 1925)1854 – Maurice Lecoq , French target shooter (d. 1925)1856 – William Massey , Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)1857 – Théodore Tuffier , French surgeon (d. 1929)1859 – A. E. Housman , English poet and scholar (d. 1936)1859 – Adolf Hurwitz , German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1860 – André Prévost , French tennis player (d. 1919)1866 – Fred Karno , English producer and manager (d. 1941)1868 – King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)1873 – Dorothea Bleek , South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)1874 – Robert Frost , American poet and playwright (d. 1963)1875 – Max Abraham , Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)1875 – Syngman Rhee , South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 – William of Wied , prince of Albania (d. 1945)1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare , American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
1879 – Othmar Ammann , Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)1879 – Waldemar Tietgens , German rower (d. 1917)
1881 – Guccio Gucci , Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)1882 – Hermann Obrecht , Swiss politician (d. 1940)1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus , German pianist and educator (d. 1969)1884 – Georges Imbert , French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1886 – Hugh Mulzac , Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)1888 – Elsa Brändström , Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)1893 – James Bryant Conant , American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)1893 – Palmiro Togliatti , Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
1894 – Viorica Ursuleac , Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)1895 – Vilho Tuulos , Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)1898 – Rudolf Dassler , German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)1898 – Charles Shadwell , English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1900 – Angela Maria Autsch , German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)[ 18]
1904 – Joseph Campbell , American mythologist and author (d. 1987)1904 – Emilio Fernández , Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1904 – Attilio Ferraris , Italian footballer (d. 1947)
1904 – Xenophon Zolotas , Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1905 – Monty Berman , English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)1905 – André Cluytens , Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
1905 – Viktor Frankl , Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1905 – Mona Williams , American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)[ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
1906 – Rafael Méndez , Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)1906 – H. Radclyffe Roberts , American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)[ 22]
1907 – Azellus Denis , Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)1907 – Mahadevi Varma , Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
1908 – Franz Stangl , Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)1909 – Chips Rafferty , Australian actor (d. 1971)1909 – Héctor José Cámpora , former President of Argentina (d. 1980)[ 23]
1910 – K. W. Devanayagam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)1911 – Lennart Atterwall , Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)1911 – J. L. Austin , English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
1911 – Bernard Katz , German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1911 – Tennessee Williams , American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly , Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)1913 – Paul Erdős , Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1914 – Toru Kumon , Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)1914 – William Westmoreland , American general (d. 2005)
1915 – Lennart Strandberg , Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)1915 – Hwang Sun-won , North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)1916 – Bill Edrich , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
1916 – Sterling Hayden , American actor and author (d. 1986)
1917 – Rufus Thomas , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)1919 – Strother Martin , American actor (d. 1980)1919 – Roger Leger , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
1920 – Sergio Livingstone , Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)1922 – William Milliken , American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (d. 2019)1922 – Oscar Sala , Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1922 – Guido Stampacchia , Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
1923 – Gert Bastian , German general and politician (d. 1992)1923 – Bob Elliott , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1925 – Maqsood Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)1925 – Pierre Boulez , French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
1925 – Vesta Roy , American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton , English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
1925 – Ben Mondor , Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
1925 – James Moody , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
1927 – Harold Chapman , English photographer (d. 2022)[ 24] 1929 – Charles Dumont , French singer and composer (d. 2024)[ 25] 1929 – Edward Sorel , American illustrator and caricaturist
1929 – Edwin Turney , American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
1930 – Gregory Corso , American poet (d. 2001)1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor , American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)[ 26]
1931 – Leonard Nimoy , American actor (d. 2015)1932 – Leroy Griffith , American businessman1932 – James Andrew Harris , American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
1933 – Tinto Brass , Italian director and screenwriter1934 – Alan Arkin , American actor (d. 2023)[ 27] 1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa , Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
1937 – Wayne Embry , American basketball player and manager1937 – Barbara Jones , American sprinter
1937 – James Lee , Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2023)
1938 – Norman Ackroyd , English painter and illustrator1938 – Anthony James Leggett , English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – James Caan , American actor and singer (d. 2022)[ 28] [ 29] 1940 – Nancy Pelosi , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [ 30]
1941 – Richard Dawkins , Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic[ 31] 1941 – Lella Lombardi , Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
1942 – Erica Jong , American novelist and poet1943 – Mustafa Kalemli , Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior 1943 – Bob Woodward , American journalist and author
1944 – Diana Ross , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1945 – Paul Bérenger , Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius 1945 – Mikhail Voronin , Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
1946 – Johnny Crawford , American actor and singer (d. 2021)1946 – Alain Madelin , French politician, French Minister of Finance [ 32]
1947 – Subhash Kak , Indian-American professor and author1947 – John Rowles , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1948 – Kyung-wha Chung , South Korean violinist and educator1948 – Richard Tandy , English pianist and keyboard player (d. 2024)
1948 – Steven Tyler , American singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Jon English , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)1949 – Rudi Koertzen , South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
1949 – Vicki Lawrence , American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
1949 – Fran Sheehan , American bass player
1949 – Patrick Süskind , German author and screenwriter
1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas , American actor
1950 – Teddy Pendergrass , American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)1950 – Graham Barlow , English cricketer
1950 – Martin Short , Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
1950 – Alan Silvestri , American composer and conductor
1951 – Željko Pavličević , Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player1951 – Carl Wieman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 – Didier Pironi , French racing driver (d. 1987)[ 33] 1953 – Lincoln Chafee , American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island [ 34] 1953 – Elaine Chao , Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
1953 – Tatyana Providokhina , Russian runner
1954 – Clive Palmer , Australian businessman and politician1954 – Curtis Sliwa , American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
1954 – Dorothy Porter , Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
1956 – Charly McClain , American country music singer1956 – Park Won-soon , South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)
1957 – Fiona Bruce , Scottish lawyer and politician1957 – Leeza Gibbons , American talk show host and television personality
1957 – Paul Morley , English journalist, producer, and author
1957 – Shirin Neshat , Iranian visual artist
1958 – Elio de Angelis , Italian racing driver (d. 1986)1960 – Marcus Allen , American football player and sportscaster1960 – Jennifer Grey , American actress and dancer[ 35]
1960 – Graeme Rutjes , Australian-Dutch footballer
1961 – William Hague , English historian and politician, First Secretary of State 1962 – Richard Coles , English pianist, saxophonist, and priest1962 – Kevin Seitzer , American baseball player and coach
1962 – Yuri Gidzenko , Russian pilot and cosmonaut
1962 – John Stockton , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Eric Allan Kramer , American-Canadian actor
1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku , Japanese author1964 – Martin Bella , Australian rugby league player1964 – Martin Donnelly , Irish racing driver
1964 – Maria Miller , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1964 – Ulf Samuelsson , Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Trey Azagthoth , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer1965 – Violeta Szekely , Romanian runner
1966 – Michael Imperioli , American actor and screenwriter1967 – Jason Chaffetz , American politician[ 36] 1968 – Laurent Brochard , French cyclist1968 – Kenny Chesney , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – James Iha , American guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Alessandro Moscardi , Italian rugby player1970 – Paul Bosvelt , Dutch footballer1970 – Jelle Goes , Dutch footballer and coach
1970 – Thomas Kyparissis , Greek footballer
1970 – Martin McDonagh , English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
1971 – Martyn Day , Scottish politician1971 – Erick Morillo , Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)[ 37] [ 38]
1971 – Rennae Stubbs , Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1971 – Paul Williams , English footballer and manager
1972 – Leslie Mann , American actress1972 – Jason Maxwell , American baseball player
1973 – Larry Page , American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google 1973 – T. R. Knight , American actor
1974 – Irina Spîrlea , Romanian tennis player1974 – Vadimas Petrenko , Lithuanian footballer
1974 – Michael Peca , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1976 – Amy Smart , American actress and former model1976 – Alex Varas , Chilean footballer
1976 – Eirik Verås Larsen , Norwegian sprint kayaker[ 39]
1977 – Kevin Davies , English footballer1977 – Bianca Kajlich , American actress
1977 – Sylvain Grenier , Canadian wrestler
1978 – Anastasia Kostaki , Greek basketball player1979 – Nacho Novo , Spanish footballer1979 – Ben Blair , New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979 – Hiromi Uehara , Japanese pianist and composer
1979 – Pierre Womé , Cameroonian footballer
1979 – Juliana Paes , Brazilian actress
1980 – Margaret Brennan , American journalist1980 – Son Ho-young , South Korean singer
1980 – Richie Wellens , English footballer
1981 – Sébastien Centomo , Canadian ice hockey player1981 – Zayar Thaw , Burmese rapper and politician (d. 2022)[ 40]
1981 – Baruch Dego , Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
1981 – Massimo Donati , Italian footballer
1981 – Josh Wilson , American baseball player
1982 – Mikel Arteta , Spanish footballer1982 – Brendan Ryan , American baseball player
1982 – Nate Kaeding , American football player
1983 – Andreas Hinkel , German footballer1983 – Floriana Lima , American actress
1983 – Roman Bednář , Czech footballer
1983 – Mike Mondo , American wrestler
1984 – Jimmy Howard , American ice hockey player1984 – Drew Mitchell , Australian rugby player
1984 – Felix Neureuther , German skier
1984 – Marco Stier , German footballer
1984 – Gregory Strydom , Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 – Sara Jean Underwood , American model, television host, and actress
1985 – Keira Knightley , English actress1985 – Matt Grevers , American swimmer
1985 – Jonathan Groff , American actor and singer
1985 – Prosper Utseya , Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Maxime Biset , Belgian footballer1986 – Rob Kearney , Irish rugby player
1986 – Emma Laine , Finnish tennis player
1987 – Kim Dong-suk , South Korean footballer1987 – Jermichael Finley , American football player
1987 – Steven Fletcher , Scottish footballer
1989 – Simon Kjær , Danish footballer1989 – Von Miller , American football player[ 41]
1990 – Choi Woo-shik , South Korean actor1990 – Matteo Guidicelli , Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer[ 42]
1990 – Patrick Ekeng , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
1990 – Yuya Takaki , Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
1990 – Xiumin , South Korean singer and actor
1991 – Matt Davidson , American baseball player1991 – Ramy Youssef , American actor and comedian[ 43]
1992 – Nina Agdal , Danish model1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne , Belgian racing driver
1994 – Ryan Arcidiacono , American basketball player[ 44] 1994 – Alison Van Uytvanck , Belgian tennis player[ 45]
1994 – Paige VanZant , American mixed martial artist and model[ 46]
1994 – Jed Wallace , English footballer
1994 – Marcela Zacarías , Mexican tennis player[ 47]
1995 – Ibai Llanos , Spanish internet personality[ 48] 1996 – Zane Musgrove , New Zealand rugby league player1996 – Kathryn Bernardo , Filipino actress[ 49]
1998 – Satoko Miyahara , Japanese figure skater2000 – Gefen Primo , Israeli judoka[ 50] 2000 – Andrei Svechnikov , Russian ice hockey player[ 51]
2001 – Jameson Williams , American football player[ 52] 2003 – Bhad Bhabie , American rapper and social media personality[ 53] 2004 – Awra Briguela , Filipino actor and comedian[ 54] 2005 – Ella Anderson , American actress[ 55]
Deaths
Pre-1600
752 – Pope-elect Stephen 809 – Ludger , Frisian missionary 903 – Sugawara no Michizane , Japanese poet908 – Ai , emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj , Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)929 – Wang Du , Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi 973 – Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla , Iranian ruler (b. 936)1091 – Wallada bint al-Mustakfi , Andalusian poet[ 56] 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader , Norwegian king (b. 1090)1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme , French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)1242 – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle 1324 – Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)1326 – Alessandra Giliani , anatomist (b. c. 1307)1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)1402 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay , heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)[ 57] 1437 – Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl , Scottish nobleman and regicide1517 – Heinrich Isaac , Flemish composer (b. 1450)1535 – Georg Tannstetter , Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)1546 – Thomas Elyot , English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)1566 – Antonio de Cabezón , Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1625 – Giambattista Marini , Italian poet (b. 1569)1649 – John Winthrop , English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1679 – Johannes Schefferus , Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)1697 – Godfrey McCulloch , Scottish politician (b. 1640)1726 – John Vanbrugh , English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos , French author and politician (b. 1704)1776 – Samuel Ward , American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1725)1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)1793 – John Mudge , English physician and engineer (b. 1721)1797 – James Hutton , Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , French physician and politician (b. 1738)1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven , German pianist and composer (b. 1770)1858 – John Addison Thomas , American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)1862 – Uriah P. Levy , American commander (b. 1792)1881 – Roman Sanguszko , Polish general and activist (b. 1800)1881 – Old Abe , 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Mascot (b. 1861)
1885 – Anson Stager , American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)1892 – Walt Whitman , American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1902 – Cecil Rhodes , English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)1905 – Maurice Barrymore , American actor (b. 1849)1910 – Auguste Charlois , French astronomer (b. 1864)1920 – William Chester Minor , American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)1923 – Sarah Bernhardt , French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach , German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)1932 – Henry M. Leland , American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)1934 – John Biller , American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)1940 – Wilhelm Anderson , German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)1940 – Spyridon Louis , Greek runner (b. 1873)
1942 – Jimmy Burke , American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)1942 – Carolyn Wells , American novelist and poet (b. 1862)[ 58]
1945 – David Lloyd George , English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)1951 – James F. Hinkle , American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)1954 – Charles Perrin , French rower (b. 1875)1957 – Édouard Herriot , French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)1957 – Max Ophüls , German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1958 – Phil Mead , English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)1959 – Raymond Chandler , American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)1966 – Victor Hochepied , French swimmer (b. 1883)1966 – Cyril Hume , American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)[ 59] [ 60]
1969 – John Kennedy Toole , American novelist (b. 1937)1973 – Noël Coward , English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)1973 – Johnny Drake , American football player (b. 1916)
1979 – Beauford Delaney , American-French painter (b. 1901)1979 – Jean Stafford , American author and academic (b. 1915)
1980 – Roland Barthes , French linguist and critic (b. 1915)1983 – Anthony Blunt , English historian and spy (b. 1907)1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré , Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)1987 – Eugen Jochum , German conductor (b. 1902)1987 – Walter Abel , American actor (b. 1898)
1990 – Halston , American fashion designer (b. 1932)1992 – Barbara Frum , American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)1993 – Louis Falco , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)1995 – Eazy-E , American rapper and producer (b. 1964)1996 – Edmund Muskie , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)1996 – David Packard , American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
1996 – John Snagge , English journalist (b. 1904)
2000 – Alex Comfort , English physician and author (b. 1920)2002 – Randy Castillo , American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan , American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)2004 – Jan Sterling , American actress (b. 1921)2005 – James Callaghan , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams , Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
2006 – Anil Biswas , Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)2006 – Paul Dana , American racing driver (b. 1975)
2006 – Nikki Sudden , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2008 – Robert Fagles , American poet and academic (b. 1933)2008 – Manuel Marulanda , Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
2009 – Shane McConkey , Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)2009 – Arne Bendiksen , Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
2010 – Charles Ryskamp , American art collector and curator (b. 1928)2011 – Roger Abbott , English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)2011 – Geraldine Ferraro , American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2011 – Diana Wynne Jones , English author (b. 1934)[ 61]
2012 – Sisto Averno , American football player (b. 1925)2012 – Michael Begley , Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Thomas M. Cover , American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
2012 – David Craighead , American organist and educator (b. 1924)
2012 – Manik Godghate , Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
2012 – Helmer Ringgren , Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
2013 – Tom Boerwinkle , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski , Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
2013 – Dave Leggett , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2013 – Don Payne , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
2014 – Roger Birkman , American psychologist and author (b. 1919)2014 – Dick Guidry , American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball , English politician (b. 1928)
2015 – Dinkha IV , Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer , German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
2015 – Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
2016 – Jim Harrison , American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)2018 – Fabrizio Frizzi , Italian television presenter (b. 1958)2023 – María Kodama , Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)[ 62] 2023 – Innocent Vareed Thekkethala , Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)[ 63]
2023 – Jacob Ziv , Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (b. 1931)[ 64]
2024 – Esther Coopersmith , American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (b. 1930)[ 65]
Holidays and observances
References
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