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Day of the year
July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 162 days remain until the end of the year.
838 –
Battle of Anzen : The Byzantine emperor
Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the
Abbasids .
1099 –
First Crusade :
Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the
Holy Sepulchre of The
Kingdom of Jerusalem .
1209 –
Massacre at Béziers : The first major military action of the
Albigensian Crusade .
1298 –
Wars of Scottish Independence :
Battle of Falkirk : King
Edward I of England and his
longbowmen defeat
William Wallace and his Scottish
schiltrons outside the town of
Falkirk .
1342 –
St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
[1]
1443 –
Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the
Old Zürich War .
1456 –
Ottoman wars in Europe :
Siege of Belgrade :
John Hunyadi , Regent of the
Kingdom of Hungary , defeats
Mehmet II of the
Ottoman Empire .
1484 –
Battle of Lochmaben Fair : A 500-man raiding party led by
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother
James III of Scotland ; Douglas is captured.
1499 –
Battle of Dornach : The
Swiss decisively defeat the army of
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor .
1587 –
Roanoke Colony : A second group of English settlers arrives on
Roanoke Island off
North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1594 – The Dutch city of
Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under
Maurice of Orange , capitulates.
[2]
1598 –
William Shakespeare 's play,
The Merchant of Venice , is entered on the
Stationers' Register . By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
1686 –
Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor
Thomas Dongan .
1706 – The
Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the
Kingdom of England and the
Kingdom of Scotland , which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the
Kingdom of Great Britain .
1793 –
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
1796 – Surveyors of the
Connecticut Land Company name an area in
Ohio "
Cleveland " after Gen.
Moses Cleaveland , the superintendent of the surveying party.
1797 –
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife : Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the
French Revolutionary Wars . During the Battle, Rear-Admiral
Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
1802 – Emperor
Gia Long conquers
Hanoi and unified
Viet Nam , which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
1805 –
Napoleonic Wars :
War of the Third Coalition :
Battle of Cape Finisterre : An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral
Robert Calder .
1812 – Napoleonic Wars:
Peninsular War :
Battle of Salamanca : British forces led by
Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near
Salamanca , Spain.
1833 – The
Slavery Abolition Act passes in the
British House of Commons , initiating the gradual abolition of
slavery in most parts of the
British Empire .
[3]
1864 –
American Civil War :
Battle of Atlanta : Outside
Atlanta ,
Confederate General
John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on
Union troops under General
William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
1893 –
Katharine Lee Bates writes "
America the Beautiful " after admiring the view from the top of
Pikes Peak near
Colorado Springs, Colorado .
1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of
Paris and Rouen . The fastest finisher was the Comte
Jules-Albert de Dion , but the "official" victory was awarded to
Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined
Peugeot .
1916 –
Preparedness Day Bombing : In
San Francisco , a bomb explodes on
Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
1921 –
Rif War : The
Spanish Army suffers its
worst military defeat in modern times to the
Berbers of the
Rif region of
Spanish Morocco .
[4]
1933 – Aviator
Wiley Post returns to
Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
1936 –
Spanish Civil War : The
Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the
Valencian Community .
[5]
1937 –
New Deal : The
United States Senate votes down President
Franklin D. Roosevelt 's proposal to
add more justices to the
Supreme Court of the United States .
1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian
gasoline
rationing due to the wartime demands.
1942 –
Grossaktion Warsaw : The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
1943 –
World War II : Allied forces capture Palermo during the
Allied invasion of Sicily .
1943 – World War II:
Axis occupation forces violently disperse a
massive protest in
Athens , killing 22.
1944 – The
Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its
manifesto , starting the period of
Communist rule in Poland .
1946 –
King David Hotel bombing : A Zionist underground organisation, the
Irgun , bombs the
King David Hotel in
Jerusalem , site of the civil administration and military headquarters for
Mandatory Palestine , resulting in 91 deaths.
1962 –
Mariner program :
Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
1963 –
Crown Colony of Sarawak gains
self-governance .
1973 –
Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from
Faa'a International Airport in
Papeete ,
French Polynesia , killing 78.
[6]
1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the
Philippines for war crimes committed during
imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War .
1977 – Chinese leader
Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
1981 – The first game of the
1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand.
[7]
1983 –
Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
1990 –
Greg LeMond , an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
1992 – Near
Medellín ,
Colombian
drug lord
Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
1993 –
Great Flood of 1993 :
Levees near
Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the
Army Corps of Engineers .
1997 – The second
Blue Water Bridge opens between
Port Huron, Michigan and
Sarnia, Ontario .
2003 – Members of
101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in
Iraq , killing
Saddam Hussein 's sons
Uday and
Qusay , along with
Mustapha Hussein , Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
2005 –
Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the
7 July 2005 London bombings and the
21 July 2005 London bombings .
2011 –
Norway attacks : A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central
Oslo , followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of
Utøya .
2012 –
Syrian civil war : The
People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of
Serê Kaniyê and
Dirbêsiyê , during clashes with pro-government forces in
Al-Hasakah .
[8]
2013 –
Dingxi earthquakes : A series of earthquakes in
Dingxi ,
China , kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
2019 –
Chandrayaan-2 , the second lunar exploration mission developed by
Indian Space Research Organisation after
Chandrayaan-1 is launched from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a
GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram
lander , and the Pragyan lunar rover.
[9]
1210 –
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (d. 1238)
1437 –
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton , English Baron (d. 1498)
1476 –
Zhu Youyuan , Ming Dynasty politician (d. 1519)
1478 –
Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
1531 –
Leonhard Thurneysser , scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1595)
1535 –
Katarina Stenbock , queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1552 –
Anthony Browne , Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. 1592)
1552 –
Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton , Lady of English peer and others (d. 1607)
1559 –
Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian priest and saint (d. 1619)
1615 –
Marguerite of Lorraine , princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (d. 1672)
1618 –
Johan Nieuhof , Dutch traveler (d. 1672)
1621 –
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician,
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1683)
1630 –
Madame de Brinvilliers , French aristocrat (d. 1676)
1647 –
Margaret Mary Alacoque , French nun, mystic and saint (d. 1690)
1651 –
Ferdinand Tobias Richter , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1711)
1711 –
Georg Wilhelm Richmann , German-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1753)
1713 –
Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect, designed the
Panthéon (d. 1780)
1733 –
Mikhail Shcherbatov , Russian philosopher and historian (d. 1790)
1755 –
Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839)
1784 –
Friedrich Bessel , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
1820 –
Oliver Mowat , Canadian politician, 3rd
Premier of Ontario , 8th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 1903)
[10]
1839 –
Jakob Hurt , Estonian theologist and linguist (d. 1907)
1844 –
William Archibald Spooner , English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
1848 –
Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
1849 –
Emma Lazarus , American poet and educator (d. 1887)
1856 –
Octave Hamelin , French philosopher (d. 1907)
1862 –
Cosmo Duff-Gordon , Scottish fencer (d. 1931)
1863 –
Alec Hearne , English cricketer (d. 1952)
1878 –
Janusz Korczak , Polish pediatrician and author (d. 1942)
1881 –
Augusta Fox Bronner , American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (d. 1966)
1882 –
Edward Hopper , American painter and etcher (d. 1967)
1884 –
Odell Shepard , American poet and politician, 66th
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1967)
1886 –
Hella Wuolijoki , Estonian-Finnish author (d. 1954)
1887 –
Gustav Ludwig Hertz , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1888 –
Kirk Bryan , American geologist and academic (d. 1950)
1888 –
Selman Waksman , Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1889 –
James Whale , English director (d. 1957)
1890 –
Rose Kennedy , American philanthropist (d. 1995)
1892 –
Jack MacBryan , English cricketer and field hockey player (d. 1983)
1893 –
Jesse Haines , American baseball player and coach (d. 1978)
1893 –
Karl Menninger , American psychiatrist and author (d. 1990)
1895 –
León de Greiff , Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1976)
1898 –
Stephen Vincent Benét , American poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1943)
1899 –
Sobhuza II of Swaziland (d. 1982)
1908 –
Amy Vanderbilt , American author (d. 1974)
1909 –
Licia Albanese , Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014)
1909 –
Dorino Serafini , Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
1910 –
Ruthie Tompson , American animator and artist (d. 2021)
1913 –
Gorni Kramer , Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1995)
1915 –
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah , Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000)
1916 –
Gino Bianco , Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1916 –
Marcel Cerdan , French boxer (d. 1949)
1921 –
William Roth , American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1923 –
Bob Dole , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2021)
1923 –
César Fernández Ardavín , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1923 –
The Fabulous Moolah , American wrestler (d. 2007)
[11]
1924 –
Margaret Whiting , American singer (d. 2011)
1925 –
Jack Matthews , American author, playwright, and academic (d. 2013)
1925 –
Joseph Sargent , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1926 –
Bryan Forbes , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1926 –
Wolfgang Iser , German scholar, literary theorist (d. 2007)
1927 –
Johan Ferner , Norwegian sailor (d. 2015)
1928 –
Orson Bean , American actor (d. 2020)
1928 –
Jimmy Hill , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1928 –
Per Højholt , Danish poet (d. 2004)
[12]
1929 –
John Barber , English racing driver (d. 2015)
1929 –
Leonid Stolovich , Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
1929 –
Neil Welliver , American painter (d. 2005)
1929 –
Baselios Thomas I , Indian bishop
1931 –
Leo Labine , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1932 –
Oscar de la Renta , Dominican-American fashion designer (d. 2014)
1932 –
Tom Robbins , American novelist
1934 –
Junior Cook , American saxophonist (d. 1992)
1934 –
Louise Fletcher , American actress (d. 2022)
1934 –
Leon Rotman , Romanian canoeist
[13]
1935 –
Tom Cartwright , English-Welsh cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1936 –
Don Patterson , American organist (d. 1988)
1936 –
Harold Rhodes , English cricketer
1936 –
Geraldine Claudette Darden , American mathematician
1937 –
Chuck Jackson , American R&B singer and songwriter (d. 2023)
1937 –
Yasuhiro Kojima , Japanese-American wrestler and manager (d. 1999)
1937 –
John Price , English cricketer
1937 –
Vasant Ranjane , Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
1938 –
Terence Stamp , English actor
1940 –
Judith Walzer Leavitt , American historian and academic
1940 –
Alex Trebek , Canadian-American game show host and producer (d. 2020)
[14]
1941 –
Estelle Bennett , American singer (d. 2009)
1941 –
Vaughn Bodē , American illustrator (d. 1975)
[15]
1941 –
George Clinton , American singer-songwriter and producer
1941 –
David M. Kennedy , American historian and author
1942 –
Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun , English-Australian politician (d. 2012)
1942 –
Peter Habeler , Austrian mountaineer and skier
1942 –
Les Johns , Australian rugby league player and coach
1943 –
Masaru Emoto , Japanese author and activist (d. 2014)
1943 –
Kay Bailey Hutchison , American lawyer and politician
1943 –
Bobby Sherman , American singer-songwriter and actor
1944 –
Rick Davies , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1944 –
Sparky Lyle , American baseball player and manager
1944 –
Anand Satyanand , New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th
Governor-General of New Zealand
1945 –
Philip Cohen , English biochemist and academic
1946 –
Danny Glover , American actor, director, and producer
1946 –
Paul Schrader , American director and screenwriter
1946 –
Rolando Joven Tria Tirona , Filipino archbishop
1946 –
Johnson Toribiong , Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th
President of Palau
1947 –
Albert Brooks , American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1947 –
Gilles Duceppe , Canadian politician
1947 –
Don Henley , American singer-songwriter and drummer
1948 –
Neil Hardwick , British–Finnish theatre and television director
[16]
1948 –
S. E. Hinton , American author
[17]
1949 –
Alan Menken , American pianist and composer
1949 –
Lasse Virén , Finnish runner and police officer
1951 –
Richard Bennett , American guitarist and producer
1951 –
J. V. Cain , American football player (d. 1979)
1951 –
Patriarch Daniel of Romania
1951 –
Tisa Farrow , American actress and model (d. 2024)
[18]
1953 –
Brian Howe , English singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
1954 –
Al Di Meola , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1954 –
Steve LaTourette , American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
1954 –
Lonette McKee , American actress and singer
1955 –
Richard J. Corman , American businessman, founded the
R.J. Corman Railroad Group (d. 2013)
1955 –
Willem Dafoe , American actor
1956 –
Mick Pointer , English neo-progressive rock drummer
1956 –
Scott Sanderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1957 –
Dave Stieb , American baseball player
1958 –
Tatsunori Hara , Japanese baseball player and coach
1958 –
David Von Erich , American wrestler (d. 1984)
1960 –
Jon Oliva , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1960 –
John Leguizamo , Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[19]
1961 –
Calvin Fish , English racing driver and sportscaster
1961 –
Keith Sweat , American singer-songwriter and producer
1962 –
Steve Albini , American record producer and musician (d. 2024)
[20]
1962 –
Alvin Robertson , American basketball player
1962 –
Martine St. Clair , Canadian singer and actress
1963 –
Emilio Butragueño , Spanish footballer
1963 –
Emily Saliers , American singer-songwriter and musician
1964 –
Will Calhoun , American rock drummer
1964 –
Bonnie Langford , English actress and dancer
1964 –
David Spade , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 –
Derrick Dalley , Canadian educator and politician
1965 –
Shawn Michaels , American wrestler, trainer, and actor
1965 –
Richard B. Poore , New Zealand humanitarian
1965 –
Doug Riesenberg , American football player and coach
1966 –
Tim Brown , American football player and manager
1967 –
Lauren Booth , English journalist and activist
1967 –
Rhys Ifans , Welsh actor
[21]
1969 –
Rebecca Kiessling , American attorney and anti-abortion activist
[22]
1969 –
Despina Vandi , German-Greek singer and actress
1970 –
Jason Becker , American guitarist and songwriter
1970 –
Steve Carter , Australian rugby league player
1970 –
Sergei Zubov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1972 –
Franco Battaini , Italian motorcycle racer
[23]
1972 –
Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor, director, and producer
1972 –
Seth Fisher , American illustrator (d. 2006)
1972 –
Keyshawn Johnson , American football player and sportscaster
1973 –
Brian Chippendale , American singer and drummer
1973 –
Mike Sweeney , American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 –
Ece Temelkuran , Turkish journalist and author
1973 –
Rufus Wainwright , American-Canadian singer-songwriter
[24]
1974 –
Franka Potente , German actress
1977 –
Ezio Galon , Italian rugby player
1977 –
Ingo Hertzsch , German footballer
1977 –
Gustavo Nery , Brazilian footballer
1978 –
Runako Morton , Nevisian cricketer (d. 2012)
1978 –
Dennis Rommedahl , Danish footballer
1979 –
Lucas Luhr , German racing driver
1979 –
Yadel Martí , Cuban baseball player
1980 –
Dirk Kuyt , Dutch footballer
1980 –
Scott Dixon , New Zealand racing driver
[25]
1980 –
Kate Ryan , Belgian singer-songwriter
1980 –
Tablo , South Korean-Canadian rapper
1982 –
Nuwan Kulasekara , Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 –
Aldo de Nigris , Mexican footballer
1983 –
Dries Devenyns , Belgian cyclist
1983 –
Steven Jackson , American football player
1983 –
Andreas Ulvo , Norwegian pianist
1984 –
Stewart Downing , English footballer
1985 –
Jessica Abbott , Australian swimmer
1985 –
Takudzwa Ngwenya , Zimbabwean-American rugby player
1985 –
Akira Tozawa , Japanese wrestler
1986 –
Stevie Johnson , American football player
1986 –
Colin de Grandhomme , Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer
[26]
1987 –
Denis Gargaud Chanut , French slalom canoeist
[27]
1987 –
Charlotte Kalla , Swedish skier
1988 –
William Buick , Norwegian-British flat jockey
1988 –
Paul Coutts , Scottish footballer
1988 –
George Santos , American politician
[28]
1988 –
Thomas Kraft , German footballer
1988 –
Sercan Temizyürek , Turkish footballer
1989 –
Israel Adesanya , New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer
[29]
1989 –
Keegan Allen , American actor, photographer and musician
1991 –
Taylor Lewan , American football player
[30]
1991 –
Matty James , English footballer
1991 –
Tomi Juric , Australian footballer
[31]
1992 –
Anja Aguilar , Filipino actress and singer
1992 –
Selena Gomez , American singer and actress
1992 –
Carolin Schnarre , German Paralympic equestrian
[32]
1993 –
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist
1995 –
Ezekiel Elliott , American football player
1995 –
Armaan Malik , Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
1995 –
Jonathan Owens , American football player
[33]
1996 –
Kevin Fiala , Swiss ice hockey player
[34]
1996 –
Skyler Gisondo , American actor
1998 –
Marc Cucurella , Spanish footballer
[35]
1998 –
Larray , American YouTuber
[36]
1998 –
Madison Pettis , American actress
[37]
1998 –
Federico Valverde , Uruguayan footballer
[38]
1998 –
Sahaphap Wongratch , Thai actor, model, and singer
[39]
1999 –
Sidney Chu , Hong Kong skater
[40]
1999 –
Jason Robertson , American ice hockey player
[41]
2000 –
Garrett Wilson , American football player
[42]
2002 –
Prince Felix of Denmark
2006 –
Javon Walton , American actor and boxer
[43]
2013 –
Prince George of Wales
698 –
Wu Chengsi , nephew of
Chinese sovereign
Wu Zetian
1258 –
Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. c. 1200)
1274 –
Henry I of Navarre ,
Count of Champagne and
Brie and
King of Navarre
1298 – Sir
John de Graham , Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
1362 –
Louis, Count of Gravina (b. 1324)
1376 –
Simon Langham ,
Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1310)
1387 –
Frans Ackerman , Flemish politician (b. 1330)
1461 –
Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
[44]
1525 –
Richard Wingfield , English courtier and diplomat,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1426)
1540 –
John Zápolya , Hungarian king (b. 1487)
1550 –
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1481)
1581 –
Richard Cox , English bishop (b. 1500)
1619 –
Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian priest and saint (b. 1559)
1645 –
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares , Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
1676 –
Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
1726 –
Hugh Drysdale , English-American politician,
Colonial Governor of Virginia
1734 –
Peter King, 1st Baron King , English lawyer and politician,
Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1669)
1789 –
Joseph Foullon de Doué , French politician,
Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
1802 –
Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
1824 –
Thomas Macnamara Russell , English admiral
1826 –
Giuseppe Piazzi , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
1832 –
Napoleon II , French emperor (b. 1811)
1833 –
Joseph Forlenze , Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. 1757)
1864 –
James B. McPherson , American general (b. 1828)
1869 –
John A. Roebling , German-American engineer, designed the
Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
1902 –
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski , Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
1903 –
Cassius Marcellus Clay , American publisher, lawyer, and politician,
United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
1904 –
Wilson Barrett , English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
1906 –
William Snodgrass , Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
1908 –
Randal Cremer , English politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1915 –
Sandford Fleming , Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed
Standard time (b. 1827)
1916 –
James Whitcomb Riley , American poet and author (b. 1849)
1918 –
Indra Lal Roy , Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)
1920 –
William Kissam Vanderbilt , American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
1922 –
Jōkichi Takamine , Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854)
1932 –
J. Meade Falkner , English author and poet (b. 1858)
1932 –
Reginald Fessenden , Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
1932 –
Errico Malatesta , Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
1932 –
Flo Ziegfeld , American actor and producer (b. 1867)
1934 –
John Dillinger , American gangster (b. 1903)
[45]
1937 –
Ted McDonald , Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
1940 –
George Fuller , Australian politician, 22nd
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
1940 –
Albert Young , American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
1948 –
Rūdolfs Jurciņš , Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
1950 –
William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian economist and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1958 –
Mikhail Zoshchenko , Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
1967 –
Carl Sandburg , American poet and historian (b. 1878)
1968 –
Giovannino Guareschi , Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
1970 –
George Johnston , Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
1974 –
Wayne Morse , American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
1979 –
J. V. Cain , American football player (b. 1951)
1979 –
Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
1986 –
Floyd Gottfredson , American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
1986 –
Ede Staal , Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1987 –
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay , Turkish physician and politician,
Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)
1990 –
Manuel Puig , Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1990 –
Eduard Streltsov , Soviet footballer (b. 1937)
1992 –
David Wojnarowicz , American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954)
1995 –
Harold Larwood , English-Australian cricketer (b. 1904)
1996 –
Rob Collins , English keyboard player (b. 1956)
1998 –
Fritz Buchloh , German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
2000 –
Eric Christmas , English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916)
2000 –
Carmen Martín Gaite , Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925)
2000 –
Raymond Lemieux , Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920)
2000 –
Claude Sautet , French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2001 –
Indro Montanelli , Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
2004 –
Sacha Distel , French singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
2004 –
Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922)
2005 –
Eugene Record , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2006 –
Dika Newlin , American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (b. 1923)
2006 –
José Antonio Delgado , Venezuelan mountaineer (b. 1965)
2007 –
Mike Coolbaugh , American baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
2007 –
Jarrod Cunningham , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007 –
László Kovács , Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (b. 1933)
2007 –
Rollie Stiles , American baseball player (b. 1906)
2008 –
Estelle Getty , American actress (b. 1923)
2009 –
Richard M. Givan , American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
2009 –
Peter Krieg , German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2010 –
Kenny Guinn , American banker and politician, 27th
Governor of Nevada (b. 1936)
2011 –
Linda Christian , Mexican-American actress (b. 1923)
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Cees de Wolf , Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
2012 –
Ding Guangen , Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1929)
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George Armitage Miller , American psychologist and academic (b. 1920)
2012 –
Frank Pierson , American director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 –
Natalie de Blois , American architect, co-designed the
Lever House (b. 1921)
2013 –
Dennis Farina , American policeman and actor (b. 1944)
2013 –
Lawrie Reilly , Scottish footballer (b. 1928)
2013 –
Rosalie E. Wahl , American lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
2014 –
Johann Breyer , German
SS officer (b. 1925)
2014 –
Louis Lentin , Irish director and producer (b. 1933)
2014 –
Nitzan Shirazi , Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)
2018 –
Frank Havens , American canoeist (b. 1924)
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Maria Petri , English association football supporter (b. 1939)
[47]
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Mark Carnevale , American golfer and radio commentator (b. 1960)
[48]
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Duke Fakir , American singer (b. 1935)
[49]
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John Mayall , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1933)
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