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Day of the year
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 186 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1902 – The
U.S. Congress passes the
Spooner Act , authorizing President
Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the
Panama Canal .
1904 – The
SS Norge runs aground on
Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270 mi) northwest of
Ireland . More than 635 people die during the sinking.
1911 – The
Nakhla meteorite , the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on
Mars , falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
1914 –
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife
Sophie are
assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the
casus belli of
World War I .
1917 – World War I:
Greece joins the Allied powers.
1919 – The
Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the
Allies of World War I .
1921 – Serbian King
Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , known thereafter as the
Vidovdan Constitution .
1922 – The
Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the
Four Courts in
Dublin by
Free State forces.
1926 –
Mercedes-Benz is formed by
Gottlieb Daimler and
Karl Benz merging their two companies.
1936 – The Japanese puppet state of
Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
1940 –
Romania cedes
Bessarabia and Northern
Bukovina to the
Soviet Union after
facing an ultimatum .
1942 –
World War II :
Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the
Soviet Union , codenamed
Case Blue .
1945 – Poland's Soviet-allied
Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after
V-E Day .
1948 –
Cold War : The
Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the
League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the
Cominform .
1948 – Boxer
Dick Turpin beats
Vince Hawkins at
Villa Park in
Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
1950 –
Korean War : Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the
Bodo League massacre .
1950 – Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the
Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow
North Korea's offensive . The city falls later that day.
1950 – Korean War: The
Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the
Seoul National University Hospital massacre .
1956 – In
Poznań , workers from
HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the
first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
1964 –
Malcolm X forms the
Organization of Afro-American Unity .
1969 –
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the
Gay Rights Movement .
1973 – Elections are held for the
Northern Ireland Assembly , which will lead to power-sharing between
unionists and
nationalists in
Northern Ireland for the first time.
1976 – The
Angolan court sentences US and UK
mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the
Luanda Trial .
1978 – The
United States Supreme Court , in
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
1981 – A powerful
bomb explodes in
Tehran , killing 73 officials of the
Islamic Republican Party .
1982 –
Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in
Mazyr ,
Belarus , killing 132 people.
[6]
1987 – For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for
chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes
bombed the Iranian town of
Sardasht .
1989 – On the 600th anniversary of the
Battle of Kosovo ,
Slobodan Milošević delivers the
Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
1997 –
Holyfield–Tyson II :
Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off
Evander Holyfield 's ear.
2001 –
Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the
ICTY in
The Hague to stand trial.
2004 –
Iraq War : Sovereign power is handed to the
interim government of Iraq by the
Coalition Provisional Authority , ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
2009 –
Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya is
ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold
a referendum to rewrite the
Honduran Constitution . This was the start of the
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis .
2016 –
A terrorist attack in Turkey's
Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
Births
Pre-1600
751 –
Carloman I , king of the
Franks (d. 771)
1243 –
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
1444 –
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1487)
1476 –
Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
[7]
1490 –
Albert of Brandenburg , German archbishop (d. 1545)
1491 –
Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
[8]
1503 –
Giovanni della Casa , Italian author and poet (d. 1556)
1547 –
Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
1557 –
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman (d. 1595)
1560 –
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris , Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1657)
1573 –
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby , English noble (d. 1644)
1577 –
Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish painter and diplomat (d. 1640)
1582 –
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele , English politician (d. 1662)
1601–1900
1604 –
Heinrich Albert , German composer and poet (d. 1651)
1641 –
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien , consort to King John III Sobieski (d. 1716)
1653 –
Muhammad Azam Shah , Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
1703 –
John Wesley , English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)
1712 –
Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778)
1719 –
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul , French general and politician,
Prime Minister of France (d. 1785)
1734 –
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier , French organist and composer (d. 1794)
1742 –
William Hooper , American physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1790)
1824 –
Paul Broca , French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (d. 1880)
1825 –
Emil Erlenmeyer , German chemist (d. 1909)
1831 –
Joseph Joachim , Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1907)
1836 –
Emmanuel Rhoides , Greek journalist and author (d. 1904)
1844 –
John Boyle O'Reilly , Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1890)
1852 –
Charles Cruft , English showman, founded
Crufts Dog Show (d. 1938)
1867 –
Luigi Pirandello , Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1873 –
Alexis Carrel , French surgeon and biologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1875 –
Henri Lebesgue , French mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1879 –
Wilhelm Steinkopf , German chemist (d. 1949)
1880 –
John Meyers , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
1883 –
Pierre Laval , French soldier and politician, 101st
Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1884 –
Lamina Sankoh , Sierra Leonean banker and politician (d. 1964)
1888 –
George Challenor , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1947)
1888 –
Stefi Geyer , Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1956)
1891 –
Esther Forbes , American historian and author (d. 1968)
[9]
1891 –
Carl Spaatz , American general (d. 1974)
1892 –
Carl Panzram , American serial killer (d. 1930)
1893 –
August Zamoyski , Polish-French sculptor (d. 1970)
1894 –
Jessie Baetz , Canadian-American artist, composer and pianist (d. 1974 or later)
[10]
[11]
1894 –
Francis Hunter , American tennis player (d. 1981)
1901–present
1902 –
Richard Rodgers , American playwright and composer (d. 1979)
[12]
1906 –
Maria Goeppert Mayer , German-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
[13]
1907 –
Jimmy Mundy , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1983)
1907 –
Yvonne Sylvain , First female Haitian physician (d. 1989)
[14]
1909 –
Eric Ambler , English author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1912 –
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1913 –
Franz Antel , Austrian director and producer (d. 2007)
1913 –
George Lloyd , English soldier and composer (d. 1998)
1913 –
Walter Oesau , German colonel and pilot (d. 1944)
1914 –
Aribert Heim , Austrian
SS physician and Nazi war criminal (d. 1992)
1917 –
A. E. Hotchner , American author and playwright (d. 2020)
1918 –
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw , Scottish-English politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999)
1919 –
Joseph P. Lordi , American government official (d. 1983)
1920 –
Clarissa Eden , Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2021)
1921 –
P. V. Narasimha Rao , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th
Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
[15]
1923 –
Pete Candoli , American trumpet player (d. 2008)
1923 –
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz , Argentinian racing driver (d. 2012)
1923 –
Gaye Stewart , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
1924 –
Kalevi Keihänen , Finnish entrepreneur (d. 1995)
[16]
1926 –
George Booth , American cartoonist (d. 2022)
[17]
1926 –
Mel Brooks , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[18]
1926 –
Robert Ledley , American academic and inventor (d. 2012)
1927 –
Correlli Barnett , English historian and author (d. 2022)
1927 –
Frank Sherwood Rowland , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1928 –
Hans Blix , Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd
Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1928 –
Patrick Hemingway , American writer
1928 –
Harold Evans , English-American historian and journalist (d. 2020)
1928 –
Peter Heine , South African cricketer (d. 2005)
1928 –
Cyril Smith , English politician (d. 2010)
[19]
1929 –
Alfred Miodowicz , Polish politician (d. 2021)
1930 –
William C. Campbell , Irish-American biologist and parasitologist,
Nobel Prize laureate
1930 –
Itamar Franco , Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd
President of Brazil (d. 2011)
1930 –
Jack Gold , English director and producer (d. 2015)
1931 –
Hans Alfredson , Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1931 –
Junior Johnson , American race car driver (d. 2019)
1931 –
Lucien Victor , Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)
1932 –
Pat Morita , American actor (d. 2005)
1933 –
Gusty Spence , Northern Irish loyalist and politician (d. 2011)
1934 –
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell , Northern Irish lawyer and judge,
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (d. 2023)
1934 –
Roy Gilchrist , Jamaican cricketer (d. 2001)
1934 –
Bette Greene , American journalist and author (d. 2020)
1934 –
Carl Levin , American lawyer and politician
[20] (d. 2021)
1934 –
Georges Wolinski , Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)
1935 –
John Inman , English actor (d. 2007)
1936 –
Chuck Howley , American football player
1937 –
George Knudson , Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
1937 –
Fernand Labrie , Canadian endocrinologist and academic (d. 2019)
1937 –
Ron Luciano , American baseball player and umpire (d. 1995)
1938 –
John Byner , American actor and comedian
1938 –
Leon Panetta , American lawyer and politician, 23rd
United States Secretary of Defense
1938 –
S. Sivamaharajah , Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (d. 2006)
1938 –
Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn , British baron
1939 –
Klaus Schmiegel , German chemist
1940 –
Karpal Singh , Malaysian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1940 –
Muhammad Yunus , Bangladeshi economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 –
Al Downing , American baseball player and sportscaster
1941 –
Joseph Goguen , American computer scientist and academic, developed the
OBJ language (d. 2006)
1941 –
David Johnston , Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th
Governor General of Canada
1942 –
Chris Hani , South African politician (d. 1993)
1942 –
Hans-Joachim Walde , German decathlete (d. 2013)
1942 –
Frank Zane , American professional bodybuilder and author
1943 –
Jens Birkemose , Danish painter (d. 2022)
1943 –
Donald Johanson , American paleontologist and academic
1943 –
Klaus von Klitzing , German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1945 –
Ken Buchanan , Scottish boxer (d. 2023)
1945 –
David Knights , English bass player and producer
1945 –
Raul Seixas , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1989)
1945 –
Türkan Şoray , Turkish actress, director, and screenwriter
1946 –
Robert Asprin , American soldier and author (d. 2008)
1946 –
Bruce Davison , American actor and director
1946 –
David Duckham , English rugby player (d. 2023)
1946 –
Robert Xavier Rodríguez , American classical composer
1946 –
Jaime Guzmán , Chilean lawyer and politician (d. 1991)
1946 –
Gilda Radner , American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
1947 –
Mark Helprin , American novelist and journalist
1947 –
Laura Tyson , American economist and academic
1948 –
Kathy Bates , American actress
1948 –
Sergei Bodrov , Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 –
Deborah Moggach , English author and screenwriter
1948 –
Daniel Wegner , Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
1949 –
Don Baylor , American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)
1950 –
Philip Fowke , English pianist and educator
1950 –
Mauricio Rojas , Chilean-Swedish economist and politician
1950 –
Chris Speier , American baseball player and coach
1951 –
Mick Cronin , Australian rugby league player and coach
1951 –
Mark Shand , English conservationist and author (d. 2014)
1951 –
Lalla Ward , English actress and author
1952 –
Enis Batur , Turkish poet and author
1952 –
Pietro Mennea , Italian sprinter and politician (d. 2013)
1952 –
Jean-Christophe Rufin , French physician and author
1954 –
A. A. Gill , Scottish author and critic (d. 2016)
1954 –
Alice Krige , South African actress
1955 –
Shirley Cheriton , British actress
1956 –
Amira Hass , Israeli journalist and author
1956 –
Noel Mugavin , Australian footballer and coach
1957 –
Lance Nethery , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 –
Georgi Parvanov , Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th
President of Bulgaria
1957 –
Mike Skinner , American race car driver
1957 –
Jim Spanarkel , American basketball player and sportscaster
1958 –
Donna Edwards , American lawyer and politician
1958 –
Félix Gray , Tunisian-French singer-songwriter
1959 –
Clint Boon , English singer and keyboard player
1959 –
John Shelley , British illustrator
1960 –
John Elway , American football player and manager
1960 –
Roland Melanson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 –
Kurt Eichenwald , American journalist
[21]
1961 –
Jeff Malone , American basketball player and coach
1962 –
Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu , Romanian long jumper
1962 –
Artur Hajzer , Polish mountaineer (d. 2013)
1962 –
Ann-Louise Skoglund , Swedish hurdler
1963 –
Peter Baynham , Welsh actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 –
Charlie Clouser , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1964 –
Christina Ashcroft , Canadian sport shooter
[22]
1964 –
Mark Grace , American baseball player and sportscaster
1964 –
Bernie McCahill , New Zealand rugby player
1964 –
Dan Stains , Australian rugby league player and coach
1964 –
Steve Williamson , English saxophonist and composer
1965 –
Jessica Hecht , American actress
1965 –
Tiaan Strauss , South African rugby player
1966 –
Peeter Allik , Estonian painter and illustrator (d. 2019)
1966 –
Bobby Bare Jr. , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 –
John Cusack , American actor and screenwriter
1966 –
Mary Stuart Masterson , American actress
1967 –
Leona Aglukkaq , Canadian politician, 7th
Canadian Minister of Health
1967 –
Gil Bellows , Canadian actor and producer
1967 –
Zhong Huandi , Chinese runner
1967 –
Lars Riedel , German discus thrower
1968 –
Chayanne , Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor
1969 –
Tichina Arnold , American actress and singer
1969 –
Stéphane Chapuisat , Swiss footballer
1969 –
Fabrizio Mori , Italian hurdler
1970 –
Mushtaq Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1970 –
Tom Merritt , American journalist
1970 –
Mike White , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 –
Lorenzo Amoruso , Italian footballer
1971 –
Fabien Barthez , French footballer
1971 –
Bobby Hurley , American basketball player and coach
1971 –
Ron Mahay , American baseball player and scout
1971 –
Elon Musk , South African-born American entrepreneur
[23]
1971 –
Aileen Quinn , American actress and singer
1972 –
Ngô Bảo Châu , Vietnamese-French mathematician and academic
1972 –
Chris Leslie , English politician,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
1972 –
Geeta Tripathee , Nepali poet, lyricist and literary critic
1972 –
Alessandro Nivola , American actor
1973 –
Adrián Annus , Hungarian hammer thrower
1973 –
Corey Koskie , Canadian baseball player
1974 –
Rob Dyrdek , American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and reality television star
1975 –
Jon Nödtveidt , Swedish singer-songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2006)
1976 –
Shinobu Asagoe , Japanese tennis player
1976 –
Seth Wescott , American snowboarder
[24]
1977 –
Chris Spurling , American baseball player
1977 –
Mark Stoermer , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1977 –
Harun Tekin , Turkish singer and guitarist
1978 –
Simon Larose , Canadian tennis player
1979 –
Felicia Day , American actress and writer
[25]
1979 –
Randy McMichael , American football player
1979 –
Florian Zeller , French author and playwright
1980 –
Jevgeni Novikov , Estonian footballer
1981 –
Savage , New Zealand rapper
1981 –
Michael Crafter , Australian singer-songwriter
1981 –
Guillermo Martínez , Cuban javelin thrower
1981 –
Brandon Phillips , American baseball player
1982 –
Ibrahim Camejo , Cuban long jumper
1985 –
Phil Bardsley , English footballer
1985 –
Colt Hynes , American baseball player
1986 –
Kellie Pickler , American singer-songwriter
1987 –
Sonata Tamošaitytė , Lithuanian hurdler
1987 –
Terrence Williams , American basketball player
1989 –
Jason Clark , Australian rugby league player
1989 –
Andrew Fifita , Australian rugby league player
1989 –
David Fifita , Australian rugby league player
1989 –
Julia Zlobina , Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
1989 –
Markiplier , American internet personality
1989 –
Nicole Rottmann , Austrian tennis player
1991 –
Seohyun , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
[26]
1991 –
Kevin De Bruyne , Belgian footballer
1991 –
Kang Min-hyuk , South Korean singer, drummer, and actor
[27]
1992 –
Oscar Hiljemark , Swedish footballer
1992 –
Elaine Thompson , Jamaican sprinter
[28]
1993 –
Bradley Beal , American basketball player
1994 –
Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
[29]
1996 –
Donna Vekić , Croatian tennis player
[30]
1996 –
Larissa Werbicki , Canadian rower
[31]
1997 –
Tadasuke Makino , Japanese racing driver
[32]
1997 –
Shakur Stevenson , American boxer
[33]
1999 –
Markéta Vondroušová , Czech tennis player
[34]
2002 –
Marta Kostyuk , Ukrainian tennis player
[35]
Deaths
Pre-1600
202 –
Yuan Shao , Chinese warlord
548 –
Theodora I , Byzantine empress
572 –
Alboin , King of the
Lombards
[36]
683 –
Leo II , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
767 –
Paul I , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 700)
975 –
Cyneweard , bishop of Wells
1031 –
Taira no Tadatsune , Japanese governor
1061 –
Floris I , count of Holland
1175 –
Andrey Bogolyubsky , Russian Grand Prince (b. 1111)
1189 –
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony , (b. 1156)
1194 –
Xiao Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 1127)
1385 –
Andronikos IV , Byzantine emperor (b. 1348)
1497 –
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley , English rebel leader (b. c. 1463)
1575 –
Yonekura Shigetsugu , Japanese samurai
1586 –
Primož Trubar , Slovenian author and reformer (b. 1508)
1598 –
Abraham Ortelius , Flemish cartographer and geographer (b. 1527)
1601–1900
1607 –
Domenico Fontana , Italian architect (b. 1543)
1716 –
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1665)
1757 –
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover , queen consort of Frederick William I (b. 1687)[
citation needed ]
1798 –
John Henry Colclough , Irish revolutionary (b. c. 1769)
1813 –
Gerhard von Scharnhorst , Prussian general and politician,
Prussian Minister of War (b. 1755)
1834 –
Joseph Bové , Russian architect, designed the
Triumphal Arch of Moscow (b. 1784)
1836 –
James Madison , American academic and politician, 4th
President of the United States (b. 1751)
1880 –
Texas Jack Omohundro , American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
1881 –
Jules Armand Dufaure , French politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
1889 –
Maria Mitchell , American astronomer and academic (b. 1818)
1892 –
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis , Greek poet and politician,
Greek Foreign Minister (b. 1810)
1901–present
1913 –
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th
President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1914 –
Sophie , duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
[37]
1914 –
Franz Ferdinand , archduke of Austria (b. 1863)
1915 –
Victor Trumper , Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
1917 –
Ștefan Luchian , Romanian painter and educator (b. 1868)
1922 –
Velimir Khlebnikov , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)
1925 –
Georgina Febres-Cordero , Venezuelan nun (b. 1861)
[38]
1925 –
Henry C. Berghoff , German-American politician (b. 1856)
[39]
1929 –
Edward Carpenter , English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
1936 –
Alexander Berkman , American author and activist (b. 1870)
1939 –
Douglas H. Johnston , governor of the
Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
1940 –
Italo Balbo , Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
1944 –
Friedrich Dollmann , German general (b. 1882)
1945 –
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu , Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
1947 –
Stanislav Kostka Neumann , Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
1960 –
Jake Swirbul , American businessman, co-founded the
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
1962 –
Mickey Cochrane , American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
1962 –
Cy Morgan , American baseball player (b. 1878)
1965 –
Red Nichols , American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (b. 1905)
1966 –
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü , Turkish historian and politician, 21st
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1890)
1971 –
Franz Stangl , Austrian
SS officer (b. 1908)
1974 –
Vannevar Bush , American engineer and academic (b. 1890)
1975 –
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis , Greek architect (b. 1913)
1975 –
Rod Serling , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
1978 –
Clifford Dupont , English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st
President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
1980 –
José Iturbi , Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1981 –
Terry Fox , Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
1983 –
Alf Francis , German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
1984 –
Yigael Yadin , Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
1985 –
Lynd Ward , American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
[40]
1989 –
Joris Ivens , Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
1992 –
Guy Nève , Belgian racing driver (b. 1955)
1992 –
Mikhail Tal , Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
1995 –
Petri Walli , Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
1999 –
Vere Bird , first
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1910)
[41]
2000 –
Nils Poppe , Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
2001 –
Mortimer J. Adler , American philosopher and author (b. 1902)
2003 –
Joan Lowery Nixon , American journalist and author (b. 1927)
2004 –
Anthony Buckeridge , English author (b. 1912)
2005 –
Brenda Howard , American activist (b. 1946)
2005 –
Michael P. Murphy , American lieutenant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1976)
2006 –
Jim Baen , American publisher, founded
Baen Books (b. 1943)
2006 –
Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell , English lawyer and politician,
Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1919)
2006 –
George Unwin , English pilot and commander (b. 1913)
2007 –
Eugene B. Fluckey , American admiral,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
2007 –
Kiichi Miyazawa , Japanese lawyer and politician, 78th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
2009 –
A. K. Lohithadas , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2009 –
Billy Mays , American TV personality (b. 1958)
2010 –
Robert Byrd , American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
2012 –
Richard Isay , American psychiatrist and author (b. 1934)
2012 –
Leontine T. Kelly , American bishop (b. 1920)
2012 –
Robert Sabatier , French author and poet (b. 1923)
2012 –
Doris Sams , American baseball player (b. 1927)
2013 –
Ted Hood , American sailor and architect (b. 1927)
2013 –
Tamás Katona , Hungarian historian and politician (b. 1932)
2013 –
Kenneth Minogue , New Zealand-Australian political scientist and academic (b. 1930)
2013 –
F. D. Reeve , American author and academic (b. 1928)
2013 –
David Rubitsky , American sergeant (b. 1917)
2014 –
Seymour Barab , American cellist and composer (b. 1921)
2014 –
Jim Brosnan , American baseball player (b. 1929)
2014 –
On Kawara , Japanese painter (b. 1933)
2014 –
Meshach Taylor , American actor (b. 1947)
2015 –
Jack Carter , American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
2015 –
Jope Seniloli , Fijian politician,
Vice-President of Fiji (b. 1939)
2015 –
Wally Stanowski , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
2016 –
Scotty Moore , American guitarist (b. 1931)
2016 –
Pat Summitt , American women's college basketball head coach (b. 1952)
2016 –
Buddy Ryan , American football coach (b. 1931)
2018 –
Harlan Ellison , American writer (b. 1934)
[42]
2023 –
Lowell Weicker , French-American politician, 85th
Governor of Connecticut (b. 1931)
[43]
Holidays and observances
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