August 22 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1614 - Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
- 1639 - Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
- 1642 - Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
- 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
- 1711 - Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
- 1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
- 1770 - James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
- 1777 - British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
- 1780 - James Cook's ship returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
- 1791 - The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
- 1798 - French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
- 1827 - José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
- 1846 - The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
- 1849 - Passaleão incident: João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, the governor of Portuguese Macau, is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days after.[4]
- 1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
- 1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
- 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
- 1894 - Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1901–present
- 1902 - The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- 1902 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
- 1902 - At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.[5]
- 1922 - Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
- 1934 - Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
- 1941 - World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
- 1942 - Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
- 1944 - World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
- 1949 - The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
- 1953 - The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
- 1962 - The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
- 1963 - X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08miles) (354,200 feet)).
- 1965 - Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.[6]
- 1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
- 1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- 1971 - J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
- 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
- 1973 - The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
- 1978 - Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
- 1978 - The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
- 1981 - Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.[7]
- 1985 - British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
- 1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
- 1991 - Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
- 1992 - FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
- 1999 - China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.[8]
- 2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
- 2004 - Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
- 2006 - Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
- 2006 - Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
- 2007 - The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
- 2012 - Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
- 1624 - Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
- 1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
- 1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
- 1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
- 1764 - Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)
- 1771 - Henry Maudslay, English engineer (d. 1831)
- 1773 - Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
- 1778 - James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
- 1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
- 1818 - Rudolf von Jhering, German jurist (d. 1892)[11]
- 1827 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)
- 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
- 1836 - Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (d. 1918)
- 1844 - George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)
- 1845 - William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
- 1847 - John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
- 1848 - Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)
- 1854 - Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
- 1857 - Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
- 1860 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
- 1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
- 1862 - Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
- 1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
- 1867 - Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (d. 1934)
- 1868 - Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (d. 1958)
- 1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
- 1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (d. 1928)
- 1880 - Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
- 1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (d. 1934)[12]
- 1881 - James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (d. 1949)
- 1882 - Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (d. 1919)
- 1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1977)
- 1890 - Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (d. 1973)
- 1891 - Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (d. 1983)
- 1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1893 - Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)
- 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (d. 1992)
- 1895 - László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
- 1896 - Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)
- 1897 - Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)
- 1900 - Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999)
1901–present
- 1902 - Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)
- 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
- 1902 - Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
- 1903 - Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
- 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
- 1908 - Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1909 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
- 1909 - Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
- 1913 - Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
- 1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
- 1914 - Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
- 1915 - David Dellinger, American activist (d. 2004)
- 1915 - James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
- 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 2012)[13]
- 1920 - Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (d. 2016)[14]
- 1921 - Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1922 - Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
- 1922 - Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
- 1922 - Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (d. 2005)[15]
- 1924 - James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
- 1924 - Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995)
- 1925 - Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (d. 2020)[16]
- 1926 - Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (d. 2023)[17]
- 1926 - Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (d. 2011)
- 1928 - Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d. 2015)
- 1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (d. 2007)[18]
- 1929 - Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
- 1929 - Roy Clay, American computer scientist (d. 2024)[19]
- 1929 - Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (d. 2017)
- 1930 - Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (d. 2020)
- 1933 - Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
- 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (d. 2012)
- 1935 - Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
- 1936 - Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
- 1936 - John Callaway, American journalist and producer (d. 2009)
- 1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
- 1936 - Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
- 1938 - Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
- 1939 - Valerie Harper, American actress (d. 2019)[20]
- 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player[21]
- 1941 - Bill Parcells, American football player and coach[22]
- 1943 - Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
- 1943 - Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
- 1944 - Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
- 1945 - David Chase, American screenwriter and producer
- 1945 - Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer[23]
- 1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress and producer[24] (d. 2023)
- 1948 - David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
- 1949 - Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman[25]
- 1950 - Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
- 1950 - Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
- 1952 - Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
- 1953 - Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
- 1955 - Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
- 1956 - Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
- 1956 - Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
- 1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
- 1957 - Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
- 1958 - Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
- 1958 - Stevie Ray, American wrestler
- 1958 - Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter
- 1959 - Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1959 - Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
- 1959 - Mark Williams, English actor
- 1960 - Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
- 1960 - Collin Raye, American country music singer
- 1960 - Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright
- 1961 - Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1961 - Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician
- 1961 - Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1962 - Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
- 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[26]
- 1963 - James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer[26]
- 1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
- 1965 - Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
- 1965 - David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (d. 2004)[27]
- 1966 - GZA, American rapper and producer[26]
- 1966 - Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor[26]
- 1967 - Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian[26]
- 1967 - Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 - Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1968 - Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1968 - Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
- 1968 - Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
- 1968 - Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
- 1970 - Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
- 1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author[26]
- 1970 - Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer[28]
- 1971 - Richard Armitage, English actor[17]
- 1971 - Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 - Rick Yune, American actor[26]
- 1972 - Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
- 1972 - Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer[26]
- 1972 - Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
- 1973 - Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter[29]
- 1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer[26]
- 1973 - Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter[26]
- 1973 - Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1974 - Cory Gardner, American politician
- 1974 - Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer[26]
- 1974 - Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
- 1975 - Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
- 1975 - Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
- 1976 - Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1976 - Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
- 1976 - Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
- 1976 - Jeff Weaver, American baseball player[30]
- 1976 - Randy Wolf, American baseball player
- 1977 - Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
- 1977 - Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
- 1978 - James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter[26]
- 1978 - Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
- 1979 - Brandon Adams, American actor[26]
- 1979 - Matt Walters, American football player
- 1980 - Roland Benschneider, German footballer
- 1980 - Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
- 1980 - Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
- 1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
- 1981 - Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
- 1981 - Christina Obergföll, German athlete
- 1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
- 1983 - Jahri Evans, American football player
- 1984 - Lee Camp, English footballer
- 1984 - Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
- 1985 - Luke Russert, American journalist
- 1985 - Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
- 1985 - Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
- 1985 - Salih Yoluç, Turkish race car drivr[31]
- 1986 - Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
- 1986 - Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1987 - Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Apollo Crews, American wrestler
- 1989 - Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Randall Cobb, American football player
- 1990 - Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
- 1990 - Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 - Adam Thielen, American football player[32]
- 1991 - Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
- 1991 - Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 - Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
- 1993 - Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist[33]
- 1994 - Israel Broussard, American actor[17]
- 1994 - Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995 - Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter[34]
- 1996 - Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer[35]
- 1996 - Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter[36]
- 1997 - Maxx Crosby, American football player[37]
- 1997 - Fanum, American streamer[38]
- 1997 - Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer[39]
- 2001 - LaMelo Ball, American basketball player[40]
- 2003 - Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer[41]
- 2005 - Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast[42]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
- 1155 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
- 1241 - Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
- 1280 - Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225)[43]
- 1304 - John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
- 1338 - William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
- 1350 - Philip VI of France (b. 1293)[44]
- 1358 - Isabella of France (b. 1295)
- 1425 - Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (b. 1423)
- 1456 - Vladislav II of Wallachia
- 1485 - Richard III of England (b. 1452)[45]
- 1485 - James Harrington, Yorkist knight
- 1485 - John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
- 1485 - Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
- 1485 - William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
- 1532 - William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)
- 1545 - Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)
- 1553 - John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
- 1572 - Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
- 1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
- 1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
1601–1900
- 1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
- 1652 - Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1664 - Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
- 1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
- 1681 - Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
- 1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
- 1711 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
- 1752 - William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
- 1773 - George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)[46]
- 1793 - Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
- 1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
- 1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
- 1818 - Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
- 1828 - Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)[47]
- 1850 - Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
- 1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
- 1888 - Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
- 1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
1901–present
- 1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
- 1904 - Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
- 1909 - Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
- 1914 - Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
- 1918 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
- 1920 - Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
- 1922 - Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
- 1926 - Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
- 1933 - Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
- 1940 - Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
- 1940 - Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
- 1942 - Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
- 1946 - Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
- 1950 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
- 1951 - Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
- 1953 - Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- 1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1960 - Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
- 1963 - William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
- 1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
- 1970 - Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
- 1971 - Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888)[48]
- 1974 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
- 1976 - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
- 1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
- 1977 - Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
- 1977 - Rex Connor, Australian politician (b. 1907)
- 1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
- 1979 - James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
- 1980 - James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
- 1981 - Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
- 1985 - Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)
- 1986 - Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883)
- 1987 - Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909)
- 1989 - Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
- 1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
- 1991 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
- 1991 - Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
- 1994 - Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 1994 - Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
- 1995 - Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- 1996 - Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
- 2000 - Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
- 2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
- 2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
- 2004 - Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
- 2004 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
- 2008 - Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
- 2009 - Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (b. 1908)[49]
- 2009 - Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2010 - Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- 2011 - Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- 2011 - Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
- 2011 - Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
- 2012 - Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2013 - Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)
- 2013 - Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (b. 1984)
- 2014 - U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
- 2014 - Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2014 - John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
- 2014 - John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
- 2015 - Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)
- 2016 - S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
- 2016 - Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (b. 1922)
- 2017 - Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (b. 1948)
- 2018 - Ed King, American musician (b. 1949)[50]
- 2018 - Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (b. 1925)[51]
- 2021 - Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)[52]
- 2024 – Arthur J. Gregg, American military officer (b. 1928)[53]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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