Day of the year
July 15 is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 169 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1640 – The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku , is inaugurated in Turku .[ 1] [ 2] 1738 – Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg , Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna .[ 3] 1741 – Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska . He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska .1789 – French Revolution : Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette , is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon 's Egyptian Campaign .[ 4] 1806 – Pike Expedition : United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri , to explore the west.1815 – Napoleonic Wars : Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon .1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School , discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.1849 – The first air raid in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice [ 5] 1862 – American Civil War : The CSS Arkansas , the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River , battles with Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut , severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself.1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States : Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union .1870 – Canadian Confederation : Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company , and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
1888 – The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts , killing approximately 500 people in Fukushima Prefecture , Japan.
1910 – In his book Clinical Psychiatry , Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease , naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer .1916 – In Seattle, Washington , William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing ).1918 – World War I : The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.1920 – Aftermath of World War I : The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite .1922 – The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927 : Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna .1941 – The Holocaust : Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps .[ 6] 1946 – The State of North Borneo , now Sabah , Malaysia , is annexed by the United Kingdom .1954 – The Boeing 367-80 , the prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series, takes its first flight.1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons , later co-signed by thirty-four others.1966 – Vietnam War : The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone .1971 – The United Red Army is founded in Japan.1974 – In Nicosia , Cyprus , Greek junta -sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état , deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president .1975 – Space Race : Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets .1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech ".1983 – An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA , leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.1983 – Nintendo released the Famicom in Japan.[ 7]
1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport .1998 – Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine .2002 – "American Taliban " John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony .2002 – The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl to life.
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape . The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.2006 – Twitter , later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.2009 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin , Iran, killing 168.[ 8] 2009 – Space Shuttle program : Endeavour STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station 's Kibō module .[ 9]
2012 – South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style [ 10] 2014 – A train derails on the Moscow Metro , killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.2016 – Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup .[ 11] 2018 – France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2 .[ 12]
Births
Pre-1600
980 – Ichijō , Japanese emperor (d. 1011)1273 – Ewostatewos , Ethiopian monk and saint (d. 1352)1353 – Vladimir the Bold , Russian prince (d. 1410)1359 – Antonio Correr , Italian cardinal (d. 1445)1442 – Boček IV of Poděbrady , Bohemian nobleman (d. 1496)1455 – Queen Yun , Korean queen (d. 1482)1471 – Eskender , Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494)1478 – Barbara Jagiellon , duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (d. 1534)1573 – Inigo Jones , English architect, designed the Queen's House (d. 1652)1600 – Jan Cossiers , Flemish painter (d. 1671)
1606 – Rembrandt , Dutch painter and etcher (d. 1669)1611 – Jai Singh I , maharaja of Jaipur (d. 1667)1613 – Gu Yanwu , Chinese philologist and geographer (d. 1682)1631 – Jens Juel , Danish politician and diplomat, Governor-general of Norway (d. 1700)1631 – Richard Cumberland , English philosopher (d. 1718)
1638 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693)1704 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg , German bishop and theologian (d. 1792)1779 – Clement Clarke Moore , American author, poet, and educator (d. 1863)1793 – Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps , American educator, author, editor (d. 1884)[ 13] 1796 – Thomas Bulfinch , American mythologist (d. 1867)1799 – Reuben Chapman , American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (d. 1882)1800 – Sidney Breese , American jurist and politician (d. 1878)1808 – Henry Edward Manning , English cardinal (d. 1892)1812 – James Hope-Scott , English lawyer and academic (d. 1873)1817 – Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet , English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (d. 1898)1827 – W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (d. 1899)1848 – Vilfredo Pareto , Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)1850 – Frances Xavier Cabrini , Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917)1852 – Josef Josephi , Polish-born singer and actor (d. 1920)[ 14] 1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst , English political activist and suffragist (d. 1928)1864 – Marie Tempest , English actress and singer (d. 1942)1865 – Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe , Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press 1865 – Wilhelm Wirtinger , Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945)
1867 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot , French physician and explorer (d. 1936)1871 – Doppo Kunikida , Japanese journalist, author, and poet (d. 1908)1880 – Enrique Mosca , Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1950)1883 – Denny Barry Irish Republican died during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (d. 1923)[ 15] 1887 – Wharton Esherick , American sculptor (d. 1970)1892 – Walter Benjamin , German philosopher and critic (d. 1940)1893 – Enid Bennett , Australian-American actress (d. 1969)1893 – Dick Rauch , American football player and coach (d. 1970)
1894 – Tadeusz Sendzimir , Polish-American engineer (d. 1989)1899 – Seán Lemass , Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1971)
1902 – Jean Rey , Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983)1903 – Walter D. Edmonds , American journalist and author (d. 1998)1903 – K. Kamaraj , Indian journalist and politician (d. 1975)
1904 – Rudolf Arnheim , German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)1905 – Dorothy Fields , American songwriter (d. 1974)[ 16] 1905 – Anita Farra , Italian actress (d. 2008)
1906 – R. S. Mugali , Indian poet and academic (d. 1993)1906 – Rudolf Uhlenhaut , English-German engineer (d. 1989)
1909 – Jean Hamburger , French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)1911 – Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton , English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air (d. 1994)1913 – Cowboy Copas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)1913 – Hammond Innes , English journalist and author (d. 1998)[ 17]
1913 – Abraham Sutzkever , Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
1914 – Birabongse Bhanudej , Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the Thai royal family (d. 1985)[ 18] 1914 – Akhtar Hameed Khan , Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999)
1914 – Howard Vernon , Swiss-French actor (d. 1996)
1915 – Albert Ghiorso , American chemist and academic (d. 2010)1915 – Kashmir Singh Katoch , Indian army officer (d. 2007)
1916 – Sumner Gerard , American politician and diplomat (d. 2005)1917 – Robert Conquest , English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015)1917 – Joan Roberts , American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 – Nur Muhammad Taraki , Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)
1918 – Bertram Brockhouse , Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)[ 19] 1918 – Brenda Milner , English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic[ 20]
1919 – Fritz Langanke , German lieutenant (d. 2012)1919 – Iris Murdoch , Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999)[ 21]
1921 – Henri Colpi , Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)1921 – Robert Bruce Merrifield , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1922 – Leon M. Lederman , American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)1922 – Jean-Pierre Richard , French writer (d. 2019)
1924 – Jeremiah Denton , American admiral and politician (d. 2014)1924 – Marianne Bernadotte , Swedish actress and philanthropist
1925 – Philip Carey , American actor (d. 2009)1925 – Taylor Hardwick , American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (d. 2014)
1925 – D. A. Pennebaker , American documentary filmmaker (d. 2019)
1925 – Evan Hultman , American politician
1925 – Antony Carbone , American actor (d. 2020)
1925 – Pandel Savic , American football player (d. 2018)
1926 – Driss Chraïbi , Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007)1926 – Leopoldo Galtieri , Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 2003)
1926 – Raymond Gosling , English physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1926 – Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet , English diplomat (d. 2019)
1927 – Nan Martin , American actress (d. 2010)1927 – Carmen Zapata , American actress (d. 2014)
1927 – Håkon Brusveen , Norwegian cross-country skier (d. 2021)
1928 – Carl Woese , American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012)1928 – Viramachaneni Vimla Devi , Indian parliamentarian (d. 1967)
1929 – Charles Anthony , American tenor and actor (d. 2012)1929 – Francis Bebey , Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)
1929 – Ian Stewart , Scottish racing driver (d. 2017)
1930 – Jacques Derrida , Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004)1930 – Richard Garneau , Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1930 – Stephen Smale , American mathematician and computer scientist
1930 – Einosuke Akiya , Japanese Buddhist leader
1931 – Clive Cussler , American archaeologist and author (d. 2020)1931 – Joanna Merlin , American actress and casting director (d. 2023)
1931 – Jacques-Yvan Morin , Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 2023)
1932 – Ed Litzenberger , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)1933 – Guido Crepax , Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003)1933 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair , Indian author and screenwriter
1934 – Harrison Birtwistle , English composer and academic (d. 2022)1934 – Eva Krížiková , Czech actress (d. 2020)
1934 – Risto Jarva , Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)
1935 – Donn Clendenon , American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005)1935 – Alex Karras , American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Ken Kercheval , American actor and director (d. 2019)
1936 – George Voinovich , American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio (d. 2016)1937 – Prabhash Joshi , Indian journalist (d. 2009)1938 – Bill Alsup , American racing driver (d. 2016)[ 22] 1938 – Ernie Barnes , American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
1938 – Carmen Callil , Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (d. 2022)
1938 – Barry Goldwater, Jr. , American lawyer and politician
1939 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva , Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic 1940 – Chris Cord , American racing driver (d. 2022)[ 23] 1940 – Denis Héroux , Canadian director and producer (d. 2015)
1940 – Ronald Gene Simmons , American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990)
1940 – Robert Winston , English surgeon, academic, and politician
1941 – Livia Gouverneur , Venezuelan communist (d.1961)[ 24] 1942 – Vivian Malone Jones , American civil rights activist (d. 2005)1943 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell , Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic1944 – Millie Jackson , American singer-songwriter1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent , American actor (d. 2019)
1944 – Nigel Williams , English conservator (d. 1992)[ 25]
1945 – David Arthur Granger , Guyanese politician, 9th President of Guyana 1945 – Peter Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Jürgen Möllemann , German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)
1946 – Linda Ronstadt , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1946 – Hassanal Bolkiah , Sultan of Brunei
1947 – Lydia Davis , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist1947 – Pridiyathorn Devakula , Thai economist and politician, Thai Minister of Finance
1947 – Roky Erickson , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019)
1948 – Twinkle , English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)1948 – Dimosthenis Kourtovik , Greek anthropologist and critic
1948 – Artimus Pyle , American rock drummer and songwriter
1949 – Carl Bildt , Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden 1949 – Trevor Horn , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1949 – Richard Russo , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
1950 – Colin Barnett , Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia 1950 – Arianna Huffington , Greek-American journalist and publisher
1951 – Gregory Isaacs , Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)1951 – Jesse Ventura , American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
1952 – John Cleland , British racing driver[ 26] 1952 – Celia Imrie , English actress
1952 – Terry O'Quinn , American actor
1952 – David Pack , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1952 – Marky Ramone , American drummer and songwriter
1952 – Johnny Thunders , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide , Haitian priest and politician, 49th President of Haiti 1953 – Sultanah Haminah , Malaysian royal consort
1953 – Mohamad Shahrum Osman , Malaysian politician
1953 – Alicia Bridges , American singer-songwriter
1954 – John Ferguson , Australian rugby league player1954 – Giorgos Kaminis , American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens
1954 – Mario Kempes , Argentinian footballer and manager
1956 – Ashoke Sen , Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist[ 27] 1956 – Ian Curtis , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)
1956 – Nicholas Harberd , British botanist, educator, and academician
1956 – Barry Melrose , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 – Steve Mortimer , Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator
1956 – Joe Satriani , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Wayne Taylor , South African racing driver
1958 – Gary Heale , English footballer and coach1958 – Mac Thornberry , American lawyer and politician
1959 – Vincent Lindon , French actor, director, and screenwriter1961 – Lolita Davidovich , Canadian actress1961 – Jean-Christophe Grangé , French journalist and screenwriter
1961 – Forest Whitaker , American actor
1962 – Nikos Filippou , Greek basketball player and manager1962 – Michelle Ford , Australian swimmer
1963 – Brigitte Nielsen , Danish-Italian actress1963 – Steve Thomas , English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Alistair Carmichael , Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1965 – Gero Miesenböck , Austrian neuroscientist and educator
1965 – David Miliband , English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1966 – Jason Bonham , English singer-songwriter and drummer1966 – Irène Jacob , French-Swiss actress
1967 – Adam Savage , American actor and special effects designer1967 – Elbert West , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1968 – Eddie Griffin , American comedian, actor, and producer1969 – Ain Tammus , Estonian footballer and coach1970 – Tarkan Gözübüyük , Turkish bass player and producer1972 – Scott Foley , American actor1973 – Brian Austin Green , American actor1973 – Buju Banton , Jamaican singer[ 28]
1975 – Cherry , American wrestler and manager1975 – Danny Law , English cricketer
1975 – Ben Pepper , Australian basketball player
1976 – Steve Cunningham , American boxer1976 – Marco Di Vaio , Italian footballer
1976 – Diane Kruger , German actress and model
1976 – Gabriel Iglesias , Mexican-American comedian and voice actor
1977 – D. J. Kennington , Canadian racing driver[ 29] 1977 – André Nel , South African cricketer
1977 – Lana Parrilla , American actress[ 30]
1977 – John St. Clair , American football player
1977 – Ray Toro , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 31]
1978 – Miguel Olivo , Dominican baseball player1979 – Laura Benanti , American actress and singer1979 – Alexander Frei , Swiss footballer
1979 – Edda Garðarsdóttir , Icelandic footballer
1979 – Renata Kučerová , Czech tennis player
1980 – Reggie Abercrombie , American baseball player1980 – Jonathan Cheechoo , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Julia Perez , Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017)
1981 – Alou Diarra , French footballer1981 – Petros Klampanis , Greek bassist and composer
1981 – Marius Stankevičius , Lithuanian footballer
1982 – Julien Canal , French racing driver[ 32] 1982 – Neemia Tialata , New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Aída Yéspica , Venezuelan model and actress
1983 – Salvatore Iovino , American racing driver[ 33] 1983 – Nelson Merlo , Brazilian racing driver
1983 – Heath Slater , American wrestler
1984 – Angelo Siniscalchi , Italian footballer1984 – Veronika Velez-Zuzulová , Slovak skier
1986 – Tyler Kennedy , Canadian ice hockey player1986 – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , American actor [ 34] 1989 – Alisa Kleybanova , Russian tennis player1989 – Anthony Randolph , American basketball player
1990 – Olly Alexander , English singer and actor [ 35] 1990 – Zach Bogosian , American ice hockey player
1990 – Damian Lillard , American basketball player[ 36]
1990 – Tyler Young , American racing driver[ 37]
1991 – Danilo , Brazilian footballer1991 – Derrick Favors , American basketball player
1991 – Evgeny Tishchenko , Russian boxer
1991 – Nuria Párrizas Díaz , Spanish tennis player[ 38]
1992 – Tobias Harris , American basketball player1992 – Wayde van Niekerk , South African sprinter
1993 – Håvard Nielsen , Norwegian footballer[ 39] 1993 – Harrison Rhodes , American racing driver[ 40]
1993 – Masataka Yoshida , Japanese baseball player[ 41]
1996 – Vivianne Miedema , Dutch football player[ 42] 1997 – Jil Teichmann , Swiss tennis player[ 43] 1998 – Noah Gragson , American racing driver[ 44] 1999 – Mohamed Sobhy , Egyptian footballer[ 45] 2005 – JuJu Watkins , American basketball player[ 46] 2008 – Iain Armitage , American actor[ 47]
Deaths
Pre-1600
756 – Yang Guifei , consort of Xuan Zong (b. 719)998 – Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī , Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 940)1015 – Vladimir the Great , Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (b. c. 958)1274 – Bonaventure , Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)1291 – Rudolf I of Germany (b. 1218)1299 – King Eric II of Norway (b. c. 1268)1381 – John Ball , English Lollard priest1388 – Agnes of Durazzo , titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (b. 1313)1397 – Catherine of Henneberg , German ruler (b. c. 1334)1406 – William, Duke of Austria 1410 – Ulrich von Jungingen , German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1360)1445 – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland 1542 – Lisa del Giocondo , subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa 1544 – René of Châlon (b. 1519)1571 – Shimazu Takahisa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1514)
1609 – Annibale Carracci , Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1560)1614 – Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme , French soldier, historian and author (b. 1540)1655 – Girolamo Rainaldi , Italian architect (b. 1570)1685 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , Dutch-born English general and claimant to the throne, executed (b. 1649)1750 – Vasily Tatishchev , Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)1765 – Charles-André van Loo , French painter (b. 1705)1767 – Michael Bruce , Scottish poet and composer (b. 1746)1789 – Jacques Duphly , French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)1828 – Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor (b. 1741)1839 – Winthrop Mackworth Praed , English poet and politician (b. 1802)1844 – Claude Charles Fauriel , French philologist and historian (b. 1772)1851 – Anne-Marie Javouhey , French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (b. 1779)[ 48] 1851 – Juan Felipe Ibarra , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
1857 – Carl Czerny , Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov , Russian painter (b. 1806)1883 – General Tom Thumb , American circus performer (b. 1838)1885 – Rosalía de Castro , Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)1890 – Gottfried Keller , Swiss author, poet and playwright (b. 1819)1898 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe , French-American archbishop (b. 1825)
1904 – Anton Chekhov , Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860 )[ 49] 1919 – Emil Fischer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852 )[ 50] 1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874 )[ 51] 1930 – Leopold Auer , Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)1930 – Leonora Barry , Irish-born American social activist (b. 1849)[ 52]
1931 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz , Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)1932 – Bahíyyih Khánum , Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846) [ 53] 1932 – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven , South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
1933 – Irving Babbitt , American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)1933 – Freddie Keppard , American cornet player (b. 1890)
1940 – Eugen Bleuler , Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)1940 – Robert Wadlow , American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b. 1918)
1942 – Wenceslao Vinzons , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)1944 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac , Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)1946 – Razor Smith , English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)1947 – Walter Donaldson , American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)1948 – John J. Pershing , American general (b. 1860)1953 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios , Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)1957 – James M. Cox , American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870 )[ 54] 1957 – Vasily Maklakov , a Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
1959 – Ernest Bloch , Swiss-American composer and academic (b. 1880)1959 – Vance Palmer , Australian author and critic (b. 1885 )[ 55]
1960 – Set Persson , Swedish politician (b. 1897)1960 – Lawrence Tibbett , American singer and actor (b. 1896)
1961 – John Edward Brownlee , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)1961 – Nina Bari , Russian mathematician (b. 1901)[ 56]
1965 – Francis Cherry , American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)1966 – Seyfi Arkan , Turkish architect (b. 1903)1969 – Grace Hutchins , American labor reformer and researcher (b. 1885)[ 57] 1974 – Christine Chubbuck , American journalist (b. 1944 )[ 58] 1976 – Paul Gallico , American journalist and author (b. 1897)1977 – Donald Mackay , Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933)1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz , Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911)[ 59] 1981 – Frédéric Dorion , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)1982 – Bill Justis , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)1986 – Billy Haughton , American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)1988 – Eleanor Estes , American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)1989 – Laurie Cunningham , English footballer (b. 1956)1990 – Zaim Topčić , Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920)1990 – Margaret Lockwood , English actress (b. 1916)
1990 – Omar Abu Risha , Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1910)
1991 – Bert Convy , American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)1992 – Hammer DeRoburt , Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev , Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
1997 – Justinas Lagunavičius , Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)1997 – Gianni Versace , Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)
1998 – S. Shanmuganathan , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)2000 – Louis Quilico , Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925)2001 – C. Balasingham , Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917)2003 – Roberto Bolaño , Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953)2003 – Elisabeth Welch , American actress and singer (b. 1904)
2006 – Robert H. Brooks , American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi , Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942)
2008 – György Kolonics , Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)2010 – James E. Akins , American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (b. 1926)2011 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler , German landowner and politician (b. 1928)2011 – Googie Withers , British-Australian actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Boris Cebotari , Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)2012 – Tsilla Chelton , Israeli-French actress (b. 1919)
2012 – Grant Feasel , American football player (b. 1960)
2012 – David Fraser , English general (b. 1920)
2012 – Celeste Holm , American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2012 – Yoichi Takabayashi , Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)[ 60]
2013 – Ninos Aho , Syrian-American poet and activist (b. 1945)2013 – Henry Braden , American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
2013 – Tom Greenwell , American lawyer and judge (b. 1956)
2013 – Earl Gros , American football player (b. 1940)
2013 – Noël Lee , Chinese-American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
2013 – Meskerem Legesse , Ethiopian runner (b. 1986)
2013 – John T. Riedl , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1962)
2014 – Óscar Acosta , Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)2014 – James MacGregor Burns , American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918)
2014 – Edward Perl , American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926)
2014 – Robert A. Roe , American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – Masahiko Aoki , Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938)2015 – Wan Li , Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1916)
2015 – Aubrey Morris , British actor (b. 1926)
2015 – Dave Somerville , Canadian singer (b. 1933)
2017 – Martin Landau , American film and television actor (b. 1928)2021 – Peter R. de Vries , Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (b. 1956)[ 61]
Holidays and observances
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