Day of the year
October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 81 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States .
1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford , killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1776 – American Revolution : A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1811 – The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1852 – The University of Sydney , Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War : Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg , Pennsylvania.
1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion .
1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899 – The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
1901–present
1906 – San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
1910 – Piloted by Arch Hoxsey , Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1912 – First Balkan War : The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo , Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
1918 – The 7.1 San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
1937 – The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia .
1942 – World War II : Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1944 – The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954 – In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference , French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
1958 – NASA launches Pioneer 1 , its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
1961 – The 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement is held in Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia , resulting in the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement .[ 2]
1962 – The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – NASA launches Apollo 7 , the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
1976 – George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger , astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984 – Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
1987 – The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
1991 – Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.[ 3]
1999 – Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.[ 4]
2000 – NASA launches STS-92 , the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning.
2018 – Soyuz MS-10 , launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 – Andreas Gryphius , German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1661 – Melchior de Polignac , French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 – Samuel Clarke , English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1738 – Arthur Phillip , English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1739 – Grigory Potemkin , Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers , German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1778 – George Bridgetower , British musician and composer (d. 1860)
1782 – Steen Steensen Blicher , Danish author and poet (d. 1848)[ 5]
1786 – Stevenson Archer , American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1788 – Simon Sechter , Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1793 – Maria James , Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)[ 6]
1803 – Gregor von Helmersen , Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1814 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy , French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1815 – Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte , Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1821 – George Williams , English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1827 – Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V , 5th Nizam of Hyderabad[ 7]
1835 – Ernst Sars , Norwegian historian (d. 1917)[ 8]
1835 – Theodore Thomas , American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
1844 – Henry J. Heinz , American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
1865 – Hans E. Kinck , Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1871 – Johan Oscar Smith , Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1872 – Emily Davison , English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872 – Harlan F. Stone , American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1879 – Ernst Mally , Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1881 – Hans Kelsen , Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1883 – Kristian Welhaven , Norwegian police officer (d. 1975)[ 9]
1884 – Friedrich Bergius , German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt , American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)[ 10]
1884 – Sig Ruman , German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 – François Mauriac , French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 – A. V. Kulasingham , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1894 – Julius Kuperjanov , Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1896 – Roman Jakobson , Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining , American general (d. 1982)
1899 – Eddie Dyer , American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1901–present
1901 – Masanobu Tsuji , Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan , Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1905 – Fred Trump , American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)
1909 – Sir Ken Anderson , Australian politician (d. 1985)
1910 – Cahit Arf , Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1911 – Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1913 – Joe Simon , American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1915 – T. Llew Jones , Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1916 – Nanaji Deshmukh , Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1916 – Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar , Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991) [ 11]
1918 – Fred Bodsworth , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918 – Jerome Robbins , American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 – Art Blakey , American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1919 – Douglas Albert Munro , United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942)
1922 – G. C. Edmondson , American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1924 – André Emmerich , German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924 – Sammy McCrory , Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 – Mal Whitfield , American athlete (d. 2015)[ 12]
1925 – Elmore Leonard , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)[ 13]
1926 – Jean Alexander , English actress (d. 2016)
1926 – Yvon Dupuis , Canadian politician (d. 2017)
1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh , Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022)
1926 – Earle Hyman , American actor (d. 2017)
1926 – Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1927 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1928 – Alfonso de Portago , Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928 – Roscoe Robinson Jr. , American general (d. 1993)
1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff , English businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1929 – Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)
1930 – Michael Edwardes , South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
1930 – LaVell Edwards , American football player and coach (d. 2016)[ 13]
1930 – Sam Johnson , American colonel and politician (d. 2020)
1932 – Saul Friedländer , Israeli historian and author
1932 – Barry Jones , Australian lawyer and politician
1932 – Dottie West , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1935 – Dan Evins , American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935 – Daniel Quinn , American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)
1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936 – Billy Higgins , American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936 – James M. McPherson , American historian and author
1937 – Bobby Charlton , English footballer and manager (d. 2023)
1937 – R. H. W. Dillard , American poet, author, and critic (d. 2023)
1937 – Ron Leibman , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)[ 13]
1938 – Darrall Imhoff , American basketball player (d. 2017)[ 14]
1938 – Michael Stear , English air marshal (d. 2020)
1939 – Maria Bueno , Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)
1939 – Austin Currie , Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (d. 2021)
1940 – Lucy Morgan , American newspaper reporter (d. 2023)
1941 – Lester Bowie , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1942 – Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton , Welsh academic and politician
1942 – Amitabh Bachchan , Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1943 – Keith Boyce , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
1943 – Michael Harloe , English sociologist and academic
1943 – John Nettles , English actor and writer
1943 – Ilmar Reepalu , Swedish lawyer and politician
1943 – Gene Watson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1944 – Rodney Marsh , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1945 – Andrew Logan , English sculptor and painter
1946 – Elinor Goodman , English journalist
1946 – Daryl Hall , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 15]
1946 – Sawao Katō , Japanese gymnast
1947 – Thomas Boswell , American journalist and author[ 13]
1947 – Lucas Papademos , Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
1947 – Alan Pascoe , English hurdler
1948 – David Rendall , English tenor and actor
1948 – Peter Turkson , Ghanaian cardinal
1949 – Henry Luke Orombi , Ugandan archbishop
1949 – Lawrence Tanter , American basketball player and sportscaster
1950 – Catlin Adams , American actress[ 15]
1950 – William R. Forstchen , American historian and author
1950 – Amos Gitai , Israeli director, producer, and author
1950 – Patty Murray , American educator and politician
1951 – Bruce Bartlett , American economist, historian, and author
1951 – Miroslav Dvořák , Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)[ 16]
1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Jon Miller , American sportscaster
1951 – Louise Rennison , English author and comedian (d. 2016)[ 17]
1951 – Charles Shyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Paulette Carlson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – David Morse , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 15]
1954 – David Michaels , American epidemiologist and politician
1954 – Vojislav Šešelj , Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1955 – Norm Nixon , American basketball player and sportscaster
1956 – Nicanor Duarte , Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
1956 – Derek Ringer , Scottish race car driver
1956 – Stephen Spinella , American actor[ 15]
1957 – Francky Dury , Belgian footballer and manager
1957 – Dawn French , Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter[ 13]
1959 – Wayne Gardner , Australian motorcycle racer
1959 – Allan Little , Scottish journalist and author
1960 – Randy Breuer , American basketball player
1960 – Nicola Bryant , English actress[ 18]
1960 – Curt Ford , American baseball player and manager
1960 – Gábor Pölöskei , Hungarian footballer and manager
1961 – Neil Buchanan , English guitarist
1961 – Steve Young , American football player and sportscaster[ 13]
1962 – Joan Cusack , American actress[ 15]
1962 – Andy McCoy , Finnish musician
1963 – Marcus Graham , Australian actor
1963 – Brian Rice , Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Ronny Rosenthal , Israeli footballer[ 19]
1963 – Rima Te Wiata , English-New Zealand actress and singer[ 20]
1964 – Michael J. Nelson , American actor, director, and screenwriter[ 15]
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery , American actor and producer[ 15]
1965 – Alexander Hacke , German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Orlando Hernández , Cuban baseball player
1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi , Ukrainian footballer and coach
1965 – Lennie James , English actor[ 15]
1966 – Luke Perry , American actor and producer (d. 2019)[ 13]
1966 – Todd Snider , American singer-songwriter[ 15]
1966 – Stephen Williams , Welsh lawyer and politician
1967 – Jay Grdina , American businessman and pornographic actor
1967 – Artie Lange , American actor and comedian[ 15]
1967 – David Starr , American race car driver
1968 – Jane Krakowski , American actress and singer[ 15]
1968 – Claude Lapointe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Brett Salisbury , American football player and author
1969 – Merieme Chadid , Moroccan astronomer and explorer
1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1969 – Stephen Moyer , English actor
1970 – Chidi Ahanotu , American football player
1970 – Vanessa Harding , American wrestler
1970 – MC Lyte , American rapper, DJ, and actress[ 15]
1970 – Andy Marriott , English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970 – Shin Tae-yong , South Korean footballer and coach
1970 – Constance Zimmer , American actress[ 15]
1971 – Petra Haden , American violinist and singer
1971 – Justin Lin , American film director
1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun , Ukrainian footballer and manager
1972 – Marcus Bai , Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1973 – Brendan B. Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Greg Chalmers , Australian golfer
1973 – Steven Pressley , Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Niki Xanthou , Greek long jumper
1973 – Dmitri Young , American baseball player and radio host
1974 – Jason Arnott , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Rachel Barton Pine , American violinist and educator
1976 – Dominic Aitchison , Scottish bass player and songwriter
1976 – Emily Deschanel , American actress and producer[ 15]
1977 – Matt Bomer , American actor and producer[ 13]
1977 – Igor Figueiredo , Brazilian snooker player
1977 – Jérémie Janot , French footballer and manager
1977 – Desmond Mason , American basketball player and sportscaster
1977 – Rhett McLaughlin , American YouTuber
1977 – Ty Wigginton , American baseball player
1978 – Carl Bussey , American soccer player
1978 – Trevor Donovan , American actor[ 15]
1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi , Japanese footballer
1979 – Jamar Beasley , American football player
1979 – Andy Douglas , American wrestler
1979 – Kim Yong-dae , South Korean footballer
1980 – Nyron Nosworthy , English-born Jamaican footballer
1982 – Cameron Knowles , New Zealand footballer
1982 – Jeff Larish , American baseball player
1982 – Terrell Suggs , American football player
1982 – Mauricio Victorino , Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Denis Grebeshkov , Russian ice hockey player[ 21]
1984 – Sergio Hellings , Dutch footballer
1984 – Martha MacIsaac , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – Zeb Taia , Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1984 – Jane Zhang , Chinese singer-songwriter
1985 – Nesta Carter , Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Yang Cheng , Chinese footballer
1985 – Álvaro Fernández , Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Peter Ölvecký , Slovak ice hockey player[ 22]
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg , American actress[ 15]
1986 – Ikioi Shōta , Japanese sumo wrestler
1987 – Tony Beltran , American soccer player
1987 – Mike Conley Jr. , American basketball player
1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile , Australian cricketer
1988 – Omar Gonzalez , American soccer player
1988 – Ricochet , American wrestler
1989 – Michelle Wie , American golfer[ 23]
1990 – Joo , South Korean singer and actress
1990 – Sebastian Rode , German footballer
1991 – Joel Bitonio , American football player[ 24]
1991 – Toby Fox , American video game developer and composer
1991 – Gio Urshela , Colombian baseball player[ 25]
1991 – Kika van Es , Dutch footballer
1992 – Cardi B , American rapper[ 15]
1992 – Christian Davis , English cricketer
1992 – Riffi Mandanda , Congolese footballer
1992 – Ligi Sao , New Zealand rugby league player
1993 – Brandon Flynn , American actor[ 13]
1993 – Hardik Pandya , Indian cricketer
1994 – Clésio Baúque , Mozambican footballer
1994 – Zior Park , South Korean rapper[ 26]
1994 – T. J. Watt , American football player[ 27]
1995 – Nicolás Jarry , Chilean tennis player[ 28]
1996 – Rhea Ripley , Australian wrestler[ 29]
1999 – Leicester Fainga'anuku , New Zealand rugby union player [ 30]
1999 – Keldon Johnson , American basketball player [ 31]
2001 – Maja Chwalińska , Polish tennis player[ 32] [ 33]
2001 – Daniel Maldini , Italian footballer
2001 – Jacob Preston , Australian rugby league player[ 34]
Deaths
Pre-1600
965 – Bruno the Great , Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
1086 – Sima Guang , Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1159 – William of Blois , Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 – Jan Žižka , Czech general and Hussite leader
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)[ 35]
1542 – Thomas Wyatt , English poet and diplomat (born 1503 )
1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1601–1900
1667 – Mattias de' Medici , Italian noble (b. 1613)
1684 – James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
1698 – William Molyneux , Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons , French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston , English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr , Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Casimir Pulaski , Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis , American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 – John Ross Key , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1830 – José de La Mar , Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (b. 1776)[ 36]
1837 – Samuel Wesley , English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule , English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 – Edward Benson , English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 – Anton Bruckner , Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann , French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1901–present
1904 – Mary Tenney Gray , American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez , Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 – William Alden Smith , American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 – Steele Rudd , Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Vito Volterra , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 – Heinrich Gutkin , Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 – Mihkel Pung , Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter (b. 1876)
1960 – Richard Cromwell , American actor (b. 1910)[ 37]
1961 – Chico Marx , American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli , Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1967 – Stanley Morison , typographer , known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
1968 – Selim Sarper , Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 – Chesty Puller , American general (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi , Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong , Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 – Benno Schotz , Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 – Norm Cash , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 – Bonita Granville , American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert , American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 – Redd Foxx , American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1993 – Andy Stewart , Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
1996 – Keith Boyce , Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
1996 – Eleanor Cameron , Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 – Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996 – Joe Morris , English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1998 – Richard Denning , American actor (b. 1914)
1999 – Leo Lionni , Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle , French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar , Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)[ 38]
2001 – Beni Montresor , Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Keith Miller , Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee , Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Attilâ İlhan , Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 – Cory Lidle , American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill , South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 – Werner von Trapp , Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 – Marjorie Fletcher , English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
2008 – Jörg Haider , Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach , Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 – Neal Hefti , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 – Angelo DiGeorge , American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 – Halit Refiğ , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Avrohom Genachowsky , Israeli rabbi (b. 1936)[ 39]
2012 – Helmut Haller , German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 – Edward Kossoy , Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 – Édgar Negret , Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Champ Summers , American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 – María de Villota , Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 – Erich Priebke , German captain (b. 1913)
2014 – Anita Cerquetti , Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 – Carmelo Simeone , Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 – Bob Such , Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 – Dean Chance , American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)[ 40]
2017 – Clifford Husbands , Barbadian politician (b. 1926)
2019 – Alexei Leonov , Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934)[ 41]
2022 – Angela Lansbury , English-American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1925)[ 42]
Holidays and observances
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