May 16 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1739 - The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
- 1770 - The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.[5]
- 1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1811 - Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the Albuera.[6] It is, in proportion to the numbers involved, the bloodiest battle of the war.[7]
- 1812 - Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.[8]
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
- 1832 - Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.[9] [10]
- 1834 - The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
- 1842 - The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.[11]
- 1863 - American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.[12]
- 1866 - The United States Congress establishes the nickel.[13]
- 1868 - The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.[14]
- 1874 - A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- 1877 - The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.[15]
- 1888 - Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- 1891 - The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
1901–present
- 1916 - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
- 1918 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
- 1919 - A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
- 1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
- 1925 - The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.[16]
- 1929 - In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
- 1943 - The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1943 - Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.[17]
- 1945 - Beginning of the Levant Crisis between Britain and France in Syria. The latter try to quell nationalist protests but backs down after threat of military action by the British.[18]
- 1951 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- 1954 - Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag.[19]
- 1959 - The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.[20]
- 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1961 - Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
- 1966 - The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 1969 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
- 1974 - Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
- 1975 - Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.[21] [22]
- 1988 - A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
- 1991 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
- 1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- 2003 - In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- 2005 - Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
- 2011 - STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for .
- 2014 - Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1606 - John Bulwer, British doctor (d. 1656)
- 1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)[24]
- 1641 - Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)[25]
- 1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1782)
- 1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)[26]
- 1763 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
- 1788 - Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
- 1801 - William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
- 1804 - Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (d. 1894)
- 1819 - Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
- 1821 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)
- 1824 - Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
- 1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (d. 1893)
- 1827 - Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)
- 1831 - David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
- 1859 - Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (d. 1932)[27]
- 1862 - Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (d. 1948)[28]
- 1879 - Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
- 1882 - Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
- 1883 - Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (d. 1986)
- 1887 - Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (d. 1945)[29]
- 1888 - Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971)
- 1890 - Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (d. 1975)[30]
- 1892 - Osgood Perkins, American actor (d. 1937)
- 1894 - Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (d. 1960)
- 1897 - Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)
- 1898 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)
- 1898 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1901–present
- 1903 - Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1906 - Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
- 1906 - Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)
- 1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
- 1906 - Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1907 - Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
- 1909 - Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (d. 1960)
- 1909 - Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
- 1910 - Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (d. 1975)
- 1910 - Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
- 1910 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972)
- 1912 - Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
- 1913 - Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (d. 1991)[31]
- 1913 - Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
- 1914 - Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1916 - Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)
- 1917 - James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
- 1917 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
- 1918 - Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
- 1919 - Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)
- 1919 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
- 1921 - Harry Carey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999)[32]
- 1924 - Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019)
- 1925 - Nancy Roman, American astronomer (d. 2018)
- 1925 - Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
- 1925 - Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1928 - Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
- 1929 - John Conyers, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
- 1929 - Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
- 1929 - Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012)
- 1929 - K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2024)
- 1930 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
- 1931 - Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
- 1931 - Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d. 1944)
- 1931 - Lowell P. Weicker Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut (d. 2023)
- 1934 - Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
- 1934 - Antony Walker, English general (d. 2023)
- 1935 - Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1936 - Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (d. 2018)
- 1937 - Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (d. 2015)
- 1938 - Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1938 - Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic
- 1938 - Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (d. 2018)
- 1939 - Mario Segni, Italian professor and politician
- 1941 - Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
- 1942 - David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
- 1943 - Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
- 1943 - Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
- 1943 - Wieteke van Dort, Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist
- 1944 - Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
- 1944 - Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
- 1944 - Danny Trejo, American actor
- 1946 - John Law, English sociologist and academic
- 1946 - Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
- 1947 - Cheryl Clarke, American writer[33]
- 1947 - Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (d. 1999)
- 1947 - Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
- 1948 - Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
- 1948 - Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
- 1948 - Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer
- 1948 - Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician (d. 2017)
- 1948 - Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
- 1948 - Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
- 1949 - Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
- 1950 - Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1950 - Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1950 - Bruce Coville, American author
- 1951 - Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
- 1951 - Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 - Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
- 1953 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
- 1953 - Peter Onorati, American actor
- 1953 - Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1953 - Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (d. 2015)
- 1953 - David Maclean, Scottish politician
- 1953 - Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
- 1954 - Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
- 1955 - Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
- 1955 - Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1955 - Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
- 1955 - Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1955 - Debra Winger, American actress
- 1956 - Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor
- 1957 - Joan Benoit, American runner
- 1957 - Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
- 1957 - Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 - Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
- 1957 - Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1959 - Mitch Webster, American baseball player
- 1959 - Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter
- 1960 - Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament
- 1960 - Bruce Norris, playwright[34]
- 1960 - S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)
- 1961 - Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
- 1961 - Charles Wright, American wrestler
- 1962 - Helga Radtke, German long jumper
- 1963 - Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
- 1963 - David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
- 1964 - John Salley, American basketball player and actor
- 1964 - Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1964 - Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1965 - Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist
- 1965 - Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
- 1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter actress[35]
- 1966 - Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1966 - Thurman Thomas, American football player
- 1967 - Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
- 1967 - Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician
- 1968 - Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer
- 1969 - David Boreanaz, American actor
- 1969 - Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
- 1969 - Steve Lewis, American sprinter
- 1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
- 1970 - Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1971 - Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1971 - Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 - Christian Califano, French rugby player
- 1972 - Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
- 1973 - Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
- 1974 - Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1974 - Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper
- 1975 - Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
- 1975 - Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete[36]
- 1976 - Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
- 1977 - Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
- 1977 - Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
- 1978 - Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
- 1980 - Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
- 1981 - Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
- 1982 - Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
- 1983 - Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
- 1983 - Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
- 1984 - Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
- 1984 - Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
- 1984 - Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1985 - Anja Mittag, German footballer
- 1985 - Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 - Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Megan Fox, American actress
- 1986 - Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
- 1986 - Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect
- 1987 - Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
- 1988 - Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
- 1988 - Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1988 - Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
- 1989 - Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
- 1990 - Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
- 1990 - Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
- 1990 - Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
- 1990 - Omar Strong, American basketball player
- 1991 - Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1991 - Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
- 1991 - Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
- 1992 - Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 - Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
- 1993 - Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
- 1993 - Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
- 1993 - IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress[37] [38]
- 1994 - Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player[39] [40]
- 1995 - Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
- 1996 - Louisa Chirico, American tennis player[41]
- 2000 - Luis Garcia, Dominican-American baseball player[42]
- 2002 - Ryan Gravenberch, Dutch footballer[43]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 290 - Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236)
- 895 - Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman
- 934 - Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang
- 995 - Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (b. 953)
- 1115 - Lambert of Arras, Flemish bishop[44]
- 1182 - John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132)
- 1265 - Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165)
- 1375 - Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (b. 1311)
- 1412 - Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1388)
- 1561 - Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (b. 1488)
1601–1900
- 1620 - William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 - Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
- 1667 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
- 1669 - Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
- 1691 - Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
- 1696 - Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
- 1703 - Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
- 1778 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
- 1790 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
- 1818 - Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
- 1823 - Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b.)[45]
- 1830 - Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
- 1861 - John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (b. 1796)[46]
- 1862 - Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
- 1882 - Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
- 1890 - Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
- 1891 - Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
1901–present
- 1910 - Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
- 1913 - Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
- 1920 - Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
- 1926 - Mehmed VI, the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1861)
- 1936 - Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
- 1938 - Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
- 1943 - Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
- 1943 - Nigger, black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron.[47]
- 1944 - George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
- 1944 - Filip Mișea, Aromanian activist, physician and politician (b. 1873)[48]
- 1946 - Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
- 1947 - Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
- 1947 - Kalle Hakala, Finnish politician (b. 1880)[49]
- 1947 - Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
- 1953 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
- 1954 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
- 1955 - James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
- 1955 - Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (b. 1921)
- 1956 - H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
- 1957 - Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
- 1961 - George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
- 1977 - Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
- 1979 - A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
- 1981 - Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
- 1981 - Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
- 1984 - Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
- 1984 - Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1913)
- 1985 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
- 1990 - Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
- 1990 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of The Muppets (b. 1936)
- 1993 - Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
- 1994 - Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
- 1997 - Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
- 2002 - Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
- 2003 - Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
- 2008 - Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
- 2010 - Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- 2010 - Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
- 2011 - Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
- 2011 - Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
- 2011 - Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
- 2011 - Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
- 2012 - Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (b. 1952)
- 2012 - James Abdnor, American soldier and politician (b. 1923)
- 2012 - Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
- 2012 - Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
- 2012 - Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
- 2013 - Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
- 2013 - Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
- 2013 - Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1948)
- 2013 - Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
- 2013 - Paul Shane, British actor and comedian (b. 1940)[50]
- 2013 - Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
- 2013 - Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
- 2014 - Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)
- 2014 - Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
- 2014 - Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973)
- 2015 - Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1935)
- 2015 - Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (b. 1937)
- 2019 - Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1929)[51]
- 2019 - I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (b. 1917) [52]
- 2021 - Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (b. 1980) [53]
- 2023 - Norm Green, American long-distance runner (b. 1932)[54]
- 2024 - Dabney Coleman, American actor (b. 1932)[55]
- 2024 - Eddie Gossage, American public speaker and businessman (b. 1958)[56]
Holidays and observances
External links
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