March 26 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1913 - First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
- 1915 - The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
- 1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1922 - The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1931 - Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- 1931 - Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- 1934 - The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
- 1942 - World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
- 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
- 1954 - Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
- 1955 - Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.[10]
- 1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1958 - The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1967 - Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
- 1970 - South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
- 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1979 – An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.[11]
- 1981 - Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
- 1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1991 - Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.[12]
- 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
- 1998 - During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
- 2005 - Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
- 2010 - The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
- 2017 - Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
- 2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.[13]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1633 - Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
- 1634 - Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
- 1656 - Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
- 1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)
- 1698 - Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
- 1749 - William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
- 1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
- 1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
- 1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
- 1804 - David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
- 1824 - Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (d. 1874)[14]
- 1829 - Théodore Aubanel, French poet (d. 1886)
- 1829 - Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (d. 1917)[15]
- 1830 - Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1898)[16]
- 1842 - Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
- 1850 - Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
- 1852 - Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
- 1854 - Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
- 1856 - William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
- 1857 - Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929)
- 1859 - A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
- 1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
- 1860 - André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
- 1866 - Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
- 1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
- 1873 - Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
- 1874 - Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
- 1875 - Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
- 1875 - Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
- 1876 - William of Wied, prince of Albania (d. 1945)
- 1876 - Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
- 1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
- 1879 - Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
- 1881 - Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
- 1882 - Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
- 1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
- 1884 - Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1886 - Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
- 1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
- 1893 - James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
- 1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
- 1895 - Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
- 1898 - Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
- 1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1900 - Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)[17]
1901–present
- 1904 - Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
- 1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
- 1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
- 1905 - Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
- 1905 - André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
- 1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Mona Williams, American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)[18] [19] [20]
- 1906 - Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
- 1906 - H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)[21]
- 1907 - Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
- 1907 - Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
- 1909 - Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
- 1909 - Héctor José Cámpora, former President of Argentina (d. 1980)[22]
- 1910 - K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
- 1911 - Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
- 1911 - J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
- 1911 - Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
- 1913 - Jacqueline de Romilly, Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
- 1913 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
- 1914 - William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
- 1915 - Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
- 1917 - Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1919 - Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
- 1920 - Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1922 - William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (d. 2019)
- 1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
- 1922 - Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
- 1923 - Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1925 - Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1925 - Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1925 - Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
- 1925 - Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
- 1925 - James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
- 1927 - Harold Chapman, English photographer (d. 2022)[23]
- 1929 - Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (d. 2024)[24]
- 1929 - Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
- 1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
- 1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)[25]
- 1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
- 1932 - Leroy Griffith, American businessman
- 1932 - James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor (d. 2023)[26]
- 1934 - Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1937 - Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
- 1937 - Barbara Jones, American sprinter
- 1937 - James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2023)
- 1938 - Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
- 1938 - Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 - James Caan, American actor and singer (d. 2022)[27] [28]
- 1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1941 - Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic[29]
- 1941 - Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1942 - Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
- 1943 - Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
- 1943 - Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
- 1944 - Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1945 - Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
- 1945 - Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
- 1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance[30]
- 1947 - Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
- 1947 - John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
- 1948 - Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (d. 2024)
- 1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1949 - Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
- 1949 - Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
- 1949 - Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
- 1949 - Fran Sheehan, American bass player
- 1949 - Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
- 1949 - Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
- 1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1950 - Graham Barlow, English cricketer
- 1950 - Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
- 1950 - Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
- 1951 - Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
- 1951 - Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952 - Didier Pironi, French racing driver (d. 1987)[31]
- 1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
- 1953 - Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
- 1953 - Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
- 1954 - Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
- 1954 - Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
- 1954 - Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
- 1956 - Charly McClain, American country music singer
- 1956 - Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)
- 1957 - Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1957 - Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
- 1957 - Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
- 1957 - Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
- 1958 - Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
- 1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer[32]
- 1960 - Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
- 1961 - William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
- 1962 - Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
- 1962 - Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 - Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
- 1962 - John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 - Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
- 1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
- 1964 - Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
- 1964 - Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
- 1964 - Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- 1964 - Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 - Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1965 - Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
- 1966 - Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
- 1967 - Jason Chaffetz, American politician
- 1968 - Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
- 1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 - James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1969 - Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
- 1970 - Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
- 1970 - Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1970 - Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
- 1970 - Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
- 1971 - Martyn Day, Scottish politician
- 1971 - Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)[33] [34]
- 1971 - Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1971 - Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
- 1972 - Leslie Mann, American actress
- 1972 - Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
- 1973 - Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
- 1973 - T. R. Knight, American actor
- 1974 - Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
- 1974 - Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
- 1974 - Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1976 - Amy Smart, American actress and former model
- 1976 - Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
- 1976 - Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker[35]
- 1977 - Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1977 - Bianca Kajlich, American actress
- 1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
- 1978 - Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- 1979 - Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1979 - Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1979 - Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979 - Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
- 1980 - Margaret Brennan, American journalist
- 1980 - Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
- 1980 - Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1981 - Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Zayar Thaw, Burmese rapper and politician (d. 2022)[36]
- 1981 - Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
- 1981 - Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
- 1981 - Josh Wilson, American baseball player
- 1982 - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
- 1982 - Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
- 1982 - Nate Kaeding, American football player
- 1983 - Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
- 1983 - Floriana Lima, American actress
- 1983 - Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
- 1983 - Mike Mondo, American wrestler
- 1984 - Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
- 1984 - Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
- 1984 - Felix Neureuther, German skier
- 1984 - Marco Stier, German footballer
- 1984 - Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 - Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
- 1985 - Keira Knightley, English actress
- 1985 - Matt Grevers, American swimmer
- 1985 - Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- 1985 - Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 - Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
- 1986 - Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
- 1986 - Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
- 1987 - Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
- 1987 - Jermichael Finley, American football player
- 1987 - Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- 1989 - Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
- 1989 - Von Miller, American football player[37]
- 1990 - Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
- 1990 - Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer[38]
- 1990 - Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
- 1990 - Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
- 1990 - Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
- 1991 - Matt Davidson, American baseball player
- 1991 - Ramy Youssef, American actor and comedian[39]
- 1992 - Nina Agdal, Danish model
- 1992 - Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
- 1994 - Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player[40]
- 1994 - Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player[41]
- 1994 - Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model[42]
- 1994 - Jed Wallace, English footballer
- 1994 - Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player[43]
- 1995 - Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality[44]
- 1996 - Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 - Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress[45]
- 1998 - Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
- 2000 - Gefen Primo, Israeli judoka[46]
- 2000 - Andrei Svechnikov, Russian ice hockey player[47]
- 2001 - Jameson Williams, American football player[48]
- 2003 - Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality[49]
- 2004 - Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian[50]
- 2005 - Ella Anderson, American actress[51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 752 - Pope-elect Stephen
- 809 - Ludger, Frisian missionary
- 903 - Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
- 908 - Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
- 922 - Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
- 929 - Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
- 973 - Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman
- 983 - 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
- 1091 - Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet[52]
- 1130 - Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
- 1132 - Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
- 1212 - Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
- 1242 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- 1324 - Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
- 1326 - Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (b. c. 1307)
- 1350 - Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
- 1402 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)[53]
- 1437 - Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
- 1517 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
- 1535 - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
- 1546 - Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
- 1566 - Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1601–1900
- 1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- 1649 - John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1679 - Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
- 1697 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
- 1726 - John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
- 1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
- 1776 - Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1725)
- 1780 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
- 1793 - John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
- 1797 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
- 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
- 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
- 1858 - John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
- 1862 - Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
- 1881 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
- 1881 - Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Mascot (b. 1861)
- 1885 - Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
- 1888 - Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
- 1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1901–present
- 1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
- 1905 - Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
- 1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
- 1920 - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
- 1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
- 1926 - Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
- 1932 - Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
- 1934 - John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
- 1940 - Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
- 1940 - Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
- 1942 - Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)[54]
- 1945 - David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1951 - James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
- 1954 - Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
- 1957 - Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- 1957 - Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
- 1959 - Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
- 1966 - Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
- 1966 - Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)[55] [56]
- 1969 - John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
- 1973 - Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
- 1973 - Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
- 1979 - Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
- 1980 - Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
- 1983 - Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
- 1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
- 1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
- 1987 - Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1990 - Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 1992 - Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
- 1993 - Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
- 1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (b. 1964)
- 1996 - Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
- 1996 - David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
- 1996 - John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
- 2000 - Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
- 2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2005 - James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
- 2006 - Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
- 2006 - Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
- 2008 - Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
- 2008 - Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
- 2009 - Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
- 2009 - Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
- 2010 - Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
- 2011 - Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 2011 - Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
- 2011 - Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)[57]
- 2012 - Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
- 2012 - Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
- 2012 - David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
- 2012 - Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
- 2012 - Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
- 2013 - Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 2013 - Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
- 2013 - Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2013 - Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
- 2014 - Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
- 2014 - Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
- 2015 - Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
- 2015 - Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
- 2023 - María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)[58]
- 2023 - Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)[59]
- 2023 - Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (b. 1931)[60]
- 2024 - Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (b. 1930)[61]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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