October 28 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1918 - World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
- 1918 - World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.[5]
- 1919 - The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
- 1922 - Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
- 1928 - Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.[6]
- 1940 - World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
- 1942 - The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
- 1948 - Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
- 1948 - Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.[7]
- 1949 - An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
- 1956 - Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
- 1954 - Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.[8]
- 1958 - John XXIII is elected Pope.
- 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
- 1965 - Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
- 1971 - Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
- 1982 - The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
- 1990 - Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
- 1995 - The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
- 2006 - A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
- 2007 - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
- 2009 - The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
- 2009 - NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.[9]
- 2013 - Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
- 2014 - A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
- 2018 - Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
- 2023 - The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 11 to 12, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.[10]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1610 - Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1682)
- 1667 - Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
- 1690 - Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (d. 1720)
- 1693 - Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1735)
- 1696 - Maurice de Saxe, French general (d. 1750)
- 1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1768)
- 1718 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (d. 1793)
- 1733 - Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (d. 1803)
- 1754 - John Laurens, American soldier (d. 1782)
- 1767 - Marie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1852)
- 1793 - Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861)
- 1794 - Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (d. 1847)
- 1804 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 1849)
- 1815 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (d. 1856)
- 1816 - Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (d. 1903)
- 1837 - Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1913)[11]
- 1839 - Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1909)
- 1845 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (d. 1888)
- 1846 - Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (d. 1935)
- 1854 - Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)
- 1860 - Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (d. 1938)
- 1864 - Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)
- 1867 - Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (d. 1911)
- 1875 - Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (d. 1966)
- 1877 - Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (d. 1952)
- 1879 - Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- 1880 - Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1940)
- 1880 - Billy Wedlock, English footballer (d. 1965)
- 1881 - Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (d. 1951)
- 1884 - William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (d. 1967)
- 1886 - O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (d. 1957)[12]
- 1886 - Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (d. 1964)
- 1889 - Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (d. 1975)
- 1892 - Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (d. 1954)
- 1893 - Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (d. 1970)
- 1896 - Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1981)
- 1897 - Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
- 1897 - Hans Speidel, German general (d. 1984)
1901–present
- 1901 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (d. 1979)
- 1902 - Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (d. 1986)[13]
- 1903 - John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (d. 1995)
- 1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1966)
- 1904 - George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (d. 1984)
- 1907 - John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995)
- 1909 - Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1988)
- 1914 - Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995)
- 1914 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
- 1919 - Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (d. 1966)
- 1919 - Hans Klenk, German race car driver (d. 2009)
- 1921 - Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973)
- 1922 - Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
- 1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
- 1922 - Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
- 1923 - John Connell, American actor (d. 2015)
- 1924 - Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996)
- 1924 - Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Cleo Laine, English singer and actress
- 1928 - Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (d. 2021)
- 1928 - William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
- 1929 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
- 1929 - Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
- 1929 - John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
- 1929 - Joan Plowright, English actress
- 1930 - Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
- 1931 - Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2015)
- 1932 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (d. 2002)
- 1932 - Suzy Parker, American model and actress (d. 2003)
- 1933 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
- 1933 - Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (d. 2018)
- 1934 - Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
- 1935 - Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1936 - Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (d. 2020)
- 1936 - Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
- 1937 - Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1974)
- 1937 - Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
- 1938 - Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (d. 2019)
- 1938 - Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
- 1938 - Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
- 1938 - Dave Budd, American basketball player
- 1938 - Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
- 1938 - David Dimbleby, English journalist
- 1938 - Anne Perry, English author (d. 2023)
- 1939 - Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
- 1939 - Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
- 1939 - Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
- 1939 - Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1940 - Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
- 1941 - Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
- 1942 - Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
- 1942 - Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1942 - Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
- 1942 - Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
- 1943 - Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
- 1943 - Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
- 1944 - Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (d. 2014)
- 1944 - Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
- 1944 - Dennis Franz, American actor[14]
- 1944 - Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
- 1945 - Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2015)
- 1945 - Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (d. 2020)[15]
- 1945 - Don Iverson, American golfer
- 1946 - John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
- 1946 - Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2022)
- 1946 - Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
- 1948 - Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
- 1949 - Dwight Davis, American basketball player[16]
- 1949 - Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
- 1950 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
- 1950 - Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
- 1951 - Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
- 1951 - Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
- 1952 - Annie Potts, American actress
- 1953 - Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
- 1953 - Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer
- 1955 - Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
- 1955 - Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
- 1956 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
- 1956 - Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
- 1957 - Marian Bell, English economist and academic
- 1957 - Stephen Morris, English drummer
- 1957 - Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
- 1958 - Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (d. 2013)
- 1958 - Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- 1958 - William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 - James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1959 - Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
- 1959 - Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
- 1960 - Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
- 1962 - Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1962 - Daphne Zuniga, American actress
- 1963 - Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[17]
- 1963 - Lauren Holly, American actress
- 1963 - Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
- 1964 - Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
- 1964 - Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
- 1965 - Jami Gertz, American actress
- 1965 - David Warburton, English composer, businessman, and politician
- 1965 - Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
- 1966 - Steve Atwater, American football player
- 1966 - Chris Bauer, American actor
- 1966 - Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
- 1966 - Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
- 1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
- 1967 - John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
- 1968 - Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1968 - Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
- 1968 - Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
- 1969 - Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist[18]
- 1969 - Jeremy Davies, American actor
- 1969 - Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
- 1969 - Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969 - Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician[19]
- 1969 - Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1970 - Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
- 1970 - Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
- 1971 - Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (d. 2010)
- 1971 - Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
- 1972 - Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
- 1972 - Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 - Trista Sutter, American reality star
- 1973 - Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
- 1973 - Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1974 - Braden Looper, American baseball player
- 1974 - Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
- 1974 - Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
- 1974 - Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
- 1976 - Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
- 1976 - Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
- 1976 - Simone Loria, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Gwendoline Christie, English actress
- 1978 - Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1979 - Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
- 1979 - Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
- 1979 - Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (d. 2012)
- 1979 - Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
- 1980 - Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
- 1980 - Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1980 - Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
- 1981 - Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
- 1981 - Shane Gore, English footballer
- 1981 - Nate McLouth, American baseball player
- 1981 - Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
- 1982 - Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
- 1982 - Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
- 1982 - Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
- 1982 - Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
- 1982 - Matt Smith, English actor and director
- 1983 - Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
- 1983 - Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
- 1983 - Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
- 1984 - Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 - Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
- 1984 - Finn Wittrock, American actor
- 1985 - Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
- 1985 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
- 1985 - Anthony Fantano, American music critic
- 1986 - May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress[20]
- 1986 - Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
- 1986 - Anthony Griffith, English footballer
- 1986 - Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1987 - Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
- 1988 - Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (d. 2012)
- 1988 - Devon Murray, Irish actor
- 1988 - Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
- 1989 - Devin Ebanks, American basketball player[21]
- 1989 - Camille Muffat, French swimmer (d. 2015)
- 1991 - Lucy Bronze, English footballer
- 1992 - Lexi Ainsworth, American actress
- 1992 - Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player[22]
- 1992 - Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
- 1994 - Andrew Harrison, American basketball player[23]
- 1995 - Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
- 1995 - Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player[24]
- 1996 - Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
- 1996 - Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
- 1996 - Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
- 1997 - Stetson Bennett, American football player[25]
- 1997 - Taylor Fritz, American tennis player[26]
- 1997 - Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast[27]
- 1998 - Nolan Gould, American actor
- 2001 - Sonay Kartal, British tennis player[28] [29]
- 2006 - Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer[30]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 312 - Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. 278)
- 457 - Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
- 816 - Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
- 875 - Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
- 1138 - King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
- 1225 - Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (b. 1155)
- 1266 - Saint Arsenije I Sremac
- 1310 - Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (b. 1230)
- 1312 - Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262)
- 1412 - Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)[31]
- 1468 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
- 1568 - Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (b. 1539)
- 1592 - Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
- 1594 - Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (b. 1532)
1601–1900
- 1627 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
- 1639 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1587)
- 1646 - William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
- 1661 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (b. 1618)
- 1676 - Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
- 1703 - John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (b. 1616)
- 1704 - John Locke, English physician and philosopher (b. 1632)
- 1708 - Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653)
- 1716 - Stephen Fox, English politician (b. 1627)
- 1740 - Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
- 1754 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
- 1755 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
- 1763 - Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
- 1768 - Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
- 1787 - Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
- 1792 - Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
- 1792 - John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
- 1800 - Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
- 1806 - Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
- 1818 - Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
- 1841 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
- 1857 - Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
- 1877 - Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
- 1879 - Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
- 1899 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
- 1900 - Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
1901–present
- 1906 - Jean Benner, French artist (b. 1836)[32]
- 1914 - Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
- 1916 - Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
- 1916 - Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
- 1917 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
- 1917 - Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
- 1918 - Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
- 1929 - Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
- 1936 - Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
- 1939 - Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
- 1941 - Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
- 1945 - Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
- 1952 - Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)[33]
- 1957 - Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
- 1959 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
- 1963 - Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
- 1965 - Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
- 1969 - Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
- 1970 - Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
- 1973 - Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
- 1975 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
- 1975 - Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
- 1976 - Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (b. 1904)[34]
- 1978 - Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
- 1983 - Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1986 - John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
- 1987 - André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)
- 1989 - Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898)
- 1993 - Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (b. 1922)
- 1997 - Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
- 1998 - Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (b. 1930)
- 1999 - Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
- 2000 - Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
- 2001 - Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
- 2002 - Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
- 2002 - Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
- 2003 - Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (b. 1940)[35]
- 2004 - Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Raymond Hains, French photographer (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
- 2005 - Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2006 - Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (b. 1954)
- 2006 - Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
- 2009 - Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1990)
- 2010 - Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
- 2010 - James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2010 - Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
- 2010 - Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
- 2011 - Tom Addington, English soldier (b. 1919)
- 2012 - Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939)
- 2012 - John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936)
- 2012 - Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923)
- 2013 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2013 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
- 2013 - Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (b. 1985)
- 2022 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1935)[36]
- 2023 - Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (b. 1969)[37]
- 2023 - Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (b. 1994)[38]
- 2024 – Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1932)[39]
- 2024 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)[40]
- 2024 – Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (b. 1955)[41]
- 2024 – Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (b. 1936)[42]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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