October 3 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1912 - U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
- 1918 - Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
- 1919 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
- 1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
- 1932 - The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1935 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
- 1942 - A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
- 1943 - World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.
- 1946 - An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39.[4]
- 1949 - WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
- 1951 - Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
- 1952 - The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power.
- 1957 - The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
- 1962 - Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
- 1963 - A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
- 1981 - The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
- 1985 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
- 1986 - TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
- 1989 - A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
- 1990 - The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.[5]
- 1991 - Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.[6]
- 1993 - An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
- 1995 - O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- 2008 - The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
- 2009 - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
- 2013 - At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
- 2015 - Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.[7]
- 2021 - Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.[8]
- 2022 - Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. [9]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1610 - Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)[11]
- 1631 - Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
- 1637 - George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1720)
- 1713 - Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
- 1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
- 1720 - Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796)
- 1790 - John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866)
- 1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
- 1800 - George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
- 1804 - Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
- 1804 - Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (d. 1869)
- 1828 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (d. 1897)
- 1837 - Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
- 1846 - James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
- 1848 - Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
- 1858 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)[12]
- 1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
- 1863 - Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
- 1865 - Gustave Loiseau, French painter (d. 1935)
- 1866 - Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (d. 1945)
- 1867 - Joseph Beech, American Methodist missionary and educator (d. 1954)[13]
- 1867 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter (d. 1947)
- 1869 - Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
- 1875 - Dr. Atl, Mexican painter (d. 1964)
- 1879 - Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
- 1882 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
- 1885 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
- 1886 - Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
- 1888 - Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
- 1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
- 1890 - Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (d. 1978)
- 1894 - Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
- 1894 - Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
- 1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
- 1895 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
- 1896 - Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (d. 1961)
- 1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
- 1897 - Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
- 1898 - Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
- 1898 - Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944)
- 1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)[14]
- 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938)
1901–present
- 1901 - Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
- 1904 - Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
- 1905 - Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993)
- 1906 - Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
- 1908 - Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
- 1911 - Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1912 - Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980)
- 1915 - Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
- 1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
- 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1921 - Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
- 1924 - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
- 1925 - Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (d. 2023)[15]
- 1925 - Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)[16]
- 1925 - George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival (d. 2021)
- 1926 - Gerardo P. Cabochan, Filipino politician (d. 2014)[17]
- 1928 - Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
- 1928 - Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
- 1931 - Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1933 - Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
- 1934 - Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
- 1934 - Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1934 - Harold Henning, South African golfer (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
- 1935 - Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut[18]
- 1935 - Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (d. 2020)[19]
- 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
- 1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
- 1938 - David Hart Dyke, English captain
- 1938 - Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
- 1938 - Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th President of Peru[20]
- 1939 - Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020)
- 1940 - Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1940 - Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1940 - Mike Troy, American swimmer (d. 2019)
- 1941 - Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter[21]
- 1941 - Andrea de Adamich, Italian racing driver and sportscaster
- 1941 - John Elliott, Australian businessman (d. 2021)
- 1941 - Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (d. 2017)[22]
- 1942 - Alan Rachins, American actor
- 1943 - Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
- 1943 - Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
- 1944 - Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
- 1944 - Bob Riley, American politician, 52nd Governor of Alabama[23]
- 1945 - Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1945 - Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
- 1945 - Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
- 1946 - P. P. Arnold, American soul singer
- 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (d. 2018)
- 1947 - Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1947 - Fred DeLuca, American businessman (d. 2015)
- 1947 - Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
- 1947 - Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1949 - J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1949 - Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)
- 1949 - Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
- 1950 - Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
- 1951 - Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
- 1951 - Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
- 1951 - Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1952 - Bruce Arians, American football coach
- 1952 - Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer
- 1954 - Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1954 - Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
- 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1990)
- 1955 - Moshe Kam, American engineering educator
- 1955 - John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
- 1955 - Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1955 - Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
- 1956 - Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 - Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
- 1957 - Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
- 1958 - Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
- 1958 - Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1959 - Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer
- 1959 - Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959 - Frank Stephenson, Italian automotive designer and blogger[24]
- 1959 - Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
- 1961 - Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
- 1961 - Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
- 1962 - Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
- 1962 - Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
- 1963 - Benny Anders, American basketball player
- 1963 - Dan Goldie, American tennis player
- 1964 - Clive Owen, English actor
- 1965 - Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
- 1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- 1966 - Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1967 - Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
- 1967 - Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 - Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
- 1968 - Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
- 1968 - Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
- 1968 - Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1969 - Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
- 1969 - Janel Moloney, American actress
- 1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1969 - Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1970 - Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter
- 1970 - Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 - Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1971 - Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1972 - Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
- 1972 - G. Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
- 1972 - Michael Nylander, Swedish ice hockey player and coach[25]
- 1972 - Guy Oseary, Israeli-American talent manager and businessman
- 1973 - Keiko Agena, American actress
- 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress[26]
- 1973 - Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
- 1973 - Lena Headey, British actress
- 1973 - Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
- 1974 - Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1974 - Antti Laaksonen, Finnish ice hockey player[27]
- 1974 - Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- 1975 - India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1975 - Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach
- 1975 - Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975 - Talib Kweli, American rapper
- 1975 - Alanna Ubach, American actress
- 1976 - Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
- 1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
- 1977 - Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
- 1977 - Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
- 1977 - Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
- 1978 - Neil Clement, English footballer
- 1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
- 1978 - Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
- 1979 - Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1979 - John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
- 1980 - Anquan Boldin, American football player
- 1980 - Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author
- 1980 - Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 - Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
- 1980 - Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1981 - Danny Coid, English footballer
- 1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
- 1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
- 1981 - Jonna Lee, Swedish singer and musician
- 1981 - Ronald Rauhe, German kayaker[28]
- 1981 - Matt Sparrow, English footballer
- 1983 - Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1983 - Fred, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 - Mark Giordano, Canadian ice hockey player[29]
- 1983 - Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
- 1983 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
- 1984 - Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress
- 1984 - Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
- 1984 - Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
- 1984 - Chris Marquette, American actor
- 1984 - Gary Neal, American basketball player and coach[30]
- 1984 - Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 - Courtney Lee, American basketball player
- 1986 - Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1986 - Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
- 1987 - Starley, Australian pop singer
- 1988 - Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player
- 1988 - ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter[31]
- 1988 - Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
- 1989 - Nate Montana, American football player
- 1989 - Alex Trimble, Irish singer
- 1990 - Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
- 1991 - Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
- 1991 - Aki Takajo, Japanese singer
- 1993 - Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
- 1994 - Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
- 1994 - Seth Jones, American ice hockey player[32]
- 1995 - Mike Gesicki, American football player[33]
- 1995 - Artyom Zub, Russian ice hockey player[34]
- 1997 - Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
- 1997 - Jonathan Isaac, American basketball player[35]
- 2001 - Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey player[36]
- 2001 - Max Plath, Australian rugby league player[37]
- 2004 - Noah Schnapp, American actor[38]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
- 723 - Elias I of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[39]
- 818 - Ermengarde, queen of the Franks[40]
- 900 - Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
- 959 - Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot
- 1078 - Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
- 1226 - Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181 or 1182)[41]
- 1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
- 1369 - Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- 1399 - Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)
- 1568 - Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
- 1596 - Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
1601–1900
- 1611 - Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
- 1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
- 1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
- 1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
- 1656 - Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584)
- 1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
- 1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
- 1795 - Tula, Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)[42]
- 1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
- 1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
- 1838 - Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
- 1860 - Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
- 1867 - Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
- 1873 - Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
- 1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
- 1877 - Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)[43]
- 1881 - Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
- 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
- 1891 - Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
- 1896 - William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
1901–present
- 1907 - Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
- 1910 - Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist (b. 1833)[44]
- 1911 - Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)[45]
- 1917 - Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
- 1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1929 - Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
- 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
- 1936 - John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
- 1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
- 1959 - Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
- 1963 - Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
- 1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1966 - Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
- 1967 - Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
- 1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1969 - Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
- 1979 - Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
- 1980 - Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
- 1981 - Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
- 1986 - Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
- 1987 - Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
- 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
- 1988 - Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
- 1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
- 1990 - Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
- 1993 - Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
- 1993 - Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
- 1993 - Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
- 1994 - John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1995 - Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
- 1997 - Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
- 1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
- 2001 - Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2003 - William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
- 2004 - John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
- 2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2005 - Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
- 2006 - John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)[46]
- 2006 - Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
- 2006 - Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
- 2007 - M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
- 2009 - Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)[47]
- 2010 - Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
- 2010 - Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
- 2012 - Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
- 2012 - Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
- 2012 - Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
- 2013 - Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
- 2013 - Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2013 - Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
- 2014 - Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
- 2014 - Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
- 2014 - Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)[48]
- 2014 - Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
- 2015 - Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
- 2015 - Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
- 2021 - Todd Akin, American politician (b. 1947)[49]
- 2021 - Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (b. 1953)[50] [51]
Holidays and observances
External links
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