This article is about the day of the year. For the song by Garbage, see
April Tenth .
Day of the year
April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 265 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America .1710 – The Statute of Anne , the first law regulating copyright , comes into force in Great Britain .1717 – Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.[ 6] 1724 – Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen , BWV 66[ 7] 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession : Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz .1809 – Napoleonic Wars : The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria .1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15 . The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States .1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus .1821 – Greek War of Independence : the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence.[ 8]
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.1858 – After the original Big Ben , a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster , had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry .1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico .1865 – American Civil War : A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh .[ 9] 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia , British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II . While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska .1875 – India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.1887 – On Easter Sunday , Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America .1896 – 1896 Summer Olympics : The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis .[ 10] 1900 – British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort . 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.[ 11]
1912 – RMS Titanic Southampton , England on her maiden and only voyage.1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos .1919 – The Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole .[ 12]
1925 – The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons .1938 – The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous 1941 – World War II : The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia .1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp .1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.1968 – The TEV Wahine , a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.[ 9] 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy : In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips , among them Sun Tzu 's Art of War Sun Bin 's lost military treatise , are discovered by construction workers in Shandong .1972 – Vietnam War : For the first time since November 1967 , American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam .
1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel , Switzerland, killing 108 people.1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak : A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad , Pakistan.1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno , Italy, killing 140.1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola ; the first to be documented by satellites .
1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.[ 13] 2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis .2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154 M crashes near Smolensk , Russia , killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński , his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu , kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham , impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole , which was located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.2023 – A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.[ 14]
Births
Pre-1600
1603 – Christian , Prince-Elect of Denmark (d. 1647)1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1708)1656 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)1704 – Benjamin Heath , English scholar and author (d. 1766)1707 – Michel Corrette , French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)1713 – John Whitehurst , English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788)1755 – Samuel Hahnemann , German-French physician and academic (d. 1843)1762 – Giovanni Aldini , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1834)1769 – Jean Lannes , French marshal (d. 1809)1778 – William Hazlitt , English essayist and critic (d. 1830)1794 – Matthew C. Perry , English-Scottish American commander (d. 1858)1806 – Juliette Drouet , French actress (d. 1883)1806 – Leonidas Polk , Scottish-American general and bishop (d. 1884)
1827 – Lew Wallace , American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)1829 – William Booth , English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)[ 9] 1847 – Joseph Pulitzer , Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)[ 9] 1864 – Eugen d'Albert , Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)1865 – Jack Miner , American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (d. 1944)1867 – George William Russell , Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)1868 – George Arliss , English actor and playwright (d. 1946)1868 – Asriel Günzig , Moravian rabbi (d. 1931)
1873 – Kyösti Kallio , Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)1875 – George Clawley , English footballer (d. 1920)[ 15] 1877 – Alfred Kubin , Austrian author and illustrator (d. 1959)1879 – Coenraad Hiebendaal , Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)1880 – Frances Perkins , American sociologist, academic, and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)[ 9] 1880 – Montague Summers , English clergyman and author (d. 1948)
1886 – Johnny Hayes , American runner and trainer (d. 1965)1887 – Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)1889 – Louis Rougier , French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1982)1891 – Frank Barson , English footballer and coach (d. 1968)1893 – Otto Steinböck , Austrian zoologist (d. 1969)1894 – Ben Nicholson , British painter (d. 1982)1897 – Prafulla Chandra Sen , Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)1900 – Arnold Orville Beckman , American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004)
1901 – Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil , Indian economist (d. 1971)1903 – Patroklos Karantinos , Greek architect (d. 1976) [ 16] 1903 – Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator (d. 1970)
1906 – Steve Anderson , American hurdler (d. 1988)1910 – Margaret Clapp , American scholar and academic (d. 1974)1910 – Helenio Herrera , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1910 – Paul Sweezy , American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review
1911 – Martin Denny , American pianist and composer (d. 2005)1911 – Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (d. 1998)
1912 – Boris Kidrič , Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953)1913 – Stefan Heym , German-American soldier and author (d. 2001)1914 – Jack Badcock , Australian cricketer (d. 1982)1915 – Harry Morgan , American actor and director (d. 2011)1915 – Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (d. 2014)
1916 – Lee Jung-seob , Korean painter (d. 1956)1917 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician (d. 2013)1917 – Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)[ 9]
1919 – John Houbolt , American engineer and academic (d. 2014)1921 – Chuck Connors , American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)[ 9] 1921 – Jake Warren , Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)
1921 – Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
1923 – Roger Gaillard , Haitian historian and author (d. 2000)1923 – Jane Kean , American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923 – Floyd Simmons , American decathlete and actor (d. 2008)
1923 – Sid Tickridge , English footballer (d. 1997)[ 17]
1923 – John Watkins , South African cricketer (d. 2021)
1924 – Kenneth Noland , American soldier and painter (d. 2010)1925 – Angelo Poffo , American wrestler and promoter (d. 2010)1926 – Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer (d. 2014)1926 – Junior Samples , American comedian (d. 1983)
1927 – Norma Candal , Puerto Rican actress (d. 2006)1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1929 – Mike Hawthorn , English race car driver (d. 1959)1929 – Liz Sheridan , American actress (d. 2022)[ 18]
1929 – Max von Sydow , Swedish-French actor (d. 2020)
1930 – Claude Bolling , French pianist, composer, and actor (d. 2020)1930 – Dolores Huerta , American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers [ 9]
1930 – Spede Pasanen , Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (d. 2001)[ 19]
1931 – Kishori Amonkar , Indian classical vocalist (d. 2017)1932 – Delphine Seyrig , Swiss /Alsatian French actress (d. 1990)1932 – Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1933 – Rokusuke Ei , Japanese composer and author (d. 2016)1933 – Helen McElhone , Scottish politician (d. 2013)[ 20]
1934 – David Halberstam , American journalist and author (d. 2007)1935 – Patrick Garland , English actor and director (d. 2013)1935 – Peter Hollingworth , Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia
1935 – Christos Yannaras , Greek philosopher, theologian and author (d. 2024)[ 21]
1936 – John A. Bennett , American soldier (d. 1961)1936 – David A. Hardy , British artist[ 22]
1936 – John Howell , English long jumper
1936 – John Madden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)[ 23]
1936 – Bobby Smith , American singer (d. 2013)
1937 – Bella Akhmadulina , Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (d. 2010)1938 – Don Meredith , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2010)1939 – Claudio Magris , Italian scholar, author, and translator1940 – Gloria Hunniford , British radio and television host1941 – Chrysostomos II of Cyprus , (d. 2022)[ 24] 1941 – Harold Long , Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1941 – Paul Theroux , American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer[ 9]
1942 – Nick Auf der Maur , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)1942 – Ian Callaghan , English footballer
1942 – Stuart Dybek , American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1943 – Andrzej Badeński , Polish-German sprinter (d. 2008)1943 – Margaret Pemberton , English author
1945 – Kevin Berry , Australian swimmer (d. 2006)1946 – David Angell , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)1946 – Bob Watson , American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
1946 – Adolf Winkelmann , German director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – David A. Adler , American author and educator1947 – Bunny Wailer , Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2021)
1948 – Mel Blount , American football player1948 – Jim Burns , Welsh artist[ 25]
1949 – Daniel Mangeas , French banker and sportscaster1949 – Eric Troyer , American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist
1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr. , American baseball player and manager1950 – Eddie Hazel , American guitarist (d. 1992)
1951 – David Helvarg , American journalist and activist1952 – Narayan Rane , Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1952 – Masashi Sada , Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
1952 – Steven Seagal , American actor, producer, and martial artist
1953 – David Moorcroft , English runner and businessman1953 – Pamela Wallin , Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
1954 – Paul Bearer , American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)1954 – Anne Lamott , American author and educator
1954 – Peter MacNicol , American actor[ 9]
1954 – Juan Williams , Panamanian-American journalist and author
1955 – Marit Breivik , Norwegian handball player and coach[ 26] 1955 – Lesley Garrett , English soprano and actress
1955 – Mike Rinder , Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (d. 2025)[ 27]
1956 – Carol V. Robinson , English chemist and academic1957 – Aliko Dangote , Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group 1957 – John M. Ford , American author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 – Steve Gustafson , Spanish-American bass player
1957 – Rosemary Hill , English historian and author
1958 – Bob Bell , Northern Irish engineer1958 – Yefim Bronfman , Uzbek-American pianist
1958 – Brigitte Holzapfel , German high jumper
1959 – Babyface , American singer-songwriter and producer1959 – Yvan Loubier , Canadian economist and politician
1959 – Brian Setzer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Steve Bisciotti , American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group 1960 – Katrina Leskanich , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Terry Teagle , American basketball player
1961 – Nicky Campbell , Scottish broadcaster and journalist[ 28] 1961 – Carole Goble , English computer scientist and academic
1961 – Mark Jones , American basketball player
1962 – Steve Tasker , American football player and sportscaster1963 – Warren DeMartini , American guitarist and songwriter1963 – Jeff Gray , American baseball player and coach
1963 – Doris Leuthard , Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1965 – Tim Alexander , American drummer and songwriter1965 – Anna-Leena Härkönen , Finnish author[ 29]
1966 – Brad William Henke , American football player and actor (d. 2022)1966 – Steve Claridge , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1967 – Donald Dufresne , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1967 – David Rovics , American singer-songwriter
1968 – Metin Göktepe , Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 1996)1968 – Orlando Jones , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Steve Glasson , Australian lawn bowler1969 – Ekaterini Koffa , Greek sprinter
1970 – Enrico Ciccone , Canadian ice hockey player1970 – Leonard Doroftei , Romanian-Canadian boxer
1970 – Kenny Lattimore , American singer-songwriter
1970 – Q-Tip , American rapper, producer, and actor
1971 – Indro Olumets , Estonian footballer and coach1971 – Al Reyes , Dominican-American baseball player
1972 – Ian Harvey , Australian cricketer1972 – Priit Kasesalu , Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype
1972 – Gordon Buchanan , Scottish film maker
1973 – Guillaume Canet , French actor and director1973 – Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballer and manager
1973 – Aidan Moffat , Scottish singer-songwriter
1973 – Christopher Simmons , Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic
1974 – Eric Greitens , American soldier, author and politician1974 – Petros Passalis , Greek footballer
1975 – Chris Carrabba , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1975 – Terrence Lewis , Indian dancer and choreographer
1975 – David Harbour , American actor
1976 – Clare Buckfield , English actress1976 – Yoshino Kimura , Japanese actress and singer
1976 – Sara Renner , Canadian skier
1977 – Stephanie Sheh , Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer1978 – Sir Christus , Finnish guitarist (d. 2017)1979 – Iván Alonso , Uruguayan footballer1979 – Kenyon Coleman , American football player
1979 – Rachel Corrie , American author and activist (d. 2003)
1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer-songwriter
1979 – Pavlos Fyssas , Greek rapper (d. 2013) [ 30]
1979 – Peter Kopteff , Finnish footballer
1980 – Sean Avery , Canadian ice hockey player and model1980 – Charlie Hunnam , English actor
1980 – Shao Jiayi , Chinese footballer
1980 – Kasey Kahne , American race car driver
1980 – Andy Ram , Israeli tennis player[ 31]
1980 – Bryce Soderberg , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1981 – Laura Bell Bundy , American actress and singer1981 – Liz McClarnon , English singer and dancer
1981 – Michael Pitt , American actor, model and musician[ 9]
1981 – Alexei Semenov , Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Andre Ethier , American baseball player1982 – Chyler Leigh , American actress and singer
1983 – Jamie Chung , American actress1983 – Andrew Dost , American guitarist and songwriter
1983 – Ryan Merriman , American actor
1983 – Hannes Sigurðsson , Icelandic footballer
1984 – Faustina Agolley , Australian television host1984 – Jeremy Barrett , American figure skater
1984 – Mandy Moore , American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – David Obua , Ugandan footballer
1984 – Damien Perquis , French-Polish footballer
1984 – Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez , Argentinian footballer
1985 – Barkhad Abdi , Somali-American actor and director1985 – Willo Flood , Irish footballer
1985 – Jesús Gámez , Spanish footballer
1985 – Dion Phaneuf , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Olivia Borlée , Belgian sprinter1986 – Fernando Gago , Argentine footballer
1986 – Corey Kluber , American baseball pitcher
1986 – Vincent Kompany , Belgian footballer
1986 – Tore Reginiussen , Norwegian footballer
1987 – Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam , Egyptian footballer[ 32] 1987 – Shay Mitchell , Canadian actress and model
1987 – Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano
1988 – Chris Heston , American baseball pitcher1988 – Kareem Jackson , American football player[ 33]
1988 – Haley Joel Osment , American actor[ 9]
1989 – Charlie Culberson , American baseball player[ 34] 1990 – Ben Amos , English footballer1990 – Andile Jali , South African footballer
1990 – Ricky Leutele , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990 – Maren Morris , American singer
1990 – Alex Pettyfer , English actor
1991 – AJ Michalka , American actress and singer1992 – Jack Buchanan , Australian rugby league player1992 – Sadio Mané , Senegalese footballer
1992 – Chaz Mostert , Australian racing driver[ 35]
1992 – Daisy Ridley , English actress[ 9]
1993 – Sofia Carson , American singer and actress1994 – Siobhan Hunter , Scottish footballer[ 36] 1995 – Ian Nelson , American actor1996 – Thanasi Kokkinakis , Australian tennis player1996 – Audrey Whitby , American actress
1997 – Claire Wineland , American activist and author (d. 2018)[ 37] 1998 – Anna Pogorilaya , Russian figure skater2000 – Fidias Panayiotou , Cypriot internet celebrity and politician[ 38] 2001 – Ky Baldwin , Australian singer and actor2001 – Noa Kirel , Israeli singer
Deaths
Pre-1600
879 – Louis the Stammerer , king of West Francia (b. 846)943 – Landulf I , prince of Benevento and Capua948 – Hugh of Arles , king of Italy1008 – Notker of Liège , French bishop (b. 940)1216 – Eric X , king of Sweden (b. 1180)1282 – Ahmad Fanakati , chief minister under Kublai Khan 1309 – Elisabeth von Rapperswil , Swiss countess (b. 1261)1362 – Maud , English noblewoman (b. 1339)1500 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus , Greek scholar and poet1533 – Frederick I , king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1471)1545 – Costanzo Festa , Italian composer1585 – Gregory XIII , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)[ 39] 1598 – Jacopo Mazzoni , Italian philosopher (b. 1548)1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrées , French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)1619 – Thomas Jones , English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)1640 – Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)1644 – William Brewster , English official and pilgrim leader (b. 1566)1646 – Santino Solari , Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)1667 – Jan Marek Marci , Czech physician and author (b. 1595)1704 – Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg , German cardinal (b. 1629)1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer (b. 1661)1760 – Jean Lebeuf , French historian and author (b. 1687)1786 – John Byron , English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1723)1806 – Horatio Gates , English-American general (b. 1727)1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)1821 – Gregory V of Constantinople , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1746) [ 40] 1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)1871 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)1889 – William Crichton , Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (b. 1827)[ 41] [ 42]
1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)1919 – Emiliano Zapata , Mexican general (b. 1879)1920 – Moritz Cantor , German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)1931 – Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)1935 – Rosa Campbell Praed , Australian novelist (b. 1851)1938 – King Oliver , American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)1942 – Carl Schenstrøm , Danish actor and director (b. 1881)1943 – Andreas Faehlmann , Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)1945 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)1947 – Charles Nordhoff , English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)1950 – Fevzi Çakmak , Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)1954 – Auguste Lumière , French director and producer (b. 1862)1954 – Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)1958 – Chuck Willis , American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)1960 – André Berthomieu , French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)1962 – Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe , Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
1965 – Lloyd Casner , American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)1965 – Linda Darnell , American actress (b. 1923)
1966 – Evelyn Waugh , English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)1968 – Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)1969 – Harley Earl , American businessman (b. 1893)1975 – Walker Evans , American photographer (b. 1903)1975 – Marjorie Main , American actress (b. 1890)
1978 – Hjalmar Mäe , Estonian politician (b. 1901)1979 – Nino Rota , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)[ 43] 1980 – Kay Medford , American actress and singer (b. 1919)1981 – Howard Thurman , American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899)1983 – Issam Sartawi , Palestinian activist (b. 1935)1985 – Zisis Verros , Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (b. 1880)1986 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)1988 – Ezekias Papaioannou , Greek Cypriot politician (b. 1908) [ 44] 1991 – Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (b. 1955)1991 – Martin Hannett , English guitarist and producer (b. 1948)
1991 – Natalie Schafer , American actress (b. 1900)
1992 – Sam Kinison , American comedian and actor (b. 1953)1993 – Chris Hani , South African activist and politician (b. 1942)1994 – Sam B. Hall, Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)1995 – Morarji Desai , Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)1997 – Michael Dorris , American author and academic (b. 1945)1998 – Seraphim of Athens , Greek archbishop (b. 1913)1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat , German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)1999 – Jean Vander Pyl , American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)
2000 – Peter Jones , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)2000 – Larry Linville , American actor (b. 1939)[ 45]
2003 – Little Eva , American singer (b. 1943)2004 – Jacek Kaczmarski , Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)2004 – Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (b. 1933)
2005 – Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist (b. 1923)2005 – Scott Gottlieb , American drummer (b. 1970)
2005 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
2005 – Al Lucas , American football player (b. 1978)[ 46]
2005 – Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2006 – Kleitos Kyrou , Greek poet and translator (b. 1921) [ 47] 2007 – Charles Philippe Leblond , French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)2007 – Dakota Staton , American singer (b. 1930)[ 48]
2009 – Deborah Digges , American poet and educator (b. 1950)2009 – Ioannis Patakis , Greek politician (b. 1940) [ 49]
2010 – Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included :
2010 – Dixie Carter , American actress and singer (b. 1939)
2012 – Raymond Aubrac , French engineer and activist (b. 1914)2012 – Barbara Buchholz , German theremin player and composer (b. 1959)
2012 – Lili Chookasian , Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921)
2012 – Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922)
2012 – Akin Omoboriowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Lorenzo Antonetti , Italian cardinal (b. 1922)2013 – Raymond Boudon , French sociologist and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury , Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)
2013 – Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2013 – Olive Lewin , Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Gordon Thomas , English cyclist (b. 1921)[ 50]
2013 – Angela Voigt , German long jumper (b. 1951)
2014 – Dominique Baudis , French journalist and politician (b. 1947)2014 – Jim Flaherty , Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
2014 – Richard Hoggart , English author and academic (b. 1918)
2014 – Sue Townsend , English author and playwright (b. 1946)
2015 – Richie Benaud , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)2015 – Raúl Héctor Castro , Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)
2015 – Judith Malina , German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)
2015 – Rose Francine Rogombé , Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1942)[ 51]
2015 – Peter Walsh , Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1935)
2016 – Howard Marks , Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)2023 – Al Jaffee , American cartoonist (b. 1921)[ 52] 2024 – O. J. Simpson , American football player, actor, and broadcaster (b. 1947)[ 53]
Holidays and observances
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