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(Gregorian date: it was [[1 March]] in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.) * [[1884]] – The siege of [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]] begins (ends on [[January 26]], [[1885]]). * [[1897]] – [[San Diego State University]] founded. * [[1900]] – [[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces occupy [[Bloemfontein]], [[Orange Free State]]. * [[1900]] – In France, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law. === 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === * [[1920]] - The "Wolfgang Kapp Putsch" briefly ousts the [[Weimar Republic]] [[government]] from [[Berlin]]. * [[1921]] – [[Mongolia]], under ''[[Roman Ungern von Sternberg|Black Baron]]'', declares its independence from [[China]]. * [[1925]] – [[Scopes Trial]]: A law in [[Tennessee]] prohibits the teaching of [[evolution]]. * [[1933]] – [[Great Depression]]: Banks in the [[United States]] begin to re-open after the Presidentially mandated "bank holiday". * [[1940]] – [[Winter War]] ended. * [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: In [[Bougainville]], [[Japan]]ese troops end their assault on [[United States|American]] forces at Hill 700. * [[1943]] – [[Holocaust]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in [[Kraków]]. * [[1954]] – [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]: [[Viet Minh]] forces attack the [[France|French]]. * [[1957]] – The [[FBI]] arrests [[Jimmy Hoffa]] and charges him with [[bribery]]. * [[1964]] – A young woman, [[Kitty Genovese]], is murdered in front of multiple witnesses who all fail to help her, in an incident which shocks the world and prompts investigation into the [[Bystander effect]]. * [[1969]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 9]] returns safely to [[Earth]] after testing the [[Lunar Module]]. * [[1971]] – In [[New York City]], [[Rock and roll|Rock]] group [[The Allman Brothers Band]] record a concert that will be released as their classic [[live album]] ''[[At Fillmore East]]'' * [[1979]] – The [[New Jewel Movement]], headed by [[Maurice Bishop]], ousts [[List of Prime Ministers of Grenada|Prime Minister]] [[Eric Gairy]] in a nearly bloodless [[coup d'état]] in [[Grenada]]. * [[1988]] – The [[Seikan Tunnel]], the longest undersea [[tunnel]] in world, is opened, connecting [[Aomori]] and [[Hakodate]] in [[Japan]]. * [[1988]] – [[I. King Jordan]] becomes the first Deaf president of [[Gallaudet University]] after the [[Deaf President Now]] demonstrations. * [[1990]] - [[Ertha Pascal-Trouillot]] becomes the first female [[President]] of [[Haiti]]. * [[1991]] – The [[United States Department of Justice|United States Justice Department]] announces that [[Exxon]] has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]] in [[Alaska]]. * [[1992]] – In eastern [[Turkey]], an [[earthquake]] registering 6.8 on the [[Richter scale]] kills over 500. * [[1993]] – The [[Great Blizzard of 1993]] strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from [[Cuba]] to [[Québec]]. * [[1996]] – [[Dunblane massacre|The Dunblane Massacre]]: In [[Dunblane]], [[Scotland]], 16 children and 1 adult teacher are shot dead by a [[spree killer]] who then commits suicide. * [[1997]] – India's Missionaries of Charity chooses [[Sister Nirmala]] to succeed [[Mother Teresa]] as its leader. * [[1997]] – In [[Phoenix, Arizona]], [[Arizona]], the [[Phoenix Lights]], one of the most widely witnessed [[UFO]] sightings, take place. * [[2000]] – After 17 seasons in the [[NFL]], [[Miami Dolphins]] quarterback [[Dan Marino]] retires. === From 2001 === * [[2003]] – [[Human evolution]]: The journal [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking [[human]] footprints have been found in [[Italy]]. * [[2005]] - A [[President]]ial election takes place in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. Controversy around this election leads to the removal of [[President]] [[Askar Akayev]]. * [[2012]] - Editors of the [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] announce that they are to stop publishing its print edition, in order to focus on its online edition. * [[2012]] - 28 people are killed as a bus returning from a [[school]] trip back to [[Belgium]] crashes in a [[tunnel]] in [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]] [[Valais]], [[Switzerland]]. * [[2013]] - [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] [[Jorge Mario Bergoglio]] of [[Argentina]] is elected [[Pope]], choosing to be known as [[Pope Francis]]. He is the first [[Pope]] from [[Latin America]] as well as the first [[Jesuit]] Pope. * [[2015]] - [[Iceland]] withdraws its application for [[European Union]] membership. * [[2016]] - 17 people are killed in an armed attack on a [[hotel]] in the [[Ivory Coast]]. * [[2016]] - 37 people are killed in [[bomb]] attack in [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]]. * [[2017]] - [[Nicola Sturgeon]] asks for permission to hold a second [[referendum]] on [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[independence]]. * [[2018]] - US President [[Donald Trump]] fires his [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Rex Tillerson]] and nominates [[CIA]] Director [[Mike Pompeo]] to replace him. * [[2019]] - A school shooting in [[Suzano]], São Paulo, [[Brazil]], kills 8 people. * [[2019]] - A school collapse in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]], kills 8 people. * [[2019]] - The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] votes by a majority against a "No-Deal" [[Brexit]]. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * [[1372]] - [[Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans]], brother of [[Charles VI of France]] (d. [[1407]]) * [[1593]] - [[Georges de La Tour]], French painter (d. [[1652]]) * [[1615]] – [[Pope Innocent XII]] (d. [[1700]]) * [[1683]] - [[John Theophilus Desaguliers]], French-British politician (d. [[1744]]) * [[1696]] - [[Armand de Vignerot du Plessis]], Marshal of France (d. [[1788]]) * [[1700]] - [[Michel Blavet]], French [[Flute|flautist]] (d. [[1768]]) * [[1720]] – [[Charles Bonnet]], Swiss [[Nature|naturalist]] and [[writer]] (d. [[1793]]) * [[1733]] – [[Joseph Priestley]], English scientist (d. [[1804]]) * [[1741]] – [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1790]]) * [[1764]] – [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Earl Grey]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1845]]) * [[1770]] - [[Daniel Lambert]], English man known for his [[obesity]] (d. [[1809]]) * [[1781]] – [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]], German [[architect]] (d. [[1841]]) * [[1798]] – [[Abigail Fillmore]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1853]]) * [[1815]] - [[James Curtis Hepburn]], American [[physician]] and Christian missionary (d. [[1911]]) * [[1825]] – [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian painter (d. [[1903]]) * [[1829]] - [[Richard Coke]], 16th [[Governor]] of [[Texas]] (d. [[1897]]) * [[1842]] - [[Joseph Valentin Boussinesq]], French [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]] (d. [[1929]]) * [[1845]] - [[Jan Baudouin de Courtenay]], Polish [[Language|linguist]] (d. [[1929]]) * [[1855]] – [[Percival Lowell]], American [[astronomer]] (d. [[1916]]) * [[1857]] - [[B. H. Roberts]], [[Mormonism|Mormon]] leader, historian and politician (d. [[1935]]) * [[1860]] – [[Hugo Wolf]], Austrian [[composer]] (d. [[1903]]) * [[1864]] - [[Alexei von Jawlensky]], Russian painter (d. [[1941]]) * [[1870]] - [[Albert Meyer (politician)|Albert Meyer]], Swiss politician (d. [[1953]]) * [[1874]] - [[Ellery Clark]], American athlete (d. [[1949]]) * [[1883]] - [[Enrico Toselli]], Italian [[composer]] and [[pianist]] (d. [[1926]]) * [[1884]] - [[Hugh Walpole]], English [[novel]]ist (d. [[1941]]) * [[1886]] – [[Home Run Baker]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1963]]) * [[1888]] – [[Paul Morand]], French writer (d. [[1976]]) * [[1890]] - [[Fritz Busch]], German [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (d. [[1951]]) * [[1895]] - [[Luigi Cevenini]], Italian [[footballer]] (d. [[1968]]) * [[1897]] - [[Yeghishe Charents]], [[Armenia]]n [[poet]], [[writer]] and public activist (d. [[1937]]) * [[1898]] - [[Henry Hathaway]], American [[movie director]] and [[producer]] (d. [[1985]]) * [[1899]] - [[Bela Guttman]], Hungarian [[footballer]] (d. [[1981]]) * [[1899]] – [[John Hasbrouck van Vleck]], American [[physicist]] (d. [[1980]]) * [[1900]] - [[Salote Tupou III]], [[Queen]] of [[Tonga]] (d. [[1965]]) * [[1900]] – [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek [[poet]] (d. [[1971]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 === * [[1902]] - [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], [[Egypt]]ian [[singer]] and [[composer]] (d. [[1991]]) * [[1903]] - [[Yasutaro Koide]], Japanese [[supercentenarian]] (d. [[2016]]) * [[1906]] - [[Nguyen Van Thien]], [[Vietnam]]ese Roman Catholic [[bishop]] (d. [[2012]]) * [[1907]] - [[Mircea Eliade]], Romanian [[historian]] and [[writer]] (d. [[1986]]) * [[1908]] - [[Walter Annenberg]], American philanthropist, editor and diplomat (d. [[2002]]) * [[1910]] - [[Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt]], Danish actor (d. [[1985]]) * [[1910]] - [[Sammy Kaye]], American saxophonist, [[bandleader]] and [[songwriter]] (d. [[1987]]) * [[1910]] - [[Kemal Tahir]], Turkish [[novel]]ist and intellectual (d. [[1973]]) * [[1911]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American founder of [[Scientology]] (d. [[1986]]) * [[1913]] – [[Sergey Mikhalkov]], Russian writer (d. [[2009]]) * [[1913]] – [[William Casey]], American [[CIA]] director (d. [[1987]]) * [[1916]] - [[Jacque Fresco]], American futurist, writer and engineer (d. [[2017]]) * [[1921]] - [[Al Jaffee]], American cartoonist * [[1921]] - [[Gitta Sereny]], Austrian-British biographer, historian and investigative journalist (d. [[2012]]) * [[1923]] – [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]], Greek military officer (d. [[2010]]) * [[1923]] - [[William F. Bolger]], 65th Postmaster General of the [[United States]] (d. [[1989]]) * [[1925]] - [[Roy Haynes]], American [[jazz]] drummer * [[1926]] – [[Carlos Roberto Reina]], [[President]] of [[Honduras]] (d. [[2003]]) * [[1927]] - [[Ivan Irwin]], American-Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2019]]) * [[1928]] - [[Douglas Rain]], Canadian actor (d. [[2018]]) * [[1929]] - [[Zbigniew Messner]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Poland]] (d. [[2014]]) * [[1929]] - [[Bunny Yeager]], American model and photographer (d. [[2014]]) * [[1929]] - [[Peter Breck]], American actor (d. [[2012]]) * [[1929]] - [[Joseph Mascolo]], American musician and actor (d. [[2016]]) * [[1930]] - [[Günther Uecker]], German painter * [[1931]] - [[Wolfgang Kohlhaase]], German [[screenwriter]] and [[movie director]] * [[1933]] - [[Pee Wee Gaskins]], American [[serial killer]] (d. [[1991]]) * [[1933]] - [[Mahdi Elmandjra]], Moroccan [[economist]] and futurologist (d. [[2014]]) * [[1934]] - [[Mario David]], Italian [[footballer]] (d. [[2005]]) * [[1934]] - [[Mario Missiroli]], Italian [[Movie director|director]] (d. [[2014]]) * [[1935]] - [[David Nobbs]], English comedy writer (d. [[2015]]) * [[1936]] - [[José Mojica Marins]], Brazilian filmmaker and actor * [[1936]] - [[Michael Checkland]], former Director-General of the [[BBC]] * [[1937]] - [[Vladimir Makanin]], Russian writer (d. [[2017]]) * [[1938]] - [[Erma Franklin]], American singer (d. [[2002]]) * [[1938]] - [[Tochinoumi Teruyoshi]], Japanese [[sumo]] wrestler * [[1939]] - [[Yoshinobu Ishii]], Japanese [[footballer]] (d. [[2018]]) * [[1939]] – [[Neil Sedaka]], American [[singer-songwriter]] * [[1940]] - [[Christopher Gable]], British [[dance]]r, [[choreographer]] and [[actor]] (d. [[1998]]) * [[1940]] - [[Jacqueline Sassard]], French actress * [[1941]] - [[John Clark (footballer, born 1941)|John Clark]], Scottish [[footballer]] * [[1941]] – [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian poet (d. [[2008]]) * [[1942]] – [[Scatman John]], American singer (d. [[1999]]) * [[1942]] - [[Geoffrey Hayes]], English [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]] (d. [[2018]]) * [[1942]] - [[Dave Cutler]], American [[computer]] [[scientist]] and [[engineer]] * [[1943]] - [[Giancarlo De Sisti]], Italian [[footballer]] * [[1943]] - [[André Téchiné]], French [[Movie director|director]] and [[songwriter]] * [[1945]] – [[Anatoly Fomenko]], Russian [[mathematician]] * [[1946]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli [[soldier]] (d. [[1976]]) * [[1947]] - [[Lesley Collier]], English [[Ballet|ballerina]] and educator * [[1949]] - [[Sian Elias]], New Zealand judge, 12th Chief Justice of [[New Zealand]] * [[1950]] – [[William H. Macy]], American actor === 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 === * [[1952]] - [[Wolfgang Rihm]], German [[composer]] and [[essay]]ist * [[1953]] – [[Deborah Raffin]], American actress (d. [[2012]]) * [[1953]] - [[Ridley Pearson]], American writer * [[1954]] – [[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos]], British [[politician]] and [[diplomat]] * [[1955]] – [[Bruno Conti]], Italian [[footballer]] * [[1955]] - [[Olga Rukavishnikova]], Russian athlete * [[1956]] - [[Dana Delany]], American actress * [[1957]] - [[John Hoeven]], 31st [[Governor]] of [[North Dakota]] * [[1958]] – [[Linda Robson]], English actress * [[1959]] - [[Kathy Hilton]], American socialite * [[1960]] – [[Adam Clayton]], Irish bassist ([[U2]]) * [[1960]] - [[Yuri Andrukhovych]], Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist * [[1960]] - [[Jorge Sampaoli]], [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[footballer]] and manager * [[1961]] – [[Sebastiano Nela]], Italian footballer * [[1962]] - [[Terence Blanchard]], American [[trumpet]]er and [[composer]] * [[1967]] – [[Andrés Escobar]], Colombian footballer (d. [[1994]]) * [[1969]] – [[Luca Bucci]], Italian footballer * [[1971]] – [[Annabeth Gish]], American actress * [[1971]] - [[Carme Chacón]], Spanish politician (d. [[2017]]) * [[1973]] – [[Edgar Davids]], Dutch footballer * [[1973]] - [[David Draiman]], American musician * [[1974]] – [[Thomas Enqvist]], Swedish [[tennis]] player === From 1976 === * [[1977]] – [[Momo Sylla]], [[Guinea]]n [[footballer]] * [[1979]] - [[Spanky G]], American musician ([[Bloodhound Gang]]) * [[1979]] - [[Johan Santana]], [[Venezuela]]n [[baseball]] player * [[1979]] - [[Cedric van Branteghem]], Belgian athlete * [[1980]] - [[Sara Bergmark Elfgren]], Swedish writer * [[1980]] - [[Caron Butler]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1980]] - [[Molly Stanton]], American actress * [[1980]] - [[Flavia Cacace]], Italian dancer * [[1981]] – [[Stephen Maguire]], Scottish [[snooker]] player * [[1981]] - [[April Matson]], American actress and singer * [[1982]] - [[Jeremy Curl]], English explorer, writer and photographer * [[1982]] - [[Gisela Mota Ocampo]], Mexican politician (d. [[2016]]) * [[1985]] - [[Ben Lowe]], Australian [[rugby]] player * [[1985]] - [[Naughty Boy]], English [[DJ]] and [[producer]] * [[1986]] - [[Shunsuke Daito]], Japanese actor * [[1987]] - [[Marco Andretti]], American racing driver * [[1987]] – [[Andreas Beck]], German footballer * [[1989]] – [[Holger Badstuber]], German footballer * [[1989]] – [[Marko Marin]], German footballer * [[1989]] - [[Peaches Geldof]], British [[television]] personality (d. [[2014]]) * [[1989]] - [[Harry Helling]], British actor * [[1991]] - [[Kim Eli]], South Korean singer ([[U-KISS]]) * [[1991]] - [[Le Quang Liem]], [[Vietnam]]ese [[chess]] player * [[1991]] - [[Tristan Thompson]], Canadian [[basketball]] player * [[1991]] - [[Luan Santana]], Brazilian singer and composer * [[1992]] - [[Lucy Fry]], Australian actress * [[1992]] - [[Kaya Scodelario]], British actress * [[1994]] - [[Gerard Deulofeu]], Spanish [[footballer]] * [[1995]] - [[Mikaela Shiffrin]], American skier == Deaths == === Up to 1900 === * [[600]] - [[Leander of Seville]], Spanish [[bishop]] (b. [[534]]) * [[1202]] - [[Mieszko III the Old]], [[Duke]] of Greater [[Poland]] (b. [[1126]]) * [[1395]] - [[John Barbour (poet)|John Barbour]], Scottish [[priest]] and [[poet]] (b. [[1320]]) * [[1516]] - King [[Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary]] (b. [[1456]]) * [[1569]] - [[Louis, Prince of Condé]] (b. [[1530]]) * [[1767]] – [[Maria Josepha of Saxony]], mother of [[Louis XVI of France]] (b. [[1731]]) * [[1773]] - [[Philibert Commerson]], French [[historian]] and [[explorer]] (b. [[1727]]) * [[1808]] – King [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]] of [[Denmark]] (b. [[1749]]) * [[1842]] – [[Henry Shrapnel]], English soldier and inventor (b. [[1761]]) * [[1854]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Villèle]], [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1773]]) * [[1873]] - [[David Swinson Maynard]], founder of [[Seattle]] (b. [[1808]]) * [[1879]] – [[Adolf Anderssen]], German [[chess]] player (b. [[1818]]) * [[1881]] – Tsar [[Alexander II of Russia]] (b. [[1818]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === * [[1901]] – [[Benjamin Harrison]], 23rd [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1833]]) * [[1906]] – [[Susan B. Anthony]], American suffragette (b. [[1820]]) * [[1913]] - [[Ernst Georg Ravenstein]], German-English geographer and [[Cartography|cartographer]] (b. [[1834]]) * [[1914]] - [[Hakeem Noord-ud-Din]], Muslim scholar * [[1918]] – [[César Cui]], Russian composer (b. [[1835]]) * [[1936]] - [[Francis Bell (New Zealand politician)|Francis Bell]], 20th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. [[1851]]) * [[1938]] – [[Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin]], Russian politician and intellectual (b. [[1888]]) * [[1938]] – [[Clarence Darrow]], American attorney (b. [[1857]]) * [[1938]] - [[Carlo Minoretti]], Italian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (b. [[1861]]) * [[1949]] - [[Henri Giraud]], French [[General officer|general]] (b. [[1879]]) * [[1955]] – King [[Tribhuvan of Nepal|Tribhuvan]] of [[Nepal]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[1964]] - [[Kitty Genovese]], American murder victim (b. [[1935]]) * [[1965]] - [[Fan S. Noli]], 14th [[Prime Minister]] of [[Albania]] (b. [[1882]]) * [[1975]] – [[Ivo Andric]], Serbo-Croatian writer (b. [[1892]]) * [[1987]] – [[Bernhard Grzimek]], German zoologist, movie maker and writer (b. [[1909]]) * [[1990]] – [[Bruno Bettelheim]], Austrian-American child psychologist (b. [[1903]]) * [[1990]] - [[Karl Münchinger]], German [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (b. [[1915]]) * [[1995]] - [[Odette Hallowes]], French nurse and spy (b. [[1912]]) * [[1996]] - [[Krzysztof Kieslowski]], Polish [[movie director]] (b. [[1941]]) * [[1998]] - [[Judge Dread]], English [[singer-songwriter]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[1998]] - [[Hans von Ohain]], German-American [[physicist]] and [[engineer]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[1999]] – [[Garson Kanin]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. [[1912]]) === From 2001 === * [[2001]] - [[Encarnacion Alzona]], Filipino [[historian]] and educator (b. [[1895]]) * [[2002]] – [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]], German [[philosopher]] (b. [[1900]]) * [[2004]] - [[Vilayat Khan]], Indian [[sitar]] player and [[composer]] (b. [[1928]]) * [[2006]] – [[Jimmy Johnstone]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1944]]) * [[2006]] – [[Maureen Stapleton]], American actress (b. [[1925]]) * [[2006]] – [[Robert C. Baker]], inventor of the Chicken Nugget (b. [[1921]]) * [[2009]] - [[Andrew Martin]], American [[professional wrestler]] (b. [[1975]]) * [[2010]] – [[He Pingping]], smallest man in the world with the ability to walk (b. [[1988]]) * [[2011]] – [[Owsley Stanley]], [[LSD]] supplier (b. [[1935]]) * [[2012]] – [[Michel Duchaussoy]], French actor (b. [[1938]]) * [[2012]] - [[Jacques Villiers]], French [[engineer]] (b. [[1924]]) * [[2013]] - [[Tore Lokoloko]], 2nd Governor-General of [[Papua New Guinea]] (b. [[1930]]) * [[2013]] - [[Malachi Throne]], American actor (b. [[1928]]) * [[2014]] - [[Reubin Askew]], 37th [[Governor]] of [[Florida]] (b. [[1937]]) * [[2014]] - [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]], 3rd [[President]] of [[Sierra Leone]] (b. [[1932]]) * [[2014]] - [[Icchokas Mera]], [[Lithuania]]n writer (b. [[1934]]) * [[2015]] - [[Daevid Allen]], Australian [[musician]] (b. [[1938]]) * [[2015]] - [[Irwin Hasen]], American [[cartoonist]] and [[comic]] [[artist]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[2015]] - [[Al Rosen]], American [[baseball]] player (b. [[1924]]) * [[2016]] - [[Adrienne Corri]], British actress (b. [[1930]]) * [[2016]] - [[Martin Olav Sabo]], American politician (b. [[1938]]) * [[2016]] - [[Hilary Putnam]], American [[philosopher]], [[mathematician]] and [[computer]] [[scientist]] (b. [[1926]]) * [[2017]] - [[Adib Boroumand]], Iranian [[poet]] and [[politician]] (b. [[1924]]) * [[2017]] - [[Kika de la Garza]], American politician (b. [[1927]]) * [[2017]] - [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]], German [[nobleman]] (b. [[1934]]) * [[2017]] - [[Amy Krouse Rosenthal]], American writer and film director (b. [[1965]]) * [[2017]] - [[Ed Whitlock]], English-Canadian long-distance runner (b. [[1931]]) * [[2017]] - [[Hiroto Muraoka]], Japanese [[footballer]] (b. [[1931]]) * [[2017]] - [[Henri Cueco]], French painter and writer (b. [[1929]]) * [[2017]] - [[Morton Deutsch]], American social psychologist (b. [[1920]]) * [[2017]] - [[André Jagendorf]], American plant biologist (b. [[1926]]) * [[2017]] - [[Sarah Jiménez]], Mexican artist (b. [[1927]]) * [[2017]] - [[Richard H. Solomon]], American diplomat (b. [[1939]]) * [[2018]] - [[T. Berry Brazelton]], American paediatrician and writer (b. [[1918]]) * [[2018]] - [[Bebeto de Freitas]], Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager (b. [[1950]]) * [[2018]] - [[Jens Nilsson]], Swedish politician (b. [[1948]]) * [[2018]] - [[Leonid Kvinikhidze]], Russian screenwriter and director (b. [[1937]]) * [[2018]] - [[Gordon Walgren]], American politician and convicted fraudster (b. [[1933]]) * [[2019]] - [[Frank Cali]], American crime boss (b. [[1965]]) * [[2019]] - [[Harry Hughes]], American politician, 57th [[Governor]] of [[Maryland]] (b. [[1926]]) * [[2019]] - [[Ghazali Jaafar]], Filipino militant and politician (b. [[1943]]) * [[2019]] - [[Andrea Pollack]], German swimmer (b. [[1961]]) * [[2019]] - [[Leroy Stanton]], American [[baseball]] player (b. 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