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It is the first battle won by [[small arms]] using [[gunpowder]]. *[[1611]] - Founding of the [[University of Santo Tomas]] in the [[Philippines]], the largest Roman Catholic university in the [[world]]. *[[1788]] – [[Maryland]] becomes the 7th [[US]] State. *[[1789]] – [[Mutiny on the Bounty]] by [[Fletcher Christian]]: [[Lieutenant]] [[William Bligh]] and 18 sailors are cast adrift in a [[boat]], reaching the [[island]] of [[Tofua]] on the same day, while Christian sails to [[Tonga]]. *[[1792]] – The [[French Revolutionary Wars]] begin. *[[1796]] - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]], expanding French [[territory]] along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] [[coast]]. *[[1869]] – [[China|Chinese]] and [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Worker|laborers]] for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the first trans[[continent]]al railroad lay 10 [[mile]]s of track in one day. *[[1877]] - The [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] [[stadium]] in [[London]], is opened, for use as an [[Track and field athletics|athletics]] stadium, though it later becomes the home ground of [[Chelsea FC]]. *[[1885]] - [[Buddhism]]: [[Ceylon]]'s first [[Vesakh]] celebration is held. The international [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[flag]] is hoisted for the first time. *[[1902]] – [[Manchester United F.C.]] comes into being, through a name change to avoid the bankruptcy of Newton Heath F.C. *[[1903]] – An [[earthquake]] in [[Turkey]] kills 2,200 people. *[[1908]] - [[World Esperanto Association]] is founded. *[[1910]] - Frenchman [[Louis Paulham]] wins the 1910 [[London]] to [[Manchester]] air race, the first long-distance [[aeroplane]] race in [[England]]. *[[1920]] – [[Azerbaijan]] is taken over by [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]]. *[[1923]] – [[London]]'s [[Wembley Stadium]] is opened. *[[1930]] – The first [[night]] game in [[baseball]] is held in Independence, [[Kansas]]. *[[1932]] – A [[vaccine]] for [[yellow fever]] is announced for use on [[human]]s. *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: Nine German [[bomb]]ers attack [[US]] and [[UK]] units while they rehearsed for the [[Normandy]] landings. 946 people are killed. *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: Italian fascist dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] and his mistress [[Clara Petacci]] are executed. *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: The [[city]] of [[Augsburg]] surrenders to [[US]] forces. *[[1947]] – [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s [[Kon-Tiki]] expedition of the [[Pacific Ocean]] begins in [[Callao]], [[Peru]]. This is to prove his theory of [[Polynesia]] being settled from [[South America]]. *[[1948]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducts the first performance of his American [[ballet]], [[Orpheus]], in [[New York City]]. *[[1949]] – Former First Lady of the [[Philippines]] [[Aurora Quezon]] is assassinated. *[[1950]] – [[Thailand]]'s King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] marries Queen [[Sirikit]]. === From 1951 === *[[1952]] – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of [[NATO]]. *[[1952]] – [[US]] occupation of [[Japan]] officially ends. *[[1952]] – The [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] officially ends. *[[1965]] - [[US]] troops land in the [[Dominican Republic]] to "forestall the establishment of a [[Communist]] [[dictatorship]]" and to evacuate [[US]] troops. *[[1967]] - [[Cassius Clay]] (now [[Muhammad Ali]]) is stripped of his [[boxing]] titles, after saying that he would not join [[United States Military]] operations in [[Vietnam]]. The titles are later re-instated. *[[1969]] – [[Charles de Gaulle]] resigns as [[President of France]]. *[[1975]] – [[South Vietnam]]ese [[President]] [[Tran Van Huong]] resigns after a week in office, and flees, as the [[Vietnam War]] is in its final stages. *[[1977]] – [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Gudrun Ensslin]] and [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] are found guilty of [[murder]]. *[[1978]] – [[President of Afghanistan]] [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] is overthrown and killed by pro-[[Communist]] rebels. *[[1986]] - [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft]] carrier USS ''Enterprise'' becomes the first nuclear-powered [[aircraft]] carrier to travel through the [[Suez Canal]], from the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to relieve the USS ''Coral Sea''. *[[1986]] - The [[Soviet Union]] admits that there was a nuclear accident at [[Chernobyl]] on [[April 26]], after [[scientist]]s in [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]] detected unusually high levels of [[radiation]] in the [[air]]. *[[1988]] - Near [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]], flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a [[Boeing 737]], and falls to her death, when part of the [[Airliner|plane]]'s [[fuselage]] rips open in mid-flight. *[[1994]] – Former [[CIA]] counter-intelligence officer and analyst [[Adrian Ames]] pleads guilty to leaking [[US]] secrets to the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]]. *[[1996]] – In [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], [[Martin Bryant]] goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people. *[[2001]] – Millionaire [[Dennis Tito]] becomes the first [[Outer space|space]] tourist. *[[2002]] – The [[Green Party of Pakistan]] is formed. *[[2008]] – A train collision in Shandong, [[China]], kills 72 people, and injures 416. *[[2008]] – [[Hong Kong]] [[Disneyland]] opens. *[[2010]] - Then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Gordon Brown]] apologises after being recorded referring to a 66-year-old voter as a "bigoted woman" during the General Election campaign. *[[2013]] - [[Enrico Letta]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Italy]], after political deadlock following an inconclusive [[election]] two months earlier. At the same time, two [[police]] officers are injured in a shooting outside the [[Prime Minister]]'s [[office]]. *[[2019]] - [[Spain]] holds an early general election: The Socialist Party of Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]] is the largest party on 29%; the far-right Vox party enters parliament for the first time. ==Births== === Up to 1900 === *[[32]] – [[Marcus Salvius Otho]], Roman Emperor (d. [[69]]) *[[1402]] – [[Nezahualcoyotl]], ruler, [[philosopher]] and [[poet]] in Pre-Columbian Central America (d. [[1472]]) *[[1442]] – [[Edward IV of England]] (d. [[1483]]) *[[1545]] – [[Yi Sun-sin]], Korean [[military]] leader and [[admiral]] (d. [[1598]]) *[[1612]] - [[Odoardo Farnese]], [[Duke]] of [[Parma]] (d. [[1646]]) *[[1630]] - [[Charles Cotton]], English [[poet]] (d. [[1687]]) *[[1652]] – [[Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt]], German [[composer]] (d. [[1712]]) *[[1686]] - [[Michael Brokoff]], Czech [[sculptor]] (d. [[1721]]) *[[1715]] - [[Frank Sparry]], Austrian [[composer]] (d. [[1767]]) *[[1753]] - [[Frank Karl Achard]], German [[Nature|naturalist]] (d. [[1821]]) *[[1758]] – [[James Monroe]], 5th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1831]]) *[[1761]] - [[Marie Harel]], French [[cheese]]maker (d. [[1844]]) *[[1765]] - [[Sylvestre François Lacroix]], French [[mathematician]] (d. [[1834]]) *[[1774]] – [[Francis Baily]], English [[astronomer]] (d. [[1844]]) *[[1788]] – [[Charles Robert Cockerell]], English [[architect]] and [[archaeologist]] (d. [[1863]]) *[[1795]] – [[Charles Sturt]], [[England|English]] [[explorer]] of [[Australia]] (d. [[1861]]) *[[1819]] - [[Ezra Abbot]], American scholar (d. [[1884]]) *[[1831]] - [[Peter Tait (physicist)|Peter Tait]], Scottish [[physicist]] (d. [[1901]]) *[[1838]] – [[Tobias Asser]], Dutch jurist (d. [[1913]]) *[[1842]] – [[Prince Gaston, Count of Eu]], Prince and Brazilian [[marshal]] (d. [[1922]]) *[[1848]] - [[Ludvig Schytte]], Danish [[composer]], [[pianist]] and [[teacher]] (d. [[1909]]) *[[1868]] – [[Lucy Booth]], Indian [[songwriter]] and commander (d. [[1953]]) *[[1868]] - [[Georgy Voronoy]], Russian [[mathematician]] (d. [[1908]]) *[[1869]] – [[C. C. Young]], 26th [[Governor]] of [[California]] (d. [[1947]]) *[[1874]] - [[Karl Kraus]], Austrian [[journalist]] and [[writer]] (d. [[1936]]) *[[1876]] – [[Nicola Romeo]], Italian [[automobile]] [[engineer]] and [[entrepreneur]] (d. [[1938]]) *[[1878]] – [[Lionel Barrymore]], American actor (d. [[1954]]) *[[1886]] - [[Art Shaw]], American hurdler (d. [[1955]]) *[[1888]] – [[Walter Tull]], English [[footballer]] (d. [[1918]]) *[[1889]] – [[Antonio Oliveira de Salazar]], Portuguese political leader (d. [[1970]]) *[[1891]] - [[Charles Patton]], American [[blues]] guitarist (d. [[1934]]) *[[1896]] - [[Na Hye-sok]], Korean writer, painter, educator and journalist (d. [[1948]]) *[[1897]] – [[Ye Jianying]], Chinese [[General officer|general]] and politician (d. [[1986]]) *[[1898]] – [[Grantley Herbert Adams]], [[Barbados|Barbadian]] politician (d. [[1971]]) *[[1900]] - [[Jan Oort]], Dutch [[astronomer]] (d. [[1992]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 === *[[1901]] - [[Henry Stallard]], Belgian middle-distance runner (d. [[1973]]) *[[1902]] - [[Johan Borgen]], Norwegian writer (d. [[1979]]) *[[1906]] – [[Kurt Gödel]], Austrian [[mathematician]] (d. [[1978]]) *[[1906]] - [[Paul Sacher]], Swiss [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (d. [[1999]]) *[[1908]] – [[Oskar Schindler]], German industrialist and humanitarian (d. [[1974]]) *[[1912]] - [[Odette Sansom Hallowes]], French resistance worker (d. [[1945]]) *[[1916]] – [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]], Italian automobile manufacturer (d. [[1993]]) *[[1919]] - [[Wally Stanowski]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2015]]) *[[1921]] - [[Simin Daneshvar]], [[Iran]]ian writer and academic (d. [[2012]]) *[[1923]] - [[William Guarnere]], American sergeant (d. [[2014]]) *[[1924]] - [[Dick Ayers]], American [[comic]] [[book]] [[artist]] and [[cartoonist]] (d. [[2014]]) *[[1924]] - [[Donatas Banionis]], [[Lithuania]]n actor (d. [[2014]]) *[[1924]] – [[Kenneth Kaunda]], 1st [[President]] of [[Zambia]] *[[1924]] - [[Blossom Dearie]], American [[jazz]] [[singer]] and [[pianist]] (d. [[2009]]) *[[1926]] – [[Harper Lee]], American [[writer]] and [[activist]] (d. [[2016]]) *[[1928]] – [[Eugene Shoemaker]], American [[astronomer]] (d. [[1997]]) *[[1928]] - [[Yves Klein]], French artist (d. [[1962]]) *[[1930]] – [[James Baker]], 61st [[United States Secretary of State]] *[[1930]] - [[Carolyn Jones]], American actress (d. [[1983]]) *[[1933]] - [[Miodrag Radulovacki]], Serbian-American [[scientist]] and [[inventor]] (d. [[2014]]) *[[1934]] - [[Lois Duncan]], American actress (d. [[2016]]) *[[1934]] - [[Diane Johnson]], American writer *[[1936]] - [[Tariq Aziz]], Iraqi politician (d. [[2015]]) *[[1937]] - [[Jean Redpath]], Scottish singer (d. [[2014]]) *[[1937]] - [[John White (footballer, born 1937)|John White]], Scottish [[footballer]] (d. [[1964]]) *[[1937]] – [[Saddam Hussein]], [[President]] of [[Iraq]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[1938]] - [[Fred Dibnah]], English [[steeple]]jack and television personality (d. [[2004]]) *[[1941]] - [[John Madejski]], English businessman *[[1941]] – [[Ann-Margret]], Swedish actress *[[1941]] – [[Karl Barry Sharpless]], American [[chemist]] *[[1941]] - [[Iryna Zhylenko]], Ukrainian [[poet]] *[[1942]] - [[Mike Brearley]], English [[cricket]]er *[[1943]] - [[Jacques Dutronc]], French [[singer]], [[songwriter]], [[guitarist]], [[composer]] and [[actor]] *[[1943]] - [[Bob Siebert]], American [[jazz]] musician and composer *[[1943]] - [[Yoav Talmi]], Israeli [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[composer]] *[[1943]] - [[Jeffrey Tate]], English musical director and conductor *[[1944]] - [[Günter Verheugen]], German politician *[[1944]] - [[Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberge]], Belgian politician in [[Wallonia]] *[[1946]] - [[Nour El-Sherif]], Egyptian actor (d. [[2015]]) *[[1947]] - [[Nicola LeFanu]], English [[composer]] and academic *[[1948]] – [[Terry Pratchett]], English [[writer]] (d. [[2015]]) *[[1948]] - [[Marcia Strassman]], American actress (d. [[2014]]) *[[1949]] – [[Paul Guilfoyle]], American actor *[[1949]] – [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) *[[1950]] – [[Jay Leno]], American comedian and showmaster *[[1950]] - [[Steve Rider]], English sports broadcaster === 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 === *[[1952]] - [[Chuck Leavell]], American [[keyboard instrument|keyboardist]] *[[1952]] - [[Mary McDonnell]], American actress *[[1953]] – [[Kim Gordon]], American singer *[[1954]] - [[Jimmy Barnes]], Australian singer *[[1954]] - [[Tom McCabe]], Scottish politician (d. [[2015]]) *[[1954]] - [[Mary Jo Randle]], English actress *[[1958]] – [[Kenny MacAskill]], Scottish politician *[[1959]] – [[Erhard Loretan]], Swiss [[mountain]]eer (d. [[2011]]) *[[1960]] – [[Ian Rankin]], Scottish [[crime fiction]] [[writer]] *[[1960]] - [[Elena Kagan]], [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice *[[1960]] – [[Walter Zenga]], Italian [[footballer]] *[[1960]] – [[Jón Páll Sigmarsson]], [[Iceland]]ic strength [[Track and field athletics|athlete]] (d. [[1993]]) *[[1961]] - [[Anna Oxa]], Italian singer *[[1964]] - [[L'Wren Scott]], American fashion designer and model (d. [[2014]]) *[[1964]] - [[Stephen Ames]], Canadian [[golf]]er *[[1966]] – [[Ali-Reza Pahlavi]], [[Iran]]ian royal (d. [[2011]]) *[[1966]] – [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]], American [[golf]]er *[[1966]] – [[Too Short]], American [[rapper]], [[producer]] and [[actor]] *[[1968]] – [[Howard Donald]], English singer, musician and producer ([[Take That]]) *[[1968]] – [[Andy Flower]], [[Zimbabwe]]an [[cricket]]er *[[1970]] – [[Diego Simeone]], Argentine footballer *[[1971]] - [[Bridget Moynahan]], American actress *[[1972]] - [[Anita Anand]], English [[television]] and [[radio]] [[journalist]] *[[1972]] – [[Joseph Bruce]], American [[actor]], [[rapper]], [[producer]] and wrestler *[[1973]] – [[Pauleta]], Portuguese [[footballer]] *[[1973]] - [[Ian Murdock]], American software engineer (d. [[2015]]) *[[1973]] – [[Jorge Garcia]], American actor *[[1974]] – [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Spain|Spanish]] [[actress]] *[[1974]] – [[Vernon Kay]], British [[radio]] and [[television]] presenter *[[1974]] – [[Margo Dydek]], Polish [[basketball]] player (d. [[2011]]) === From 1976 === *[[1977]] - [[Thorstein Helstad]], Norwegian [[footballer]] *[[1978]] – [[Lauren Laverne]], British [[radio]] and [[television]] presenter *[[1980]] - [[Josh Howard]], American [[basketball]] player *[[1980]] - [[Bradley Wiggins]], British [[Cycling|cyclist]] *[[1981]] – [[Jessica Alba]], American actress *[[1981]] - [[Pietro Travagli]], Italian [[Rugby football|rugby]] player *[[1981]] - [[Ilary Blasi]], Italian [[actress]] and [[model (person)|model]] *[[1981]] - [[Alex Riley (wrestler)|Alex Riley]], American wrestler *[[1982]] – [[Nikki Grahame]], English [[television]] personality *[[1982]] - [[Harry Shum, Jr.]], Costa Rican actor and dancer *[[1983]] – [[Roger Johnson]], English [[footballer]] *[[1984]] - [[Dmitri Torbinski]], Russian [[footballer]] *[[1985]] - [[Lukas Jakubczyk]], German sprinter and long jumper *[[1985]] - [[Louise Pentland]], English [[vlog]]ger, [[blog]]ger, [[YouTube]]r and writer *[[1986]] - [[Roman Polak]], Czech [[ice hockey]] player *[[1986]] – [[Jennifer Palm Lundberg]], Swedish [[model (person)|model]] *[[1986]] - [[Jenna Ushkowitz]], Korean-American actress *[[1987]] - [[Zoran Tosic]], Serbian [[footballer]] *[[1987]] - [[Daequan Cook]], American [[basketball]] player *[[1988]] – [[Juan Mata]], Spanish [[footballer]] *[[1988]] - [[Spencer Hawes]], American [[basketball]] player *[[1989]] - [[Kim Sung-kyu]], South Korean singer and actress *[[1991]] - [[Jordan Robinson]], English [[footballer]] *[[1994]] - [[Izzy Bizu]], English singer *[[1995]] - [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]], American singer and songwriter ==Deaths== === Up to 1900 === *[[1074]] – [[Sweyn II of Denmark]] (b. [[1019]]) *[[1192]] – [[Conrad of Montferrat]], King of [[Jerusalem]] *[[1489]] – [[Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland]], English politician *[[1530]] - [[Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I]], Swiss [[polymath]] (b. [[1484]]) *[[1695]] - [[Henry Vaughan]], Welsh [[poet]] (b. [[1621]]) *[[1716]] - [[Louis de Montfort]], French [[priest]] and [[saint]] (b. [[1673]]) *[[1721]] - [[Mary Reid]], English pirate (b. [[1685]]) *[[1741]] - [[Magnus Julius De la Gardie]], Swedish [[General officer|general]] and [[statesman]] (b. [[1668]]) *[[1772]] – [[Johann Christian Struensee]], [[physician]] (b. [[1737]]) *[[1781]] – [[Cornelius Harnett]], American delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] (b. [[1723]]) *[[1799]] - [[Matthew Griswold (governor)|Matthew Griswold]], [[Governor]] of [[Connecticut]] (b. [[1714]]) *[[1802]] - [[Richard Howell]], [[Governor]] of [[New Jersey]] (b. [[1754]]) *[[1813]] - [[Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (b. [[1745]]) *[[1851]] - [[Edward Codrington]], English [[admiral]] (b. [[1770]]) *[[1853]] – [[Ludwig Tieck]], German writer (b. [[1773]]) *[[1865]] – [[Samuel Cunard]], Canadian-British shipping magnate (b. [[1787]]) *[[1881]] - [[Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon]], French [[sculptor]] and [[photographer]] (b. [[1818]]) *[[1883]] – [[Jack Russell (dog breeder)|Jack Russell]], English [[parson]], [[hunt]]er and [[dog]] [[Breeding|breeder]] (b. [[1795]]) *[[1885]] - [[Conrad Baker]], [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] (b. [[1817]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === *[[1905]] - [[Fitzhugh Lee]], American [[politician]], 40th [[Governor]] of [[Virginia]] (b. [[1835]]) *[[1909]] - [[Frederick Holbrook]], [[Governor]] of [[Vermont]] (b. [[1813]]) *[[1918]] – [[Gavrilo Princip]], Bosnian-Serb assassin (b. [[1894]]) *[[1934]] - [[Charley Patton]], American [[blues]] musician (b. [[1891]]) *[[1936]] – King [[Fuad I of Egypt]] (b. [[1868]]) *[[1944]] – [[Frank Knox]], American politician (b. [[1874]]) *[[1945]] – [[Benito Mussolini]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fascist]] dictator (b. [[1883]]) *[[1945]] – [[Clara Petacci]], Italian mistress to [[Benito Mussolini]] (b. [[1912]]) *[[1946]] - [[Louis Bachelier]], French [[mathematician]] (b. [[1875]]) *[[1949]] – [[Aurora Quezon]], First Lady of the [[Philippines]] (b. [[1888]]) *[[1954]] – [[Leon Jouhaux]], French Labor leader (b. [[1879]]) *[[1964]] – [[Milton Margai]], 1st [[Prime Minister]] of [[Sierra Leone]] (b. [[1895]]) *[[1970]] – [[Ed Begley]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) *[[1973]] - [[Jacques Maritain]], French [[philosopher]] (b. [[1882]]) *[[1973]] – [[Clas Thunberg]], Finnish speed skater (b. [[1893]]) *[[1976]] - [[Richard Hughes]], American writer (b. [[1900]]) *[[1977]] – [[Sepp Herberger]], German [[footballer]] and [[Coach (sport)|coach]] (b. [[1897]]) *[[1978]] – [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]], [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. [[1909]]) *[[1981]] - [[Steve Currie]], American musician (b. [[1947]]) *[[1992]] – [[Francis Bacon]], Irish painter (b. [[1909]]) *[[1992]] – [[Iceberg Slim]], American writer (b. [[1918]]) *[[1993]] - [[Jim Valvano]], American [[basketball]] player, coach and broadcaster (b. [[1946]]) *[[1998]] - [[Jerome Bixby]], American [[writer]] and [[screenwriter]] (b. [[1923]]) *[[1999]] – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist (b. [[1921]]) *[[2000]] – [[Penelope Fitzgerald]], English writer (b. [[1916]]) *[[2000]] - [[Jerzy Einhorn]], Polish-Swedish [[physician]], researcher and politician (b. [[1925]]) === From 2001 === *[[2002]] – [[Alexander Lebed]], Russian general and politician (b. [[1950]]) *[[2005]] – [[Chris Candido]], American [[professional wrestler]] (b. [[1972]]) *[[2007]] - [[Dabbs Greer]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) *[[2007]] – [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker]], German [[physicist]] and [[philosopher]] (b. [[1912]]) *[[2009]] – [[Ekaterina Maximova]], Russian [[Ballet|ballerina]] (b. [[1939]]) *[[2011]] – [[Erhard Loretan]], Swiss [[mountain]]eer (b. [[1959]]) *[[2012]] – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet and writer (b. [[1919]]) *[[2013]] - [[Janos Starker]], Hungarian-American [[Cello|cellist]] (b. [[1924]]) *[[2014]] - [[Ryan Tandy]], Australian [[rugby league]] player (b. [[1981]]) *[[2014]] - [[Jack Ramsay]], American [[basketball]] coach (b. [[1925]]) *[[2014]] - [[Edgar Laprade]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (b. [[1919]]) *[[2014]] - [[Dennis Kamakahi]], American [[musician]] (b. [[1953]]) *[[2014]] - [[Idris Sardi]], Indonesian [[violinist]] and [[composer]] (b. [[1938]]) *[[2015]] - [[Ashura Hara]], Japanese [[professional wrestler]] (b. [[1947]]) *[[2015]] - [[Keith Harris (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris]], English [[ventriloquist]] (b. [[1947]]) *[[2015]] - [[Xu Guangxian]], Chinese [[chemist]] (b. [[1920]]) *[[2015]] - [[Deng Minghe]], Chinese [[actor]] (b. [[2006]]) *[[2015]] - [[Michael J. Ingelido]], American air force [[general officer|general]] (b. [[1916]]) *[[2015]] - [[René Féret]], French [[actor]] and [[Movie director|director]] (b. [[1945]]) *[[2015]] - [[Duri Camichel]], Swiss [[ice hockey]] player (b. [[1982]]) *[[2015]] - [[Jack Ely]], American singer (b. [[1943]]) *[[2016]] - [[Georg Kronawitter]], German politician (b. [[1928]]) *[[2016]] - [[Edward Ashmore]], British naval officer (b. [[1919]]) *[[2016]] - [[Conrad Burns]], American politician (b. [[1934]]) *[[2016]] - [[Jenny Diski]], English writer (b. [[1947]]) *[[2016]] - [[Igor Fesunenko]], Russian [[journalist]] (b. [[1933]]) *[[2016]] - [[René Hausman]], Belgian writer and artist (b. [[1936]]) *[[2016]] - [[Barry Howard]], English actor (b. [[1937]]) *[[2016]] - [[Ingram Olkin]], American [[professor]] of [[statistics]] (b. [[1924]]) *[[2017]] - [[Vito Acconci]], American artist and architectural designer (b. [[1940]]) *[[2017]] - [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]], Mexican [[professional wrestler]] (b. [[1959]]) *[[2017]] - [[Janelle Kirtley]], American water skier (b. [[1943]]) *[[2017]] - [[John Shifflett]], American jazz musician (b. [[1953]]) *[[2017]] - [[Chad Young]], American cyclist (b. [[1995]]) *[[2018]] - [[James H. Cone]], American [[theologian]] (b. [[1936]]) *[[2018]] - [[Alfie Evans case|Alfie Evans]], British child in parental rights case (b. [[2016]]) *[[2018]] - [[Larry Harvey]], American artist, philanthropist and activist (b. [[1948]]) *[[2018]] - [[Art Paul]], American graphic designer (b. [[1925]]) *[[2018]] - [[Agildo Ribeiro]], Brazilian actor (b. [[1932]]) *[[2018]] - [[Art Shay]], American photographer (b. [[1922]]) *[[2018]] - [[Karl Toft]], Canadian sex offender (b. [[1936]]) *[[2018]] - [[Eric Koch]], German-Canadian writer, broadcaster and academic (b. [[1919]]) *[[2019]] - [[Sylvia Bretschneider]], German politician (b. [[1960]]) *[[2019]] - [[Wayson Choy]], Canadian writer (b. [[1939]]) *[[2019]] - [[Damon Keith]], American judge (b. [[1922]]) *[[2019]] - [[Jo Sullivan Loesser]], American actress (b. [[1927]]) *[[2019]] - [[Richard Lugar]], American politician, [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] for [[Indiana]] (b. [[1932]]) *[[2019]] - [[Karol Modzelewski]], Polish historian, writer, politician and academic (b. [[1937]]) *[[2019]] - [[Menachem Mandel Taub]], Israeli concentration camp survivor (b. 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