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They surrender two days later. * [[1819]] – By the [[Adams–Onís Treaty]], [[Spain]] sold [[Florida]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]]. * [[1847]] – [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]] – 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]]. * [[1848]] - The French [[Revolution]] of [[1848]] begins, later leading to the creation of the [[French Second Republic]]. * [[1855]] – The [[Pennsylvania State University]] is founded. * [[1856]] – The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. * [[1857]] - The [[Bavaria]]n [[Weisswurst]] [[sausage]] is allegedly invented in [[Munich]]. * [[1862]] - [[Jefferson Davis]] is inaugurated as [[President]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. * [[1865]] – [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] that abolishes [[slavery]]. * [[1872]] - The [[Prohibition Party]] holds its first national convention in [[Columbus, Ohio]], with [[James Black]] as its nominee for [[President of the United States]]. * [[1876]] – [[Johns Hopkins University]] is founded in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. * [[1879]] – In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores. * [[1889]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs a bill admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington]] as [[U.S. state]]s. * [[1890]] - The Walmut Grove [[Dam]] breaks in [[Arizona]], causing a [[flood]] that kills between 50 and 150 people. * [[1899]] - [[Philippines|Filipino]] forces led by [[General officer|General]] [[Antonio Luna]] launch counter-attacks for the first time, against American forces in the [[Philippine-American War]], though fail to retake [[Manila]]. === 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === * [[1901]] - A Pacific [[mail]] [[steam]]er sinks in Golden Gate Harbor, killing 128 people. * [[1904]] – [[UK]] recognises the [[South Orkney Islands]] as part of [[Argentina]], in [[1908]] claims them again. * [[1915]] – [[Germany]] institutes [[unrestricted submarine warfare]]. * [[1920]] – In [[Emeryville, California]], the first [[dog race]] [[Race track|track]] to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens. * [[1923]] – The [[United States]] begins the first transcontinental [[air mail]] route. * [[1923]] – [[Barcelona]] ([[Catalonia]]): [[Albert Einstein]] visits the city, invited by the scientist [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the [[Mancomunitat de Catalunya]] and conducted by [[Rafael de Campalans]]. * [[1924]] – [[Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the first [[President (United States)|President of the United States]] to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]]. * [[1940]] - Then-four-year-old [[Tenzin Gyatso]] is enthroned as the 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. * [[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[President (United States)|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders General [[Douglas MacArthur]] out of the [[Philippines]] as American defense collapses. * [[1943]] – Members of [[White Rose]] are executed in [[Nazi]] Germany. * [[1944]] - [[World War II]]: American [[aircraft]] mistakenly bomb the Dutch cities of [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Enschede]] and [[Deventer]], killing 800 in Nijmegen alone. * [[1948]] - The [[Communist]] [[Revolution]] begins in [[Czechoslovakia]]. * [[1949]] – [[Grady the Cow]], a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in [[Yukon, Oklahoma]] and garners national media attention. * [[1956]] – [[Elvis Presley]] enters the music charts for the first time, with "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]". * [[1957]] - [[South Vietnam]]ese leader [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] survives a Communist shooting assassination attempt in [[Ban Me Thuot]]. * [[1958]] – [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] join to form the [[United Arab Republic]]. * [[1959]] – [[Lee Petty]] wins the first [[Daytona 500]]. * [[1960]] - A mining accident in [[Zwickau]], [[East Germany]] kills 123 people. * [[1969]] – [[Barbara Jo Rubin]] wins a [[United States]] thoroughbred [[horse race]] making history as the first woman to do so. * [[1972]] - The Official [[IRA]] detonates a car bomb in [[Aldershot]] Barracks, killing 7 people. * [[1973]] – [[Cold War]]: Following [[President (United States)|President]] [[Richard Nixon]]'s visit to [[China]], the [[United States]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] agree to establish liaison offices. * [[1974]] - The Organisation of the [[Islam]]ic [[Conference]] summit begins in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]] is recognized by [[Islamabad]] Officials. * [[1979]] – Independence of [[Saint Lucia]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[1980]] – The [[United States]] men's [[ice hockey]] team defeats the [[Soviet Union]] team at the [[1980 Winter Olympic Games]] in an upset dubbed the "[[Miracle on Ice]]". * [[1986]] - The People Power [[Revolution]] in the [[Philippines]] begins. * [[1987]] - The first [[Airbus A320]] lifts off. * [[1994]] – [[Aldrich Ames]] and his wife are charged by the [[United States Department of Justice]] with spying for the [[Soviet Union]]. * [[1997]] – In [[Roslin]], [[Scotland]], scientists announce that an adult [[sheep]] named [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]] had been successfully [[cloning|cloned]]. === From 2001 === * [[2002]] – A [[MH-47E Chinook]] [[helicopter]] crashes into the ocean near the [[Philippines]], killing all 10 aboard. * [[2004]] – [[Ralph Nader]] announces his intention to run as an independent candidate for [[President (United States)|President of the United States]]. * [[2005]] - An [[earthquake]] in Sarand, [[Iran]], kills 420 people. * [[2006]] - The Al-Askari [[Shrine]] in [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]], a [[Shi'ite]] Holy Site, is badly damaged in a [[bomb]] attack. * [[2009]] - ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' is the most successful movie at the [[81st Academy Awards]]. * [[2011]] – [[2011 Canterbury earthquake]]: A magnitude 6.3 [[earthquake]] hits [[Christchurch, New Zealand]], causing major damage and more than 180 deaths. Among the collapsed buildings is the spire of Christchurch [[cathedral]]. * [[2012]] - A [[train]] crash in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], kills 51 people. * [[2014]] - [[Matteo Renzi]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Italy]], making him the youngest holder of this office, at age 39. * [[2014]] - In [[Ukraine]], [[parliament]] votes to remove [[President]] [[Viktor Yanukovych]] from power and to install a caretaker government. Yanukovych is reported to have fled to Eastern Ukraine, while former [[Prime Minister]] [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] is released from [[prison]]. * [[2015]] - A ferry capsizes in [[Bangladesh]], killing at least 70 people. * [[2015]] - The 87th [[Academy Awards]] are held. Among the winners are [[Julianne Moore]] (Best Actress) and [[Eddie Redmayne]] (Best Actor), for playing [[Stephen Hawking]] in ''[[The Theory of Everything]]''. * [[2017]] - Scientists announce the discovery of seven [[planet]]s of similar size to [[Earth]] orbiting around the dwarf star "TRAPPIST-1". ==Births== === Up to 1850 === * [[1300 BC]] - [[Ramesses II]], Egyptian [[pharaoh]] (d. [[1213 BC]]) * [[1403]] – King [[Charles VII of France]] (d. [[1461]]) * [[1440]] - [[Ladislaus the Posthumous]], [[King]] of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] (d. [[1470]]) * [[1500]] - [[Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (d. [[1564]]) * [[1514]] - [[Tahmasp I]], Persian [[shah]] (d. [[1576]]) * [[1631]] - [[Peder Syv]], Danish [[Philology|philologist]], folklorist and priest (d. [[1702]]) * [[1645]] – [[Johann Ambrosius Bach]], German composer (d. [[1695]]) * [[1645]] - [[Johann Christoph Bach]], German musician (d. [[1693]]) * [[1705]] - [[Peter Arbedi]], Swedish [[Nature|naturalist]] (d. [[1735]]) * [[1732]] – [[George Washington]], first [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1799]]) * [[1756]] - [[Georg Friedrich von Martens]], German [[diplomat]] (d. [[1821]]) * [[1761]] - [[Erik Tulindberg]], Finnish composer (d. [[1814]]) * [[1778]] - [[Rembrandt Peale]], American painter (d. [[1860]]) * [[1785]] - [[Jean Peltier]], French [[physicist]] (d. [[1845]]) * [[1788]] – [[Arthur Schopenhauer]], German [[philosopher]] (d. [[1860]]) * [[1796]] - [[Alexis Bachelot]], French missionary (d. [[1837]]) * [[1796]] - [[Adolphe Quetelet]], Belgian [[mathematician]] (d. [[1874]]) * [[1806]] - [[Jozef Kremer]], Polish [[philosopher]] (d. [[1875]]) * [[1817]] - [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]], German [[mathematician]] (d. [[1880]]) * [[1819]] - [[James Russell Lowell]], American [[poet]] (d. [[1891]]) * [[1823]] - [[Robert B. Ogilvie]], [[Governor]] of [[Illinois]] (d. [[1888]]) * [[1824]] - [[Pierre Janssen]], French [[astronomer]] (d. [[1907]]) * [[1836]] - [[Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya]], Indian [[Sanskrit]] scholar and social reformer (d. [[1906]]) * [[1840]] - [[August Bebel]], German political activist (d. [[1913]]) * [[1847]] - [[Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Bavaria]] (d. [[1897]]) * [[1849]] - [[Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin]], Russian [[mathematician]] (d. [[1915]]) === 1851 {{ndash}} 1900 === * [[1857]] – [[Heinrich Rudolf Hertz]], German [[physicist]] (d. [[1894]]) * [[1857]] – [[Robert Baden-Powell]], British founder of the [[Scout]] movement (d. [[1941]]) * [[1864]] - [[Jakob Jakobsen]], [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] [[Language|linguist]] (d. [[1918]]) * [[1878]] - [[Walter Ritz]], Swiss [[physicist]] (d. [[1909]]) * [[1879]] - [[Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted]], Danish physical [[chemist]] (d. [[1947]]) * [[1880]] - [[Eric Lemming]], Swedish athlete (d. [[1930]]) * [[1881]] - [[Joseph B. Ely]], 52nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. [[1956]]) * [[1882]] – [[Eric Gill]], British [[sculptor]] (d. [[1940]]) * [[1883]] - [[Marguerite Clark]], American actress (d. [[1940]]) * [[1887]] - [[Savielly Tartakower]], Polish [[chess]] player (d. [[1956]]) * [[1888]] - [[Owen Brewster]], [[Governor]] of [[Maine]] (d. [[1961]]) * [[1889]] – [[Olave Baden-Powell]], British co-founder of the Girl Guides (d. [[1977]]) * [[1890]] - [[Beatriz Michelena]], [[Latin America]]n movie actor (d. [[1942]]) * [[1891]] - [[Vlas Chubar]], Soviet politician (d. [[1937]]) * [[1892]] – [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], American [[poet]] (d. [[1950]]) * [[1895]] - [[Victor Raul Haya del Torre]], [[Peru]]vian politician (d. [[1979]]) * [[1897]] - [[Karol Swierczewski]], Polish general (d. [[1947]]) * [[1898]] - [[Thillaiaadi Valliammai]], South African [[activist]] (d. [[1914]]) * [[1899]] - [[George O'Hara]], American actor (d. [[1966]]) * [[1900]] – [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish movie producer (d. [[1983]]) * [[1900]] - [[James Sisnett]], [[Barbados|Barbadian]] [[supercentenarian]] (d. [[2013]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 === * [[1903]] – [[Frank Plumpton Ramsey]], British mathematician (d. [[1930]]) * [[1906]] - [[Donald S. Russell]], 107th [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] (d. [[1998]]) * [[1907]] - [[Georg Braun (footballer)|Georg Braun]], Austrian [[footballer]] (d. [[1963]]) * [[1907]] - [[Sheldon Leonard]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) * [[1907]] - [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) * [[1908]] - [[Romulo Betancourt]], [[President]] of [[Venezuela]] (d. [[1981]]) * [[1913]] - [[Buddy Tate]], American jazz musician (d. [[2001]]) * [[1914]] – [[Renato Dulbecco]], Italian [[Virology|virologist]] (d. [[2012]]) * [[1917]] - [[Jane Bowles]], American [[writer]] and [[playwright]] (d. [[1973]]) * [[1918]] - [[Sid Abel]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2000]]) * [[1918]] – [[Robert Wadlow]], tallest person in history (d. [[1940]]) * [[1918]] - [[Don Pardo]], American television and radio announcer (d. [[2014]]) * [[1921]] - [[Giulietta Masina]], Italian actress (d. [[1994]]) * [[1921]] - [[Sune Andersson (footballer, born 1921)|Sune Andersson]], Swedish [[footballer]] (d. [[2002]]) * [[1921]] - [[Wayne C. Booth]], American literary critic (d. [[2005]]) * [[1921]] - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], leader of the [[Central African Republic]] (d. [[1996]]) * [[1921]] - [[David Greene]], British director (d. [[2003]]) * [[1922]] - [[Joe Wilder]], American [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er (d. [[2014]]) * [[1923]] - [[Bleddyn Williams]], Welsh [[Rugby football|rugby]] player (d. [[2009]]) * [[1925]] - [[Kenneth Williams]], English [[actor]] (d. [[1988]]) * [[1925]] - [[Cyril Leonoff]], Canadian civil engineer and historian (d. [[2016]]) * [[1925]] - [[Gerald Stern]], American [[poet]] * [[1927]] – [[Florencio Campomanes]], [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[chess]] player and official (d. [[2010]]) * [[1927]] - [[Gus Douglass]], American politician (d. [[2015]]) * [[1928]] – [[Bruce Forsyth]], British entertainer (d. [[2017]]) * [[1928]] - [[Paul Dooley]], American actor * [[1929]] - [[James Hong]], American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * [[1930]] - [[Giuliano Montaldo]], Italian [[movie director]] * [[1930]] - [[Bill Mitchell (ice hockey)|Bill Mitchell]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2014]]) * [[1930]] - [[Marni Nixon]], American singer (d. [[2016]]) * [[1932]] – [[Ted Kennedy]], [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] (d. [[2009]]) * [[1933]] – [[Sheila Hancock]], British actress * [[1933]] - [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]] * [[1934]] - [[Sparky Anderson]], American [[baseball]] player and manager (d. [[2010]]) * [[1936]] - [[J. Michael Bishop]], American [[biologist]] * [[1940]] - [[Judy Cornwell]], English actress * [[1940]] - [[Billy Name]], American [[photograph]]er and filmmaker (d. [[2016]]) * [[1940]] - [[Chet Walker]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1941]] - [[Hipolito Mejia]], former [[President]] of the [[Dominican Republic]] * [[1942]] - [[Christine Keeler]], English model and showgirl (d. [[2017]]) * [[1943]] – [[Horst Koehler]], former [[President of Germany]] * [[1944]] - [[Robert Kardashian]], American [[lawyer]] (d. [[2003]]) * [[1944]] - [[Jonathan Demme]], American [[movie producer]] and [[screenwriter]] (d. [[2017]]) * [[1944]] - [[Tom Okker]], Dutch [[tennis]] player * [[1945]] - [[Leslie Charleson]], English actress * [[1946]] - [[Kresten Bjerre]], Danish [[footballer]] (d. [[2014]]) * [[1947]] - [[Maurizio De Angelis]], Italian singer * [[1949]] - [[Olga Morozova]], Russian [[tennis]] player * [[1949]] – [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian racing driver * [[1950]] – [[Julie Walters]], British actress * [[1950]] - [[Julius Erving]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1950]] - [[Miou-Miou]], French [[actress]] === 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 === * [[1951]] - [[Ellen Greene]], American singer and actress * [[1952]] - [[Bill Frist]], [[United States]] [[Senator]] * [[1952]] - [[Bernard Silverman]], English minister, statistician and academic * [[1953]] - [[Nigel Planer]], English actor * [[1955]] - [[David Axelrod]], American political advisor * [[1956]] - [[Philip Kerr]], British author (d. [[2018]]) * [[1958]] - [[Dave Spitz]], American musician * [[1959]] – [[Kyle MacLachlan]], American actor * [[1961]] - [[Akira Takahashi]], Japanese [[guitarist]] * [[1962]] – [[Steve Irwin]], Australian wildlife expert and TV personality (d. [[2006]]) * [[1963]] – [[Vijay Singh]], [[Fiji]]an [[golf]]er * [[1963]] - [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis]], British politician * [[1963]] - [[Devon Malcolm]], English [[cricket]]er * [[1964]] - [[Gigi Fernandez]], Puerto Rican [[tennis]] player * [[1965]] - [[Chris Dudley]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1965]] - [[Pat Lafontaine]], American [[ice hockey]] player * [[1965]] - [[Kieren Fallon]], Irish [[jockey]] * [[1968]] - [[Shawn Graham]], Canadian politician, 31st [[Premier]] of [[New Brunswick]] * [[1968]] - [[Jayson Williams]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1969]] – [[Brian Laudrup]], Danish footballer * [[1969]] – [[Marc Wilmots]], Belgian footballer * [[1969]] - [[Clinton Kelly]], American [[television]] personality * [[1972]] – [[Claudia Pechstein]], German speed skater * [[1973]] - [[Philippe Gaumont]], French cyclist (d. [[2013]]) * [[1973]] - [[Claus Lundekvam]], Norwegian [[footballer]] * [[1973]] – [[Juninho Paulista]], Brazilian footballer * [[1973]] – [[Archil Arveladze]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] footballer * [[1973]] - [[Shota Arveladze]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] footballer * [[1974]] – [[Chris Moyles]], British radio presenter * [[1974]] – [[Markus Schopp]], Austrian footballer * [[1974]] – [[James Blunt]], British singer * [[1975]] – [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress === From 1976 === * [[1977]] – [[Hakan Yakin]], Swiss footballer * [[1978]] – [[Jenny Frost]], British singer ([[Atomic Kitten]]), TV presenter ([[Snog Marry Avoid?]]) and model * [[1979]] – [[Brett Emerton]], Australian footballer * [[1979]] - [[Lee Na-young]], South Korean actress * [[1980]] - [[Jeanette Biedermann]], German [[singer]] and [[actress]] * [[1983]] - [[Shaun Tait]], Australian [[cricket]]er * [[1983]] - [[Ragna Ingolfsdottir]], [[Iceland]]ic [[badminton]] player * [[1984]] - [[Tommy Bowe]], Irish [[Rugby football|rugby]] player * [[1984]] - [[Branislav Ivanovic]], Serbian [[footballer]] * [[1985]] – [[Hameur Bouazza]], Algerian footballer * [[1985]] - [[Ross Hutchins]], British [[tennis]] player * [[1985]] - [[Larissa Riquelme]], [[Paraguay]]an model * [[1986]] - [[Rajon Rondo]], American [[basketball]] player * [[1987]] - [[Han Hyo-joo]], South Korean actress and model * [[1987]] - [[Sergio Romero]], Argentine footballer * [[1987]] - [[Enzo Pérez]], Argentine footballer * [[1988]] - [[Efrain Juarez]], Mexican footballer * [[1988]] - [[Ximena Navarrete]], Mexican model and actress * [[1989]] - [[Anna Sundstrand]], Swedish singer * [[1991]] - [[Robin Stjernberg]], Swedish singer ==Deaths== === Up to 1900 === * [[556]] - [[Maximilianus of Ravenna]], Italian [[bishop]] (b. [[499]]) * [[606]] - [[Pope Sabinian]] * [[965]] - [[Otto, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. [[944]]) * [[1071]] - [[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders]] (b. [[1055]]) * [[1111]] - [[Roger Borsa]], [[King]] of [[Sicily]] * [[1371]] – King [[David II of Scotland]] (b. [[1324]]) * [[1512]] – [[Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian explorer (b. [[1451]]) * [[1627]] - [[Olivier van Noort]], Dutch navigator (b. [[1558]]) * [[1674]] - [[Jean Chapelain]], French writer (b. [[1595]]) * [[1690]] - [[Charles Le Brun]], French painter (b. [[1619]]) * [[1727]] - [[Francesco Gasparini]], Italian composer (b. [[1661]]) * [[1731]] - [[Frederik Ruysch]], Dutch [[physician]] and [[Anatomy|anatomist]] (b. [[1638]]) * [[1732]] - [[Francis Atterbury]], English bishop and man of letters (b. [[1663]]) * [[1750]] - [[Pietro Filippo Scarlatti]], Italian composer (b. [[1679]]) * [[1797]] - [[Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchhausen]], German officer and adventurer (b. [[1720]]) * [[1799]] - [[Heshen]], Chinese official (b. [[1750]]) * [[1816]] – [[Adam Ferguson]], Scottish philosopher (b. [[1723]]) * [[1819]] - [[Thomas Johnson]], [[Governor]] of [[Maryland]] (b. [[1752]]) * [[1875]] – [[Charles Lyell]], British geologist (b. [[1797]]) * [[1875]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Corot]], French painter (b. [[1796]]) * [[1890]] – [[John Jacob Astor III]], American businessman (b. [[1822]]) * [[1897]] - [[Charles Blondin]], French [[tightrope]] walker (b. [[1824]]) * [[1898]] - [[Haungseon Daewongun]], Korean king (b. [[1820]]) === 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === * [[1903]] - [[Hugo Wolf]], Austrian composer (b. [[1860]]) * [[1913]] – [[Francisco I. Madero]], [[President]] of [[Mexico]] (b. [[1873]]) * [[1914]] - [[Thillaiaadi Valliammai]], South African [[activist]] (b. [[1898]]) * [[1919]] – [[Perito Moreno]], Argentine geographer and explorer (b. [[1852]]) * [[1921]] - [[Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah]], [[Emir]] of [[Kuwait]] (b. [[1864]]) * [[1923]] - [[Théophile Delcasse]], French [[statesman]] (b. [[1852]]) * [[1927]] - [[Judson Harmon]], [[Governor]] of [[Ohio]] (b. [[1846]]) * [[1930]] - [[William Jeremiah Tuttle]], American freestyle swimmer and [[water polo]] (b. [[1882]]) * [[1934]] - [[Willem Kes]], Dutch [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (b. [[1856]]) * [[1939]] – [[Antonio Machado]], Spanish writer (b. [[1875]]) * [[1942]] – [[Stefan Zweig]], Austrian writer (b. [[1881]]) * [[1943]] - [[White Rose]] Resistance Activists executed: **[[Christoph Probst]], German resistance activist (b. [[1919]]) **[[Hans Scholl]], German resistance activist (b. [[1918]]) **[[Sophie Scholl]], German resistance activist (b. [[1921]]) * [[1944]] – [[Kasturba Gandhi]], wife of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (b. [[1869]]) * [[1945]] - [[Osip Brik]], Russian author and critic (b. [[1888]]) * [[1958]] - [[Abul Kalam Azad]], Indian independence movement leader (b. [[1888]]) * [[1961]] - [[Nick LaRocca]], American [[jazz]] musician (b. [[1889]]) * [[1970]] - [[Edward Selzer]], American [[movie producer]] (b. [[1893]]) * [[1973]] - [[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]], [[Premier]] of [[Quebec]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[1973]] - [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], American politician, 37th [[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[1974]] - [[Samuel Byck]], American attempted assassin of [[Richard Nixon]] (b. [[1930]]) * [[1976]] - [[Florence Ballard]], American singer (b. [[1943]]) * [[1980]] – [[Oskar Kokoschka]], Austrian painter (b. [[1886]]) * [[1985]] – [[Efrem Zimbalist]], American violinist and composer (b. [[1889]]) * [[1987]] – [[Andy Warhol]], American artist, director, and writer (b. [[1928]]) * [[1989]] - [[Moises da Costa Amaral]], [[East Timor]]ese politician (b. [[1938]]) * [[1994]] – [[Papa John Creach]], American musician (b. [[1917]]) * [[1995]] – [[Ed Flanders]], American actor (b. [[1934]]) * [[1998]] - [[Donald S. Russell]], 107th [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[1998]] - [[Abraham A. Ribicoff]], 80th [[Governor]] of [[Connecticut]] (b. [[1910]]) === From 2001 === * [[2002]] - [[Roden Cutler]], 32nd [[Governor]] of [[New South Wales]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[2002]] – [[Chuck Jones]], American cartoonist (b. [[1912]]) * [[2002]] – [[Jonas Savimbi]], Angolan politician and rebel leader (b. [[1934]]) * [[2002]] - [[Daniel Pearl]], American [[journalist]] (b. [[1963]]) * [[2004]] - [[Roqué Maspoli]], [[Uruguay]]an footballer (b. [[1917]]) * [[2005]] – [[Simone Simon]], French actress (b. [[1910]]) * [[2012]] – [[Marie Colvin]], American journalist (b. [[1956]]) * [[2012]] – [[Rémi Ochlik]], French photojournalist (b. [[1983]]) * [[2013]] - [[Hasse Jeppson]], Swedish [[footballer]] (b. [[1925]]) * [[2013]] - [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]], German [[pianist]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (b. [[1923]]) * [[2014]] - [[Charlotte Dawson]], New Zealand-born Australian [[television]] personality (b. [[1966]]) * [[2014]] - [[Leo Vroman]], Dutch-American hematologist, [[poet]] and illustrator (b. [[1915]]) * [[2015]] - [[Kim Kyung-roul]], South Korean [[billiards]] player (b. [[1980]]) * [[2016]] - [[Wesley A. Clark]], American [[computer]] engineer (b. [[1927]]) * [[2016]] - [[Sonny James]], American country [[singer-songwriter]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[2016]] - [[Hans Reffert]], German musician (b. [[1946]]) * [[2016]] - [[Douglas Slocombe]], English [[cinema]]tographer (b. [[1913]]) * [[2016]] - [[Yochanan Sofer]], Hungarian-Israeli [[rabbi]] (b. [[1922]]) * [[2016]] - [[Cara McCollum]], American [[journalist]] and beauty queen (b. [[1992]]) * [[2016]] - [[Cristiana Corsi]], Italian [[taekwondo]] martial artist (b. [[1976]]) * [[2016]] - [[Yolande Fox]], American beauty queen, singer and activist (b. [[1928]]) * [[2017]] - [[Frank Delaney]], Irish author (b. [[1942]]) * [[2017]] - [[Ricardo Dominguez]], Mexican boxer (b. [[1985]]) * [[2017]] - [[Eni Faleomavaega]], [[American Samoa]]n politician (b. [[1943]]) * [[2017]] - [[Aleksei Petrenko]], Russian actor (b. [[1938]]) * [[2017]] - [[Ed Garvey]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1940]]) * [[2017]] - [[John McCormack (ice hockey)|John McCormack]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (b. [[1925]]) * [[2018]] - [[Nanette Fabray]], American actress and dancer (b. [[1920]]) * [[2018]] - [[Forges]], Spanish cartoonist (b. [[1942]]) * [[2018]] - [[Richard E. Taylor]], Canadian [[physicist]] (b. 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