|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gregorian Year
1996 (MCMXCVI) was
a leap year starting on
Monday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of
the 20th century,
and the 7th year of the 1990s decade. 1996 was designated as: ·
International
Year for the Eradication of Poverty Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January[edit] ·
January 3 – Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular
Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone to date. ·
January 5 – Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is assassinated by an
Israeli Shabak-planted, bomb-laden cell phone. ·
January 7 – One of the worst blizzards in
American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30.7
inches (78 cm) of snow, New
York City's public schools close for the first time in
eighteen years and the federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for days. ·
January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a
crowded market in the center of the capital city, Kinshasa, killing 300 people. ·
January 9–20 – Serious fighting breaks out
between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. ·
January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto,
leader of the Liberal
Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of
Japan. ·
January 13 – Italy's Prime
Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of
all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to
form a new government. ·
January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of
Portugal. ·
January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is
deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore
power following elections scheduled for February. ·
The North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine
fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in
South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks
820,000 gallons of home heating oil. ·
An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern
tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people. ·
January 20 – Yasser Arafat is re-elected president
of the Palestinian
Authority. ·
January 21 – France undertakes
its last
nuclear weapons test. ·
January 22 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister
of Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government forms
under Costas Simitis. ·
January 24 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that
he spied for Moscow. He is replaced
by Włodzimierz
Cimoszewicz. ·
January 27 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré
Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected President
of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup. ·
Colombo
Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the
gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 people and
injuring 1,400. ·
An
explosion in Shaoyang, China kills 122 people and injures over
400 when 10 short tons (9.1 t) of dynamite in an illegal explosives
warehouse underneath an apartment building detonate. ·
An amateur astronomer from southern Japan discovers Comet Hyakutake; it will pass very close to
the Earth in March. February[edit] ·
February 4 – The 6.6 Mw earthquake near
Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures
17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless. ·
February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301,
on an unauthorised charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off
the coast of the Dominican Republic,
killing all 189 passengers and crew. ·
February 7 – René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand
Aristide as President of Haiti in the first peaceful handover of
power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier, in 1804. ·
The
element copernicium is
created by fusing a 208Pb nucleus with a 70Zn nucleus,
forming 278Cn. Given the placeholder name
"ununbium", the element is not named until 2010. ·
An IRA ceasefire
ends with the Docklands bombing in
London's Canary Wharf District,
killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage. ·
February 10 – Bosnian Serbs break off contact with
the Bosnian government
and with representatives of Ifor, the NATO localised
force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals. ·
February 14 – Violent clashes erupt
between Filipino soldiers
and Vietnamese boat
people, as the Filipino government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers. ·
The
American Embassy in Athens, Greece, comes under mortar fire. ·
Begum Khaleda Zia is re-elected as Prime
Minister of Bangladesh. The
country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout, due to
several boycotts and pre-election violence, which has resulted in at least
thirteen deaths. ·
The
UK government publishes the Scott Report. Feb.15: Long March rocket,
with Intelsat 708 satellite, veers upon launch (images from Cox Commission
report for U.S. Congress). ·
February 16 – 1996
Maryland train collision: A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol
Limited, collides with
a MARCcommuter train bound for Washington,
D.C., killing 11 people. ·
February 17 – The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake strikes
the Papua province
of eastern Indonesia with a
maximum Mercalli
intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed,
leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured. ·
February 24 – Cuban fighter
jets shoot down two American aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile
group Brothers to the
Rescue. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace. ·
February 25 – Two suicide bombs
in Israel kill 25 and injure 80; Hamas claims responsibility. ·
Faucett Flight 251 en
route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport
crashes into a mountain near Arequipa; all 123 people on board are
killed. ·
At
least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda. ·
The Bosnian
government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo. March[edit] ·
March 1 – Iraq disarmament
crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five
sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays
of up to seventeen hours. ·
March 2 – Australian
federal election, 1996: The Liberal/National Coalition led
by John Howard defeats
the Labor Governmentled
by Prime
Minister Paul Keating.
Howard was sworn in on March 11.[1] ·
March 3 – José María Aznar,
leader of the Popular Party,
is elected as Prime Minister of
Spain, replacing Felipe González. ·
March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit
responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in
a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation. ·
March 6 ·
Mesut Yılmaz of ANAP forms
the new government of Turkey (53rd
government). ·
A
boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86 people. ·
Chechen rebels attack the Russian
government headquarters in Grozny; 70 Russian
soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed. ·
March 8 – China begins surface-to-surface
missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United Statesgovernment condemns the act as
provocation, and the Taiwanese government
warns of retaliation. ·
March 9 – Jorge Sampaio is the new Portuguese
president. ·
March 13 – Dunblane
massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks
into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing sixteen
infant school pupils and one teacher before committing suicide. ·
March 14 – An international peace
summit is held in Egypt in response to
escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East. ·
March 16 – Robert Mugabe is re-elected as
President of Zimbabwe, although only
32% of the electorate actually voted. ·
March 17 – Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by
beating Australia in
the final. ·
March 18 – The Ozone Disco Club
fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 163 people. ·
March 22 – Sweden's Finance Minister Göran Persson becomes the new Prime Minister
of Sweden. ·
March 23 – Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its
first direct elections for President; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected. ·
March 24 – The Marcopper
mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place. ·
March 25 – The 68th Academy Awards,
hosted by Whoopi Goldberg,
are held at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best
Picture. ·
March 26 – The International
Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform. April[edit] ·
April 1 – The Halifax
Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created. ·
April 3 ·
A Boeing 737 military
jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35
people on board are killed, including United
States Secretary of CommerceRon Brown. ·
Massacres
of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place with more than 450
killed within a few days. ·
April 6 ·
Fighting
breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions
struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign
nationals leave the nation. ·
Turkish authorities begin Operation
Hawk, a military offensive against rebels from the Kurdish Workers'
Party in south-east Turkey. ·
April 9 – In a common statement,
the European Union officially
recognises the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. ·
April 11 – The Israeli government launches Operation
Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for prior terrorist
attacks, and sparking off a violent series of retaliations. ·
April 18 ·
Qana Massacre:
Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after
Israel shells the United Nations compound
in Qana. ·
In
reaction to the Qana Massacre,
an Islamist group in Egypt open fire on a hotel, killing
eighteen Greek tourists and injuring seventeen others. ·
April 21 – A general
election in Italy proclaims a new center-left government
headed by Romano Prodi,
replacing Silvio Berlusconi. ·
April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine
Liberation Organization drops its clause calling for the
removal of Israel. The Israeli government responds by
dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine. ·
April 28 ·
Port
Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at
the Port Arthur tourist
site in Tasmania, Australia. ·
A
bomb explodes in Bhaiperu, Pakistan, killing more than 60 people. May[edit] ·
May
– Iraq disarmament
crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main
production facility of biological warfare agents. ·
May 9 ·
South
Africa's National
Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years
earlier, and the African
National Congress assumes full political control. ·
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide
victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of
the vote. ·
May 10 ·
1996 Everest
disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing
teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the
month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on
the mountain to date. ·
The
Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession
of both automatic and semi-automatic
rifles, in response to the Port
Arthur massacre. ·
May 11 – After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly
handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold
of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes
the Douglas DC-9 to
crash in the Florida Everglades,
killing all 110 people on board. ·
May 13 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. ·
May 17–28 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
leader of the Bharatiya Janata
Party, is elected as Prime Minister of
India, replacing P. V. Narasimha Rao of
the Indian National
Congress. However, the party does not receive an overall majority
and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence
vote and is replaced by the United Front leader, Deve Gowda. ·
May 18 – The X Prize Foundation launches
the $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize. ·
May 21 ·
The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 people
in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters. ·
The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed. ·
May 23 – Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill seven French Trappist monks, after talks with French
government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break
down. ·
May 27 – First Chechnya War:
Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets
with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and
negotiates a ceasefire for the dispute. ·
May 28 – Albania's general election of May 26 is declared unfair by
international monitors, and the ruling Democratic
Party under President Sali Berisha is charged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with
rigging the elections. Several hundred protestors gather in Tirana to demonstrate against the
election result. ·
May 30 – The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu,
wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election. June[edit] ·
June
– Iraq disarmament
crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number
of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for
military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council. ·
June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general
election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic
Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to
form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to
form a coalition. ·
June 4 – The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds after
takeoff in French Guiana.
The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years. ·
June 6 – Leighton W. Smith,
Jr. resigns as NATO commander
in the face of increasing criticism. ·
June 8–30 – England hosts the UEFA Euro 1996 football tournament, which
is won by Germany. ·
June 11 ·
An
explosion in a São Paulo suburban
shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100. ·
A
peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and
international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land
mines; eight people are killed. ·
June 15 – In Manchester, UK, a massive IRA bomb
injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the
city centre. ·
June 28 ·
A
new government is formed in Turkey, with Necmettin Erbakan of Refah Partisi becoming Prime Minister
of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister Tansu Çiller of the True Path Party succeeding him after
two years. ·
The Constitution of
Ukraine is signed into law. ·
June 29 ·
The Prince's Trust concert
is held in Hyde Park, London,
and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their
first performance since 1989. ·
An
explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 36
people and injures 52 others. ·
June 30 ·
Costas Simitis is elected president of
the Panhellenic
Socialist Movement of Greece. ·
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadžić relinquishes power to his deputy, Biljana Plavšić. July[edit] ·
July ·
Iraq disarmament
crisis: U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter attempts to conduct
surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is
blocked by Iraqiofficials. ·
The Indian government officially renames
the city of Madras, restoring the name Chennai.[2] ·
July 1 ·
The Northern Territory in
Australia legalises voluntary euthanasia. ·
German
orthography reform of 1996 agreed internationally. ·
July 3 – Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as President of Russia after
the second round of elections. ·
July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK. ·
July 11 – Arrest warrants are issued
for Bosnian Serb war
criminals Radovan
Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by the Russell Tribunal in The Hague. ·
July 12 – Hurricane Bertha:
made landfall in North Carolina as
a Category 2 storm, causing $270 million in damage ($422 million in
present-day terms[3]) to the United States and its possessions and many indirect
deaths. ·
July 16 – An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan results in
6,000 children being ill, including two deaths, after a group of school
children eat contaminated lunches. ·
July 17 ·
The Community
of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de
Língua Portuguesa) is constituted. ·
Paris-
and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New
York, killing all 230 people on board. ·
July 19 ·
The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, begin. ·
Bosnian Serb President Radovan
Karadžić resigns from public office in Republika Srpska after being indicted
for war crimes. ·
July 21 – The Saguenay Flood, one of Canada's most
costly natural disasters,
is caused by flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec. ·
July 24 – The Dehiwala train
bombing kills 56 commuters outside Colombo. ·
July 25 – The Tutsi-led Burundian army performs a coup and
reinstalls previous president Pierre Buyoya, ousting current president Sylvestre
Ntibantunganya. ·
July 27 – The Centennial
Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills
one person and injures 111. August[edit] The electron
microscope reveals chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001. ·
August ·
The
first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through mitochondrial
donation.[4] ·
The invasive species Asian
long-horned beetle is found in New York City. ·
August 1 ·
Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines. ·
A
pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati
Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police. ·
August 4 – The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude. ·
August 6 – NASA announces
that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite,
thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence
of primitive lifeforms. ·
August 7 – Heavy rains kill more than
80 campers near Huesca, Spain. ·
August 9 – Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia. ·
August 13 – Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may
be water on one of Jupiter's moons. ·
August 14 – A rocket ignited during
a fireworks display in Arequipa, Peru knocks
down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people. ·
August 15 – Bob Dole is nominated for President
of the United States, and Jack Kemp for Vice President, at
the Republican
National Convention in San Diego, California. ·
August 16 – Brookfield Zoo, Chicago. After a 3-year-old boy falls into
the 20-foot (6.1 m) deep gorilla enclosure, Binti Jua, a female lowland gorilla sits with the injured boy until
his rescue. ·
Former
State President of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, makes an official apology
for crimes committed under Apartheid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town. ·
In
the UK, Queen Elizabeth II issues letters patent on divorced former wives
of British princes, taking away from the ex-wives the attribute and style
of Royal Highness.
With that Sarah, Duchess of
York as well as Diana, Princess
of Wales legally cease to be Royals, but they remain as
non-royal Duchess and Princess. ·
August 23 – Osama bin Laden writes "The
Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred
Places," a call for the removal of American military forces from Saudi
Arabia. ·
August 28 – Their Royal Highnesses, the
Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of
Justice in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales
is restyled Diana, Princess
of Wales, due to the Queen's letters patent issued a week earlier. ·
U.S.
President Bill Clinton and
Vice President Al Gore are
re-nominated at the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago. ·
A
Russian Tupolev 154 jetliner crashes into
a mountain as it approaches the airport at Spitsbergen, Norway, killing all 141 people
on board. ·
August 31 – Iraq disarmament
crisis: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern No-Fly Zone and
capture Arbil. September[edit] ·
September 2 – A permanent peace
agreement is signed at the Malacañan Palace between
the Government
of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front. ·
September 3 – The United States
launches Operation Desert
Strike against Iraq in
reaction to the attack on Arbil. ·
September 4 – The Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia,
starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that
will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians. ·
September 5 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall
near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm
with 115 mph (185 km/h) sustained winds. Fran caused over $3
billion in damages ($4.69 billion in present-day terms[3]) and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina. The name
"Fran" was retired due to the extensive damage. ·
September 10 – Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) signed (it will be ratified
180 days after ratification by 44 Annex 2 countries). ·
September 13 – Alija
Izetbegović is elected President of Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the country's first election since the Bosnian War. ·
September 18 – A North Korean Sang-O class
submarine runs aground in South Korea. The crew are described
as spies by the South Korean government and killed by the South Korean
military. ·
September 20 – Leader of Pakistani opposition party Pakistan Peoples
Party Murtaza Bhutto is
killed during a gunfight with police. ·
September 22 – The Panhellenic
Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the 1996
Greek legislative election. ·
September 24 – U.S. President Bill
Clinton signs the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. ·
September 27 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city
of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and
executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. October[edit] ·
The
former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov, is assassinated. ·
Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes
into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff
from Lima Airport, killing all 70 people on
board. ·
October 6 – The government of New Zealand agrees to pay $130 million worth
of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Māori population between the years
of 1844 and 1864. ·
October 22 – A fire at La Planta prison
in southwest Caracas, Venezuela, kills thirty prisoners. ·
October 30 – Fighting erupts when
Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees. ·
October 31 – TAM
Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a
densely populated area of São Paulo, killing all 96 people on board. November[edit] ·
November
– Iraq disarmament
crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts.
Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for
analysis outside of the country. ·
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government is dismissed by
President Farooq Leghari after
widespread allegations of corruption. ·
United
States presidential election, 1996: Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican challenger, Bob Dole. ·
A category
4 cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India, killing more than
2,000 people. ·
NASA launches
the Mars Global Surveyor. ·
November 8 – All 141 people on board
a Nigerian-owned Boeing 727 die when the aircraft
crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching Lagos airport. ·
November 12 – Saudi Arabian
Airlines Boeing 747 collides
in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Il-76
in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives. ·
A
bomb exploded in Kaspiysk, Russia,
killing 32 people. ·
Emil Constantinescu is
elected as President of Romania. ·
November 18 – Frederick Chiluba is
re-elected as President of Zambia. ·
Martin
Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus
1,035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree
in Tasmania earlier this year. ·
Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization (CTBTO) established. ·
STS-80: Space Shuttle
Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle
program. ·
November 20 – The 1996 Garley
Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81
injuries. ·
November 21 – A propane explosion at the
Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto
Rico kills 33 people. ·
The Republic of Angola officially joins
the World Trade
Organization as Angola. ·
Ethiopian
Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian
Ocean off the coast of Comoros after
running out of fuel, killing 125. ·
Tamagotchi is released in Japan by Bandai. ·
November 25 – An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26
directly and hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida with winds gusts up to
90 mph. December[edit] ·
December 9 – Jerry Rawlings is re-elected as
President of Ghana. ·
December 11 – Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become
the new leader of Hong Kong after
it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997 at the end a 99-year lease to
the United Kingdom. ·
December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elected by the United
Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General
of the United Nations. ·
December 17 – The Túpac
Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the
Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru. ·
December 25 – At least 283 migrants
drowned in the Sinking of F174 near Capo Passero (Sicilia). ·
The largest
strike in South Korean history begins. ·
Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is
found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder,
Colorado. ·
December 27 – Taliban forces retake the
strategic Bagram Air Base,
solidifying their buffer zone around Kabul. ·
December 29 – Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan
National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord that ends
the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War. ·
December 30 – In the Indian state
of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. Undated[edit] ·
Economy of Venezuela:
Inflation in the country peaks at 99.87%. Births[edit]
January[edit] ·
Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer ·
Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer ·
Dior Hall, American hurdler ·
Xiaoyu Yu, Chinese figure skater ·
Tyler Ulis, American basketball player ·
Maxim Baldry, English actor ·
Courtney Eaton, Australian actress ·
Harmanpreet Singh,
Indian hockey player ·
Kishan Shrikanth, Indian actor and director ·
Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer ·
Helly Shah, Indian actress ·
Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer ·
January 9 – Oana Gregory, Romanian American actress ·
January 10 – Anna Sztankovics, Hungarian swimmer ·
January 11 – Leroy Sané, German footballer ·
January 12 – Ella Henderson, English singer ·
Kamil Majchrzak, Polish tennis player ·
Aníta Hinriksdóttir,
Icelandic middle-distance runner ·
January 15 – Dove Cameron, American actress ·
Anastasia Grishina,
Russian artistic gymnast ·
Jennie Kim - South Korean singer ·
Nile Wilson, British artistic gymnast ·
Caitlin Sanchez, American actress ·
January 18 – Sarah Gilman, American actress ·
January 21 – Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer ·
Sami Gayle, American actress ·
Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player ·
Chachi Gonzales, American dancer ·
Ruben Loftus-Cheek,
English footballer ·
January 24 – Patrik Schick, Czech footballer ·
January 26 – Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer February[edit] ·
Dionne Bromfield, English singer-songwriter
and television personality ·
Gianluigi Quinzi, Italian tennis player ·
February 2 – Harry Winks, English footballer ·
February 5 – Zeng Siqi, Chinese artistic gymnast ·
Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer ·
Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player ·
Pierre Gasly, French racing driver ·
February 8 – Kenedy,
Brazilian footballer ·
Jimmy Bennett, American actor ·
Kelli Berglund, American actress ·
February 11 – Jonathan Tah, German footballer ·
February 13 – Muhammad Rian
Ardianto, Indonesian badminton player ·
Lucas Hernández,
French footballer ·
Viktor
Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer ·
Erika Fasana, Italian artistic gymnast ·
Sasha Pieterse, South African-born American
actress ·
February 18 – Ikumi Hisamatsu, Japanese fashion model and
actress ·
February 21 – Sophie Turner, English actress ·
February 23 – D'Angelo Russell,
American basketball player ·
February 24 – Cristian Imparato,
Italian singer ·
February 25 – Emel Dereli, Turkish shot putter ·
February 28 – Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer March[edit] ·
March 1 ·
Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer ·
Sage Northcutt, American mixed martial
artist ·
March 4 ·
Timo Baumgartl, German footballer ·
Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer ·
March 6 ·
Timo Werner, German footballer ·
Yan Han,
Chinese figure skater ·
March 8 ·
Emil Imre, Hungarian short track speed
skater ·
Matthew Hammelmann,
Australian rules footballer ·
March 9 – Giorgio Minisini, Italian synchronized
swimmer ·
March 14 – Janai Haupapa, Canadian rugby league player ·
March 15 – Levin Öztunalı,
German footballer ·
March 16 – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater ·
March 17 – Saeed Blacknall, American wide receiver ·
March 18 – Madeline Carroll, American actress ·
March 19 – Feodosiy Efremenkov,
Russian figure skater ·
March 22 – Gig Morton, Canadian actor ·
March 23 – Lauri Kivari, Finnish freestyle skier ·
March 24 ·
Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer ·
Myles Turner,
American basketball player ·
March 26 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipina actress ·
March 27 – Rosabell
Laurenti Sellers, Italian-American actress ·
March 28 – Xie Siyi, Chinese diver ·
March 29 – Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player April[edit] ·
April 2 ·
Polina Agafonova, Russian figure skater ·
Matheus Santana, Brazilian swimmer ·
April 3 – Sarah Jeffery, American actress ·
April 4 – Austin Mahone, American singer ·
April 8 – Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress ·
April 9 – Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer ·
April 10 ·
Audrey Whitby, American teen actress ·
Thanasi Kokkinakis,
Australian tennis player ·
Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer ·
Andreas Christensen,
Danish footballer ·
April 11 ·
Dele Alli, English footballer ·
Jake Browning, American football player ·
April 12 ·
Polina Korobeynikova,
Russian figure skater ·
Elizaveta Kulichkova,
Russian tennis player ·
April 14 – Abigail Breslin, American actress ·
April 16 – Anya Taylor-Joy, American actress ·
April 21 – Tavi Gevinson, American fashion blogger ·
April 22 – Wendy Sulca, Peruvian singer ·
April 23 ·
Charlie Rowe, British actor ·
Álex Márquez,
Spanish motorcycle racer ·
April 24 ·
Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player ·
D'Onta Foreman, American football player ·
April 25 – Mack Horton, Australian swimmer ·
April 29 ·
Katherine Langford,
Australian actress ·
Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer May[edit] ·
May 1 – Christopher J.
Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist ·
May 2 – Julian Brandt, German footballer ·
May 3 ·
Mary Cain,
American middle-distance runner ·
Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer ·
Noah Munck, American actor ·
Arden Key, American football player ·
May 4 ·
Garamondle Gold, American snowboarder ·
Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist. ·
May 5 ·
Britney Simpson, American figure skater ·
Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer ·
May 8 – 6ix9ine, American rapper ·
May 10 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player ·
May 11 – Adrián Cubas, Argentinian footballer ·
May 14 ·
Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ and producer ·
McKaley Miller, American actress ·
May 15 – Birdy, English singer and songwriter ·
May 17 – Ryan Ochoa, American actor ·
May 18 – Violett Beane, American actress ·
May 19 – Lakshmi Menon,
Indian film actress ·
May 18 – Yuki Kadono, Japanese snowboarder ·
May 23 – Katharina Althaus,
German ski jumper ·
May 26 – Tyler Hilinski, American football player
(d. 2018) ·
May 30 ·
Aleksandr
Golovin, Russian footballer ·
Erik Jones, American race car driver ·
Kendall Sheffield,
American football player June[edit] ·
June 1 – Tom Holland,
British actor ·
June 3 – Han Tianyu, Chinese short track speed skater ·
June 4 – Ruby Harrold, British artistic gymnast ·
June 7 – Christian McCaffrey,
American football player ·
June 11 – Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer ·
June 12 ·
Anna Margaret
Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress ·
Davinson Sánchez,
Colombian footballer ·
June 13 ·
Kingsley Coman, French footballer ·
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor ·
June 15 – Aurora, Norwegian singer ·
June 16 – Lily Zhang, American table tennis player ·
June 17 – Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer ·
June 18 – Alen Halilović,
Croatian footballer ·
June 19 – Larisa Iordache, Romanian artistic gymnast ·
June 20 ·
Sam Bennett,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
Michael Dal Colle,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
June 22 ·
Kong Sangjeong, South Korean short track
speed skater ·
Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer ·
Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer ·
June 24 – Harris Dickinson, English actor, writer, and
director ·
June 28 ·
Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player ·
Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer ·
June 29 – Bart Ramselaar, Dutch footballer July[edit] ·
July 1 – Adelina Sotnikova,
Russian figure skater ·
July 3 ·
Kumaahran Sathasivam,
Malaysian footballer ·
Kendji Girac, French singer ·
July 5 – Risa Shoji, Japanese figure skater ·
July 6 – Robert Naylor,
Canadian actor ·
July 8 – Marlon Humphrey, American football player ·
July 9 – Shanice
Williams, American actress and singer ·
July 10 – Moon Ga-young, South Korean actress ·
July 11 ·
Alessia Cara, Canadian singer and songwriter ·
Andrija
Živković, Serbian footballer ·
July 12 – Moussa
Dembélé, French footballer ·
July 16 ·
Daniel Pearson,
English actor and presenter ·
Nicky Jones,
American voice actor ·
July 18 ·
Dzhamaldin
Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer ·
Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer ·
Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and record
producer ·
July 20 – Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player ·
July 21 – Joey Bragg, American actor ·
July 22 ·
Skyler Gisondo, American actor ·
Jane Oineza, Filipina actress ·
Indy Groothuizen, Dutch football player ·
July 23 ·
Danielle Bradbery,
American singer ·
Rachel G. Fox, American actress ·
July 24 – Joe Mixon, American football player ·
July 27 – Trenton Thompson, American football player ·
July 30 – Dylan Larkin, American hockey player ·
July 31 – Blake Michael, American actor August[edit] ·
August 1 – Cymphonique Miller,
American actress and singer ·
August 2 – Simone Manuel, American swimmer ·
August 3 – Derwin James, American football player ·
August 5 ·
Francesca Deagostini,
Italian artistic gymnast ·
Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast ·
August 7 ·
Liam James, Canadian actor ·
Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer ·
August 10 – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor and
dancer ·
August 12 – Torri Webster, Canadian actress ·
August 13 – Antonia Lottner, German tennis player ·
Brianna Hildebrand,
American actress ·
Neal Maupay, French footballer ·
August 19 – Laura Tesoro, Belgian singer and actress ·
August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash,
American actress and singer ·
Michael Graue, American actor ·
Jessica-Jane
Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer ·
August 24 – Kenzo Shirai, Japanese gymnast ·
August 25 – Naelee Rae, American actress and singer ·
Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer ·
Wang Jianan,
Chinese long jumper ·
Chen Dequan, Chinese short track speed
skater ·
Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer September[edit] ·
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer ·
September 3 – Joy, South Korean singer ·
Richairo
Živković, Dutch footballer ·
Sigrid (singer), Norwegian singer ·
September 9 – Jaïro Riedewald,
Dutch footballer ·
September 12 – Colin Ford, American actor ·
Playboi Carti, American rapper ·
Lili Reinhart, American actress ·
September 16 – Alexis Blin, French footballer ·
Ella Purnell, English actress ·
Esteban Ocon, French racing driver ·
September 19 – Pia Mia, Guamanian singer-songwriter and
model ·
September 20 – Jerome Sinclair, English footballer ·
Lee Hi, Korean singer ·
Evgeny Rylov, Russian swimmer ·
Max Christiansen, German footballer ·
Mie Nielsen, Danish swimmer ·
September 27 – Maxwel Cornet, French footballer October[edit] ·
October 3 – Kelechi Iheanacho,
Nigerian footballer ·
October 4 – Ryan Lee, American actor ·
October 8 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper ·
October 9 – Bella Hadid, American model ·
October 10 – Oscar Zia, Swedish singer ·
October 12 – Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer ·
Zelo,
Korean singer ·
Charly
Musonda, Belgian footballer ·
B.I, Korean singer ·
Harley Windsor, Australian pair skater ·
Kyla Ross, American gymnast ·
Jaylen Brown, American basketball player ·
October 26 – Anthony Sinisuka
Ginting, Indonesian badminton player ·
October 27 – Nadiem Amiri, German footballer ·
Jasmine Jessica
Anthony, American actress ·
Lee June-hyoung, South Korean figure skater ·
Vincent Koziello, French footballer ·
Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player ·
Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer ·
Devin Booker, American basketball player November[edit] ·
Lil Peep, American rapper (d. 2017) ·
Sean Gelael, Indonesian racing driver ·
Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer ·
Michael
Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater ·
Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter ·
André Horta, Portuguese footballer ·
November 9 – Nguyễn
Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnamese swimmer ·
Gianluca Gaudino, German footballer ·
Adam Ounas, French footballer ·
Tye Sheridan, American actor ·
November 15 – Malik Jefferson, American football player ·
November 14 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis
player ·
November 16 – Brendan Murray, Irish singer ·
November 17 – Ruth Jebet, Bahraini long-distance runner ·
Noah Ringer, American actor ·
Christian Kirk, American football player ·
Sorn, South Korean based singer ·
November 19 – Liliána Szilágyi,
Hungarian swimmer ·
Mackenzie Lintz, American actress ·
Madison Davenport,
American actress and singer ·
Juju Smith-Schuster,
American football player ·
Hailey Baldwin, American model and socialite ·
Lia Marie Johnson,
American actress and Internet personality ·
Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer ·
November 26 – Louane Emera, French singer and actress ·
November 27 – Andy Truong, Australian fashion designer ·
November 29 – Gonçalo Guedes,
Portuguese footballer December[edit] ·
Daria Svatkovskaya,
Russian artistic gymnast ·
Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer ·
December 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress ·
December 8 – Teala Dunn, American actress ·
Jérémy Gabriel,
French Canadian singer ·
Kang Daniel, South Korean singer ·
Jack Griffo, American actor ·
Eliza McCartney, New Zealand track and field
athlete ·
Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, model
and singer ·
December 12 – Lucas Hedges, American actor ·
December 14 – Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater ·
December 17 – Elizaveta
Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater ·
Kaitlyn Dever, American actress ·
Atanas Kolev,
Bulgarian basketball player and rapper ·
December 28 – Alfred Kipketer, Kenyan middle-distance
runner ·
December 29 – Dylan Minnette, American actor Deaths[edit] Main article: Deaths in 1996
January[edit] King Moshoeshoe II ·
Malladihalli
Sri Raghavendra Swamiji, Indian yogi (b. 1890) ·
Moshe Aryeh Freund,
Israeli rabbi (b. 1894) ·
Arleigh Burke, American naval officer
(b. 1901) ·
Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer
(b. 1906) ·
January 2 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and
Holocaust survivor (b. 1915) ·
Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian shaheed (b. 1966) ·
Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and
impresario (b. 1907) ·
Richard Versalle, American operatic tenor
(b. 1932) ·
January 6 – Kim Kwang-seok, South Korean singer
(b. 1964) ·
Károly Grósz,
51st Prime Minister
of Hungary (b. 1930) ·
Tarō Okamoto, Japanese artist (b. 1911) ·
January 8 – François Mitterrand,
President of France (b. 1916) ·
Harold Walter Bailey,
English scholar (b. 1899) ·
Eric Hebborn, British art forger (b. 1934) ·
Les Baxter, American musician and composer
(b. 1922) ·
Moshoeshoe II,
King of Lesotho (b. 1938) ·
January 17 – Barbara Jordan, American politician
(b. 1936) ·
Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908) ·
Endel Puusepp, Estonian pilot (b. 1909) ·
Nandamuri
Taraka Rama Rao, Indian film actor (b. 1923) ·
Rudolf Wanderone, American billiards player
(b. 1913) ·
A. G. Gaston, American businessman (b. 1892) ·
Don Simpson, American film producer
(b. 1943) ·
January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927) ·
January 25 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and
playwright (b. 1960) ·
January 26 – Georg
Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921) ·
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born American Nobel
poet (b. 1940) ·
Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914) ·
January 31 – Gustave Solomon, American mathematician and
engineer (b. 1930) February[edit] ·
Fred S. Keller, American psychologist
(b. 1899) ·
Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer
(b. 1912) ·
February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1922) ·
February 6 – Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922) ·
February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky,
Russian composer (b. 1925) ·
Albert Jean Amateau,
Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist (b. 1889) ·
Adolf Galland, German general (b. 1912) ·
Kebby Musokotwane,
Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946) ·
Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921) ·
Phil Regan,
American actor (b. 1906) ·
Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930) ·
Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer
(b. 1931) ·
Ryōtarō
Shiba, Japanese novelist (b. 1923) ·
February 13 – Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919) ·
Eva Hart, British Titanic survivor (b. 1905) ·
Bob Paisley, English football manager
(b. 1919) ·
Mark Venturini, American actor (b. 1961) ·
Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941) ·
McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929) ·
Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932) ·
Pat Brown, American politician (b. 1905) ·
Brownie McGhee, American musician (b. 1915) ·
February 17 – Evelyn Laye, British actress (b. 1900) ·
Audrey Munson, American model and actress
(b. 1891) ·
Tōru Takemitsu,
Japanese composer (b. 1930) ·
February 21 – Morton Gould, American musician and composer
(b. 1913) ·
February 23 – Helmut Schön, German football player and
manager (b. 1915) ·
February 25 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian activist (b. 1940) ·
February 26 – Mieczysław
Weinberg, Polish composer (b. 1919) ·
Sarah Palfrey Cooke,
American tennis player (b. 1912) ·
Pat Smythe, British showjumper and author
(b. 1928) March[edit] ·
March 2 – Lyle Talbot, American actor (b. 1902) ·
March 3 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director
(b. 1914) ·
March 4 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912) ·
March 5 ·
Khondaker Mostaq
Ahmad, 5th President of
Bangladesh (b. 1918) ·
Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909) ·
March 6 – Simon Cadell, English actor (b. 1950) ·
March 9 – George Burns, American comedian (b. 1896) ·
March 10 ·
Ross Hunter, American film producer
(b. 1926) ·
Butch Laswell, American motorcycle stunt
rider (b. 1958) ·
March 11 – Vince Edwards, American actor (b. 1928) ·
March 12 – Gyula Kállai, 48th Prime Minister
of Hungary (b. 1910) ·
March 13 – Krzysztof
Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941) ·
March 14 ·
Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union player
(b. 1938) ·
Sophie Sooäär,
Estonian actress and singer (b. 1914) ·
March 15 – Olga Rudge, American violinist (b. 1895) ·
March 17 ·
René Clément,
French film director (b. 1913) ·
Elsa Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1894) ·
March 18 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer (b. 1911) ·
March 19 ·
Virginia Henderson,
American nurse and theorist (b. 1897) ·
Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician
(b. 1933) ·
March 25 – Lola Beltrán, Mexican singer, actress, and
television presenter (b. 1932) ·
March 25 – John Snagge, British radio personality
(b. 1904) ·
March 26 ·
Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914) ·
David Packard, American engineer (b. 1912) ·
March 29 – Frank Daniel, Czech writer, director and
producer (b. 1926) ·
March 31 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce,
American musician (b. 1958) April[edit] ·
April 3 ·
Herk Harvey, American film director
(b. 1924) ·
Carl Stokes, American politician (b. 1927) ·
April 4 – Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918) ·
April 6 ·
John D. Bulkeley, American naval officer
(b. 1911) ·
Greer Garson, British-American actress
(b. 1904) ·
April 7 – Colleen Clifford, Australian actress
(b. 1898) ·
April 8 ·
Donald Adams, British actor and opera singer
(b. 1928) ·
George W. Jenkins,
American businessman (b. 1907) ·
April 12 – Fred Alexander,
Australian historian (b. 1899) ·
April 16 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer
(b. 1917) ·
April 18 – Ronald Davies,
American judge (b. 1904) ·
April 20 – Christopher Robin
Milne, English author and bookseller (b. 1920) ·
April 21 – Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen politician and
President of Ichkeria (b. 1944) ·
April 22 ·
Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer
(b. 1927) ·
Jug McSpaden, American professional golfer
(b. 1908) ·
April 23 – P. L. Travers, British actress, journalist,
novelist and writer (b. 1899) ·
April 25 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer
(b. 1920) ·
April 26 ·
Milt Gaston, American baseball player
(b. 1896) ·
Stirling Silliphant,
American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918) ·
April 28 ·
Siti Hartinah, 2nd First Lady of
Indonesia, wife of Suharto (b. 1923) ·
T. H. Clark, Canadian geologist (b. 1893) May[edit] ·
May 1 – David M. Kennedy, American politician,
businessman (b. 1905) ·
May 2 – Queen Mother Moore,
American civil rights leader (b. 1898) ·
May 3 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924) ·
May 11 ·
Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904) ·
Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961) ·
May 15 ·
Charles B. Fulton,
American judge (b. 1910) ·
Virgil Ross, American animator (b. 1907) ·
May 17 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver
(b. 1959) ·
May 19 – John Beradino, American baseball player and
actor (b. 1917) ·
May 20 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919) ·
May 21 ·
Paul Delph, American musician and producer
(b. 1957) ·
Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917) ·
May 22 – Seymour H. Knox III,
American businessman (b. 1926) ·
May 23 – Sim Iness, American Olympic athlete
(b. 1930) ·
May 24 ·
Jacob Druckman, American composer (b. 1928) ·
Joseph Mitchell,
American writer (b. 1908) ·
Enrique Álvarez
Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934) ·
May 25 – Bradley Nowell, American musician (b. 1968) ·
May 29 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian dancer and actress
(b. 1919) ·
May 31 – Timothy Leary, American writer and social
activist (b. 1920) June[edit] ·
June 1 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy,
6th President of India (b. 1913) ·
June 2 ·
John Alton, American cinematographer
(b. 1901) ·
Ray Combs, American game show host and
comedian (b. 1956) ·
Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921) ·
Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (b. 1928) ·
June 3 – Peter Glenville, English film director
(b. 1913) ·
June 6 ·
Merle Curti, American historian (b. 1897) ·
Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer
(b. 1917) ·
George Davis Snell,
American Nobel geneticist (b. 1903) ·
June 9 – Salme Reek, Estonian actress (b. 1907) ·
June 10 ·
Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914) ·
Marie-Louise
von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (b. 1906) ·
June 11 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908) ·
June 12 – Mary Field, American film actress (b. 1909) ·
June 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917) ·
June 16 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster (b. 1913) ·
June 19 ·
Vivian Ellis, English composer (b. 1903) ·
Hillevi Rombin, Swedish actress and beauty
queen (b. 1933) ·
G. David Schine, American businessman
(b. 1927) ·
Edvin Wide, Swedish middle- and
long-distance runner (b. 1896) ·
June 23 ·
Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer (b. 1921) ·
Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1919) ·
June 26 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958) ·
June 27 – Albert R. Broccoli,
American film producer (b. 1909) ·
June 28 – Kwan Tak-hing, Hong Kong actor (b. 1905) July[edit] ·
July 1 ·
William T. Cahill,
American politician (b. 1912) ·
Margaux Hemingway,
American fashion model and actress (b. 1954) ·
July 3 – Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1926) ·
July 5 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish Salvation Army
general (b. 1904) ·
July 9 ·
Eno Raud, Estonian writer (b. 1928) ·
Sergey Kuryokhin, Russian pianist, composer,
improvisor, performance artist and actor (b. 1954) ·
July 12 ·
John Chancellor, American journalist
(b. 1927) ·
Jonathan Melvoin, American musician
(b. 1961) ·
July 13 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer
(b. 1905) ·
July 14 – Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver
(b. 1964) ·
July 15 – Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964) ·
July 16 – John Panozzo, American drummer (b. 1948) ·
July 17 ·
Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator
(b. 1915) ·
Victims
of TWA Flight 800 ·
Michel Breistroff,
NHL ice hockey player (b. 1971) ·
Marcel Dadi, French guitarist (b. 1951) ·
David Hogan,
American composer (b. 1949) ·
Jed Johnson,
American interior designer and director (b. 1948) ·
July 20 ·
Stuart Clarence
Graham, Australian army general (b. 1920) ·
František
Plánička, Czech footballer (b. 1904) ·
July 21 ·
Herb Edelman, American actor (b. 1933) ·
Luana Anders, American actress (b. 1938) ·
July 22 – Jessica Mitford, British-American author,
journalist and political campaigner (b. 1917) ·
July 23 – Jean Muir,
American actress (b. 1911) ·
July 28 – Roger Tory Peterson,
American naturalist and artist (b. 1908) ·
July 30 – Claudette Colbert,
French-born American Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1903) August[edit] ·
August 1 ·
Mohamed Farrah Aidid,
Somali military commander and politician (b. 1934) ·
Tadeusz Reichstein,
Polish-Swiss Nobel chemist (b. 1897) ·
August 2 ·
Michel Debré, 99th Prime Minister
of France (b. 1912) ·
Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer
(b. 1917) ·
August 8 – Nevill Francis Mott,
English Nobel physicist (b. 1905) ·
August 11 – Rafael Kubelík,
Czech-born Swiss conductor (b. 1914) ·
August 12 – Viktor Hambardzumyan,
Armenian scientist (b. 1908) ·
António de Spínola,
14th President of
Portugal (b. 1910) ·
David Tudor, American pianist and composer
(b. 1926) ·
August 14 – Camilla Horn, German actress (b. 1903) ·
August 18 – Geoffrey Dearmer, British poet (b. 1893) ·
August 20 – Rio Reiser, German musician and singer
(b. 1950) ·
August 26 – Alejandro
Agustín Lanusse, 37th President of
Argentina (b. 1918) ·
Abram Games, British graphic designer
(b. 1914) ·
Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933) ·
August 30 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director
and screenwriter (b. 1953) September[edit] ·
Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (b. 1909) ·
Karl Kehrle, Benedictine monk and beekeeper
(b. 1898) ·
Bibi Besch, American actress (b. 1940) ·
Arda Bowser, professional football player
(b. 1899) ·
September 8 – Eyre de Lanux, American artist, writer and
art deco designer (b. 1894) ·
September 9 – Bill Monroe, American musician (b. 1911) ·
Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1922) ·
Hans List, Austrian inventor and automotive
pioneer (b. 1896) ·
Juanita Wright, American professional
wrestler (b. 1934) ·
September 11 – Deane Waldo Malott,
American academic and administrator (b. 1898) ·
September 12 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general,
29th President of Brazil (b. 1907) ·
September 13 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper (b. 1971) ·
Helen Cohan, American dancer and actress
(b. 1910) ·
Juliet Prowse, American dancer and actress
(b. 1936) ·
September 16 – Gene Nelson, American dancer and actor
(b. 1920) ·
September 17 – Spiro Agnew, American politician (b. 1918) ·
September 18 – Annabella,
French actress (b. 1907) ·
Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician
(b. 1913) ·
Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter
(b. 1914) ·
Henri Nouwen, Dutch priest and author
(b. 1932) ·
Sabine Zlatin, Polish-born French resistance
fighter (b. 1907) ·
September 22 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914) ·
September 23 – Fujiko Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933) ·
Nicu Ceaușescu,
Romanian politician (b. 1951) ·
Geoffrey Wilkinson,
English Nobel chemist (b. 1921) ·
September 27 – Mohammad Najibullah, President of
Afghanistan (b. 1947) ·
September 29 – Leslie Crowther, British comedian and game
show host (b. 1933) October[edit] ·
October 1 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican
Army member (b. 1956) ·
October 4 – Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (b. 1913) ·
October 5 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist
(b. 1925) ·
October 6 – Ted Bessell, American actor (b. 1935) ·
October 8 – Mignon G. Eberhart,
American author (b. 1899) ·
Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (b. 1960) ·
William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist
and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) ·
René Lacoste, French tennis champion
(b. 1904) ·
Roger Lapébie, French racing cyclist
(b. 1911) ·
October 13 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (b. 1913) ·
October 13 – Beryl Reid, British actress (b. 1919) ·
October 14 – Laura La Plante, American actress (b. 1904) ·
October 16 – Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938) ·
October 20 – J. Bracken Lee, American politician
(b. 1899) ·
Artur Axmann, German Nazi leader (b. 1913) ·
George P. Oslin, American businessman
(b. 1899) ·
October 28 – Morey Amsterdam, American comedian (b. 1908) ·
October 31 – Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1909) November[edit] ·
November 1 – J. R. Jayewardene,
2nd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1906) ·
November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (b. 1963) ·
Abdullah Çatlı,
Turkish nationalist (b. 1956) ·
Jean-Bédel Bokassa/Bokassa I, 2nd President
of the Central African Republic and Emperor of
Central Africa (b. 1921) ·
November 5 – Eddie Harris, American jazz musician
(b. 1934) ·
November 15 – Alger Hiss, American diplomat (b. 1904) ·
November 16 – Loretta Alvarez, Pascua Yaqui midwife
(b. 1892) ·
November 17 – Sven Hörstadius,
Swedish embryologist (b. 1898) ·
November 18 – Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor (b. 1916) ·
November 20 – Franciszek
Strynkiewicz, Polish sculptor (b. 1893) ·
November 21 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel physicist
(b. 1926) ·
María Casares, French-Spanish actress
(b. 1922) ·
Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924) ·
November 26 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer
(b. 1914) ·
November 27 – Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician
(b. 1897) ·
November 28 – Don McNeill,
American tennis champion (b. 1918) ·
November 30 – Tiny Tim,
American musician (b. 1932) December[edit] ·
December 3 – Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan
(b. 1929) ·
December 6 – Pete Rozelle, American football official
(b. 1926) ·
December 8 – Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950) ·
Mary Leakey, British archaeologist (b. 1913) ·
Diana Morgan,
British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908) ·
James Basil
Wilkie Roberton, New Zealand soldier, doctor, historian and writer
(b. 1896) ·
Faron Young, American singer (b. 1932) ·
John Duffey, American bluegrass musician
(b. 1934) ·
December 11 – Willie Rushton, English comedian, actor and
cartoonist (b. 1937) ·
Edward Blishen, English author (b. 1920) ·
Clarence Wijewardena,
Sri Lankan musician (b. 1943) ·
Quentin Bell, English biographer and art
historian (b. 1910) ·
Laurens van der Post,
South African author (b. 1906) ·
Ruby Murray, Northern Irish singer and
actress (b. 1935) ·
Stanko Todorov, Bulgarian communist
politician (b. 1920) ·
December 18 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist (b. 1895) ·
December 19 – Marcello Mastroianni,
Italian actor (b. 1924) ·
Amata Kabua, 1st President
of the Marshall Islands (b. 1928) ·
Carl Sagan, American astronomer (b. 1934) ·
December 21 – Margret Rey, American author and illustrator
(b. 1906) ·
December 27 – Kourkène
Medzadourian, Armenian activist (b. 1908) ·
December 28 – Lyman S. Ayres II,
American businessman (b. 1908) ·
Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908) ·
Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943) Date Unknown[edit] ·
Aliou Mahamidou, 3rd Prime Minister of Niger
(b. 1936) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Physics – David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C.
Richardson ·
Chemistry – Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley ·
Medicine – Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel ·
Literature – Wisława
Szymborska ·
Peace – Carlos Filipe
Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta ·
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
Alfred Nobel – James Mirrlees, William Vickrey Right Livelihood Award[edit] ·
Herman Daly, The Committee
of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Kerala
Sasthra Sahithya Parishad and George Vithoulkas References |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
TR Welling |
|