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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
66 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
1185 –
The Uprising of
Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of
Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. ·
1341 –
The Byzantine
civil war of 1341–47 formally begins with the proclamation of
John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor. ·
1377 – Tvrtko I is
crowned the first king of Bosnia. ·
1520 – Charles V is
crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. ·
1597 –
Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships
with only 13 ships at the Battle of
Myeongnyang. ·
1640 –
The Treaty of Ripon is
signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles. ·
1689 –
General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to
prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the
disease himself soon after. ·
1774 –
The first Continental Congress adjourns
in Philadelphia. ·
1813 –
War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and
Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the
Chateauguay. ·
1825 –
The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct
passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. ·
1859 –
The Royal Charter Storm kills
at least eight hundred people in the British Isles. ·
1860 –
The Expedition of
the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his
conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia. ·
1863 – The Football
Association is founded. ·
1892 – Ida B. Wells publishes Southern
Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. ·
1905 –
King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. ·
1909 – An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's
Resident-General of Korea. ·
1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the
cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje. ·
1917 –
First World War: Brazil declares war on
the Central Powers. ·
1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of
the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to
cooperate in peace negotiations. ·
1921 –
The Chicago Theatre opens. ·
1936 –
The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation. ·
1942 –
World War II: In the Battle
of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign,
one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged,
while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged. ·
1943 –
World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". ·
1944 –
World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends
with an overwhelming American victory. ·
1947 –
Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument
of Accession with India. ·
1955 –
After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the
provisions of the Austrian
Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a
military alliance. ·
1955
– Ngô Đình Diệm declares
himself Premier of South Vietnam. ·
1956 – Hungarian
Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre
civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout
the country. ·
1958 –
Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris. ·
1967 – Mohammad Reza
Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran. ·
1968 –
Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day
mission. ·
1970 – Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time
after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion. ·
1977 – Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of
smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the
anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of
vaccination. ·
1979 –
Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by
Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu. ·
1980 –
The Peter
Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.[1] ·
1985 –
The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara
Aboriginals. ·
1989 – China Airlines
Flight 204 crashes after take off from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all
54 people on board.[2] ·
1991 –
Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the
Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. ·
1994 –
Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty. ·
1995 –
Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta. ·
1995
– An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45
people, 20 of whom died.[3] ·
1999 –
Britain's House of Lords votes to end the
right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber
of Parliament. ·
2000 –
A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after
the Ivorian
presidential election. ·
2000
– The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North
American markets with 27 launch titles. ·
2001 –
The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. ·
2002 –
Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special
forces troops storm a
theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the
terrorists during a musical performance three days before. ·
2003 –
The Cedar Fire,
the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes
250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys
2,200 homes around San Diego. ·
2015 –
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes
in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398
people and leaving 2,536 people injured. ·
2016 – An
earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy. Births[edit] ·
1416 – Edmund
Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d.
1490) ·
1427 – Sigismund,
Archduke of Austria (d. 1496) ·
1431 – Ercole I
d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian politician (d. 1505) ·
1473 – Friedrich
of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510) ·
1483 – Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer
(d. 1538) ·
1491 – Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521) ·
1518 – John Basset,
Devonshire gentleman (d. 1541) ·
1529 – Anna of Hesse, princess of Hesse (d. 1591) ·
1551 – Charlotte de Sauve,
French courtesan (d. 1617) ·
1556 – Ahmad Baba al
Massufi, Malian academic (d. 1627) ·
1564 – Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and
composer (d. 1612) ·
1609 – William
Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown,
Massachusetts (d. 1675) ·
1612 – Henry
Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (d. 1658) ·
1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir,
Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723) ·
1684 – Kurt
Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757) ·
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti,
Italian harpsichord player
and composer (d. 1757) ·
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman,
Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758) ·
1747 – Ivan Mane
Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804) ·
1757 – Karl Leonhard
Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823) ·
1759 – Georges Danton, French lawyer and
politician, French
Minister of Justice (d. 1794) ·
1768 – Eustachy Erazm
Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844) ·
1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed
the Grand Kremlin Palace and
the Cathedral
of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881) ·
1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros,
Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872) ·
1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865) ·
1799 – Margaret Agnes Bunn,
Scottish actress (d. 1883) ·
1800 – Helmuth von
Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891) ·
1802 – Miguel I of Portugal (d.
1866) ·
1803 – Joseph Hansom, English architect and
publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (d.
1882) ·
1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin,
Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904) ·
1849 – Ferdinand Georg
Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (d. 1917) ·
1850 – Grigore Tocilescu,
Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909) ·
1854 – C. W. Post, American businessman,
founded Post Foods (d.
1914) ·
1860 – Frank Eaton, American marshal and author (d.
1958) ·
1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim,
American businessman (d. 1912) ·
1869 – Washington Luís,
Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (d.
1957) ·
1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer
(d. 1941) ·
1873 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani
lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani
Minister of Interior (d. 1962) ·
1873
– Thorvald Stauning,
Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister
of Denmark (d. 1942) ·
1874 – Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic
(d. 1936) ·
1874
– Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d.
1948) ·
1875 – H.B. Warner, English actor (d. 1958) ·
1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and
critic (d. 1934) ·
1881 – Louis Bastien,
French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963) ·
1883 – Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and
author (d. 1970) ·
1883
– Paul Pilgrim,
American runner (d. 1958) ·
1884 – William Hogenson, American sprinter (d.
1965) ·
1890 – Ganesh Shankar
Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931) ·
1893 – Miloš Crnjanski,
Serbian poet and author (d. 1977) ·
1894 – Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder
of racehorses (d.
1988) ·
1899 – Judy Johnson, American baseball player and
coach (d. 1989) ·
1900 – Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and
general, 1st President of Sudan (d.
1983)[4] ·
1900
– Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (d.
1941)[5] ·
1902 – Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and
author (d. 1986) ·
1902
– Jack Sharkey,
American boxer and referee (d. 1994) ·
1902
– Henrietta Hill Swope,
American astronomer and academic (d. 1980) ·
1903 – Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician (d. 1947) ·
1905 – George Bernard
Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (d. 1989) ·
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (d.
1967) ·
1909 – Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author
(d. 1966) ·
1909
– Dante Quinterno,
Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003) ·
1910 – John Krol, American cardinal (d. 1996) ·
1911 – Sid Gillman, American football player and
coach (d. 2003) ·
1911
– Mahalia Jackson,
American singer (d. 1972) ·
1911
– Sorley MacLean,
Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996) ·
1912 – Don Siegel, American director and producer
(d. 1991) ·
1913 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist,
composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) ·
1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor and director
(d. 1984) ·
1915 – Ray Crawford, American race car driver,
fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996) ·
1915
– Joe Fry, English race car driver (d. 1950) ·
1916 – François Mitterrand,
French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d.
1996) ·
1916
– Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d.
1942) ·
1919 – Princess Ashraf
of Iran (d. 2016) ·
1919
– Frank Bourgholtzer,
American journalist (d. 2010) ·
1919
– Edward Brooke,
American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts
Attorney General (d. 2015) ·
1919
– Mohammad Reza
Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980) ·
1920 – Sarah Lee Lippincott,
American astronomer and academic (d. 2019) ·
1921 – Joe Fulks, American basketball player (d.
1976) ·
1922 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother
of Barack Obama (d.
2008) ·
1922
– Fred Wood,
English actor (d. 2003) ·
1923 – Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic
(d. 2016) ·
1924 – Shaw Taylor, English actor and television
host (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and
author (d. 2007) ·
1926 – Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988) ·
1927 – Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) (d. 1987) ·
1928 – Francisco
Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011) ·
1929 – Neal Matthews Jr.,
American country/gospel singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000) ·
1931 – Suhaila Noah, Spouse of the Prime Minister
of Malaysia (d. 2014) ·
1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos,
Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990) ·
1933
– Andrew P. O'Rourke,
American judge and politician (d. 2013) ·
1934 – Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player
and sportscaster (d. 2015) ·
1934
– Hans-Joachim
Roedelius, German keyboard player and producer ·
1935 – Mike Gray, American director, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 2013) ·
1935
– Gloria Conyers
Hewitt, American mathematician and academic ·
1936 – Al Casey,
American guitarist (d. 2006) ·
1936
– Shelley Morrison,
American actress (d. 2019) ·
1936
– György Pauk,
Hungarian violinist and educator ·
1936
– Etelka Kenéz Heka,
Hungarian writer, poet and singer ·
1940 – Eddie
Henderson, American trumpet player and educator ·
1940
– John Horgan,
Irish academic and politician ·
1941 – Steven Kellogg, American author and
illustrator ·
1941
– Charlie Landsborough,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1942 – Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and
director (d. 2014) ·
1942
– Milton Nascimento,
Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1942
– Zdenko Runjić,
Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004) ·
1942
– Jonathan
Williams, English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014) ·
1944 – Jim McCann,
Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015) ·
1945 – Pat Conroy, American author (d. 2016) ·
1945
– Demetris Th. Gotsis,
Greek poet and author ·
1945
– Nancy Davis Griffeth,
American computer scientist and academic ·
1945
– Jaclyn Smith,
American actress and producer ·
1946 – Kevin Barron, English electrician and
politician ·
1946
– Keith Hopwood,
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1946
– Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and
game show host ·
1946
– Holly Woodlawn,
Puerto Rican actress and author (d. 2015) ·
1947 – Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and
endocrinologist ·
1947
– Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver ·
1947
– Hillary Clinton,
American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and
44th First
Lady of the United States ·
1947
– Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and
politician, Lord Mayor of
Belfast ·
1947
– Trevor Joyce, Irish
poet and scholar ·
1947
– Kenzo Kitakata,
Japanese author ·
1948 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player and
coach ·
1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and
jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Philippines ·
1949
– Steve Rogers,
American baseball player ·
1949
– Kevin Sullivan,
American wrestler and booker ·
1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter
and bass player ·
1951
– Tommy Mars, American keyboard player ·
1951
– Julian Schnabel,
American painter, director, and screenwriter ·
1952 – Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1952
– Edward Garnier,
English lawyer and politician, Solicitor
General for England and Wales ·
1952
– Andrew Motion,
English poet and author ·
1952
– David Was, American singer-songwriter and
producer ·
1953 – Roger Allam, British actor ·
1953
– Tim Hely Hutchinson,
English publisher ·
1953
– Joe Meriweather,
American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) ·
1953
– Keith Strickland,
American guitarist and songwriter ·
1954 – Vasilis Hatzipanagis,
Greek footballer ·
1954
– Adam Mars-Jones,
English author and critic ·
1954
– James Pickens Jr.,
American actor ·
1954
– D. W. Moffett,
American actor and director ·
1956 – Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and
businessman ·
1956
– Rita Wilson, American actress and producer ·
1957 – Bob Golic, American football player and
radio host ·
1958 – Shaun Woodward, English journalist and
politician, Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland ·
1959 – Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and
physician ·
1959
– Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and
politician, 80th President of Bolivia ·
1961 – Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and
politician ·
1961
– Dylan McDermott,
American actor ·
1961
– Joey Salceda,
Filipino politician ·
1961
– Uhuru Kenyatta,
Kenyan President ·
1962 – Cary Elwes, English actor and producer ·
1962
– Jack Morelli,
American comic book professional and author ·
1963 – Ted Demme, American actor, director, and
producer (d. 2002) ·
1963
– Natalie Merchant,
American singer-songwriter and pianist ·
1964 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer ·
1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer ·
1965
– Ken Rutherford,
New Zealand cricketer ·
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad,
Norwegian drummer and composer ·
1966
– Masaharu Iwata,
Japanese keyboard player and composer ·
1966
– Jeanne Zelasko,
American journalist and sportscaster ·
1967 – Douglas Alexander,
Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of
State for Europe ·
1967
– Keith Urban, New Zealand-American
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1968 – Miyuki Imori, Japanese actress and singer ·
1970 – Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and
screenwriter ·
1970
– Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress ·
1971 – Jim Butcher, American author ·
1971
– Audley Harrison,
English boxer ·
1971
– Ronnie Irani,
English cricketer ·
1971
– Anthony Rapp,
American actor and singer ·
1972 – Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and
author ·
1972
– Daniel Elena,
Monegasque race car driver ·
1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player and
sportscaster ·
1973
– Seth MacFarlane,
American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1973
– Taka Michinoku,
Japanese wrestler and trainer ·
1974 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer,
and former model ·
1977 – Jon Heder, American actor and producer ·
1977
– Marisha Pessl,
American author ·
1978 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (d. 2013) ·
1978
– Jimmy Aggrey,
English footballer and actor ·
1978
– Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician ·
1978
– CM Punk, American wrestler, mixed martial
artist, and actor ·
1978
– Dave Zastudil,
American football player ·
1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (d. 2002) ·
1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer ·
1980
– Claire Cooper,
English actress ·
1980
– Koichi Watanabe,
Japanese kick-boxer ·
1981 – Sam Brown,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter ·
1981
– Martina Schild,
Swiss skier ·
1981
– Guy Sebastian,
Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter ·
1981
– Chou Ssu-Chi,
Taiwanese baseball player ·
1982 – Nicola Adams, English boxer ·
1982
– Adam Carroll,
Irish race car driver ·
1983 – Francisco Liriano,
Dominican baseball player ·
1983
– Dmitri Sychev,
Russian footballer ·
1983
– Luke Watson, South African rugby player ·
1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater ·
1984
– Adriano Correia,
Brazilian footballer ·
1984
– Mathieu Crépel,
French snowboarder ·
1984
– Jefferson Farfán,
Peruvian footballer ·
1984
– Amanda Overmyer,
American singer-songwriter ·
1985 – Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player ·
1985
– Kafoumba Coulibaly,
Ivorian footballer ·
1985
– Monta Ellis, American basketball player ·
1985
– Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player ·
1986 – Ibor Bakar, French footballer ·
1986
– Jakub
Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer ·
1986
– Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer ·
1986
– Schoolboy Q, German-American rapper ·
1987 – Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer ·
1987
– Shawn Lauvao,
American football player ·
1988 – Greg
Zuerlein, American figure skater ·
1989 – Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player ·
1989
– Emil Sayfutdinov,
Russian motorcycle racer ·
1990 – Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player ·
1991 – Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress ·
1991
– Blas Cantó, Spanish
singer ·
1992 – Joseph Cramarossa,
Canadian hockey player ·
1994 – Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player ·
1994
– Allie DeBerry,
American model and actress ·
1995 – Yuta
Nakamoto, Japanese singer and member of South Korean boyband NCT ·
1996 – Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast ·
2002 – Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor ·
2002
– Lee Eun-sang,
South Korean singer and former member of X1 Deaths[edit] ·
664 – Cedd,
English monk and bishop (b. 620) ·
760 – Cuthbert, archbishop of
Canterbury ·
899 – Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849) ·
930 – Li Qi,
chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871) ·
1111 – Gómez González,
Castilian nobleman and military leader ·
1440 – Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404) ·
1555 – Olympia Fulvia
Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526) ·
1580 – Anna of
Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1549) ·
1609 – Matsudaira Tadayori,
Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582) ·
1631 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and
mathematician (b. 1550)[6] ·
1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyō (b.
1596) ·
1671 – Sir John Gell,
1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) ·
1675 – William
Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown,
Massachusetts (b. 1609) ·
1686 – John
Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and
politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623) ·
1717 – Catherine
Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657) ·
1751 – Philip Doddridge, English minister and
hymn-writer (b. 1702) ·
1764 – William Hogarth, English painter and
engraver (b. 1697) ·
1773 – Amédée-François
Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682) ·
1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford,
English politician, Lord President
of the Council (b. 1721) ·
1806 – John Graves Simcoe,
English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant
Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752) ·
1817 – Nikolaus
Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727) ·
1864 – William T. Anderson,
American captain (b. 1838) ·
1866 – John Kinder Labatt,
Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing
Company (b. 1803) ·
1871 – Robert
Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805) ·
1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author
(b. 1826) ·
1896 – Paul-Armand
Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and
politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b.
1827) ·
1902 – Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, American activist (b. 1815) ·
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and
politician, 1st Prime Minister of
Japan (b. 1841) ·
1919 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864) ·
1927 – Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898) ·
1929 – Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b.
1866) ·
1930 – Waldemar Haffkine,
Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860) ·
1930
– Harry Payne Whitney,
American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872) ·
1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player
and manager (b. 1859) ·
1932 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and
activist (b. 1867) ·
1937 – Józef
Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867) ·
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author
(b. 1904) ·
1943 – Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist
and academic (b. 1862) ·
1944 – Princess
Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857) ·
1944
– Hiroyoshi Nishizawa,
Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920) ·
1944
– William Temple,
English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881) ·
1945 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and
engineer (b. 1863) ·
1945
– Paul Pelliot,
French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878) ·
1946 – Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and
politician, Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1878) ·
1947 – Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b.
1862) ·
1949 – Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier
(b. 1872) ·
1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer
(b. 1895) ·
1956 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and
composer (b. 1895) ·
1957 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and
physiologist, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1896) ·
1957
– Nikos Kazantzakis,
Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883) ·
1960 – Toshizō Nishio,
Japanese general (b. 1881) ·
1961 – Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886) ·
1962 – Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902) ·
1963 – Elizabeth
Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879) ·
1965 – Sylvia Likens,
American murder victim (b. 1949) ·
1966 – Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) ·
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer
and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b.
1889) ·
1973 – Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of
the Soviet Union (b. 1883) ·
1974 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator
(b. 1914) ·
1976 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and
author (b. 1919)[7] ·
1978 – Alexander
Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic
(b. 1904) ·
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and
politician, 3rd President of
South Korea (b. 1917) ·
1984 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and
coach (b. 1905) ·
1986 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897) ·
1989 – Charles J. Pedersen,
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1904) ·
1991 – Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (b. 1964)[8] ·
1993 – Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971) ·
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer and
guitarist (b. 1929) ·
1995 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor
(b. 1909) ·
1995
– Gorni Kramer,
Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913) ·
1998 – Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and
academic (b. 1917) ·
1999 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) ·
1999
– Eknath Easwaran,
Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910) ·
2001 – Hüseyin
Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911) ·
2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908) ·
2002
– Sally Hoyt Spofford,
American ornithologist (b. 1914) ·
2004 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and
politician (b. 1924) ·
2005 – Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b.
1958) ·
2005
– George Swindin,
English footballer and manager (b. 1914) ·
2006 – Tillman Franks, American bassist and
songwriter (b. 1920) ·
2006
– Pontus Hultén,
Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924) ·
2007 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and
manager (b. 1947) ·
2007
– Friedman Paul
Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (b. 1943) ·
2007
– Arthur Kornberg,
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (b.
1918) ·
2008 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author,
and educator (b. 1925) ·
2008
– Delmar Watson,
American actor and photographer (b. 1926) ·
2009 – Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician,
18th United
States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947) ·
2009
– Yoshirō Muraki,
Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924) ·
2009
– George Naʻope,
American singer and dancer (b. 1928) ·
2009
– Troy Smith,
American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922) ·
2010 – Glen Little,
American clown (b. 1925) ·
2010
– Mbah Maridjan,
Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927) ·
2010
– Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician
(b. 1931) ·
2011 – Jona Senilagakali,
Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of
Fiji (b. 1929) ·
2012 – Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director,
screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931) ·
2012
– Arnold
Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932) ·
2012
– John M. Johansen American
architect, designed the Morris A.
Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916) ·
2012
– Alan Kirschenbaum,
American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961) ·
2012
– Björn Sieber,
Austrian skier (b. 1989) ·
2012
– Alan Stretton,
Australian general (b. 1922) ·
2013 – Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and
screenwriter (b. 1921) ·
2013
– Ron Davies,
Welsh photographer (b. 1921) ·
2013
– Doug Ireland,
American journalist and activist (b. 1946) ·
2013
– Al Johnson,
American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948) ·
2013
– Andries Maseko,
South African footballer (b. 1955) ·
2013
– Gabriel of Komana (b.
1946) ·
2014 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist,
and historian (b. 1923) ·
2014
– Mo Collins,
American football player and coach (b. 1976) ·
2014
– Germain Gagnon,
Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942) ·
2014
– Senzo Meyiwa,
South African footballer (b. 1987) ·
2014
– Brian Moore,
Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)[9] ·
2014
– Jeff
Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961) ·
2014
– Gordy Soltau,
American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925) ·
2014
– Oscar Taveras,
Dominican baseball player (b. 1992) ·
2015 – Willis Carto, American activist and theorist
(b. 1926) ·
2015
– Leo Kadanoff,
American physicist and academic (b. 1937) ·
2015
– Giuseppe Nazzaro,
Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937) ·
2017 – Ali Ashraf
Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b.
1941) Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Accession
Day (Jammu
and Kashmir, India) ·
Christian feast day: o Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican
Church, Eastern Orthodox
Church) o Cedd o Pope Evaristus (Aristus) o Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic
Church) o Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church) ·
National Day,
celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of
Neutrality in 1955. (Austria) |
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