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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
295 days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
222 – Alexander Severus becomes
emperor of Rome, replacing his cousin, 18-year-old Elagabalus. The bodies of the assassinated emperor and his
mother, Julia Soaemias,
are dragged through the streets of the city and thrown into the Tiber.[1] ·
1387 – Battle of Castagnaro:
English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash
with Verona. ·
1641 – Guaraní forces
living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at
the Battle of Mbororé in
present-day Panambí, Argentina. ·
1649 – The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil. ·
1702 – The Daily Courant,
England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time. ·
1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia
Bill, the last time a British monarch
vetoes legislation. ·
1784 – The signing of
the Treaty of Mangalore brings
the Second
Anglo-Mysore War to an end. ·
1811 – During André Masséna's
retreat from the Lines of Torres
Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese
force to give Masséna time to escape. ·
1824 – The United
States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. ·
1845 – Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational
differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi,
chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the
British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand. ·
1848 – Louis-Hippolyte
Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime
Ministers of the Province of Canada to
be democratically elected under a system of responsible
government. ·
1851 – The first
performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. ·
1861 – American Civil War:
The Constitution
of the Confederate States of America is adopted. ·
1864 – The Great Sheffield
Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. ·
1872 – Construction of
the Seven Sisters
Colliery, South Wales,
begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. ·
1879 – Shō Tai formally abdicated his
position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending
the Ryukyu Kingdom. ·
1888 – The Great Blizzard of
1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States,
shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. ·
1917 – World War I: Mesopotamian
campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by
General Stanley Maude. ·
1927 – In New York
City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens
the Roxy Theatre. ·
1931 – Ready
for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO,
is introduced in the Soviet Union. ·
1941 – World War II: United States President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing
American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on
loan. ·
1945 – World War II:
The Imperial Japanese
Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific
Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. ·
1945 – World War II: The Empire of Vietnam,
a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as
its ruler. ·
1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz
concentration camp, is captured by British troops. ·
1975 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune
from the South
Vietnamese army. ·
1977 – The 1977 Hanafi Siege:
More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after
ambassadors from three Islamic nations join
negotiations. ·
1978 – Coastal Road
massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded
when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting
Israel's Operation Litani. ·
1981 – Hundreds of
students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more
political rights. The protests then became a nationwide
movement. ·
1983 – Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of
a nuclear weapon. ·
1983 – Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister
of Australia. ·
1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev is
elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union making
Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. ·
1990 – Lithuania declares itself independent from
the Soviet Union. ·
1990 – Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the
first democratically elected President of Chile since
1970. ·
1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and
sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney
General of the United States. ·
1999 – Infosys becomes the first Indian
company listed on the NASDAQ stock
exchange. ·
2004 – Madrid train
bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people. ·
2006 – Michelle Bachelet is
inaugurated as first female president of Chile. ·
2007 – Georgia claims
Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia
categorically denies later. ·
2009 – Winnenden
school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before
recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened
weapons restrictions in Germany. ·
2010 – Economist and
businessman Sebastián Pińera is
sworn in as President of Chile,
while three
earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all
centered next to Pichilemu, capital
of Cardenal Caro
province, hit central Chile during the ceremony. ·
2011 – An earthquake measuring
9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing
thousands of people. This event also triggered the second
largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two
events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale. ·
2012 – A U.S.
soldier kills 16 civilians in
the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. ·
2016 – At least 21
people are killed by flooding
and mudslides in and around Săo Paulo, Brazil,
following heavy rain. ·
2020 – The World Health
Organization (WHO) declares COVID-19 virus[2] a pandemic. Births[edit]
·
1279 – Mary of Woodstock,
daughter of Edward I of England (d.
c.1332)[3] ·
1503 – George Harper,
English politician (d. 1558) ·
1530 – Johann
Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1573) ·
1544 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator
(d. 1595)[4] ·
1634 – Nicholas Gassaway,
English colonial military and political leader (d. 1691) ·
1738 – Benjamin Tupper, American general (d. 1792) ·
1745 – Bodawpaya, Burmese king (d. 1819) ·
1785 – John McLean, American jurist and politician,
6th United
States Postmaster General (d. 1861) ·
1787 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852) ·
1806 – Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter,
lithographer and illustrator (d. 1867) ·
1811 – Urbain Le Verrier,
French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1877) ·
1815 – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano,
voice teacher and composer (d. 1879) ·
1818 – Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and
choreographer (d. 1910) ·
1819 – Henry Tate, English businessman and
philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899) ·
1822 – Joseph
Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and
academic (d. 1900) ·
1854 – Jane Meade Welch, American journalist and
lecturer (d. 1931) ·
1863 – Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby
player (d. 1915) ·
1870 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and
theorist (d. 1946) ·
1872 – Kathleen Clarice
Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (d. 1954) ·
1873 – David Horsley, English-American film
producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d.
1933) ·
1876 – Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer
(d. 1971) ·
1878 – Umegatani
Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1927) ·
1880 – Harry H. Laughlin,
American eugenicist and sociologist (d. 1943) ·
1884 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and
hymn-writer (d. 1974) ·
1884 – Ömer Seyfettin,
Turkish soldier, author, and educator (d. 1920) ·
1885 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver
and journalist (d. 1948) ·
1887 – Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (d.
1980) ·
1887 – Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and
politician (d. 1964) ·
1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and
academic (d. 1974) ·
1893 – Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator
(d. 1946) ·
1895 – Shemp Howard, American actor (d. 1955) ·
1896 – Olivério Pinto,
Brazilian zoologist and physician (d. 1981) ·
1897 – Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer
(d. 1965) ·
1898 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968) ·
1899 – James H. Douglas,
Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United
States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988) ·
1899 – Frederick IX of
Denmark (d. 1972) ·
1900 – Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed
to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII (d. 1987) ·
1903 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and
scholar (d. 1989) ·
1903 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and
bandleader (d. 1992) ·
1907 – Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer,
and dancer (d. 1981) ·
1908 – Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d.
1997) ·
1910 – Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic
(d. 1982) ·
1911 – Sir
Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Egyptian-Scottish general and
politician (d. 1996) ·
1913 – Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke,
German colonel and pilot (d. 1944) ·
1915 – Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004) ·
1915 – J. C. R. Licklider,
American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990) ·
1916 – Ezra Jack Keats, American author and
illustrator (d. 1983) ·
1916 – Harold Wilson, English academic and
politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)[4] ·
1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen,
Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2017)[5] ·
1921 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and
academic (d. 2005) ·
1921 – Jeff Stollmeyer, Trinidadian cricketer (d.
1989) ·
1921 – Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer
and bandoneon player (d. 1992)[6] ·
1922 – Cornelius Castoriadis,
Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997) ·
1922 – José Luis López
Vázquez, Spanish actor and director (d. 2009) ·
1922 – Abdul Razak Hussein,
Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister
of Malaysia (d. 1976) ·
1923 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (d.
2014)[7] ·
1925 – Margaret Oakley
Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983) ·
1925 – İlhan Selçuk,
Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2010) ·
1926 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and
activist (d. 1990) ·
1927 – Joachim Fuchsberger,
German actor and television host (d. 2014) ·
1927 – Col Geelan, Australian rugby league player
and coach (d. 1996) ·
1927 – Freda Meissner-Blau,
Austrian activist and politician (d. 2015) ·
1927 – Robert Mosbacher, American sailor,
businessman, and politician, 25th United
States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010) ·
1927 – Josep Maria
Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 2014) ·
1928 – Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990) ·
1929 – Timothy Carey, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) ·
1929 – Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (d.
1998) ·
1930 – David Gentleman, English illustrator and
engraver ·
1930 – Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and
screenwriter (d. 1986) ·
1931 – Janosch, Polish-German author and
illustrator ·
1931 – Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer
(d. 2015) ·
1931 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American
businessman and media magnate[4] ·
1932 – Leroy
Jenkins, American violinist and composer (Revolutionary
Ensemble) (d. 2007) ·
1932 – Nigel Lawson, English journalist and
politician, Chancellor of
the Exchequer ·
1934 – Sam Donaldson, American journalist ·
1936 – Hollis Frampton, American director, screenwriter,
and photographer (d. 1984) ·
1936 – Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and
jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States (d. 2016)[4] ·
1938 – Joseph Brooks,
American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2011) ·
1939 – Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and
politician, 32nd Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada ·
1939 – Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal ·
1940 – Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish
singer-songwriter (d. 2019) ·
1942 – Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian
and author (d. 2015) ·
1942 – Joel Steiger, American director, producer
and screenwriter ·
1943 – Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver ·
1945 – Dock Ellis, American baseball player and
coach (d. 2008) ·
1945 – Harvey Mandel, American guitarist ·
1946 – Mark Metcalf, American actor and producer ·
1947 – Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player ·
1947 – Tristan Murail, French composer and educator ·
1948 – Roy Barnes, American lawyer and politician,
80th Governor of Georgia ·
1949 – Griselda Pollock, South African-English
historian and academic ·
1950 – Sam Kekovich, Australian footballer and
sportscaster ·
1950 – Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and conductor ·
1950 – Jerry Zucker,
American director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1951 – Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and
academic ·
1951 – Dominique Sanda, French model and actress ·
1952 – Douglas Adams, English author and playwright
(d. 2001) ·
1953 – László Bölöni,
Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager ·
1953 – Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver
and sportscaster ·
1953 – Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and
businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics ·
1953 – Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1954 – David Newman,
American composer and conductor ·
1954 – Gale Norton, American lawyer and politician,
48th United
States Secretary of the Interior ·
1955 – Leslie Cliff,
Canadian swimmer ·
1955 – Nina Hagen, German singer and actress ·
1955 – D. J. MacHale, American author, director,
and screenwriter ·
1956 – Willie Banks, American triple jumper ·
1956 – Curtis Brown, American colonel, pilot and
astronaut ·
1956 – Helen Rollason, English journalist and
sportscaster (d. 1999) ·
1957 – The Lady Chablis, American drag queen performer (d. 2016) ·
1958 – Ian Horrocks, English computer scientist and
academic ·
1958 – Tetsurō Oda, Japanese singer-songwriter
and producer ·
1958 – James Pinkerton, American journalist and
author ·
1958 – Anissa Jones, American child actress (d.
1976) ·
1958 – Flemming Rose, Danish journalist and author ·
1959 – Manuel Negrete Arias,
Mexican footballer and coach ·
1959 – Nina Hartley, American pornographic
actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author[8] ·
1959 – Margus Oopkaup, Estonian actor ·
1959 – Dejan
Stojanović, Serbian-American journalist and poet ·
1960 – Christophe Gans, French director, producer,
and screenwriter ·
1960 – Junichi Sato, Japanese animator and director ·
1960 – Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player ·
1961 – Elias Koteas, Canadian actor[4] ·
1961 – Bruce Watson,
Canadian-Scottish guitarist ·
1962 – Mary Gauthier, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1962 – Matt Mead, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming ·
1963 – Gary Barnett,
English footballer and manager[9] ·
1963 – Alex Kingston, English actress[4] ·
1963 – David LaChapelle, American photographer and
director ·
1964 – Peter Berg, American actor, director,
producer and screenwriter ·
1964 – Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter
and producer (d. 2018) ·
1964 – Shane Richie, English actor and singer ·
1965 – Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager ·
1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
American lawyer and politician ·
1965 – Wallace Langham, American actor ·
1965 – Jenny Packham, English fashion designer ·
1965 – Allan Vainola, Estonian singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1966 – Robbie Brookside, English wrestler and
trainer ·
1966 – John Thompson III,
American basketball player and coach ·
1966 – Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball player and
coach ·
1967 – John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and
singer ·
1967 – Brad Carson, American lawyer and
politician, United
States Under Secretary of the Army ·
1967 – Renzo Gracie, Brazilian-American mixed
martial artist and trainer ·
1967 – Cynthia Klitbo, Mexican actress ·
1968 – Stéphane Bédard,
Canadian lawyer and politician ·
1968 – Simone Buchanan, Australian actress ·
1968 – Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist and actress ·
1969 – Terrence Howard, American actor and producer ·
1969 – Soraya,
Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2006) ·
1970 – Andre Nickatina, American rapper and
producer ·
1971 – Johnny Knoxville, American actor, stuntman,
and producer ·
1971 – Martin Ručinský,
Czech ice hockey player ·
1972 – Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer (d. 2013) ·
1973 – Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer and coach ·
1974 – Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player ·
1975 – Joăo Barbosa, Portuguese racing driver ·
1975 – Shawn Springs, American football player ·
1976 – Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer ·
1976 – Kotomitsuki Keiji,
Japanese sumo wrestler ·
1977 – Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball
player and coach ·
1978 – Scott Calderwood, English-Scottish
footballer and manager ·
1978 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer[4] ·
1978 – Albert Luque, Spanish footballer ·
1979 – Elton Brand, American basketball player ·
1979 – Fred Jones,
American basketball player ·
1979 – Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1979 – Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and
producer ·
1979 – Keren Peles, Israeli singer-songwriter and
pianist ·
1979 – Kirk Reynoldson, Australian rugby league
player ·
1980 – Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer ·
1980 – Dan Uggla, American baseball player ·
1981 – Heidi Cortez, American businesswoman and
author ·
1981 – Luke Johnson,
English drummer and songwriter ·
1981 – LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter
and actress ·
1982 – Brian
Anderson, American baseball player ·
1982 – Thora Birch, American actress ·
1982 – Hasan Raza,
Pakistani cricketer ·
1983 – Lucy DeVito, American actress ·
1985 – Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1985 – Daniel Vázquez Evuy,
Equatoguinean footballer ·
1985 – Cassandra Fairbanks,
American journalist and activist[10] ·
1985 – Luis
Hernández, Mexican figure skater ·
1985 – Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer ·
1985 – Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer ·
1985 – Derek Schouman, American football player ·
1985 – Nikolai
Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer ·
1985 – Hakuhō Shō, Mongolian sumo
wrestler, the 69th Yokozuna ·
1986 – Dario Cologna, Swiss skier ·
1986 – Mariko Shinoda, Japanese singer and actress ·
1987 – Marc-André Gragnani,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1987 – Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist ·
1987 – Ngonidzashe Makusha,
Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper ·
1987 – Colin Munro, South African-New Zealand
cricketer ·
1988 – Fábio Coentrăo,
Portuguese footballer ·
1988 – Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (d.
2015) ·
1988 – Katsuhiko Nakajima,
Japanese wrestler ·
1989 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor
(d. 2016) ·
1990 – Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player ·
1991 – Kamohelo Mokotjo, South African footballer ·
1992 – Austin Swift, American actor ·
1992 – KZ Tandingan, Filipina singer and rapper ·
1993 – Jodie Comer, British actress[4] ·
1993 – Anthony Davis, American basketball player[11] ·
1994 – Andrew Robertson, Scottish footballer Deaths[edit]
·
222 – Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)[1] ·
452 – Tai Wu Di,
emperor of Northern Wei (b.
408) ·
638 – Sophronius of
Jerusalem (b. 560)[12] ·
857 – Eulogius of Córdoba,
Spanish martyr and saint (b. 819) ·
1198 – Marie
of France, Countess of Champagne (b. 1145)[13] ·
1296 – John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York ·
1353 – Theognostus, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow ·
1486 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (b.
1414) ·
1514 – Donato Bramante, Italian architect, designed
the San Pietro in
Montorio (b. 1444)[14] ·
1575 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and
reformer (b. 1520) ·
1602 – Emilio de' Cavalieri,
Italian organist and composer (b. 1550) ·
1607 – Giovanni Maria
Nanino, Italian composer and educator (b. 1543) ·
1646 – Stanisław
Koniecpolski, Polish soldier and statesman (b. c. 1592) ·
1665 – Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and
militia member (b. c. 1575)[15] ·
1722 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist
(b. 1670) ·
1759 – John
Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710) ·
1820 – Benjamin West, American-English painter and
academic (b. 1738)[16] ·
1851 – Marie Louise
Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)[17] ·
1851 – George McDuffie, American lawyer and
politician, 55th Governor of
South Carolina (b. 1790) ·
1854 – Willard Richards, American journalist and
religious leader (b. 1804) ·
1863 – Sir James
Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) ·
1869 – Vladimir Odoyevsky,
Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803) ·
1870 – Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)[18] ·
1874 – Charles Sumner, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1811) ·
1898 – William Rosecrans,
American general and politician (b. 1819) ·
1898 – Tigran Chukhajian,
Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837) ·
1907 – Jean Casimir-Perier,
French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b.
1847) ·
1908 – Edmondo De Amicis,
Italian journalist and author (b. 1846) ·
1908 – Benjamin Waugh, American minister and
activist (b. 1839) ·
1915 – Thomas Alexander
Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826) ·
1920 – Julio Garavito
Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b.
1865) ·
1927 – Xenophon Stratigos,
Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869) ·
1931 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888) ·
1937 – Joseph S. Cullinan,
American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860) ·
1944 – Hendrik Willem
van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882) ·
1944 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and
philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891) ·
1949 – Anastasios
Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1862) ·
1949 – Henri Giraud, French general and politician
(b. 1879) ·
1952 – Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b.
1885) ·
1955 – Alexander Fleming,
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1881) ·
1955 – Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman,
founded Oscar Mayer (b.
1859) ·
1957 – Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and
explorer (b. 1888) ·
1958 – Ole Kirk
Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891) ·
1959 – Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904) ·
1960 – Roy Chapman Andrews,
American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884) ·
1965 – Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian
and coach (b. 1888) ·
1967 – Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and
actress (b. 1882) ·
1968 – Haşim
İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of
İstanbul (b. 1898) ·
1969 – John Daly,
Irish runner (b. 1880) ·
1969 – John Wyndham, English soldier and author (b.
1903) ·
1970 – Erle Stanley Gardner,
American lawyer and author (b. 1889) ·
1971 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b.
1906) ·
1971 – Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921) ·
1977 – Ulysses S. Grant IV,
American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893) ·
1978 – Claude François,
Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1939) ·
1980 – Chandra Bhanu Gupta,
Indian politician, 4th Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902) ·
1982 – Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b.
1926) ·
1982 – Horace Gregory, American poet, translator,
and academic (b. 1898) ·
1983 – Will Glickman, American playwright (b. 1910) ·
1984 – Kostas Roukounas, Greek singer-songwriter
(b. 1903) ·
1986 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica
player (b. 1911) ·
1989 – James Kee, American lawyer and politician
(b. 1917) ·
1989 – John J. McCloy, American lawyer and banker
(b. 1895) ·
1992 – Richard Brooks, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (b. 1912) ·
1995 – Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (b.
1945) ·
1996 – Vince Edwards, American actor and director
(b. 1928) ·
1999 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist,
anatomist, and neurologist (b. 1906) ·
1999 – Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and
politician (b. 1922) ·
2002 – James Tobin, American economist and
academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1918) ·
2006 – Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player
and coach (b. 1931) ·
2006 – Slobodan
Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b.
1941) ·
2007 – Betty Hutton, American actress and singer
(b. 1921) ·
2008 – Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (b.
1928) ·
2009 – Charles Lewis, Jr.,
American businessman, co-founded Tapout Clothing (b.
1963) ·
2010 – John Hill,
Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1941) ·
2010 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and
actor (b. 1940) ·
2010 – T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and
politician, 37th Surveyor
General of Sri Lanka (b. 1934) ·
2010 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and
politician, Deputy
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1931) ·
2011 – Gary Wichard, American football player and
agent (b. 1950) ·
2012 – Henry Adefope, Nigerian physician and
politician, Minister
of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria (b. 1926) ·
2012 – Sid Couchey, American author and illustrator
(b. 1919) ·
2012 – James B. Morehead,
American colonel and pilot (b. 1916) ·
2012 – Gösta Schwarck,
German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1915) ·
2013 – Erica Andrews, Mexican-American drag queen performer (b. 1969) ·
2013 – Martin Adolf Bormann,
German priest and theologian (b. 1930) ·
2013 – Doug Christie,
Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1946) ·
2013 – Simón Alberto
Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (b.
1927) ·
2013 – Florian Siwicki, Polish general and
politician (b. 1925) ·
2014 – Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach
(b. 1967) ·
2014 – Joel Brinkley, American journalist and
academic (b. 1952) ·
2015 – Walter Burkert, German philologist and
scholar (b. 1931) ·
2015 – Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter
and keyboard player (b. 1948) ·
2015 – Gerald Hurst, American chemist and academic
(b. 1937) ·
2016 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and
educator (b. 1936) ·
2016 – Keith Emerson, English musician and
composer. (b. 1944) ·
2016 – Doreen Massey,
English geographer and academic (b. 1944) ·
2018 – Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and
mystery author (b. 1952) Holidays and observances[edit]
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Christian feast day: ·
Day of Restoration of Independence from
the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania) ·
Johnny Appleseed Day (United States) |
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