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Contents

· 1Events

· 2Births

· 3Deaths

· 4Holidays and observances

· 5References

· 6External links

Events

· 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

· 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.

· 929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.

· 1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.

· 1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.

· 1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.

· 1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.

· 1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.

· 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.

· 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.

· 1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.

· 1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.

· 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.

· 1839 – Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.

· 1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

· 1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

· 1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

· 1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

· 1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

· 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands

· 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.

· 1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

· 1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.

· 1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.

· 1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.

· 1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.

· 1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

· 1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.

· 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

· 1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

· 1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.

· 1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.

· 1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.

· 1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.

· 1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.

· 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

· 1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

· 1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.

· 1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.

· 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.

· 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

· 1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

· 1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

· 2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

· 2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.

· 2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.

· 2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.

· 2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.^[1]

Births

· 973 – Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (d. 1048)

· 1241 – Alexander III, king of Scotland (d. 1286)

· 1383 – Felix V, antipope of Rome (d. 1451)

· 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1483)

· 1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)

· 1563 – Wanli, Chinese emperor (d. 1620)

· 1580 – George Percy, English explorer (d. 1632)

· 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)

· 1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1749)

· 1717 – Job Orton, English minister and author (d. 1783)

· 1745 – Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (d. 1812)

· 1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (d. 1810)

· 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (d. 1848)

· 1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860)

· 1798 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869)

· 1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)

· 1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1849)

· 1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1896)

· 1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1917)

· 1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (d. 1905)

· 1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (d. 1915)

· 1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912)

· 1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)

· 1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)

· 1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)

· 1851 – John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (d. 1927)

· 1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)

· 1886 – Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)

· 1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)

· 1888 – Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (d. 1943)

· 1890 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1947)

· 1891 – Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician (d. 1942)

· 1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (d. 1974)

· 1896 – Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1948)

· 1901 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)

· 1902 – Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer (d. 1996)

· 1905 – Mary Renault, English-South African author (d. 1983)

· 1905 – Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (d. 2003)

· 1906 – Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

· 1907 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (d. 1991)

· 1908 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1999)

· 1908 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 1960)

· 1909 – Eduard Wirths, German physician (d. 1945)

· 1910 – Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 1993)

· 1912 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)

· 1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)

· 1913 – Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (d. 1976)

· 1913 – Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (d. 2009)

· 1913 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)

· 1913 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (d. 2005)

· 1913 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)

· 1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)

· 1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)

· 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)

· 1918 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)

· 1919 – Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)

· 1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2011)

· 1920 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2000)

· 1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (d. 1992)

· 1923 – Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2003)

· 1924 – Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004)

· 1924 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 1997)

· 1925 – Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (d. 1979)

· 1926 – George William Gray, British chemist who developed liquid crystals that made displays possible (d. 2013)^[2]

· 1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (d. 2002)

· 1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

· 1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2011)

· 1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2008)

· 1928 – Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)

· 1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)

· 1929 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (d. 2015)

· 1930 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (d. 1992)

· 1930 – William Maxson, American general (d. 2013)^[3]

· 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer

· 1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician

· 1932 – Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico

· 1932 – Vince Dooley, American football player and coach

· 1934 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

· 1934 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (d. 2012)

· 1934 – Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (d. 2012)

· 1934 – Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist

· 1935 – Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (d. 2013)

· 1935 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (d. 2013)

· 1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician

· 1937 – Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (d. 2010)

· 1937 – Virgil A. Richard, American general (d. 2013)

· 1937 – Les Allen, English footballer and manager

· 1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2005)

· 1941 – Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic

· 1941 – Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster

· 1941 – Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach

· 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh

· 1942 – Raymond Floyd, American golfer

· 1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

· 1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer

· 1944 – Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (d. 2017)

· 1944 – Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager

· 1944 – Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player

· 1945 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (d. 1994)

· 1945 – Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer

· 1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist (d. 2019)

· 1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer

· 1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer

· 1947 – Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster

· 1947 – Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player

· 1949 – Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

· 1949 – Dean Pees, American football player and coach

· 1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster

· 1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player

· 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer

· 1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress

· 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

· 1952 – Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)

· 1953 – Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author

· 1953 – Michael Stean, English chess player and author

· 1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager

· 1955 – David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1955 – Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer

· 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana

· 1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer

· 1958 – Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer

· 1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach

· 1958 – Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host

· 1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor

· 1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper

· 1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter

· 1960 – Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician

· 1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

· 1961 – Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1961 – Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer

· 1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer

· 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education

· 1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

· 1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer

· 1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager

· 1963 – Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player

· 1964 – Guy Boros, American golfer

· 1964 – Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

· 1965 – Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

· 1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 1991)

· 1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter

· 1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant

· 1967 – Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete

· 1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor

· 1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player

· 1969 – Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer

· 1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2013)

· 1969 – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia

· 1969 – Inga Tuigamala, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player

· 1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer

· 1970 – Deni Hines, Australian singer-songwriter

· 1970 – Ivan Iusco, Italian composer

· 1970 – Sven Meyer, German footballer

· 1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach

· 1971 – Ione Skye, English-American actress

· 1971 – Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer and coach

· 1972 – Steve Leonard, Northern Irish veterinarian and television personality

· 1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player and coach

· 1973 – Lazlow Jones, American radio presenter, producer and screenwriter

· 1974 – Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach

· 1974 – Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer

· 1975 – Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer

· 1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records

· 1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer

· 1976 – Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer

· 1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer

· 1977 – Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player

· 1977 – Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist

· 1977 – Kia Stevens, American wrestler

· 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor and producer

· 1978 – Terence Newman, American football player

· 1978 – Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist

· 1978 – Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

· 1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player

· 1979 – Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer

· 1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver

· 1980 – Max Greenfield, American actor

· 1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player

· 1981 – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress^[4]

· 1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer

· 1981 – Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter

· 1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter

· 1982 – Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter

· 1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host

· 1983 – Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player

· 1983 – Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player

· 1984 – Jonathan Adam, Scottish race car driver

· 1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer

· 1984 – Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

· 1985 – Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer

· 1985 – Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer

· 1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer

· 1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer

· 1986 – Xavier Woods, American wrestler

· 1987 – Wesley Blake, American wrestler

· 1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician

· 1989 – Elliott Whitehead, English rugby league player

· 1990 – James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1990 – Jonny Lomax, English rugby player

· 1990 – Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter

· 1991 – Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist^[5]

· 1991 – Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player

· 1992 – Hanna Schwamborn, German actress

· 1992 – Kevin Lee, American mixed martial artist

· 1993 – Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer^[6]

· 1993 – Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer

· 1993 – Jody Fannin, English race car driver

· 1993 – Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player

· 1994 – Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer

· 1994 – Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player

· 1994 – Thomas Minns, English rugby player

· 1995 – Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player

· 1996 – Jordan Lilley, English rugby league player

· 1996 – Ashton Golding, English rugby league player

Deaths

· 422 – Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church

· 799 – Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (b. 745)

· 1037 – Bermudo III, king of León (b. c. 1017)

· 1063 – Tughril, Seljuq sultan (b. 990)

· 1199 – Joan of England, queen of Sicily (b. 1165)

· 1308 – Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (b. 1250)

· 1323 – Gegeen Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1302)

· 1342 – Anna Anachoutlou, empress of Trebizond

· 1417 – Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop

· 1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)

· 1571 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (b. 1516)

· 1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)

· 1625 – Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)

· 1676 – John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)

· 1767 – Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)

· 1780 – John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)

· 1784 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)

· 1794 – John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)

· 1804 – Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)

· 1820 – Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)

· 1821 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)

· 1849 – Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)

· 1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)

· 1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)

· 1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)

· 1909 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)

· 1911 – John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)

· 1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)

· 1923 – Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (b. 1889) ^[7]

· 1940 – George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)

· 1944 – Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

· 1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)

· 1965 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

· 1974 – Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)

· 1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)

· 1974 – Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)

· 1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)

· 1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

· 1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)

· 1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)

· 1982 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (b. 1900)

· 1985 – Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (b. 1938)

· 1985 – George O'Brien, American actor and singer (b. 1899)

· 1986 – Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1917)

· 1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)

· 1987 – Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)

· 1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (b. 1903)

· 1989 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1903)

· 1990 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (b. 1925)

· 1990 – Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (b. 1898)

· 1990 – Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (b. 1934)

· 1991 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)

· 1991 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)

· 1991 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1932)

· 1993 – Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)

· 1995 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)

· 1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)

· 1996 – Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)

· 1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)

· 1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)

· 1998 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)

· 1998 – Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)

· 1999 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)

· 2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)

· 2003 – Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)

· 2003 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)

· 2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)

· 2004 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)

· 2006 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1942)

· 2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)

· 2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920)

· 2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918)

· 2007 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (b. 1923)

· 2011 – Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)

· 2012 – Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (b. 1929)

· 2012 – Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)

· 2012 – George Savitsky, American football player (b. 1924)

· 2012 – Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)

· 2012 – Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

· 2013 – Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)

· 2013 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (b. 1930)

· 2013 – Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (b. 1980)

· 2013 – Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (b. 1940)

· 2013 – Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (b. 1951)

· 2014 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (b. 1930)

· 2014 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (b.1959)

· 2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (b. 1928)

· 2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (b. 1933)

· 2015 – Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

· 2015 – Jean Darling, American actress (b. 1922)

· 2015 – Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)

· 2015 – Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)

· 2016 – Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (b. 1933)

· 2018 – Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (b. 1927)^[8]

Holidays and observances

· Christian feast day:

o Candida the Elder

o Blessed Catherine of Racconigi

o Blessed Dina Bélanger

o Hermione of Ephesus

o Ida of Herzfeld

o Irmgardis (of Süchteln)

o Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

o Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

o Rosalia

o Rose of Viterbo

o Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus

o Thamel and companions

o Ultan of Ardbraccan

o September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

· Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

· Newspaper Carrier Day (United States)

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References

TR Welling