Day of the year
February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 325 days remain until the end of the year (326 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1904 – Russo-Japanese War : Battle of Port Arthur concludes.1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas , leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty , international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard , and designates it as demilitarized .1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.1929 – Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin , prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities .[ 11] 1932 – Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.[ 12] [ 13] 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece , Romania , Yugoslavia , and Turkey .1941 – World War II : Bombing of Genoa : The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa , Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.[ 14] 1943 – World War II: Pacific War : Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal .1945 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic : HMS Venturer sinks U-864 Fedje , Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden , Norway.
1950 – Second Red Scare : US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists .1951 – Korean War : The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang , in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea .1959 – The R-7 Semyorka , the first intercontinental ballistic missile , becomes operational at Plesetsk , USSR .1961 – The Beatles at the Cavern Club : Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg .[ 15] 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show 1965 – Vietnam War : The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam , the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.1971 – The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame .
1971 – Apollo program : Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.1976 – Aeroflot Flight 3739 , a Tupolev Tu-104 , crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport , killing 24.[ 16] 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .1982 – Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide , killing 24 of the 174 people on board.[ 17] 1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System .1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union : Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union .1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf , killing two people.1996 – Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann , Victor Ninov et al.[ 18]
2001 – The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru , leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $ 2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor .[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] 2016 – Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria . Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.[ 24] 2018 – Winter Olympics : Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea .[ 25] 2020 – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis .[ 26] 2021 – Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.[ 27]
Births
Pre-1600
1060 – Honorius II , pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)1274 – Louis of Toulouse , French bishop (d. 1297)1313 – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile , Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)1344 – Meinhard III , count of Tyrol (d. 1363)1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i , Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa , Japanese daimyō (d. 1611)1579 – Johannes Meursius , Dutch classical scholar (d. 1639)[ 28]
1651 – Procopio Cutò , French entrepreneur (d. 1727)1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney , Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla , Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)1737 – Thomas Paine , English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)[ 29] 1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel , German-French composer (d. 1799)1748 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet , English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)[ 30] 1769 – George W. Campbell , Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)1773 – William Henry Harrison , American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)1775 – Farkas Bolyai , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix , German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky , Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger , German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)1800 – Hyrum Smith , American religious leader (d. 1844)1814 – Samuel J. Tilden , American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)1815 – Federico de Madrazo , Spanish painter (d. 1894)1830 – Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire , Turkish emperor (d. 1876)[ 31] 1834 – Felix Dahn , German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)1826 – Keʻelikōlani , Hawaiian royal and governor[ 32] 1837 – José Burgos , Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)1839 – Silas Adams , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)1846 – Wilhelm Maybach , German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)1846 – Whitaker Wright , English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
1847 – Hugh Price Hughes , Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)1854 – Aletta Jacobs , Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)[ 33] 1856 – Hara Takashi , Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)1859 – Akiyama Yoshifuru , Japanese general (d. 1930)1863 – Anthony Hope , English author and playwright (d. 1933)1864 – Miina Härma , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)[ 34] 1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell , English-French actress (d. 1940)1865 – Erich von Drygalski , German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
1867 – Natsume Sōseki , Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts , American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)1874 – Amy Lowell , American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)1876 – Arthur Edward Moore , New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)1878 – Jack Kirwan , Irish international footballer (d. 1959)[ 35] 1880 – Lipót Fejér , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)1883 – Jules Berry , French actor and director (d. 1951)1885 – Alban Berg , Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)1885 – Clarence H. Haring , American historian and author (d. 1960)
1889 – Larry Semon , American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)1891 – Ronald Colman , English-American actor (d. 1958)1891 – Kristian Krefting , Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (d. 1964)[ 36]
1891 – Pietro Nenni , Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (d. 1980)[ 37]
1892 – Peggy Wood , American actress (d. 1978)1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas , Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)1895 – Hermann Brill , German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (d. 1959)1896 – Alberto Vargas , Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith , Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)1898 – Jūkichi Yagi , Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)
1901 – Brian Donlevy , American actor (d. 1972)1901 – James Murray , American actor (d. 1936)
1905 – David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter , English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)1906 – André Kostolany , Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)1907 – Trường Chinh , Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)1907 – Dit Clapper , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1978)[ 38]
1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter , English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1909 – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson , Scottish historian (d. 2002)[ 39] 1909 – Heather Angel , English-American actress (d. 1986)
1909 – Carmen Miranda , Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)[ 40]
1909 – Dean Rusk , American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)[ 40]
1910 – Jacques Monod , French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)1911 – William Orlando Darby , American general (d. 1945)1911 – Esa Pakarinen , Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989)[ 41]
1912 – Ginette Leclerc , French actress (d. 1992)1912 – Futabayama Sadaji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)
1914 – Ernest Tubb , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)[ 40] 1916 – Tex Hughson , American baseball player (d. 1993)1918 – Lloyd Noel Ferguson , American chemist (d. 2011)1919 – John Abramovic , American basketball player (d. 2000)[ 42] 1920 – Fred Allen , New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)1920 – Enrico Schiavetti , Italian football player (d. 1993)
1922 – Kathryn Grayson , American actress and soprano (d. 2010)[ 40] 1922 – Jim Laker , English cricketer and broadcaster (d. 1986)
1922 – C. P. Krishnan Nair , Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (d. 2014)
1922 – Robert E. Ogren , American zoologist (d. 2005)
1923 – Brendan Behan , Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)[ 40] 1923 – Tonie Nathan , American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
1925 – John B. Cobb , American philosopher and theologian1925 – Burkhard Heim , German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
1926 – Garret FitzGerald , Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)1927 – Richard A. Long , American historian and author (d. 2013)1928 – Frank Frazetta , American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)[ 44] 1928 – Rinus Michels , Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1928 – Roger Mudd , American journalist (d. 2021)[ 45]
1929 – A. R. Antulay , Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)1929 – Clement Meadmore , Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong , American evangelist and author (d. 2003)1931 – Thomas Bernhard , Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)1931 – Josef Masopust , Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Robert Morris , American sculptor and painter (d. 2018)
1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka , Japanese baseball player and manager1932 – Gerhard Richter , German painter and photographer
1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe , English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author1936 – Callistus Ndlovu , Zimbabwean academic and politician (d. 2019)[ 46] 1936 – Clive Swift , English actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1937 – Clete Boyer , American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)1938 – Raul Martirez , Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2024)[ 47] 1939 – Mahala Andrews , English vertebrae palaeontologist (d. 1997)[ 48] 1939 – Barry Mann , American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Janet Suzman , South African-British actress and director[ 49]
1940 – Brian Bennett , English drummer and songwriter1940 – J. M. Coetzee , South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate[ 40]
1941 – Kermit Gosnell , American abortionist and serial killer[ 50] 1941 – Sheila Kuehl , American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician[ 49]
1942 – Carole King , American singer-songwriter and pianist[ 49] 1943 – Barbara Lewis , American singer-songwriter[ 49] 1943 – Joe Pesci , American actor[ 49]
1943 – Joseph Stiglitz , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[ 40]
1944 – Derryn Hinch , New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician1944 – Alice Walker , American novelist, short story writer, and poet[ 49]
1945 – Mia Farrow , American actress, activist, and model[ 49] 1945 – Yoshinori Ohsumi , Japanese biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
1945 – Carol Wood , American mathematician and academic
1946 – Bob Eastwood , American golfer1946 – Vince Papale , American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Jim Webb , American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
1947 – Carla Del Ponte , Swiss lawyer and diplomat1947 – Joe Ely , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 49]
1947 – Major Harris , American singer (d. 2012)
1947 – Alexis Smirnoff , Canadian-American wrestler and actor (d. 2019)
1948 – Guy Standing , English economist and academic1949 – Bernard Gallacher , Scottish golfer and journalist1949 – Judith Light , American actress[ 49]
1949 – Marcia Garbey , Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist (d.2024)[ 51]
1950 – Richard F. Colburn , American sergeant and politician1951 – David Pomeranz , American singer, musician, and composer1952 – Danny White , American football player and sportscaster1953 – Ciarán Hinds , Irish actor[ 40] 1953 – Ezechiele Ramin , Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
1953 – Gabriel Rotello , American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
1954 – Jo Duffy , American author1954 – Chris Gardner , American businessman and philanthropist
1954 – Kevin Warwick , English scientist
1955 – Jerry Beck , American historian and author1955 – Jimmy Pursey , English singer-songwriter and producer
1955 – Charles Shaughnessy , English actor[ 49]
1956 – Phil Ford , American basketball player and coach[ 52] 1956 – Mookie Wilson , American baseball player and coach
1957 – Terry McAuliffe , American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia 1957 – Gordon Strachan , Scottish footballer and manager
1958 – Sandy Lyle , Scottish golfer1958 – Chris Nilan , American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
1960 – Holly Johnson , English singer-songwriter and bass player1960 – David Simon , American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
1960 – Peggy Whitson , American biochemist and astronaut[ 40]
1961 – John Kruk , American baseball player and sportscaster1962 – Anik Bissonnette , Canadian ballerina1963 – Brian Greene , American physicist1963 – Peter Rowsthorn , Australian comedian and actor
1963 – Travis Tritt , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[ 49]
1964 – Debrah Miceli , Italian-American wrestler and manager1964 – Dewi Morris , English rugby player
1964 – Ernesto Valverde , Spanish footballer and manager[ 53]
1965 – Dieter Baumann , German runner1965 – Julie Warner , American actress[ 49]
1966 – Harald Eia , Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter1967 – Gaston Browne , Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister[ 54] 1967 – Venus Lacy , American basketball player[ 55]
1967 – Todd Pratt , American baseball player and coach
1967 – Dan Shulman , Canadian sportscaster
1968 – Alejandra Guzmán , Mexican singer-songwriter and actress[ 56] 1968 – Derek Strong , American basketball player and race car driver
1968 – Gloria Trevi , Mexican singer and actress[ 57]
1969 – Jimmy Smith , American football player1970 – Glenn McGrath , Australian cricketer and sportscaster1971 – Sharon Case , American actress and model[ 49] 1971 – Matt Gogel , American golfer
1971 – Johan Mjällby , Swedish footballer and manager
1972 – Darren Ferguson , Scottish footballer and manager1972 – Jason Winston George , American actor and model[ 49]
1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya , Belarusian gymnast1973 – Colin Egglesfield , American actor
1973 – Makoto Shinkai , Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Jordi Cruyff , Dutch footballer and manager[ 58] 1974 – Brad Maynard , American football player
1974 – Amber Valletta , American model[ 49]
1974 – John Wallace , American basketball player and coach
1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen , Norwegian cyclist and coach1975 – Clinton Grybas , Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1975 – Vladimir Guerrero , Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Charlie Day , American actor, producer, and screenwriter[ 49] 1977 – A. J. Buckley , Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter[ 49] 1979 – Akinori Iwamura , Japanese baseball player1979 – Irina Slutskaya , Russian figure skater[ 40]
1979 – Zhang Ziyi , Chinese actress and model[ 59]
1980 – Angelos Charisteas , Greek footballer1980 – Margarita Levieva , Russian-American actress
1980 – Manu Raju , American journalist
1981 – Tom Hiddleston , English actor[ 49] 1981 – John Walker Lindh , American Taliban member[ 40]
1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto , Japanese wrestler
1981 – The Rev , American musician (d. 2009)[ 60]
1982 – Domingo Cisma , Spanish footballer1982 – Jameer Nelson , American basketball player
1982 – Ami Suzuki , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Chris Weale , English footballer and manager
1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena , Spanish footballer1984 – Maurice Ager , American basketball player, singer, and producer1984 – Dioner Navarro , Venezuelan baseball player[ 61]
1984 – Shōhōzan Yūya , Japanese sumo wrestler
1985 – Nigel Dawes , Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player[ 62] 1985 – David Gallagher , American actor[ 49]
1987 – Michael B. Jordan , American actor[ 49] 1987 – Davide Lanzafame , Italian footballer
1987 – Rose Leslie , Scottish actress[ 49]
1987 – Magdalena Neuner , German biathlete
1989 – Maxime Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier1990 – Randall Delgado , Panamanian baseball player[ 63] 1990 – Tariq Sims , Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1990 – Camille Winbush , American actress[ 49]
1991 – Helena Kmieć , Polish Roman Catholic missionary (d. 2017)[ 64] 1991 – Logan Ryan , American football player[ 65] 1992 – Avan Jogia , Canadian actor[ 66] 1993 – Wataru Endō , Japanese footballer[ 67] 1993 – K. J. McDaniels , American basketball player[ 68]
1993 – Despina Papamichail , Greek tennis player[ 69]
1993 – Niclas Füllkrug , German footballer[ 70]
1995 – André Burakovsky , Swedish ice hockey player[ 71] 1995 – Mario Pašalić , Croatian footballer[ 72]
1995 – Sheraldo Becker , Surinamese footballer[ 73]
1996 – Jimmy Bennett , American actor[ 49] 1996 – Kelli Berglund , American actress[ 40]
1996 – Chungha , South Korean singer[ 74]
1996 – Sebastián Driussi , Argentinian footballer[ 75]
1997 – Jaire Alexander , American football player[ 76] 1997 – Saquon Barkley , American football player[ 77]
1997 – Valentini Grammatikopoulou , Greek tennis player[ 78] [ 79]
1998 – Cem Bölükbaşı , Turkish racing driver and former sim racer[ 80] 1998 – Isabella Gomez , Colombian-American actress[ 40]
2001 – Dylan Cozens , Canadian ice hockey player[ 81] 2002 – Jalen Green , American basketball player[ 82]
Deaths
Pre-1600
966 – Ono no Michikaze , Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)967 – Sayf al-Dawla , emir of Aleppo (b. 916)978 – Luitgarde , duchess consort of Normandy 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony 1014 – Yang Yanzhao , Chinese general1135 – Tai Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 1075)1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo , Japanese shōgun (b. 1147)1251 – Matthias II , duke of Lorraine1407 – William I , margrave of Meissen (b. 1343)1450 – Agnès Sorel , French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)1555 – John Hooper , English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)1555 – Rowland Taylor , English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz , Spanish admiral (b. 1526)1600 – John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)
1619 – Lucilio Vanini , Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)1675 – Gerrit Dou , Dutch painter (b. 1613)1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)1777 – Seth Pomeroy , American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert , French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)1857 – Dionysios Solomos , Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)1874 – Jules Michelet , French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)1891 – Johan Jongkind , Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1903 – Charles Gavan Duffy , Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)1928 – William Gillies , Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)1930 – Richard With , Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)1932 – Junnosuke Inoue , Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)1932 – A.K. Golam Jilani , Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
1935 – Bob Diry ,[ 83] 1942 – Lauri Kristian Relander , Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (b. 1883)[ 84] 1945 – Ella D. Barrier , American educator (b. 1852)1950 – Ted Theodore , Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)1951 – Eddy Duchin , American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)1957 – Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)1960 – Alexandre Benois , Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)1960 – Ernő Dohnányi , Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah , Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)1966 – Sophie Tucker , Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor and singer (b. 1885)1976 – Percy Faith , Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)1977 – Sergey Ilyushin , Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau (b. 1894)1978 – Costante Girardengo , Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)1979 – Allen Tate , American poet and academic (b. 1899)1980 – Tom Macdonald , Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)1981 – M. C. Chagla , Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)1981 – Bill Haley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
1984 – Yuri Andropov , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)1989 – Osamu Tezuka , Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)1994 – Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)1995 – J. William Fulbright , American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)1995 – Kalevi Keihänen , Finnish entrepreneur (b. 1924)[ 85]
1995 – David Wayne , American actor (b. 1914)
1998 – Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)2001 – Herbert A. Simon , American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)2002 – Isabelle Holland , Swiss-American author (b. 1920)2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
2003 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda , Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)2004 – Claude Ryan , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)2005 – Robert Kearns , American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (b. 1927)2006 – Freddie Laker , English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)2007 – Hank Bauer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)2007 – Ian Richardson , Scottish actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Christopher Hyatt , American occultist and author (b. 1943)2008 – Carm Lino Spiteri , Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)[ 86]
2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai , Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López , Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison , American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)2011 – Miltiadis Evert , Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)2012 – O. P. Dutta , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)2012 – John Hick , English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Joe Moretti , Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
2013 – Richard Artschwager , American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)2013 – Keiko Fukuda , Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)[ 87]
2013 – Jimmy Smyth , Irish hurler (b. 1931)
2014 – Gabriel Axel , Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)2014 – Hal Herring , American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden , English general (b. 1920)
2015 – Liu Han , Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)2015 – Ed Sabol , American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
2016 – Sushil Koirala , Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)2016 – Zdravko Tolimir , Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
2017 – André Salvat , French Army colonel (b. 1920)2018 – Reg E. Cathey , American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)[ 88] 2018 – Jóhann Jóhannsson , Icelandic composer (b. 1969)
2018 – John Gavin , American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931)
2021 – Chick Corea , American jazz composer (b. 1941)[ 89] 2022 – Johnny Raper , Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939)[ 90]
Holidays and observances
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