Day of the year
March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 300 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1651 – The town of Kajaani , known at the time as Cajanaburg , is founded by Count Per Brahe , the Governor-General of Finland .[ 5] [ 6]
1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society , Henry Oldenburg , publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , the world's longest-running scientific journal.
1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement .
1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe . The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state , brings Maine into the Union as a free state , and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
1834 – York, Upper Canada , is incorporated as Toronto .
1836 – Texas Revolution : Battle of the Alamo : After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie , defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
1899 – Bayer registers "Aspirin " as a trademark .
1901–present
1901 – Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II .[ 7]
1904 – Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : Led by William Speirs Bruce , the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered from the Scotia .[ 8]
1912 – Italo-Turkish War : Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur , from an altitude of 1,800 m.
1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
1933 – Great Depression : President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday ", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
1943 – World War II : Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eight Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.[ 9]
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos , one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army , ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena , leading to its liberation a fortnight later.[ 10]
1944 – World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia , destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
1945 – World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening , the last major German offensive of the war, begins.[ 11]
1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union .
1951 – Cold War : The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1953 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
1964 – Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali .
1964 – Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.
1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1967 – Cold War: Joseph Stalin 's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
1968 – Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia , the first executions since UDI , prompting international condemnation.
1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory .
1975 – Algiers Accord : Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1984 – In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.[ 12]
1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius .
1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
2003 – Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset , Algeria , killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.[ 13]
2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem .
2018 – Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.[ 14]
2020 – Thirty-two people are killed and 81 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul , Afghanistan . The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.[ 15]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac , French author and playwright (d. 1655)[ 17]
1663 – Francis Atterbury , English bishop and poet (d. 1732)
1706 – George Pocock , English admiral (d. 1792)
1716 – Pehr Kalm , Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
1724 – Henry Laurens , English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1792)
1761 – Antoine-François Andréossy , French general and diplomat (d. 1828)
1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini , Swiss-French general (d. 1869)
1780 – Lucy Barnes , American writer (d. 1809)[ 18]
1785 – Karol Kurpiński , Polish composer and conductor (d. 1857)
1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer , German physicist and astronomer (d. 1826)
1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning , English-Italian poet and translator (d. 1861)
1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison , American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company (d. 1895)
1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1818 – William Claflin , American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1823 – Charles I of Württemberg (d. 1891)
1826 – Annie Feray Mutrie , British painter (d. 1893)[ 19]
1831 – Philip Sheridan , Irish-American general (d. 1888)
1834 – George du Maurier , French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896)[ 20]
1841 – Viktor Burenin , Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1926)
1849 – Georg Luger , Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (d. 1923)
1864 – Richard Rushall , British businessman (d. 1953)
1865 – Duan Qirui , Chinese warlord and politician (d. 1936)[ 21]
1870 – Oscar Straus , Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954)[ 22]
1871 – Afonso Costa , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
1872 – Ben Harney , American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1876 – A. A. Kannisto , Finnish politician (d. 1930)[ 23]
1877 – Rose Fyleman , English writer and poet (d. 1957)[ 24]
1879 – Jimmy Hunter , New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)
1882 – F. Burrall Hoffman , American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (d. 1980)
1882 – Guy Kibbee , American actor and singer (d. 1956)
1884 – Molla Mallory , Norwegian-American tennis player (d. 1959)
1884 – María Collazo , Uruguayan journalist and activist (d. 1942)[ 25]
1885 – Ring Lardner , American journalist and author (d. 1933)[ 26]
1892 – Bert Smith , English international footballer (d. 1969)[ 27]
1893 – Furry Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1893 – Ella P. Stewart , pioneering Black American pharmacist (d. 1987)[ 28]
1895 – Albert Tessier , Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
1898 – Gus Sonnenberg , American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
1900 – Gina Cigna , French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
1900 – Lefty Grove , American baseball player (d. 1975)
1900 – Henri Jeanson , French journalist and author (d. 1970)
1901–present
1903 – Empress Kōjun (d. 2000)
1904 – José Antonio Aguirre , Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960)
1905 – Bob Wills , American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1975)[ 29]
1906 – Lou Costello , American actor and comedian (d. 1959)[ 29]
1909 – Obafemi Awolowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec , Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
1910 – Emma Bailey , American auctioneer and author (d. 1999)[ 30]
1912 – Mohammed Burhanuddin , Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 2014)
1913 – Ella Logan , Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 1969)
1917 – Donald Davidson , American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1917 – Will Eisner , American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
1917 – Frankie Howerd , English comedian (d. 1992)
1918 – Howard McGhee , American trumpeter (d. 1987)
1920 – Lewis Gilbert , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1921 – Leo Bretholz , Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
1923 – Ed McMahon , American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)[ 29]
1923 – Wes Montgomery , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968)
1924 – Sarah Caldwell , American opera director, impresario, and stage director (d. 2006)[ 29]
1924 – Ottmar Walter , German footballer (d. 2013)
1924 – William H. Webster , American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
1926 – Ann Curtis , American swimmer (d. 2012)
1926 – Alan Greenspan , American economist and politician[ 29]
1926 – Ray O'Connor , Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 2013)
1926 – Andrzej Wajda , Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1927 – William J. Bell , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1927 – Gordon Cooper , American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)[ 29]
1927 – Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)[ 29]
1929 – Tom Foley , American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2013)
1929 – David Sheppard , English cricketer and bishop (d. 2005)
1930 – Lorin Maazel , French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
1932 – Marc Bazin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
1932 – Jean Boht , actress, (d. 2023)[ 31]
1932 – Bronisław Geremek , Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
1932 – Timofei Moșneaga , Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (d. 2014)[ 32]
1933 – Ted Abernathy , American baseball player (d. 2004)
1933 – William Davis , German-English journalist and economist (d. 2019)
1933 – Augusto Odone , Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (d. 2013)
1934 – Red Simpson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1935 – Ron Delany , Irish runner and coach
1935 – Derek Kevan , English footballer (d. 2013)
1936 – Bob Akin , American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
1936 – Marion Barry , American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (d. 2014)[ 29]
1936 – Choummaly Sayasone , Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
1937 – Ivan Boesky , American businessman (d. 2024)[ 33]
1937 – Norman Coburn , Australian actor[ 34]
1937 – Valentina Tereshkova , Russian general, pilot, and astronaut[ 29]
1938 – Keishu Tanaka , Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice (d. 2022)
1939 – Kit Bond , American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
1939 – Adam Osborne , Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003)
1940 – Ken Danby , Canadian painter (d. 2007)
1940 – Joanna Miles , French-American actress[ 35]
1940 – R. H. Sikes , American golfer (d. 2023)
1940 – Willie Stargell , American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)[ 29]
1940 – Jeff Wooller , English accountant and banker
1941 – Peter Brötzmann , German saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2023)
1941 – Marilyn Strathern , Welsh anthropologist and academic
1942 – Ben Murphy , American actor[ 35]
1944 – Richard Corliss , American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa , New Zealand soprano and actress
1944 – Mary Wilson , American singer (d. 2021)[ 29]
1945 – Angelo Castro Jr. , Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
1946 – Patrick Baudry , French military officer and astronaut[ 36]
1946 – David Gilmour , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 35]
1946 – Martin Kove , American actor[ 37]
1946 – Richard Noble , Scottish race car driver and businessman
1947 – Kiki Dee , English singer-songwriter[ 35]
1947 – Dick Fosbury , American high jumper (d. 2023)[ 29]
1947 – Anna Maria Horsford , American actress[ 35]
1947 – Rob Reiner , American actor, director, producer, and activist[ 35]
1947 – Jean Seaton , English historian and academic
1947 – John Stossel , American journalist and author[ 35]
1948 – Stephen Schwartz , American composer and producer
1949 – Shaukat Aziz , Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 – Martin Buchan , Scottish footballer and manager
1950 – Arthur Roche , English archbishop
1951 – Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1952 – Denis Napthine , Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria [ 38]
1953 – Phil Alvin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal , Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
1953 – Carolyn Porco , American astronomer and academic
1954 – Jeff Greenwald , American author, photographer, and monologist
1954 – Harald Schumacher , German footballer and manager
1955 – Cyprien Ntaryamira , Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)
1955 – Alberta Watson , Canadian actress (d. 2015)
1956 – Peter Roebuck , English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (d. 2011)
1956 – Steve Vizard , Australian television host, actor, and producer
1959 – Tom Arnold , American actor, comedian, and television host[ 35]
1960 – Sleepy Floyd , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Alison Nicholas , British golfer
1963 – D. L. Hughley , American actor, producer, and screenwriter[ 29]
1964 – Linda Pearson , Scottish sport shooter[ 39]
1965 – Allan Bateman , Welsh rugby player
1965 – Jim Knight , English politician
1966 – Alan Davies , English comedian, actor and screenwriter
1967 – Julio Bocca , Argentine ballet dancer and director
1967 – Connie Britton , American actress[ 35]
1967 – Glenn Greenwald , American journalist and author
1967 – Shuler Hensley , American actor and singer[ 35]
1968 – Moira Kelly , American actress and director[ 35]
1968 – Carla McGhee , American basketball player and coach[ 40]
1969 – Amy Pietz , American actress[ 35]
1970 – Chris Broderick , American musician and songwriter[ 35]
1971 – Darrick Martin , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player, actor, businessman, sportscaster, and rapper[ 35]
1972 – Jaret Reddick , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1973 – Michael Finley , American basketball player
1973 – Peter Lindgren , Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1973 – Greg Ostertag , American basketball player
1973 – Trent Willmon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 35]
1974 – Guy Garvey , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Matthew Guy , Australian politician
1974 – Brad Schumacher , American swimmer
1974 – Beanie Sigel , American rapper[ 35]
1975 – Aracely Arámbula , Mexican actress and singer
1975 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Canadian pianist and conductor
1976 – Ken Anderson , American wrestler and actor
1977 – Nantie Hayward , South African cricketer
1977 – Giorgos Karagounis , Greek footballer[ 41]
1977 – Shabani Nonda , Congolese footballer
1977 – Bubba Sparxxx , American rapper and songwriter[ 35]
1977 – Marcus Thames , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Sage Rosenfels , American football player
1978 – Chad Wicks , American wrestler
1979 – Clint Barmes , American baseball player
1979 – David Flair , American wrestler
1979 – Tim Howard , American soccer player[ 29]
1979 – Garry Monk , English footballer and manager[ 42]
1980 – Emílson Cribari , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Shaun Evans , English actor and director[ 35]
1981 – Ellen Muth , American actress
1983 – Andranik Teymourian , Armenian-Iranian footballer
1984 – Daniël de Ridder , Dutch footballer[ 43]
1984 – Eskil Pedersen , Norwegian politician
1984 – Chris Tomson , American drummer[ 35]
1985 – Pierre-Édouard Bellemare , French ice hockey player[ 44]
1985 – Bakaye Traoré , French-Malian footballer
1985 – Daniel Winnik , Canadian ice hockey player[ 45]
1986 – Jake Arrieta , American baseball player
1986 – Francisco Cervelli , Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
1986 – Timothy DeLaGhetto , American Internet personality[ 46]
1986 – Ross Detwiler , American baseball player
1986 – Eli Marienthal , American actor[ 35]
1986 – Charlie Mulgrew , Scottish footballer
1987 – Mário Bližňák , Slovak ice hockey player[ 47]
1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng , Ghanaian-German footballer
1987 – Chico Flores , Spanish footballer
1988 – Agnes , Swedish singer
1988 – Marina Erakovic , New Zealand tennis player
1988 – Leonys Martín , Cuban-American baseball player[ 48]
1988 – Simon Mignolet , Belgian footballer
1989 – Dwight Buycks , American basketball player[ 49]
1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska , Polish tennis player
1990 – Derek Drouin , Canadian athlete[ 50]
1991 – John Jenkins , American basketball player[ 51]
1991 – Lex Luger , American keyboard player and producer
1991 – Emma McDougall , English footballer (d. 2013)
1991 – Tyler, the Creator , American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor[ 35]
1993 – Nicklas Jensen , Danish ice hockey player[ 52]
1993 – Andrés Rentería , Colombian footballer
1994 – Marcus Smart , American basketball player
1995 – Josh Hart , American basketball player[ 53]
1995 – Georgi Kitanov , Bulgarian footballer
1996 – Christian Coleman , American sprinter[ 54]
1996 – Mohamed Magdy , Egyptian footballer[ 55]
1996 – Timo Werner , German footballer
1997 – Alisha Boe , Norwegian-American actress[ 29]
1998 – Kyle Trask , American football player[ 56]
1999 – Ylena In-Albon , Swiss tennis player[ 57] [ 58]
2000 – Armando Bacot , American basketball player[ 59]
2000 – Jacob Bertrand , American actor[ 60]
2001 – Milo Manheim , American actor[ 61]
2003 – Millicent Simmonds , American actress[ 35]
Deaths
Pre-1600
190 – Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo ) (b. 176)
653 – Li Ke , prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 619)
766 – Chrodegang , Frankish bishop and saint[ 62]
903 – Lu Guangqi , Chinese official and chancellor
903 – Su Jian , Chinese official and chancellor
1070 – Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola
1251 – Rose of Viterbo , Italian saint (b. 1235)
1353 – Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
1447 – Colette of Corbie , French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (b. 1381)[ 63]
1466 – Alvise Loredan , Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
1490 – Ivan the Young , Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1491 – Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
1531 – Pedro Arias Dávila , Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
1601–1900
1616 – Francis Beaumont , English playwright (b. 1584)
1754 – Henry Pelham , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
1764 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
1796 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal , French historian and author (b. 1713)
1836 – Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo :
1854 – Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry , Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
1866 – William Whewell , English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
1867 – Charles Farrar Browne , American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
1888 – Louisa May Alcott , American novelist and poet (b. 1832)[ 64]
1895 – Camilla Collett , Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
1899 – Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
1900 – Gottlieb Daimler , German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
1901–present
1905 – John Henninger Reagan , American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
1905 – Makar Yekmalyan , Armenian composer (b. 1856)
1919 – Oskars Kalpaks , Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
1920 – Ömer Seyfettin , Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
1932 – John Philip Sousa , American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
1933 – Anton Cermak , Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann , German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
1941 – Francis Aveling , Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
1941 – Gutzon Borglum , American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
1948 – Ross Lockridge Jr. , American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
1948 – Alice Woodby McKane , First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)[ 65]
1950 – Albert François Lebrun , French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
1951 – Ivor Novello , Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
1951 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko , Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
1952 – Jürgen Stroop , German general (b. 1895)
1954 – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (b. 1884)[ 66]
1955 – Mammad Amin Rasulzade , Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
1961 – George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1964 – Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
1965 – Margaret Dumont , American actress (b. 1889)
1967 – John Haden Badley , English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
1967 – Nelson Eddy , American actor and singer (b. 1901)
1967 – Zoltán Kodály , Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
1970 – William Hopper , American actor (b. 1915)
1973 – Pearl S. Buck , American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1974 – Ernest Becker , American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom , American boxer (b. 1903)
1977 – Alvin R. Dyer , American religious leader (b. 1903)
1981 – George Geary , English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
1981 – Rambhau Mhalgi , Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 1921)[ 67]
1982 – Ayn Rand , Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
1984 – Billy Collins Jr. , American boxer (b. 1961)
1984 – Martin Niemöller , German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)
1984 – Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (b. 1893)
1984 – Henry Wilcoxon , Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
1986 – Georgia O'Keeffe , American painter (b. 1887)
1988 – Mairéad Farrell , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
1988 – Daniel McCann , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
1988 – Seán Savage , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
1994 – Melina Mercouri , Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
1997 – Cheddi Jagan , Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
1997 – Michael Manley , Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
1997 – Ursula Torday , English author (b. 1912)
1999 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa , Bahrain king (b. 1933)
2000 – John Colicos , Canadian actor (b. 1928)
2002 – Bryan Fogarty , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
2004 – Hercules , American wrestler (b. 1957)
2004 – Frances Dee , American actress (b. 1909)
2005 – Hans Bethe , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
2005 – Danny Gardella , American baseball player and trainer (b. 1920)
2005 – Tommy Vance , English radio host (b. 1943)
2005 – Teresa Wright , American actress (b. 1918)
2005 – Gladys Marín , Chilean activist and political figure (b. 1938)
2006 – Anne Braden , American journalist and activist (b. 1924)
2006 – Kirby Puckett , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2007 – Jean Baudrillard , French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
2007 – Ernest Gallo , American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)
2008 – Peter Poreku Dery , Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
2009 – Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
2010 – Endurance Idahor , Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
2010 – Mark Linkous , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)
2010 – Betty Millard , American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
2011 – Sasao Gouland , governor of Chuuk State , Micronesia (b. 1933)[ 68]
2012 – Francisco Xavier do Amaral , East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)
2012 – Donald M. Payne , American businessman and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Helen Walulik , American baseball player (b. 1929)
2013 – Chorão , Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2013 – Stompin' Tom Connors , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2013 – Alvin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2013 – W. Wallace Cleland , American biochemist and academic (b. 1930)
2014 – Alemayehu Atomsa , Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)
2014 – Frank Jobe , American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)
2014 – Sheila MacRae , English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)
2014 – Martin Nesbitt , American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Manlio Sgalambro , Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)
2015 – Fred Craddock , American minister and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Ram Sundar Das , Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1921)
2015 – Enrique "Coco" Vicéns , Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (b. 1926)
2016 – Nancy Reagan , American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
2016 – Sheila Varian , American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)
2017 – Robert Osborne , American actor and historian (b. 1932)
2018 – Peter Nicholls , Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (b. 1939)
2021 – Lou Ottens , Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1926)[ 69]
2021 – Graham Pink , British nurse (b. 1929)[ 70]
Holidays and observances
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