October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar ).
1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1513 – Battle of La Motta : Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians .
1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar , this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763 , closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
1776 – Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg .
1777 – American Revolutionary War : The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights .
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain : American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina .
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf , commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance , captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août .
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1828 – Morea expedition : The city of Patras , Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison .
1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1862 – Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
1864 – American Civil War : Bahia incident : USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia , Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War : Siege of Paris : Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance .
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1919 – KLM , the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1929 – Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople .
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
1940 – World War II : The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River .
1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp , Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 – Mother Teresa build an order called Missionary of Charity
1955 – American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco .
1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza , with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law , and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury .
1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon .
1960 – Nigeria joins the United Nations .
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty .
1971 – Oman joins the United Nations.
1976 – Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong 's successor as chairman of Communist Party of China , following the latter's death barely a month earlier.
1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution .
1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front .
1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.
1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1988 – An Inupiaq hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska , US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales .
1991 – Croatian War of Independence : Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb kills one civilian.
1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri , 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting .
1998 – Matthew Shepard , a gay student at the University of Wyoming , is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming .
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – The governor of California, Gray Davis , is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger .
Births
13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar , Roman son of Tiberius (d. 23 AD)
1409 – Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
1573 – William Laud , English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)
1576 – John Marston , English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
1713 – Granville Elliott , English general (d. 1759)
1728 – Caesar Rodney , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov , Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
1746 – William Billings , American composer and educator (d. 1800)
1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
1769 – Solomon Sibley , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
1832 – Charles Crozat Converse , American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
1835 – Felix Draeseke , German composer and educator (d. 1913)
1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau , Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley , American poet and author (d. 1916)
1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski , Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
1870 – Uncle Dave Macon , American singer-songwriter, banjo player, and comedian (d. 1952)
1879 – Joe Hill , American poet and activist (d. 1915)
1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky , Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
1884 – Harold Geiger , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
1885 – Niels Bohr , Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1885 – Claud Ashton Jones , American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
1888 – Henry A. Wallace , American politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1889 – Robert Z. Leonard , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1892 – Dwain Esper , American director and producer (d. 1982)
1893 – Alice Dalgliesh , Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
1894 – Del Lord , Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
1895 – Maurice Grevisse , Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
1897 – Elijah Muhammad , American religious leader (d. 1975)
1898 – Joe Giard , American baseball player (d. 1956)
1900 – Heinrich Himmler , German commander and politician (d. 1945)
1904 – Armando Castellazzi , Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1905 – Andy Devine , American actor and singer (d. 1977)
1907 – Helen MacInnes , Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist , Finnish author (d. 1990)
1909 – Shura Cherkassky , Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1995)
1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd , American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
1911 – Jo Jones , American drummer (d. 1985)
1911 – Vaughn Monroe , American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry , Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
1912 – Peter Walker , English racing driver (d. 1984)
1913 – Simon Carmiggelt , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
1913 – Raimond Valgre , Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
1914 – Begum Akhtar , Indian singer (d. 1974)
1914 – Sarah Churchill , English actress and dancer (d. 1982)
1914 – Alfred Drake , American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1917 – June Allyson , American actress and singer (d. 2006)
1918 – Harry V. Jaffa , American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
1919 – Henriette Avram , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1919 – Zelman Cowen , Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
1919 – Georges Duby , French historian and author (d. 1996)
1920 – Georg Leber , German politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1920 – Kalju Lepik , Estonian-Swedish poet (d. 1999)
1920 – Jack Rowley , English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1921 – Raymond Goethals , Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
1922 – Grady Hatton , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1922 – William Zinsser , American journalist and critic
1923 – Irma Grese , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1923 – Břetislav Pojar , Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle , Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1926 – Diana Lynn , American actress and singer (d. 1971)
1927 – R. D. Laing , Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
1927 – Al Martino , American singer and actor (d. 2009)
1928 – Sanne Ledermann , German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1943)
1928 – Sohrab Sepehri , Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
1929 – Graeme Ferguson , Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
1929 – Robert Westall , English journalist and author (d. 1993)
1930 – Curtis Crider , American race car driver (d. 2012)
1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons , American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
1931 – Tommy Lewis , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 – R. Sivagurunathan , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
1931 – Desmond Tutu , South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Joannes Gijsen , Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
1933 – Harold Dunaway , American race car driver (d. 2012)
1934 – Amiri Baraka , American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 – Ulrike Meinhof , German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
1934 – Julian Thompson , English general and historian
1935 – Thomas Keneally , Australian author and playwright
1936 – Charles Dutoit , Swiss conductor
1936 – Michael Hurll , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Christopher Booker , English journalist and author
1937 – Maria Szyszkowska , Polish academic and politician
1938 – Ann Jones , English tennis player and sportscaster
1938 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad , Iranian singer, actor, and poet (d. 1992)
1939 – John Hopcroft , American computer scientist and author
1939 – Clive James , Australian television host, author, and critic
1939 – Harry Kroto , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya , Congolese cardinal
1939 – Bill Snyder , American football player and coach
1940 – Bruce Vento , American educator and politician (d. 2000)
1942 – Joy Behar , American talk show host and actress
1943 – José Cardenal , Cuban baseball player and coach
1943 – Oliver North , American colonel, journalist, and author
1944 – Judee Sill , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1979)
1944 – Donald Tsang , Chinese politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1944 – Pete van Wieren , American sportscaster (d. 2014)
1945 – Kevin Godley , English singer-songwriter and director (10cc , Hotlegs , Godley & Creme , Doctor Father , and The Magic Lanterns )
1945 – David Wallace , Scottish physicist and academic
1946 – Jenny Abramsky , English broadcaster
1946 – Bernard Lavilliers , French singer-songwriter and actor
1946 – Catharine MacKinnon , American lawyer, activist, and author
1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha , Bruneian wife of Hassanal Bolkiah
1947 – Chris Bambridge , Australian footballer and referee
1948 – Diane Ackerman , American poet and author
1948 – John F. B. Mitchell , English climatologist and author
1948 – Stephen Rucker , American composer
1949 – Dave Hope , American bass player and priest (Kansas and AD )
1949 – Kieran Kane , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The O'Kanes )
1950 – Jakaya Kikwete , Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
1951 – David J. Halberstam , American sportscaster
1951 – John Mellencamp , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1952 – Mary Badham , American actress
1952 – Vladimir Putin , Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
1952 – Jacques Richard , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1952 – Graham Yallop , Australian cricketer
1953 – Linda Griffiths , Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
1953 – Margus Lepa , Estonian journalist and actor
1953 – Tico Torres , American drummer (Bon Jovi )
1955 – Ralph Johnson , American computer scientist and author
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma , French-American cellist and educator (Silk Road Project )
1955 – Bill Henson , Australian photographer
1956 – Mike Shipley , Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
1956 – Brian Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Joey Marquez , Filipino basketball player, actor, host, and politician
1957 – Michael W. Smith , American singer-songwriter and actor
1957 – Jayne Torvill , English figure skater
1958 – Timothy Ackroyd , English actor
1959 – Dylan Baker , American actor
1959 – Simon Cowell , English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
1959 – Lourdes Flores , Peruvian lawyer and politician
1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier , Canadian lawyer and politician
1960 – Kevin Boyle , American historian and author
1960 – Kyosuke Himuro , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boøwy )
1960 – Viktor Lazlo , French-Belgian singer
1961 – Brian Mannix , Australian singer and actor (Uncanny X-Men )
1961 – Matthew Roloff , American farmer and author
1961 – Tony Sparano , American football player and coach
1962 – Dave Bronconnier , Canadian politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
1962 – William Johnson , German-English cricketer
1963 – Ann Curless , American singer-songwriter (Exposé )
1964 – Sam Brown , English singer-songwriter
1964 – Dan Savage , American journalist and author
1964 – Paul Stewart , English footballer
1965 – Genji Hashimoto , Japanese race car driver
1966 – Sherman Alexie , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 – Marco Beltrami , Italian-American composer
1966 – Janet Shaw , Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
1967 – Toni Braxton , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Braxtons )
1967 – Luke Haines , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Auteurs , The Servants , and Black Box Recorder )
1967 – Ellen ten Damme , Dutch actress and singer
1968 – Pippa Funnell , English horse rider
1968 – Ülo Voitka , Estonian activist
1968 – Thom Yorke , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radiohead and Atoms for Peace )
1969 – Bobbie Brown , American model and actress
1969 – Benny Chan , Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 – Malia Hosaka , American wrestler
1969 – Maria Whittaker , English model, actress, and singer
1970 – Nicole Ari Parker , American model and actress
1971 – Daniel Boucher , Canadian singer and actor
1972 – Loek van Wely , Dutch chess player
1972 – Marlou Aquino , Filipino basketball player
1973 – Dida , Brazilian footballer
1973 – Hanno Grossschmidt , Estonian architect
1973 – Sami Hyypiä , Finnish footballer and manager
1973 – Grigol Mgaloblishvili , Georgian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
1974 – Rune Glifberg , Danish skateboarder
1974 – Allison Munn , American actress
1974 – Charlotte Perrelli , Swedish singer (Wizex and Anders Engbergs )
1974 – Alexander Polinsky , American actor and singer
1975 – Rhino , American wrestler and actor
1975 – Giorgos Karadimos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Tim Minchin , English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1975 – Kaspars Znotiņš , Latvian actor
1976 – Marc Coma , Spanish motorcycle racer
1976 – Taylor Hicks , American singer-songwriter and actor (Little Memphis Blues Orchestra )
1976 – Gilberto Silva , Brazilian footballer
1976 – Santiago Solari , Argentinian footballer and manager
1976 – Charles Woodson , American football player
1977 – Brandon Quinn , American actor
1978 – Alison Balsom , English trumpet player and educator
1978 – Omar Benson Miller , American actor
1978 – Alesha Dixon , English singer-songwriter and dancer (Mis-Teeq )
1978 – Zaheer Khan , Indian cricketer
1979 – Simona Amânar , Romanian gymnast
1979 – Aaron Ashmore , Canadian actor
1979 – Shawn Ashmore , Canadian actor
1979 – Tang Wei , Chinese actress
1980 – Edison Chen , Canadian-Hong Kong actor and singer
1980 – Tim Cresswell , Hong Kong footballer
1982 – Madjid Bougherra , Algerian footballer
1982 – Jermain Defoe , English footballer
1982 – Robby Ginepri , American tennis player
1982 – Li Yundi , Chinese pianist
1983 – Archie Bland , English journalist and author
1983 – Dwayne Bravo , Trinidadian cricketer
1983 – Scottie Upshall , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Anna Larrucea , Filipino actress
1984 – Salman Butt , Pakistani cricketer
1984 – Toma Ikuta , Japanese actor and singer
1984 – Simon Poulsen , Danish footballer
1985 – Evan Longoria , American baseball player
1986 – Kaitlyn , American wrestler and model
1986 – Lee Nguyen , American soccer player
1986 – Gunnar Nielsen , Faroese footballer
1987 – Jeremy Brockie , New Zealand footballer
1987 – Sam Querrey , American tennis player
1988 – Diego da Silva Costa , Brazilian footballer
1990 – Thunder , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (MBLAQ )
1990 – Sebastián Coates , Uruguayan footballer
1990 – Ayla Kell , American actress
1991 – Nicole Jung , American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Kara )
1997 – Kira Kosarin , American actress and singer
2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho
Deaths
336 – Pope Mark
929 – Charles the Simple , French king (b. 879)
1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence , Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
1553 – Cristóbal de Morales , Spanish composer (b. 1500)
1555 – Louis of Praet (b. 1488)
1577 – George Gascoigne , English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini , Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski , Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
1651 – Jacques Sirmond , French scholar (b. 1559)
1653 – Fausto Poli , Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
1708 – Guru Gobind Singh , Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
1772 – John Woolman , American preacher and activist (b. 1720)
1780 – Patrick Ferguson , Scottish soldier (b. 1744)
1787 – Henry Muhlenberg , German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
1792 – George Mason , American politician (b. 1725)
1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
1796 – Thomas Reid , Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
1849 – Edgar Allan Poe , American author and poet (b. 1809)
1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
1896 – Emma Darwin , English wife of Charles Darwin , (b. 1808)
1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
1904 – Isabella Bird , English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
1906 – Honoré Beaugrand , Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson , English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
1919 – Alfred Deakin , Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
1925 – Christy Mathewson , American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1926 – Emil Kraepelin , German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
1931 – Eugen Schmidt , Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1862)
1939 – Harvey Williams Cushing , American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
1943 – Eugeniusz Bodo , Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1943 – Radclyffe Hall , English author and poet (b. 1880)
1943 – Archibald Warden , English tennis player (b. 1869)
1944 – Helmut Lent , German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1951 – Anton Philips , Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
1956 – Clarence Birdseye , American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
1959 – Mario Lanza , American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
1966 – Grigoris Asikis , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
1966 – Smiley Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
1967 – Norman Angell , English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1969 – Lars Ekborg , Swedish actor (b. 1926)
1969 – Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent , Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
1991 – Harry W. Brown , American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
1991 – Leo Durocher , American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1991 – Darren Millane , Australian footballer (b. 1965)
1992 – Allan Bloom , American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
1992 – Babu Karam Singh Bal , Indian politician (b.1927)
1992 – Tevfik Esenç , Turkish last speaker of Ubykh language (b. 1904)
1993 – Cyril Cusack , South African-Irish actor (b. 1910)
1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne , Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1996 – Lou Lichtveld , Surinamese-Dutch politician, playwright, and poet (b. 1903)
1998 – Cees de Vreugd , Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
2001 – Herblock , American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
2001 – Christopher Adams , English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
2001 – Roger Gaudry , Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2003 – Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2003 – Arthur Berger , American composer and educator (b. 1912)
2005 – Charles Rocket , American actor (b. 1949)
2006 – Julen Goikoetxea , Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
2006 – Anna Politkovskaya , American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
2007 – Norifumi Abe , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
2007 – George E. Sangmeister , American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
2009 – Irving Penn , American photographer (b. 1917)
2010 – Milka Planinc , Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
2011 – Ramiz Alia , Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
2011 – Andrew Laszlo , Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
2012 – Mersad Berber , Bosnian-Croatian painter (b. 1940)
2012 – Mervyn M. Dymally , Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
2012 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano , Mexican drug lord (b. 1974)
2012 – Ivo Michiels , Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
2013 – Patrice Chéreau , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2013 – David E. Jeremiah , American admiral (b. 1934)
2013 – Ovadia Yosef , Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1920)
2014 – Cigar , American race horse (b. 1990)
2014 – Siegfried Lenz , Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
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