March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 300 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
12 BC – The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus , incorporating the position into that of the Emperor.
845 – Execution of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium at Samarra
961 – Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas , end of the Emirate of Crete
1204 – The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England , who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus .
1454 – Thirteen Years' War : Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights .
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam .
1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society , Henry Oldenburg , publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
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 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
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 .
1902 – Real Madrid C.F. is founded.
1912 – 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 6,000 feet.
1921 – Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International .
1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in the The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
1945 – World War II : Cologne is captured by American Troops.
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 – 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
1962 – Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 begins on the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.
1964 – Nation of Islam 's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali .
1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1967 – Joseph Stalin 's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
1968 – The first of the East L.A. walkouts take place at several high schools.
1968 – Three black males 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.
1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News , Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1983 – The first United States Football League game is played.
1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius .
1990 – Ed Yielding and Joseph T. Vida set the transcontinental speed record flying a SR-71 Blackbird from Los Angeles to Virginia in 64 minutes, averaging 2,124 mph.
1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem .
Births
1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward of Great Britain (d. 1399)
1405 – John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1459 – Jakob Fugger , German merchant and banker (d. 1525)
1475 – Michelangelo , Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)
1483 – Francesco Guicciardini , Italian historian and politician (d. 1540)
1495 – Luigi Alamanni , Italian poet and diplomat (d. 1556)
1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac , French author and playwright (d. 1655)
1663 – Francis Atterbury , English bishop (d. 1732)
1706 – George Pocock , English admiral (d. 1792)
1716 – Pehr Kalm , Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
1724 – Henry Laurens , British-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 , French general (d. 1869)
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)
1831 – Philip Sheridan , American general (d. 1888)
1834 – George du Maurier , French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896)
1849 – Georg Luger , Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (d. 1923)
1870 – Oscar Straus , Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954)
1871 – Afonso Costa , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
1872 – Ben Harney , American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1872 – Paul Juon , Russian-Swiss composer (d. 1940)
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)
1885 – Ring Lardner , American author and journalist (d. 1933)
1886 – Jam Handy , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1983)
1891 – Lidia Quaranta , Italian actress (d. 1928)
1893 – Furry Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1895 – Albert Tessier , Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
1898 – Gus Sonnenberg , American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
1900 – Lefty Grove , American baseball player (d. 1975)
1900 – Henri Jeanson , French author and journalist (d. 1970)
1900 – Gina Cigna , French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
1903 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
1904 – José Antonio Aguirre , Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960)
1905 – Bob Wills , American singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
1906 – Lou Costello , American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1959)
1909 – Obafemi Awolowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec , Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
1910 – Ejler Bille , Danish sculptor and painter (d. 2004)
1911 – George Webb , English actor (d. 1998)
1913 – Louise Latimer , American actress (d. 1973)
1914 – Kirill Kondrashin , Russian conductor (d. 1981)
1915 – Mohammed Burhanuddin , Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 2014)
1917 – Donald Davidson , American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1917 – Will Eisner , American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
1917 – Frankie Howerd , English comedian, actor, and singer (d. 1992)
1918 – Leslie Smith , English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (d. 2005)
1920 – Olive Dickason , Canadian journalist and historian (d. 2011)
1920 – Lewis Gilbert , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1921 – Leo Bretholz , Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
1923 – Herman Leonard , American photographer (d. 2010)
1923 – Ed McMahon , American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)
1923 – Wes Montgomery , American guitarist and songwriter (Montgomery Brothers ) (d. 1968)
1924 – Ottmar Walter , German footballer (d. 2013)
1924 – William H. Webster , American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
1926 – Alan Greenspan , American economist and politician
1926 – Ray O'Connor , Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 2013)
1926 – Andrzej Wajda , Polish director, producer, and screenwriter
1927 – William J. Bell , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1927 – Gordon Cooper , American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
1927 – Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
1927 – Norman Treigle , American actor and singer (d. 1975)
1929 – Tom Foley , American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2013)
1930 – Lorin Maazel , French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
1931 – Hal Needham , American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1932 – Marc Bazin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
1932 – Jean Boht , English actress
1932 – Bronisław Geremek , Polish historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (d. 2008)
1933 – Ted Abernathy , American baseball player (d. 2004)
1933 – William Davis , German-English journalist and economist
1934 – John Noakes , English actor and television host
1934 – Keith Spicer , Canadian journalist and academic
1935 – Ron Delany , Irish runner and coach
1936 – Bob Akin , American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
1936 – Marion Barry , American politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (d. 2014)
1936 – Sylvia Robinson , American singer and producer (Mickey & Sylvia ) (d. 2011)
1936 – Choummaly Sayasone , Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
1937 – Ivan Boesky , American businessman
1937 – Valentina Tereshkova , Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1938 – Keishu Tanaka , Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice
1939 – Kit Bond , American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
1939 – Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
1939 – Adam Osborne , Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003)
1939 – Cookie Rojas , Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
1940 – Ken Danby , Canadian painter (d. 2007)
1940 – Joanna Miles , French-American actress
1940 – Willie Stargell , American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)
1940 – Jeff Wooller , English accountant and banker
1941 – Peter Brötzmann , German saxophonist and clarinet player (Last Exit )
1941 – Marilyn Strathern , Welsh anthropologist and academic
1942 – Ben Murphy , American actor
1942 – Flora Purim , Brazilian singer (Return to Forever )
1944 – Richard Corliss , American journalist and critic
1944 – David Forbes Hendry , English economist and academic
1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa , New Zealand soprano and actress
1944 – Mary Wilson , American singer and actress (The Supremes )
1945 – Angelo Castro, Jr. , Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
1946 – David Gilmour , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd )
1946 – Martin Kove , American actor and producer
1946 – Richard Noble , Scottish race car driver and businessman
1947 – Tony Badger , English historian and academic
1947 – Kiki Dee , English singer-songwriter
1947 – Killer Khan , Japanese wrestler and actor
1947 – Rob Reiner , American actor, director, and producer
1947 – Jean Seaton , English historian and academic
1947 – John Stossel , American journalist and author
1947 – Judy Loe , English actress
1948 – Anna Maria Horsford , American actress, director, and producer
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
1950 – Hirotaka Suzuoki , Japanese voice actor (d. 2006)
1951 – Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1953 – Phil Alvin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Blasters )
1953 – Jay Ilagan , Filipino actor (d. 1992)
1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal , Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
1953 – Carolyn Porco , American astronomer and academic
1954 – Joey DeMaio , American bass player and songwriter (Manowar )
1954 – Jeff Greenwald , American author, photographer, and monologist
1954 – Harald Schumacher , German footballer and manager
1955 – Alberta Watson , Canadian actress
1958 – Eddie Deezen , American actor
1959 – Tom Arnold , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Chris Raschka , American author and illustrator
1960 – Sleepy Floyd , American basketball player and coach
1960 – Cecilia Heyes , English psychologist and academic
1962 – Erika Hess , Swiss skier
1962 – Luis Raúl , Puerto Rican comedian and actor (d. 2014)
1963 – Suzanne Crough , American actress
1963 – D. L. Hughley , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Paul Bostaph , American drummer (Forbidden , Slayer , Testament , and Systematic )
1964 – Skip Ewing , American singer-songwriter
1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy , American keyboard player (Marilyn Manson )
1964 – Yvette Wilson , American actress (d. 2012)
1965 – Jim Knight , English politician
1966 – Alan Davies , English comedian and actor
1967 – Julio Bocca , Argentinian ballet dancer and director
1967 – Connie Britton , American actress, singer, and producer
1967 – Shuler Hensley , American actor and singer
1968 – Moira Kelly , American actress and director
1968 – Michael Romeo , American guitarist and songwriter (Symphony X )
1969 – Andrea Elson , American actress
1969 – Tari Phillips , American basketball player
1969 – Amy Pietz , American actress, singer, and producer
1970 – Chris Broderick , American guitarist and songwriter (Megadeth and Jag Panzer )
1970 – Gretchen Barretto , Filipino actress and singer
1971 – Darrick Martin , American basketball player and coach
1971 – Val Venis , Canadian wrestler
1972 – Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player, actor, and rapper
1972 – Jaret Reddick , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Bowling For Soup and People on Vacation )
1973 – Michael Finley , American basketball player
1973 – Peter Lindgren , Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Opeth )
1973 – Greg Ostertag , American basketball player
1973 – Trent Willmon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Guy Garvey , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Elbow )
1974 – Beanie Sigel , American rapper (State Property )
1975 – Aracely Arámbula , Mexican actress and singer
1975 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Canadian pianist and conductor
1976 – Ken Anderson , American wrestler and actor
1977 – Giorgos Karagounis , Greek footballer
1977 – Bubba Sparxxx , American rapper
1977 – Edna Stern , Belgian-Israeli pianist and educator
1977 – Marcus Thames , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Lara Cox , Australian actress
1978 – Sage Rosenfels , American football player
1978 – Chad Wicks , American wrestler
1978 – Mike Jackson , American politician
1979 – Clint Barmes , American baseball player
1979 – Érik Bédard , Canadian baseball player
1979 – David Flair , American wrestler
1979 – Rufus Hound , English comedian and actor
1979 – Tim Howard , American soccer player
1980 – Emílson Cribari , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Daniel DeSanto , Canadian actor and producer
1980 – Kristina Triska , Swedish tennis player
1981 – Ellen Muth , American actress
1983 – Tommaso Berni , Italian footballer
1983 – Andranik Teymourian , Iranian footballer
1984 – Becky , Japanese-English singer and actress
1984 – Daniël de Ridder , Dutch footballer
1984 – Eskil Pedersen , Norwegian politician
1984 – Chris Tomson , American drummer (Vampire Weekend )
1984 – Edmund Yeo , Singaporean-Malaysian director and producer
1985 – Bakaye Traoré , French-Malian footballer
1986 – Traphik , American rapper and actor
1986 – Jake Arrieta , American baseball player
1986 – Francisco Cervelli , Italian baseball player
1986 – Ross Detwiler , American baseball player
1986 – Eli Marienthal , American actor
1986 – Charlie Mulgrew , Scottish footballer
1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng , Ghanaian-German footballer
1987 – José Manuel Flores , Spanish footballer
1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon , English actress
1988 – Agnes Carlsson , Swedish singer
1988 – Isabelle Daza , Filipino actress
1988 – Simon Mignolet , Belgian footballer
1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska , Polish tennis player
1990 – Linn Haug , Norwegian snowboarder
1990 – Kirk Urso , American soccer player (d. 2012)
1991 – Nicole Fox , American model and actress
1991 – Lex Luger , American keyboard player and producer (Low Pros )
1991 – Emma McDougall , English footballer (d. 2013)
1991 – Tyler, The Creator , American rapper, producer, and actor (Odd Future )
1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga , Japanese actress and singer (Berryz Kobo , ZYX , and Buono! )
1993 – Kristo Mangelsoo , Estonian basketball player
1993 – Andrés Rentería , Colombian footballer
1994 – Nathan Redmond , English footballer
2001 – Aryana Engineer , Canadian actress
Deaths
766 – Chrodegang , Frankish bishop and saint
1252 – Rose of Viterbo , Italian saint (b. 1235)
1490 – Ivan the Young , Russian son of Ivan III of Russia (b. 1458)
1531 – Pedro Arias Dávila , Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
1658 – Ivan Bunić Vučić , Croatian poet and politician (b. 1591)
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 :
1842 – Constanze Mozart , German wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1763)
1854 – Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry , Irish colonel and diplomat (b. 1778)
1860 – Friedrich Dotzauer , German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
1866 – William Whewell , English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
1867 – Charles Farrar Browne , American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
1881 – Horatia Nelson , English daughter of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1801)
1888 – Louisa May Alcott , American author and poet (b. 1832)
1895 – Camilla Collett , Norwegian author (b. 1813)
1899 – Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
1900 – Gottlieb Daimler , German businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
1905 – John Henninger Reagan , American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
1917 – Valdemar Psilander Danish actor (b. 1884)
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 politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
1935 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor (b. 1895)
1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann , German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
1941 – Gutzon Borglum , Danish-American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
1948 – Ross Lockridge, Jr. , American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
1950 – Albert François Lebrun , French 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 SS officer (b. 1895)
1961 – George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1961 – Edgar Krahn , Estonian mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
1964 – Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
1965 – Margaret Dumont , American actress and singer (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)
1969 – Nadya Rusheva , Russian painter (b. 1952)
1970 – William Hopper , American actor (b. 1915)
1971 – Thurston Dart , English keyboard player and conductor (b. 1921)
1973 – Pearl S. Buck , American author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1974 – Ernest Becker , American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
1976 – Mary Petty , American illustrator (b. 1899)
1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom , American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
1977 – Alvin R. Dyer , American religious leader (b. 1903)
1978 – Dennis Viollet , English-American soccer player and manager (b. 1933)
1981 – George Geary , English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
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 Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1957)
1988 – Daniel McCann , Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1957)
1988 – Seán Savage , Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1965)
1994 – Melina Mercouri , Greek actress, singer, 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)
2001 – Balla Moussa Keïta , Malian actor (b. 1934)
2001 – Kim Walker , American actress (b. 1968)
2002 – Bryan Fogarty , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
2004 – Hercules , American wrestler (b. 1957)
2004 – Frances Dee , American actress and singer (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 and singer (b. 1918)
2006 – Anne Braden , American activist (b. 1924)
2006 – King Floyd , American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2006 – Kirby Puckett , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2006 – Dana Reeve , American actress, singer, and activist (b. 1961)
2007 – Jean Baudrillard , French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
2007 – Allen Coage , American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1943)
2007 – Ernest Gallo , American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)
2007 – Pierre Moinot , French author (b. 1920)
2008 – Peter Poreku Dery , Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
2009 – Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
2009 – Susan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwean businesswoman (b. 1959)
2010 – Endurance Idahor , Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
2010 – Mark Linkous , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sparklehorse ) (b. 1962)
2010 – Betty Millard , American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
2012 – Francisco Xavier do Amaral , East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)
2012 – Louis J. Michot , American businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1922)
2012 – Donald M. Payne , American businessman and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Helen Walulik , American baseball player (b. 1929)
2013 – Chorão , Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr. ) (b. 1970)
2013 – Stompin' Tom Connors , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2013 – Norman King , English admiral (b. 1933)
2013 – Alvin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ten Years After ) (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 surgeon (b. 1925)
2014 – Sheila MacRae , English-born 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 – Vasilios Magginas , Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (b. 1949)
2015 – Enrique "Coco" Vicéns , Puerto Rican basketball player and politician (b. 1926)
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