May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 235 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
28 BCE – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han , one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
70 – Siege of Jerusalem : Titus , son of emperor Vespasian , opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World .
1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland .
1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables , annexes Jamaica from Spain.
1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III . This action provokes rioting in London.
1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act , designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
1775 – American Revolutionary War : A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga .
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia .
1796 – War of the First Coalition : Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1801 – First Barbary War : The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1833 – The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt .
1837 – Panic of 1837 : New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1849 – Astor Place Riot : A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan , New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready , killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857 : In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut .
1863 – American Civil War : Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops .
1864 – American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania , which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12 . Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
1865 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia .
1865 – American Civil War: In Kentucky , Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill , who lingers until his death on June 6 .
1866 – Romania National Holiday 1866-1947, The Modern Monarchy Instauration of the Kingdom of Romania , Carol I of Romania
1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad , linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit , Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah ) with the golden spike .
1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States .
1876 – The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II .
1877 – Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu 's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence .
1893 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable , not a fruit , under the Tariff Act of 1883 .
1904 – The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded.
1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia .
1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird , Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island .
1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef .
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972 .
1933 – Censorship : In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings .
1940 – World War II : German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg .
1940 – World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg .
1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain .
1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid .
1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany .
1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign .
1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground .
1948 – The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions " granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising ; they will remain in effect until 1991.
1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast , the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth .
1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk .
1969 – Vietnam War : The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill .
1970 – Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals , for the Boston Bruins ' fourth NHL championship in their history.
1972 – First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. "Warthog").
1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
1981 – François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic .
1993 – In Thailand , a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president .
1997 – A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran 's Khorasan Province , killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
1997 – The Maeslantkering , a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix .
2002 – F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds .
2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi , Georgia , but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2008 – An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma –Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
2012 – The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus , Syria , killing 55 people and injuring 400 others
2013 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere .
Births
213 – Claudius Gothicus , Roman emperor (d. 270)
1002 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)
1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1604 – Jean Mairet , French author and playwright (d. 1686)
1640 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1701)
1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair , French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann , German actress (d. 1792)
1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)
1755 – Robert Gray , American captain and explorer (d. 1806)
1756 – Singu Min , Burmese king (d. 1782)
1760 – Johann Peter Hebel , German author and poet (d. 1826)
1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle , French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)
1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)
1775 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French general (d. 1809)
1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel , French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
1810 – E. Cobham Brewer , English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)
1812 – William Henry Barlow , English engineer (d. 1902)
1813 – Montgomery Blair , American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)
1838 – John Wilkes Booth , American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar , Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)
1841 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)
1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós , Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)
1847 – Wilhelm Killing , German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
1855 – Yukteswar Giri , Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)
1863 – Kaarle Krohn , Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)
1866 – Léon Bakst , Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)
1872 – Marcel Mauss , French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)
1874 – Moses Schorr , Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 – Ivan Cankar , Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis , Greek painter (d. 1967)
1878 – Gustav Stresemann , German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1879 – Symon Petliura , Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)
1886 – Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Felix Manalo , Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1886 – Olaf Stapledon , English philosopher and author (d. 1950)
1888 – Max Steiner , Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)
1889 – Mae Murray , American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1965)
1890 – Alfred Jodl , German general (d. 1946)
1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar , Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
1894 – Elvira Popescu , Romanian-French actress and director (d. 1993)
1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)
1895 – Kama Chinen , Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1896 – Alberts Ozoliņš , Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
1897 – Einar Gerhardsen , Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 – Ariel Durant , American historian and author (d. 1981)
1899 – Fred Astaire , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin , English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
1901 – John Desmond Bernal , Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)
1902 – Anatole Litvak , Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1902 – David O. Selznick , American director and producer (d. 1965)
1903 – Otto Bradfisch , German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)
1904 – David Brown , English businessman (d. 1993)
1905 – Markos Vamvakaris , Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
1907 – Harilaos Perpessas , Greek composer (d. 1995)
1908 – Carl Albert , American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
1909 – Maybelle Carter , American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters ) (d. 1978)
1911 – Bel Kaufman , American author and educator (d. 2014)
1915 – Monica Dickens , English author (d. 1992)
1915 – Denis Thatcher , English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)
1916 – Milton Babbitt , American composer and educator (d. 2011)
1918 – T. Berry Brazelton , American pediatrician and author
1918 – Desmond MacNamara , Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)
1920 – Basil Kelly , Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
1920 – Bert Weedon , English guitarist (d. 2012)
1922 – David Azrieli , Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1922 – Nancy Walker , American actress and director (d. 1992)
1923 – Heydar Aliyev , Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
1923 – Otar Korkia , Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
1926 – Hugo Banzer , Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
1927 – Nayantara Sahgal , Indian author
1928 – Arnold Rüütel , Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia
1928 – Lothar Schmid , German chess player (d. 2013)
1929 – Audun Boysen , Norwegian runner (d. 2000)
1929 – George Coe , American actor and producer (d. 2015)
1929 – Antonine Maillet , Canadian author and playwright
1930 – George E. Smith , American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Ettore Scola , Italian director and screenwriter
1931 – Ichirō Nagai , Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby , Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)
1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford , English-American author
1933 – Françoise Fabian , Algerian-French actress
1935 – Larry Williams , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)
1937 – Tamara Press , Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
1938 – Jean Becker , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1938 – Dang Nhat Minh , Vietnamese director and screenwriter
1938 – Manuel Santana , Spanish tennis player
1938 – Marina Vlady , French actress
1940 – Wayne Dyer , American author and educator
1941 – Winfried Bischoff , German-English banker and businessman
1942 – Jim Calhoun , American basketball player and coach
1942 – Carl Douglas , Jamaican-English singer
1942 – Youssouf Sambo Bâ , Nigerien-Burkinabe educator and politician
1943 – David Clennon , American actor
1944 – Jim Abrahams , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Marie-France Pisier , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1946 – Donovan , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1946 – Graham Gouldman , English guitarist and songwriter (10cc , The Mindbenders , and Wax )
1946 – Diderik Wagenaar , Dutch composer and theorist
1947 – Caroline B. Cooney , American author
1948 – Meg Foster , American actress
1949 – Miuccia Prada , Italian fashion designer
1950 – Natalya Bondarchuk , Russian actress and director
1952 – Kikki Danielsson , Swedish singer (Wizex , Chips , Kikki, Bettan & Lotta , and Kjell Roos Band )
1952 – Sly Dunbar , Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie , The Aggrovators , The Upsetters , and The Revolutionaries )
1952 – Vanderlei Luxemburgo , Brazilian footballer and manager
1953 – Tito Santana , American wrestler and coach
1955 – Mark David Chapman , American murderer
1956 – Yves Jacques , Canadian actor
1956 – Paige O'Hara , American actress and singer
1956 – Vladislav Listyev , Russian journalist (d. 1995)
1957 – Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols , Siouxsie and the Banshees , Vicious White Kids , and The Flowers of Romance ) (d. 1979)
1958 – Tauseef Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer
1958 – Gaétan Boucher , Canadian speed skater
1958 – Vlada Divljan , Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idoli and Apartchiks ) (d. 2015)
1958 – Rick Santorum , American lawyer and politician
1959 – Victoria Rowell , American actress and dancer
1959 – Danny Schayes , American basketball player
1960 – Bono , Irish singer-songwriter, humanitarian and activist (U2 )
1960 – Dean Heller , American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
1960 – Merlene Ottey , Jamaican-Slovenian runner
1961 – Randy Cunneyworth , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Blyth Tait , New Zealand horse rider
1961 – Johanna ter Steege , Dutch actress
1962 – John Ngugi , Kenyan runner
1963 – Lisa Nowak , American commander and astronaut
1963 – Debbie Wiseman , English composer and conductor
1965 – Linda Evangelista , Canadian model and actress
1965 – Rony Seikaly , Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host
1966 – Jonathan Edwards , English triple jumper
1967 – Young MC , English-American rapper, producer, and actor
1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda , Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Al Murray , English comedian and television host
1968 – Erik Palladino , American actor and producer
1968 – William Regal , English wrestler and sportscaster
1968 – Tatyana Shikolenko , Russian javelin thrower
1969 – Dennis Bergkamp , Dutch footballer and manager
1969 – John Scalzi , American author and blogger
1970 – Gabriela Montero , Venezuelan-American pianist
1970 – Gina Philips , American actress and producer
1970 – Dallas Roberts , American actor
1970 – David Weir , Scottish footballer and manager
1971 – Adriano Giannini , Italian actor
1971 – Monisha Kaltenborn , Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman
1971 – Craig Mack , American rapper and producer
1971 – Kim Nam-joo , South Korean actress
1971 – Ådne Søndrål , Norwegian speed skater
1971 – Leslie Stefanson , American model and actress
1972 – Radosław Majdan , Polish footballer
1973 – Aviv Geffen , Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blackfield )
1973 – Rüştü Reçber , Turkish footballer
1973 – Tora Sudiro , Indonesian actor
1974 – Liu Fang , Chinese pipa player
1974 – Sylvain Wiltord , French footballer
1975 – Andrea Anders , American actress
1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland , Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (Röyksopp )
1975 – Hélio Castroneves , Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Adam Deadmarsh , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1975 – Shin Jung-hwan , South Korean singer and actor (Roo'ra )
1976 – Udo Mechels , Belgian singer
1976 – Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi , Greek javelin thrower
1977 – Henri Camara , Senegalese footballer
1977 – Nick Heidfeld , German race car driver
1977 – Denise Ho , Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actress
1977 – Sergei Nakariakov , Russian trumpet player
1978 – Bruno Cheyrou , French footballer
1978 – Kenan Thompson , American actor
1979 – Lee Hyori , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Fin.K.L )
1981 – Samuel Dalembert , Haitian-Canadian basketball player
1981 – Humberto Suazo , Chilean footballer
1981 – Nicky Whelan , Australian model and actress
1983 – Gustav Fridolin , Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
1984 – Edward Mujica , Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – Odette Annable , American actress
1985 – Ryan Getzlaf , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jon Schofield , English canoe racer
1986 – Emilio Izaguirre , Honduran footballer
1987 – Wilson Chandler , American basketball player
1987 – Anej Lovrečič , Slovenian footballer
1989 – Lindsey Shaw , American actress, singer, and producer
1990 – Karmen Pedaru , Estonian model
1990 – Lauren Potter , American actress
1990 – Ivana Španović , Serbian long jumper
1991 – Giorgos Machlelis , Greek footballer
1992 – Charice Pempengco , Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Mirai Shida , Japanese actress
1995 – Missy Franklin , American swimmer
1995 – Yoan Garneau , Canadian singer-songwriter
1996 – Kateřina Siniaková , Czech tennis player
2013 – Taufaʻahau Manumataongo of Tonga
Deaths
689 – Prince Kusakabe of Japan (b. 662)
1290 – Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271)
1424 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan (b. 1347)
1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll , Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)
1521 – Sebastian Brant , German author (b. 1457)
1566 – Leonhart Fuchs , German physician and botanist (b. 1501)
1641 – Johan Banér , Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)
1657 – Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)
1691 – John Birch , English soldier and politician (b. 1615)
1692 – Sarah Osborne , American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1643)
1717 – John Hathorne , American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
1721 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1647)
1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
1733 – Barton Booth , English actor (b. 1681)
1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)
1774 – Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
1775 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann , German actress (b. 1757)
1775 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (b. 1751)
1787 – William Watson , English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
1798 – George Vancouver , English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau , French general (b. 1725)
1818 – Paul Revere , American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
1829 – Thomas Young , English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
1849 – Hokusai , Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
1863 – Stonewall Jackson , American general (b. 1824)
1868 – Henry Bennett , American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
1897 – Andrés Bonifacio , Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin , Russian painter (b. 1861)
1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro , Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
1945 – Richard Glücks , German SS officer (b. 1889)
1945 – Konrad Henlein , Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
1950 – Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian (b. 1883)
1955 – Tommy Burns , Canadian boxer and promoter (b. 1881)
1960 – Yury Olesha , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
1962 – Shunroku Hata , Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1879)
1964 – Mikhail Larionov , Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
1965 – Hubertus van Mook , Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
1967 – Lorenzo Bandini , Italian race car driver (b. 1935)
1968 – Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (b. 1929)
1974 – Hal Mohr , American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
1976 – Elias Aslaksen , Norwegian religious leader (b. 1888)
1977 – Joan Crawford , American actress (year of birth disputed)
1982 – Peter Weiss , German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
1988 – Shen Congwen , Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
1989 – Dimitar Ilievski-Murato , Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953)
1989 – Woody Shaw , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)
1990 – Walker Percy , American author and academic (b. 1916)
1994 – John Wayne Gacy , American criminal (b. 1942)
1999 – Shel Silverstein , American poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1930)
2000 – Jules Deschênes , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2000 – Kaneto Shiozawa , Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
2000 – Dick Sprang , American illustrator (b. 1915)
2001 – Sudhakarrao Naik , Indian politician, 16th Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)
2002 – Kaifi Azmi , Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
2002 – Yves Robert , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2003 – Milan Vukcevich , Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)
2005 – David Wayne , American singer-songwriter (Metal Church , Reverend , and Wayne ) (b. 1958)
2006 – Soraya , Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
2006 – Val Guest , English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2006 – Raizo Matsuno , Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2006 – A. M. Rosenthal , Canadian-American journalist (b. 1922)
2008 – Leyla Gencer , Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
2008 – Jessica Jacobs , Australian actress and singer (b. 1990)
2010 – Frank Frazetta , American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)
2012 – Horst Faas , German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
2012 – Günther Kaufmann , German actor and singer (b. 1947)
2012 – Bernardo Sassetti , Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1970)
2012 – Carroll Shelby , American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)
2012 – Gunnar Sønsteby , Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)
2013 – Félix Agramont Cota , Mexican engineer and politician, 8th Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1918)
2013 – Vincent Dowling , Irish-American actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 – Carmen Argibay , Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
2014 – Gene Chyzowych , Ukrainian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1935)
2014 – Patrick Lucey , American soldier and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1918)
2014 – Nash the Slash , Canadian violinist (FM ) (b. 1948)
2015 – Ninad Bedekar , Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)
2015 – Jack Body , New Zealand composer and photographer (b. 1944)
2015 – Chris Burden , American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)
2015 – William T. Cooper , Australian ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1934)
2015 – Rachel Rosenthal , French-American actress and dancer (b. 1926)
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