April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 262 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor .
1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade , temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes , allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots .
1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island .
1613 – Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father . She is brought to Henricus as hostage.
1699 – Guru Gobind Singh , the Tenth Sikh Guru, Created Khalsa on this day at Anandpur Sahib , Punjab.
1742 – George Frideric Handel 's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin , Ireland.
1777 – American Revolutionary War : American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook , New Jersey .
1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
1849 – Hungary becomes a republic .
1861 – American Civil War : Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1865 – American Civil War : Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
1873 – The Colfax massacre , in which more than 60 African Americans are murdered, takes place.
1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming .
1909 – The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II .
1919 – The establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea .
1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre : British troops gun down at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar , India; at least 1200 are wounded.
1919 – Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I .
1941 – A Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
1943 – World War II : The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London from the Soviet Union , which denies responsibility.
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson 's birth.
1944 – Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen , Germany.
1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna , Austria.
1948 – The Hadassah medical convoy massacre : In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem .
1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra .
1958 – Cold War : American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B , the world's first satellite navigation system.
1964 – At the Academy Awards , Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field .
1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon .
1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan .
1972 – Vietnam War : The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft ) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite , Westar 1 .
1975 – Bus massacre in Lebanon : An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War .
1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson 's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1984 – India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control .
1987 – Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999 .
1992 – The Great Chicago flood devastates much of central Chicago .
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament .
2014 – A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City crashes into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people.
Births
1506 – Peter Faber , French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1546)
1519 – Catherine de' Medici , Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)
1570 – Guy Fawkes , English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606)
1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)
1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1641)
1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , French author (d. 1693)
1713 – Pierre Jélyotte , French tenor (d. 1797)
1729 – Thomas Percy , Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811)
1732 – Frederick North, Lord North , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
1735 – Isaac Low , American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791)
1743 – Thomas Jefferson , American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1747 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)
1764 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1830)
1769 – Thomas Lawrence , English painter and educator (d. 1830)
1771 – Richard Trevithick , English engineer and explorer (d. 1833)
1780 – Alexander Mitchell , Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868)
1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel , Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)
1787 – John Robertson , American lawyer and politician (d. 1873)
1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (d. 1867)
1802 – Leopold Fitzinger , Austrian zoologist and hepetologist (d. 1884)
1808 – Antonio Meucci , Italian-American engineer (d. 1889)
1810 – Félicien David , French composer (d. 1876)
1824 – William Alexander , Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911)
1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee , Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)
1828 – Joseph Lightfoot , English bishop and theologian (d. 1889)
1832 – Juan Montalvo , Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889)
1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias , French sculptor and academic (d. 1905)
1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing , Irish astronomer (d. 1917)
1851 – Robert Abbe , American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)
1851 – William Quan Judge , Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)
1852 – Frank Winfield Woolworth , American businessman, founded the F.W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)
1860 – James Ensor , Belgian painter (d. 1949)
1866 – Butch Cassidy , American criminal (d. 1908)
1872 – John Cameron , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1935)
1872 – Alexander Roda Roda , Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945)
1873 – John W. Davis , American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955)
1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur , American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949)
1879 – Edward Bruce , American lawyer and painter (d. 1943)
1880 – Charles Christie , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955)
1885 – Vean Gregg , American baseball player (d. 1964)
1885 – Juhan Kukk , Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942)
1885 – György Lukács , Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971)
1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni , Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995)
1887 – Peter Ratican , American soccer player (d. 1922)
1889 – Herbert Yardley , American cryptologist and author (d. 1958)
1890 – Frank Murphy , American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (d. 1949)
1890 – Dadasaheb Torne , Indian director and producer (d. 1960)
1891 – Maurice Buckley , Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)
1891 – Nella Larsen , American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964)
1891 – Robert Scholl , German accountant and politician (d. 1973)
1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet , English air marshal (d. 1984)
1892 – Robert Watson-Watt , Scottish engineer, invented the Radar (d. 1973)
1894 – Arthur Fadden , Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)
1894 – Joie Ray , American runner (d. 1978)
1897 – Werner Voss , German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts , American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993)
1899 – Harold Osborn , American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975)
1900 – Pierre Molinier , French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
1901 – Jacques Lacan , French psychiatrist and academic (d. 1981)
1901 – Alan Watt , Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (d. 1988)
1902 – Philippe de Rothschild , French race car driver, playwright, and producer (d. 1988)
1902 – Marguerite Henry , American author (d. 1997)
1904 – David Robinson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987)
1906 – Samuel Beckett , Irish-French author, playwright, and director, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1906 – Bud Freeman , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1906 – Ed Hamm , American long jumper and coach (d. 1982)
1906 – Klaudia Taev , Estonian opera singer and educator (d. 1985)
1907 – Harold Stassen , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001)
1909 – Stanislaw Ulam , Ukrainian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984)
1909 – Eudora Welty , American author and photographer (d. 2001)
1911 – Ico Hitrec , Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946)
1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994)
1911 – Nino Sanzogno , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1913 – Dave Albritton , American high jumper and coach (d. 1994)
1913 – Kermit Tyler , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
1914 – Orhan Veli Kanık , Turkish poet and author (d. 1950)
1916 – Phyllis Fraser , American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006)
1917 – Robert Orville Anderson , American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)
1917 – Bill Clements , American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)
1919 – Roland Gaucher , French journalist and politician (d. 2007)
1919 – Howard Keel , American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair , American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)
1919 – Phil Tonken , American voice actor and producer (d. 2000)
1920 – Roberto Calvi , Italian banker (d. 1982)
1920 – Claude Cheysson , French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
1920 – Liam Cosgrave , Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland
1920 – John LaPorta , American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2004)
1921 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza , Dutch-Swiss art collector and businessman (d. 2002)
1922 – Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1922 – John Braine , English librarian and author (d. 1986)
1922 – Julius Nyerere , Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999)
1922 – Valve Pormeister , Estonian architect (d. 2002)
1923 – Don Adams , American actor and director (d. 2005)
1923 – A. H. Halsey , English sociologist and academic (d. 2014)
1923 – Stanley Tanger , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (d. 2010)
1924 – John T. Biggers , American painter (d. 2001)
1924 – Jack T. Chick , American author, illustrator, and publisher
1924 – Stanley Donen , American director and choreographer
1926 – Ellie Lambeti , Greek actress (d. 1983)
1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough , English businessman (d. 2014)
1927 – Rosemary Haughton , English-American philosopher, theologian, and author
1927 – Antonino Rocca , Italian-American wrestler (d. 1977)
1927 – Maurice Ronet , French actor and director (d. 1983)
1928 – Alan Clark , English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999)
1928 – Gianni Marzotto , Italian race car driver and businessman (d. 2012)
1931 – Anita Cerquetti , Italian soprano (d. 2014)
1931 – Robert Enrico , French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1931 – Dan Gurney , American race car driver and engineer
1931 – Jon Stone , American composer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1932 – Orlando Letelier , Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1976)
1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell , American soldier and politician
1934 – John Muckler , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1935 – Lyle Waggoner , American actor
1936 – Pierre Rosenberg , French historian and academic
1937 – Edward Fox , English actor
1937 – Lanford Wilson , American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (d. 2011)
1938 – Klaus Lehnertz , German pole vaulter
1938 – John Weston , English poet and diplomat
1939 – Seamus Heaney , Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1939 – Paul Sorvino , American actor, singer, and director
1940 – Mike Beuttler , Egyptian-English race car driver (d. 1988)
1940 – Lester Chambers , American singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers )
1940 – Vladimir Cosma , Romanian composer and conductor
1940 – J. M. G. Le Clézio , French author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Jim McNab , Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1940 – Max Mosley , English race car driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering
1941 – Michael Stuart Brown , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Jean-Marc Reiser , French author and illustrator (d. 1983)
1941 – Marjorie Yates , English actress
1942 – Ataol Behramoğlu Turkish poet and author
1942 – Bill Conti , American composer and conductor
1943 – Billy Kidd , American skier
1943 – Tim Krabbé , Dutch journalist and author
1943 – Philip Norman , English journalist, author, and playwright
1944 – Franco Arese , Italian runner
1944 – Charles Burnett , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Jack Casady , American bass player (Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna , and Jefferson Starship )
1944 – Susan Davis , American social worker and politician
1945 – Ed Caruthers , American high jumper
1945 – Tony Dow , American actor, director, and producer
1945 – Lowell George , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Little Feat and The Mothers of Invention ) (d. 1979)
1945 – Bob Kalsu , American football player and lieutenant (d. 1970)
1945 – Judy Nunn , Australian actress and screenwriter
1946 – Al Green , American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
1946 – Christopher Strauli , English actor
1947 – Rae Armantrout , American poet and academic
1947 – Mike Chapman , Australian-English songwriter and producer
1947 – Jean-Jacques Laffont , French economist and academic (d. 2004)
1948 – Nam Hae-il , South Korean admiral
1948 – Drago Jančar , Slovenian author and playwright
1949 – Len Cook , New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician
1949 – Frank Doran , Scottish lawyer and politician
1949 – Christopher Hitchens , English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1949 – Ricardo Zunino , Argentinian race car driver
1950 – Joseph Paul Franklin , American serial killer (d. 2013)
1950 – Terry Lester , American actor (d. 2003)
1950 – Ron Perlman , American actor and producer
1950 – William Sadler , American actor
1951 – Leszek Borysiewicz , Welsh immunologist and academic
1951 – Peabo Bryson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1951 – Peter Davison , English actor and singer
1951 – Joachim Streich , German footballer and manager
1951 – Max Weinberg , American drummer (E Street Band and Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band )
1952 – Erick Avari , Indian-American actor
1952 – Ron Dittemore , American businessman
1952 – David Drew , English lawyer and politician
1952 – Jonjo O'Neill , Irish jockey and trainer
1953 – Stephen Byers , English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1953 – Dany Laferrière , Haitian-Canadian journalist and author
1954 – Jimmy Destri , American keyboard player and songwriter (Blondie )
1954 – Niels Olsen , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Olsen Brothers )
1954 – Barbara Roche , English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
1955 – Steve Camp , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Louis Johnson , American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson ) (d. 2015)
1955 – Lupe Pintor , Mexican boxer
1955 – Hideki Saijo , Japanese singer
1955 – Ole von Beust , German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg
1956 – Possum Bourne , New Zealand race car driver (d. 2003)
1956 – Alan Devonshire , English footballer and manager
1957 – Amy Goodman , American journalist and author
1957 – Gary Kroeger , American actor
1957 – Dallas Moir , Maltese-Scottish cricketer
1957 – Saundra Santiago , American actress
1958 – Hisako Manda , Japanese actress
1960 – Lyn Brown , English social worker and politician
1960 – Bob Casey, Jr. , American lawyer and politician
1960 – Olaf Ludwig , German cyclist and manager
1960 – Rudi Völler , German footballer and manager
1961 – Hiro Yamamoto , American bass player and songwriter (Soundgarden and Truly )
1962 – Hillel Slovak , Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This? ) (d. 1988)
1963 – Garry Kasparov , Russian chess player and author
1964 – Davis Love III , American golfer and sportscaster
1964 – Caroline Rhea , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – John Swinney , Scottish businessman and politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1965 – Patricio Pouchulu , Argentinian architect and educator
1966 – Mando , Greek singer-songwriter
1966 – Ali Boumnijel , Tunisian footballer
1966 – Marc Ford , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree )
1967 – Dana Barros , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Michael Eisen , American biologist and academic
1967 – Olga Tañón , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Chantelle )
1969 – Dirk Muschiol , German footballer
1970 – Monty Brown , American football player and wrestler
1970 – Gerry Creaney , Scottish footballer and manager
1970 – Szilveszter Csollány , Hungarian gymnast
1970 – Ricardo Rincón , Mexican-American baseball player
1970 – Ricky Schroder , American actor and director
1971 – Valensia , Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971 – Dina Korzun , Russian actress
1971 – Danie Mellor , Australian painter and sculptor
1971 – Bo Outlaw , American basketball player
1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski , Polish ice hockey player and golfer
1972 – Aaron Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Staind )
1973 – Bokeem Woodbine , American actor and producer
1974 – Sergei Gonchar , Russian ice hockey player
1974 – Darren Turner , English race car driver
1974 – David Zdrilic , Australian footballer and manager
1975 – Jasey-Jay Anderson , Canadian snowboarder
1975 – Lou Bega , German singer-songwriter
1975 – Bruce Dyer , English footballer
1975 – Tatiana Navka , Russian ice dancer
1976 – Jonathan Brandis , American actor (d. 2003)
1976 – Valentina Cervi , Italian actress
1976 – Patrik Eliáš , Czech-American ice hockey player
1976 – Glenn Howerton , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – Yoo Ji-tae , South Korean actor and director
1977 – Jeff Stearns , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Margus Tsahkna , Estonian lawyer and politician
1978 – Arron Asham , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Nick Garrett , English singer (The Swingle Singers and Amici Forever )
1978 – James Jordan , English dancer and choreographer
1978 – Sylvie Meis , Dutch model and actress
1978 – Carles Puyol , Spanish footballer
1978 – Raemon Sluiter , Dutch tennis player
1978 – Keydrick Vincent , American football player
1979 – Gréta Arn , Hungarian tennis player
1979 – Baron Davis , American basketball player
1979 – Tony Lundon , Irish singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (Liberty X )
1979 – Síle Seoige , Irish television host
1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy , American tennis player
1979 – Murat Yıldırım , Turkish actor
1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard , American voice actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Jana Cova , Czech porn actress and model
1980 – Kelli Giddish , American actress
1980 – Kyle Howard , American actor and screenwriter
1980 – Jason Maguire , Irish jockey
1980 – Alan Melikdjanian , Latvian-American actor, director, and producer
1980 – Quentin Richardson , American basketball player
1981 – Nat Borchers , American soccer player
1981 – Gemma Doyle , Scottish politician
1981 – Courtney Peldon , American actress
1981 – Bryan Scott , American football player
1982 – Tim Hamilton , Czech porn actor and model
1982 – Nellie McKay , English-American singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Janice Vidal , Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 – Jill Vidal , Hong Kong singer and actress
1983 – Claudio Bravo , Chilean footballer
1983 – Schalk Burger , South African rugby player
1983 – Nicole Cooke , Welsh cyclist
1983 – Derek Lee Nixon , American actor and producer
1983 – Hunter Pence , American baseball player
1984 – Jarmo Ahjupera , Estonian footballer
1984 – Anders Lindegaard , Danish footballer
1984 – Hiro Mizushima , Japanese actor
1984 – Matthew Needham , English actor
1985 – Anna Jennings-Edquist , Australian actress, director, and playwright
1985 – Algo Kärp , Estonian skier
1985 – Kerim Zengin , Turkish footballer
1986 – Michael Bingham , American-English sprinter
1987 – Brandon Hardesty , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 – Massimiliano Pesenti , Italian footballer
1987 – Allison Weiss , American singer-songwriter
1988 – Anderson , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Petteri Koponen , Finnish basketball player
1988 – Allison Williams , American actress and singer
1989 – Ryan Bailey , American sprinter
1989 – Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova , Belarusian long jumper
1991 – Akeem Adams , Trinidadian footballer (d. 2013)
1991 – Ulises Dávila , Mexican footballer
1991 – Josh Gordon , American football player
1992 – Denis Kudryavtsev , Russian hurdler
1993 – Hannah Marks , American actress
1993 – Tony Wroten , American basketball player
1994 – Ángelo Henríquez , Chilean footballer
1994 – Elvis Merzļikins , Latvian ice hockey player
Deaths
548 – Lý Nam Đế , Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)
799 – Paul the Deacon , Italian monk and historian (b. 720)
814 – Krum , Bulgarian ruler
1093 – Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)
1138 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1592 – Bartolomeo Ammannati , Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
1612 – Sasaki Kojirō , Japanese samurai (b. 1585)
1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II , Ottoman prince (b. 1572)
1638 – Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)
1641 – Richard Montagu , English bishop (b. 1577)
1695 – Jean de La Fontaine , French author and poet (b. 1621)
1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington , English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
1722 – Charles Leslie , Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
1793 – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette , French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
1794 – Nicolas Chamfort , French playwright and poet (b. 1741)
1826 – Franz Danzi , German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)
1853 – Leopold Gmelin , German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
1853 – James Iredell, Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
1855 – Henry De la Beche , English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
1868 – Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
1880 – Robert Fortune , Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
1882 – Bruno Bauer , German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
1886 – John Humphrey Noyes , American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
1890 – Samuel J. Randall , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
1909 – Whitley Stokes , Irish-English lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
1910 – William Quiller Orchardson , Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
1911 – John McLane , Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)
1911 – George Washington Glick , American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
1912 – Takuboku Ishikawa , Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)
1918 – Lavr Kornilov , Russian general (b. 1870)
1925 – Frederik Buch , Danish actor and screenwriter (b. 1875)
1927 – Georg Voigt , German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
1936 – Konstantinos Demertzis , Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
1938 – Grey Owl , English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
1941 – Annie Jump Cannon , American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
1941 – William Twaits , Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
1942 – Henk Sneevliet , Dutch politician (b. 1883)
1942 – Anton Uesson , Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
1944 – Cécile Chaminade , French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
1945 – Ernst Cassirer , Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
1954 – Samuel Jones , American high jumper (b. 1880)
1954 – Angus Lewis Macdonald , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
1956 – Emil Nolde , Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)
1959 – Eduard van Beinum , Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
1961 – John A. Bennett , American soldier (b. 1935)
1962 – Culbert Olson , American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
1966 – Abdul Salam Arif , Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
1966 – Carlo Carrà , Italian painter (b. 1881)
1966 – Georges Duhamel , French soldier and author (b. 1884)
1967 – Nicole Berger , French actress (b. 1934)
1969 – Alfred Karindi , Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1971 – Michel Brière , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
1971 – Juhan Smuul , Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1975 – Larry Parks , American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1975 – François Tombalbaye , Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
1978 – Jack Chambers , Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)
1980 – Markus Höttinger , Austrian race car driver (b. 1956)
1980 – Karl Stegger , Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
1983 – Gerry Hitchens , English footballer (b. 1934)
1983 – Theodore Stephanides , Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
1984 – Richard Hurndall , English actor (b. 1910)
1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick , American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911)
1986 – Stephen Stucker , American actor (b. 1947)
1988 – Jean Gascon , Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)
1992 – Maurice Sauvé , Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)
1992 – Feza Gürsey , Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)
1993 – Wallace Stegner , American historian and author (b. 1909)
1996 – James Burke , American gangster (b. 1931)
1996 – Leila Mackinlay , English author and educator (b. 1910)
1997 – Bryant Bowles , American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
1997 – Alan Cooley , Australian public servant (b. 1920)
1997 – Dorothy Frooks , American author and actress (b. 1896)
1997 – Voldemar Väli , Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1903)
1998 – Patrick de Gayardon , French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
1999 – Ortvin Sarapu , Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
1999 – Willi Stoph , German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
2000 – Giorgio Bassani , Italian author and poet (b. 1916)
2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray , American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
2001 – Jimmy Logan , Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2002 – Desmond Titterington , Irish race car driver (b. 1928)
2004 – Caron Keating , English television host (b. 1962)
2005 – Don Blasingame , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
2005 – Johnnie Johnson , American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2005 – Johnny Loughrey , Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2005 – Phillip Pavia , American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
2005 – Philippe Volter , Belgian actor and director (b. 1959)
2006 – Bill Baker , American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911)
2006 – Muriel Spark , Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1918)
2007 – Don Selwyn , New Zealand actor and director (b. 1935)
2008 – John Archibald Wheeler , American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
2009 – Mark Fidrych , American baseball player (b. 1954)
2009 – Harry Kalas , American sportscaster (b. 1936)
2009 – Bruce Snyder , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2012 – William B. Buffum , American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Lebanon (b. 1921)
2012 – Cecil Chaudhry , Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)
2012 – Shūichi Higurashi , Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)
2012 – Marilyn Lovell Matz , American actress and singer (b. 1931)
2012 – David S. Smith , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1918)
2012 – Robert Wigmore , Cook Islander politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1949)
2013 – Frank Bank , American actor (b. 1942)
2013 – Chi Cheng , American bass player (Deftones ) (b. 1970)
2013 – Stephen Dodgson , English composer and educator (b. 1924)
2013 – Dean Drummond , American composer and conductor (b. 1949)
2013 – Ian Henderson , Scottish-Kenyan police officer (b. 1927)
2013 – Vincent Montana, Jr. , American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra ) (b. 1928)
2013 – Lin Yang-kang , Taiwanese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1927)
2014 – Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (b. 1929)
2014 – Fred Enke , American football player (b. 1924)
2014 – Ernesto Laclau , Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)
2014 – Michael Ruppert , American journalist and author (b. 1951)
2014 – Rafał Sznajder , Polish fencer (b. 1972)
2015 – Gerald Calabrese , American basketball player and politician (b. 1925)
2015 – Ronnie Carroll , Irish singer and politician (b. 1934)
2015 – Thelma Coyne Long , Australian tennis player and captain (b. 1918)
2015 – Eduardo Galeano , Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)
2015 – Günter Grass , German author, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2015 – Herb Trimpe , American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
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