June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 203 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1184 BC – Trojan War : Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes .
173 – Marcomannic Wars : The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi , who have broken the peace treaty (171 ). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang , the Emperor of China , sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh . Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb , where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty .
1118 – Roger of Salerno , Prince of Antioch , captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks .
1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg , also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg , Germany and the first Margrave .
1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos , chief minister of the Byzantine Empire , is lynched by political prisoners.
1429 – Hundred Years' War : Start of the Battle of Jargeau .
1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn : Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King.
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon .
1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines , which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef .
1775 – The American Revolutionary War 's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias , results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman , and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence .
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory .
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston , fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
1865 – The Naval Battle of Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina ), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil , Uruguay and Argentina ) in the Paraguayan War .
1892 – The Limelight Department , one of the world's first film studios , is officially established in Melbourne , Australia.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris is sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race".
1898 – Spanish–American War : U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba .
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905 .
1901 – The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands .
1903 – A group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga .
1907 – George Dennett , aided by Gilbert Jessop , dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket .
1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens .
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes , becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown .
1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election , leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room ".
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey .
1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
1937 – Great Purge : The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders .
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War : The Battle of Wuhan starts.
1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
1944 – USS Missouri , the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , is commissioned .
1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , the deadliest ever accident in motorsports .
1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots , the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
1962 – Frank Morris , John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island .
1963 – American Civil Rights Movement : Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood , from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam .
1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionize American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.
1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne , Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance .
1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens distinguishing cells of different lineages, introducing the concept of cell surface antigens that could differentiate different cell types.
1970 – After being appointed on May 15 , Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals , becoming the first females to do so.
1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz , ending 19 months of control.
1972 – The Eltham Well Hall rail crash , caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126.
1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University .
1981 – A Richter scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran , kills at least 2,000.
1982 – The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa , Singapore .
1987 – Diane Abbott , Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black Parliamentarians in Great Britain.
1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing .
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress .
2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe .
2007 – Mudslides in Chittagong , Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.
2012 – More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2013 – Shenzhou 10 , China's fifth manned spaceflight mission and the second and final one to the Tiangong-1 space laboratory, is launched with 3 taikonauts on a 15 day mission.
Births
1403 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
1456 – Anne Neville , English wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1540 – Barnabe Googe , English poet and translator (d. 1594)
1555 – Lodovico Zacconi , Italian composer and theorist (d. 1627)
1572 – Ben Jonson , English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1637)
1585 – Evert Horn , Swedish soldier (d. 1615 )
1588 – George Wither , English poet (d. 1667)
1620 – John Moore , English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1702)
1655 – Antonio Cifrondi , Italian painter (d. 1730)
1662 – Tokugawa Ienobu , Japanese shogun (d. 1712)
1672 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti , Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
1690 – Giovanni Antonio Giay , Italian composer (d. 1764)
1696 – James Francis Edward Keith , Scottish-Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
1697 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti , Italian organist and composer (d. 1780)
1704 – Carlos Seixas , Portuguese harpsichord player and composer (d. 1742)
1709 – Joachim Martin Falbe , German painter (d. 1782)
1723 – Johann Georg Palitzsch , German astronomer (d. 1788)
1726 – Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (d. 1746)
1741 – Joseph Warren , American physician and general (d. 1775)
1776 – John Constable , English painter and academic (d. 1837)
1797 – José Trinidad Reyes , Honduran philosopher and theorist (d. 1855)
1807 – James F. Schenck , American admiral (d. 1882)
1815 – Julia Margaret Cameron , Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (d. 1879)
1818 – Alexander Bain , Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1903)
1832 – Lucy Pickens , American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (d. 1899)
1842 – Carl von Linde , German engineer and academic (d. 1934)
1846 – William Louis Marshall , American general and engineer (d. 1920)
1847 – Millicent Fawcett , English academic and activist (d. 1929)
1864 – Richard Strauss , German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1867 – Charles Fabry , French physicist and academic (d. 1945)
1871 – Stjepan Radić , Croatian lawyer and politician (d. 1928)
1876 – Alfred L. Kroeber , American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960)
1877 – Renée Vivien , English-French poet and author (d. 1909)
1879 – Roger Bresnahan , American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
1880 – Jeannette Rankin , American social worker and politician (d. 1973)
1881 – Spiros Xenos , Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963)
1888 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti , Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
1889 – Hugo Wieslander , Swedish decathlete (d. 1976)
1894 – Kiichiro Toyoda , Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952)
1894 – Dai Vernon , Canadian-American magician (d. 1992)
1897 – Ram Prasad Bismil , Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)
1899 – Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1901 – Cap Fear , Canadian football player and rower (d. 1978)
1903 – Ernie Nevers , American football player and coach (d. 1976)
1908 – Karl Hein , German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
1908 – Francisco Marto , Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
1910 – Carmine Coppola , American flute player and composer (d. 1991)
1910 – Jacques Cousteau , French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
1912 – James Algar , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1912 – William Baziotes , American painter and academic (d. 1963)
1912 – Mohammad Hassan Ganji , Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012)
1912 – Keith R. Porter , Canadian-American biologist and academic (d. 1997)
1913 – Vince Lombardi , American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
1913 – Risë Stevens , American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
1913 – Coby Whitmore , American painter and illustrator (d. 1988)
1914 – Gerald Mohr , American actor (d. 1968)
1914 – Jan Hendrik van den Berg , Dutch psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
1915 – Magda Gabor , Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997)
1915 – Nicholas Metropolis , American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999)
1917 – Joseph B. Wirthlin , American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008)
1918 – Ruth Aarons , American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980)
1919 – Suleiman Mousa , Jordanian historian and author (d. 2008)
1919 – Helen Tobias-Duesberg , Estonian-American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1919 – Richard Todd , Irish-English actor (d. 2009)
1920 – Irving Howe , American critic and academic (d. 1993)
1920 – Shelly Manne , American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
1920 – Hazel Scott , Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (d. 1981)
1920 – Keith Seaman , Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (d. 2013)
1922 – Jean Sutherland Boggs , Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (d. 2014)
1922 – Michael Cacoyannis , Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1922 – Douglas Campbell , Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1925 – Johnny Esaw , Canadian sportscaster (d. 2013)
1925 – William Styron , American author and academic (d. 2006)
1926 – Carlisle Floyd , American composer and educator
1927 – Beryl Grey , English ballerina
1927 – Kit Pedler , English parapsychologist and author (d. 1981)
1928 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014)
1929 – Ayhan Şahenk , Turkish businessman (d. 2001)
1930 – Charles Rangel , American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1931 – Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom , Scottish lawyer and judge
1931 – Audrey Schuh , American soprano
1932 – Athol Fugard , South African-American actor, director, and playwright
1932 – Tim Sainsbury , English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade
1933 – Martti Soosaar , Estonian journalist and author
1933 – Gene Wilder , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1934 – Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
1937 – Johnny Brown , American actor and singer
1937 – Chad Everett , American actor and director (d. 2012)
1937 – Robin Warren , Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Christina Crawford , American actress and author
1939 – Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint , English cricketer and journalist
1939 – Jackie Stewart , Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
1943 – Henry Hill , American mobster (d. 2012)
1943 – Ray Warren , Australian sportscaster
1944 – Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport , English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
1945 – Adrienne Barbeau , American actress and author
1945 – Patrick Joseph McGrath , Irish-American bishop
1945 – Robert Munsch , American-Canadian author and academic
1946 – Jenny Pitman , English horse trainer and author
1947 – Richard Palmer-James , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp )
1947 – Lalu Prasad Yadav , Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
1948 – Dave Cash , American baseball player and coach
1948 – Stephen Schnetzer , American actor
1948 – Michael Swan , American actor
1949 – Frank Beard , American drummer and songwriter (ZZ Top and American Blues )
1950 – Lynsey de Paul , English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
1950 – Graham Russell , English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Air Supply )
1951 – Matthew Engel , English journalist and author
1951 – Yasumasa Morimura , Japanese painter and photographer
1952 – Yekaterina Podkopayeva , Russian runner
1952 – Donnie Van Zant , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (38 Special and Van Zant )
1953 – Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton , English politician
1953 – Peter Bergman , American actor
1953 – José Bové , French farmer and politician
1953 – Vera Komisova , Russian hurdler
1954 – John Dyson , Australian cricketer
1954 – Johnny Neel , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Allman Brothers Band )
1955 – Yuriy Sedykh , Ukrainian hammer thrower
1955 – Duncan Steel , English-Australian astronomer and author
1956 – Steven A. Cohen , American businessman, founded SAC Capital Advisors
1956 – Joe Montana , American football player and sportscaster
1956 – Simon Plouffe , Canadian mathematician and academic
1956 – Arthur Porter , Canadian physician and academic (d. 2015)
1957 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma , American bass player and bandleader
1958 – Barry Adamson , English singer and bass player (Visage , Magazine , and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds )
1959 – Hugh Laurie , English actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (Band from TV )
1959 – Magnum T.A. , American wrestler and sportscaster
1960 – Mehmet Oz , American surgeon, author, and television host
1961 – María Barranco , Spanish actress and singer
1962 – Mano Menezes , Brazilian footballer and coach
1962 – Erika Salumäe , Estonian cyclist
1963 – Gioia Bruno , American singer-songwriter (Exposé )
1963 – Bruce Kimball , American diver and coach
1963 – Sandra Schmirler , Canadian curler and sportscaster (d. 2000)
1964 – Jean Alesi , French race car driver
1964 – Kim Gallagher , American runner (d. 2002)
1965 – Gavin Hill , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1965 – Manuel Uribe , Mexican computer repairman, world's heaviest man (d. 2014)
1967 – Clare Carey , Zimbabwean-American actress
1967 – João Garcia , Portuguese mountaineer
1968 – Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
1968 – Bryan Perro , Canadian author
1968 – Manoa Thompson , Fijian rugby player
1969 – Peter Dinklage , American actor and producer
1969 – Steven Drozd , American singer-songwriter and actor (The Flaming Lips )
1969 – Bryan Fogarty , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1969 – Olaf Kapagiannidis , German footballer
1969 – Matt McGrath , American actor
1969 – Kip Miller , American ice hockey player
1969 – Sergei Yuran , Ukrainian footballer and manager
1970 – Kang Ho-dong , South Korean comedian and actor
1970 – Pinky Webb , Filipino journalist
1971 – Vladimir Gaidamașciuc , Moldovan footballer
1972 – Stephen Kearney , New Zealand rugby league player and coach
1973 – José Manuel Abundis , Mexican footballer and coach
1973 – Dana Brunetti , American film producer
1974 – Fragiskos Alvertis , Greek basketball player, coach, and manager
1974 – Tatiana Ignatieva , Belarusian tennis player
1974 – David Starie , English boxer
1975 – Fjordman , Norwegian theorist and blogger
1975 – Thomas Bimis , Greek diver
1975 – Choi Ji-woo , South Korean model and actress
1976 – Gran Naniwa , Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
1976 – Reiko Tosa , Japanese runner
1977 – Ryan Dunn , American actor and stuntman (d. 2011)
1977 – Mami Higashiyama , Japanese actress and singer
1977 – Shane Meier , Canadian-American actor
1977 – Geoff Ogilvy , Australian golfer
1978 – Joshua Jackson , Canadian-American actor
1978 – Ujjwala Raut , Indian model
1979 – Ali Boussaboun , Moroccan-Dutch footballer
1979 – Amy Duggan , Australian footballer and journalist
1979 – Tõnu Endrekson , Estonian rower
1979 – Rino Nakasone Razalan , Japanese-American dancer and choreographer
1980 – Yhency Brazobán , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Emiliano Moretti , Italian footballer
1981 – Kristo Tohver , Estonian footballer and referee
1982 – Marco Arment , American businessman, co-created Tumblr
1982 – Vanessa Boslak , French pole vaulter
1982 – Johnny Candido , American wrestler
1982 – Jacques Freitag , South African high jumper
1982 – Joey Graham , American basketball player
1982 – Stephen Graham , American basketball player
1982 – Reni Maitua , Australian rugby league player
1982 – Eldar Rønning , Norwegian skier
1982 – Diana Taurasi , American basketball player
1983 – Chuck Hayes , American basketball player
1983 – Josh Ramsay , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Marianas Trench )
1983 – José Reyes , Dominican baseball player
1984 – Andy Lee , Irish boxer
1984 – Vágner Love , Brazilian footballer
1985 – Tim Hoogland , German footballer
1985 – Violeta Isfel , Mexican actress and singer
1985 – Dmitry Koldun , Belarusian singer
1985 – Chris Trousdale , American singer, dancer, and actor (Dream Street )
1986 – Sebastian Bayer , German long jumper
1986 – Shia LaBeouf , American actor, director, and producer
1986 – Magaly Solier , Peruvian actress and singer
1987 – Dappy , English rapper and actor (N-Dubz )
1987 – TiA , Japanese singer
1987 – Kean Cipriano , Filipino singer and actor (Callalily )
1987 – Marsel İlhan , Turkish tennis player
1987 – Didrik Solli-Tangen , Norwegian singer
1988 – Yui Aragaki , Japanese actress and singer
1988 – Jesús Fernández Collado , Spanish footballer
1988 – Claire Holt , Australian actress
1988 – Rome Ramirez , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sublime with Rome )
1988 – Gabriel Valenciano , Filipino actor and dancer
1989 – Keith Aulie , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Ana Clara Duarte , Brazilian tennis player
1989 – Maya Moore , American basketball player
1990 – Christophe Lemaitre , French sprinter
1990 – Sherina Munaf , Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1991 – Dan Howell , English radio host and blogger
1992 – Eugene Simon , English actor and model
1992 – Jordanne Whiley , English tennis player
1994 – Ivana Baquero , Spanish actress
1994 – Jessica Fox , French-Australian canoe racer
1996 – Hakeeb Adelakun , English footballer
1996 – Kaleo Kanahele , American volleyball player
Deaths
1183 – Henry the Young King of England (b. 1155)
1298 – Yolanda of Poland (b. 1235)
1323 – Bérenger Fredoli , French lawyer and bishop (b. 1250)
1488 – James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
1557 – John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
1695 – André Félibien , French historian and author (b. 1619)
1712 – Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
1727 – George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1796 – Samuel Whitbread , English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
1847 – John Franklin , English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
1852 – Karl Bryullov , Russian painter (b. 1799)
1859 – Klemens von Metternich , German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
1879 – William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
1882 – Louis Désiré Maigret , French bishop (b. 1804)
1885 – Matías Ramos Mejía , Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
1903 – Nikolai Bugaev , Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)
1903 – Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
1903 – Draga Mašin , Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
1911 – James Curtis Hepburn , American physician and missionary (b. 1815)
1913 – Mahmud Shevket Pasha , Ottoman general and politician, 279th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1856)
1914 – Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
1920 – William F. Halsey, Sr. , American captain (b. 1853)
1924 – Théodore Dubois , French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
1927 – William Attewell , English cricketer (b. 1861)
1934 – Lev Vygotsky , Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
1936 – Robert E. Howard , American author and poet (b. 1906)
1937 – R. J. Mitchell , English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
1941 – Daniel Carter Beard , American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
1955 – Pierre Levegh , French race car driver (b. 1905)
1962 – Chhabi Biswas , Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
1963 – Thích Quảng Đức , Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
1965 – Paul B. Coremans , Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
1965 – José Mendes Cabeçadas , Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
1970 – Frank Laubach , American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
1974 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra , Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
1974 – Julius Evola , Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)
1976 – Jim Konstanty , American baseball player (b. 1917)
1979 – Alice Dalgliesh , Trinidadian-American author and publisher (b. 1893)
1979 – John Wayne , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1982 – Al Rinker , American singer-songwriter (The Rhythm Boys ) (b. 1907)
1983 – Ghanshyam Das Birla , Indian businessman and politician (b. 1894)
1984 – Enrico Berlinguer , Italian politician (b. 1922)
1985 – Sapfo Notara , Greek actress (b. 1907)
1985 – Karen Ann Quinlan , American medical patient (b. 1954)
1986 – Chesley Bonestell , American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
1991 – Cromwell Everson , South African composer (b. 1925)
1993 – Ray Sharkey , American actor and singer (b. 1952)
1994 – A. Thurairajah , Sri Lankan engineer and academic (b. 1934)
1995 – Rodel Naval , Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1953)
1996 – Brigitte Helm , German-Swiss actress (b. 1908)
1998 – Catherine Cookson , English author (b. 1906)
1999 – DeForest Kelley , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2001 – Timothy McVeigh , American terrorist (b. 1968)
2001 – Amalia Mendoza , Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
2003 – David Brinkley , American journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004 – Egon von Fürstenberg , Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
2005 – Vasco Gonçalves , Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1922)
2006 – Michael Bartosh , American engineer and businessman (b. 1977)
2006 – Neroli Fairhall , New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
2006 – Bruce Shand , English soldier (b. 1917)
2007 – Imre Friedmann , American biologist and academic (b. 1921)
2007 – Mala Powers , American actress (b. 1931)
2008 – Ove Andersson , Swedish race car driver (b. 1938)
2008 – Võ Văn Kiệt , Vietnamese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2009 – Sumire , Japanese model (b. 1987)
2011 – Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1947)
2011 – Seth Putnam , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt Upsidedown Cross , Siege , and Post Mortem ) (b. 1968)
2012 – Lee Allen , American wrestler and coach (b. 1943)
2012 – Dave Boswell , American baseball player (b. 1945)
2012 – Stay High 149 , American painter (b. 1950)
2012 – Ann Rutherford , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
2012 – Teófilo Stevenson , Cuban boxer and engineer (b. 1952)
2013 – Miller Barber , American golfer (b. 1931)
2013 – Carl W. Bauer , American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2013 – Robert Fogel , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2013 – James Grimsley, Jr. , American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Evelyn Kozak , American super-centenarian (b. 1899)
2013 – Rory Morrison , English journalist (b. 1964)
2013 – Kristiāns Pelšs , Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1992)
2013 – Vidya Charan Shukla , Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1929)
2014 – Ruby Dee , American actress, singer, and poet (b. 1922)
2014 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
2014 – Susan B. Horwitz , American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1955)
2014 – Mipham Chokyi Lodro , Tibetan lama and educator (b. 1952)
2014 – Benjamin Mophatlane , South African businessman (b. 1973)
2014 – Carlton Sherwood , American soldier and journalist (b. 1947)
2014 – Gilles Ségal , Romanian-French actor and playwright (b. 1929)
2015 – Jim Ed Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Browns ) (b. 1934)
2015 – Ornette Coleman , American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1930)
2015 – Ian McKechnie , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2015 – Ron Moody , English actor and singer (b. 1924)
2015 – Dusty Rhodes , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1945)
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