"2 May" redirects here. For the Romanian village, see
2 Mai .
May 2 is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 243 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter .
1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great .
1335 – Otto the Merry , Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia .
1536 – Anne Boleyn , Queen of England , is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery , incest , treason and witchcraft .
1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation .
1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots , escapes from Loch Leven Castle .
1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March .
1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War : The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808 .
1812 – The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja .
1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales .
1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger , declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
1863 – American Civil War : Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville . He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao .
1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria .
1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias .
1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife , their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion .
1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium .
1889 – Menelik II , Emperor of Ethiopia , signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea .
1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens , Greece.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware .
1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis .
1932 – Comedian Jack Benny 's radio show airs for the first time.
1933 – Gleichschaltung : Adolf Hitler bans trade unions .
1941 – Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
1945 – World War II : Fall of Berlin : The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building .
1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign : General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz " takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner , the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg .
1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof .
1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven . It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
1964 – Vietnam War : An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon . Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders .
1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
1980 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
1982 – Falklands War : The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano .
1986 – Chernobyl disaster : The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster
1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria , which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
1994 – A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence , the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb , killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union 's monetary policy.
1999 – Panamanian election, 1999 : Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama .
2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military .
2004 – Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria .
2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile , forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
2011 – Osama bin Laden , the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI 's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad , Pakistan.
2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
2012 – A pastel version of The Scream , by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch , sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan , Afghanistan , leave up to 2,500 people missing.
Births
1360 – Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 – Eleanor of Viseu (d. 1525)
1533 – Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1596)
1551 – William Camden , English historian and topographer (d. 1623)
1601 – Athanasius Kircher , German priest and scholar (d. 1680)
1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer (d. 1725)
1695 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni , Italian-French painter and architect (d. 1766)
1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger , German theologian and theosopher (d. 1782)
1707 – Jean-Baptiste Barrière , French cellist and composer (d. 1747)
1729 – Catherine the Great , Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (d. 1796)
1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 – Elias Boudinot , American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1821)
1750 – John André , English soldier and spy (d. 1780)
1752 – Ludwig August Lebrun , German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)
1754 – Vicente Martín y Soler , Spanish composer (d. 1806)
1772 – Novalis , German author and poet (d. 1801)
1773 – Henrik Steffens , Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845)
1797 – Abraham Pineo Gesner , Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864)
1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus , German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
1806 – Catherine Labouré , French nun and saint (d. 1876)
1808 – Emma Darwin , English wife of Charles Darwin (d. 1896)
1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye , Danish composer and conductor (d. 1874)
1815 – William Buell Richards , Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)
1828 – Désiré Charnay , French archaeologist and photographer (d. 1915)
1830 – Otto Staudinger , German entomologist and author (d. 1900)
1843 – Elijah McCoy , Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929)
1859 – Jerome K. Jerome , English author and playwright (d. 1927)
1860 – John Scott Haldane , Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (d. 1936)
1860 – Theodor Herzl , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1904)
1865 – Clyde Fitch , American playwright (d. 1909)
1867 – Giuseppe Morello , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1930)
1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis , Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (d. 1944)
1879 – James F. Byrnes , American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
1880 – Bill Horr , American football player, discus thrower, and coach (d. 1955)
1881 – Alexander Kerensky , Russian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)
1885 – Hedda Hopper , American actress and journalist (d. 1966)
1886 – Gottfried Benn , German author and poet (d. 1956)
1887 – Vernon Castle , English-American dancer (d. 1918)
1887 – Eddie Collins , American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
1889 – Ki Hajar Dewantara , Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1959)
1890 – E. E. Smith , American engineer and author (d. 1965)
1892 – Manfred von Richthofen , German captain and pilot (d. 1918)
1894 – Joseph Henry Woodger , English biologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1981)
1895 – Lorenz Hart , American playwright and composer (d. 1943)
1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982)
1897 – John Frederick Coots , American songwriter (d. 1985)
1898 – Henry Hall , English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989)
1902 – Arturo Licata , Italian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
1903 – Benjamin Spock , American rower, pediatrician, and author (d. 1998)
1904 – Bill Brandt , German-English photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
1906 – Philippe Halsman , Latvian-American photographer (d. 1979)
1906 – Aileen Riggin , American swimmer and diver (d. 2002)
1907 – Pinky Lee , American comedian and television host (d. 1993)
1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. , American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
1912 – Axel Springer , German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
1913 – Pietro Frua , Italian coachbuilders and car designers (d. 1983)
1913 – Nigel Patrick , English actor and director (d. 1981)
1913 – Aydın Sayılı , Turkish historian and academic (d. 1993)
1915 – Doris Fisher , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 – Peggy Mount , English actress (d. 2001)
1917 – Albert Castelyns , Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
1917 – Văn Tiến Dũng , Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)
1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
1920 – Otto Buchsbaum , Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (d. 2000)
1920 – Vasantrao Deshpande , Indian singer and sitar player (d. 1983)
1920 – Guinn Smith , American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot (d. 2004)
1921 – Satyajit Ray , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1922 – Roscoe Lee Browne , American actor and director (d. 2007)
1922 – Serge Reggiani , Italian-French actor and singer (d. 2004)
1922 – A. M. Rosenthal , Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2006)
1923 – Patrick Hillery , Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)
1924 – Jamal Abro , Pakistani lawyer and author (d. 2004)
1924 – Theodore Bikel , Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015)
1924 – Hugh Cortazzi , English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan
1925 – John Neville , English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1926 – Gérard D. Levesque , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1993)
1927 – Ray Barrett , Australian actor and singer (d. 2009)
1928 – Hans Trass , Estonian ecologist and botanist
1928 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck , Bhutanese king (d. 1972)
1929 – Édouard Balladur , Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
1929 – James Dillion , American discus thrower (d. 2010)
1929 – Eddie Garcia , Filipino actor and director
1929 – Link Wray , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1930 – Yoram Kaniuk , Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013)
1930 – Marco Pannella , Italian journalist and politician
1930 – Öztürk Serengil , Turkish actor and producer (d. 1999)
1931 – Phil Bruns , American actor and stuntman (d. 2012)
1931 – Martha Grimes , American author and poet
1932 – Maury Allen , American journalist, actor, and author (d. 2010)
1933 – Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf , English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1935 – Lance LeGault , American actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes , Spanish footballer and manager
1936 – Norma Aleandro , Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck , Indian-English singer and pianist
1936 – Michael Rabin , American violinist (d. 1972)
1937 – Lorenzo Music , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1938 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
1939 – Sumio Iijima , Japanese physicist and engineer
1940 – Jo Ann Pflug , American actress
1941 – Tony Adamowicz , American race car driver
1941 – Bruce Cameron , Scottish bishop
1941 – Clay Carroll , American baseball player
1941 – Connie Crothers , American pianist
1942 – Jacques Rogge , Belgian businessman
1944 – Robert G. W. Anderson , English chemist, historian, and curator
1944 – Bob Henrit , English drummer (Argent , The Roulettes , The Kinks , and Unit 4 + 2 )
1945 – Gene Deckerhoff , American sportscaster
1945 – Judge Dread , English singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1945 – Bianca Jagger , Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
1945 – Goldy McJohn , Canadian keyboard player (Steppenwolf , The Mynah Birds , and The Sparrows )
1946 – Peter L. Benson , American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)
1946 – Lesley Gore , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
1946 – David Suchet , English actor and producer
1946 – Indrek Tart , Estonian sociologist and poet
1947 – James Dyson , English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
1947 – Lynda Myles , English screenwriter and producer
1948 – Larry Gatlin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Imperials )
1949 – Alan Titchmarsh , English gardener and author
1950 – Simon Gaskell , English chemist and academic
1950 – Duncan Gay , Australian businessman and politician
1950 – Lou Gramm , American singer-songwriter (Foreigner and Shadow King )
1950 – Richard Ground English lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
1951 – John Glascock , English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull , Carmen , The Gods , and Chicken Shack ) (d. 1979)
1952 – Christine Baranski , American actress and singer
1952 – Mari Natsuki , Japanese actress, singer, and dancer
1952 – Isla St Clair , Scottish singer and actress
1953 – Valery Gergiev , Russian conductor and director
1954 – Elliot Goldenthal , American composer and conductor
1954 – Dawn Primarolo , English politician
1954 – Stephen Venables , English mountaineer and author
1955 – Donatella Versace , Italian fashion designer
1956 – Yasushi Akimoto , Japanese songwriter and producer
1956 – Régis Labeaume , Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City
1958 – Stanislav Levý , Czech footballer and manager
1958 – David O'Leary , English-Irish footballer and manager
1959 – Alan Best , Canadian animator, director, and producer
1959 – Russ Grimm , American football player and coach
1959 – Tony Wakeford , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sol Invictus , Death in June , Crisis , and Above the Ruins )
1960 – Stephen Daldry , English director and producer
1961 – Steve James , English snooker player
1961 – Sophie Thibault , Canadian journalist
1961 – Phil Vickery , English chef and author
1962 – Elizabeth Berridge , American actress
1962 – Mitzi Kapture , American actress and director
1962 – Taťána Kocembová , Czech runner
1962 – Big Boss Man , American wrestler and manager (d. 2004)
1962 – David Volz , American pole vaulter
1962 – Jimmy White , English snooker player and actor
1965 – Félix José , Dominican-American baseball player
1966 – Uwe Freiler , German footballer
1966 – Margus Kolga , Estonian diplomat
1966 – Belinda Stronach , Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician
1967 – Bengt Åkerblom , Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
1967 – Mika Brzezinski , American journalist and author
1968 – Jeff Agoos , Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
1968 – Hikaru Midorikawa , Japanese voice actor and singer
1968 – Ziana Zain , Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
1969 – Brian Lara , Trinidadian cricketer
1970 – Marco Walker , Swiss footballer and coach
1971 – Musashimaru Kōyō , Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
1971 – Fatima Yusuf , Nigerian sprinter
1972 – Paul Adcock , English footballer
1972 – Pandora Boxx , American drag queen performer and singer
1972 – Ahti Heinla , Estonian programmer and businessman, co-developed Skype
1972 – Dwayne Johnson , American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer
1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , German director and screenwriter
1974 – Matt Berry , English actor and singer
1974 – Horacio Carbonari , Argentinian footballer and manager
1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes , Icelandic tenor and actor
1974 – Andy Johnson , English-Welsh footballer
1974 – Janek Meet , Estonian footballer
1975 – David Beckham , English footballer, coach, and model
1975 – Eva Santolaria , Spanish actress
1975 – Joe Wilkinson , English actor and screenwriter
1976 – Jeff Gutt , American singer-songwriter (Dry Cell )
1977 – Brian Cardinal , American basketball player
1977 – Jan Fitschen , German runner
1977 – Luke Hudson , American baseball player
1977 – Fredrik Malm , Swedish journalist and politician
1977 – Jenna von Oÿ , American actress and singer
1978 – Intars Busulis , Latvian singer
1978 – Melvin Ely , American basketball player
1978 – Mike Weaver , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Jason Chimera , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Ioannis Kanotidis , Greek footballer
1979 – Roman Lyashenko , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1980 – Tim Borowski , German footballer
1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon , Canadian skateboarder
1980 – Zat Knight , English footballer
1980 – Artūras Masiulis , Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Troy Murphy , American basketball player
1980 – Lassaâd Ouertani , Tunisian footballer (d. 2013)
1980 – Brad Richards , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Robert Buckley , American actor
1981 – Chris Kirkland , English footballer
1981 – Tiago Mendes , Portuguese footballer
1981 – Matt Murray , English footballer
1981 – Rina Satō , Japanese voice actress and singer
1982 – Lorie , French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1982 – Timothy Benjamin , Welsh sprinter
1982 – Johan Botha , South African cricketer
1983 – Alessandro Diamanti , Italian footballer
1983 – Maynor Figueroa , Honduran footballer
1983 – Tina Maze , Slovenian skier
1983 – Christa Rigozzi , Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2006
1983 – Daniel Sordo , Spanish race car driver
1983 – Ove Vanebo , Norwegian politician
1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas , Lithuanian footballer
1984 – Thabo Sefolosha , Swiss basketball player
1985 – Lily Allen , English singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Kyle Busch , American race car driver
1985 – Ashley Harkleroad , American tennis player
1985 – Sarah Hughes , American figure skater
1985 – David Nugent , English footballer
1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia , American baseball player
1986 – Emily Hart , American actress
1986 – Zac Purchase , English rower
1987 – Nana Kitade , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (The Teenage Kissers )
1987 – Pat McAfee , American football player
1987 – Kris Russell , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Neftalí Feliz , Dominican baseball player
1988 – Stephen Henderson , Irish footballer
1988 – Artur Noga , Polish hurdler
1988 – Lara Veronin , American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Nan Quan Mama )
1989 – Jeanette Pohlen , American basketball player
1990 – Paul George , American basketball player
1990 – Kay Panabaker , American actress and singer
1991 – Farruko , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1991 – Laurie Duncan , English actor
1991 – Jeong Jinwoon , South Korean actor and singer (2AM )
1992 – María Teresa Torró Flor , Spanish tennis player
1994 – Josh Bolt , English actor
1997 – Perla Haney-Jardine , Brazilian-American actress
2015 – Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
Deaths
373 – Athanasius of Alexandria , Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298)
907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
1219 – Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150)
1230 – William de Braose , English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197)
1300 – Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)
1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English admiral (b. 1396)
1519 – Leonardo da Vinci , Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)
1564 – Rodolfo Pio da Carpi , Italian cardinal (b. 1500)
1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana , Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)
1667 – George Wither , English poet and author (b. 1588)
1683 – Stjepan Gradić , Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester , English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
1799 – Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
1802 – Herman Willem Daendels , Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
1810 – Henry Jerome de Salis , English priest (b. 1740)
1819 – Mary Moser , English painter and academic (b. 1744)
1857 – Alfred de Musset , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1810)
1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer , German composer and educator (b. 1791)
1880 – Eberhard Anheuser , German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
1880 – Tom Wills , Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
1885 – Terézia Zakoucs , Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
1918 – Jüri Vilms , Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
1925 – Antun Branko Šimić , Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
1927 – Ernest Starling , English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
1929 – Charalambos Tseroulis , Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
1941 – Penelope Delta , Greek author (b. 1874)
1945 – Martin Bormann , German politician (b. 1900)
1945 – Joe Corbett , American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger , German physician (b. 1910)
1947 – Dorothea Binz , German SS officer (b. 1920)
1953 – Wallace Bryant , American archer (b. 1863)
1957 – Joseph McCarthy , American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
1960 – Caryl Chessman , American criminal (b. 1921)
1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor , American-English politician (b. 1879)
1968 – Harri Moora , Estonian archeologist and academic (b. 1900)
1969 – Franz von Papen , German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
1972 – J. Edgar Hoover , American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
1974 – James O. Richardson , American admiral (b. 1878)
1979 – Giulio Natta , Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1980 – Clarrie Grimmett , New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
1980 – George Pal , Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
1983 – Norm Van Brocklin , American football player and coach (b. 1926)
1984 – Jack Barry , American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
1984 – Bob Clampett , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
1985 – Attilio Bettega , Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
1985 – Larry Clinton , American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)
1986 – Sergio Cresto , American race car driver (b. 1956)
1986 – Henri Toivonen , Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
1989 – Veniamin Kaverin , Russian author (b. 1902)
1989 – Giuseppe Siri , Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
1990 – David Rappaport , English-American actor (b. 1951)
1991 – Ronald McKie , Australian journalist and author (b. 1909)
1992 – Wilbur Mills , American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1993 – André Moynet , French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
1994 – Dorothy Marie Donnelly , American poet and author (b. 1903)
1995 – John Bunting , Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1918)
1995 – Michael Hordern , English actor and singer (b. 1911)
1997 – John Eccles , Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1997 – Paulo Freire , Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
1998 – hide , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (X Japan and Zilch ) (b. 1964)
1998 – Justin Fashanu , English footballer (b. 1961)
1998 – Kevin Lloyd , English actor (b. 1949)
1998 – Gene Raymond , American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1999 – Augie Blunt , American actor (b. 1929)
1999 – Douglas Harkness , Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903)
1999 – Oliver Reed , English actor (b. 1938)
2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo , American actress (b. 1961)
2001 – Ted Rogers , English comedian and actor (b. 1935)
2002 – W. T. Tutte , English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
2005 – Wee Kim Wee , Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
2006 – Louis Rukeyser , American journalist and author (b. 1933)
2007 – Brad McGann , New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2008 – Beverlee McKinsey , American actress (b. 1940)
2008 – Izold Pustõlnik , Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938)
2009 – Marilyn French , American author and academic (b. 1929)
2009 – Kiyoshiro Imawano , Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (RC Succession ) (b. 1951)
2009 – Jack Kemp , American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (b. 1935)
2010 – Kama Chinen , Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895)
2010 – Moshe Hirsch , Israeli rabbi (b. 1923)
2010 – Lynn Redgrave , English-American actress and singer (b. 1943)
2011 – Osama bin Laden , Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)
2012 – Fernando Lopes , Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2012 – Tufan Miñnullin , Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)
2012 – Junior Seau , American football player (b. 1969)
2012 – Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih , Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (b. 1955)
2012 – J. T. Ready , American soldier (b. 1973)
2012 – Akira Tonomura , Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942)
2013 – Ernie Field , English boxer (b. 1943)
2013 – Jeff Hanneman , American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer ) (b. 1964)
2013 – Joseph P. McFadden , American bishop (b. 1947)
2013 – Dvora Omer , Israeli author and educator (b. 1932)
2013 – Jo Pitt , Scottish horse rider (b. 1979)
2013 – Sarabjit Singh , Indian spy (b. 1963)
2013 – Ivan Turina , Croatian footballer (b. 1980)
2013 – Charles Banks Wilson , American painter and illustrator (b. 1918)
2014 – Chelokee , American race horse (b. 2004)
2014 – Tomás Balduino , Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)
2014 – Jessica Cleaves , American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire ) (b. 1948)
2014 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi , Iranian setar player and composer (b. 1947)
2014 – Žarko Petan , Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – Nigel Stepney , English mechanic (b. 1958)
2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. , American actor (b. 1918)
2015 – Stuart Archer , English colonel and architect (b. 1915)
2015 – Michael Blake , American author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2015 – Guy Carawan , American singer and musicologist (b. 1927)
2015 – Brian Moore , American police officer (b. 1989)
2015 – Maya Plisetskaya , Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925)
2015 – Ruth Rendell , English author (b. 1930)
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