March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
502 – King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum ) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws .
1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica .
1461 – Wars of the Roses : Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England .
1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna .
1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia , the first capital of Brazil , is founded.
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629 .
1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware , naming it New Sweden .
1683 – Yaoya Oshichi , 15-year-old Japanese girl, burnt at the stake for an act of arson committed due to unrequited love.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm 's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf .
1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road , becoming the first United States federal highway .
1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état . At the Diet of Porvoo , Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia , commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden .
1831 – Great Bosnian uprising : Bosniaks rebel against Turkey .
1847 – Mexican–American War : United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege .
1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab .
1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment , Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company 's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857 , also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1865 – American Civil War : Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1 .
1871 – The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War : Battle of Kambula : British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus .
1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established.
1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta .
1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm .
1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler .
1936 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland , receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1941 – The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941 – World War II : British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan .
1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army .
1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México , one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage .
1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. , to vote in presidential elections.
1962 – Arturo Frondizi , the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
1971 – My Lai Massacre : Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1971 – A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
1973 – Vietnam War : The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam .
1973 – Operation Barrel Roll , a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam , ends.
1974 – NASA 's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury .
1974 – Local farmers in Lintong District , Xi'an , Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang , the first Emperor of China , in the third century BCE.
1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II , setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982 .
1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis .
1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism , sparking the so-called Hyphen War .
1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble .
1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh , killing 103.
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants , its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War .
2004 – Bulgaria , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Romania , Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2010 – Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .
2013 – A landslide kills 66 people in China's Tibet Autonomous Region near Lhasa .
2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
Births
1187 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
1553 – Vitsentzos Kornaros , Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
1584 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron , English general and politician (d. 1648)
1602 – John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
1713 – John Ponsonby , Irish politician (d. 1789)
1735 – Johann Karl August Musäus , German author (d. 1787)
1747 – Johann Wilhelm Hässler , German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
1751 – Supply Belcher , American singer-songwriter (d. 1836)
1769 – Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult , French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
1780 – Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
1790 – John Tyler , American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1799 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
1815 – Costache Caragiale , Romanian actor and manager (d. 1877)
1816 – 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
1819 – Edwin Drake , American businessman (d. 1880)
1824 – Ludwig Büchner , German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
1826 – Wilhelm Liebknecht , German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
1862 – Adolfo Müller-Ury , Swiss-American painter and educator (d. 1947)
1867 – Cy Young , American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
1869 – Aleš Hrdlička , Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (d. 1943)
1870 – Pavlos Melas , French-Greek captain (d. 1904)
1873 – Tullio Levi-Civita , Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1874 – Lou Henry Hoover , American wife of Herbert Hoover , 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
1876 – Friedrich Traun , German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)
1878 – Albert Von Tilzer , American songwriter (d. 1956)
1884 – Ed Archibald , Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1965)
1885 – Dezső Kosztolányi , Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
1888 – Enea Bossi, Sr. , Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)
1889 – Warner Baxter , American actor and singer (d. 1951)
1891 – Yvan Goll , French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
1891 – Alfred Neubauer , Czech race car driver and manager (d. 1980)
1892 – József Mindszenty , Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
1893 – Astrid Holm , Danish actress (d. 1961)
1895 – Ernst Jünger , German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
1899 – Lavrentiy Beria , Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
1900 – Bill Aston , English race car driver (d. 1974)
1900 – John McEwen , Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
1901 – Andrija Maurović , Croatian author and illustrator (d. 1981)
1902 – Marcel Aymé , French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1902 – Don Miller , American football player and coach (d. 1979)
1902 – William Walton , English composer (d. 1983)
1903 – Douglas Harkness , Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)
1903 – Arthur Negus , English television host (d. 1985)
1905 – Philip Ahn , American actor (d. 1978)
1906 – James Bausch , American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)
1906 – E. Power Biggs , English-American organist and composer (d. 1977)
1907 – Braguinha , Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
1908 – Arthur O'Connell , American actor (d. 1981)
1908 – Dennis O'Keefe , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1911 – Tito Arévalo , Filipino actor and composer (d. 2000)
1911 – Brigitte Horney , German actress and singer (d. 1988)
1912 – Hanna Reitsch , Polish-German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)
1913 – R. S. Thomas , Welsh priest and poet (d. 2000)
1914 – Phil Foster , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1914 – Chapman Pincher , Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
1916 – Peter Geach , English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
1916 – Eugene McCarthy , American poet and politician (d. 2005)
1917 – Man o' War , American race horse (d. 1947)
1918 – Pearl Bailey , American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1918 – Lê Văn Thiêm , Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
1918 – Sam Walton , American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
1919 – Eileen Heckart , American actress (d. 2001)
1920 – John M. Belk , American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
1920 – Clarke Fraser , American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
1920 – Pierre Moinot , French author (d. 2007)
1920 – Theodore Trautwein , American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
1923 – Geoff Duke , English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1923 – Betty Binns Fletcher , American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
1923 – Bob Haymes , American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
1926 – Moshe Sanbar , Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012)
1927 – John McLaughlin , American journalist and producer
1927 – John Vane , English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1928 – Romesh Bhandari , Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
1928 – Keith Botsford , Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic
1928 – Vincent Gigante , American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
1929 – Utpal Dutt , Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 1993)
1929 – Sheila Kitzinger , English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1929 – Richard Lewontin , American biologist, geneticist, and academic
1929 – Lennart Meri , Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
1930 – Anerood Jugnauth , Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius
1931 – Ștefan Andrei , Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
1931 – Sopubek Begaliev , Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
1931 – Aleksei Gubarev , Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2015)
1931 – Norman Tebbit , English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1933 – Jacques Brault , Canadian poet and academic
1934 – Shahryar Khan , Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat, 20th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
1934 – Nimal Mendis , Sri Lankan singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1935 – Ruby Murray , English singer and actress (d. 1996)
1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett , English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
1936 – Mogens Camre , Danish politician
1936 – John A. Durkin , American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1936 – Judith Guest , American author and screenwriter
1936 – Joseph P. Teasdale , American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
1937 – Billy Carter , American businessman and politician (d. 1988)
1937 – Roberto Chabet , Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1937 – Smarck Michel , Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
1938 – Barry Jackson , English actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
1939 – Roland Arnall , French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
1939 – Terence Hill , Italian actor, director, and producer
1940 – Ray Davis , American singer (The Parliaments , Parliament , and Funkadelic ) (d. 2005)
1940 – Astrud Gilberto , Brazilian singer-songwriter
1940 – John Suchet , English journalist and game show host
1941 – Violeta Andrei , Romanian actress
1941 – Eden Kane , Indian-English singer and actor
1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. , American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Julie Goodyear , English actress
1942 – Bob Lurtsema , American football player
1942 – Scott Wilson , American actor
1943 – Vangelis , Greek keyboard player and songwriter (Aphrodite's Child and Jon and Vangelis )
1943 – Chad Allan , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Guess Who and Brave Belt )
1943 – Eric Idle , English actor and singer
1943 – John Major , English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1944 – Terry Jacks , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Poppy Family )
1944 – Denny McLain , American baseball player and sportscaster
1945 – Walt Frazier , American basketball player and sportscaster
1945 – Speedy Keen , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Thunderclap Newman ) (d. 2002)
1945 – Willem Ruis , Dutch game show host (d. 1986)
1946 – James Boyle , Scottish broadcaster
1946 – Paul Herman , American actor
1946 – Richard Holmes , English soldier and historian (d. 2011)
1946 – Billy Thorpe , English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs ) (d. 2007)
1946 – Rigo Tovar , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2005)
1946 – Dennis Wolfberg , American comedian (d. 1994)
1947 – Inge Bödding , German sprinter
1947 – Robert Gordon , American singer and actor (Tuff Darts )
1947 – Bobby Kimball , American singer-songwriter (Toto and Yoso )
1948 – Bud Cort , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1949 – Kayahan , Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1949 – Michael Brecker , American saxophonist and composer (Steps Ahead and Parliament-Funkadelic ) (d. 2007)
1949 – Dave Greenfield , English Keyboard player (The Stranglers )
1949 – Pauline Marois , Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
1949 – Keith Simpson , English historian and politician
1949 – John Spenkelink , American murderer (d. 1979)
1950 – Norman Snow , American actor
1951 – William Clarke , American harmonica player (d. 1996)
1952 – John Hendricks , American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
1952 – Teófilo Stevenson , Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
1953 – Tõnis Palts , Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
1954 – Dianne Kay , American actress
1954 – Karen Ann Quinlan , American medical patient (d. 1985)
1955 – Earl Campbell , American football player
1955 – Brendan Gleeson , Irish actor and director
1955 – Christopher Lawford , American actor and author
1955 – Marina Sirtis , English-American actress and producer
1956 – Patty Donahue , American singer (The Waitresses ) (d. 1996)
1956 – Kurt Thomas , American gymnast and actor
1957 – Elizabeth Hand , American author
1957 – Christopher Lambert , American-French actor and producer
1957 – Simon Lee , English scholar and academic
1958 – Pedro Bial , Brazilian journalist and producer
1958 – Travis Childers , American businessman and politician
1958 – Fiona Reynolds , English academic
1958 – Nouriel Roubini , Turkish-American economist and academic
1958 – Victor Salva , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Marc Silvestri , American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
1959 – Henry Bellingham , English lawyer and politician
1959 – Barry Blanchard , Canadian mountaineer
1959 – Perry Farrell , American singer-songwriter (Jane's Addiction , Porno for Pyros , Psi com , and Satellite Party )
1959 – Michael Hayes , American wrestler and singer
1959 – Brad McCrimmon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
1960 – Jo Nesbø , Norwegian singer-songwriter and skier (Di Derre )
1961 – Gary Brabham , English-Australian race car driver
1961 – Ari Emanuel , American talent agent
1961 – Mike Kingery , American baseball player
1961 – Amy Sedaris , American actress and screenwriter
1961 – Michael Winterbottom , English director and producer
1962 – Billy Beane , American baseball player and manager
1962 – Dan Bittman , Romanian singer-songwriter (Iris )
1962 – Ted Failon , Filipino journalist and politician
1962 – Kongar-ol Ondar , Russian singer (d. 2013)
1964 – Michael A. Jackson , American police officer and politician
1964 – Elle Macpherson , Australian model and actress
1964 – Ming Tsai , American chef and television host
1965 – Jill Goodacre , American model and actress
1965 – Emilios T. Harlaftis , Greek astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2005)
1965 – Dominic Littlewood , English journalist
1965 – William Oefelein , American commander, pilot, and astronaut
1965 – Voula Patoulidou , Greek hurdler, long jumper, and politician
1966 – Eric Gunderson , American baseball player
1966 – Sigrid Kirchmann , Austrian high jumper
1967 – Michel Hazanavicius , French director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Brian Jordan , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – John Popper , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (Blues Traveler and The John Popper Project )
1968 – Sue Foley , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Lucy Lawless , New Zealand actress and singer
1969 – Kim Batten , American hurdler
1969 – Shinichi Mochizuki , Japanese mathematician
1969 – Ayano Murasaki , Japanese porn actress and model
1969 – Jimmy Spencer , American football player and coach
1970 – Ruth England , English actress and producer
1971 – Robert Gibbs , American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
1971 – Lara Logan , South African-American journalist
1971 – Hidetoshi Nishijima , Japanese actor
1972 – Michel Ancel , French game designer, created Rayman
1972 – Rui Costa , Portuguese footballer
1972 – Alex Ochoa , Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1972 – Priti Patel , English politician
1972 – Junichi Suwabe , Japanese voice actor and singer
1973 – Brandi Love , American porn actress and model
1973 – Marc Overmars , Dutch footballer and coach
1973 – Sebastiano Siviglia , Italian footballer
1973 – Steve Smith , English high jumper
1974 – Kara Brock , American actress
1974 – Kristoffer Cusick , American actor
1974 – Marc Gené , Spanish race car driver
1974 – Miguel Gómez , Colombian-American photographer and educator
1974 – Sarah Walker , English television host
1975 – Jim Mahfood , American author and illustrator
1976 – Igor Astarloa , Spanish cyclist
1976 – Jennifer Capriati , American tennis player
1977 – Djabir Saïd-Guerni , Algerian runner
1978 – Pierre Faber , French-German rugby player
1978 – Jeffrey Parazzo , Canadian actor
1978 – Aaron Persico , New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1979 – Estela Giménez , Spanish gymnast
1979 – Lauri Lahesalu , Estonian ice hockey player
1979 – Amy Mathews , Australian actress
1979 – Tomoe Shinohara , Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer, and artist
1979 – De'Angelo Wilson , American actor and rapper (d. 2008)
1980 – Prince Hamzah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
1980 – China P. Arnold , American murderer
1980 – Chris D'Elia , American comedian and actor
1980 – Bill Demong , American skier
1980 – Josh Logan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Bruno Silva , Uruguayan footballer
1980 – Kim Tae-hee , South Korean actress
1981 – Megan Hilty , American actress and singer
1981 – Jlloyd Samuel , Trinidadian footballer
1981 – Brian Skala , American actor
1981 – Nihal Yalçın , Turkish actress and singer
1982 – Hideaki Takizawa , Japanese actor and singer (Tackey & Tsubasa )
1983 – Donald Cerrone , American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
1983 – Darius Draudvila , Lithuanian decathlete
1983 – Yusuf Saad Kamel , Kenyan-Bahraini runner
1983 – Luiza Sá , Brazilian guitarist (Cansei de Ser Sexy )
1983 – Ryohei Suzuki , Japanese actor
1983 – Jamie Woon , English singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Nate Adams , American motocross racer
1984 – Mohamed Bouazizi , Tunisian street vendor and activist (d. 2011)
1984 – Philippa Hanna , English singer-songwriter
1984 – Juan Mónaco , Argentinian tennis player
1984 – Mai Satoda , Japanese singer (Country Musume , Ongaku Gatas , and Elegies )
1985 – Fernando Amorebieta , Venezuelan footballer
1985 – Maxim Lapierre , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Mickey Pimentel , American football player
1986 – Sylvan Ebanks-Blake , English footballer
1986 – Lucas Elliot Eberl , American actor and director
1986 – Yoo So-young , South Korean actress and singer (After School )
1986 – Ivan Ukhov , Russian high jumper
1987 – Danielle Byrnes , Australian model and actress
1987 – Gianluca Freddi , Italian footballer
1987 – Andi Manzano , Filipino radio and television host
1988 – Esther Cremer , German runner
1988 – Jesús Molina , Mexican footballer
1988 – Jürgen Zopp , Estonian tennis player
1989 – James Tomkins , English footballer
1990 – Carlos Alberto Peña , Mexican footballer
1990 – Mark Rajevski , Estonian ice hockey player
1990 – Lyle Taylor , English footballer
1991 – Fabio Borini , Italian footballer
1991 – Hayley McFarland , American actress, singer, and dancer
1992 – Chris Massoglia , American actor
1993 – Riin Emajõe , Estonian footballer
1994 – Sulli , South Korean actress, singer, and dancer (f(x) )
Deaths
87 BC – Emperor Wu of Han of China (b. 156 BC)
1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
1461 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland , English politician (b. 1421)
1578 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1527)
1578 – Arthur Champernowne , English admiral and politician (b. 1524)
1628 – Tobias Matthew , English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
1629 – Jacob de Gheyn II , Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
1683 – Yaoya Oshichi , Japanese arsonist (b. 1667)
1692 – Nicolaus Bruhns , Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
1751 – Thomas Coram , English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg , Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
1788 – Charles Wesley , English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
1792 – Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
1800 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert , French general and engineer (b. 1714)
1803 – Gottfried van Swieten , Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
1826 – Johann Heinrich Voss , German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
1829 – Cornelio Saavedra , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
1848 – John Jacob Astor , German-American businessman (b. 1763)
1855 – Henri Druey , Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
1873 – Francesco Zantedeschi , Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
1877 – Inazuma Raigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan , French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
1891 – Georges Seurat , French painter (b. 1859)
1900 – Cyrus K. Holliday , American businessman (b. 1826)
1906 – Slava Raškaj , Croatian painter (b. 1878)
1911 – Alexandre Guilmant , French organist and composer (b. 1837)
1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers , Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
1912 – Robert Falcon Scott , English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson , English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford , Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
1934 – Otto Hermann Kahn , German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
1940 – Alexander Obolensky , Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
1948 – Harry Price , English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
1948 – Olev Siinmaa , Estonian-Swedish architect (b. 1881)
1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
1957 – Joyce Cary , Irish author (b. 1888)
1959 – Barthélemy Boganda , Central African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central Africa (b. 1910)
1963 – Gaspard Fauteux , Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
1963 – August Rei , Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
1965 – Zlatko Baloković , Croatian-Italian violinist (b. 1895)
1970 – Anna Louise Strong , American journalist and author (b. 1885)
1971 – Dhirendranath Datta , Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
1972 – J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank , English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
1974 – Joe Stecher , American wrestler (b. 1893)
1979 – Yahya Petra of Kelantan (b. 1917)
1980 – Mantovani , Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
1981 – Eric Williams , Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
1982 – Walter Hallstein , German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
1982 – Carl Orff , German composer and educator (b. 1895)
1982 – Nathan Farragut Twining , American general (b. 1897)
1985 – The Singing Nun , Belgian singer-songwriter and nun (b. 1933)
1985 – Luther Terry , American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
1986 – Harold Ritz , American actor and singer (b. 1907)
1988 – Maurice Blackburn , Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
1988 – Ted Kluszewski , American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
1989 – Bernard Blier , Argentinian-French actor (b. 1916)
1991 – Lee Atwater , American politician (b. 1951)
1991 – Guy Bourdin , French photographer (b. 1928)
1992 – Paul Henreid , Italian-American actor and director (b. 1908)
1994 – Bill Travers , English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1995 – Jimmy McShane , Irish singer (Baltimora ) (b. 1957)
1995 – Mort Meskin , American illustrator (b. 1916)
1995 – Terry Moore , American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
1996 – Frank Daniel , Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1996 – Bill Goldsworthy , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
1997 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt , German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
1999 – Joe Williams , American singer (b. 1918)
1999 – Gyula Zsengellér , Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
2001 – Helge Ingstad , Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
2001 – John Lewis , American pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet ) (b. 1920)
2002 – Ayat al-Akhras , Palestinian suicide bomber (b. 1984)
2002 – Rico Yan , Filipino actor (b. 1975)
2003 – Carlo Urbani , Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
2004 – Joel Feinberg , American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
2004 – Simone Renant , French actress (b. 1911)
2005 – Johnnie Cochran , American lawyer (b. 1937)
2005 – Miltos Sachtouris , Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
2006 – Salvador Elizondo , Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
2007 – Larry L'Estrange , English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
2007 – Calvin Lockhart , Bahamian-American actor (b. 1934)
2009 – Vladimir Fedotov , Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
2009 – Andy Hallett , American actor and singer (b. 1975)
2011 – Ângelo de Sousa , Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
2011 – Iakovos Kambanelis , Greek author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2012 – Borgia , German race horse (b. 1994)
2012 – Montjeu , Irish race horse (b. 1996)
2012 – Luke Askew , American actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Pap Cheyassin Secka , Gambian lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
2012 – Bill Jenkins , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
2012 – Oksana Makar , Ukrainian murder victim (b. 1994)
2012 – John Mallison , Australian pastor and author (b. 1929)
2012 – Michael Peterson , Australian surfer (b. 1952)
2013 – Lawrence Auster , American blogger and author (b. 1949)
2013 – Reid Flair , American wrestler (b. 1988)
2013 – Reginald Gray , Irish-French painter (b. 1930)
2013 – Brian Huggins , English-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1931)
2013 – Enzo Jannacci , Italian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Liu Kang , Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
2013 – Ralph Klein , Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
2013 – Art Phillips , Canadian businessman and politician, 32nd Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1930)
2014 – Hobart Alter , American businessman (b. 1933)
2014 – Karl Spillman Forester , American lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
2014 – Marc Platt , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1913)
2014 – Birgitta Valberg , Swedish actress (b. 1916)
2014 – Dane Witherspoon , American actor (b. 1957)
2015 – Ayla Arslancan , Turkish actress (b. 1936)
2015 – William Delafield Cook , Australian-English painter (b. 1926)
2015 – Gerry Hardstaff , English cricketer (b. 1940)
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