July 27 is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 157 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth .
1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš , the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja , during the Third Crusade .
1202 – Georgian–Seljuk wars : At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum .
1214 – Battle of Bouvines : Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial , English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England 's Angevin Empire .
1299 – According to Edward Gibbon , Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state .
1302 – Battle of Bapheus : Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier 's ship reaches Japan.
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
1689 – Glorious Revolution : The Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 – A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England .
1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy .
1778 – American Revolution : First Battle of Ushant : British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs , is established (it will be later renamed Department of State ).
1794 – French Revolution : Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, Panama , the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico , killing 231.
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina .
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island , Ireland, to Heart's Content , Newfoundland .
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War : Battle of Maiwand : Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand , Afghanistan .
1890 – Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns ; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele .
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar .
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929 , dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny .
1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indochina .
1942 – World War II : Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet , the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 – Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee , President of South Korea , refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
1964 – Vietnam War : Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 – Watergate scandal : The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon .
1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals .
1981 – British television : On Coronation Street , Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton , which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
1981 – Adam Walsh , 6-year-old son of John Walsh , is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
1983 – Black July : Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1987 – RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic .
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union . Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3 .
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago , occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television , holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for six days.
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. .
1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing : In Atlanta, United States , a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics . One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. One hundred eleven are injured.
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria .
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster : A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv , Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 – STS-114 : NASA grounds the Space Shuttle , pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank . During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ; this foam does not strike the spacecraft .
2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision : News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase.
2012 – The opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics takes place in London.
2015 – At least 7 people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab .
Births
1452 – Ludovico Sforza , Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1748)
1733 – Jeremiah Dixon , English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 – Jeanne Baré , French explorer (d. 1803)
1741 – François-Hippolyte Barthélémon , French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)
1752 – Samuel Smith , American general and politician (d. 1839)
1768 – Charlotte Corday , French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1768 – Joseph Anton Koch , Austrian painter (d. 1839)
1773 – Jacob Aall , Norwegian economist and politician (d. 1844)
1777 – Thomas Campbell , Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)
1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre , English general (d. 1853)
1781 – Mauro Giuliani , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828)
1784 – Denis Davydov , Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 – Thomas Lanier Clingman , American general and politician (d. 1897)
1818 – Agostino Roscelli , Italian priest and saint (d. 1902)
1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils , French author and playwright (d. 1895)
1833 – Thomas George Bonney , English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (d. 1923)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci , Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1848 – Loránd Eötvös , Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)
1853 – Vladimir Korolenko , Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921)
1854 – Takahashi Korekiyo , Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)
1857 – José Celso Barbosa , Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (d. 1921)
1858 – George Lyon , Canadian golfer and cricketer (d. 1938)
1866 – António José de Almeida , Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1867 – Enrique Granados , Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916)
1870 – Hilaire Belloc , French-born British historian, author, and politician (d. 1953)
1877 – Ernő Dohnányi , Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1881 – Hans Fischer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland , English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965)
1886 – Ernst May , German architect and urban planner (d. 1970)
1889 – Vera Karalli , Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (d. 1972)
1890 – Armas Taipale , Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1976)
1891 – Jacob van der Hoeden , Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (d. 1968)
1894 – Mientje Kling , Dutch actress (d. 1966)
1896 – Robert George , Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)
1896 – Henri Longchambon , French lawyer and politician (d. 1969)
1903 – Nikolay Cherkasov , Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (d. 2002)
1903 – Mārtiņš Zīverts , Latvian playwright (d. 1990)
1905 – Leo Durocher , American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc , Polish author and activist (d. 2000)
1906 – Herbert Jasper , Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1908 – Joseph Mitchell , American journalist and author (d. 1996)
1910 – Julien Gracq , French author and critic (d. 2007)
1910 – Fern Persons , American actress (d. 2012)
1910 – Lupita Tovar , Mexican-American actress
1911 – Rayner Heppenstall , English author and poet (d. 1981)
1912 – Vernon Elliott , English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Gérard Côté , Canadian runner (d. 1993)
1913 – George L. Street III , American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000)
1914 – August Sang , Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969)
1915 – Mario Del Monaco , Italian tenor and actor (d. 1982)
1915 – Josef Priller , German colonel and pilot (d. 1961)
1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick , American author and critic (d. 2007)
1916 – Skippy Williams , American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)
1916 – Keenan Wynn , American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1917 – Bourvil , French actor and singer (d. 1970)
1918 – Leonard Rose , American cellist and educator (d. 1984)
1921 – Garry Davis , American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (d. 2013)
1921 – Émile Genest , Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
1922 – Adolfo Celi , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1922 – Norman Lear , American screenwriter and producer
1923 – Mas Oyama , South Korean-Japanese martial artist (d. 1994)
1924 – Vincent Canby , American historian and critic (d. 2000)
1924 – Otar Taktakishvili , Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1927 – Guy Carawan , American singer and musicologist (d. 2015)
1927 – C. Rajadurai , Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa
1927 – John Seigenthaler , American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
1928 – Joseph Kittinger , American colonel and pilot
1928 – Karloff Lagarde , Mexican wrestler and actor (d. 2007)
1929 – Jean Baudrillard , French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1929 – Harvey Fuqua , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth ) (d. 2010)
1929 – Jack Higgins , English author and academic
1929 – Marc Wilkinson , French-Australian composer and conductor
1930 – Joy Whitby , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1930 – Shirley Williams , English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1931 – Khieu Samphan , Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
1931 – Jerry Van Dyke , American comedic actor
1932 – Forest Able , American basketball player
1933 – Nick Reynolds , American singer and bongo player (The Kingston Trio ) (d. 2008)
1933 – Ted Whitten , Australian footballer and journalist (d. 1995)
1935 – Hillar Kärner , Estonian chess player
1935 – Billy McCullough , Irish footballer
1936 – J. Robert Hooper , American businessman and politician (d. 2008)
1937 – Anna Dawson , English actress and singer
1937 – Don Galloway , American actor (d. 2009)
1937 – Robert Holmes à Court , South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990)
1938 – Gary Gygax , American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)
1939 – William Eggleston , American photographer and academic
1939 – Michael Longley , Irish poet and academic
1940 – Pina Bausch , German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1941 – Christian Boesch , Austrian opera singer
1941 – Johannes Fritsch , German viola player and composer (d. 2010)
1942 – Édith Butler , Canadian singer-songwriter
1942 – John Pleshette , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1942 – Dennis Ralston , American tennis player
1943 – Jeremy Greenstock , English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
1944 – Tony Capstick , English actor and singer (d. 2003)
1944 – Bobbie Gentry , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc , French cyclist and journalist
1944 – Barbara Thomson , English saxophonist and composer (Colosseum and New Jazz Orchestra )
1946 – Peter Reading , English poet and author (d. 2011)
1946 – Rade Šerbedžija , Croatian actor and director
1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1948 – Peggy Fleming , American figure skater and sportscaster
1948 – James Munby , English lawyer and judge
1948 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
1948 – Betty Thomas , American actress, director, and producer
1948 – Henny Vrienten , Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (Doe Maar )
1949 – Maury Chaykin , American-Canadian actor (d. 2010)
1949 – André Dupont , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949 – Susan Gordon , American actress (d. 2011)
1949 – Rory MacDonald , Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Runrig and The Band from Rockall )
1949 – Maureen McGovern , American singer and actress
1949 – Robert Rankin , English author and illustrator
1950 – Simon Jones , English actor
1951 – Roseanna Cunningham , Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs
1951 – Bob Diamond , American-English banker and businessman
1951 – Rolf Thung , Dutch tennis player
1952 – Marvin Barnes , American basketball player (d. 2014)
1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen , Finnish sportscaster
1952 – Roxanne Hart , American actress
1953 – Chung Dong-young , South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification
1953 – Yahoo Serious , Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Philippe Alliot , French race car driver and sportscaster
1954 – G. S. Bali , Indian lawyer and politician
1954 – Ricardo Uceda , Peruvian journalist and author
1955 – Cat Bauer , American journalist, author, and playwright
1955 – Allan Border , Australian cricketer and coach
1955 – John Howell , English journalist and politician
1955 – Bobby Rondinelli , American drummer (Blue Öyster Cult , Rainbow , Quiet Riot and Black Sabbath )
1956 – Carol Leifer , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Bill Engvall , American comedian, actor, and producer
1957 – Matt Osborne , American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
1957 – Allan Simmons , English Scrabble player
1958 – Christopher Dean , English figure skater and choreographer
1958 – Kimmo Hakola , Finnish composer
1959 – Joe DeSa , American baseball player (d. 1986)
1959 – Hugh Green , American football player
1959 – Yiannos Papantoniou , French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
1960 – Jo Durie , English tennis player and sportscaster
1960 – Gabrielle Glaister , English actress
1960 – Conway Savage , Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds )
1960 – Emily Thornberry , English lawyer and politician
1962 – Karl Mueller , American bass player (Soul Asylum ) (d. 2005)
1963 – Karrin Allyson , American singer and pianist
1963 – K. S. Chithra , Indian singer
1963 – Donnie Yen , Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
1964 – Rex Brown , American bass player and songwriter (Pantera , Kill Devil Hill , and Down )
1964 – Melissa Mendez , Filipino actress
1965 – José Luis Chilavert , Paraguayan footballer
1965 – Wladimir Reznitschenko , Kazakhstani-German fencer
1966 – Steve Tilson , English footballer and manager
1967 – Rahul Bose , Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
1967 – Juliana Hatfield , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blake Babies , Some Girls , and The Lemonheads )
1967 – Takuya Kirimoto , Japanese actor and voice actor
1967 – Hans Mathisen , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1967 – Sasha Mitchell , American actor
1967 – Neil Smith , English cricketer
1967 – Kellie Waymire , American actress (d. 2003)
1967 – Craig Wolanin , Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Italian actress and producer
1968 – Cliff Curtis , New Zealand actor and producer
1968 – Tom Goodwin , American baseball player and coach
1968 – Sabina Jeschke , Swedish-German engineer and academic
1968 – Julian McMahon , Australian actor and producer
1968 – Ricardo Rosset , Brazilian race car driver
1969 – Triple H , American wrestler and actor
1969 – Timo Maas , German DJ and producer
1969 – Jonty Rhodes , South African cricketer and coach
1970 – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Danish actor and producer
1970 – David Davies , English-Welsh politician
1971 – Matthew Johns , Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
1972 – Ronato Alcano , Filipino pool player
1972 – Jill Arrington , American sportscaster
1972 – Takako Fuji , Japanese actress and dancer
1972 – Maya Rudolph , American actress and singer
1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor , Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
1973 – Cassandra Clare , American journalist and author
1973 – Abe Cunningham , American drummer (Deftones and Phallucy )
1973 – Erik Nys , Belgian long jumper
1973 – Tracy Shaw , English actress and singer
1973 – Gorden Tallis , Australian rugby player and coach
1974 – Eason Chan , Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
1974 – Pete Yorn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Olms )
1975 – Serkan Çeliköz , Turkish keyboard player and songwriter (Kargo and MaSKott )
1975 – Shea Hillenbrand , American baseball player
1975 – Elise Laverick , English rower
1975 – Fred Mascherino , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taking Back Sunday , The Color Fred , Terrible Things , and Breaking Pangaea )
1975 – Alessandro Pistone , Italian footballer
1975 – Alex Rodriguez , American baseball player
1976 – Demis Hassabis , English computer scientist and academic
1976 – Scott Mason , Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 – Foo Swee Chin , Singaporean illustrator
1977 – Björn Dreyer , German footballer
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Irish actor and producer
1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan , Irish hurler and manager
1979 – Jorge Arce , Mexican boxer
1979 – Sidney Govou , French footballer
1979 – Jaymee Joaquin , Filipino model and actress
1979 – Shannon Moore , American wrestler and singer (PeroxWhy?Gen )
1980 – Allan Davis , Australian cyclist
1980 – Wesley Gonzales , Filipino basketball player
1980 – Dolph Ziggler , American wrestler and actor
1981 – Susan King Borchardt , American basketball player
1981 – Mari Hoshino , Japanese actress and singer
1981 – Collins Obuya , Kenyan cricketer
1981 – Dash Snow , American painter and photographer (d. 2009)
1981 – Christopher Weselek , German rugby player
1982 – Cascy Beddow , Canadian actor
1982 – AJ Dee , Filipino actor and model
1982 – Neil Harbisson , English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist
1983 – Lorik Cana , Albanian footballer
1983 – Martijn Maaskant , Dutch cyclist
1983 – Goran Pandev , Macedonian footballer
1983 – Blair Redford , American actor
1983 – Soccor Velho , Indian footballer (d. 2013)
1984 – Antoine Bethea , American football player
1984 – Tsuyoshi Nishioka , Japanese baseball player
1984 – Max Scherzer , American baseball player
1984 – Taylor Schilling , American actress
1984 – Iekeliene Stange , Dutch model and photographer
1984 – Kenny Wormald , American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1985 – Aljin Abella , Filipino-Australian actor
1985 – Benedita Pereira , Portuguese actress
1985 – Matteo Pratichetti , Italian rugby player
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci , American actor
1985 – Ajmal Shahzad , English cricketer
1986 – DeMarre Carroll , American basketball player
1986 – Ryan Flaherty , American baseball player
1986 – Ryan Griffen , Australian footballer
1986 – Courtney Kupets , American gymnast and coach
1986 – Nathan Stephenson , Canadian actor
1987 – Jacoby Ford , American football player
1987 – Marek Hamšík , Slovak footballer
1987 – Jordan Hill , American basketball player
1987 – Sarah Parsons , American ice hockey player
1987 – Risa Yoshiki , Japanese model, actress, and singer
1988 – Adam Biddle , Australian footballer
1988 – Yoervis Medina , Venezuelan baseball player
1988 – Ryan Tannehill , American football player
1989 – Charlotte Arnold , Canadian actress
1989 – Mohamed Bangura , Sierra Leonean footballer
1990 – Indiana Evans , Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Nick Hogan , American race car driver and actor
1990 – Paolo Hurtado , Peruvian footballer
1990 – Cheyenne Kimball , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gloriana )
1990 – Shiori Sato , Japanese model
1990 – Stephen Li-Chung Kuo , Taiwanese-American figure skater
1991 – Rena Matsui , Japanese actress and singer (SKE48 , AKB48 , and Nogizaka46 )
1993 – Max Power , English footballer
1993 – Jordan Spieth , American golfer
1995 – Mirjana Puhar , Serbian-American model (d. 2015)
1996 – Ashlyn Sanchez , American actress
Deaths
1101 – Conrad II of Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)
1382 – Joanna I of Naples (b. 1326)
1469 – William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423)
1656 – Salomo Glassius , German theologian and critic (b. 1593)
1675 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne , French general (b. 1611)
1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis , French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
1770 – Robert Dinwiddie , Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov , Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
1844 – John Dalton , English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey , American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
1875 – Aleksander Kunileid , Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
1876 – Albertus van Raalte , Dutch-American minister and author (b. 1811)
1883 – Montgomery Blair , American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
1916 – Charles Fryatt , English captain (b. 1872)
1916 – William Jonas , English footballer (d. 1890)
1917 – Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
1921 – Myrddin Fardd , Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b.1836)
1924 – Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
1931 – Auguste Forel , Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
1938 – Tom Crean , Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
1941 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe , New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
1942 – Karl Pärsimägi , Estonian painter (b. 1902)
1946 – Gertrude Stein , American author and poet (b. 1874)
1948 – Woolf Barnato , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
1948 – Joe Tinker , American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1951 – Paul Kogerman , Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
1958 – Claire Lee Chennault , American general and pilot (b. 1893)
1960 – Julie Vinter Hansen , Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
1962 – Richard Aldington , English poet and author (b. 1892)
1962 – James H. Kindelberger , American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
1965 – Daniel-Rops , French historian and author (b. 1901)
1968 – Babe Adams , American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
1970 – António de Oliveira Salazar , Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
1971 – Charlie Tully , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
1975 – Alfred Duraiappah , Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1926)
1978 – Bob Heffron , New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
1978 – Willem van Otterloo , Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Iranian king (b. 1919)
1981 – William Wyler , French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1984 – James Mason , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1985 – Smoky Joe Wood , American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
1987 – Travis Jackson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903)
1988 – Frank Zamboni , American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901)
1990 – Bobby Day , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Hollywood Flames and Bob & Earl ) (b. 1928)
1991 – John Friedrich , German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950)
1992 – Max Dupain , Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911)
1992 – Tzeni Karezi , Greek actress and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1993 – Reggie Lewis , American basketball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Kevin Carter , South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960)
1995 – Melih Esenbel , Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
1995 – Rick Ferrell , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1995 – Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian-American composer and conductor (b. 1907)
1998 – Binnie Barnes , English-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1999 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1999 – Harry Edison , American trumpet player (Count Basie Orchestra ) (b. 1915)
2000 – Gordon Solie , American sportscaster (b. 1929)
2001 – Rhonda Sing , Canadian wrestler (b. 1961)
2001 – Leon Wilkeson , American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (b. 1952)
2003 – Vance Hartke , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Bob Hope , English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1903)
2005 – Al Held , American painter and academic (b. 1928)
2005 – Marten Toonder , Dutch author and illustrator (b. 1912)
2006 – Maryann Mahaffey , American academic and politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Lucky Grills , Australian actor (b. 1928)
2007 – James Oyebola , Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961)
2008 – Youssef Chahine , Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008 – Horst Stein , German-Swiss conductor (b. 1928)
2008 – Isaac Saba Raffoul , Mexican businessman (b. 1923)
2010 – Maury Chaykin , American-Canadian actor (b. 1949)
2010 – Jack Tatum , American football player (b. 1948)
2011 – Bejaratana Rajasuda , Thai princess (b. 1925)
2012 – Norman Alden , American actor (b. 1924)
2012 – R. G. Armstrong , American actor and playwright (b. 1917)
2012 – Darryl Cotton , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot and Cotton Keays & Morris ) (b. 1949)
2012 – Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (b. 1944)
2012 – Tony Martin , American actor and singer (b. 1913)
2012 – Jack Taylor , English footballer and referee (b. 1930)
2013 – Fernando Alonso , Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (b. 1914)
2013 – Lindy Boggs , American politician and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (b. 1916)
2013 – Bud Day , American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
2013 – Kidd Kraddick , American radio host (b. 1959)
2013 – Suzanne Krull , American actress (b. 1966)
2013 – Ilya Segalovich , Russian businessman, co-founded Yandex (b. 1964)
2014 – Richard Bolt , New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923)
2014 – George Freese , American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2014 – Wallace Jones , American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2014 – Francesco Marchisano , Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
2014 – Paul Schell , American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937)
2015 – Rickey Grundy , American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2015 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931)
2015 – Samuel Pisar , Polish-American lawyer and author (b. 1929)
2015 – Anthony Shaw , English general (b. 1930)
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