May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
927 – Death of Simeon I the Great , the first Bulgarian to be recognized as Emperor.
1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1199 – John is crowned King of England.
1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass , allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg .
1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford , Ireland.
1799 – War of the Second Coalition : Austrian forces defeats the French at Winterthur , Switzerland, securing control of the northeastern Swiss Plateau because of the town's location at the junction of seven cross-roads.
1813 – War of 1812 : In Canada, American forces capture Fort George .
1849 – The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo , Sicily , as part of the Italian unification .
1863 – American Civil War : First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson .
1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria .
1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
1896 – The F4 -strength 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri , and East St. Louis, Illinois , killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 US dollars).
1905 – Russo-Japanese War : The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1907 – Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco .
1908 – Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya.
1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight .
1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A .
1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
1933 – New Deal : The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission .
1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs , with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? "
1933 – The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago.
1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States , (295 U.S. 495).
1937 – In California , the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California .
1940 – World War II : In the Le Paradis massacre , 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid , Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague ; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
1958 – The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
1960 – In Turkey , a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
1965 – Vietnam War : American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam .
1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline .
1968 – The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sébastien Charléty .
1968 – Major League Baseball 's National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos )
1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster , the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal .
1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington , in North Yorkshire , England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
1980 – The Gwangju Massacre : Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
1986 – Dragon Quest , the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games , is released in Japan.
1995
1996 – First Chechen War : the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
1997 – The unusual tornado outbreak in Jarrell, Texas .
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
1998 – Oklahoma City bombing : Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
2001 – Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines ; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
2006 – The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
Births
742 – Emperor Dezong of Tang (d. 805)
1332 – Ibn Khaldun , Tunisian historian and theologian (d. 1406)
1519 – Girolamo Mei , Italian historian and theorist (d. 1594)
1537 – Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (d. 1604)
1576 – Caspar Schoppe , German author and scholar (d. 1649)
1584 – Michael Altenburg , German theologian and composer (d. 1640)
1601 – Antoine Daniel , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1648)
1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
1627 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1693)
1651 – Louis Antoine de Noailles , French cardinal (d. 1729)
1652 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (d. 1722)
1738 – Nathaniel Gorham , American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1796)
1756 – Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)
1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)
1818 – Amelia Bloomer , American journalist and activist (d. 1894)
1819 – Julia Ward Howe , American poet and songwriter (d. 1910)
1820 – Mathilde Bonaparte , Italian-French daughter of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1904)
1827 – Samuel F. Miller , American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
1832 – Zenas Ferry Moody , American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (d. 1917)
1836 – Jay Gould , American businessman and financier (d. 1892)
1837 – Wild Bill Hickok , American police officer (d. 1876)
1850 – Thomas Neill Cream , Scottish-Canadian serial killer (d. 1892)
1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes , Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1863 – Arthur Mold , English cricketer (d. 1921)
1867 – Arnold Bennett , English author and playwright (d. 1931)
1868 – Aleksa Šantić , Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)
1871 – Georges Rouault , French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
1875 – Frederick Cuming , English cricketer (d. 1942)
1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski , Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)
1876 – William Stanier , English engineer (d. 1965)
1878 – Anna Cervin , Swedish artist (d. 1972)
1879 – Karl Bühler , German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
1879 – Hans Lammers , German judge and politician (d. 1962)
1883 – Jessie Arms Botke , American painter (d. 1971)
1884 – Max Brod , Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968)
1888 – Louis Durey , French composer (d. 1979)
1891 – Claude Champagne , Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)
1891 – Jaan Kärner , Estonian poet and author (d. 1958)
1891 – Aage Redal , Danish actor (d. 1950)
1893 – Hermann Dörnemann , German super-centenarian (d. 2005)
1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline , French physician and author (d. 1961)
1894 – Dashiell Hammett , American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)
1895 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995)
1897 – John Cockcroft , English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1897 – Dink Templeton , American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
1899 – Johannes Türn , Estonian chess and draughts player (d. 1993)
1900 – Ethel Lang , English super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1900 – Uładzimir Žyłka , Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933)
1902 – Fanny Godin , Belgian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
1904 – Chūhei Nambu , Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)
1906 – Buddhadasa , Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)
1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna , Italian bishop (d. 2009)
1907 – Nicolas Calas , Swiss-American poet and critic (d. 1988)
1907 – Rachel Carson , American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964)
1909 – Don Finlay , English hurdler and pilot (d. 1970)
1909 – Dolores Hope , American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1911 – Hubert Humphrey , American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978)
1911 – Teddy Kollek , Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007)
1911 – Vincent Price , American actor and singer (d. 1993)
1912 – John Cheever , American author and academic (d. 1982)
1912 – Sam Snead , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1912 – Terry Moore , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
1913 – Wols , German painter and photographer (d. 1951)
1915 – Ester Soré , Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1915 – Herman Wouk , American sailor and author
1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone , Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan
1919 – Emvin Cremona , Maltese artist (d. 1987)
1921 – Caryl Chessman , American criminal (d. 1960)
1921 – Bob Godfrey , Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)
1922 – Otto Carius , German lieutenant and pharmacist (d. 2015)
1922 – Christopher Lee , English actor and singer (d. 2015)
1922 – John D. Vanderhoof , American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (d. 2013)
1923 – Henry Kissinger , German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State , Nobel Prize laureate
1923 – Sumner Redstone , American businessman and philanthropist
1924 – Ernest Ingenito , American murderer (d. 1995)
1924 – Jaime Lusinchi , Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
1924 – John Sumner , English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)
1925 – Tony Hillerman , American journalist and author (d. 2008)
1927 – Jüri Randviir , Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)
1927 – Harry Webster , English engineer (d. 2007)
1928 – Thea Musgrave , Scottish-American composer and educator
1930 – Simon Barrington-Ward , English bishop
1930 – John Barth , American author and academic
1930 – William S. Sessions , American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1930 – Eino Tamberg , Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010)
1931 – John Chapple , English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar
1931 – Bernard Fresson , French actor (d. 2002)
1931 – Faten Hamama , Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)
1931 – Philip Kotler , American author and professor
1933 – Edward Samuel Rogers , Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
1933 – Manfred Sommer , Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)
1934 – Ray Daviault , Canadian-American baseball player
1934 – Harlan Ellison , American author and screenwriter
1935 – Daniel Colchico , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1935 – Mal Evans , English manager and producer (d. 1976)
1935 – Ramsey Lewis , American pianist and composer
1935 – Lee Meriwether , American model and actress, Miss America 1955
1936 – Benjamin Bathurst , English admiral
1936 – Louis Gossett, Jr. , American actor and producer
1936 – Marcel Masse , Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2014)
1937 – Allan Carr , American playwright and producer (d. 1999)
1939 – Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns , English courtier and businessman
1939 – Yves Duhaime , Canadian captain and politician
1939 – Sokratis Kokkalis , Greek businessman
1939 – Gerald Ronson , English businessman and philanthropist
1939 – Don Williams , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pozo-Seco Singers )
1940 – Zack Norman , American actor-producer-writer-musician-real estate developer
1942 – Lee Baca , American police officer
1942 – Piers Courage , English race car driver (d. 1970)
1942 – Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman , English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1942 – Robin Widdows , English race car driver
1943 – Raye Birk , American actor
1943 – Cilla Black , English singer and actress (d. 2015)
1943 – Bruce Weitz , American actor
1944 – Chris Dodd , American lawyer and politician
1944 – Ingrid Roscoe , English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
1944 – Alain Souchon , French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1945 – Bruce Cockburn , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Esquires and The Flying Circus )
1946 – Lewis Collins , English-American actor (d. 2013)
1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)
1946 – John Williams , English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
1947 – Felix Dennis , English poet and publisher, founded Dennis Publishing (d. 2014)
1947 – Marty Kristian , German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The New Seekers )
1947 – Branko Oblak , Slovenian footballer and coach
1947 – Riivo Sinijärv , Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1948 – Wubbo de Boer , Dutch civil servant
1948 – Pete Sears , English bass player (Jefferson Starship , Moonalice , and Hot Tuna )
1948 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart , American occultist and author (d. 2014)
1949 – Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale , English politician
1949 – Christa Vahlensieck , German runner
1950 – Dee Dee Bridgewater , American singer-songwriter and actress
1951 – Ana Belén , Spanish actress, singer, and director
1951 – John Conteh , English boxer
1954 – Pauline Hanson , Australian businesswoman and politician
1954 – Coney Reyes , Filipino actress and producer
1954 – Shahrdad Rohani , Iranian composer
1954 – Jackie Slater , American football player and coach
1955 – Eric Bischoff , American wrestler, manager, and producer
1955 – Richard Schiff , American actor, director, and producer
1955 – Ian Tracey , English organist and conductor
1956 – Cynthia McFadden , American journalist
1956 – Rosemary Squire , English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
1956 – Giuseppe Tornatore , Italian director and screenwriter
1957 – Dag Terje Andersen , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
1957 – Nitin Gadkari , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
1957 – Duncan Goodhew , English swimmer
1957 – Siouxsie Sioux , English singer-songwriter and producer (Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures )
1958 – Nick Anstee , English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London
1958 – Neil Finn , New Zealand singer-songwriter and mandolin player (Split Enz , Crowded House , Finn Brothers , The Mullanes , 7 Worlds Collide , and Pajama Club )
1958 – Linnea Quigley , American actress and producer
1958 – Jesse Robredo , Filipino politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior (d. 2012)
1960 – Gaston Therrien , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1961 – José Luíz Barbosa , Brazilian runner and coach
1961 – Peri Gilpin , American actress
1962 – Marcelino Bernal , Mexican footballer
1962 – Ray Borner , Australian basketball player
1962 – Steven Brill , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Anthony A. Hyman , Israeli-English biologist and academic
1962 – David Mundell , Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1962 – Ravi Shastri , Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1963 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba , Cuban pianist and composer
1964 – Adam Carolla , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Zheng Geping , Singaporean actor
1965 – Todd Bridges , American actor, director, and producer
1965 – Pat Cash , Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
1966 – Heston Blumenthal , English chef and author
1967 – Paul Gascoigne , English footballer, coach, and manager
1967 – Eddie Harsch , Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (The Black Crowes and The Detroit Cobras )
1967 – Eddie McClintock , American actor
1968 – Jeff Bagwell , American baseball player and coach
1968 – Rebekah Brooks , English journalist
1968 – Harun Erdenay , Turkish basketball player and coach
1968 – Frank Thomas , American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Todd Hundley , American baseball player
1969 – Jeremy Mayfield , American race car driver
1969 – Dondre Whitfield , American actor
1970 – Michele Bartoli , Italian cyclist
1970 – Tim Farron , English educator and politician
1970 – Joseph Fiennes , English actor
1970 – Cherry Pie Picache , Filipino actress and screenwriter
1971 – Mathew Batsiua , Nauruan politician
1971 – Paul Bettany , English actor
1971 – Wayne Carey , Australian footballer and coach
1971 – Kaur Kender , Estonian author
1971 – Lisa Lopes , American rapper, dancer, and actress (TLC ) (d. 2002)
1971 – Lee Sharpe , English footballer
1971 – Sophie Walker , British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
1972 – Todd Demsey , American golfer
1972 – Ivete Sangalo , Brazilian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Banda Eva )
1973 – Jack McBrayer , American actor and comedian
1973 – Tana Umaga , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1974 – Vanessa Blue , American porn actress and director
1974 – Skye Edwards , British singer-songwriter (Morcheeba )
1974 – Denise van Outen , English actress, singer, and television host
1974 – Derek Webb , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Caedmon's Call )
1974 – Danny Wuerffel , American football player
1975 – Jadakiss , American rapper (The Lox )
1975 – André 3000 , American rapper, producer, and actor (OutKast )
1975 – Michael Hussey , Australian cricketer
1975 – Jamie Oliver , English chef and author
1975 – Feryal Özel , Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1976 – RJD2 , American DJ and producer (Soul Position )
1976 – Marcel Fässler , Swiss race car driver
1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad , Algerian high jumper
1977 – Mahela Jayawardene , Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 – Adin Brown , American soccer player
1979 – Michael Buonauro , American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1979 – Stuart Manning , English actor
1979 – Mile Sterjovski , Australian footballer
1980 – Craig Buntin , Canadian figure skater
1981 – Miloy , Angolan footballer
1981 – Marcelo Bonan . Brazilian footballer
1981 – Özgür Çevik , Turkish singer and actor
1981 – Alina Cojocaru Romanian ballerina
1981 – Fivos Constantinou , Cypriot runner
1981 – Johan Elmander , Swedish footballer
1982 – Natalya , Canadian-American wrestler
1982 – Michael de Grussa , Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (The Kill Devil Hills )
1983 – Bobby Convey , American soccer player
1983 – Khamis Gaddafi , Libyan commander (d. 2011)
1983 – Meelis Kanep , Estonian chess player
1984 – Blake Ahearn , American basketball player
1984 – Darin Brooks , American actor
1984 – Kalle Spjuth , Swedish bandy player
1985 – Chiang Chien-ming , Taiwanese baseball player
1985 – Roberto Soldado , Spanish footballer
1986 – Conor Cummins , Manx motorcycle racer
1986 – Timo Descamps , Belgian actor and singer
1986 – Bamba Fall , Senegalese basketball player
1986 – Lasse Schöne , Danish footballer
1987 – Gervinho , Ivorian footballer
1987 – Eric Kolelas , French-English actor and director
1987 – Bora Paçun , Turkish basketball player
1988 – Irina Davydova , Russian hurdler
1988 – Mari Pokinen , Estonian actress and singer
1988 – Allyn Rose , American model and volleyball player, Miss Maryland USA 2011
1988 – Tyler Sash , American football player (d. 2015)
1989 – Rodrigo de Triano , English race horse (d. 2014)
1989 – Igor Morozov , Estonian footballer
1989 – Ben Pringle , English footballer
1990 – Yenew Alamirew , Ethiopian runner
1990 – Nadine Beiler , Austrian singer
1990 – Chris Colfer , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1991 – Ksenia Pervak , Russian tennis player
1991 – Eneli Vals , Estonian footballer
1994 – Aymeric Laporte , French footballer
Deaths
366 – Procopius , Roman usurper (b. 325)
866 – Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831)
927 – Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864)
1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 981)
1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , English commander (b. 1404)
1508 – Ludovico Sforza , Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (b. 1452)
1525 – Thomas Müntzer , German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)
1541 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
1564 – John Calvin , French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)
1610 – François Ravaillac , French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1661 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll , Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
1675 – Gaspard Dughet , Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi , Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
1702 – Dominique Bouhours , French priest and critic (b. 1628)
1707 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan , French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
1797 – François-Noël Babeuf , French journalist (b. 1760)
1831 – Jedediah Smith , American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
1840 – Niccolò Paganini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
1896 – Aleksandr Stoletov , Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
1910 – Robert Koch , German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1918 – Ōzutsu Man'emon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
1927 – Oscar Stribolt , Danish actor and director (b. 1872)
1933 – Achille Paroche , French target shooter (b. 1868)
1939 – Joseph Roth , Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
1941 – Ernst Lindemann , German captain (b. 1894)
1941 – Günther Lütjens , German admiral (b. 1889)
1942 – Muhammed Hamdi Yazır , Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
1945 – Enno Lolling , German physician (b. 1888)
1947 – Ed Konetchy , American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
1949 – Robert Ripley , American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
1953 – Jesse Burkett , American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
1960 – James Montgomery Flagg , American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
1963 – Grigoris Lambrakis , Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
1967 – W. Otto Miessner , American composer and educator (b. 1880)
1967 – Ernst Niekisch , German academic and politician (b. 1889)
1968 – Denise Legeay , French actress (b. 1898)
1969 – Jeffrey Hunter , American actor (b. 1926)
1971 – Armando Picchi , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
1980 – Gün Sazak , Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
1984 – Vasilije Mokranjac , Serbian composer (b. 1923)
1986 – Ismail al-Faruqi , Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
1986 – Ajoy Mukherjee , Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
1986 – Giorgos Tzifos , Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
1987 – John Howard Northrop , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1988 – Hjördis Petterson , Swedish actress (b. 1908)
1988 – Ernst Ruska , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky , Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)
1990 – Robert B. Meyner , American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)
1991 – Leopold Nowak , Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)
1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne , American fiddler (b. 1890)
1993 – Werner Stocker , German actor (b. 1955)
1994 – Charles Rodman Campbell , American murderer (b. 1954)
1998 – Minoo Masani , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
2000 – Kazimierz Leski , Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)
2000 – Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch , Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)
2000 – Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)
2003 – Luciano Berio , Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)
2006 – Rob Borsellino , American journalist (b. 1949)
2006 – Paul Gleason , American actor (b. 1939)
2006 – Craig Heyward , American football player (b. 1966)
2006 – Alex Toth , American illustrator and animator (b. 1928)
2006 – Oduvil Unnikrishnan , Indian actor and composer (b. 1944)
2007 – Izumi Sakai , Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard ) (b. 1967)
2007 – Gretchen Wyler , American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2007 – Ed Yost , American inventor, created the hot air balloon (b. 1919)
2008 – Franz Künstler , Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)
2009 – Thomas M. Franck , American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)
2009 – Clive Granger , Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
2009 – Mona Grey , British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
2009 – Abram Hoffer , Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)
2009 – Gérard Jean-Juste , Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)
2009 – Carol Anne O'Marie , American nun and author (b. 1933)
2009 – William Refshauge , Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)
2009 – Paul Sharratt , English-American television host (b. 1933)
2010 – Payut Ngaokrachang , Thai animator and director (b. 1929)
2011 – Jeff Conaway , American actor and singer (b. 1950)
2011 – Margo Dydek , Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)
2011 – Gil Scott-Heron , American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
2012 – Simeon Daniel , Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)
2012 – Friedrich Hirzebruch , German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Zita Kabátová , Czech actress (b. 1913)
2012 – David Rimoin , Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Johnny Tapia , American boxer (b. 1967)
2013 – György Bárdy , Hungarian actor (b. 1921)
2013 – Nazmiye Demirel , Turkish wife of Süleyman Demirel , 9th First Lady of Turkey (b. 1927)
2013 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician (b. 1917)
2013 – Little Tony , Italian-Sammarinese singer and actor (b. 1941)
2013 – Bill Pertwee , English actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Abdoulaye Sékou Sow , Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
2014 – Lochsong , English race horse (b. 1988)
2014 – Aurora Bretón , Mexican archer (b. 1950)
2014 – Ruth Flowers , English DJ and producer (b. 1931)
2014 – Robert Genn , Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms , German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014 – Roberto Vargas , Puerto Rican baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Massimo Vignelli , Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
2015 – Erik Carlsson , Swedish race car driver (b. 1929)
2015 – Nils Christie , Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Andy King , English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2015 – Michael Martin , American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
2015 – Elisabeth Wiedemann , German actress and dancer (b. 1926)
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