June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 209 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem .
754 – Boniface , Anglo-Saxon missionary , is killed by a band of pagans at Dokkum in Frisia .
1257 – Kraków , in Poland, receives city rights .
1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples : Roger of Lauria , admiral to King Peter III of Aragon , captures Charles of Salermo .
1625 – The city of Breda surrenders to the Spanish tercios under general Ambrosio Spinola .
1798 – The Battle of New Ross : The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac , is launched.
1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba .
1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe .
1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas .
1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution .
1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe 's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin , or Life Among the Lowly , starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Piedmont : Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia , taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
1900 – Second Boer War : British soldiers take Pretoria .
1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage .
1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court ; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
1916 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
1917 – World War I : Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
1933 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold .
1940 – World War II : After a brief lull in the Battle of France , the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing .
1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria , Hungary , and Romania .
1944 – World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day .
1945 – The Allied Control Council , the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois , kills 61 people.
1947 – Marshall Plan : In a speech at Harvard University , the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan , the first female member of Thailand's Parliament .
1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog ", on The Milton Berle Show , scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1959 – The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
1963 – The British Secretary of State for War , John Profumo , resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair ".
1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad : Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran , Mohammad Reza Pahlavi . In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers .
1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned.
1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy , a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , by Sirhan Sirhan , a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.
1969 – The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
1976 – The Teton Dam in Idaho , United States, collapses.
1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles .
1981 – The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report " of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems , in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS .
1984 – The Prime Minister of India , Indira Gandhi , orders an attack on the Golden Temple , the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 .
1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough , in North Yorkshire , England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan , that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
2000 – The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani , in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
2004 – Ronald Reagan , the 40th president of the United States , dies at 93.
2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro .
2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru .
2012 – The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins.
2013 – A building collapse in Philadelphia kills 6, wounds 14 other people.
Births
1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1402)
1412 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua , Italian ruler (d. 1478)
1493 – Justus Jonas , German priest and academic (d. 1555)
1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
1640 – Pu Songling , Chinese author (d. 1715)
1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia , Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
1723 – Adam Smith , Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)
1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis , French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
1760 – Johan Gadolin , Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)
1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
1781 – Christian Lobeck , German scholar and academic (d. 1860)
1819 – John Couch Adams , English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
1830 – Carmine Crocco , Italian soldier (d. 1905)
1850 – Pat Garrett , American sheriff (d. 1908)
1862 – Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1868 – James Connolly , Scottish-Irish general (d. 1916)
1870 – Bernard de Pourtalès , Swiss captain and sailor (d. 1935)
1876 – Isaac Heinemann , German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)
1877 – Willard Miller , Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)
1878 – Pancho Villa , Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (d. 1923)
1879 – Robert Mayer , German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
1879 – René Pottier , French cyclist (d. 1907)
1883 – John Maynard Keynes , English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)
1884 – Ralph Benatzky , Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)
1884 – Ivy Compton-Burnett , English author (d. 1969)
1884 – Frederick Lorz , American runner (d. 1914)
1892 – Jaan Kikkas , Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
1894 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian-English publisher and academic (d. 1976)
1895 – William Boyd , American actor and producer (d. 1972)
1895 – William Roberts , English soldier and painter (d. 1980)
1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo , Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (d. 1960)
1898 – Federico García Lorca , Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
1899 – Otis Barton , American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992)
1899 – Theippan Maung Wa , Burmese writer (d. 1942)
1900 – Dennis Gabor , Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1902 – Arthur Powell Davies , American minister, author, and activist (d. 1957)
1905 – John Abbott , English-American actor (d. 1996)
1905 – Wayne Boring , American illustrator (d. 1987)
1910 – Herb Vigran , American actor (d. 1986)
1912 – Dean Amadon , American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
1913 – Conrad Marca-Relli , American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)
1914 – Beatrice De Cardi , English archaeologist and academic
1916 – Eddie Joost , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
1919 – Richard Scarry , American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1920 – Marion Motley , American football player and coach (d. 1999)
1920 – Cornelius Ryan , Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
1922 – Paul Couvret , Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
1922 – Sheila Sim , English actress (d. 2016)
1923 – Jorge Daponte , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1963)
1923 – Roger Lebel , Canadian actor (d. 1994)
1923 – Daniel Pinkham , American organist and composer (d. 2006)
1924 – Lou Brissie , American baseball player and scout (d. 2013)
1924 – Art Donovan , American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
1925 – Bill Hayes , American actor and singer
1926 – Paul Soros , Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
1928 – Robert Lansing , American actor (d. 1994)
1928 – Umberto Maglioli , Italian race car driver (d. 1999)
1928 – Tony Richardson , English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
1929 – Denis Coe , English soldier, educator, and politician (d. 2015)
1930 – Alifa Rifaat , Egyptian author (d. 1996)
1931 – Yves Blais , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
1931 – Jacques Demy , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk , Polish anthropologist and philosopher
1932 – Christy Brown , Irish-English painter and author (d. 1981)
1932 – Dave Gold , American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
1933 – Bata Živojinović , Serbian actor and politician
1934 – Vilhjálmur Einarsson , Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator
1934 – Bill Moyers , American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary
1937 – Hélène Cixous , French author, poet, and critic
1938 – Moira Anderson , Scottish singer
1938 – Karin Balzer , German hurdler
1939 – Joe Clark , Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
1939 – Margaret Drabble , English author and critic
1939 – L. R. Wright , Canadian author (d. 2001)
1941 – Martha Argerich , Argentinian pianist
1941 – Erasmo Carlos , Brazilian singer-songwriter
1941 – Spalding Gray , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1941 – Robert Kraft , American businessman, founded The Kraft Group
1941 – Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
1941 – Gudrun Sjödén , Swedish designer
1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo , Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
1944 – Whitfield Diffie , American cryptographer and academic
1944 – Gillian Hills , Egyptian-English actress and singer
1944 – Nigel Rees , English game show host and author
1944 – Colm Wilkinson , Irish tenor and actor
1945 – John Carlos , American runner and football player
1945 – André Lacroix , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Wanderléa , Brazilian singer and television host
1946 – John Bach , Welsh-New Zealand actor
1946 – John Du Cann , English guitarist (Atomic Rooster , Hard Stuff , The Attack , and Andromeda (d. 2001)
1946 – Patrick Head , English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1
1946 – Freddie Stone , American singer, guitarist, and pastor (Sly and the Family Stone )
1947 – Jojon , Indonesian comedian and actor (d. 2014)
1947 – Laurie Anderson , American singer-songwriter and violinist
1947 – Tom Evans , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger ) (d. 1983)
1947 – David Hare , English director, playwright, and screenwriter
1949 – Ken Follett , Welsh author
1949 – Elizabeth Gloster , English lawyer and judge
1949 – Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee , Scottish politician
1950 – J. J. Bittenbinder , American television host and author
1950 – Ronnie Dyson , American singer and actor (d. 1990)
1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr. , Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
1950 – Daniel von Bargen , American actor (d. 2015)
1951 – Suze Orman , American financial adviser, author, and television host
1952 – Carole Fredericks , American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones ) (d. 2001)
1952 – Nicko McBrain , English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden , Streetwalkers , and Trust )
1952 – Sarah Thomas , English actress
1953 – Kathleen Kennedy , American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
1954 – Haluk Bilginer , Turkish actor
1954 – Simon Hopkinson , English chef and critic
1954 – Phil Neale , English cricketer, coach, and manager
1954 – Nancy Stafford , American model and actress
1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho , Brazilian footballer and manager
1956 – Richard Butler , English singer-songwriter (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love )
1956 – Kenny G , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (The Love Unlimited Orchestra )
1957 – Charles Nolan , American fashion designer (d. 2011)
1958 – Avigdor Lieberman , Moldavian-Israeli soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi , Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
1959 – Robert Lloyd , English singer (The Nightingales , The Prefects , and The Minus 5 )
1959 – Werner Schildhauer , German runner
1960 – Boris Dugan , Estonian footballer and coach
1960 – Claire Fox , English author and academic
1960 – Leslie Hendrix , American actress
1961 – Anke Behmer , German heptathlete
1961 – Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress and singer (d. 1999)
1961 – Anthony Burger , American singer and pianist (The Kingsmen Quartet ) (d. 2006)
1961 – Aldo Costa , Italian engineer
1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1962 – Jeff Garlin , American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Tõnis Lukas , Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education
1963 – Colleen LaRose , American criminal
1963 – Joe Rudán , Hungarian singer and bass player (Pokolgép and P. Mobil )
1964 – Lisa Cholodenko , American director and screenwriter
1964 – Dukagjin Pupovci , Kosovo-Albanian critic and academic
1964 – Rick Riordan , American author and educator
1964 – Karl Sanders , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nile )
1964 – Laura Sandys , English journalist and politician
1965 – Michael E. Brown , American astronomer and author
1965 – Sandrine Piau , French soprano
1965 – Alfie Turcotte , American ice hockey player
1966 – Michael McCarthy , Irish actor, singer, and producer
1967 – Matt Bullard , American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Joe DeLoach , American sprinter
1967 – Ray Lankford , American baseball player
1967 – Ron Livingston , American actor
1968 – Ed Vaizey , English lawyer and politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
1969 – Brian McKnight , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1970 – Martin Gélinas , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Miyuki Komatsu , Japanese actress
1971 – Susan Lynch , Irish actress
1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi , Japanese race car driver
1971 – Mark Wahlberg , American model, actor, producer, and rapper (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch )
1972 – Mike Bucci , American wrestler and manager
1972 – Chuck Klosterman , American journalist and author
1972 – Paweł Kotla , Polish conductor and academic
1973 – Lamon Brewster , American boxer
1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings )
1973 – Galilea Montijo , Mexican actress and talk show host
1973 – Gella Vandecaveye , Belgian martial artist
1974 – Chad Allen , American actor and producer
1974 – Nina Conti , English ventriloquist and actress
1974 – Russ Ortiz , American baseball player
1975 – Zydrunas Ilgauskas , Lithuanian-American basketball player
1975 – Dmitri Kurakin , Estonian-German ice dancer
1975 – Duncan Patterson , English drummer and keyboard player (Anathema , Antimatter , and Alternative 4 )
1975 – Sandra Stals , Belgian runner
1976 – Giannis Giannoulis , Canadian basketball player
1976 – Torry Holt , American football player and sportscaster
1976 – Aesop Rock , American rapper and producer (The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon )
1977 – Jesdaporn Pholdee , Thai actor
1977 – Navi Rawat , American actress
1977 – Liza Weil , American actress
1978 – Fernando Meira , Portuguese footballer
1979 – David Bisbal , Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis , Greek footballer
1979 – David Weir , English wheelchair racer
1979 – Pete Wentz , American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer (Fall Out Boy , Black Cards , and Arma Angelus )
1979 – Jason White , American race car driver
1980 – Ryan Devlin , American actor
1980 – Mike Fisher , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Sutee Suksomkit , Thai footballer
1981 – Serhat Akın , Turkish footballer
1981 – Jade Goody , English television personality and author, contestant on Big Brother (d. 2009)
1981 – Sébastien Lefebvre , Canadian singer and guitarist (Simple Plan )
1982 – Ryan Dallas Cook , American trombonist (Suburban Legends ) (d. 2005)
1982 – Baron Geisler , Filipino actor and poet
1982 – Roxy Jezel , English pornographic actress
1983 – Marques Colston , American football player
1984 – Robert Barbieri , Canadian-Italian rugby player
1984 – Cécilia Cara , French actress and singer
1984 – Yusuf Güney , Turkish singer-songwriter
1984 – Eric Traoré , Senegalese footballer
1985 – Jeremy Abbott , American figure skater
1985 – Ekaterina Bychkova , Russian tennis player
1985 – Bashir Ahmad Rahmati , Afghan wrestler
1986 – Dave Bolland , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Amanda Crew , Canadian actress
1986 – Vernon Gholston , American football player
1986 – Jun Hasegawa , Japanese-American model
1987 – Charlie Clements , English actor
1987 – Kenny De Ketele , Belgian cyclist
1987 – Marcus Thornton , American basketball player
1988 – Nuh Omar , Pakistani director and screenwriter
1988 – Alessandro Salvi , Italian footballer
1988 – Sam Slocombe , English footballer
1989 – Megumi Nakajima , Japanese voice actress and singer
1989 – Monica Castaño , Colombian beauty queen and model
1990 – Junior Hoilett , Canadian soccer player
1990 – Sophie Lowe , English-Australian actress
1990 – DJ Mustard , American record producer and songwriter
1991 – Sören Bertram , German footballer
1992 – Joazhiño Arroe , Peruvian footballer
1992 – Emily Seebohm , Australian swimmer
1995 – Beckii Cruel , English singer and dancer
1995 – Troye Sivan , South African-Australian actor and singer
1995 – Ross Wilson , English table tennis player
1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya , Russian figure skater
Deaths
301 – Sima Lun , Chinese emperor (b. 249)
535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople
567 – Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
708 – Jacob of Edessa , Syrian bishop and author (b. 640)
754 – Saint Boniface , English missionary, bishop, and martyr (b. 675)
1017 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester , English soldier and politician (b. 1049)
1296 – Edmund Crouchback , English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1245)
1316 – Louis X of France (b. 1289)
1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal (b. 1324)
1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (b. 1522)
1625 – Orlando Gibbons , English organist and composer (b. 1583)
1667 – Pietro Sforza Pallavicino , Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
1688 – Constantine Phaulkon , Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
1716 – Roger Cotes , English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
1722 – Johann Kuhnau , German organist and composer (b. 1660)
1738 – Isaac de Beausobre , French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
1740 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent , English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
1791 – Frederick Haldimand , Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
1816 – Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
1819 – Bodawpaya , Burmese king (b. 1745)
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos , Greek soldier (b. 1788)
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber , German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
1866 – John McDouall Stuart , Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
1899 – Antonio Luna , Filipino general (b. 1866)
1900 – Stephen Crane , American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
1902 – Louis J. Weichmann , American clerk, witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842)
1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann , German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
1910 – O. Henry , American pharmacist and author (b. 1862)
1913 – Chris von der Ahe , German-American businessman (b. 1851)
1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener , Irish field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
1920 – Rhoda Broughton , Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
1921 – Will Crooks , English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
1921 – Georges Feydeau , French playwright (b. 1862)
1930 – Pascin , Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander , Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
1967 – Arthur Biram , Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
1967 – Harry Brown , Australian public servant (b. 1878)
1970 – Herman Kruusenberg , Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
1975 – Paul Keres , Estonian chess player and theoretician (b. 1916)
1975 – Lester Matthews , English-American actor (b. 1900)
1976 – Violet Wilkey , American actress (b. 1903)
1993 – Conway Twitty , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai , Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
1997 – J. Anthony Lukas , American journalist and author (b. 1933)
1998 – Jeanette Nolan , American actress (b. 1911)
1998 – Sam Yorty , American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
1999 – Mel Tormé , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1925)
2000 – Don Liddle , American baseball player (b. 1925)
2002 – Gwen Plumb , Australian actress (b. 1912)
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones ) (b. 1951)
2003 – Jürgen Möllemann , German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
2003 – Manuel Rosenthal , French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2004 – Iona Brown , English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
2004 – Ronald Reagan , American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser , Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
2005 – Susi Nicoletti , German-Austrian actress and singer (b. 1918)
2006 – Frederick Franck , Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
2006 – Edward L. Moyers , American businessman (b. 1928)
2007 – Povel Ramel , Swedish singer, pianist, and author (b. 1922)
2009 – Jeff Hanson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
2009 – Boris Pokrovsky , Russian director and manager (b. 1912)
2011 – Leon Botha , South African painter and DJ (b. 1985)
2012 – Ray Bradbury , American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2012 – Lucky Diamond , American dog (b. 1997)
2012 – Caroline John , English actress (b. 1940)
2012 – Hal Keller , American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2012 – Mihai Pătrașcu , Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
2012 – Charlie Sutton , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
2013 – Don Bowman , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1937)
2013 – Takkō Ishimori , Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
2013 – Helen McElhone , Scottish politician (b. 1933)
2013 – Stanisław Nagy , Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh , Irish soldier and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Michel Ostyn , Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
2013 – Katherine Woodville , English-American actress (b. 1938)
2014 – Bob Abrahamian , American DJ and producer (b. 1978)
2014 – Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi , Iraqi commander (b. 1971)
2014 – Ganiyu Akanbi Bello , Nigerian businessman (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Davis , American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2014 – Johnny Leach , English table tennis player and coach (b. 1922)
2014 – Reiulf Steen , Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (b. 1933)
2015 – Tariq Aziz , Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1936)
2015 – Alan Bond , English-Australian businessman (b. 1938)
2015 – Jerry Collins , Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (b. 1980)
2015 – Giacomo Furia , Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2015 – Richard Johnson , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2015 – Roger Vergé , French chef and author (b. 1930)
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