December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 25 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1060 – Béla I is crowned King of Hungary .
1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus' : Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan .
1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar .
1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England , in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge ".
1704 – Battle of Chamkaur (1704) : During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
1745 – Charles Edward Stuart 's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising .
1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia .
1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs .
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine , stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia , kills 362 workers.
1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest .
1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia.
1917 – Halifax Explosion : A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time .
1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53 .
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce 's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War . Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
1947 – The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita .
1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 .
1957 – Project Vanguard : A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1969 – Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California .
1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .
1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment : The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States . (On November 27 , the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
1975 – The Troubles : Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege .
1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana , although it is not recognized by any other country.
1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland . It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
1988 – The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine , an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal .
1991 – In Croatia , forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May .
1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya , India, is demolished , leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk , Siberia , killing 67.
1998 – in Venezuela , Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.
2005 – Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou , China.
2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran , killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars .
2008 – The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
2015 – Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
Births
846 – Hasan al-Askari , Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
1421 – Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
1478 – Baldassare Castiglione , Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
1586 – Niccolò Zucchi , Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
1637 – Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
1640 – Claude Fleury , French historian and author (d. 1723)
1642 – Johann Christoph Bach , German organist and composer (d. 1703)
1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French minister and politician (d. 1794)
1721 – James Elphinston , Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
1752 – Gabriel Duvall , American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin , French magician (d. 1861)
1812 – Robert Spear Hudson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
1823 – Max Müller , German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
1833 – John S. Mosby , American colonel (d. 1916)
1841 – Frédéric Bazille , French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
1849 – August von Mackensen , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1853 – Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
1853 – Haraprasad Shastri , Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
1863 – Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
1872 – Arthur Henry Adams , Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1872 – William S. Hart , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1875 – Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
1875 – Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author (d. 1941)
1876 – Fred Duesenberg , German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
1884 – Cornelia Meigs , American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
1886 – Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
1887 – Lynn Fontanne , English-American actress (d. 1983)
1887 – Joseph Lamb , American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
1888 – Will Hay , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1890 – Dion Fortune , Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
1890 – Yoshio Nishina , Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1890 – Rudolf Schlichter , German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
1892 – Osbert Sitwell , English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
1893 – Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (d. 1984)
1896 – Ira Gershwin , American songwriter (d. 1983)
1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt , German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
1898 – Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1900 – Agnes Moorehead , American actress and singer (d. 1974)
1901 – Eliot Porter , American photographer and academic (d. 1990)
1902 – Ernő Verebes , Hungarian-American actor (d. 1971)
1903 – Tony Lazzeri , American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
1904 – Ève Curie , French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
1905 – Elizabeth Yates , American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1908 – Pierre Graber , Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
1908 – Baby Face Nelson , American gangster (d. 1934)
1908 – Miklós Szabó , Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
1909 – Rulon Jeffs , American religious leader (d. 2002)
1910 – David M. Potter , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1913 – Karl Haas , German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
1913 – Eleanor Holm , American swimmer and actress (d. 2004)
1913 – John Mikaelsson , Swedish race walker (d. 1987)
1916 – Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
1916 – Kristján Eldjárn , Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
1916 – Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
1917 – Dean Hess , American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
1917 – Kamal Jumblatt , Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)
1917 – Irv Robbins , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
1917 – Waldemar von Gazen , German soldier and lawyer (d. 2014)
1919 – Skippy Baxter , Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)
1919 – Paul de Man , Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic (d. 1983)
1920 – Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
1920 – Peter Dimmock , English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
1920 – George Porter , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1921 – Otto Graham , American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1921 – Piero Piccioni , Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman , American soldier and politician
1924 – Wally Cox , American actor (d. 1973)
1927 – Jim Fuchs , American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
1928 – Bobby Van , American actor and singer (d. 1980)
1929 – Philippe Bouvard , French journalist and radio host
1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt , German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
1929 – Frank Springer , American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1929 – Alain Tanner , Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
1930 – Daniel Lisulo , Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
1931 – Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
1932 – Kamleshwar , Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
1933 – Henryk Górecki , Polish composer and academic (d. 2010)
1933 – Donald J. Kutyna , American general
1934 – Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
1935 – Jean Lapointe , Canadian actor, singer, and politician
1936 – Bill Ashton , English saxophonist and composer
1936 – Kenneth Copeland , American evangelist and author
1937 – Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
1938 – Patrick Bauchau , Belgian-American actor
1940 – Lawrence Bergman , Canadian lawyer and politician
1940 – Richard Edlund , American visual effects designer and cinematographer
1941 – Richard Speck , American murderer (d. 1991)
1941 – Bruce Nauman , American sculptor and illustrator
1941 – Bill Thomas , American academic and politician
1941 – Wende Wagner , American model and actress (d. 1997)
1942 – Peter Handke , Austrian author and playwright
1942 – Robb Royer , American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Bread and The Pleasure Fair )
1943 – Mike Smith , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five ) (d. 2008)
1945 – Larry Bowa , American baseball player and manager
1945 – Dan Harrington , American lawyer and poker player
1945 – Shekhar Kapur , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Frankie Beverly , American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze )
1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen , Dutch footballer and manager
1947 – Lawrence Cannon , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 – Henk van Woerden , Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
1947 – Miroslav Vitouš , Czech-American bassist and songwriter (Weather Report )
1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen , German actor and singer
1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé , Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014)
1948 – Don Nickles , American businessman and politician
1948 – Keke Rosberg , Finnish race car driver
1948 – JoBeth Williams , American actress, singer, and director
1949 – Linda Barnes , American author, playwright, and educator
1949 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1949 – Doug Marlette , American author and cartoonist (d. 2007)
1950 – Guy Drut , French hurdler and politician
1950 – Joe Hisaishi , Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke , Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes , English ballerina and producer
1951 – Gerry Francis , English footballer and manager
1951 – Maurice Hope , Caribbean-English boxer
1952 – Chuck Baker , American baseball player
1952 – Nicolas Bréhal , French author and critic
1952 – Edward Etzel , American target shooter
1952 – Joe Harris , American football player
1952 – Craig Newmark , American computer programmer and businessman, founded Craigslist
1952 – Charles Salvador , English boxer and criminal
1952 – Shio Satō , Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
1952 – Jeff Schneider , American baseball player
1952 – David L. Spector , American biologist and academic
1953 – Sue Carroll , English journalist (d. 2011)
1953 – Gary Goodman , Australian cricketer and coach
1953 – Geoff Hoon , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1953 – Tom Hulce , American actor and producer
1953 – Masami Kurumada , Japanese author and illustrator
1953 – Kin Shriner , American actor
1953 – Dwight Stones , American high jumper and sportscaster
1953 – Gary Ward , American baseball player and coach
1955 – Anne Begg , Scottish educator and politician
1955 – Rick Buckler , English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Jam , The Highliners , and Time UK )
1955 – Steven Wright , American actor and screenwriter
1956 – Peter Buck , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M. , Hindu Love Gods , The Minus 5 , Tuatara , Tired Pony , and The Baseball Project )
1956 – Hans Kammerlander , Italian mountaineer and guide
1956 – Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot ) (d. 1982)
1957 – Adrian Borland , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sound and The Outsiders ) (d. 1999)
1957 – Luis Delís , Cuban discus thrower and shot putter
1958 – Nick Park , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Stephen Hepburn , English politician
1959 – Satoru Iwata , Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015)
1959 – Stephen Muggleton , English computer scientist and engineer
1960 – Masahiko Katsuya , Japanese journalist and photographer
1961 – David Lovering , American drummer (Pixies , The Martinis , and Cracker )
1961 – Manuel Reuter , German race car driver
1962 – Janine Turner , American actress and producer
1962 – Ben Watt , English singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host (Everything but the Girl )
1963 – Ulrich Thomsen , Danish actor and producer
1964 – Mall Nukke , Estonian painter
1965 – Gordon Durie , Scottish footballer and manager
1965 – Toshihide Wakamatsu , Japanese actor
1966 – Natascha Badmann , Swiss triathlete
1967 – Judd Apatow , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Hacken Lee , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1967 – Arnaldo Mesa , Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
1967 – Lucia Rijker , Dutch boxer and actress
1968 – Akihiro Yano , Japanese baseball player
1969 – Torri Higginson , Canadian actress
1970 – Ulf Ekberg , Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Ace of Base )
1970 – Adrian Fenty , American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
1970 – Mark Reckless , English politician
1970 – Jeff Rouse , American swimmer
1970 – Michaela Schaffrath , German nurse and actress
1971 – Craig Brewer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player
1971 – Naozumi Takahashi , Japanese singer and voice actor
1971 – Carole Thate , Dutch field hockey player
1971 – Ryan White , American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
1972 – Heather Mizeur , American lawyer and politician
1972 – Mónica Santa María , Peruvian model and television host (d. 1994)
1972 – Rick Short , American baseball player
1974 – Jens Pulver , American mixed martial artist and boxer
1974 – Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Noel Clarke , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Adrian García Arias , Mexican footballer
1976 – Colleen Haskell , American actress and producer
1976 – Alicia Machado , Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Universe 1996
1976 – Lindsay Price , American actress and singer
1977 – Kevin Cash , American baseball player and coach
1977 – Andrew Flintoff , English cricketer and coach
1977 – Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer
1978 – K. D. Aubert , American model and actress
1978 – Chris Başak , American baseball player
1978 – Darrell Jackson , American football player
1978 – Ramiro Pez , Argentine rugby player
1979 – Tim Cahill , Australian footballer
1979 – Yanina González , Paraguayan model and actress, Miss Paraguay 2004
1980 – Danielle Downey , American golfer and coach (d. 2014)
1980 – Steve Lovell , English footballer
1980 – Ehren Wassermann , American baseball player
1980 – Tiffany Taylor , American porn actress
1980 – Kei Yasuda , Japanese singer, musician, and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume )
1981 – Federico Balzaretti , Italian footballer
1981 – Robbie Gould , American football player
1982 – Ryan Carnes , American actor and producer
1982 – Alberto Contador , Spanish cyclist
1982 – Sean Ervine , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 – Aaron Sandilands , Australian footballer
1982 – Susie Wolff , Scottish race car driver
1983 – Ashley Madekwe , English actress
1984 – Syndric Steptoe , American football player
1985 – Shannon Bobbitt , American basketball player
1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis , Greek swimmer
1985 – Dulce María , Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (RBD and Jeans )
1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh , Indian cricketer
1986 – Sean Edwards , English race car driver (d. 2013)
1986 – Georgia Horsley , English model, Miss England 2007
1986 – Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player
1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu , Estonian singer and violinist (Urban Symphony )
1988 – Nils Petersen , German footballer
1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki , Japanese voice actor
1989 – Felix Schiller , German footballer
1990 – Tamira Paszek , Austrian tennis player
1992 – Britt Assombalonga , Congolese footballer
1992 – Johnny Manziel , American football player
1993 – Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes , Portuguese footballer
1994 – Louis Kurihara , Japanese model and actor
1995 – Joy Gruttmann , German singer
1996 – Stefanie Scott , American actress and singer
1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska , Latvian figure skater
Deaths
343 – Saint Nicholas , Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
735 – Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
762 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya , Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
1562 – Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 – Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
1675 – John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
1716 – Benedictus Buns , Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
1718 – Nicholas Rowe , English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (b. 1699)
1788 – Jonathan Shipley , English bishop (b. 1714)
1855 – William John Swainson , English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
1868 – August Schleicher , German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American businessman (b. 1814)
1882 – Alfred Escher , Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
1882 – Anthony Trollope , English author and playwright (b. 1815)
1889 – Jefferson Davis , American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
1892 – Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
1913 – Alec Hurley , English singer (b. 1871)
1920 – Rosalia Lombardo , Italian pneumonia victim (b. 1918)
1921 – Said Halim Pasha , Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
1934 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863)
1936 – Leyla Saz , Turkish composer and poet (b. 1850)
1949 – Lead Belly , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888)
1951 – Harold Ross , American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
1955 – Honus Wagner , American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1956 – B. R. Ambedkar , Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
1961 – Frantz Fanon , Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
1964 – Evert van Linge , Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
1964 – Consuelo Vanderbilt , American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877)
1972 – Janet Munro , English actress and singer (b. 1934)
1976 – João Goulart , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1980 – Charles Deutsch , French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
1982 – K. Kailasapathy , Sri Lankan journalist and academic (b. 1933)
1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney , Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
1983 – Lucienne Boyer , French singer and actress (b. 1903)
1983 – Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
1985 – Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
1985 – Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
1988 – Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys ) (b. 1936)
1989 – Frances Bavier , American actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
1989 – John Payne , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
1991 – Mimi Smith , English nurse (b. 1906)
1991 – Richard Stone , English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1992 – Hank Worden , American actor (b. 1901)
1993 – Don Ameche , American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1994 – Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1994 – Gian Maria Volontè , Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
1996 – Pete Rozelle , American businessman (b. 1926)
1997 – Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
1998 – César Baldaccini , French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
2000 – Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Aziz Mian , Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
2001 – Peter Blake , New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
2001 – Charles McClendon , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2002 – Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (b. 1923)
2003 – Hans Hotter , German actor and singer (b. 1909)
2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
2003 – Jerry Tuite , American wrestler (b. 1966)
2004 – Raymond Goethals , Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2005 – Charly Gaul , Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 – Devan Nair , Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
2005 – Danny Williams , South African singer (b. 1942)
2005 – William P. Yarborough , American general (b. 1912)
2006 – John Feeney , New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
2006 – Betty Moschona , Greek actress and singer (b. 1927)
2007 – Katy French , Swiss-Irish model (b. 1983)
2010 – Mark Dailey , American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
2011 – Dobie Gray , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó , Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
2012 – Jan Carew , Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 – Ed Cassidy , American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons ) (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr. , Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton , English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker ) (b. 1951)
2012 – Pedro Vaz , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers , French poet and critic (b. 1939)
2013 – Tom Krause , Finnish actor and singer (b. 1934)
2013 – Stan Tracey , English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2013 – M. K. Turk , American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2013 – Louis Waldon , American actor (b. 1934)
2013 – Kate Williamson , American actress (b. 1931)
2014 – Ralph H. Baer , German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
2014 – Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2014 – Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah , Saudi Arabian militant (b. 1975)
2014 – Fred Hawkins , American golfer (b. 1923)
2014 – Luke Somers , English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
2014 – Stella Young , Australian comedian and journalist (b. 1982)
2015 – Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
2015 – Liu Juying , Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
2015 – Mike Mangold , American soldier and pilot (b. 1955)
2015 – Nicholas Smith , English actor and singer (b. 1934)
2015 – Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1946)
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