October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo , Syria .
1142 – A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars .
1311 – The Ordinances of 1311 are published, imposing a series of regulations upon King Edward II of England by the peerage and clergy.
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar , this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1634 – The Burchardi flood : "The second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland , Denmark and Germany.
1649 – Sack of Wexford : After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell ) stormed the town of Wexford , killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1727 – George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain .
1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
1776 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Valcour Island : On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy , but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797 – Battle of Camperdown : Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars . The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee , explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
1811 – Inventor John Stevens ' boat, the Juliana , begins operation as the first steam -powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey ).
1833 – A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte .
1852 – The University of Sydney , Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War : In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam , Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania , during a raid into the north.
1864 – Campina Grande , Brazil, is established as a city.
1865 – Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica , starting the Morant Bay rebellion .
1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899 – Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
1899 – The Western League is renamed the American League .
1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
1910 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport ), St. Louis, Missouri .
1912 – First Balkan War : The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani .
1918 – The 7.1 Mw Puerto Rico earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ), killing 76–116 people. A destructive tsunami contributed to the damage and loss of life.
1918 – National Independence Day (Poland) after 123 years of occupation (1795-1918)
1929 – J. C. Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware , making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states .
1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia .
1942 – World War II : Battle of Cape Esperance : On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal , United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
1944 – Tuvan People's Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R.
1950 – Television : CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission .
1954 – First Indochina War : The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam .
1957 – Space Race : M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik 1 's booster rocket's orbit.
1958 – Pioneer program : NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
1962 – Second Vatican Council : Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – Apollo program : NASA launches Apollo 7 , the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra , Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker .
1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman , Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
1976 – George Washington 's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford .
1982 – The Mary Rose , a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent , off Portsmouth .
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger , astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk .
1984 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk , Russia, killing 178.
1986 – Cold War : U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík , Iceland , in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
1987 – First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers.
1996 – Pala accident : A wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia , killing eight children.
2000 – NASA launches STS-92 , the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery .
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa , Finland kills seven.
2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead.
Births
1616 – Andreas Gryphius , German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1629 – Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (d. 1666)
1661 – Melchior de Polignac , French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 – Samuel Clarke , English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1679 – Christian Vater , German organ builder (d. 1756)
1738 – Arthur Phillip , English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1739 – Grigory Potemkin , Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers , German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1786 – Stevenson Archer , American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1788 – Simon Sechter , Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1803 – Gregor von Helmersen , Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1809 – Orson Squire Fowler , American phrenologist and author (d. 1887)
1814 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy , French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1815 – Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte , Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1821 – George Williams , English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1844 – Henry J. Heinz , American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1916)
1863 – Louis Cyr , Canadian strongman (d. 1912)
1865 – Hans E. Kinck , Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1871 – Johan Oscar Smith , Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1872 – Emily Davison , English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872 – Harlan F. Stone , American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1876 – Paul Masson , French cyclist (d. 1944)
1879 – Ernst Mally , Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1881 – Hans Kelsen , Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1884 – Friedrich Bergius , German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt , American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1884 – Sig Ruman , German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 – François Mauriac , French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 – A. V. Kulasingham , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1894 – Julius Kuperjanov , Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1895 – Jakov Gotovac , Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1982)
1896 – Roman Jakobson , Russian–American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining , American general (d. 1982)
1899 – Eddie Dyer , American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1901 – Masanobu Tsuji , Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan , Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1905 – Fred Trump , American businessman (d. 1999)
1910 – Cahit Arf , Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1911 – Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1912 – Betty Noyes , American actress and singer (d. 1987)
1913 – Joe Simon , American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1913 – Dorothy Woolfolk , American author (d. 2000)
1915 – T. Llew Jones , Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1916 – Nanaji Deshmukh , Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1918 – Fred Bodsworth , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918 – Jerome Robbins , American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 – Art Blakey , American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1919 – Jean Vander Pyl , American actress (d. 1999)
1920 – Édgar Negret , Colombian sculptor (d. 2012)
1922 – G. C. Edmondson , American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1924 – André Emmerich , German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924 – Sammy McCrory , Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 – Mal Whitfield , American runner (d. 2015)
1925 – Elmore Leonard , American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1926 – Joe Ginsberg , American baseball player (d. 2012)
1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh , Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
1926 – Earle Hyman , American actor
1926 – Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1927 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927 – Tony Kinsey , English drummer and composer
1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1928 – Alfonso de Portago , Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928 – Roscoe Robinson, Jr. , American general (d. 1993)
1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff , English businessman and politician
1929 – Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and clarinetist player (d. 2002)
1929 – Raymond Moriyama , Canadian architect, designed the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scarborough Civic Centre
1929 – Liselotte Pulver , Swiss actress
1930 – Michael Edwardes , South African-English businessman
1930 – LaVell Edwards , American football player and coach
1930 – Sam Johnson , American colonel and politician
1930 – K. P. Ummer , Indian actor (d. 2001)
1932 – Saul Friedländer , Israeli historian and author
1932 – Barry Jones , Australian lawyer and politician
1932 – Dottie West , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1934 – Peter Hujar , American photographer (d. 1987)
1935 – Dan Evins , American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935 – Daniel Quinn , American environmentalist and author
1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936 – Billy Higgins , American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936 – James M. McPherson , American historian and author
1936 – Tom Zé , Brazilian singer-songwriter
1937 – Bobby Charlton , English footballer and manager
1937 – R. H. W. Dillard , American poet, author, and critic
1937 – Ron Leibman , American actor and screenwriter
1938 – Michael Stear , English air marshal
1939 – Maria Bueno , Brazilian tennis player
1939 – Austin Currie , Irish lawyer and politician
1940 – Pouri Banayi , Iranian actress
1941 – Lester Bowie , American trumpet player and composer (Art Ensemble of Chicago ) (d. 1999)
1942 – Amitabh Bachchan , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1942 – Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton , Welsh academic and politician
1943 – Michael Harloe , English sociologist and academic
1943 – John Nettles , English actor
1943 – Ilmar Reepalu , Swedish lawyer and politician
1943 – Gene Watson , American singer and producer
1944 – Cindy Carol , American actress
1944 – Mike Fiore , American baseball player
1944 – Rodney Marsh , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1945 – Andrew Logan , English sculptor and painter
1946 – Oba Chandler , American murderer (d. 2011)
1946 – Elinor Goodman , English journalist
1946 – Daryl Hall , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hall & Oates )
1946 – Sawao Kato , Japanese gymnast and educator
1946 – Gary Mallaber , American singer-songwriter and drummer (Raven and Steve Miller Band )
1947 – Al Atkins , English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest )
1947 – Thomas Boswell , American journalist and author
1947 – George McCorkle , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band ) (d. 2007)
1947 – Lucas Papademos , Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
1947 – Alan Pascoe , English hurdler
1948 – Cecilia , Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
1948 – Lauri Nebel , Estonian magician and actor
1948 – David Rendall , English tenor and actor
1948 – Peter Turkson , Ghanaian cardinal
1949 – Henry Luke Orombi , Ugandan archbishop
1950 – Rene Bond , American porn actress (d. 1996)
1950 – William R. Forstchen , American historian and author
1950 – Amos Gitai , Israeli director, producer, and author
1950 – Patty Murray , American educator and politician
1950 – Robert Pugh , Welsh actor and screenwriter
1951 – Bruce Bartlett , American economist, historian, and author
1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman , French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taï Phong and Fredericks Goldman Jones )
1951 – Shannon Rubicam , American singer-songwriter (Boy Meets Girl )
1951 – Charles Shyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Paulette Carlson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Highway 101 )
1952 – Mark Goodman , American television host and actor
1953 – David Morse , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – David Michaels , American epidemiologist and politician
1954 – Vojislav Šešelj , Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1954 – Atsuko Takahata , Japanese actress
1955 – Norm Nixon , American basketball player and sportscaster
1956 – Eduardo Arellano Félix , Mexican drug trafficker
1956 – Nicanor Duarte , Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
1956 – Derek Ringer , Scottish race car driver
1957 – Paul Bown , English actor
1957 – Dawn French , Welsh-English actress and screenwriter
1957 – Paul Sereno , American paleontologist and academic
1958 – Simon Laffy , English bass player
1959 – Wayne Gardner , Australian motorcycle racer
1959 – Allan Little , Scottish journalist and author
1960 – Randy Breuer , American basketball player
1960 – Nicola Bryant , English actress
1960 – Curt Ford , American baseball player and manager
1960 – Gábor Pölöskei , Hungarian footballer and manager
1961 – Neil Buchanan , English guitarist and actor (Marseille )
1961 – Amr Diab , Egyptian singer-songwriter
1961 – Steve Young , American football player and sportscaster
1962 – Joan Cusack , American actress
1962 – Anne Enright , Irish scholar and author
1962 – Richard Paul Evans , American author
1962 – Andy McCoy , Finnish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hanoi Rocks , The Suicide Twins , and Shooting Gallery )
1963 – Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan
1963 – Ronny Rosenthal , Israeli-English footballer
1963 – Brian Rice , Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Diane Gaidry , American actress and producer
1964 – Michael J. Nelson , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Rikishi , American wrestler
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery , American actor and producer
1965 – Alexander Hacke , German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Einstürzende Neubauten )
1965 – Orlando Hernández , Cuban baseball player
1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi , Ukrainian footballer and coach
1965 – Ronit Roy , Indian actor
1966 – Luke Perry , American actor and producer
1966 – Todd Snider , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Stephen Williams , Welsh lawyer and politician
1967 – Tony Chimel , American ring announcer
1967 – Artie Lange , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Daniel Razon , Filipino singer, minister, and radio host
1967 – David Starr , American race car driver
1968 – Jane Krakowski , American actress and singer
1968 – Claude Lapointe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Brett Salisbury , American football player and author
1969 – Merieme Chadid , Moroccan astronomer and explorers
1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1969 – Stephen Moyer , English actor
1969 – Ty Murray , American bull rider
1970 – Chidi Ahanotu , American football player
1970 – Vanessa Harding , American wrestler
1970 – Andy Marriott , English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970 – Shin Tae-yong , South Korean footballer and coach
1971 – Jason Ellis , Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, and actor
1971 – Petra Haden , American violinist and singer (That Dog , Tito & Tarantula , and The Decemberists )
1971 – MC Lyte , American rapper and actress
1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun , Ukrainian footballer and manager
1972 – Marcus Bai , Papua New Guinean rugby player
1972 – Claudia Black , Australian actress
1973 – Greg Chalmers , Australian golfer
1973 – Mark Chapman , English radio and television host
1973 – Takeshi Kaneshiro , Japanese actor and singer
1973 – Steven Pressley , Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Mike Smith , American guitarist (Snot and Limp Bizkit )
1973 – Niki Xanthou , Greek long jumper
1973 – Dmitri Young , American baseball player and radio host
1974 – Jason Arnott , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Rachel Barton Pine , American violinist and educator (Earthen Grave )
1974 – Terje Håkonsen , Norwegian snowboarder
1974 – Kane Kosugi , American-Japanese martial artist and actor
1974 – Fumika Suzuki , Japanese voice actress and model
1974 – Jamie Thomas , American skateboarder and businessman, founded Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear
1975 – Orlando Maturana , Colombian footballer
1976 – Dominic Aitchison , Scottish bass player and songwriter (Mogwai and Crippled Black Phoenix )
1976 – Emily Deschanel , American actress and producer
1976 – Gökhan Özoğuz , Turkish singer and guitarist (Athena )
1977 – Matt Bomer , American actor and producer
1977 – Igor Figueiredo , Brazilian snooker player
1977 – Jérémie Janot , French footballer and manager
1977 – Desmond Mason , American basketball player and sportscaster
1977 – Napoleon , American rapper (Outlawz )
1977 – Ty Wigginton , American baseball player
1978 – Kali , Angolan footballer
1978 – Carl Bussey , American soccer player
1978 – Trevor Donovan , American model and actor
1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi , Japanese footballer
1979 – Jamar Beasley , American football player
1979 – Bae Doona , South Korean model, actress, and photographer
1979 – Andy Douglas , American wrestler
1979 – Gabe Saporta , Uruguayan-American singer-songwriter and producer (Cobra Starship , Midtown , and Humble Beginnings )
1979 – Reiko Takagaki , Japanese model and actress
1979 – Kim Yong-dae , South Korean footballer
1980 – Matthew Felker , American model and actor
1980 – Motohiro Hata , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Nyron Nosworthy , English footballer
1980 – Juan José Ribera , Chilean footballer
1980 – Tomokazu Sugita , Japanese voice actor
1981 – Beau Brady , Australian actor
1982 – Liz Cantor , Australian surfer and journalist
1982 – Cameron Knowles , New Zealand footballer
1982 – Jeff Larish , American baseball player
1982 – Terrell Suggs , American football player
1982 – Kristy Wu , American actress
1983 – Sharena , Indonesian model and actress
1983 – Bradley James , English actor
1983 – Ruslan Ponomariov , Ukrainian chess player
1983 – William Sledd , American video blogger
1984 – Sergio Hellings , Dutch footballer
1984 – Martha MacIsaac , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1985 – Yang Cheng , Chinese footballer
1985 – Álvaro Fernández , Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Aya Kiguchi , Japanese model and singer
1985 – Sam Robertson , Scottish model and actor
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg , American actress
1987 – Tony Beltran , American soccer player
1987 – Mike Conley, Jr. , American basketball player
1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile , Australian cricketer
1987 – Jason Francisco , Filipino actor
1988 – Omar Gonzalez , American soccer player
1988 – Rika Izumi , Japanese model, actress, and singer
1989 – Henry Lau , Canadian-Chinese singer-songwriter (Super Junior-M )
1989 – Michelle Wie , American golfer
1991 – Patrick Leyland , American baseball player
1991 – Toby Fox, American video game designer (Undertale )
1992 – Riffi Mandanda , Congolese footballer
1993 – Josip Čalušić , Croatian footballer
1993 – Sean Murray , Irish footballer
1994 – Clésio Baúque , Mozambican footballer
Deaths
1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
1572 – Sulaiman Khan Karrani , Indian sultan (b. 1566)
1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons , French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston , English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr , Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Casimir Pulaski , Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis , American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 – John Ross Key , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1837 – Samuel Wesley , English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule , English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 – Edward Benson , English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 – Anton Bruckner , Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann , French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez , Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 – William Alden Smith , American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 – Steele Rudd , Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Lluís Companys , Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
1940 – Vito Volterra , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 – Heinrich Gutkin , Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 – Mihkel Pung , Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter (b. 1876)
1961 – Lucy Tayiah Eads , American tribal chief (b. 1888)
1961 – Chico Marx , American actor and singer (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli , Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1968 – Selim Sarper , Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 – Chesty Puller , American general (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi , Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong , Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 – Benno Schotz , Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 – Norm Cash , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 – Bonita Granville , American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert , American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 – Steven "Jesse" Bernstein , American poet and author (b. 1950)
1991 – Redd Foxx , American actor and singer (b. 1922)
1993 – Jess Thomas , American tenor and actor (b. 1927)
1996 – Lars Ahlfors , Finnish-American mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
1996 – Eleanor Cameron , Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 – Joe Morris , English-Canadian lieutenant and union leader (b. 1913)
1996 – Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Legião Urbana ) (b. 1960)
1998 – Richard Denning , American actor (b. 1914)
1999 – Leo Lionni , Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle , French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar , Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2001 – Beni Montresor , Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Keith Miller , Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee , Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Attilâ İlhan , Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 – Cory Lidle , American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 – Sri Chinmoy , Indian-American spiritual leader and poet (b. 1931)
2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill , South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 – Werner von Trapp , Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 – Jörg Haider , Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach , Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 – Neal Hefti , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 – Angelo DiGeorge , American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 – Halit Refiğ , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Beano Cook , American sportscaster and historian (b. 1931)
2012 – Helmut Haller , German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 – Edward Kossoy , Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 – Édgar Negret , Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Champ Summers , American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 – María de Villota , Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 – Wadih El Safi , Lebanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1921)
2013 – Johnny Kovatch , American football player and coach (b. 1912)
2013 – Erich Priebke , German captain (b. 1913)
2013 – William H. Sullivan , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)
2014 – Jazil , American race horse (b. 2003)
2014 – Anita Cerquetti , Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 – Tanhum Cohen-Mintz , Latvian-Israeli basketball player (b. 1939)
2014 – Carmelo Simeone , Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 – Bob Such , Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 – Dean Chance , American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
2015 – Jack Drake , American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2015 – Smokin' Joe Kubek , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
2015 – John Murphy , Australian drummer (The Associates and Dumb and the Ugly ) (b. 1959)
2015 – Dominga Velasco , Mexican-American super-centenarian (b. 1901)
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