August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
357 – Battle of Strasbourg : Julian , Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul , wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum ).
766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios .
1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht .
1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos , to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea .
1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army , and the second most senior, is formed.
1543 – The first Europeans and firearms arrive in Japan.
1580 – Battle of Alcântara . Spain defeats Portugal.
1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka .
1758 – Seven Years' War : Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf .
1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage.
1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil .
1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax .
1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
1883 – France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế , recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet .
1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion , Greece.
1912 – The Kuomintang , the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War : Battle of Warsaw , which began on August 13 , ends with the Red Army 's defeat.
1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County , Sichuan , China and kills 9,000 people.
1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay , Papua New Guinea .
1942 – World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons . A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies .
1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender , armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch , regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War .
1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss .
1950 – President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964 .
1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell is assassinated.
1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations .
1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
1988 – The Chiado area in Lisbon is partially destroyed by a fire.
1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune , the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female Cabinet Secretary .
1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November, during the Croatian War of Independence
1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux .
1997 – Egon Krenz , the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
2003 – The Tłı̨chǫ land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
2013 – Six people die and 22 are injured when a train derails in Huimanguillo , Tabasco , Mexico.
Births
1530 – Ivan the Terrible , Russian ruler (d. 1584)
1561 – Philippe van Lansberge , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)
1624 – François de la Chaise , French priest (d. 1709)
1662 – John Leverett the Younger , American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)
1707 – Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
1719 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo , French painter (d. 1795)
1724 – George Stubbs , English painter and academic (d. 1806)
1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian and author (d. 1792)
1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder , German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)
1758 – Franz Teyber , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just , French soldier and politician (d. 1794)
1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel , English admiral (d. 1853)
1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796 – James Lick , American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
1802 – Nikolaus Lenau , Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus , French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
1819 – Allan Pinkerton , Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)
1829 – Carlo Acton , Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)
1836 – Bret Harte , American author and poet (d. 1902)
1840 – George C. Magoun , American businessman (d. 1893)
1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1850 – Charles Richet , French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1867 – James W. Gerard , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)
1869 – Tom Kiely , Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
1878 – Ted Birnie , English footballer and manager (d. 1935)
1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly , Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)
1891 – David Shimoni , Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
1893 – Henry Trendley Dean , American dentist (d. 1962)
1898 – Helmut Hasse , German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)
1898 – Arthur Wood , English cricketer (d. 1973)
1899 – Paul Herman Buck , American historian and author (d. 1978)
1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs , German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1902 – Stefan Wolpe , German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
1903 – Arpad Elo , Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
1905 – Faustina Kowalska , Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
1906 – Jim Smith , English cricketer (d. 1979)
1909 – Michael Rennie , English actor and producer (d. 1971)
1910 – George Cisar , American baseball player (d. 2010)
1910 – Ruby Keeler , Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
1910 – Dorothea Tanning , American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
1912 – Erich Honecker , German soldier and politician (d. 1994)
1913 – Don DeFore , American actor and singer (d. 1993)
1913 – Walt Kelly , American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
1915 – Walter Trampler , American viola player and educator (d. 1997)
1916 – Van Johnson , American actor and singer (d. 2008)
1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 – Saburō Sakai , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
1917 – Mel Ferrer , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1917 – Lisbeth Movin , Danish actress and director (d. 2011)
1917 – Lou van Burg , Dutch-German singer and game show host (d. 1986)
1918 – Leonard Bernstein , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1918 – Richard Greene , English actor (d. 1985)
1919 – William P. Foster , American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
1919 – George Wallace , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
1921 – Monty Hall , Canadian-American actor, singer, and game show host
1921 – Bryce Mackasey , Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
1921 – Brian Moore , Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1923 – Álvaro Mutis , Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy , Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
1923 – Allyre Sirois , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
1925 – Thea Astley , Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1925 – Stepas Butautas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
1927 – Althea Gibson , American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley , American football player
1928 – Darrell Johnson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
1928 – Karl Korte , American composer and academic
1928 – Herbert Kroemer , German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Bruce Allpress , New Zealand actor
1930 – Sean Connery , Scottish actor and producer
1930 – György Enyedi , Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
1930 – Graham Jarvis , Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
1930 – Crispin Tickell , English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
1931 – Hal Fishman , American journalist and actor (d. 2007)
1931 – Peter Gilmore , German-English actor (d. 2013)
1931 – Regis Philbin , American actor, singer, and television host
1933 – Patrick F. McManus , American journalist and author
1933 – Wayne Shorter , American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report )
1933 – Tom Skerritt , American actor and director
1933 – István Gaál , Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1934 – Lise Bacon , Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1934 – Eddie Ilarde , Filipino journalist and politician
1935 – Charles Wright , American poet and academic
1936 – Giridharilal Kedia , Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff , American author
1938 – David Canary , American actor (d. 2015)
1938 – Frederick Forsyth , English journalist and author
1939 – John Badham , English-American actor, director, and producer
1939 – John Bardon , English actor (d. 2014)
1940 – José van Dam , Belgian actor and singer
1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg , German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
1941 – Marshall Brickman , Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Mario Corso , Italian footballer and coach
1942 – Nathan Deal , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
1942 – Howard Jacobson , English novelist and journalist
1943 – Peque Gallaga , Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter
1943 – Harry Manfredini , American composer and conductor
1944 – Conrad Black , Canadian historian and author
1944 – Jacques Demers , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
1944 – Anthony Heald , American actor
1944 – Andrew Longmore , English lawyer and judge
1945 – Daniel Hulet , Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer , American screenwriter and producer
1946 – Rollie Fingers , American baseball player
1946 – Charles Ghigna , American poet and author
1946 – Charlie Sanders , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1947 – Michael Kaluta , American author and illustrator
1948 – Ledward Kaapana , American singer and guitarist
1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas , Greek chemist and biologist
1949 – Martin Amis , Welsh-English author and critic
1949 – Ross Davidson , Scottish actor (d. 2006)
1949 – Rijkman Groenink , Dutch banker and academic
1949 – Fariborz Lachini , Iranian-Canadian composer and producer
1949 – John Savage , American actor and producer
1949 – Gene Simmons , Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, (Kiss and Wicked Lester )
1950 – Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky , Georgian son of Petre Gruzinsky
1950 – Willy DeVille , American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
1950 – Charles Fambrough , American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
1951 – Rob Halford , English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest , 2wo , Halford , and Fight )
1951 – Bill Handel , Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
1952 – Vijayakanth , Indian actor and politician
1952 – Ann Abraham , English public servant
1952 – Geoff Downes , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Buggles , Yes , and Asia )
1952 – Duleep Mendis , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1954 – Elvis Costello , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The New Basement Tapes )
1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness , Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
1955 – John McGeoch , Scottish guitarist (Magazine , Visage , Siouxsie and the Banshees , Public Image Ltd , and The Armoury Show ) (d. 2004)
1955 – Gerd Müller , German businessman and politician
1956 – Takeshi Okada , Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
1956 – Henri Toivonen , Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
1957 – Sikander Bakht , Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1957 – Simon McBurney , English actor and director
1957 – Frank Serratore , American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Tim Burton , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Christian LeBlanc , American actor
1959 – Ian Falconer , American author and illustrator
1959 – Steve Levy , American lawyer and politician
1959 – Lane Smith , American author and illustrator
1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson , American soprano and actress
1960 – Ashley Crow , American actress
1960 – Jane A. Langdale , Professor of Plant Science at the University of Oxford
1960 – Georg Zellhofer , Austrian footballer and manager
1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1961 – Ally Walker , American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Māris Bružiks , Latvian triple jumper
1962 – Vivian Campbell , Irish guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard , Whitesnake , Dio , Thin Lizzy , and Sweet Savage )
1962 – Shahid Mahboob , Pakistani cricketer
1962 – David Packer , American actor
1962 – Michael Zorc , German footballer and manager
1963 – Miro Cerar , Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
1963 – Shock G , American rapper and producer (Digital Underground )
1963 – Tiina Intelmann , Estonian lawyer and diplomat
1963 – Christine McGlade , Canadian actress and producer
1964 – Azmin Ali , Malaysian mathematician and politician
1964 – Maxim Kontsevich , Russian-American mathematician and academic
1964 – Vasilios Kotronias , Greek chess player and author
1964 – Marti Noxon , American screenwriter and producer
1964 – Blair Underwood , American actor, director, and producer
1964 – Joanne Whalley , English actress
1965 – Cornelius Bennett , American football player
1965 – Sanjeev Sharma , Indian cricketer and coach
1965 – Mia Zapata , American singer-songwriter (The Gits ) (d. 1993)
1966 – Albert Belle , American baseball player
1966 – Robert Maschio , American actor
1966 – Tracy-Ann Oberman , English actress and screenwriter
1966 – Derek Sherinian , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Planet X , Dream Theater , and Black Country Communion )
1967 – Nobuyuki Hiyama , Japanese voice actor
1967 – Tom Hollander , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Jeff Tweedy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wilco , Loose Fur , and Uncle Tupelo )
1968 – Rafet El Roman , Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Yuri Mitsui , Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
1968 – Stuart Murdoch , Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle and Sebastian )
1968 – Spider One , American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000 )
1968 – Rachael Ray , American chef, author, and television host
1968 – Takeshi Ueda , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets )
1969 – Olga Konkova , Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
1969 – Cameron Mathison , Canadian actor
1969 – Vivek Razdan , Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1969 – Rachel Shelley , English model and actress
1969 – Steve Staley , American voice actor and singer
1969 – John Witt , American baseball player and actor
1970 – Doug Glanville , American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 – Debbie Graham , American tennis player
1970 – Robert Horry , American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 – Adrian Lam , Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby player and coach
1970 – Jo Dee Messina , American singer-songwriter
1970 – Claudia Schiffer , German model and fashion designer
1970 – Helena Seger , Swedish model and actress
1971 – Felix da Housecat , American DJ and producer
1971 – Crash Holly , American wrestler (d. 2003)
1972 – Gülben Ergen , Turkish singer and actress
1972 – Marvin Harrison , American football player
1972 – Bryan Stoltenberg , American football player (d. 2013)
1973 – Fatih Akın , German director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Eric Millegan , American actor
1974 – Pablo Ozuna , Dominican baseball player
1975 – Brad Drew , Australian rugby player
1975 – Petria Thomas , Australian swimmer and coach
1976 – Jensen Atwood , American actor
1976 – Damon Jones , American basketball player and coach
1976 – Javed Qadeer , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1976 – Alexander Skarsgård , Swedish-American actor
1977 – Masumi Asano , Japanese voice actress and producer
1977 – Sophie Cadieux , Canadian actress and screenwriter
1977 – Diego Corrales , American boxer (d. 2007)
1977 – Andy McDonald , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Ramil Safarov , Azerbaijani murderer
1977 – Jonathan Togo , American actor
1978 – Kel Mitchell , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Robert Mohr , German rugby player
1979 – Marlon Harewood , English footballer
1979 – Philipp Mißfelder , German historian and politician (d. 2015)
1979 – Deanna Nolan , American basketball player
1979 – Masato Wada , Japanese actor and singer (D-Boys )
1980 – Neal Musser , American baseball player
1981 – Rachel Bilson , American actress
1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger , Namibian cricketer
1981 – Jean-Julien Rojer , Curaçaoan-Dutch tennis player
1981 – Clare Oliver , Australian activist (d. 2007)
1981 – Camille Pin , French tennis player
1982 – Jung Jung-suk , South Korean footballer
1983 – James Rossiter , English race car driver
1984 – Florian Mohr , German footballer
1984 – Hendra Setiawan , Indonesian badminton player
1986 – Rona Nishliu , Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter
1986 – Rodney Ferguson , American footballer
1987 – Stacey Farber , Canadian actress
1987 – Ollie Hancock , English race car driver
1987 – Velimir Jovanović , Serbian footballer
1987 – Blake Lively , American model and actress
1987 – Amy Macdonald , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 – Logan Morrison , American baseball player
1987 – Luka Šulić , Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos )
1987 – Justin Upton , American baseball player
1987 – James Wesolowski , Australian footballer
1987 – Liu Yifei , Chinese-American actress and singer
1988 – Alexandra Burke , English singer-songwriter
1988 – Angela Park , Brazilian-American golfer
1988 – Ray Quinn , English actor, singer, and dancer
1989 – Keegan Joyce , Australian actor
1989 – Amber Le Bon , English model
1989 – Hiram Mier , Mexican footballer
1990 – Aras Bulut İynemli , Turkish actor
1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki , Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo , Aa! , and Buono! )
1992 – Alex Roots , English singer
1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez , Swiss footballer
1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns , Latvian ice hockey player
1994 – Josh Flitter , American actor
1998 – Abraham Mateo , Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
1998 – China Anne McClain , American actress and singer (McClain )
Deaths
79 – Pliny the Elder , Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)
383 – Gratian , Roman emperor (b. 359)
1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe , English bishop and saint (b. 1218)
1482 – Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)
1632 – Thomas Dekker , English author and playwright (b. 1572)
1688 – Henry Morgan , Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey , English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
1742 – Carlos Seixas , Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
1774 – Niccolò Jommelli , Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
1776 – David Hume , Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
1798 – Mikiel'Ang Grima , Maltese surgeon (b. 1729)
1819 – James Watt , Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
1822 – William Herschel , German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
1867 – Michael Faraday , English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
1882 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
1886 – Zinovios Valvis , Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche , German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour , French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
1908 – Henri Becquerel , French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov , Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
1924 – Mariano Álvarez , Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
1930 – Frankie Campbell , American boxer (b. 1904)
1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin , Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
1939 – Babe Siebert , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1945 – John Birch , Indian-American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
1950 – Earl Caddock , American wrestler (b. 1888)
1956 – Alfred Kinsey , American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
1965 – Moonlight Graham , American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
1967 – Stanley Bruce , Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1967 – Oscar Cabalén , Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)
1967 – Paul Muni , Ukrainian-American actor and singer (b. 1895)
1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell , American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
1968 – Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
1970 – Tachū Naitō , Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
1971 – Ted Lewis , American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám , Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)
1976 – Eyvind Johnson , Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1977 – Károly Kós , Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
1979 – Stan Kenton , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
1980 – Gower Champion , American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919)
1981 – Nassos Kedrakas , Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
1984 – Truman Capote , American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1984 – Viktor Chukarin , Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
1984 – Waite Hoyt , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
1985 – Samantha Smith , American actress and activist (b. 1972)
1988 – Art Rooney , American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
1990 – Morley Callaghan , Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
1995 – Doug Stegmeyer , American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
1997 – Camilla Spira , German actress (b. 1906)
1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr. , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
1999 – Rob Fisher , English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher ) (b. 1956)
2000 – Carl Barks , American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
2000 – Frederick C. Bock , American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2000 – Jack Nitzsche , American pianist, composer, and producer (The Wrecking Crew and Crazy Horse ) (b. 1937)
2000 – Allen Woody , American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule ) (b. 1955)
2001 – Aaliyah , American singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1979)
2001 – Carl Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2001 – Üzeyir Garih , Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
2001 – Philippe Léotard , French actor and singer (b. 1940)
2001 – Ken Tyrrell , English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
2002 – Giannis Gionakis , Greek actor (b. 1922)
2002 – Dorothy Hewett , Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
2003 – Tom Feelings , American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
2005 – Peter Glotz , Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
2005 – Moondog King , Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
2006 – Noor Hassanali , Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
2007 – Benjamin Aaron , American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
2007 – Ray Jones , English footballer (b. 1988)
2008 – Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (b. 1964)
2008 – Pavle Kozjek , Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (b. 1959)
2009 – Ted Kennedy , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2009 – Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
2010 – Esther Earl , American blogger and activist (b. 1994)
2012 – Florencio Amarilla , Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
2012 – Neil Armstrong , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2012 – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić , Croatian archeologist and museologist (b. 1944)
2012 – Roberto González Barrera , Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)
2012 – Donald Gorrie , Scottish educator and politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Angkarn Kalayanapong , Thai poet and painter (b. 1926)
2013 – Ciril Bergles , Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)
2013 – António Borges , Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)
2013 – William Froug , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
2013 – Liu Fuzhi , Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
2013 – Bobby Hoff , American poker player (b. 1939)
2013 – Raghunath Panigrahi , Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
2013 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
2014 – William Greaves , American director and producer (b. 1926)
2014 – Marcel Masse , Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering , Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2014 – Uziah Thompson , Jamaican-American drummer and producer (The Revolutionaries and Black Uhuru ) (b. 1936)
2014 – Enrique Zileri , Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
2015 – José María Benegas , Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2015 – James "Red" Duke , American surgeon and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Colin Fry , English medium and television host (b. 1962)
2015 – Francis Sejersted , Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
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