This article is about the day of the year. For the song by Garbage, see
April Tenth .
April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 265 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople .
837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
879 – Louis III and Carloman II become Kings of the Western Franks .
1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing . He is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".
1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America .
1710 – The Statute of Anne , the first law regulating copyright , comes into force in Great Britain .
1741 – War of the Austrian Succession (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843): defeat for Austria at Mollwitz on this date.
1809 – Napoleonic Wars : The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria .
1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15 . The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States .
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus .
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1856 – The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont .
1858 – After the original Big Ben , a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster , had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry .
1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico .
1865 – American Civil War : A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh .
1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia , British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II . While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska .
1887 – On Easter Sunday , Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America .
1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of the Law .
1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton , England on her maiden and only voyage.
1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos .
1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons .
1941 – World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić 's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 45 is adopted.
1953 – Warner Bros. premieres the first 3D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax .
1957 – The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
1959 – Akihito , future Emperor of Japan , marries Michiko .
1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1968 – New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine founders and sinks at the mouth of Wellington Harbour .
1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy : In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States , the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
1972 – Twenty days after he is kidnapped in Buenos Aires , Oberdan Sallustro is murdered by communist guerrillas.
1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips , among them Sun Tzu 's Art of War and Sun Bin 's lost military treatise , are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong .
1972 – Vietnam War : For the first time since November 1967 , American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam .
1972 – 74 nations sign the Biological Weapons Convention , the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of biological weapons .
1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel , Switzerland killing 108 people.
1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak : A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1988 – The Ojhri Camp disaster: Killing more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad as a result of rockets and other munitions expelled by the blast.
1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno , Italy killing 140.
1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola ; the first to be documented by satellites .
1998 – Northern Ireland peace deal reached (Good Friday Agreement ).
2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he has abrogated the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis .
2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk , Russia , killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and dozens of other senior officials
2016 – Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu , killed more than hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
2016 – 2016 Afghanistan earthquake , of 6.6 magnitude, 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham , shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
Births
401 – Theodosius II , Roman emperor (d. 450)
1512 – James V of Scotland (d. 1542)
1583 – Hugo Grotius , Dutch philosopher and jurist (d. 1645)
1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1708)
1656 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)
1704 – Benjamin Heath , English scholar and author (d. 1766)
1707 – Michel Corrette , French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)
1713 – John Whitehurst , English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788)
1755 – Samuel Hahnemann , German-French physician and academic (d. 1843)
1762 – Giovanni Aldini , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1834)
1778 – William Hazlitt , English painter and critic (d. 1830)
1783 – Hortense de Beauharnais , French-Dutch wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)
1794 – Matthew C. Perry , American commander (d. 1858)
1806 – Juliette Drouet , French actress (d. 1883)
1827 – Lew Wallace , American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)
1829 – William Booth , English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1837 – Forceythe Willson , American poet (d. 1867)
1847 – Joseph Pulitzer , Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)
1864 – Eugen d'Albert , Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)
1865 – Jack Miner , American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (d. 1944)
1867 – George William Russell , Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)
1868 – George Arliss , English actor and playwright (d. 1946)
1873 – Kyösti Kallio , Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)
1877 – Alfred Kubin , Austrian author and illustrator (d. 1959)
1879 – Bernhard Gregory , Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
1879 – Coenraad Hiebendaal , Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)
1880 – Frances Perkins , American sociologist, academic, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)
1880 – Montague Summers , English clergyman and author (d. 1948)
1886 – Johnny Hayes , American runner and trainer (d. 1965)
1887 – Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1891 – Frank Barson , English footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1893 – Otto Steinböck , Austrian zoologist (d. 1969)
1894 – Ghanshyam Das Birla , Indian businessman (d. 1983)
1894 – Ben Nicholson , British painter (d. 1982)
1897 – Prafulla Chandra Sen , Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)
1897 – Ross Youngs , American baseball player (d. 1927)
1900 – Arnold Orville Beckman , American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004)
1903 – Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator (d. 1970)
1906 – Steve Anderson , American hurdler (d. 1988)
1910 – Margaret Clapp , American scholar and academic (d. 1974)
1910 – Helenio Herrera , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1910 – Paul Sweezy , American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review (d. 2004)
1911 – Martin Denny , American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1911 – Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (d. 1998)
1912 – Boris Kidrič , Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953)
1913 – Stefan Heym , German-American soldier and author (d. 2001)
1914 – Jack Badcock , Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1915 – Harry Morgan , American actor and director (d. 2011)
1915 – Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (d. 2014)
1916 – Lee Jung-seob , Korean painter (d. 1956)
1917 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician (d. 2013)
1917 – Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1918 – Lee Bergere , American actor (d. 2007)
1919 – John Houbolt , American engineer and academic (d. 2014)
1921 – Chuck Connors , American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)
1921 – Jake Warren , Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)
1921 – Sheb Wooley , American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1922 – Vesna Parun , Croatian poet (d. 2010)
1923 – Roger Gaillard , Haitian historian and author (d. 2000)
1923 – Jane Kean , American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923 – Floyd Simmons , American decathlete and actor (d. 2008)
1924 – Kenneth Noland , American soldier and painter (d. 2010)
1925 – Linda Goodman , American astrologer and author (d. 1995)
1925 – Angelo Poffo , American wrestler and promoter (d. 2010)
1926 – Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1926 – Junior Samples , American actor (d. 1983)
1927 – Norma Candal , Puerto Rican actress (d. 2006)
1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1929 – Mike Hawthorn , English race car driver (d. 1959)
1929 – Liz Sheridan , American actress
1929 – Max von Sydow , Swedish-French actor
1930 – Claude Bolling , French pianist, composer, and actor
1930 – Dolores Huerta , American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers
1930 – Spede Pasanen , Finnish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1930 – Lee Weaver , American actor
1932 – Delphine Seyrig , Lebanese-American actress and director (d. 1990)
1932 – Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1933 – Rokusuke Ei , Japanese composer and author
1933 – Helen McElhone , Scottish politician (d. 2013)
1933 – Poncie Ponce , American actor and singer (d. 2013)
1934 – David Halberstam , American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1934 – Richard Peck , American author and academic
1935 – John A. Bennett , American soldier (d. 1961)
1935 – Patrick Garland , English actor and director (d. 2013)
1936 – John Howell , English long jumper
1936 – John Madden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1936 – Bobbie Smith , American singer (The Spinners ) (d. 2013)
1937 – Bella Akhmadulina , Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
1938 – Don Meredith , American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
1939 – Claudio Magris , Italian scholar, author, and translator
1940 – Gloria Hunniford , Irish radio and television host
1941 – Harold Long , Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1941 – Paul Theroux , American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
1942 – Nick Auf der Maur , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1942 – Ian Callaghan , English footballer
1942 – Stuart Dybek , American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1943 – Andrzej Badeński , Polish-German sprinter (d. 2008)
1943 – Margaret Pemberton , English author
1945 – Kevin Berry , Australian swimmer (d. 2006)
1946 – David Angell , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)
1946 – Bob Watson , American baseball player and manager
1946 – Adolf Winkelmann , German director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – David A. Adler . American author and educator
1947 – William Castell , English businessman
1947 – Bunny Wailer , Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (Bob Marley and the Wailers )
1948 – Mel Blount , American football player
1949 – Daniel Mangeas , French banker and sportscaster
1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr. , American baseball player and manager
1950 – Eddie Hazel , American guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic , and The Parliaments ) (d. 1992)
1951 – David Helvarg , American journalist and activist
1952 – Narayan Rane , Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1952 – Masashi Sada , Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
1952 – Steven Seagal , American actor, producer, and martial artist
1953 – David Moorcroft , English runner and businessman
1953 – Pamela Wallin , Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
1954 – Paul Bearer , American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)
1954 – Anne Lamott , American author and educator
1954 – Peter MacNicol , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Juan Williams , Panamanian-American journalist and author
1955 – Lesley Garrett , English soprano and actress
1956 – Carol V. Robinson , English chemist and academic
1957 – Aliko Dangote , Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group
1957 – John M. Ford , American author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 – Steve Gustafson , Spanish-American bass player (10,000 Maniacs )
1957 – Rosemary Hill , English historian and author
1958 – Bob Bell , Northern Irish engineer
1958 – Yefim Bronfman , Uzbek-American pianist
1958 – Brigitte Holzapfel , German high jumper
1959 – Babyface , American singer-songwriter and producer (After 7 , The Deele , and Manchild )
1959 – Uwe Behrens , German footballer and manager
1959 – Davy Carton , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saw Doctors and Blaze X )
1959 – Yvan Loubier , Canadian economist and politician
1959 – Brian Setzer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stray Cats , The Tomcats , and The Brian Setzer Orchestra )
1960 – Steve Bisciotti , American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group
1960 – Katrina Leskanich , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Katrina and the Waves )
1960 – Terry Teagle , American basketball player
1961 – Nicky Campbell , Scottish journalist and game show host
1961 – Joe Cole , American roadie and author (d. 1991)
1961 – Carole Goble , English computer scientist and academic
1961 – Mark Jones , American basketball player
1962 – Steve Tasker , American football player and sportscaster
1962 – Viktor Zuikov , Estonian fencer
1963 – Warren DeMartini , American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt )
1963 – Jeff Gray , American baseball player and coach
1963 – Doris Leuthard , Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1964 – Manon Bollegraf , Dutch tennis player
1964 – Felicia Collins , American singer and guitarist (CBS Orchestra )
1964 – Gopinath Muthukad , Indian magician and stuntman
1965 – Tim Alexander , American drummer and songwriter (Primus and Major Lingo )
1966 – Steve Claridge , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1967 – Donald Dufresne , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – David Rovics , American singer-songwriter
1968 – Metin Göktepe , Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
1968 – Orlando Jones , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Billy Jayne , American actor and musician
1969 – Ekaterini Koffa , Greek sprinter
1970 – Q-Tip , American rapper, producer, and actor (A Tribe Called Quest )
1970 – Enrico Ciccone , Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Leonard Doroftei , Romanian-Canadian boxer
1970 – Kenny Lattimore , American singer-songwriter
1971 – Brad William Henke , American football player and actor
1971 – Indro Olumets , Estonian footballer and coach
1971 – Al Reyes , Dominican-American baseball player
1971 – Nana Smith , American-Japanese tennis player
1972 – Ed Byrne , Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Ian Harvey , Australian cricketer
1972 – Priit Kasesalu , Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype
1973 – Guillaume Canet , French actor and director
1973 – Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballer and manager
1973 – Aidan Moffat , Scottish singer-songwriter (Arab Strap and The Reindeer Section )
1973 – Christopher Simmons , Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic
1974 – Eric Greitens , American lieutenant
1974 – Petros Passalis , Greek footballer
1975 – Chris Carrabba , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dashboard Confessional , Further Seems Forever , and Twin Forks )
1975 – Terrence Lewis , Indian dancer and choreographer
1975 – Matthew Phillips , New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1976 – Clare Buckfield , English actress
1976 – Yoshino Kimura , Japanese actress and singer
1976 – Sara Renner , Canadian skier
1977 – Stephanie Sheh , American voice actress, director, and producer
1978 – Sir Christus , Finnish guitarist (Negative )
1979 – Iván Alonso , Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Kenyon Coleman , American football player
1979 – Rachel Corrie , American author and activist (d. 2003)
1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids , J-Friends , and Toraji Haiji )
1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer-songwriter (Theaudience )
1979 – Peter Kopteff , Finnish footballer
1980 – Sean Avery , Canadian ice hockey player and model
1980 – Charlie Hunnam , English actor
1980 – Shao Jiayi , Chinese footballer
1980 – Kasey Kahne , American race car driver
1980 – Bryce Soderberg , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Lifehouse and AM Radio )
1981 – Gretchen Bleiler , American snowboarder
1981 – Anis Boussaïdi , Tunisian footballer
1981 – Laura Bell Bundy , American actress and singer
1981 – Liz McClarnon , English singer and dancer (Atomic Kitten )
1981 – Michael Pitt , American actor, singer, and guitarist (Pagoda )
1981 – Alexei Semenov , Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Andre Ethier , American baseball player
1982 – Damián Lanza , Ecuadorian footballer
1983 – Jamie Chung , American actress
1983 – Andrew Dost , American guitarist and songwriter (Fun and Anathallo )
1983 – Ryan Merriman , American actor
1983 – Hannes Sigurðsson , Icelandic footballer
1984 – Faustina Agolley , English-Australian television host and producer
1984 – Jeremy Barrett , American figure skater
1984 – Mandy Moore , American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – David Obua , Ugandan footballer
1984 – Damien Perquis , French-Polish footballer
1984 – Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez , Argentinian footballer
1985 – Barkhad Abdi , Somali-American actor and director
1985 – Willo Flood , Irish footballer
1985 – Jesús Gámez , Spanish footballer
1985 – Dion Phaneuf , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Olivia Borlée , Belgian sprinter
1986 – Fernando Gago , Argentine footballer
1986 – Vincent Kompany , Belgian footballer
1986 – Tore Reginiussen , Norwegian footballer
1986 – Andrei Strelnikov , Russian footballer
1987 – Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano (Celtic Woman )
1988 – Haley Joel Osment , American actor
1990 – Ben Amos , English footballer
1990 – Andile Jali , South African footballer
1990 – Ricky Leutele , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990 – Lulinha , Brazilian footballer
1990 – Alex Pettyfer , English actor
1992 – Jack Buchanan , Australian rugby league player
1992 – Daisy Ridley , English actress
1994 – Nerlens Noel , American basketball player
1996 – Thanasi Kokkinakis , Australian tennis player
Deaths
879 – Louis the Stammerer , French son of Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 846)
948 – Hugh of Italy (b. 885)
1533 – Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
1545 – Costanzo Festa , Italian composer (b. 1485)
1585 – Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrées , French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)
1619 – Thomas Jones , English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)
1640 – Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)
1646 – Santino Solari , Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1667 – Jan Marek Marci , Czech physician and author (b. 1595)
1704 – William Egon of Fürstenberg , German cardinal (b. 1629)
1706 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall , Irish general and politician (b. 1666)
1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer (b. 1661)
1760 – Jean Lebeuf , French historian and author (b. 1687)
1786 – John Byron , English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1723)
1806 – Horatio Gates , English-American general (b. 1727)
1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
1871 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
1904 – Isabel II of Spain (b. 1830)
1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
1919 – Emiliano Zapata , Mexican general (b. 1879)
1920 – Moritz Cantor , German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
1931 – Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
1938 – King Oliver , American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
1942 – Carl Schenstrøm , Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
1943 – Andreas Faehlmann , Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
1945 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
1947 – Charles Nordhoff , English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
1950 – Fevzi Çakmak , Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
1954 – Auguste Lumière , French director and producer (b. 1862)
1954 – Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
1958 – Chuck Willis , American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
1960 – André Berthomieu , French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1962 – Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe , Scottish bass player (The Beatles ) (b. 1940)
1965 – Lloyd Casner , American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
1965 – Linda Darnell , American actress (b. 1923)
1966 – Evelyn Waugh , English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)
1967 – Aage Winther-Jørgensen , Danish actor (b. 1900)
1968 – Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)
1969 – Harley Earl , American businessman (b. 1893)
1975 – Walker Evans , American photographer (b. 1903)
1975 – Marjorie Main , American actress (b. 1890)
1978 – Hjalmar Mäe , Estonian politician (b. 1901)
1979 – Nino Rota , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1980 – Kay Medford , American actress and singer (b. 1919)
1983 – Issam Sartawi , Palestinian activist (b. 1935)
1986 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1991 – Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (b. 1955)
1991 – Martin Hannett , English guitarist and producer (The Invisible Girls ) (b. 1948)
1991 – Natalie Schafer , American actress (b. 1900)
1992 – Sam Kinison , American comedian and actor (b. 1953)
1993 – Chris Hani , South African activist and politician (b. 1942)
1993 – Villu Toots , Estonian calligrapher, book designer, educator, paleograph and author (b. 1916)
1994 – Sam B. Hall, Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)
1995 – Morarji Desai , Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
1997 – Michael Dorris , American author and academic (b. 1945)
1998 – Seraphim of Athens , Greek archbishop (b. 1913)
1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat , German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)
1999 – Jean Vander Pyl , American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)
2000 – Peter Jones , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2000 – Larry Linville , American actor (b. 1939)
2000 – Kirsten Rolffes , Danish actress (b. 1928)
2003 – Little Eva , American singer (b. 1943)
2004 – Jacek Kaczmarski , Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)
2004 – Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (b. 1933)
2005 – Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist (Amadeus Quartet ) (b. 1923)
2005 – Scott Gottlieb , American drummer (Bleed the Dream ) (b. 1970)
2005 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
2005 – Al Lucas , American football player (b. 1978)
2005 – Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (The Outsiders and Tax Free ) (b. 1948)
2007 – Charles Philippe Leblond , French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)
2007 – Dakota Staton , American singer (b. 1930)
2009 – Deborah Digges , American poet and educator (b. 1950)
2010 – Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash :
2010 – Dixie Carter , American actress and singer (b. 1939)
2012 – Raymond Aubrac , French engineer and activist (b. 1914)
2012 – Barbara Buchholz , German theremin player and composer (b. 1959)
2012 – Lili Chookasian , Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921)
2012 – Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922)
2012 – Akin Omoboriowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Grant Tilly , Australian-New Zealand actor (b. 1937)
2013 – Lorenzo Antonetti , Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
2013 – Raymond Boudon , French sociologist and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury , Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)
2013 – Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2013 – Olive Lewin , Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Gordon Thomas , English cyclist (b. 1921)
2013 – Angela Voigt , German long jumper (b. 1951)
2014 – Dominique Baudis , French journalist and politician (b. 1947)
2014 – Jim Flaherty , Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
2014 – Richard Hoggart , English author and academic (b. 1918)
2014 – Sue Townsend , English author and playwright (b. 1946)
2015 – Richie Benaud , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2015 – Raúl Héctor Castro , Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)
2015 – Jin Youzhi , nominal head of China's Aisin-Gioro clan (b. 1918)
2015 – Judith Malina , German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)
2015 – Rose Francine Rogombé , Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1942)
2015 – Peter Walsh , Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1935)
2016 – Howard Marks , Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)
Holidays and observances
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