October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
23 – Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion . They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang , two days later.
610 – Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople , overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil .
1302 – A peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice ends the Byzantine–Venetian War (1296–1302) .
1363 – End of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang , in one of the largest naval battles in history .
1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon , the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible ) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale .
1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar . In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15 .
1597 – The first Guale uprising begins against the Spanish missions in Georgia .
1636 – The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock .
1693 – Battle of Marsaglia : Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
1725 – Foundation of Rosario in Argentina .
1777 – Battle of Germantown : Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe .
1779 – The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention ).
1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1830 – Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium after separation from the Netherlands.
1853 – Crimean War : The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
1876 – Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas .
1883 – First run of the Orient Express .
1883 – First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow , Scotland.
1895 – The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island .
1917 – World War I : The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
1918 – An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey . Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which were still being found as of 2007.
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore .
1936 – In the East End of London , marches staged by British fascists and various anti-fascist organizations result in violent clashes between them in what becomes known as the Battle of Cable Street .
1940 – Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass .
1941 – Norman Rockwell 's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post .
1943 – World War II : U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Japanese.
1957 – Space Race : Launch of Sputnik 1 , the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario .
1957 – Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS.
1958 – Fifth Republic of France is established.
1960 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 , a Lockheed L-188 Electra , crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston 's Logan International Airport , killing 62 of 72 on board.
1963 – Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti .
1965 – Pope Paul VI arrives in New York, the first Pope to visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere.
1966 – Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho .
1967 – Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah .
1974 – Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece.
1976 – Official launch of the InterCity 125 high speed train.
1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada .
1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts , United States.
1988 – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature .
1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
1992 – El Al Flight 1862 : An El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam , killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
1993 – Russian Constitutional Crisis : In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House , a government building that housed the Russian parliament , while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company . A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.
2001 – NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty .
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 : A Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile . Seventy-eight people are killed.
2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa , Israel: Twenty-one Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight , by being the first private craft to fly into space.
2010 – The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge . Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.
Births
1160 – Alys of France, Countess of the Vexin (d. 1220)
1274 – Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1319)
1276 – Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)
1289 – Louis X of France (d. 1316)
1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond , Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 1382)
1379 – Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (d. 1586)
1542 – Robert Bellarmine , Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621)
1550 – Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647)
1570 – Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (d. 1637)
1585 – Anna of Tyrol (d. 1618)
1625 – Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (d. 1661)
1626 – Richard Cromwell , English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
1657 – Francesco Solimena , Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1747)
1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778)
1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , German entomologist and author (d. 1798)
1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast , French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)
1768 – Francisco José de Caldas , Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (d. 1816)
1787 – François Guizot , French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)
1793 – Charles Pearson , English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)
1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (d. 1864)
1814 – Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (d. 1875)
1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes , American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton , American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)
1836 – Juliette Adam , French author (d. 1936)
1841 – Prudente de Morais , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)
1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
1858 – Léon Serpollet , French businessman (d. 1903)
1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch , American pastor and theologian (d. 1918)
1861 – Frederic Remington , American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
1862 – Edward Stratemeyer , American author and publisher (d. 1930)
1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)
1874 – John Ellis , English executioner (d. 1932)
1876 – Hugh McCrae , Australian actor and author (d. 1958)
1877 – Razor Smith , English cricketer (d. 1946)
1880 – Damon Runyon , American author and playwright (d. 1946)
1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch , German field marshal (d. 1948)
1884 – Ramchandra Shukla , Indian historian and author (d. 1941)
1884 – Subramaniya Siva , Indian author and activist (d. 1925)
1886 – Luis Alberni , Spanish-American actor and singer (d. 1962)
1888 – Lucy Tayiah Eads , American tribal chief (d. 1961)
1888 – Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
1890 – Alan L. Hart , American physician and author (d. 1962)
1890 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı , Turkish writer and journalist (d. 1945)
1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss , Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)
1892 – Hermann Glauert , English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934)
1892 – Robert Lawson , American author and illustrator (d. 1957)
1895 – Buster Keaton , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1895 – Richard Sorge , German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
1900 – August Mälk , Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987)
1903 – Bona Arsenault , Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993)
1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff , American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995)
1903 – Pierre Garbay , French general (d. 1980)
1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner , Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
1907 – Alain Daniélou , French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)
1910 – Frankie Crosetti , American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
1910 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı , Turkish poet and author (d. 1956)
1913 – Martial Célestin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
1914 – Jim Cairns , Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2003)
1914 – Brendan Gill , American journalist and essayist (d. 1997)
1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 – Jan Murray , American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
1916 – George Sidney , American director and producer (d. 2002)
1917 – Violeta Parra , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1918 – Kenichi Fukui , Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. , American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
1922 – Shin Kyuk-ho , South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
1922 – Don Lenhardt , American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1923 – Charlton Heston , American actor and director (d. 2008)
1924 – Donald J. Sobol , American soldier and author (d. 2012)
1925 – Roger Wood , Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
1926 – Raymond Watson , American businessman (d. 2012)
1927 – Wolf Kahn , American painter and academic
1928 – Alvin Toffler , German-American journalist and author
1928 – Torben Ulrich , Danish-American tennis player
1929 – Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (d. 1968)
1929 – John E. Mack , American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1929 – Leroy Van Dyke , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931 – Terence Conran , English designer and businessman
1931 – Basil D'Oliveira , South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)
1931 – Richard Rorty , American philosopher and author (d. 2007)
1932 – Milan Chvostek , Canadian director and producer
1933 – German Moreno , Filipino television host and actor (d. 2016)
1933 – Ann Thwaite , English author
1934 – Sam Huff , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos , Greek journalist and poet
1935 – A. W. F. Edwards , mathematical biologist
1936 – Charlie Hurley , Irish footballer and manager
1936 – Giles Radice, Baron Radice , English politician
1937 – Jackie Collins , English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
1937 – David Crocker , American philosopher and academic
1937 – Gail Gilmore , Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
1937 – Jim Sillars , Scottish lawyer and politician
1938 – Kurt Wüthrich , Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Norman D. Wilson , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1939 – Ivan Mauger , New Zealand motorcycle racer
1940 – Vic Hadfield , Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Silvio Marzolini , Argentinian footballer and manager
1940 – Steve Swallow , American bass player and composer
1940 – Alberto Vilar , American businessman and philanthropist
1941 – Roy Blount, Jr. , American journalist and author
1941 – Karen Cushman , American author
1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser , Austrian race car driver
1941 – Anne Rice , American author
1941 – Robert Wilson , American director and playwright
1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon , American singer-songwriter (Sweet Honey in the Rock )
1942 – Karl W. Richter , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967)
1942 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
1942 – Christopher Stone , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1943 – H. Rap Brown , American activist
1943 – Karl-Gustav Kaisla , Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012)
1943 – Dietmar Mürdter , German footballer
1943 – Florian Pittiș , Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2007)
1943 – Jimy Williams , American baseball player and manager
1944 – Colin Bundy , South African-English historian and academic
1944 – Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Eddie Gómez , Puerto Rican bass player (Steps Ahead )
1944 – Tony La Russa , American baseball player and manager
1944 – John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith , Scottish educator and politician
1945 – Clifton Davis , American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
1946 – Larry Clapp , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1946 – Chuck Hagel , American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 – Michael Mullen , American admiral
1946 – Susan Sarandon , American actress
1946 – Bridget St John , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Julien Clerc , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 – Jim Fielder , American bass player (Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Mothers of Invention )
1947 – Ann Widdecombe , English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1948 – Linda McMahon , American businesswoman and politician
1948 – Duke Robillard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Roomful of Blues )
1949 – Armand Assante , American actor and producer
1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Meg Bennett , American actress and screenwriter
1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet and author
1951 – Miia Rannikmäe , Estonian chemist
1952 – Jody Stephens , American drummer (Big Star and Golden Smog )
1953 – Gil Moore , Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Triumph )
1953 – Andreas Vollenweider , Swiss harp player
1955 – John Rutherford , Scottish rugby player
1955 – Jorge Valdano , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956 – Lesley Glaister , English author and playwright
1956 – Christoph Waltz , Austrian-German actor
1957 – Bill Fagerbakke , American actor and singer
1957 – Yngve Moe , Norwegian bass player and songwriter (Dance with a Stranger ) (d. 2013)
1957 – Russell Simmons , American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
1958 – Anneka Rice , Welsh radio and television host
1959 – Chris Lowe , English singer and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys )
1959 – Tony Meo , English snooker player
1959 – Hitonari Tsuji , Japanese author, composer, and director
1960 – Joe Boever , American baseball player
1960 – Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (d. 2016)
1961 – Philippe Russo , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Kazuki Takahashi , Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
1962 – Carlos Carsolio , Mexican mountaineer
1962 – Jon Secada , Cuban-American singer-songwriter
1963 – A. C. Green , American basketball player
1963 – Koji Ishikawa , Japanese author and illustrator
1964 – Peter Florence , English actor, founded the Hay Festival
1964 – Sarah Lancashire , English actress and director
1964 – Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
1964 – Yvonne Murray , Scottish runner
1965 – Olaf Backasch , German footballer
1965 – Skip Heller , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Micky Ward , American boxer
1967 – Liev Schreiber , American actor and director
1968 – Richard Hancox , English footballer and manager
1968 – Tim Wise , American activist and author
1969 – Abraham Benrubi , American actor
1971 – Friderika Bayer , Hungarian singer
1971 – Darren Middleton , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Powderfinger and Drag )
1972 – Kurt Thomas , American basketball player
1973 – Abyss , American wrestler
1974 – Paco León , Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Daniella Deutscher , American actress
1975 – Panos Kiamos , Greek singer
1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli , Italian footballer and manager
1975 – Mohamed Jameel , Maldivian footballer
1976 – Mauro Camoranesi , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
1976 – Elisandro Naressi Roos , Brazilian footballer
1976 – Alicia Silverstone , American actress, producer, and author
1976 – Ueli Steck , Swiss mountaineer and rock climber
1976 – Craig Robert Young , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Richard Reed Parry , Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre )
1978 – Phillip Glasser , American actor and producer
1978 – Kei Horie , Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Kyle Lohse , American baseball player
1979 – Stefan Booth , English actor and singer
1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook , American actress and producer
1979 – Björn Phau , German tennis player
1979 – Adam Voges , Australian cricketer
1979 – Caitriona Balfe , Irish actress and model
1980 – Me'Lisa Barber , American sprinter
1980 – Sarah Fisher , American race car driver
1980 – Mellisa Hollingsworth , Canadian skeleton racer
1980 – James Jones , American basketball player
1980 – Tomáš Rosický , Czech footballer
1981 – Shaura , Japanese singer (Moi dix Mois )
1981 – Justin Williams , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Tony Gwynn, Jr. , American baseball player
1982 – Jered Weaver , American baseball player
1983 – Dan Clarke , English race car driver
1983 – Ai Maeda , Japanese actress and singer
1983 – Marios Nicolaou , Cypriot footballer
1983 – Chansi Stuckey , American football player
1983 – Kurt Suzuki , American baseball player
1983 – Tatsuya Ueda , Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN )
1984 – Lena Katina , Russian singer-songwriter (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi )
1984 – Álvaro Parente , Portuguese race car driver
1984 – Karolina Tymińska , Polish heptathlete
1985 – Shontelle , Barbadian singer-songwriter
1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann , German rugby player
1987 – Rawez Lawan , Swedish footballer
1987 – Will Puddy , English footballer
1987 – Marina Weisband , German politician
1988 – Melissa Benoist , American actress and singer
1988 – Caner Erkin , Turkish footballer
1988 – Evgeni Krasnopolski , Israeli figure skater
1988 – Derrick Rose , American basketball player
1989 – Dakota Johnson , American model and actress
1989 – Lil Mama , American rapper, dancer, and actress
1990 – Signy Aarna , Estonian footballer
Deaths
1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
1582 – Teresa of Ávila , Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515)
1597 – Sarsa Dengel , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550)
1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel , English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
1660 – Francesco Albani , Italian painter (b. 1578)
1661 – Jacqueline Pascal , French nun and composer (b. 1625)
1669 – Rembrandt , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)
1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet , French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (b. 1609)
1743 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
1749 – Baron Franz von der Trenck , Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
1754 – Tanacharison , American tribal chief (b. 1700)
1821 – John Rennie the Elder , Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
1827 – Grigorios Zalykis , Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
1851 – Manuel Godoy , Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
1852 – James Whitcomb , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
1859 – Karl Baedeker , German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
1864 – Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos , German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
1871 – Sarel Cilliers , South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
1890 – Catherine Booth , English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1903 – Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
1904 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
1904 – Carl Josef Bayer , Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
1910 – Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
1935 – Jean Béraud , French painter and academic (b. 1849)
1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder , German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz , German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
1944 – Al Smith , American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
1946 – Barney Oldfield , American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
1947 – Max Planck , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1951 – Henrietta Lacks , American medical patient (b. 1920)
1951 – Willie Moretti , Italian-American gangster (b. 1894)
1955 – Alexander Papagos , Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
1958 – Ida Wüst , German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
1961 – Benjamin , Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
1963 – Alar Kotli , Estonian architect (b. 1904)
1969 – Natalino Otto , Italian singer and actor (b. 1912)
1970 – Janis Joplin , American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company ) (b. 1943)
1974 – Anne Sexton , American poet and author (b. 1928)
1975 – Joan Whitney Payson , American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
1977 – José Ber Gelbard , Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
1981 – Freddie Lindstrom , American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1982 – The Amazing Criswell , American psychic and actor (b. 1907)
1982 – Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
1982 – Stefanos Stefanopoulos , Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
1989 – Secretariat , American race horse (b. 1970)
1989 – Graham Chapman , English actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
1990 – Alyn Ainsworth , English singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1924)
1990 – Avis Bunnage , English actress (b. 1923)
1990 – Mārtiņš Zīverts , Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
1991 – J. Frank Wilson , American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers ) (b. 1941)
1992 – Denny Hulme , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
1994 – Danny Gatton , American guitarist (b. 1945)
1996 – Larry Gene Bell , American murderer (b. 1949)
1997 – Otto Ernst Remer , German general (b. 1912)
1997 – Gunpei Yokoi , Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941)
1998 – S. Arasaratnam , Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
1999 – Erik Brødreskift , Norwegian drummer (Immortal and Borknagar ) (b. 1969)
1999 – Bernard Buffet , French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
1999 – Art Farmer , American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet ) (b. 1928)
2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa , Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
2000 – Michael Smith , English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2001 – Blaise Alexander , American race car driver (b. 1976)
2001 – John Collins , American guitarist (b. 1913)
2001 – Ahron Soloveichik , Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
2002 – André Delvaux , Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2003 – Sid McMath , American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
2004 – Gordon Cooper , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
2004 – Rio Diaz , Filipino model, actress, and politician (b. 1959)
2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway , American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)
2006 – Tom Bell , English actor (b. 1933)
2007 – Qassem Al-Nasser , Jordanian general (b. 1925)
2009 – Gerhard Kaufhold , German footballer (b. 1928)
2009 – Günther Rall , German general and pilot (b. 1918)
2009 – Mercedes Sosa , Argentinian singer and activist (b. 1935)
2010 – Norman Wisdom , English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2011 – Doris Belack , American actress (b. 1926)
2012 – David Atkinson , Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)
2012 – Stan Mudenge , Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1941)
2012 – Daphne Slater , English actress (b. 1928)
2012 – Tom Stannage , Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
2012 – Erhard Wunderlich , German handball player (b. 1956)
2013 – John Cloudsley-Thompson , Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921)
2013 – Ulric Cross , Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917)
2013 – Akira Miyoshi , Japanese composer (b. 1933)
2013 – Diana Nasution , Indonesian singer (b. 1958)
2013 – Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1911)
2013 – Nicholas Oresko , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
2014 – Konrad Boehmer , German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)
2014 – Hugo Carvana , Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov , Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier , Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
2014 – Jewel Joseph Newman , American sergeant and politician (b. 1921)
2015 – William A. Culpepper , American general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1916)
2015 – Edida Nageswara Rao , Indian director and producer (b. 1934)
2015 – Dave Pike , American vibraphone player and songwriter (b. 1938)
2015 – Neal Walk , American basketball player (b. 1948)
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