September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 93 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
Events
522 BC – Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumata , securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire .61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor , is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades .1364 – Battle of Auray : English forces defeat the French in Brittany ; end of the War of the Breton Succession .1578 – Tegucigalpa , capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.1650 – Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street , London.1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala , destroying much of the city's architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met , is founded.1848 – Battle of Pákozd : Stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd ; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 .1850 – The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.1864 – American Civil War : The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool , England.1899 – The Malolos Congress ratified the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain.1907 – The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.1911 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire .1918 – World War I : Battle of St. Quentin Canal : The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice .1923 – The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine .1923 – The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
1932 – Chaco War : Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia .1938 – The Munich Agreement between Germany , the United Kingdom, France and Italy settles the Sudetenland dispute in Germany's favor. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia are not invited.1940 – Two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF collide in mid-air over Brocklesby, New South Wales , Australia, remain locked together after colliding, and then land safely.1941 – World War II : Holocaust in Kiev , Soviet Union : German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.1954 – The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.1957 – Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels ) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk .1960 – Nikita Khrushchev , leader of Soviet Union , disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.1971 – Oman joins the Arab League .1972 – China–Japan relations : Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China .1975 – WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.1988 – Space Shuttle : NASA launches STS-26 , the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster .1990 – Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.1990 – The YF-22 , which would later become the F-22 Raptor , flies for the first time.
1991 – Haitian coup d'état .1992 – Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached .2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.2004 – The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne
2006 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo , Mato Grosso , Brazil, killing 154 people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis .2007 – Calder Hall , the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.2008 – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual , The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.2009 – The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ). A destructive tsunami follows, leaving 189 dead and hundreds injured.2013 – Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba , Nigeria .
Births
106 BC – Pompey , Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC)1240 – Margaret of England (d. 1275)1321 – John of Artois, Count of Eu (d. 1387)1328 – Joan of Kent (d. 1385)1373 – Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1410)1511 – Michael Servetus , Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (d. 1553)1538 – Joan Terès i Borrull , Spanish archbishop and academic (d. 1603)1547 – Miguel de Cervantes , Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)1561 – Adriaan van Roomen , Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615)1571 – Caravaggio , Italian painter (d. 1610)1636 – Thomas Tenison , English archbishop (d. 1715)1639 – William Russell, Lord Russell , English politician (d. 1683)1640 – Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor and educator (d. 1720)1674 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre , French flute player and composer (d. 1763)1678 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles , French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1766)1691 – Richard Challoner , English bishop (d. 1781)1703 – François Boucher , French painter and set designer (d. 1770)1718 – Nikita Ivanovich Panin , Russian soldier and politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1783)1725 – Robert Clive , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774)1758 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson , English admiral (d. 1805)1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828)1786 – Guadalupe Victoria , Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)1803 – Mercator Cooper , American captain and explorer (d. 1872)1803 – Jacques Charles François Sturm , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1850)
1808 – Henry Bennett , American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)1810 – Elizabeth Gaskell , English author (d. 1865)1816 – Paul Féval, père , French author and playwright (d. 1887)1843 – Mikhail Skobelev , Russian general (d. 1882)1844 – Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (d. 1909)1853 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. 1933)1863 – Hugo Haase , German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1919)1864 – Miguel de Unamuno , Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1936)1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi , Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1934)1876 – Charlie Llewellyn , South African cricketer (d. 1964)1880 – Liberato Pinto , Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1949)1881 – Ludwig von Mises , Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1973)1885 – George Scott , English footballer (d. 1916)1891 – Ian Fairweather , Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1974)1895 – Clarence Ashley , American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (d. 1967)1895 – Joseph Banks Rhine , American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1980)
1895 – Roscoe Turner , American pilot (d. 1970)
1897 – Herbert Agar , American journalist and historian (d. 1980)1898 – Trofim Lysenko , Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)1899 – László Bíró , Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)1899 – Billy Butlin , South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)
1901 – Lanza del Vasto , Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (d. 1981)1901 – Enrico Fermi , Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
1902 – Miguel Alemán Valdés , Mexican lawyer and politician, 46th President of Mexico (d. 1983)1903 – Diana Vreeland , American journalist (d. 1989)1904 – Greer Garson , English-American actress (d. 1996)1907 – Gene Autry , American singer, actor, and businessman (d. 1998)1907 – George W. Jenkins , American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996)
1908 – Eddie Tolan , American sprinter and educator (d. 1967)1910 – Bill Boyd , American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)1910 – Virginia Bruce , American actress (d. 1982)
1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)1913 – Trevor Howard , English actor (d. 1988)1913 – Stanley Kramer , American director and producer (d. 2001)
1915 – Vincent DeDomenico , American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (d. 2007)1915 – Oscar Handlin , American historian and academic (d. 2011)
1915 – Brenda Marshall , American actress (d. 1992)
1916 – Carl Giles , English cartoonist (d. 1995)1919 – Kira Zvorykina , Belarusian chess player (d. 2014)1920 – Peter D. Mitchell , English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)1920 – Václav Neumann , Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)
1921 – John Ritchie , New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014)1921 – Albie Roles , English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1922 – Lizabeth Scott , American actress (d. 2015)1923 – Stan Berenstain , American author and illustrator (d. 2005)1923 – Bum Phillips , American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1925 – Steve Forrest , American actor (d. 2013)1925 – Paul MacCready , American engineer, founded AeroVironment (d. 2007)
1926 – Pete Elliott , American football player and coach (d. 2013)1927 – Adhemar da Silva , Brazilian triple jumper and actor (d. 2001)1927 – Sherwood Johnston , American race car driver (d. 2000)
1927 – Pete McCloskey , American colonel and politician
1927 – Barbara Mertz , American historian and author (d. 2013)
1928 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury , English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (d. 2016)1928 – Brajesh Mishra , Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (d. 2012)
1928 – Nathan Shamuyarira , Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
1930 – Richard Bonynge , Australian pianist and conductor1930 – Colin Dexter , English author and educator
1931 – James Cronin , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)1931 – Anita Ekberg , Swedish-Italian model and actress (d. 2015)
1931 – Paul Oestreicher , German-English priest and theologian
1932 – Robert Benton , American director, producer, and screenwriter1932 – Paul Giel , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1933 – Samora Machel , Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986)1934 – Skandor Akbar , American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)1934 – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi , Hungarian-American psychologist and academic
1934 – Lance Gibbs , Guyanese cricketer and manager
1934 – Stuart M. Kaminsky , American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1934 – Lindsay Kline , Australian cricketer (d. 2015)
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis , American singer-songwriter and pianist1936 – Silvio Berlusconi , Italian businessman and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy 1936 – James Fogle , American author (d. 2012)
1936 – Hal Trosky, Jr. , American baseball player (d. 2012)
1938 – Dave Harper , English footballer (d. 2013)1938 – Wim Kok , Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1939 – Fikret Abdić , Bosnian economist and politician1939 – Jim Baxter , Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
1939 – Tommy Boyce , American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1939 – Dan Crary , American singer and guitarist
1939 – Molly Haskell , American author and critic
1939 – Larry Linville , American actor (d. 2000)
1939 – Rhodri Morgan , Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales
1940 – Nicola Di Bari , Italian singer-songwriter and actor1940 – Brute Force , American singer-songwriter
1940 – Carlos Morales Troncoso , Dominican politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2014)
1941 – David Steele , English cricketer
1942 – Felice Gimondi , Italian cyclist1942 – Madeline Kahn , American actress and singer (d. 1999)
1942 – Ian McShane , English actor
1942 – Bill Nelson , American captain and politician
1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty , French violinist and composer
1942 – Janet Powell , Australian educator and politician (d. 2013)
1942 – Steve Tesich , Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1996)
1943 – Mohammad Khatami , Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran 1943 – Wolfgang Overath , German footballer
1943 – Gary Boyd Roberts , American genealogist and author
1943 – Lech Wałęsa , Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland , Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Mike Post , American composer and producer1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas , Greek composer and poet1946 – Patricia Hodge , English actress1946 – Ian Wallace , English drummer (d. 2007)
1947 – Ülo Kaevats , Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2015)1947 – S. H. Kapadia , Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (d. 2016)
1947 – Gary Wetzel , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
1948 – Mark Farner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1948 – Bryant Gumbel , American journalist and sportscaster
1948 – Theo Jörgensmann , German clarinet player and composer
1948 – Mike Pinera , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949 – George Dalaras , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist1950 – Ken Macha , American baseball player and manager1951 – Michelle Bachelet , Chilean physician and politician, 34th President of Chile 1951 – Pier Luigi Bersani , Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna
1951 – Andrés Caicedo , Colombian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1977)
1951 – Maureen Caird , Australian-New Zealand hurdler
1951 – Mike Enriquez , Filipino journalist
1952 – Roy Campbell, Jr. , American trumpet player (d. 2014)1952 – Gábor Csupó , Hungarian-American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Klasky Csupo
1952 – Richard Hodges , English archaeologist and academic
1952 – Max Sandlin , American lawyer, judge, and politician
1952 – Takanosato Toshihide , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna (d. 2011)
1953 – Warren Cromartie , American baseball player, coach, and radio host1953 – Jean-Claude Lauzon , Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1953 – Lawrence Reed , American economist and author
1954 – Uwe Jahn , German footballer and manager1954 – Mark Mitchell , Australian actor
1955 – Ann Bancroft , American explorer and author1955 – Gareth Davies , Welsh rugby player and academic
1955 – Benoît Ferreux , French actor and director
1955 – Gwen Ifill , American journalist
1956 – Sebastian Coe , English sprinter and politician1956 – Jenny Morris , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Suzzy Roche , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1957 – Chris Broad , English cricketer and referee1957 – Sokratis Malamas , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Mark Nicholas , English cricketer and sportscaster
1960 – Julian Armour , American-Canadian cellist and educator1960 – Kenneth Hansen , Swedish race car driver
1960 – Alan McGee , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1960 – John Paxson , American basketball player and coach
1960 – David Sammartino , American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Andy Slaughter , English politician
1960 – Carol Welsman , Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
1961 – Julia Gillard , Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia 1961 – Stephanie Miller , American comedian and radio host
1962 – Roger Bart , American actor1963 – Dave Andreychuk , Canadian ice hockey player1963 – Les Claypool , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1964 – Brad Lohaus , American basketball player1966 – Hersey Hawkins , American basketball player and coach1967 – Brett Anderson , English singer-songwriter1968 – Patrick Burns , American paranormal investigator1968 – Luke Goss , English actor
1968 – Matt Goss , English singer-songwriter
1968 – Alex Skolnick , American guitarist
1969 – DeVante Swing , American singer-songwriter, and producer1969 – Aleks Syntek , Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
1970 – Russell Peters , Canadian comedian, actor, and producer1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri , Japanese wrestler and trainer
1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner , American actress
1971 – Tanoka Beard , American basketball player1971 – Mackenzie Crook , English actor and screenwriter
1971 – Sibel Tüzün , Turkish singer-songwriter
1972 – Oliver Gavin , English race car driver1973 – Foivos Delivorias , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist1973 – Shannon Larratt , Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine
1973 – Scout Niblett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Brian Ash , American screenwriter and producer1974 – Matt Hullum , American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth
1975 – Albert Celades , Spanish footballer and manager1976 – Darren Byfield , English-Jamaican footballer1976 – Kelvin Davis , English footballer
1976 – Óscar Sevilla , Spanish cyclist
1976 – Andriy Shevchenko , Ukrainian footballer and politician
1977 – Eric Barton , American football player1977 – Wade Brookbank , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1977 – Debelah Morgan , American singer-songwriter
1977 – Jake Westbrook , American baseball player
1978 – Mohini Bhardwaj , American gymnast and coach1978 – Gunner McGrath , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Kurt Nilsen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Luca Gianquitto , Italian guitarist and composer
1979 – Orhan Ak , Turkish footballer1979 – Takumi Beppu , Japanese cyclist and manager
1979 – Artika Sari Devi , Indonesian model and actress
1979 – Shelley Duncan , American baseball player and manager
1979 – Jaime Lozano , Mexican footballer
1980 – Patrick Agyemang , English footballer1980 – Dallas Green , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Zachary Levi , American actor and singer
1981 – Aris Galanopoulos , Greek footballer1981 – Shane Smeltz , German-New Zealand footballer
1982 – Matt Giteau , Australian rugby player1982 – Amy Williams , English skeleton racer
1983 – Lisette Oropesa , American soprano and actress1984 – Per Mertesacker , German footballer1985 – Calvin Johnson , American football player1985 – Niklas Moisander , Finnish footballer
1985 – Dani Pedrosa , Spanish motorcycle racer
1985 – Magnus Gangstad Jørgensen , Norwegian music producer
1986 – Lisa Foiles , American actress and journalist1986 – Mark Fraser , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Matt Lashoff , American ice hockey player
1986 – Isaac Makwala , Botswanan sprinter
1986 – Benoît Pouliot , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – David Del Rio , American actor and director1988 – Kevin Durant , American basketball player1988 – Justin Nozuka , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989 – Adore Delano , American drag queen, musician and actor1989 – Theo Adams , English photographer and director
1989 – Aaron Martin , English footballer
1989 – Andrea Poli , Italian footballer
1989 – Fatima Lodhi , Pakistani social activist
1990 – Joosep Laiksoo , Estonian race car driver1990 – Lena Wermelt , German footballer
1991 – Adem Ljajić , Serbian footballer1993 – Viktor Romanenkov , Estonian figure skater1994 – Britteny Cox , Australian skier1995 – Alice Matteucci , Italian tennis player1998 – Vera Lapko , Belarusian tennis player
Deaths
722 – Leudwinus , Frankish archbishop and saint (b. 660)855 – Lothair I , Roman emperor (b. 795)1225 – Arnaud Amalric , Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder1304 – John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey , English general (b. 1231)1364 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)1560 – Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)1634 – Henry Hyde , English politician and lawyer (b.c. 1563)1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino martyr and saint (b. 1600)1642 – René Goupil , French missionary and saint (b. 1608)1642 – William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (b. 1561)
1703 – Charles de Saint-Évremond , French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)1800 – Michael Denis , Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)1804 – Michael Hillegas , American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)1833 – Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)1862 – William "Bull" Nelson , American general (b. 1824)1887 – Bernhard von Langenbeck , German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)1889 – Louis Faidherbe , French general and politician (b. 1818)1900 – Samuel Fenton Cary , American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)1902 – William McGonagall , Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)1902 – Émile Zola , French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis , Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)1910 – Winslow Homer , American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)1913 – Rudolf Diesel , German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)1925 – Léon Bourgeois , French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)1927 – Arthur Achleitner , German journalist and author (b. 1858)1927 – Willem Einthoven , Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1928 – John Devoy , Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)1930 – Ilya Repin , Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)1937 – Ray Ewry , American triple jumper (b. 1873)1937 – Ernst Hoppenberg , German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
1942 – Matangini Hazra , Indian Freedom fighter (b.1870)1951 – Thomas Cahill , American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)1952 – John Cobb , English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)1967 – Carson McCullers , American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)1970 – Edward Everett Horton , American actor (b. 1886)1973 – W. H. Auden , English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)1975 – Casey Stengel , American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)1981 – Bill Shankly , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)1982 – Monty Stratton , American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)1986 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)1987 – Henry Ford II , American businessman (b. 1917)1988 – Charles Addams , American cartoonist (b. 1912)1989 – Gussie Busch , American businessman (b. 1899)1989 – Georges Ulmer , Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)
1993 – Gordon Douglas , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)1997 – Roy Lichtenstein , American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)1998 – Tom Bradley , American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)1999 – Jean-Louis Millette , Canadian actor (b. 1935)2000 – John Grant , English journalist and politician (b. 1932)2001 – Mabel Fairbanks , American figure skater and coach (b. 1915)2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
2004 – Richard Sainct , French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)2004 – Patrick Wormald , English historian (b. 1947)
2005 – Patrick Caulfield , English painter and academic (b. 1936)2005 – Austin Leslie , American chef and author (b. 1934)
2006 – Walter Hadlee , New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)2006 – Michael A. Monsoor , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2006 – Louis-Albert Vachon , Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
2007 – Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress (b. 1927)2007 – Yıldırım Aktuna , Turkish psychiatrist and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1930)
2008 – Hayden Carruth , American poet and critic (b. 1921)2009 – Pavel Popovich , Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)2010 – Tony Curtis , American actor (b. 1925)2010 – Greg Giraldo , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1965)
2011 – Sylvia Robinson , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1936)2012 – Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1942)2012 – Neil Smith , Scottish geographer and academic (b. 1954)
2012 – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger , American publisher (b. 1926)
2012 – Malcolm Wicks , English academic and politician (b. 1947)
2013 – Harold Agnew , American physicist and engineer (b. 1921)2013 – Anton Benning , German lieutenant (b. 1918)
2013 – Pete T. Cenarrusa , American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (b. 1917)
2013 – Carl Joachim Classen , German scholar and academic (b. 1928)
2013 – S. N. Goenka , Burmese-Indian educator (b. 1924)
2013 – L. C. Greenwood , American football player (b. 1946)
2013 – Bob Kurland , American basketball player and politician (b. 1924)
2014 – Miguel Boyer , Spanish economist and politician (b. 1939)2014 – Andreas Fransson , Swedish skier (b. 1983)
2014 – Stan Monteith , American surgeon and author (b. 1929)
2014 – Luis Nishizawa , Mexican painter and educator (b. 1918)
2014 – John Ritchie , New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)
2014 – George Shuba , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2015 – Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)2015 – Hellmuth Karasek , Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)
2015 – William Kerslake , American wrestler and engineer (b. 1929)
2015 – Jean Ter-Merguerian , French-Armenian violinist (b. 1935)
2015 – Phil Woods , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
2016 – Miriam Defensor Santiago , Filipina politician (b. 1945)
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