April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
Events
823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I .1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople , bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.1242 – During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus , Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky , rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights .1536 – Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph .1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode , force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise , denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II .1609 – Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū , Japan , completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa .1614 – In Virginia , Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe .1621 – The Mayflower Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.1710 – The Statute of Anne receives the Royal Assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom .1722 – The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island .1792 – United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.1795 – Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.1804 – High Possil meteorite : The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil .1818 – In the Battle of Maipú , Chile 's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín , win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.1847 – Birkenhead Park , the first civic public park in Britain, is opened in Birkenhead .1862 – American Civil War : The Battle of Yorktown begins.1879 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru , starting the War of the Pacific .1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos , Crete , discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B .1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park , Wigan , England.1915 – Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.1922 – The American Birth Control League , forerunner of Planned Parenthood , is incorporated.1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires .1932 – Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.1932 – Dominion of Newfoundland : Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders : 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps , and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak : An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi .1942 – World War II : The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo , Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid . Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.1943 – World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel . Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.1944 – World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans .1945 – Cold War : Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".1946 – Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm , Denmark after an 11-month occupation.1949 – A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois , kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union .1956 – Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista .1956 – In Sri Lanka , the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon .
1957 – In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister .1958 – Ripple Rock , an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.1969 – Vietnam War : Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike .1976 – In the People's Republic of China , the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident .1986 – Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin , Germany.1991 – An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia , killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and Astronaut Sonny Carter .1992 – Alberto Fujimori , president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.1992 – The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries kill peace protesters Suada Dilberović and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.
1998 – In Japan , the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD , opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.1999 – Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan , which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council , as well as participating states of Six-party talks .2010 – Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia .
Births
1170 – Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza , Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)1523 – Blaise de Vigenère , French cryptographer and diplomat (d. 1596)1588 – Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher (d. 1679)1595 – John Wilson , English composer and educator (d. 1674)1604 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)1622 – Vincenzo Viviani , Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)1649 – Elihu Yale , American-English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)1692 – Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (d. 1730)1719 – Axel von Fersen the Elder , Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (d. 1794)1727 – Pasquale Anfossi , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)1732 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French painter and etcher (d. 1806)1752 – Sébastien Érard , French instrument maker (d. 1831)1761 – Sybil Ludington , heroine of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1839)1769 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet , English admiral (d. 1839)1780 – Benjamin Greene , English brewer and businessman, founded Greene King Brewery (d. 1860)1784 – Louis Spohr , German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1859)1805 – Samuel Forde , Irish painter (d. 1828)1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller , American physician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1890)1824 – Moses Dickson , African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)1827 – Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister , English surgeon and academic (d. 1912)1832 – Jules Ferry , French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (d. 1893)1835 – Carl Theodor Schulz , German-Norwegian gardener (d. 1914)1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (d. 1909)1839 – Robert Smalls , American pilot and politician (d. 1915)1840 – Ghazaros Aghayan , Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)1856 – Booker T. Washington , American educator, essayist and historian (d. 1915)1857 – Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)1858 – Washington Atlee Burpee , Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915)1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)1869 – Sergey Chaplygin , Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942)1869 – Albert Roussel , French composer (d. 1937)
1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott , American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)1875 – Mistinguett , French actress and singer (d. 1956)1878 – Paul Weinstein , German high jumper (d. 1964)1883 – Walter Huston , Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1950)1884 – Ion Inculeț , Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (d. 1940)1891 – Arnold Jackson , English runner, soldier, and lawyer (d. 1972)1893 – Clas Thunberg , Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)1899 – Alfred Blalock , American surgeon and academic (d. 1964)1899 – Elsie Thompson , American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1900 – Herbert Bayer , Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985)1900 – Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler (d. 1928)
1900 – Spencer Tracy , American actor (d. 1967)
1901 – Melvyn Douglas , American actor (d. 1981)1902 – Wal Handley , English motorcycle road racer (d. 1941)1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson , Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)
1904 – Richard Eberhart , American poet and academic (d. 2005)1906 – Lord Buckley , American stage performer, recording artist and monologist (d. 1960)1908 – Bette Davis , American actress (d. 1989)1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey , American author (d. 2006)
1908 – Jagjivan Ram , Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)
1908 – Herbert von Karajan , Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)
1909 – Albert R. Broccoli , American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)1909 – Erwin Wegner , German hurdler (d. 1945)
1911 – Johnny Revolta , American golfer (d. 1991)1912 – Makar Honcharenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997)1912 – John Le Mesurier , English actor (d. 1983)
1912 – István Örkény , Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)
1912 – Bill Roberts , English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001)
1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller , American bishop (d. 2012)1916 – Gregory Peck , American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)
1917 – Robert Bloch , American author (d. 1994)1920 – Barend Biesheuvel , Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)1920 – Arthur Hailey , English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004)
1920 – Alfonso Thiele , Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
1920 – Rafiq Zakaria , Indian cleric, scholar, and politician (d. 2005)
1922 – Tom Finney , English footballer (d. 2014)1922 – Harry Freedman , Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005)
1922 – Christopher Hewett , English actor and director (d. 2001)
1922 – Gale Storm , American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1923 – Michael V. Gazzo , American actor (d. 1995)1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1926 – Roger Corman , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1926 – Süleyman Seba , Turkish footballer and colonel (d. 2014)
1928 – Fernand Dansereau , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter1928 – Haldun Dormen , Turkish actor, director, and producer
1928 – Tony Williams , American singer (d. 1992)
1929 – Hugo Claus , Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008)1929 – Ivar Giaever , Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Nigel Hawthorne , English actor and producer (d. 2001)
1929 – Joe Meek , English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
1930 – Mary Costa , American actress and singer1931 – Jack Clement , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)1932 – Billy Bland , American singer-songwriter1933 – Feridun Buğeker , Turkish footballer (d. 2014)1933 – Larry Felser , American journalist (d. 2013)
1933 – Frank Gorshin , American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Barbara Holland , American author (d. 2010)
1933 – K. Kailasapathy , Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)
1934 – John Carey , English author and critic1934 – Roman Herzog , German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany
1934 – Moise Safra , Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014)
1934 – Stanley Turrentine , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)
1935 – Peter Grant , English talent manager (d. 1995)1935 – Donald Lynden-Bell , English astrophysicist and astronomer
1936 – John Kelly , PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician (d. 2007)1937 – Joseph Lelyveld , American journalist and author1937 – Colin Powell , American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State
1938 – Colin Bland , Zimbabwean-South African cricketer1938 – Nancy Holt , American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1938 – Mal Colston , Australian educator and politician1939 – Crispian St. Peters , English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)1939 – Ronald White , American singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1940 – Tommy Cash , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1940 – Gilles Proulx , Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
1941 – Michael Moriarty , American-Canadian actor1941 – Dave Swarbrick , English singer-songwriter and fiddler
1942 – Allan Clarke , English singer-songwriter1942 – Peter Greenaway , Welsh director and screenwriter
1943 – Max Gail , American actor and director1943 – Fighting Harada , Japanese boxer
1943 – Jean-Louis Tauran , French cardinal
1944 – Peter T. King , American soldier, lawyer, and politician1944 – Pedro Rosselló , Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
1945 – Cem Karaca , Turkish rock musician (d. 2004)1946 – Jane Asher , English actress1946 – Russell Davies , Welsh journalist and radio host
1946 – Takuro Yoshida , Japanese singer-songwriter
1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines 1947 – Virendra Sharma , Indian-English lawyer and politician
1948 – Les Binks , Irish drummer and songwriter1948 – Dave Holland , English drummer
1949 – Judith Resnik , American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)1950 – Harpo , Swedish singer-songwriter1950 – Ann C. Crispin , American author (d. 2013)
1950 – Agnetha Fältskog , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1951 – Yevgeniy Gavrilenko , Belarusian hurdler1951 – Dean Kamen , American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1951 – Dave McArtney , New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1951 – Bernie Ward , American radio host
1952 – John C. Dvorak , American author, editor and co-host of No Agenda podcast1952 – Mitch Pileggi , American actor
1953 – John Buchanan , Australian cricketer and coach1953 – Frank Gaffney , American journalist and radio host
1953 – Ian Swales , English accountant and politician
1954 – Guy Bertrand , Canadian linguist and radio host1954 – Stan Ridgway , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim , French actress, producer, and screenwriter1955 – Anthony Horowitz , English author and screenwriter
1955 – Akira Toriyama , Japanese illustrator
1956 – Diamond Dallas Page , American wrestler and actor1957 – Karin Roßley , German hurdler1958 – Johan Kriek , South African-American tennis player1958 – Diana Nasution , Indonesian singer
1958 – Lasantha Wickrematunge , Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (d. 2009)
1959 – Julius Drake , English pianist and educator1960 – Asteris Koutoulas , Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author1960 – Greg Mathis , American judge and television host
1960 – Larry McCray , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Ian Redford , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1960 – Hiromi Taniguchi , Japanese runner
1961 – Lulu Carter , Swedish television host and author1961 – Jim LeRoy , American pilot (d. 2007)
1962 – Charlie Adam , Scottish footballer (d. 2012)1962 – Lana Clarkson , American actress and model (d. 2003)
1962 – Gord Donnelly , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1962 – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov , Kalmyk businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
1964 – Princess Erika , French singer-songwriter1964 – Marius Lăcătuș , Romanian footballer and coach
1964 – Christopher Reid , American rapper and actor
1965 – Cris Carpenter , American baseball player and educator1965 – Aykut Kocaman , Turkish footballer and manager
1966 – Mike McCready , American guitarist and songwriter1967 – Gary Gait , Canadian lacrosse player and coach1967 – Anu Garg , Indian-American journalist and author
1967 – Troy Gentry , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Paula Cole , American singer-songwriter and pianist1968 – Stewart Lee , British standup comedian and writer
1969 – Ryan Birch , English martial artist (d. 2013)1970 – Soheil Ayari , French race car driver1970 – Thea Gill , Canadian actress
1970 – Krishnan Guru-Murthy , English journalist
1970 – Miho Hatori , Japanese singer-songwriter
1971 – Dong Abay , Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist1971 – Ayako Nishikawa , Japanese television personality, entertainer, comedian, and surgeon
1972 – Tim Coronel , Dutch race car driver1972 – Pat Green , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Paul Okon , Australian footballer and manager
1972 – Waylon Payne , American singer-songwriter and actor
1972 – Duncan Spencer , English cricketer
1972 – Yasuhiro Takemoto , Japanese animator and director
1973 – Tony Banks , American football player and journalist1973 – Élodie Bouchez , French-American actress
1973 – Brendan Cannon , Australian rugby player
1973 – Cho Sung-min , South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)
1973 – Pharrell Williams , American rapper, producer, and fashion designer
1974 – Sahaj , American singer-songwriter1974 – Marcus Jones , English lawyer and politician
1974 – Vyacheslav Voronin , Russian high jumper
1974 – Sheryl Cruz , Filipino actress and singer
1975 – Sarah Baldock , English organist and conductor1975 – John Hartson , Welsh footballer and coach
1975 – Juicy J , American rapper and producer
1975 – Caitlin Moran , English journalist, author, and critic
1975 – Shammond Williams , American basketball player and coach
1976 – Ryan Drese , American baseball player1976 – Ross Gload , American baseball player
1976 – Simone Inzaghi , Italian footballer
1976 – Fernando Morientes , Spanish footballer and coach
1976 – Indrek Tobreluts , Estonian biathlete
1977 – Stella Creasy , English psychologist and politician1978 – Robert Glasper , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer1978 – Stephen Jackson , American basketball player
1978 – Franziska van Almsick , German swimmer
1979 – Timo Hildebrand , German footballer1979 – Mitsuo Ogasawara , Japanese footballer
1979 – Benji Radach , American mixed martial artist and trainer
1979 – Dante Wesley , American football player
1980 – Matt Bonner , American basketball player1980 – David Chocarro , Argentinian baseball player and actor
1980 – Mary Katharine Ham , American journalist and blogger
1980 – Joris Mathijsen , Dutch footballer
1981 – Jorge de la Rosa , Mexican baseball player1981 – Michael A. Monsoor , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)
1982 – Hayley Atwell , English-American actress1982 – Thomas Hitzlsperger , German footballer
1982 – Kelly Pavlik , American boxer
1982 – Matt Pickens , American soccer player
1982 – Alexandre Prémat , French race car driver
1983 – Jorge Andrés Martínez , Uruguayan footballer1984 – David Dillehunt , American director, producer, and composer1984 – Kisho Yano , Japanese footballer
1984 – Shin Min-a , South Korean actress
1985 – Daniel Congré , French footballer1985 – Lastings Milledge , American baseball player
1987 – Max Grün , German footballer1987 – Sergei Lepmets , Estonian footballer
1988 – Jon Kwang-ik , North Korean footballer1988 – Asumi Nakada , Japanese voice actress and model
1988 – Christopher Papamichalopoulos , Cypriot skier
1988 – Alex Valentini , Italian footballer
1989 – Lily James , English actress1992 – Emmalyn Estrada , Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer1993 – Benjamin Garcia , French rugby league player1993 – Maya DiRado , American swimmer
1996 – Nicolas Beer , Danish racing driver1998 – Kaito Nakamura , Japanese actor and model1999 – Sharlene San Pedro , Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
Deaths
517 – Timothy I of Constantinople 582 – Eutychius of Constantinople (b. 512)902 – Al-Mu'tadid , Iraqi caliph (b. 960)1168 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester , English politician (b. 1104)1419 – Vincent Ferrer , Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)1605 – Adam Loftus , English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1513)1617 – Alonso Lobo , Spanish composer (b. 1555)1673 – François Caron , Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)1693 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627)1695 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)1697 – Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)1717 – Jean Jouvenet , French painter (b. 1647)1735 – William Derham , English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)1735 – Samuel Wesley , English clergyman and poet (b. 1662)
1765 – Edward Young , English poet and author (b. 1683)1794 – Georges Danton , French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)1794 – Camille Desmoulins , French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
1804 – Jean-Charles Pichegru , French general (b. 1761)1834 – Richard Goodwin Keats , English admiral and politician, 40th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1757)1864 – Alaric Alexander Watts , English poet and journalist (b. 1797)1900 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand , French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)1900 – Osman Nuri Pasha , Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
1923 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon , English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)1928 – Roy Kilner , English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)1936 – Chandler Egan , American golfer and architect (b. 1884)1940 – Charles Freer Andrews , English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)1941 – Nigel Gresley , Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)1943 – Aleš Hrdlička , Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (b. 1869)1945 – Karl-Otto Koch , German SS officer (b. 1897)1946 – Vincent Youmans , American composer and producer (b. 1898)1952 – Charles Collett , English engineer (b. 1871)1964 – Douglas MacArthur , American general (b. 1880)1966 – John Henry Starling , Australian public servant (b. 1883)1967 – Mischa Elman , Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)1967 – Hermann Joseph Muller , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1969 – Ain-Ervin Mere , Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)1969 – Shelby Storck , American journalist, actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
1970 – Alfred Sturtevant , American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)1972 – Brian Donlevy , American actor and producer (b. 1901)1972 – Isabel Jewell , American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1972 – Robert Speck , Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1915)
1973 – John Coleman , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)1974 – A. Y. Jackson , Canadian painter (b. 1882)1975 – Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)1976 – Howard Hughes , American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)1976 – Wilder Penfield , American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
1979 – Eugène Gabritschevsky , Russian biologist and painter (b. 1893)1981 – Bob Hite , American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)1982 – Abe Fortas , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)1983 – Danny Rapp , American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)1984 – Nikolai Matvejev , Estonian cyclist (b. 1923)1987 – Jan Lindblad , Swedish journalist and photographer (b. 1932)1989 – María Cristina Gómez , Salvadoran educator and activist (b. 1938)1991 – Sonny Carter , American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)1991 – John Tower , American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)
1992 – Sam Walton , American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)1993 – Divya Bharti , Indian actress (b. 1974)1994 – Kurt Cobain , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)1994 – Roy Smeck , American country musician (b. 1900)
1995 – Françoise Loranger , Canadian playwright and producer (b. 1913)1996 – Larry LaPrise , American songwriter (b. 1913)1997 – Allen Ginsberg , American poet (b. 1926)1998 – Cozy Powell , English drummer (b. 1947)1999 – Paul David , Canadian cardiologist and politician (b. 1919)2000 – Lee Petty , American race car driver (b. 1914)2001 – Brother Theodore , German-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1906)2002 – Layne Staley , American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)2004 – Sławomir Rawicz , Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)2004 – Heiner Zieschang , German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2005 – Saul Bellow , Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)2005 – Dale Messick , American author and illustrator (b. 1906)
2005 – John Sichel , French-English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005 – Neil Welliver , American painter (b. 1929)
2006 – Allan Kaprow , American painter and educator (b. 1927)2006 – Gene Pitney , American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2007 – Maria Gripe , Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)2007 – Leela Majumdar , Indian author and academic (b. 1908)
2007 – Mark St. John , American guitarist (b. 1956)
2007 – Darryl Stingley , American football player and scout (b. 1951)
2007 – Poornachandra Tejaswi , Indian ornithologist, author, and photographer (b. 1938)
2008 – Charlton Heston , American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)2009 – Constantine Papadakis , Greek-American businessman and academic (b. 1946)2012 – Joe Avezzano , American football player and coach (b. 1943)2012 – Jim Herr , American businessman, founded Herr's Snacks (b. 1924)
2012 – Jim Marshall , English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
2012 – Gil Noble , American journalist and producer (b. 1932)
2012 – Peter Tapsell , New Zealand surgeon and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Defence (b. 1930)
2012 – Bingu wa Mutharika , Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)
2013 – Regina Bianchi , Italian actress (b. 1921)2013 – Amnon Dankner , Israeli journalist and author (b. 1946)
2013 – Piero de Palma , Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Dave Hunt , American radio host and author (b. 1926)
2013 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan , Indian historian and academic (b. 1946)
2013 – David Kuo , American journalist and author (b. 1968)
2013 – Nikolaos Pappas , Greek admiral and politician, Greek Minister for Mercantile Marine (b. 1930)
2014 – Alan Davie , Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)2014 – Peter Matthiessen , American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review
2014 – Gordon Smith , Scottish footballer (b. 1954)
2014 – José Wilker , Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2015 – Fredric Brandt , American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)2015 – Juan Carlos Cáceres , Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)
2015 – Richard Dysart , American actor (b. 1929)
2015 – Steve Rickard , New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1929)
2015 – Julie Wilson , American actress and singer (b. 1924)
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