April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 255 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
Events
1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII .1453 – Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople .1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, the island of Newfoundland and Labrador .1535 – The sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament .1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife .1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 – The former king, James II of England , now deposed, lays siege to Derry .1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War , a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II , abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben , wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza .1775 – American Revolutionary War : The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord .1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration 1792 – France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia ", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars .1800 – The Septinsular Republic is established.1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.1810 – The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton trial by battle is upheld.1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.1828 – René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter, and the first to return from, Timbuktu , following Major Gordon Laing .1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory .1861 – American Civil War : Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia .1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation .1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk , which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX 's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion .1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.1876 – The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War .1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus 1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride .1908 – Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League .1912 – Opening day for baseball 's Tiger Stadium in Detroit , and Fenway Park in Boston .1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.1918 – Manfred von Richthofen , a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR .1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.1945 – World War II : US troops capture Leipzig , Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union .1945 – World War II: Führerbunker : Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth .
1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations .1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba .1964 – BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station .1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech1972 – Apollo 16 , commanded by John Young , lands on the moon.1999 – Columbine High School massacre : Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado .2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting : William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA 's Johnson Space Center in Houston , Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months .2012 – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad , Pakistan.2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County , Ya'an , in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.2015 – Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland .
Births
1492 – Pietro Aretino , Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556)1494 – Johannes Agricola , German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)1586 – Rose of Lima , Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617)1633 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1654)1646 – Charles Plumier , French botanist and author (d. 1704)1650 – William Bedloe , English spy (d. 1680)1718 – David Brainerd , American missionary (d. 1747)1723 – Cornelius Harnett , American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)1727 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)1745 – Philippe Pinel , French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)1748 – Georg Michael Telemann , German composer and theologian (d. 1831)1772 – William Lawless , Irish revolutionary and French general (d. 1824)1808 – Napoleon III , French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)1816 – Bogoslav Šulek , Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)1818 – Heinrich Göbel , German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)1826 – Dinah Craik , English author and poet (d. 1887)1836 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. , American scientist and academic (d. 1895)1840 – Odilon Redon , French painter and illustrator (d. 1916)1850 – Daniel Chester French , American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)1851 – Siegmund Lubin , Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)1851 – Young Tom Morris , Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1860 – Justinien de Clary , French target shooter (d. 1933)1871 – Sydney Chapman , English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)1875 – Vladimir Vidrić , Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)1879 – Paul Poiret , French fashion designer (d. 1944)1882 – Holland Smith , American general (d. 1967)1884 – Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)1884 – Oliver Kirk , American boxer (d. 1960)
1884 – Daniel Varoujan , Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915)
1889 – Albert Jean Amateau , Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996)1889 – Harold Bache , English cricketer and lieutenant (d. 1916)
1889 – A. J. Balaban , American businessman, co-founded Balaban and Katz (d. 1962)
1889 – Robert Butler , Australian tailor and politician (d. 1950)
1889 – Walter Costello , American gangster (d. 1917)
1889 – Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)
1889 – Marie-Antoinette de Geuser , French mystic (d. 1918)
1889 – S. W. Harrington , American football player, coach, and physician (d. 1975)
1889 – Adolf Hitler , Austrian-German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)
1889 – Tonny Kessler , Dutch footballer (d. 1960)
1890 – Maurice Duplessis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)1890 – Adolf Schärf , Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (d. 1965)
1893 – Harold Lloyd , American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971)1893 – Joan Miró , Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)
1893 – Edna Parker , American super-centenarian (d. 2008)
1895 – Emile Christian , American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)1895 – Henry de Montherlant , French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972)
1896 – Wop May , Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)1899 – Alan Arnett McLeod , Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)1904 – Bruce Cabot , American actor (d. 1972)1907 – Miran Bux , Pakistani cricketer (d. 1991)1907 – Augoustinos Kantiotes , Greek bishop (d. 2010)
1908 – Lionel Hampton , American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)1910 – Fatin Rüştü Zorlu , Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961)1913 – Mimis Fotopoulos , Greek actor and poet (d. 1986)1913 – Willi Hennig , German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976)
1913 – Roger Rochard , French runner (d. 1993)
1914 – Betty Lou Gerson , American actress (d. 1999)1915 – Joseph Wolpe , South African-American psychotherapist and physician (d. 1997)1916 – Phil Walters , American race car driver and pilot (d. 2000)1916 – Nasiba Zeynalova , Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)
1918 – Edward L. Beach Jr. , American captain and author (d. 2002)1918 – Kai Siegbahn , Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1919 – Richard Hillary , Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)1920 – Clement Isong , Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State (d. 2000)1920 – Ronald Speirs , American colonel (d. 2007)
1920 – John Paul Stevens , American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1921 – Janine Sutto , French-Canadian actress1923 – Mother Angelica , American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)1923 – Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1923 – Tito Puente , American drummer and producer (d. 2000)
1924 – Nina Foch , Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)1924 – Leslie Phillips , English actor and producer
1924 – Guy Rocher , Canadian sociologist and academic
1925 – Ernie Stautner , German-American football player and coach (d. 2006)1925 – Elena Verdugo , American actress
1927 – Bud Cullen , Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration (d. 2005)1927 – Phil Hill , American race car driver (d. 2008)
1927 – K. Alex Müller , Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – Robert Byrne , American chess player and author (d. 2013)1928 – Johnny Gavin , Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1928 – Arvo Kruusement , Estonian actor and director
1929 – Harry Agganis , American baseball and football player (d. 1955)1929 – Bobby Hollander , American film director, actor, and magazine publisher (d. 2002)
1930 – Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor (d. 2014)1930 – Antony Jay , English director and screenwriter
1931 – Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby , English lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)1931 – John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles , English businessman and politician
1933 – Aimée Beekman , Estonian author1936 – Pauli Ellefsen , Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)1936 – Pat Roberts , American captain, journalist, and politician
1936 – Christopher Robinson , English organist and conductor
1937 – George Takei , American actor1937 – Antonios Kounadis , Greek discus thrower1937 – Jiří Dienstbier , Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2011)
1937 – Harvey Quaytman , American painter and educator (d. 2002)
1938 – Betty Cuthbert , Australian sprinter1938 – Manfred Kinder , German runner
1938 – Peter Snow , British historian and journalist
1938 – Eszter Tamási , Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1939 – Peter S. Beagle , American author and screenwriter1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland , Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
1939 – Johnny Tillotson , American singer-songwriter
1941 – Ryan O'Neal , American actor1942 – Giles Henderson , English lawyer and academic1942 – Arto Paasilinna , Finnish journalist and author
1943 – Alan Beith , English academic and politician1943 – John Eliot Gardiner , English conductor and director
1943 – Edie Sedgwick , American model and actress (d. 1971)
1944 – Toivo Aare , Estonian journalist and author (d. 1999)1945 – Michael Brandon , American actor and director1945 – Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden , English historian and author
1945 – Bobby Jameson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1945 – Judith O'Dea , American actress
1945 – Thein Sein , Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma
1945 – Steve Spurrier , American football player and coach
1945 – Naftali Temu , Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
1946 – Sandro Chia , Italian painter and sculptor1946 – Diane Elson , English sociologist and academic
1946 – Tommy Hutton , American baseball player and sportscaster
1946 – Julien Poulin , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Gordon Smiley , American race car driver (d. 1982)
1947 – Rita Dionne-Marsolais , Canadian economist and politician1947 – David Leland , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Ken Scott , English record producer and engineer
1947 – Björn Skifs , Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter
1947 – Viktor Suvorov , Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
1947 – Andrew Tobias , American journalist and author
1948 – Craig Frost , American pianist and songwriter1948 – Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll , Scottish colonel and politician, Lord High Constable of Scotland
1948 – Gregory Itzin , American actor
1948 – Matthias Kuhle , German geographer and academic (d. 2015)
1948 – Hugh Roberts , English historian and curator
1948 – Rémy Trudel , Canadian academic and politician
1949 – Veronica Cartwright , English-American actress1949 – Toller Cranston , Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015)
1949 – Massimo D'Alema , Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
1949 – Paul Heiney , English journalist and author
1949 – Jessica Lange , American actress
1950 – Steve Erickson , American author and critic1950 – Alexander Lebed , Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
1950 – Robert Mair , English engineer and academic
1950 – N. Chandrababu Naidu , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1950 – Milt Wilcox , American baseball player
1951 – Luther Vandross , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)1952 – Andrew Jaspan , English-Australian journalist and academic1952 – Louka Katseli , Greek economist and politician
1952 – Božidar Maljković , Serbian basketball player and coach
1952 – Eric Pickles , English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1952 – J. Thiviyanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
1953 – Sebastian Faulks , English journalist and author1953 – Carrie Mae Weems , American photographer
1954 – Gilles Lupien , Canadian ice hockey player and agent1954 – Peter Toohey , Australian cricketer
1955 – Donald Pettit , American engineer and astronaut1956 – Beatrice Ask , Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice 1956 – Kakha Bendukidze , Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (d. 2014)
1957 – Aviva Chomsky , American historian and author1957 – Geraint Wyn Davies , Welsh-American actor1957 – Graeme Fowler , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957 – Bryan Illerbrun , Canadian football player (d. 2013)
1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov , Russian ice hockey player and coach1960 – Debbie Flintoff-King , Australian hurdler and coach1960 – Rodney Holman , American football player and coach
1961 – Frances Adamson , Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to China 1961 – Don Mattingly , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1961 – Corrado Micalef , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Mike Pniewski , American actor and public speaker
1962 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf , American comedian and actor (d. 2001)1963 – Aubrey de Grey , English gerontologist and author1963 – Maurício Gugelmin , Brazilian race car driver
1963 – Rachel Whiteread , English sculptor
1964 – John Carney , American football player1964 – Crispin Glover , American actor
1964 – Andy Serkis , English actor and director
1964 – Rosalynn Sumners , American figure skater
1965 – Kostis Chatzidakis , Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism 1965 – Adrián Fernández , Mexican race car driver
1965 – April March , American singer-songwriter and animator
1966 – David Chalmers , Australian philosopher and academic1966 – David Filo , American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1966 – Vincent Riendeau , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Mike Portnoy , American drummer1968 – Julia Morris , Australian actress and producer1968 – Yelena Välbe , Russian skier and manager
1968 – Roman Virastyuk , Ukrainian shot putter
1969 – Felix Baumgartner , Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper1970 – Sarantuya , Mongolian soprano1970 – Francis Campbell , Northern Irish academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Holy See
1970 – Avishai Cohen , Israeli singer-songwriter and bassist
1970 – Sarah Gavron , English director and producer
1970 – Shemar Moore , American actor
1971 – Carla Geurts , Dutch swimmer, physiologist, and academic1971 – Allan Houston , American basketball player and manager
1971 – Nikos Kyzeridis , Greek footballer
1971 – John Senden , Australian golfer
1972 – Lê Huỳnh Đức , Vietnamese footballer, coach, and manager1972 – Carmen Electra , American model and actress
1972 – Željko Joksimović , Serbian singer-songwriter, and producer
1972 – Marko Kon , Serbian singer-songwriter
1972 – Stephen Marley , American singer, guitarist, and producer
1973 – Todd Hollandsworth American baseball player and sportscaster1973 – Geoff Lloyd , English radio host
1973 – Lamond Murray , American basketball player
1974 – Tina Cousins , English singer-songwriter and model1974 – Urmas Paet , Estonian journalist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1975 – Benjamin Butler , American painter1976 – Aldo Bobadilla , Paraguayan footballer1976 – Shay Given , Irish footballer and manager
1976 – Joey Lawrence , American actor, game show host and singer
1976 – Chris Mason , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Lenka Němečková , Czech tennis player
1977 – Jon Hugger , American wrestler1977 – Meelis Rooba , Estonian footballer and manager
1978 – Clayne Crawford , American actor, director, and producer1978 – Rebecca Makkai , American novelist and short story writer
1978 – Mirei Kuroda , Japanese model and actress
1979 – Ludovic Magnin , Swiss footballer and coach1979 – Nate Marquardt , American mixed martial artist
1979 – Tatyana Polnova , Russian pole vaulter
1979 – Gregor Tait , Scottish swimmer
1980 – Gunta Baško , Latvian basketball player1980 – Chris Duffy , American baseball player
1980 – Arin Paul , Indian director and screenwriter
1982 – Jacqueline Govaert , Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist1982 – Sayaka Kamiya , Japanese actress and model
1982 – Dario Knežević , Croatian footballer
1982 – Alar Varrak , Estonian basketball player and coach
1983 – Danny Granger , American basketball player1983 – Sebastian Ingrosso , Swedish DJ and producer
1983 – Miranda Kerr , Australian model
1983 – Patrice M'Bock , Cameroonian footballer
1983 – Erik Segerstedt , Swedish singer
1983 – Yuri van Gelder , Dutch gymnast
1984 – Nelson Évora , Ivorian-Portuguese triple jumper1984 – Edixon Perea , Colombian footballer
1984 – Jenna Shoemaker , American triathlete
1984 – Harris Wittels , American comedian, writer, and actor (d. 2015)
1985 – Curt Hawkins , American wrestler1985 – Brent Seabrook , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Cameron Duncan , New Zealand director and screenwriter (d. 2003)1988 – Brandon Belt , American baseball player1989 – Heejun Han , South Korean-American singer and actor1989 – Sergei Zenjov , Estonian footballer
1990 – Luhan , Chinese singer, dancer, and actor1991 – Luke Kuechly , American football player1992 – Kristian Álvarez , Mexican footballer1992 – Marko Meerits , Estonian footballer
1995 – Jean Marie Dongou , Cameroonian footballer
Deaths
689 – Cædwalla , king of Wessex (b. 659)767 – Taichō , Japanese monk (b. 682)888 – Xi Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 862)1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1130)1248 – Güyük Khan , Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1206)1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)1521 – Zhengde , Chinese emperor (b. 1491)1534 – Elizabeth Barton , English nun and martyr (b. 1506)1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen , German priest and theologian (b. 1485)1643 – Christoph Demantius , German composer and poet (b. 1567)1703 – Lancelot Addison , English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)1769 – Chief Pontiac , American tribal leader (b. 1720)1831 – John Abernethy , English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)1873 – William Tite , English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)1874 – Alexander H. Bailey , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)1881 – William Burges , English architect and designer (b. 1827)1886 – Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville , French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)1887 – Muhammad Sharif Pasha , Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)1899 – Joseph Wolf , German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)1902 – Joaquim de Sousa Andrade , Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)1912 – Bram Stoker , Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)1927 – Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)1929 – Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet , Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)1932 – Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)1935 – John Cameron , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)1935 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon , English fashion designer (b. 1863)
1942 – Jüri Jaakson , Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)1944 – Elmer Gedeon , American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)1945 – Erwin Bumke , Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)1946 – Mae Busch , Australian actress (b. 1891)1947 – Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi , Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)1961 – Ado Vabbe , Estonian painter (b. 1892)1964 – Eddie Dyer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1899)1967 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)1968 – Rudolph Dirks , German-American illustrator (b. 1877)1969 – Vjekoslav Luburić , Croatian war criminal and Porajmos perpetrator (b. 1911)1975 – John Vachon , American photographer (b.1914)1980 – M. Canagaratnam , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)1982 – Archibald MacLeish , American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)1986 – Sibte Hassan , Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)1989 – Doru Davidovici , Romanian pilot (b. 1945)1990 – Arnold Alas , Estonian soldier and architect (b. 1911)1991 – Steve Marriott , English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Small Faces and Humble Pie ) (b. 1947)1991 – Don Siegel , American director and producer (b. 1912)
1992 – Marcel Albers , Dutch race car driver (b. 1967)1992 – Benny Hill , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1993 – Cantinflas , Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)1994 – Jean Carmet , French actor (b. 1920)1996 – Trần Văn Trà , Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)1996 – Christopher Robin Milne , English bookseller (b. 1920)
1999 – Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre :
1999 – Rick Rude , American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1958)
1999 – Señor Wences , Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
2001 – Giuseppe Sinopoli , Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)2002 – Alan Dale , American singer (b. 1925)2002 – Pierre Rapsat , Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2003 – Ruth Hale , American actress and playwright (b. 1908)2003 – Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
2003 – Bernard Katz , German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2004 – Lizzy Mercier Descloux , French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)2005 – Zygfryd Blaut , Polish footballer (b. 1943)2005 – Ea Jansen , Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2005 – Fumio Niwa , Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
2007 – Andrew Hill , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)2007 – Fred Fish , American computer programmer (b. 1952)
2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan , Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
2008 – Monica Lovinescu , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)2008 – VL Mike , American rapper (b. 1976)
2009 – Beata Asimakopoulou , Greek actress (b. 1932)2010 – Dorothy Height , American educator and activist (b. 1912)2011 – Tim Hetherington , English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)2011 – Chris Hondros , American photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
2011 – Madelyn Pugh , American writer (b. 1921)
2011 – Gerard Smith , American guitarist (b. 1974)
2012 – Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro , Mexican general (b. 1942)2012 – Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke , English soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2012 – Matt Branam , American engineer and academic (b. 1954)
2012 – George Cowan , American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
2012 – Bert Weedon , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2013 – Glenn Cannon , American actor and director (b. 1932)2013 – Peter Kane Dufault , American soldier and poet (b. 1923)
2013 – Jocasta Innes , Chinese-English journalist and author (b. 1934)
2013 – Rick Mather , American-English architect (b. 1937)
2013 – Howard Phillips , American politician (b. 1941)
2013 – Nosher Powell , English actor and boxer (b. 1928)
2014 – Mithat Bayrak , Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)2014 – Torrey C. Brown , American physician and politician (b. 1937)
2014 – Rubin Carter , American-Canadian boxer (b. 1937)
2014 – Alistair MacLeod , Canadian novelist and short story writer(b. 1936)
2014 – Benedikt Sarnov , Russian author and critic (b. 1927)
2014 – Peter Scoones , English photographer and cinematographer (b. 1937)
2014 – Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)
2015 – Richard Anthony , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)2015 – Doug Buffone , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1944)
2015 – Aharon Lichtenstein , French-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1933)
2015 – Frederic Morton , Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Bob St. Clair , American football player and politician (b. 1931)
2016 – Leonie Kramer , Australian academic (b. 1924)2016 – Chyna , American wrestler (b. 1969)
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