April 6 is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 269 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
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus .402 – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia .1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.1250 – Seventh Crusade : Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur .1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath .1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon .1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz , is made king John I of Portugal .1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29 .1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope , Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town .1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway .1776 – American Revolutionary War : Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat .1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand ) founds the Chakri dynasty.1793 – During the French Revolution , the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company , that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz . This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon -led France.1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration ; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba .1830 – Church of Christ , the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement , is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York .1841 – U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison 's death.1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , later renamed Community of Christ , is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois .1861 – First performance of Arthur Sullivan 's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest Gilbert and Sullivan operas.1862 – American Civil War : The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee , forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston .1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek : Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign .1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic , an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.1869 – Celluloid is patented.1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College .1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff .1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel , London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry .1896 – In Athens , the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I .1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole .1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq , Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj , leader of the Malësori Albanians , raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi , Montenegro , for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg ).1917 – World War I : The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress ).1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike .1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines ).1929 – Huey P. Long , Governor of Louisiana , is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives .1930 – Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire ," beginning the Salt Satyagraha .1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak : Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia , killing 203.1941 – World War II : Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans .1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines .1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms ' First Piano Concerto .1965 – Launch of Early Bird , the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit .1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
1968 – In Richmond, Indiana 's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election , and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
1970 – Newhall massacre : Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.1972 – Vietnam War : Easter Offensive : American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft .1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter .
1974 – The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo ", launching their international career.1979 – Student protests break out in Nepal .1984 – Members of Cameroon 's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya .1992 – The Bosnian War begins.1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp , and the merger is completed on October 8 , of that year, forming Citibank .
2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment .2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.2008 – The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila , Italy, killing 307.2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district , India.2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas , Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas .2012 – Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali .
Births
1483 – Raphael , Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)1651 – André Dacier , French scholar and academic (d. 1722)1660 – Johann Kuhnau , German organist and composer (d. 1722)1664 – Arvid Horn , Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (d. 1742)1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau , French poet and playwright (d. 1741)1672 – André Cardinal Destouches , French composer (d. 1749)1706 – Louis de Cahusac , French playwright and composer (d. 1759)1708 – Johann Georg Reutter , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1772)1725 – Pasquale Paoli , French soldier and politician (d. 1807)1726 – Gerard Majella , Italian saint (d. 1755)1741 – Nicolas Chamfort , French author and playwright (d. 1794)1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell , German painter and educator (d. 1853)1773 – James Mill , Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (d. 1836)1810 – Philip Henry Gosse , English biologist and academic (d. 1888)1812 – Alexander Herzen , Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870)1815 – Robert Volkmann , German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1883)1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje , Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870)1820 – Nadar , French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910)1823 – Joseph Medill , Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)1824 – George Waterhouse , English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)1826 – Gustave Moreau , French painter and academic (d. 1898)1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan , French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)1852 – Will Crooks , English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921)1855 – Charles Huot , Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)1857 – Arthur Wesley Dow , American painter and photographer (d. 1922)1860 – René Lalique , French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945)1861 – Stanislas de Guaita , French poet and author (d. 1897)1864 – William Bate Hardy , English biologist and academic (d. 1934)1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau , Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)1869 – Levon Shant , Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951)1878 – Erich Mühsam , German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934)1881 – Karl Staaf , Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953)1884 – J. G. Parry-Thomas , Welsh race car driver and engineer (d. 1927)1886 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d. 1972)1886 – Walter Dandy , American physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1946)
1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII , Indian ruler (d. 1967)
1888 – Hans Richter , Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (d. 1976)1888 – Gerhard Ritter , German historian and academic (d. 1967)
1890 – Anthony Fokker , Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (d. 1939)1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. , American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (d. 1981)1892 – Lowell Thomas , American journalist and author (d. 1981)
1894 – Gertrude Baines , American super-centenarian (d. 2009)1895 – Dudley Nichols , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960)1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne , French painter and author (d. 1920)1900 – Leo Robin , American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati , Italian activist (d. 1925)1902 – Julien Torma , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)1903 – Mickey Cochrane , American baseball player and manager (d. 1962)1903 – Harold Eugene Edgerton , American engineer and academic (d. 1990)
1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger , German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988)1904 – Erwin Komenda , Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966)
1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais , Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)1909 – William M. Branham , American minister and theologian (d. 1965)1909 – Hermann Lang , German race car driver (d. 1987)
1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen , German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune , American geographer and academic (d. 1993)1915 – Tadeusz Kantor , Polish director, painter, and set designer (d. 1990)1916 – Phil Leeds , American actor (d. 1998)1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey , American geologist and author (d. 1987)
1917 – Leonora Carrington , English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (d. 1982)1919 – Georgios Mylonas , Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998)1920 – Jack Cover , American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (d. 2009)1920 – Edmond H. Fischer , Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 – Wilbur Thompson , American shot putter (d. 2013)1923 – Herb Thomas , American race car driver (d. 2000)1926 – Sergio Franchi , Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990)1926 – Gil Kane , Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1926 – Ian Paisley , Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014)
1926 – Randy Weston , American jazz pianist and composer
1927 – Gerry Mulligan , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996)1928 – James Watson , American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Willis Hall , English playwright and author (d. 2005)1929 – Joi Lansing , American model, actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972)
1929 – André Previn , American pianist, composer, and conductor
1931 – Ram Dass , American author and educator1931 – Ivan Dixon , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1932 – Connie Broden , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)1932 – Helmut Griem , German actor and director (d. 2004)
1933 – Roy Goode , English lawyer and academic1933 – Tom C. Korologos , American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium
1933 – Eduardo Malapit , American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (d. 2007)
1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix , Mexican actor (d. 1996)1934 – Anton Geesink , Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010)
1934 – Guy Peellaert , Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008)
1935 – Douglas Hill , Canadian author and critic (d. 2007)1936 – Helen Berman , Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator1936 – Jean-Pierre Changeux , French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic
1937 – Merle Haggard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)1937 – Tom Veivers , Australian cricketer and politician
1937 – Billy Dee Williams , American actor, singer, and writer
1938 – Paul Daniels , English magician and television host (d. 2016)1938 – Roy Thinnes , American actor
1939 – André Ouellet , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1939 – John Sculley , American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive
1940 – Homero Aridjis , Mexican journalist, author, and poet1940 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. , Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)
1941 – Christopher Allsopp , English economist and academic1941 – Phil Austin , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 – Hans W. Geißendörfer , German director and producer
1941 – Don Prudhomme , American race car driver and manager
1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir , Romanian flute player and composer
1942 – Barry Levinson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1943 – Max Clifford , English journalist and publicist1943 – Roger Cook , New Zealand-English journalist and academic
1943 – Ian MacRae , New Zealand rugby player
1943 – Mitchell Melton , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1944 – Anita Pallenberg , Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer1944 – Felicity Palmer , English operatic soprano
1945 – Rodney Bickerstaffe , English trade union leader1945 – Peter Hill , English journalist
1946 – Paul Beresford , New Zealand-English dentist and politician1947 – John Ratzenberger , American actor and director1947 – André Weinfeld , French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Mike Worboys , English mathematician and computer scientist
1949 – Alyson Bailes , English academic and diplomat1949 – Patrick Hernandez , French singer-songwriter
1949 – Ng Ser Miang , Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat
1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Claire Morissette , Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007)1950 – Cleo Odzer , American anthropologist and author (d. 2001)
1951 – Bert Blyleven , Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster1951 – Jean-Marc Boivin , French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990)
1951 – Pascal Rogé , French pianist
1951 – Phil Schaap , American jazz disc jockey and historian
1952 – Udo Dirkschneider , German singer-songwriter1952 – Marilu Henner , American actress and author
1952 – Michel Larocque , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)
1953 – Patrick Doyle , Scottish actor and composer1953 – Christopher Franke , German-American drummer and songwriter
1955 – Rob Epstein , American director and producer1955 – Michael Rooker , American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Michele Bachmann , American lawyer and politician1956 – Normand Corbeil , Canadian composer (d. 2013)
1956 – Mudassar Nazar , Pakistani cricketer
1956 – Lee Scott , English politician
1956 – Sebastian Spreng , Argentinian-American painter and journalist
1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar , Indian cricketer and coach
1957 – Giorgio Damilano , Italian race walker and coach1957 – Maurizio Damilano , Italian race walker and coach
1957 – Jaroslava Maxová , Czech soprano and educator
1957 – Paolo Nespoli , Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
1958 – Graeme Base , Australian author and illustrator1959 – Gail Shea , Canadian politician1960 – Warren Haynes , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1960 – John Pizzarelli , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Rory Bremner , Scottish actor and screenwriter1961 – Peter Jackson , English footballer and manager
1962 – Iris Häussler , German sculptor and academic1962 – Marco Schällibaum , Swiss footballer, coach, and manager
1963 – Rafael Correa , Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador 1963 – Derrick May , American electronic musician, Techno music pioneer
1964 – Phil Gayle , English journalist1965 – Black Francis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1965 – Sterling Sharpe , American football player and sportscaster
1966 – Vince Flynn , American author (d. 2013)1966 – Young Man Kang , South Korean-American director and producer
1967 – Julian Anderson , English composer and educator1967 – Kathleen Barr , Canadian voice actress and singer
1967 – Tanya Byron , English psychologist and academic
1967 – Jonathan Firth , English actor
1968 – Archon Fung , American political scientist, author, and academic1968 – Affonso Giaffone , Brazilian race car driver
1969 – Bret Boone , American baseball player and manager1969 – Bison Dele , American basketball player (d. 2002)
1969 – Philipp Peter , Austrian race car driver
1969 – Paul Rudd , American actor
1969 – Spencer Wells , American geneticist and anthropologist
1970 – Olaf Kölzig , South African-German ice hockey player and coach1970 – Roy Mayorga , American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1970 – Huang Xiaomin , Chinese swimmer
1971 – Lou Merloni , American baseball player and radio host1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen , Danish director and screenwriter1972 – Dickey Simpkins , American basketball player and sportscaster
1973 – Donnie Edwards , American football player1973 – Randall Godfrey , American football player
1973 – Rie Miyazawa , Japanese model and actress
1973 – Sun Wen , Chinese footballer
1975 – Zach Braff , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1975 – Hal Gill , American ice hockey player
1976 – Candace Cameron Bure , American actress and talk show panelist1976 – James Fox , Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1976 – Chris Hoke , American football player
1976 – Georg Hólm , Icelandic bass player
1976 – Hirotada Ototake , Japanese author and educator
1977 – Ville Nieminen , Finnish ice hockey player1977 – Andy Phillips , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Imani Coppola , American singer-songwriter and violinist1978 – Tim Hasselbeck , American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Myleene Klass , English singer, pianist, and model
1978 – Martín Méndez , Uruguayan bass player and songwriter
1978 – Blaine Neal , American baseball player
1978 – Igor Semshov , Russian footballer
1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor , English journalist and financier1980 – Tommi Evilä , Finnish long jumper1981 – Robert Earnshaw , Welsh footballer1981 – Jeff Faine , American football player
1981 – Kari Jobe , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Alex Suarez , American bass player
1982 – Travis Moen , Canadian ice hockey player1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy , Moroccan footballer1983 – Jerome Kaino , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Mitsuru Nagata , Japanese footballer
1983 – Remi Nicole , English singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Katie Weatherston , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Max Bemis , American singer-songwriter1984 – Michaël Ciani , French footballer
1984 – Siboniso Gaxa , South African footballer
1985 – Clarke MacArthur , Canadian ice hockey player1985 – Frank Ongfiang , Cameroonian footballer
1985 – Sinqua Walls , American basketball player and actor
1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis , Cypriot footballer1986 – Aaron Curry , American football player
1986 – Goeido Gotaro , Japanese sumo wrestler
1986 – Ryota Moriwaki , Japanese footballer
1987 – Benjamin Corgnet , French footballer1987 – Heidi Mount , American model
1987 – Juan Adriel Ochoa , Mexican footballer
1987 – Levi Porter , English footballer
1987 – Hilary Rhoda , American model
1988 – Jucilei , Brazilian footballer1988 – Leigh Adams , Australian footballer
1988 – Daniele Gasparetto , Italian footballer
1988 – Carlton Mitchell , American football player
1988 – Fabrice Muamba , Congolese-English footballer
1988 – Ivonne Orsini , Puerto Rican-American model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
1989 – Rigard van Klooster , Dutch cyclist and speed skater1990 – Lachlan Coote , Australian rugby league player1990 – Charlie McDermott , American actor
1990 – Andrei Veis , Estonian footballer
1994 – Adrián Alonso , Mexican actor1995 – Darya Lebesheva , Belarusian tennis player1995 – Ryutaro Morimoto , Japanese actor and singer
Deaths
885 – Saint Methodius , Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)1147 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)1199 – Richard I of England (b. 1157)1340 – Basil of Trebizond 1362 – James I, Count of La Marche (b. 1319)1490 – Matthias Corvinus , Romanian-Hungarian husband of Beatrice of Naples (b. 1443)1520 – Raphael , Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)1528 – Albrecht Dürer , German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471)1551 – Joachim Vadian , Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484)1571 – John Hamilton , Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)1590 – Francis Walsingham , English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1532)1605 – John Stow , English historian and author (b. 1525)1655 – David Blondel , French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)1676 – John Winthrop the Younger , English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey , Irish-English politician (b. 1614)1707 – Willem van de Velde the Younger , Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)1755 – Richard Rawlinson , English minister and historian (b. 1690)1790 – Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky , Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)1829 – Niels Henrik Abel , Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)1833 – Adamantios Korais , Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)1838 – José Bonifácio de Andrada , Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)1860 – James Kirke Paulding , American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)1862 – Albert Sidney Johnston , American general (b. 1803)1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond , American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)1886 – William Edward Forster , English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)1899 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman , American physician and botanist (b. 1809)1906 – Alexander Kielland , Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)1913 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson , American poet and playwright (b. 1869)1947 – Herbert Backe , German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)1950 – Louis Wilkins , American pole vaulter (b. 1882)1953 – Idris Davies , Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)1959 – Leo Aryeh Mayer , Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)1961 – Jules Bordet , Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)1963 – Otto Struve , Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)1970 – Sam Sheppard , American wrestler and physician (b. 1923)1970 – Maurice Stokes , American basketball player (b. 1933)
1971 – Igor Stravinsky , Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)1974 – Willem Marinus Dudok , Dutch architect (b. 1884)1974 – Hudson Fysh , Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
1977 – Kōichi Kido , Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)1979 – Ivan Vasilyov , Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)1992 – Isaac Asimov , American science fiction writer (b. 1920)1994 – Juvénal Habyarimana , Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)1994 – Cyprien Ntaryamira , Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
1995 – Ioannis Alevras , Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)1996 – Greer Garson , English-American actress (b. 1904)1998 – Norbert Schmitz , German footballer (b. 1958)1998 – Wendy O. Williams , American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1949)
1998 – Tammy Wynette , American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
1999 – Red Norvo , American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)2000 – Habib Bourguiba , Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)2001 – Charles Pettigrew , American singer-songwriter (Charles & Eddie ) (b. 1963)2003 – David Bloom , American journalist (b. 1963)2003 – Anita Borg , American computer scientist, founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (b. 1949)
2003 – Gerald Emmett Carter , Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
2003 – Babatunde Olatunji , Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927)
2004 – Lou Berberet , American baseball player (b. 1929)2004 – Larisa Bogoraz , Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
2005 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)2006 – Maggie Dixon , American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)2006 – Francis L. Kellogg , American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)
2006 – Stefanos Stratigos , Greek actor and director (b. 1926)
2007 – Luigi Comencini , Italian director and producer (b. 1916)2009 – J. M. S. Careless , Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)2009 – Shawn Mackay , Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)
2010 – Wilma Mankiller , American tribal leader (b. 1945)2010 – Corin Redgrave , English actor (b. 1939)
2011 – Gerald Finnerman , American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)2012 – Roland Guilbault , American admiral (b. 1934)2012 – Thomas Kinkade , American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)
2012 – Fang Lizhi , Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Sheila Scotter , Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)
2012 – Reed Whittemore , American poet and critic (b. 1919)
2013 – Hilda Bynoe , Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (b. 1921)2013 – Bill Guttridge , English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2013 – Bigas Luna , Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2013 – Ottmar Schreiner , German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Mary Anderson , American actress (b. 1918)2014 – Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2014 – Liv Dommersnes , Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
2014 – Mickey Rooney , American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920)
2014 – Chuck Stone , American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)
2014 – Massimo Tamburini , Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)
2015 – Giovanni Berlinguer , Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)2015 – James Best , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015 – Ray Charles , American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918)
2015 – Dollard St. Laurent , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2016 – Merle Haggard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
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