September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 109 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
585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus , king of Rome , celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines , and the surrender of Collatia .509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.379 – Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th Ajaw of Tikal 533 – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum , near Carthage , North Africa.1229 – Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia .1437 – Battle of Tangier : a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier .1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David .1504 – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real ) to be built.1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism .1584 – San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.1609 – Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River .1645 – Battle of Philiphaugh Covenanters win the day over the royalists.1743 – Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms .1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham : the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War , known in the United States as the French and Indian War .1782 – American Revolutionary War : Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar .1788 – The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.1791 – King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution .1808 – Finnish War : In the Battle of Jutas , Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians , making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.1812 – War of 1812 : A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows .1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore . During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem .1843 – The Greek Army rebels (OS date : September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece , demanding the granting of a constitution.1847 – Mexican–American War : Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec . American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.1848 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1 1 ⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.1850 – First ascent of Piz Bernina , the highest summit of the eastern Alps.1862 – American Civil War : Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee 's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland . It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam .1882 – Anglo-Egyptian War : The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film .1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.1899 – Mackinder , Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya .
1900 – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa , during the Philippine–American War .1906 – First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.1914 – World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia ) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station .1914 – World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
1922 – The final act of the Greco-Turkish War , the Great Fire of Smyrna , commences.1923 – Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship .1933 – Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament .1935 – Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York–Ontario) .1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign . U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.1948 – Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union .1948 – Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator , and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .1956 – The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage .
1964 – South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh .1968 – Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact .1971 – State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt .1971 – Chairman Mao Zedong 's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia , killing all aboard.
1979 – South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).1985 – Super Mario Bros. NES , which starts the Super Mario 1987 – Goiânia accident : A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia , Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning .1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure ).1989 – Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu .1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks .2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly .2008 – Delhi , India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts , resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States , causing heavy damage to Galveston Island , Houston , and surrounding areas.
2013 – Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat , Afghanistan , with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
Births
64 – Julia Flavia , Roman daughter of Titus (d. 91)678 – K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III , Mayan ruler (d. 730)1087 – John II Komnenos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)1475 – Cesare Borgia , Italian cardinal (d. 1507)1502 – John Leland , English poet and historian (d. 1552)1521 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1598)1583 – Girolamo Frescobaldi , Italian pianist and composer (d. 1643)1594 – Francesco Manelli , Italian theorbo player and composer (d. 1667)1604 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet , English commander and politician (d. 1661)1755 – Oliver Evans , American inventor, engineer and businessman (d. 1819)1802 – Arnold Ruge , German philosopher and author (d. 1880)1813 – John Sedgwick , American general and educator (d. 1864)1819 – Clara Schumann , German pianist and composer (d. 1896)1830 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Austrian author (d. 1916)1842 – John H. Bankhead , American soldier and politician (d. 1920)1851 – Walter Reed , American physician and biologist (d. 1902)1857 – Michał Drzymała , Polish rebel and activist (d. 1937)1857 – Milton S. Hershey , American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
1860 – John J. Pershing , American general and lawyer (d. 1948)1865 – William Birdwood , Indian-English field marshal (d. 1951)1872 – Kijūrō Shidehara , Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)1873 – Constantin Carathéodory , German mathematician and author (d. 1950)1874 – Henry F. Ashurst , American lawyer and politician (d. 1962)1874 – Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian composer and painter (d. 1951)
1876 – Sherwood Anderson , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1941)1877 – Wilhelm Filchner , German-Swiss explorer (d. 1957)1877 – Stanley Lord , English captain (d. 1962)
1880 – Jesse L. Lasky , American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (d. 1958)1882 – Ramón Grau , Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (d. 1969)1883 – LeRoy Samse , American pole vaulter (d. 1956)1885 – Wilhelm Blaschke , Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)1886 – Amelie Beese , German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925)1886 – Robert Robinson , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1887 – Leopold Ružička , Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)1890 – Antony Noghès , French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (d. 1978)1891 – Max Pruss , German captain and pilot (d. 1960)1893 – Larry Shields , American clarinet player (d. 1953)1894 – J. B. Priestley , English novelist and playwright (d. 1984)1894 – Julian Tuwim , Polish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1953)
1895 – Morris Kirksey , American rugby player and sprinter (d. 1981)1898 – Roger Désormière , French conductor and composer (d. 1963)1898 – C. Sittampalam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
1899 – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu , Romanian politician (d. 1938)1903 – Claudette Colbert , French-American actress (d. 1996)1904 – Gladys George , American actress (d. 1954)1908 – Chu Berry , American saxophonist (d. 1941)1908 – Karolos Koun , Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)
1908 – Sicco Mansholt , Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
1908 – Mae Questel , American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)
1909 – Ray Bowden , English footballer (d. 1998)1909 – Frits Thors , Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1911 – Bill Monroe , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)1912 – Maurice K. Goddard , American colonel and politician (d. 1995)1912 – Reta Shaw , American actress (d. 1982)
1914 – Leonard Feather , English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)1916 – Roald Dahl , British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)1917 – Carol Kendall , American historian and author (d. 2012)1917 – Robert Ward , American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1918 – Ray Charles , American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015)1918 – Dick Haymes , Argentinian actor and singer (d. 1980)
1919 – Mary Midgley , English philosopher and author1919 – George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld , Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1920 – Else Holmelund Minarik , Danish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)1922 – Charles Brown , American singer and pianist (d. 1999)1922 – Caroline Duby Glassman , American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
1923 – Édouard Boubat , French photographer and journalist (d. 1999)1924 – Harold Blair , Australian tenor and educator (d. 1976)1924 – Scott Brady , American actor (d. 1985)
1924 – Maurice Jarre , French composer and conductor (d. 2009)
1925 – Mel Tormé , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)1926 – Andrew Brimmer , American economist and academic (d. 2012)1926 – Emile Francis , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1926 – J. Frank Raley Jr. , American soldier and politician (d. 2012)
1927 – Tzannis Tzannetakis , Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)1928 – Robert Indiana , American painter and sculptor1930 – Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron , English publisher and philanthropist (d. 2015)1931 – Barbara Bain , American actress1931 – Robert Bédard , Canadian tennis player and sportscaster
1931 – Marjorie Jackson-Nelson , Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
1931 – Rein Maran , Estonian cinematographer
1932 – Fernando González Pacheco , Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (d. 2014)1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý , Czech actor (d. 2012)
1932 – Bengt Hallberg , Swedish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1933 – Eileen Fulton , American actress1933 – Donald Mackay , Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
1933 – Lewie Steinberg , American bass player (d. 2016)
1934 – Tony Pickard , English tennis player and coach1936 – Stefano Delle Chiaie , Italian activist, founded National Vanguard 1937 – Don Bluth , American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios 1938 – John Smith , Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)1939 – Arleen Auger , American soprano and educator (d. 1993)1939 – Guntis Ulmanis , Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
1939 – Joel-Peter Witkin , American photographer
1940 – Óscar Arias , Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica , Nobel Prize laureate1940 – Kerry Stokes , Australian businessman
1941 – Tadao Ando , Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas , English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Ahmet Necdet Sezer , Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
1942 – Michel Côté , Canadian businessman and politician1943 – Mildred D. Taylor , American author1944 – Carol Barnes , English journalist (d. 2008)1944 – Jacqueline Bisset , English actress and producer
1944 – Peter Cetera , American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1944 – Midget Farrelly , Australian surfer (d. 2016)
1944 – Leslie Harvey , Scottish guitarist (d. 1972)
1945 – Noël Godin , Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter1945 – Andres Küng , Swedish journalist and politician (d. 2002)
1946 – Frank Marshall , American director and producer1948 – Nell Carter , American actress and singer (d. 2003)1948 – Dimitri Nanopoulos , Greek physicist and academic
1948 – Sitiveni Rabuka , Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
1949 – John W. Henry , American businessman1950 – Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz , Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland 1950 – Pat Holland , English footballer and manager
1950 – Jeff Lowe , American mountaineer
1951 – Anne Devlin , Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter1951 – Jean Smart , American actress
1952 – Don Was , American bass player and producer1954 – Steve Kilbey , English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player1955 – Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan , English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics 1955 – Joe Morris , American guitarist and composer
1956 – Alain Ducasse , French-Moroccan chef1956 – Anne Geddes , Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
1957 – Judy Blumberg , American ice dancer and sportscaster1957 – Mal Donaghy , Irish footballer and manager
1957 – Brad Hooker , English-American philosopher and academic
1957 – Eleanor King , English lawyer and judge
1957 – John G. Trueschler , American lawyer and politician
1957 – Mark Wiebe , American golfer
1958 – Bobby Davro , English comedian and actor1958 – Paweł Przytocki , Polish conductor and academic
1958 – Kōji Tamaki , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1959 – Tatyana Mitkova , Russian journalist1961 – Dave Mustaine , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1961 – KK Null , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Peter Roskam , American lawyer and politician
1962 – Neal Lancaster , American golfer1963 – Yuri Alexandrov , Russian boxer (d. 2013)1963 – Antony Galione , Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford
1963 – Theodoros Roussopoulos , Greek journalist and politician
1963 – Robin Smith , South African-English cricketer
1964 – Tavis Smiley , American talk show host, journalist, and author1965 – Annie Duke , American poker player and author1965 – Jeff Ross , American comedian, director, and author
1965 – Zak Starkey , English drummer
1966 – Maria Furtwängler , German physician and actress1966 – Brendan Hall , Australian rugby league player
1967 – Michael Johnson , American sprinter and journalist1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Stephen Perkins , American drummer and songwriter
1968 – Brad Johnson , American football player1968 – Bernie Williams , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
1969 – Tyler Perry , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1969 – Shane Warne , Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1970 – Lee Abramson , American bass player and composer (d. 2016)1970 – Martín Herrera , Argentinian footballer
1970 – Louise Lombard , English actress
1971 – Ben Alexander , Australian rugby league player (d. 1992)1971 – Goran Ivanišević , Croatian tennis player and coach
1971 – Stella McCartney , English fashion designer
1971 – Manabu Namiki , Japanese pianist and composer
1973 – Christine Arron , French runner1973 – Fabio Cannavaro , Italian footballer and manager
1973 – Olve Eikemo , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Carlo Nash , English footballer and photographer
1974 – Travis Knight , American basketball player1974 – Éric Lapointe , Canadian football player
1974 – Craig Rivet , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Akihiro Asai , Japanese race car driver1975 – Joe Don Rooney , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Craig McMillan , New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster1976 – Elvis Mihailenko , Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
1976 – José Théodore , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977 – Fiona Apple , American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist1977 – Ivan De Battista , Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
1977 – Daisuke Tsuda , Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer
1978 – Swizz Beatz , American rapper and producer1978 – Peter Sunde , Swedish businessman, co-founded Flattr and The Pirate Bay
1979 – Geike Arnaert , Belgian singer1979 – Tony Henry , English footballer
1980 – Andreas Biermann , German footballer (d. 2014)1980 – Han Chae-young , South Korean actress
1980 – Daisuke Matsuzaka , Japanese baseball player
1980 – Evangelos Nastos , Greek footballer
1980 – Viren Rasquinha , Indian field hockey player
1981 – Koldo Fernández , Spanish cyclist1981 – Angelina Love , Canadian-American wrestler
1982 – Nenê , Brazilian basketball player1982 – Lloyd Dyer , English footballer
1982 – Rickie Weeks , American baseball player
1982 – Miha Zupan , Slovenian basketball player
1983 – James Bourne , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1983 – Molly Crabapple , American illustrator and journalist
1983 – Ryan Del Monte , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Eduard Ratnikov , Estonian footballer
1984 – Nabil Abou-Harb , American director, producer, and screenwriter1984 – Baron Corbin , American wrestler
1985 – David Jordan , English singer-songwriter1985 – Tom Learoyd-Lahrs , Australian rugby league player
1986 – Steve Colpaert , Belgian footballer1986 – Derek Hardman , American football player
1986 – Kamui Kobayashi , Japanese race car driver
1986 – Sean Williams , American basketball player
1987 – Edenilson Bergonsi , Brazilian footballer1987 – Jonathan de Guzmán , Canadian-Dutch footballer
1987 – Luke Fitzgerald , Irish rugby player
1987 – Tsvetana Pironkova , Bulgarian tennis player
1988 – Luis Rentería , Panamanian footballer (d. 2014)1988 – Keith Treacy , Irish footballer
1989 – Elysée Irié Bi Séhi , Ivorian footballer1989 – Kenny Edwards , New Zealand rugby league player
1989 – Jon Mannah , Australian rugby league player (d. 2013)
1989 – Thomas Müller , German footballer
1989 – William Owusu , Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Aoi Nakabeppu , Japanese model and actress1990 – Luciano Narsingh , Dutch footballer
1991 – Ksenia Afanasyeva , Russian gymnast1992 – Remy Põld , Estonian basketball player1993 – Niall Horan , Irish singer-songwriter1994 – Cameron Munster , Australian rugby league player
Deaths
81 – Titus , Roman emperor (b. 39)1506 – Andrea Mantegna , Italian painter and engraver (b. 1431)1557 – John Cheke , English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1514)1592 – Michel de Montaigne , French philosopher and author (b. 1533)1598 – Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)1632 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (b. 1586)1759 – James Wolfe , English general (b. 1727)1766 – Benjamin Heath , English scholar and author (b. 1704)1800 – Claude Martin , French-English general and explorer (b. 1735)1806 – Charles James Fox , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1749)1808 – Saverio Bettinelli , Italian poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1718)1813 – Hezqeyas , Ethiopian emperor1847 – Nicolas Oudinot , French general (b. 1767)1871 – İbrahim Şinasi , Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach , German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)1881 – Ambrose Burnside , American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)1885 – Friedrich Kiel , German composer and educator (b. 1821)1894 – Emmanuel Chabrier , French pianist and composer (b. 1841)1905 – René Goblet , French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)1910 – Rajanikanta Sen , Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)1912 – Joseph Furphy , Australian author and poet (b. 1843)1912 – Nogi Maresuke , Japanese general (b. 1849)
1913 – Aurel Vlaicu , Romanian pilot and engineer (b. 1882)1915 – Andrew L. Harris , American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)1928 – Italo Svevo , Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)1929 – Jatindra Nath Das , Indian activist (b. 1904)1931 – Lili Elbe , Danish model and painter (b. 1882)1937 – David Robertson , Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)1941 – Elias Disney , Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)1944 – W. Heath Robinson , English cartoonist (b. 1872)1946 – Amon Göth , Austrian captain (b. 1908)1946 – Eugene Lanceray , Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
1946 – William Watt , Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
1949 – August Krogh , Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)1953 – Mary Brewster Hazelton , American painter (b. 1868)1960 – Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)1967 – Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden , Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)1967 – Robert George , English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
1967 – Leonard Lord , English businessman (b. 1896)
1971 – Lin Biao , Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)1973 – Betty Field , American actress (b. 1913)1973 – Sajjad Zaheer , Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
1975 – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer , Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)1976 – Armand Mondou , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)1976 – Albert Tessier , Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
1977 – Leopold Stokowski , English conductor (b. 1882)1982 – Reed Crandall , American illustrator (b. 1917)1985 – Dane Rudhyar , French-American astrologer, composer, and author (b. 1895)1987 – Mervyn LeRoy , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1900)1991 – Robert Irving , English soldier and conductor (b. 1913)1991 – Metin Oktay , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1936)
1991 – Joe Pasternak , Hungarian-American production manager and producer (b. 1901)
1993 – Carl Voss , American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1907)1996 – Tupac Shakur , American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1971)1997 – Georges Guétary , Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1915)1997 – Georgios Mitsibonas , Greek footballer (b. 1962)
1998 – Necdet Calp , Turkish civil servant and politician (b. 1922)1998 – Harry Lumley , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
1998 – Frank Renouf , New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
1998 – George Wallace , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
1999 – Benjamin Bloom , American psychologist and academic (b. 1913)2000 – Betty Jeffrey , Australian nurse and author (b. 1908)2001 – Johnny Craig , American sailor and illustrator (b. 1926)2001 – Jaroslav Drobný , Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
2002 – George Stanley , Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)2003 – Frank O'Bannon , American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)2004 – Luis E. Miramontes , Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (b. 1925)2005 – Toni Fritsch , Austrian footballer (b. 1945)2005 – Julio César Turbay Ayala , Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (b. 1916)
2006 – Ann Richards , American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)2007 – Whakahuihui Vercoe , New Zealand archbishop (b. 1928)2009 – Paul Burke , American actor (b. 1926)2011 – Walter Bonatti , Italian mountaineer and journalist (b. 1930)2012 – William Duckworth , American composer and author (b. 1943)2012 – Peter Lougheed , Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (b. 1928)
2012 – Edgar Metcalfe , English-Australian actor and director (b. 1933)
2012 – Ranganath Misra , Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (b. 1926)
2013 – Olusegun Agagu , Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (b. 1948)2013 – Robert J. Behnke , American biologist and academic (b. 1929)
2013 – Rick Casares , American football player (b. 1931)
2013 – Luiz Gushiken , Brazilian trade union leader and politician (b. 1950)
2014 – Benjamin Adekunle , Nigerian general (b. 1936)2014 – Helen Filarski , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2014 – Milan Galić , Serbian footballer (b. 1938)
2014 – Frank Torre , American baseball player and manager (b. 1931)
2015 – Vivinho , Brazilian footballer (b. 1961)2015 – Erma Bergmann , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2015 – Brian Close , English cricketer and coach (b. 1931)
2015 – Moses Malone , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955)
2016 – Jonathan Riley-Smith , British historian (b. 1938)
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