Day of the year
July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 163 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus .1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War .1674 – A Dutch assault on the French island of Martinique is repulsed against all odds.[ 2] 1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire , Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) : Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.1798 – French campaign in Egypt and Syria : Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman -Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids .1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium , first king of the Belgians .1861 – American Civil War : First Battle of Bull Run : At Manassas Junction, Virginia , the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri , Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.1873 – At Adair, Iowa , Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West .1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
1904 – Louis Rigolly , a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend , Belgium.1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California , killing 88 people.1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express Chicago , killing 12 people.1920 – The "Belfast Pogrom " begins two years of violence with the expulsion of thousands of Catholic shipyard, factory and linen mill workers from their jobs.[ 3] 1925 – Scopes Trial : In Dayton, Tennessee , high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).[ 4]
1936 – Spanish Civil War : The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia .[ 5] 1944 – World War II : Battle of Guam : American troops land on Guam , starting a battle that will end on August 10 .1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty .1951 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 disappears while flying from Vancouver to Tokyo . The aircraft and its 37 occupants are never found.[ 6] 1952 – The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.1954 – First Indochina War : The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam .1959 – NS Savannah , the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower 's "Atoms for Peace " initiative.1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox , the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox .
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka , becoming the world's first female head of government1961 – Mercury program : Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).1961 – Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya , Alaska killing six.[ 7]
1964 – A series of racial riots break out in Singapore. In the next six weeks, 23 die with 454 others injured.[ 8] 1969 – Apollo program : At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon , followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin .1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.1972 – The Troubles : Bloody Friday : The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway , Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre .1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs , the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland , is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War .1979 – Jay Silverheels , a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame .[ 9] 1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station , Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 Fujian , causing 25 people to die from suffocation.[ 10] 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis : The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan .2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo , Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.2005 – Four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupt part of London 's public transport system.2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal .2010 – President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act .[ 11] 2011 – NASA 's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center .[ 12] 2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.2019 – Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.[ 13] 2023 – The Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures, Greta Gerwig 's fantasy comedy Barbie Christopher Nolan 's epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer double feature .[ 14] [ 15] 2024 – US President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election .[ 16]
Births
Pre-1600
1616 – Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1676)1620 – Jean Picard , French astronomer (d. 1682)1648 – John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee , Scottish general (d. 1689)1654 – Pedro Calungsod , Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized (d. 1672)1664 – Matthew Prior , English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1721)[ 18] 1693 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle , English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1768)[ 19] 1710 – Paul Möhring , German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)1783 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon , French general (d. 1853)1808 – Simion Bărnuțiu , Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)1810 – Henri Victor Regnault , French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)1811 – Robert Mackenzie , Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1873)[ 20] 1816 – Paul Reuter , German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)[ 21] 1858 – Maria Christina of Austria (d. 1929)1858 – Lovis Corinth , German painter (d. 1925)[ 22]
1858 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe , New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941)
1863 – C. Aubrey Smith , English-American cricketer and actor (d. 1948)[ 23] 1866 – Carlos Schwabe , Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (d. 1926)1870 – Emil Orlík , Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer (d. 1932)[ 24] 1875 – Charles Gondouin , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)1880 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)[ 25] 1882 – David Burliuk , Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)[ 26] 1885 – Jacques Feyder , Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)1891 – Julius Saaristo , Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (d. 1969)1893 – Hans Fallada , German author (d. 1947)[ 27] 1896 – Sophie Bledsoe Aberle , American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (d. 1996)1898 – Sara Carter , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)[ 28] 1899 – Hart Crane , American poet (d. 1932)[ 29] 1899 – Ernest Hemingway , American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)[ 30]
1900 – Isadora Bennett , American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent (d. 1980)[ 31]
1903 – Russell Lee , American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)[ 32] 1903 – Roy Neuberger , American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)[ 33]
1908 – Jug McSpaden , American golfer and architect (d. 1996)[ 34] 1911 – Marshall McLuhan , Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)[ 35] 1911 – Umashankar Joshi , Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
1914 – Aleksander Kreek , Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1977)1917 – Alan B. Gold , Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)1920 – Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)[ 36] 1920 – Isaac Stern , Russian-American violinist and conductor (d. 2001)[ 37]
1920 – Jean Daniel , Algerian-French journalist and author (d. 2020)[ 38]
1921 – James Cooke Brown , American sociologist and author (d. 2000)1921 – John Horsley , English actor (d. 2014)[ 39]
1921 – Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa , Zulu sangoma (d. 2020)
1922 – Philomena Franz , German Romani author (d. 2022)[ 40]
1922 – Kay Starr , American singer (d. 2016)[ 41] 1922 – Mollie Sugden , English actress (d. 2009)[ 42]
1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus , Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1923 – Queenie Watts , English actress and singer (d. 1980)
1924 – Don Knotts , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2006)[ 43]
1925 – Johnny Peirson , Canadian hockey player (d. 2021)1926 – Paul Burke , American actor (d. 2009)[ 44] 1926 – Norman Jewison , Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2024)[ 45]
1926 – Rahimuddin Khan , Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan (d. 2022)[ 46]
1926 – Bill Pertwee , English actor (d. 2013)[ 47]
1926 – Karel Reisz , Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)[ 48]
1928 – Sky Low Low , Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)1929 – Bob Orton , American wrestler (d. 2006)1930 – Anand Bakshi , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)1930 – Helen Merrill , American singer[ 49]
1931 – Sonny Clark , American pianist and composer (d. 1963)[ 50] 1931 – Plas Johnson , American saxophonist[ 51]
1931 – Leon Schidlowsky , Chilean-Israeli painter and composer (d. 2022)
1932 – Kaye Stevens , American singer and actress (d. 2011)1933 – John Gardner , American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982)[ 52] 1934 – Chandu Borde , Indian cricketer and manager1934 – Jonathan Miller , English actor, director, and author (d. 2019)[ 53]
1935 – Norbert Blüm , German businessman and politician (d. 2020)1935 – Moe Drabowsky , Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
1937 – Eduard Streltsov , Soviet footballer (d. 1990)1938 – Les Aspin , American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)[ 54] 1938 – Anton Kuerti , Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor[ 55]
1938 – Janet Reno , American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General (d. 2016)[ 56]
1939 – Jamey Aebersold , American saxophonist and educator[ 57] 1939 – Kim Fowley , American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 2015)[ 58]
1939 – John Negroponte , English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1942 – Mallikarjun Kharge , Indian politician, 98th President of the Indian National Congress [ 59] 1943 – Fritz Glatz , Austrian race car driver (d. 2002)1943 – Edward Herrmann , American actor (d. 2014)[ 60]
1943 – Henry McCullough , Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016)[ 61]
1943 – Robert Shrum , American author and political advisor
1944 – John Atta Mills , Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)[ 62] 1944 – Buchi Emecheta , Nigerian author and academic (d. 2017)[ 63]
1944 – Paul Wellstone , American academic and politician (d. 2002)[ 64]
1945 – Wendy Cope , English poet, critic, and educator1945 – Geoff Dymock , Australian cricketer
1945 – Barry Richards , South African cricketer
1946 – Ken Starr , American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States (d. 2022)[ 65] 1946 – Timothy Harris , American author, screenwriter and producer
1947 – Chetan Chauhan , Indian cricketer and politician (d. 2020)[ 66] 1948 – Art Hindle , Canadian actor and director1948 – Cat Stevens , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Garry Trudeau , American cartoonist
1949 – Christina Hart , American playwright and actress1949 – Hirini Melbourne , New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2003)
1950 – Ubaldo Fillol , Argentinian footballer and coach1950 – Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer , English politician, Minister of State for Transport
1951 – Richard Gozney , English politician and diplomat, 30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man , 139th Governor of Bermuda 1951 – Robin Williams , American actor and comedian (d. 2014)[ 67]
1952 – John Barrasso , American physician and politician[ 68] 1952 – Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah , Malaysian economist
1953 – Eric Bazilian , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer1953 – Jeff Fatt , Australian keyboard player and actor
1953 – Bernie Fraser , New Zealand rugby player
1953 – Brian Talbot , English footballer and manager
1955 – Howie Epstein , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)[ 69] 1955 – Dannel Malloy , American lawyer and politician, 88th Governor of Connecticut
1955 – Taco , Indonesian-born Dutch singer and entertainer
1955 – Béla Tarr , Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Michael Connelly , American author1957 – Stefan Löfven , Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden 1957 – Jon Lovitz , American comedian, actor, and producer
1958 – Dave Henderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)1959 – Gene Miles , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster1959 – Reha Muhtar , Turkish journalist
1959 – Paul Vautin , Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1960 – Amar Singh Chamkila , Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)1960 – Veselin Matić , Serbian basketball player and coach
1960 – Fritz Walter , German footballer
1961 – Morris Iemma , Australian politician, 40th Premier of New South Wales 1961 – Jim Martin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale , English businessman1963 – Kevin Poole , English footballer and manager1963 – Giant Silva , Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
1964 – Steve Collins , Irish boxer and actor1964 – Ross Kemp , English actor and producer
1964 – Jens Weißflog , German ski jumper and journalist
1965 – Guðni Bergsson , Icelandic footballer and lawyer1965 – Mike Bordick , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1966 – Arija Bareikis , American actress1966 – Sarah Waters , Welsh author[ 70]
1968 – Brandi Chastain , American soccer player and sportscaster1968 – Aditya Srivastava , Indian actor
1968 – Lyle Odelein , Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Godfrey , American comedian and actor1969 – Klaus Graf , German race car driver
1969 – Emerson Hart , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969 – Isabell Werth , German equestrian
1970 – Michael Fitzpatrick , American singer-songwriter1971 – Emmanuel Bangué , French long jumper1971 – Charlotte Gainsbourg , English-French actress and singer
1971 – Nitzan Shirazi , Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1972 – Kimera Bartee , American baseball player (d. 2021)[ 71] 1972 – Korey Cooper , American singer and guitarist
1972 – Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner[ 72]
1974 – Geoff Jenkins , American baseball player and coach1974 – René Reinumägi , Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Christopher Barzak , American author and educator1975 – David Dastmalchian , American actor[ 73]
1975 – Cara Dillon , Irish singer-songwriter
1975 – Ravindra Pushpakumara , Sri Lankan cricketer
1975 – Mike Sellers , American football player
1976 – Cori Bush , American politician[ 74] 1976 – Jalmari Helander , Finnish film director and screenwriter[ 75]
1976 – Jaime Murray , English actress
1977 – Paul Casey , English golfer1978 – Justin Bartha , American actor1978 – Anderson da Silva Gibin , Brazilian footballer
1978 – Josh Hartnett , American actor
1978 – Julian Huppert , English academic and politician
1978 – Damian Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
1978 – Gary Teale , Scottish footballer
1979 – David Carr , American football player1979 – Tamika Catchings , American basketball player
1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel , Mexican footballer
1979 – Andriy Voronin , Ukrainian footballer
1980 – Jon Dorenbos , American football player[ 76] 1980 – Justin Griffith , American football player
1980 – Sandra Laoura , French skier
1980 – CC Sabathia , American baseball player
1980 – Yvonne Sampson , Australian journalist and sportscaster
1980 – Heath Scotland , Australian rules footballer[ 77]
1981 – Paloma Faith , English singer-songwriter and actress1981 – Anabelle Langlois , Canadian figure skater
1981 – Joaquín , Spanish footballer
1981 – Blake Lewis , American musician, American Idol contestant[ 78]
1981 – Romeo Santos , American singer-songwriter
1981 – Stefan Schumacher , German cyclist[ 79]
1982 – Jason Cram , Australian swimmer1982 – Mao Kobayashi , Japanese newscaster and actress (d. 2017)
1983 – Kellen Winslow II , American football player[ 80] 1984 – Jurrick Juliana , Dutch footballer1984 – Liam Ridgewell , English footballer
1985 – Mati Lember , Estonian footballer
1985 – Von Wafer , American basketball player
1986 – Anthony Annan , Ghanaian footballer1986 – Rebecca Ferguson , American-English singer-songwriter
1986 – Jason Thompson , American basketball player
1987 – Peter Doocy , American journalist[citation needed 1987 – Bilel Mohsni , French footballer
1987 – Jesús Zavala , Mexican footballer
1988 – KB , American rapper1988 – DeAndre Jordan , American basketball player[ 81]
1988 – Chris Mitchell , Scottish footballer (d. 2016)
1989 – Rory Culkin , American actor[ 82] 1989 – Marco Fabián , Mexican footballer
1989 – Juno Temple , English actress
1989 – Jamie Waylett , British actor[ 83]
1990 – Franck Elemba , Congolese athlete1990 – Chris Martin , English footballer
1990 – Jason Roy , South African-English cricketer
1990 – Erislandy Savón , Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer
1991 – Sara Sampaio , Portuguese model1992 – Jude Adjei-Barimah , Italian-American football player[ 84] 1992 – Jessica Barden , English actress
1992 – Julia Beljajeva , Estonian épée fencer
1992 – Burak Çelik , Turkish actor and model
1992 – Da$H , American rapper[ 85]
1992 – Giovanni De Gennaro , Italian slalom canoeist[ 86] [ 87]
1992 – Charlotte de Witte , Belgian DJ and record producer[ 88]
1992 – Dawid Dryja , Polish volleyball player[ 89]
1992 – Rachael Flatt , American figure skater[ 90]
1992 – Marcus Harris , Australian cricketer[ 91]
1992 – Jonathon Jennings , American Canadian football player[ 92]
1992 – Dante Marini , American soccer player[ 93]
1992 – Henry Owens , American baseball pitcher[ 94]
1992 – Andrew Rayel , Moldovan DJ and producer[ 95]
1992 – Yuka Sato , Japanese javelin thrower[ 96]
1992 – Miles Ukaoma , American-born Nigerian hurdler[ 97]
1996 – Mikael Ingebrigtsen , Norwegian footballer[ 98] 1998 – Marie Bouzkova , Czech tennis player[ 99] 1999 – Evan McPherson , American football player[ 100] 2000 – Erling Haaland , Norwegian footballer[ 101] 2006 – Endrick , Brazilian footballer[ 102]
Deaths
Pre-1600
658 – K'an II , Mayan ruler (b. 588)710 – Li Guo'er , princess of the Tang dynasty 710 – Wei , empress of the Tang dynasty
710 – Shangguan Wan'er , Chinese poet (b. 664)
987 – Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou 1259 – Gojong of Goryeo 1403 – Henry Percy , English soldier (b. 1364)[ 103] 1403 – Sir Walter Blount , English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV
1403 – Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford , English soldier
1425 – Manuel II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)1552 – Antonio de Mendoza , Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)
1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)[ 104] 1793 – Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux , French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)1796 – Robert Burns , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)[ 105] 1798 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt , Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)1798 – Anthony Perry , Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)1868 – William Bland , Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)[ 106] 1878 – Sam Bass , American outlaw (b. 1851)1880 – Hiram Walden , American general and politician (b. 1800)[ 107] 1889 – Nelson Dewey , American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)[ 108]
1920 – Fiammetta Wilson , English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)[ 109] 1928 – Ellen Terry , English actress (b. 1847)[ 110] 1932 – Bill Gleason , American baseball player (b. 1858)1938 – Owen Wister , American lawyer and author (b. 1860)[ 111] 1941 – Bohdan Lepky , Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)1943 – Charley Paddock , American runner and actor (b. 1900)1943 – Louis Vauxcelles , French art critic (b. 1870)
1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg , German soldier who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler (b. 1907)1946 – Gualberto Villarroel , Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)1948 – Arshile Gorky , Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)1952 – Pedro Lascuráin , Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)[ 112] 1966 – Philipp Frank , Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)1967 – Jimmie Foxx , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)1967 – Albert Lutuli , South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1967 – Basil Rathbone , South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
1968 – Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)[ 113] 1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov , Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)1970 – Bob Kalsu , American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
1972 – Ralph Craig , American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck , Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
1977 – Lee Miller , American model and photographer (b. 1907)1982 – Dave Garroway , American journalist and actor (b. 1913)1991 – Paul Warwick , English race car driver (b. 1969)1994 – Marijac , French author and illustrator (b. 1908)1997 – Olaf Kopvillem , Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)1998 – Alan Shepard , American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)1998 – Robert Young , American actor and singer (b. 1907)
2000 – Marc Reisner , American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina , Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)2003 – John Davies , English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)2004 – Jerry Goldsmith , American composer and conductor (b. 1929)2004 – Edward B. Lewis , American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2005 – Long John Baldry , English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes , English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)
2006 – Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)2006 – Ta Mok , Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926)
2007 – Dubravko Škiljan , Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)2008 – Donald Stokes , English businessman (b. 1914)2010 – Luis Corvalán , Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)2010 – Ralph Houk , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2010 – John E. Irving , Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
2012 – Alexander Cockburn , Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)2012 – Marie Kruckel , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2012 – Ali Podrimja , Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)
2012 – James D. Ramage , American admiral and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Angharad Rees , English-b. Welsh actress (b. 1944)
2012 – Don Wilson , English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2013 – Andrea Antonelli , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi , Indian martial artist (b. 1981)
2013 – Det de Beus , Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)
2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom , Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971)
2013 – Fred Taylor , American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Louise Abeita , Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)2014 – Dan Borislow , American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)
2014 – Lettice Curtis , English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)
2014 – Hans-Peter Kaul , German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
2014 – Rilwanu Lukman , Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)[ 114]
2014 – Kevin Skinner , New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)[ 115]
2015 – Robert Broberg , Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)2015 – E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)[ 116]
2015 – Nicholas Gonzalez , American physician (b. 1947)
2015 – Czesław Marchaj , Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)[ 117]
2015 – Dick Nanninga , Dutch footballer (b. 1949)
2016 – Dennis Green , American football player and coach (b. 1949)[ 118] 2017 – John Heard , American film and television actor (b. 1946)[ 119] 2018 – Alene Duerk , U.S. Navy first female admiral (b. 1920)[ 120] 2020 – Annie Ross , Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)[ 121] 2020 – Andrew Mlangeni , South African political activist (b. 1925)[ 122]
2023 – Tony Bennett , American singer (b. 1926)[ 123]
Holidays and observances
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