Today is August 1
Civic Holiday
Sports Day
Play Ball Day
Girlfriend’s Day
Spiderman’s Birthday
Homemade Pie Day
Woman Astronomers Day
Respect for Parent’s Day
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
MTV’s Birthday (Debuted in 1981)
Chopsticks Song Birthday (1877)
San Francisco Cable Car Day (debuted in 1873)
Holiday Inn Birthday (Opened doors in 1952)
International Friendship Day
Food Holidays
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
In the News
1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
1937 – Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution “Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH” to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
1944 – World War II: the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
1946 – Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation’s first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1975 – CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
1980 – A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
1980 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world’s first democratically elected female head of state.
1980 – Patrick Depailler, French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session.
1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles.
1984 – Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, northwest England
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
2001 – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour.
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
Holidays and Observances
Music
1779 – Francis Scott Key was born. He was an American composer, attorney, poet, and social worker. He was the composer of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
1954 – The “Moondog Jubilee of Stars Under the Stars” took place at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Acts on the bill included Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, the Clovers, the Orioles, and Little Walter.
1960 – Aretha Franklin made her first secular recordings, which included “Today I Sing the Blues.”
1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was released.
1960 – Elvis Presley was named Public Enemy #1 by the East German newspaper, “Young World.”
1968 – Mick Jagger’s movie “Performance” was released.
1971 – “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” was debuted on CBS-TV.
1971 – Tony Kaye quit Yes to form Badger. He was replaced by Rick Wakeman.
1973 – The movie “American Graffiti” opened.
1977 – The book “Elvis: What Happened?” went on sale. The book was written by two of Elvis’ ex-bodyguards.
1980 – George Harrison formed a production company called “Hand Made Films Productions.”
1981 – MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video to be shown was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.
1987 – Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama) and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) were married.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced that they had been married 11 weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic.
1996 – MTV launched another channel known as MTV2.
1998 – Sandra Crouch was ordained as pastor of her church. This was in spite of the ban on woman ministers by the Church of God in Christ.
Movies Released
Murders In the Rue Morgue 1914
The 39 Steps 1935
The Pearl of Death 1944
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 1953
Rear Window 1954
Have Rocket, Will Travel 1959
Invasion of the Star Creatures 1963
Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet 1965
The Omega Man 1971
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf 1973
Obsession 1976
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 1986
Howard the Duck 1986
Spawn 1997
The Mummy’s Kiss 2003
Dorm of the Dead 2006
Horror Grindshow Double Feature 2008
Movies Releasing Today
Guardians of the Galaxy
Get On Up
What If Comedy
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Sequel
The Olivia Experiment
Calvary Drama
Behaving Badly
Television
1953 - KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 - WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1963 - WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 - WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 - KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre’s 6 Wives of Henry VIII
Sports
1936 - Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1941 - NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
1953 - Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief
1962 - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0
Famous Births
1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)
1901 – Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
1903 – Paul Horgan, American author (d. 1995)
1907 – Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer (d. 1977)
1910 – James Henry Govier, English painter (d. 1974)
1910 – Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)
1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal
1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1918 – T. J. Jemison, American clergyman and activist (d. 2013)
1918 – Richard Pearson, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
1919 – Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)
1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player (d. 2009)
1923 – Val Bettin, American voice actor
1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)
1924 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
1924 – Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)
1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet (d. 2000)
1926 – Theo Adam, German opera singer
1926 – George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
1927 – Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)
1928 – Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan (d. 1979)
1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
1930 – Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)
1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)
1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actress (d. 1991)
1930 – Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (d. 1996)
1931 – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer
1932 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1932 – Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)
1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)
1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
1933 – Teri Shields, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007)
1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian judge (d. 2012)
1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
1935 – Geoff Pullar, English cricketer
1936 – W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian-English biologist (d. 2000)
1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)
1937 – Al D’Amato, American lawyer and politician
1939 – Terry Kiser, American actor
1939 – Robert James Waller, American author
1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
1940 – Ram Loevy, Israeli director and screenwriter
1940 – Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded the Cendant Corporation
1941 – Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 1995)
1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian politician (d. 1998)
1944 – Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer
1945 – Sandi Griffiths, American singer
1945 – Douglas Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1946 – Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Bad Company) (d. 2006)
1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011)
1946 – Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
1947 – Chris Barnard, Welsh footballer
1947 – Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet
1947 – Dennis Zine, American politician
1948 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American businessman and film producer, founded Marvel Studios
1948 – Cliff Branch, American football player
1948 – David Gemmell, English author (d. 2006)
1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)
1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American wrestler
1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and author (d. 2009)
1950 – Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Tim Bachman, Canadian singer and guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Brave Belt)
1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang) (d. 1976)
1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
1952 – Yajurvindra Singh, Indian cricketer
1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist
1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
1954 – James Gleick, American journalist and author
1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
1955 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
1955 – Arun Lal, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1956 – Ok-Hee Ku, South Korean golfer (d. 2013)
1957 – C. J. Laing, American porn actress
1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio host
1956 – Lewis Smith, American actor
1957 – Taylor Negron, American actor
1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier
1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll Congress)
1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Def Leppard, Atomic Mass, and Down ‘n’ Outz)
1959 – Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Ground Zero and Filament)
1960 – Chuck D, American rapper and producer (Public Enemy, The Bomb Squad, and Confrontation Camp)
1960 – Suzi Gardner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7)
1960 – Professor Griff, American rapper (Public Enemy and Confrontation Camp)
1962 – Jesse Borrego, American actor and singer
1962 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)
1963 – Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle)
1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor
1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
1963 – Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand swimmer
1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta)
1964 – Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans)
1964 – Kaspar Capparoni, Italian actor
1965 – Sam Mendes, English director and producer
1965 – Brandt Jobe, American golfer
1966 – James St. James, American club promoter and author
1966 – George Ducas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach
1967 – José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
1968 – Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
1968 – Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed, Fight or Flight, and Vandal)
1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
1969 – Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer
1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player
1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist
1969 – Stuart Wade, English actor
1969 – David Wain, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Quentin Coryatt, American football player
1970 – David James, English footballer and manager
1970 – Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician, Fields Medalist
1971 – Ágúst Gylfason, Icelandic footballer
1971 – Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, Mexican drug lord
1971 – Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
1972 – Devon Hughes, American wrestler
1972 – Martin Damm, Czech tennis player
1972 – Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hellacopters The Solution, The Hydromatics, and Imperial State Electric)
1972 – Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer
1972 – Todd Bouman, American football player
1972 – Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and educator
1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
1973 – Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
1973 – Kris Holden-Ried, Canadian actor
1973 – Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
1974 – Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 2014)
1974 – Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach
1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
1975 – Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
1975 – Teresa Mak, Hong Kong actress
1975 – Ane Dahl Torp, Norwegian actress
1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1976 – David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
1977 – Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977 – Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
1977 – Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Marcel Schlutt, German porn actor and model
1977 – Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
1978 – Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer
1978 – Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete
1978 – Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thenewno2, Traveling Wilburys, and Fistful of Mercy)
1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
1978 – Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer
1978 – Jonathan Wilkes, English singer and actor
1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
1979 – Bernadette Flynn, Irish dancer
1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor
1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh actress
1980 – Romain Barras, French decathlete
1980 – Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Hungarian-American canoe racer
1980 – Bryan Fisher, English-American actor
1980 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer
1981 – Brett Chukerman, American actor
1981 – Dean Cox, Australian footballer
1981 – Vaiko Eplik, Estonian singer-songwriter
1981 – Taylor Fry, American actress
1981 – Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
1981 – Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
1981 – Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player
1981 – Miracle Laurie, American actress
1981 – Ashley Parker Angel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town)
1981 – Sally Pressman, American actress and dancer
1982 – Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer
1982 – Kimberly Holland, American model
1982 – Montserrat Lombard, English actress
1982 – Oluchi Onweagba, Nigerian model
1982 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
1983 – Bobby Carpenter, American football player
1983 – Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Julien Faubert, French footballer
1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
1984 – Steve Feak, American game designer
1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
1984 – Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player
1984 – Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer
1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1985 – Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
1985 – Adam Jones, American baseball player
1985 – Hyun Jyu-ni, South Korean singer and actress
1985 – Cole Kimball, American baseball player
1985 – Gegard Mousasi, Armenian mixed martial artist
1985 – Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
1985 – Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
1985 – Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer
1986 – Damien Allen, English footballer
1986 – Elijah Kelley, American actor, singer, and dancer
1986 – Jonas Plass, German sprinter
1986 – Jörn Schlönvoigt, German actor and singer
1986 – Lucas Simón, Argentinian footballer
1986 – Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
1986 – Andrew Taylor, English footballer
1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
1986 – Mike Wallace, American football player
1987 – Jakov Fak, Croatian-Slovenian biathlete
1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress
1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
1987 – Stan, Greek singer
1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
1988 – Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
1988 – Charlie Carver, American actor
1988 – Max Carver, American actor
1988 – Sasha Jackson, English-American actress
1988 – Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer
1989 – Tiffany, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls’ Generation and Girls’ Generation-TTS)
1989 – Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
1989 – Tomoka Kurokawa, Japanese actress
1990 – Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer
1990 – Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
1990 – Jack O’Connell, English actor
1990 – Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
1991 – Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
1992 – Austin Rivers, American basketball player
1993 – Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
1993 – Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
1994 – Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer (S/mileage, Hello Pro Kenshūsei, and Shugo Chara Egg!)
1995 – Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1996 – Katie Boulter, British tennis player
1996 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
1996 – Ellona Santiago, Filipino-American singer
1998 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
Deaths
1903 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
1911 – Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
1911 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (b. 1843)
1917 – Frank Little, American union leader (b. 1879)
1918 – John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
1920 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer, journalist, and reformer (b. 1856)
1922 – Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
1929 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1938 – John Aasen, American actor (b. 1890)
1938 – Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter (b. 1862)
1943 – Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
1944 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
1945 – Gyula Csortos, Hungarian actor (b. 1883)
1959 – Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
1963 – Theodore Roethke, American author and poet (b. 1908)
1966 – Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
1967 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
1970 – Frances Farmer, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1973 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
1973 – Walter Ulbricht, German politician (b. 1893)
1974 – Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
1977 – Francis Gary Powers, American pilot (b. 1929)
1980 – Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1982 – T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)
1983 – Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran guerrilla and activist (b. 1954)
1989 – John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
1990 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist (b. 1897)
1990 – Graham Young, English serial killer (b. 1947)
1996 – Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
1996 – Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)
1996 – Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1897)
1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)
1997 – Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
1998 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian actress (b. 1927)
1999 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English author (b. 1897)
2001 – Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
2003 – Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
2004 – Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
2004 – Alexandra Scott, American cancer patient, founded Alex’s Lemonade Stand (b. 1996)
2005 – Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
2005 – Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918)
2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
2005 – Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
2006 – Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (b. 1965)
2006 – Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2006 – Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
2006 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
2007 – Tommy Makem, Irish singer and poet (b. 1932)
2008 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
2008 – Gertan Klauber, Czech-born, English actor (b. 1932)
2009 – Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
2010 – Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican revolutionary(b. 1919)
2010 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
2012 – Joan Bernard, English academic (b. 1918)
2012 – Don Erickson, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2012 – Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
2012 – Riccardo Ruotolo, Italian bishop (b. 1928)
2012 – Abel Salinas, Peruvian politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Douglas Townsend, American composer (b. 1921)
2012 – Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
2012 – Keiko Tsushima, Japanese actress (b. 1926)
2013 – John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
2013 – Chua Boon Huat, Malaysian field hockey player (b. 1980)
2013 – John Dengate, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2013 – Mike Hinton, American guitarist (b. 1956)
2013 – Dick Kazmaier, American football player (b. 1930)
2013 – Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1931)
2013 – Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2013 – Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
2013 – Toby Saks, American cellist (b. 1942)
2013 – Wilford White, American football player (b. 1928)
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