August 15 is the 227th day of the year, there are 138 days remaining until the end of the year.
Best Friends Day
National Failures Day
National Relaxation Day
Sesame Street’s Bob’s Birthday
Wizard of Oz Day (Opened in 1939)
I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day
Miami Dolphins Birthday (1965)
Hello Day
Food Holidays
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day
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Angle Food Cake Day
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
In the News
1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, “Priest-Apostolic” to America and the West Indies.
1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edisonthat could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 – 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal — The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island’s defenses.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon — Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war.
1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire after near 90 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 34 people.
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital,Pyongyang.
1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland, UK.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
1969 – Death of popular Dhaka University student leader Abdul Malek. Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.
1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee.
1975 – Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the “Wow! signal” from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 – The Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1996 – President of Turkey Süleyman Demirel approves to “Law of ban For Casino in Turkey”
1998 – Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles.
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2005 – Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollahin Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years.
Holidays and Observances
Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Christian Feast Day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation. (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi,Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia,Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu), and its related observances:
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
Ferragosto (Italy)
Mother’s Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
National Acadian Day (Acadians)
Navy Day (Romania)
Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
Stanislaus Kostka
Tarcisius
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Earliest day on which Children’s Day can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in August. (Argentina and Peru)
Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem andAmsterdam)
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
Gwangbokjeol, “Independence Day” (South Korea)
Jogukhaebangui nal, “Fatherland Liberation Day” (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
Independence Day of India, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
National Memorial Service for War Dead (Japan)
The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
The main day of Bon Festival (Japan)
Victory over Japan Day (United States)
Music
1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
1941 – “Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams” was recorded by Ben Bernie and his orchestra.
1958 – Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago were married in a private ceremony at his parents home in Lubbock,TX.
1965 – The Beatles set a record for having the largest single crowd at a concert at Shea Stadium in New York. Attendance was 56,000.
1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began in Bethel, NY. The three-day concert featured 24 bands and drew over 400,000 people.
1975 - Led Zeppelin’s album “In Through the Out Door” was released. This was the last album released by the band prior to the death of John Bonham.
1980 – George Harrison’s book “I Me Mine” went on sale.
1987 – On the tenth anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley thousands of people marched past his grave in Memphis, TN.
1991 – Paul Simon played a free concert at New York’s Central Park in front of an estimated 750,000 people.
1997 – Tony Nicole Tony Records filed suit against Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS for alleged intentional interference with KISS drummer Peter Criss’ contract with the label. The suit maintained that Simmons and Stanley convinced Criss to break his contract with the label.
2006 – Deana Martin’s album “Memories Are Made of This” was released. The album featured her versions of many of her father’s hits and other hits by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
Movies
1986 – Manhunter released theatrically
1986 – The Fly (1986) released theatrically
1997 – Event Horizon released theatrically
2003 – Freddy vs. Jason released theatrically
2013 – Abandoned Mine released.
Famous Births
1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian author (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1919 – Dina Wadia, English-Pakistani daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek composer (d. 2005)
1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer
1924 – Werner Abrolat, Russian-German actor (d. 1997)
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American activist
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer
1925 – Münir Özkul, Turkish actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Majorcan painter and writer
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
1926 – John Silber, American academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar (d. 2013)
1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
1929 – Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
1931 – Paul McDowell, English actor and writer
1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host (d. 2014)
1932 – Johan Steyn, British judge
1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames) (d. 2007)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1935 – Jim Dale, English actor, singer, and screenwriter
1935 – Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist
1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player and coach
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, editor, director, and playwright (d. 2014)
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano
1938 – Stephen Breyer, American judge
1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish author
1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
1941 – Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist and author
1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer and actress
1945 – Duffy Dyer, American baseball player and coach
1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 – Raakhee, Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley, English actress
1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – George Ryton, Singaporean-English engineer
1949 – Beverly Burns, American pilot and captain
1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer (Motörhead, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, and Thin Lizzy)
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager
1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer and session musician
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1954 – Hillar Mets, Estonian illustrator and animator
1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (d. 2010)
1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian radio host
1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
1961 – Arjun Sarja, Indian actor and director
1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian politician
1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (Deee-Lite)
1963 – Valery Levaneuski, Belarussian activist
1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
1964 – Srihari, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
1965 – Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress, singer, and producer
1969 – Kevin Cheng, American-Hong Kong singer and actor
1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
1969 – Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios
1970 – Maya Soetoro-Ng, American educator
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1972 – Chris Morrissey, American actor and director
1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and sound engineer
1973 – Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Indian actor
1973 – Adnan Sami, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
1973 – Atom Willard, American drummer (The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness)
1974 – Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
1978 – Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot)
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Natalie Press, English actress
1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean model and actress
1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1982 – Heather Carolin, American model and actress
1982 – Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor
1982 – Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
1983 – Timati, Russian rapper, producer, and actor
1983 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
1984 – Quinton Aaron, American actor
1985 – Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
1985 – Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
1985 – Santiago Stieben, Argentinian actor
1986 – Maria Fowler, English model and actress
1986 – Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
1988 – Zaira Nara, Argentinian model and television host
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
1989 – Kristina Karjalainen, Estonian-Finnish beauty queen
1989 – Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
1989 – Belinda Peregrín, Spanish-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
1990 – Aglaja Brix, German actress
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
1990 – Toomas Raadik, Estonian basketball player
1990 – Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
1994 – Natalja Zabijako, Estonian pair skater
1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper
1995 – Yui Ogura, Japanese voice actress and singer
Deaths
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist, co-founded St Edmund’s College (b. 1854)
1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
1934 – Leo O’Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general (b. 1887)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot, general, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect (b. 1910)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – Semiha Berksoy, Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
2008 – Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American music producer and journalist (b. 1917)
2009 – Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Denis E. Dillon, American politician (b. 1933)
2011 – Michael Legat, English author (b. 1923)
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 – Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
2012 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Carina Moberg, Swedish politician (b. 1966)
2012 – Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (b. 1991)
2012 – Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Arben Xhaferi, Macedonian politician and activist (b. 1948)
2013 – S. M. Laljan Basha, Indian politician (b. 1957)
2013 – Bert Lance, American civil servant, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (b. 1931)
2013 – William S. Livingston, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
2013 – Jacques Vergès, Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925)
2013 – Pat Wiggins, American politician (b. 1940)
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