April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 255 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII .
1453 – The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn .
1534 – Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador .
1535 – The Sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan .
1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament .
1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife .
1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 – The former king, James II of England , now deposed, lays siege to Derry .
1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War , a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57)
1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II , abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben , wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza .
1775 – American Revolutionary War : the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord .
1789 – President George Washington arrives in Philadelphia after his inauguration to elaborate welcome at Gray's Ferry just after noon first inauguration of George Washington
1792 – France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia ", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars .
1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1810 – The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
1828 – René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou .
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory .
1861 – American Civil War : Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia .
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation .
1865 – Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk , which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX 's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion .
1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1876 – The April Uprising , a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire .
1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus .
1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride .
1908 – Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League .
1912 – Opening day for baseball 's Tiger Stadium in Detroit , Michigan , and Fenway Park in Boston .
1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field ), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen , aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR .
1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone , a process to add sound to film.
1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.
1939 – Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit ".
1945 – World War II : US troops capture Leipzig , Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union .
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker : Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth .
1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations .
1951 – Dan Gavriliu performs the first surgical replacement of a human organ.
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba .
1964 – BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station .
1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech .
1972 – Apollo 16 , commanded by John Young , lands on the moon.
1978 – Korean Air Lines Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union .
1980 – Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1984 – The Good Friday Massacre , an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal , Canada.
1985 – The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas .
1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
1998 – German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre : Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado .
2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting : William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA 's Johnson Space Center in Houston , Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months .
2012 – 127 people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad , Pakistan .
2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County , Ya'an , in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
2014 – Eight people are killed in an aviation accident in Jämijärvi , Finland .
Births
1492 – Pietro Aretino , Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556)
1494 – Johannes Agricola , German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)
1586 – Rose of Lima , Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
1633 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1654)
1646 – Charles Plumier , French botanist (d. 1704)
1650 – William Bedloe , English fraudster (d. 1680)
1718 – David Brainerd , American missionary (d. 1747)
1723 – Cornelius Harnett , American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)
1727 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
1745 – Philippe Pinel , French physician (d. 1826)
1748 – Georg Michael Telemann , German composer and theologian (d. 1831)
1808 – Napoleon III , French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)
1816 – Bogoslav Šulek , Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)
1818 – Heinrich Göbel , German-American mechanic and inventor (d. 1893)
1826 – Dinah Craik , English author (d. 1887)
1836 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. , American scientist and academic (d. 1895)
1840 – Odilon Redon , French painter (d. 1916)
1850 – Daniel Chester French , American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)
1851 – Siegmund Lubin , Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)
1851 – Young Tom Morris , Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1860 – Justinien de Clary , French target shooter (d. 1933)
1871 – Sydney Chapman , English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)
1875 – Vladimir Vidrić , Croatian poet (d. 1909)
1879 – Paul Poiret , French fashion designer (d. 1944)
1882 – Holland Smith , American general (d. 1967)
1884 – Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
1884 – Oliver Kirk , American boxer (d. 1960)
1884 – Daniel Varoujan , Armenian poet (d. 1915)
1889 – Albert Jean Amateau , Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996)
1889 – Harold Bache , English cricketer (d. 1916)
1889 – A. J. Balaban , American businessman (d. 1962)
1889 – Robert Butler , Australian politician (d. 1950)
1889 – Walter Costello , American gangster (d. 1917)
1889 – Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)
1889 – Marie-Antoinette de Geuser , French mystic (d. 1918)
1889 – S. W. Harrington , American football player, coach, and physician (d. 1975)
1889 – Adolf Hitler , Austrian-German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)
1889 – Tonny Kessler , Dutch footballer (d. 1960)
1890 – Maurice Duplessis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)
1893 – Harold Lloyd , American actor and producer (d. 1971)
1893 – Joan Miró , Spanish painter (d. 1983)
1893 – Edna Parker , American super-centenarian (d. 2008)
1895 – Emile Christian , American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)
1895 – Henry de Montherlant , French author and playwright (d. 1972)
1896 – Wop May , Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)
1899 – Alan Arnett McLeod Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1904 – Bruce Cabot , American actor (d. 1972)
1904 – George Stibitz , American computer scientist (d. 1995)
1907 – Augoustinos Kantiotes , Greek bishop (d. 2010)
1908 – Lionel Hampton , American vibraphonist, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)
1913 – Mimis Fotopoulos , Greek actor and poet (d. 1986)
1913 – Willi Hennig , German biologist (d. 1976)
1914 – Betty Lou Gerson , American actress (d. 1999)
1915 – Joseph Wolpe , South African-American psychotherapist (d. 1997)
1916 – Nasiba Zeynalova , Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)
1918 – Edward L. Beach, Jr. , American captain and author (d. 2002)
1918 – Kai Siegbahn , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1919 – Richard Hillary , Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
1920 – Clement Isong , Nigerian banker and politician (d. 2000)
1920 – Ronald Speirs , American colonel (d. 2007)
1920 – John Paul Stevens , American lieutenant and judge
1921 – Janine Sutto , French-Canadian actress
1923 – Mother Angelica , American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network
1923 – Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter (d. 2008)
1923 – Tito Puente , American drummer and producer (d. 2000)
1924 – Nina Foch , Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)
1924 – Leslie Phillips , English actor and producer
1924 – Guy Rocher , Canadian sociologist and academic
1925 – Ernie Stautner , German-American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1927 – Bud Cullen , Canadian judge and politician (d. 2005)
1927 – Phil Hill , American race car driver (d. 2008)
1927 – K. Alex Müller , Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – Robert Byrne , American chess player and author (d. 2013)
1928 – Johnny Gavin , Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1928 – Arvo Kruusement , Estonian actor and director
1929 – Harry Agganis , American baseball and football player (d. 1955)
1930 – Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1930 – Antony Jay , English director and screenwriter
1931 – Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby , English politician
1931 – John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles , English businessman and politician
1933 – Aimée Beekman , Estonian writer
1936 – Pauli Ellefsen , Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)
1936 – Pat Roberts , American politician
1936 – Christopher Robinson , English organist and conductor
1937 – George Takei , American actor
1937 – Antonios Kounadis , Greek discus thrower
1937 – Jiří Dienstbier , Czech journalist and politician (d. 2011)
1938 – Peter Snow , Irish historian and journalist
1938 – Eszter Tamási , Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1939 – Peter S. Beagle , American author and screenwriter
1939 – Ray Brooks , English actor
1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland , Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
1939 – José Alves da Costa , Brazilian bishop (d. 2012)
1939 – Johnny Tillotson , American singer-songwriter
1940 – James Gammon , American actor (d. 2010)
1941 – David L. Boren , American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
1941 – Ryan O'Neal , American actor
1942 – Giles Henderson , English lawyer and academic
1942 – Arto Paasilinna , Finnish journalist and author
1943 – Alan Beith , English politician
1943 – John Eliot Gardiner , English conductor
1943 – Jamie Gillis , American porn actor and director (d. 2010)
1943 – Edie Sedgwick , American model and actress (d. 1971)
1944 – Toivo Aare , Estonian journalist (d. 1999)
1945 – Michael Brandon , American actor
1945 – Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden , English historian and author
1945 – Judith O'Dea , American actress
1945 – Thein Sein , Burmese politician, 8th President of Burma
1945 – Steve Spurrier , American football player and coach
1946 – Diane Elson , English sociologist and academic
1946 – Tommy Hutton , American baseball player and sportscaster
1946 – Julien Poulin , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Gordon Smiley , American race car driver (d. 1982)
1947 – Rita Dionne-Marsolais , Canadian economist and politician
1947 – David Leland , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Ken Scott , English record producer
1947 – Björn Skifs , Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (Blue Swede and Slam Creepers )
1947 – Viktor Suvorov , Soviet-born writer and historian, former Soviet military intelligence officer
1947 – Andrew Tobias , American journalist and author
1948 – Craig Frost , American pianist and songwriter (Grand Funk )
1948 – Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll , Scottish colonel and politician
1948 – Gregory Itzin , American actor
1948 – Hugh Roberts , English historian and curator
1948 – Rémy Trudel , Canadian educator and politician
1948 – Peter Williams , English educator
1949 – Veronica Cartwright , English-American actress
1949 – Toller Cranston , Canadian figure skater and painter
1949 – Massimo D'Alema , Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
1949 – Paul Heiney , English journalist
1949 – Jessica Lange , American actress
1950 – Steve Erickson , American author
1950 – Alexander Lebed , Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
1950 – Robert Mair , English engineer and academic
1950 – N. Chandrababu Naidu , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1950 – Milt Wilcox , American baseball player
1951 – Louise Jameson , English actress
1951 – Luther Vandross , American singer, songwriter and producer (Change ) (d. 2005)
1952 – Andrew Jaspan , Australian journalist
1952 – Louka Katseli , Greek economist and politician
1952 – Božidar Maljković , Serbian basketball player and coach
1952 – Eric Pickles , English politician
1952 – J. Thiviyanathan , Sri Lankan politician
1953 – Robert Crais , American author
1953 – Sebastian Faulks , English journalist and author
1954 – Gilles Lupien , Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Donald Pettit , American astronaut and engineer
1956 – Beatrice Ask , Swedish politician
1957 – Geraint Wyn Davies , Welsh-Canadian actor
1957 – Graeme Fowler , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957 – Bryan Illerbrun , Canadian football player (d. 2013)
1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Clint Howard , American actor
1960 – Rodney Holman American football player and coach
1961 – Konstantin Lavronenko , Russian actor
1961 – Nicholas Lyndhurst , English actor
1961 – Don Mattingly , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1961 – Corrado Micalef , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Barry Smolin , American radio host and composer
1962 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf , American comedian (d. 2001)
1963 – Aubrey de Grey , English gerontologist and author
1963 – Maurício Gugelmin , Brazilian race car driver
1963 – Rachel Whiteread , English sculptor
1964 – Crispin Glover , American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Andy Serkis , English actor and director
1964 – Rosalynn Sumners , American figure skater
1964 – John Carney American football player
1965 – Adrián Fernández , Mexican race car driver
1965 – Kostis Chatzidakis , Greek politician
1965 – April March , American singer-songwriter and animator
1966 – David Chalmers , Australian philosopher
1966 – David Filo , American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1966 – Vincent Riendeau , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Lara Jill Miller , American actress and lawyer
1967 – Mike Portnoy , American drummer (Dream Theater , Transatlantic , Liquid Tension Experiment , and Flying Colors )
1967 – Raymond van Barneveld , Dutch darts player
1968 – Evelin Ilves , Estonian businesswoman, 4th First Lady of Estonia
1968 – Julia Morris , Australian actress and producer
1968 – J.D. Roth , American television host and actor
1968 – Yelena Välbe , Russian skier
1969 – Felix Baumgartner , Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper
1970 – Francis Campbell , Irish diplomat
1970 – Avishai Cohen , Israeli singer, songwriter and bassist
1970 – Sarah Gavron , English director and producer
1970 – Shemar Moore , American actor
1970 – Adriano Moraes , Brazilian bull rider
1970 – Sarantuya , Mongolian soprano
1971 – Carla Geurts , Dutch swimmer
1971 – Allan Houston , American basketball player and manager
1971 – Nikos Kyzeridis , Greek footballer
1972 – Le Huynh Duc , Vietnamese footballer, coach, and manager
1972 – Carmen Electra , American model, actress, and singer
1972 – Željko Joksimović , Serbian singer-songwriter, and producer
1972 – Marko Kon , Serbian singer-songwriter
1972 – Stephen Marley , American singer, guitarist, and producer (Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers )
1973 – Todd Hollandsworth American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 – Geoff Lloyd , English radio host
1973 – Lamond Murray , American basketball player
1974 – Tina Cousins , English singer-songwriter and model
1974 – Urmas Paet , Estonian politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1975 – Benjamin Butler , American painter
1975 – Killer Mike , American rapper and actor (Run the Jewels )
1976 – Aldo Bobadilla , Paraguayan footballer
1976 – Shay Given , Irish footballer
1976 – Joey Lawrence , American actor
1976 – Chris Mason , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Lenka Němečková , Czech tennis player
1977 – Jon Hugger , American wrestler
1977 – Meelis Rooba , Estonian footballer
1978 – Clayne Crawford , American actor
1978 – Mirei Kuroda , Japanese model
1979 – Ludovic Magnin , Swiss footballer
1979 – Nate Marquardt , American mixed martial artist
1979 – Gregor Tait , Scottish swimmer
1979 – Quinn Weng , Taiwanese singer (Seraphim )
1980 – Gunta Baško , Latvian basketball player
1980 – Chris Duffy , American baseball player
1980 – Arin Paul , Indian director and screenwriter
1980 – Jasmin Wagner , German singer, actress, and model
1981 – Saša Tabaković , Slovenian actor
1982 – Jacqueline Govaert , Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (Krezip )
1982 – Sayaka Kamiya , Japanese actress and model
1982 – Dario Knežević , Croatian footballer
1983 – Danny Granger , American basketball player
1983 – Miranda Kerr , Australian model
1983 – Joanne King , Irish-English actress
1983 – Patrice M'Bock , Cameroonian footballer
1983 – Erik Segerstedt , Swedish singer (E.M.D. )
1983 – Fabio Staibano , Italian rugby player
1983 – Yuri van Gelder , Dutch gymnast
1984 – Nelson Évora , Ivorian-Portuguese triple jumper
1984 – Anthony Fasano , American football player
1984 – Tyson Griffin , American mixed martial artist
1984 – Edixon Perea , Colombian footballer
1984 – Jenna Shoemaker , American triathlete
1984 – Harris Wittels , American actor
1985 – Amanda Fahy , English actress
1985 – Curt Hawkins , American wrestler
1985 – Ehsan Jami , Dutch-Iranian activist and politician
1985 – Billy Magnussen , American actor
1985 – Jadyn Maria , Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
1985 – Brent Seabrook , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Cameron Duncan , New Zealand director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1987 – John Patrick Amedori , American actor
1987 – Thorsten Kirschbaum , German footballer
1987 – Michael Klauß , German footballer
1987 – Anna Rossinelli , Swiss singer-songwriter
1988 – Brandon Belt , American baseball player
1989 – Alex Black , American actor
1989 – Heejun Han , South Korean-American singer
1989 – Sergei Zenjov , Estonian footballer
1991 – Thomas Curtis , American actor
1991 – Marissa King , English gymnast
1991 – Ondřej Kraják , Czech footballer
1991 – Allie Will , American tennis player
1991 – Luke Kuechly , American football linebacker
1992 – Kristian Álvarez , Mexican footballer
1992 – Marko Meerits , Estonian footballer
1992 – Ashton Moio , American actor and martial artist
1994 – Anastasia Vdovenco , Moldovan tennis player
1999 – Carly Rose Sonenclar , American actress and singer
2002 – Twist Magic , French race horse (d. 2010)
2007 – Zarkandar , Irish race horse
Deaths
1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1130)
1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
1517 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed , Romanian son of Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1470)
1521 – Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491)
1534 – Elizabeth Barton , English nun and martyr (b. 1506)
1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen , German priest and theologian (b. 1485)
1643 – Christoph Demantius , German composer and poet (b. 1567)
1703 – Lancelot Addison , English educator (b. 1632)
1769 – Chief Pontiac , American tribal leader (b. 1720)
1831 – John Abernethy , English surgeon (b. 1764)
1873 – William Tite , English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
1874 – Alexander H. Bailey , American politician (b. 1817)
1886 – Charles-François-Frédéric de Montholon-Sémonville , French diplomat (b. 1814)
1887 – Muhammad Sharif Pasha , Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
1899 – Joseph Wolf , German illustrator (b. 1820)
1902 – Joaquim de Sousa Andrade , Brazilian poet (b. 1833)
1912 – Bram Stoker , Irish author (b. 1847)
1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1927 – Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter (b. 1866)
1929 – Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet , Scottish fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
1932 – Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
1935 – John Cameron , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
1935 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon , English fashion designer (b. 1863)
1942 – Jüri Jaakson , Estonian politician and businessman (b. 1870)
1944 – Elmer Gedeon , American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
1945 – Erwin Bumke , German jurist (b. 1874)
1947 – Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi , Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
1964 – Eddie Dyer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1899)
1967 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
1968 – Rudolph Dirks , German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
1969 – Vjekoslav Luburić , Croatian general (b. 1911)
1980 – M. Canagaratnam , Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
1982 – Archibald MacLeish , American poet (b. 1892)
1986 – Sibte Hassan , Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
1989 – Doru Davidovici , Romanian pilot (b. 1945)
1990 – Arnold Alas , Estonian architect (b. 1911)
1991 – Steve Marriott , English singer, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Small Faces and Humble Pie ) (b. 1947)
1991 – Don Siegel , American director and producer (b. 1912)
1992 – Marcel Albers , Dutch race car driver (b. 1967)
1992 – Benny Hill , English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
1993 – Cantinflas , Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1994 – Jean Carmet , French actor (b. 1920)
1996 – Trần Văn Trà , Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)
1996 – Christopher Robin Milne , English bookseller (b. 1920)
1999 – Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre :
1999 – Rick Rude , American wrestler (b. 1958)
1999 – Señor Wences , Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
2001 – Giuseppe Sinopoli , Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
2002 – Alan Dale , American singer (b. 1925)
2002 – Pierre Rapsat , Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2003 – Ruth Hale , American actress and playwright (b. 1908)
2003 – Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
2003 – Bernard Katz , German biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2005 – Zygfryd Blaut , Polish footballer (b. 1943)
2005 – Ea Jansen , Estonian historian (b. 1921)
2005 – Fumio Niwa , Japanese author (b. 1904)
2007 – Andrew Hill , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
2007 – Fred Fish , American computer programmer (b. 1952)
2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan , Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
2008 – VL Mike , American rapper (Chopper City Boyz ) (b. 1976)
2008 – Monica Lovinescu , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Beata Asimakopoulou , Greek actress (b. 1932)
2010 – Dorothy Height , American educator and activist (b. 1912)
2011 – Tim Hetherington , English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
2011 – Chris Hondros , American photographer (b. 1970)
2011 – Gerard Smith , American guitarist (TV on the Radio ) (b. 1974)
2012 – Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro , Mexican general (b. 1942)
2012 – Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke , English politician (b. 1922)
2012 – Matt Branam , American academic (b. 1954)
2012 – George Cowan , American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
2012 – Bert Weedon , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2013 – Glenn Cannon , American actor and director (b. 1932)
2013 – Peter Kane Dufault , American poet (b. 1923)
2013 – Huang Wenyong , Malaysian-Singaporean actor (b. 1952)
2013 – Jocasta Innes , Chinese-English journalist and author (b. 1934)
2013 – Rick Mather , American-English architect (b. 1937)
2013 – Howard Phillips , American politician (b. 1941)
2013 – Nosher Powell , English actor and boxer (b. 1928)
2014 – Mithat Bayrak , Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)
2014 – Torrey C. Brown , American politician (b. 1937)
2014 – Rubin Carter , American boxer (b. 1937)
2014 – Alistair MacLeod , Canadian author and academic (b. 1936)
2014 – Benedikt Sarnov , Russian author and critic (b. 1927)
2014 – Peter Scoones , English photographer (b. 1937)
2014 – Neville Wran , Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
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