March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
241 BC – First Punic War : Battle of the Aegates Islands : The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers , and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage .
1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam , making him Emperor of Ethiopia .
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament , beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule .
1735 – An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku .
1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas , who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1804 – Louisiana Purchase : In St. Louis, Missouri , a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1816 – Crossing of the Andes : A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito .
1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria .
1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate , ending the Mexican–American War .
1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou , destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali .
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1891 – Almon Strowger , an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas , patents the Strowger switch , a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1906 – The Courrières mine disaster , Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 , Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah , Kelantan , Perlis and Terengganu , which become British protectorates .
1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army .
1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition , and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
1944 – Greek Civil War : The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front .
1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo , and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
1959 – Tibetan uprising : Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama 's palace to prevent his removal.
1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi , precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1968 – Vietnam War : Battle of Lima Site 85 , concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee , James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr . He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes .
1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign : North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
1977 – Rings of Uranus : Astronomers discover rings around Uranus .
1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing .
1990 – In Haiti , Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup .
2000 – The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom .
2005 – Tung Chee-hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars .
Births
1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1572)
1628 – Marcello Malpighi , Italian physician and biologist (d. 1694)
1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller , German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
1745 – John Gunby , American general (d. 1807)
1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte , Italian-American priest and poet (d. 1838)
1769 – Joseph Williamson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840)
1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel , German poet and critic (d. 1829)
1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810)
1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo , Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1862)
1787 – William Etty , English painter and academic (d. 1849)
1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff , German author and poet (d. 1857)
1810 – Samuel Ferguson , Irish poet and lawyer (d. 1886)
1839 – Dudley Buck , American organist and composer (d. 1909)
1844 – Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
1845 – Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln , American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
1847 – Kate Sheppard , English-New Zealand activist (d. 1934)
1848 – William Thompson , American archer (d. 1918)
1850 – Spencer Gore , English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1852 – Léon Moreaux , French target shooter (d. 1921)
1867 – Hector Guimard , French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
1870 – David Riazanov , Russian theorist and politician (d. 1938)
1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser , Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1961)
1876 – Ernst Tandefelt , Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1948)
1877 – Émile Sarrade , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1953)
1881 – Thomas Quinlan , English businessman (d. 1951)
1885 – Tamara Karsavina , Russian ballerina (d. 1978)
1888 – Baldwin Cooke , American actor (d. 1953)
1888 – Barry Fitzgerald , Irish actor and singer (d. 1961)
1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu , Japanese martial artist and educator (d. 1972)
1891 – Sam Jaffe , American actor and engineer (d. 1984)
1892 – Arthur Honegger , French-Swiss composer and educator (d. 1955)
1892 – Gregory La Cava , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1952)
1897 – Robert Meier , German soldier (d. 2007)
1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos , Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1943)
1903 – Bix Beiderbecke , American pianist and composer (d. 1931)
1903 – Clare Boothe Luce , American journalist, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 1987)
1905 – Betty Amann , German-American actress (d. 1990)
1905 – Richard Haydn , English-American actor and director (d. 1985)
1906 – Lionel Bertrand , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1979)
1908 – Kristjan Palusalu , Estonian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 1987)
1909 – Eric Wennström , Swedish hurdler (d. 1990)
1911 – Warner Anderson , American actor (d. 1976)
1914 – K. P. Ratnam , Sri Lankan academic and politician (d. 2010)
1915 – Harry Bertoia , Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (d. 1978)
1915 – Charles Groves , English conductor and director (d. 1992)
1916 – Davie Fulton , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2000)
1917 – C. Balasingham , Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (d. 2001)
1917 – Frank Perconte , American soldier (d. 2013)
1918 – Günther Rall , German general and pilot (d. 2009)
1919 – Marion Hutton , American singer and actress (d. 1987)
1920 – Alfred Peet , Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
1920 – Boris Vian , French author and playwright (d. 1959)
1922 – Kiyoshi Yamashita , Japanese painter (d. 1971)
1923 – Manoranjan Das , Indian playwright (d. 2013)
1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis , Greek poet and critic (d. 2005)
1925 – Bob Lanier , American lawyer, banker, and politician, 58th Mayor of Houston (d. 2014)
1926 – Marques Haynes , American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters ) (d. 2015)
1926 – Jimmy Payne , English footballer (d. 2013)
1926 – Oscar Quitak , English actor
1927 – Claude Laydu , Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1927 – Barbara Marx Sinatra , American socialite and businesswoman
1928 – Sara Montiel , Spanish actress and singer (d. 2013)
1928 – James Earl Ray , American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
1929 – Arthur Barnard , American hurdler
1929 – Huey P. Meaux , American record producer, founded Tear Drop Records and Capri Records (d. 2011)
1929 – Sam Steiger , American journalist and politician (d. 2012)
1930 – Sándor Iharos , Hungarian runner (d. 1996)
1931 – Georges Dor , Canadian author, playwright, and composer (d. 2001)
1932 – Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender , English politician
1932 – Udupi Ramachandra Rao , Indian physicist and engineer
1933 – Ralph Emery , American radio and television host
1933 – Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell , Argentinian poet and translator (d. 2004)
1934 – Gergely Kulcsár , Hungarian javelin thrower and coach
1934 – Fou Ts'ong , Chinese-English pianist
1935 – Graham Farmer , Australian footballer and coach
1935 – Manfred Germar , German sprinter
1936 – Sepp Blatter , Swiss businessman
1936 – Johanna Lüttge , German shot putter and swimmer
1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa , Uruguayan singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 1989)
1937 – Joe Viterelli , American actor (d. 2004)
1938 – Norman Blake , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Ieronymos II of Athens , Greek archbishop
1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer , Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
1939 – Hugh Johnson , English author and critic
1939 – Irina Press , Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (d. 2004)
1940 – Chuck Norris , American actor and martial artist
1940 – David Rabe , American playwright and screenwriter
1940 – Dean Torrence , American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean )
1941 – Kazuo Tokumitsu , Japanese television host and announcer
1945 – Katharine Houghton , American actress and playwright
1945 – Birgitta Sellén , Swedish educator and politician
1945 – Madhavrao Scindia , Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (d. 2001)
1946 – Hiroshi Fushida , Japanese race car driver
1946 – Mike Hollands , Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
1946 – Jim Valvano , American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
1947 – Kim Campbell , Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon , English police officer
1947 – Bob Greene , American journalist and author
1947 – June Keithley , Filipino actress and journalist (d. 2013)
1947 – Andrew Parrott , English conductor and director
1947 – Tom Scholz , American guitarist and songwriter (Boston )
1948 – Austin Carr , American basketball player and sportscaster
1948 – Richard Park , Scottish broadcaster
1949 – Bill Buxton , Canadian computer scientist and academic
1949 – Barbara Corcoran , American businesswoman
1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed , Pakistani terrorist
1950 – Aloma Wright , American actress and singer
1951 – Gloria Diaz , Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
1952 – Johanna Lindsey , German-American author
1952 – Mike O'Donnell , English bass player and composer
1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
1953 – Debbie Brill , Canadian high jumper
1953 – Jacqueline Gareau , Canadian runner
1953 – Paul Haggis , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Didier Barbelivien , French singer-songwriter
1955 – Yousra , Egyptian actress and singer
1955 – Gary Louris , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog )
1955 – Toshio Suzuki , Japanese race car driver
1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein , American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Robert Llewellyn , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Larry Myricks , American long jumper and sprinter
1957 – Osama bin Laden , Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
1957 – Hilary Devey , English businesswoman and philanthropist
1957 – Terry Holmes , Welsh rugby player and coach
1957 – Matt Knudsen , American actor and screenwriter
1957 – Shannon Tweed , Canadian-American model and actress
1957 – Jim White , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Jeanie Bryson , American singer
1958 – Garth Crooks , English footballer and sportscaster
1958 – Steve Howe , American baseball player and farmer (d. 2006)
1958 – Domingo Ramón , Spanish runner
1958 – Sharon Stone , American actress and producer
1958 – Hiroshi Yanaka , Japanese voice actor
1960 – Lance Burton , American magician
1960 – Antonio Corgos , Spanish long jumper
1960 – Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen , German-American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nena )
1960 – Gail Greenwood , American bass player (Belly and L7 )
1960 – Anne MacKenzie , Scottish journalist
1961 – Laurel Clark , American captain, physician, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 – Mitch Gaylord , American gymnast, actor, and stuntman
1961 – Pam Oliver , American sportscaster
1961 – Bobby Petrino , American football player and coach
1962 – Jasmine Guy , American actress, singer, and director
1962 – Seiko Matsuda , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1963 – Jeff Ament , American bass player and songwriter (Pearl Jam , Green River , and Mother Love Bone )
1963 – Felipe Ramos , Mexican footballer and referee
1963 – Rick Rubin , American record producer, founded Def Jam Recordings
1964 – Neneh Cherry , Swedish singer-songwriter
1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
1964 – David Faber , American journalist
1964 – Jojo Lastimosa , Filipino basketball player and coach
1964 – Nikola Mladenov , Macedonian journalist (d. 2013)
1965 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas , Lithuanian footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1965 – Jillian Richardson , Canadian sprinter
1965 – Rod Woodson , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1966 – Edie Brickell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians )
1966 – Stephen Mailer , American actor
1966 – Mike Timlin , American baseball player
1966 – Andres Võsand , Estonian-German tennis player
1966 – Phil X , Canadian guitarist (Triumph )
1967 – Omer Tarin , Pakistani-English poet and scholar
1968 – Thio Li-ann , Singaporean lawyer and academic
1969 – Paget Brewster , American actress
1969 – Walter Schreifels , American singer-songwriter and producer (Gorilla Biscuits , Rival Schools and Youth of Today )
1970 – Matt Barlow , American singer-songwriter (Iced Earth and Pyramaze )
1970 – Michel van der Aa , Dutch composer and engineer
1971 – Steve Arnold , English race car driver
1971 – Jon Hamm , American actor and director
1971 – Daryle Singletary , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Timbaland , American rapper and producer (Timbaland & Magoo )
1972 – Takashi Fujii , Japanese comedian and singer
1972 – Matt Kenseth , American race car driver
1973 – Eva Herzigová , Czech model and actress
1973 – John LeCompt , American guitarist (Evanescence , We Are the Fallen and Machina
1973 – Chris Sutton , English footballer and manager
1973 – Dan Swanö , Swedish guitarist (Edge of Sanity , Bloodbath , Ribspreader , and Nightingale )
1973 – Mauricio Taricco , Argentinian footballer and manager
1974 – Cristián de la Fuente , Chilean-American model, actor, and producer
1974 – Biz Stone , American businessman, co-founded Twitter
1975 – Jamie Arnold , American-Israeli basketball player and coach
1975 – Lyne Bessette , Canadian cyclist
1975 – Glydel Mercado , Filipino actress
1975 – Håvard Wiik , Norwegian pianist (Motif , Atomic )
1976 – Kisaki , Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey , Phantasmagoria , and Anti Feminism )
1976 – Barbara Schett , Austrian tennis player and sportscaster
1977 – Jeff Branson , American actor
1977 – Peter Enckelman , Finnish footballer
1977 – TJ Manotoc , Filipino journalist and sportscaster
1977 – Shannon Miller , American gymnast and lawyer
1977 – Colin Murray , Irish radio and television host
1977 – Rita Simons , English actress and singer
1977 – Robin Thicke , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1977 – Bree Turner , American actress and dancer
1978 – Camille , French singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Neil Alexander , Scottish footballer
1978 – Benjamin Burnley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin )
1979 – Masato , Japanese kick-boxer
1979 – Edi Gathegi , Kenyan-American actor
1979 – Danny Pudi , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Satomi Hirose , Japanese actress
1980 – Lars Horntveth , Norwegian saxophonist (Jaga Jazzist )
1981 – Samuel Eto'o , Cameroonian footballer
1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris , Greek footballer
1981 – Ángel López , Spanish footballer
1981 – Steven Reid , English-Irish footballer
1981 – Taiyo Sugiura , Japanese actor
1981 – Gabriela Voleková , Slovak tennis player
1982 – Gervais Batota , Congolese footballer
1982 – Kwame Brown , American basketball player
1982 – Mitsuomi Takahashi , Japanese actor
1982 – Keke Wyatt , American singer and actress
1983 – Che'Nelle , Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
1983 – Étienne Boulay , Canadian football player
1983 – Lashinda Demus , American hurdler
1983 – Aimee Walker Pond , American gymnast
1983 – Rafe Spall , English actor
1983 – Janet Mock , American writer and transgender activist
1983 – Carrie Underwood , American singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Reena Virk , Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
1984 – Nikos Arabatzis , Greek footballer
1984 – Ben May , English footballer
1984 – Olivia Wilde , American actress and producer
1985 – Lassana Diarra , French footballer
1985 – Casey Dienel , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1985 – Morgan Uceny , American runner
1986 – JC de Vera , Filipino actor
1987 – Martellus Bennett , American football player
1987 – Sita Chan , Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
1987 – Ebba Jungmark , Swedish high jumper
1987 – Tuukka Rask , Finnish ice hockey player
1987 – Emeli Sandé , English-Scottish singer-songwriter
1987 – Liu Shishi , Chinese actress and ballerina
1988 – Christian Beck , German footballer
1988 – Michael Dunlop , Northern Irish motorcycle racer
1988 – Ivan Rakitić , Croatian footballer
1989 – Iván Piris , Paraguayan footballer
1991 – Bahaa al-Farra , Palestinian runner
1992 – Neeskens Kebano , French footballer
1992 – Emily Osment , American actress and singer
1993 – Jack Butland , English footballer
1993 – Alfred Duncan , Ghanaian footballer
1993 – Nooa Takooa , Kiribati sprinter
1994 – JoJo Offerman , American wrestler and singer
1995 – Sergey Mozgov , Russian ice dancer
1997 – Julia Barretto , Filipino actress and singer
1997 – Belinda Bencic , Swiss tennis player
Deaths
483 – Pope Simplicius
1315 – Agnes Blannbekin , Austrian mystic and saint (b. 1244)
1391 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg , Swiss priest and theologian (b. 1445)
1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford , English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1443)
1584 – Thomas Norton , English lawyer and politician (b. 1532)
1585 – Rembert Dodoens , Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
1588 – Theodor Zwinger , Swiss physician and scholar (b. 1533)
1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber , German-Dutch chemist and engineer (b. 1604)
1724 – Urban Hjärne , Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron , French author and critic (b. 1719)
1776 – Niclas Sahlgren , Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith , Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1746)
1832 – Muzio Clementi , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
1861 – Taras Shevchenko , Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini , Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus , French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
1895 – Charles Frederick Worth , English-French fashion designer, founded the House of Worth (b. 1826)
1897 – Savitribai Phule , Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
1910 – Karl Lueger , Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
1910 – Carl Reinecke , German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
1913 – Harriet Tubman , American nurse and activist (b. 1820)
1925 – Myer Prinstein , Polish-American jumper and lawyer (b. 1878)
1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin , Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov , Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald , American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
1948 – Jan Masaryk , Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
1949 – James Rector , American runner and lawyer (b. 1884)
1950 – Marguerite De La Motte , American actress (b. 1902)
1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara , Japanese lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
1961 – Richard Indreko , Estonian historian and archeologist (b. 1900)
1966 – Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1967 – Yiorgos Batis , Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1885)
1970 – Vasilis Avlonitis , Greek actor (b. 1904)
1973 – Bull Connor , American politician (b. 1897)
1977 – E. Power Biggs , English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
1978 – John Baker , English Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force (b. 1897)
1982 – Minoru Shirota , Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (b. 1899)
1984 – June Marlowe , American actress (b. 1903)
1985 – Konstantin Chernenko , Russian soldier and politician, 8th Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
1985 – Bob Nieman , American baseball player and scout (b. 1927)
1986 – Ray Milland , Welsh actor and director (b. 1905)
1988 – Andy Gibb , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
1989 – Kermit Beahan , American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1990 – Otto Schuhart , German captain (b. 1901)
1992 – Giorgos Zampetas , Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
1993 – Dino Bravo , Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
1996 – Ross Hunter , American actor and producer (b. 1920)
1997 – LaVern Baker , American singer and actress (b. 1929)
1998 – Lloyd Bridges , American actor, singer, and director (b. 1913)
1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamín , Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
1999 – Valentino Mazzia , American physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
2001 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer , Sri Lanka-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
2001 – Nicholas Georgiadis , Greek painter and costume designer (b. 1923)
2001 – Massimo Morsello , Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
2001 – Mati Nuude , Estonian weightlifter and singer (Apelsin ) (b. 1941)
2003 – Barry Sheene , English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (b. 1950)
2004 – Renos Apostolidis , Greek philologist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
2004 – Dave Schulthise , American bass player (The Dead Milkmen ) (b. 1956)
2005 – Dave Allen , Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2005 – Danny Joe Brown , American singer-songwriter (Molly Hatchet and The Danny Joe Brown Band ) (b. 1951)
2006 – Anna Moffo , American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
2007 – Richard Jeni , American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
2007 – Ernie Ladd , American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
2008 – Richard Biegenwald , American serial killer (b. 1940)
2010 – Corey Haim , Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1971)
2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy , Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928)
2011 – Bill Blackbeard , American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
2012 – Bert R. Bulkin , American engineer (b. 1929)
2012 – Jean Giraud , French author and illustrator (b. 1938)
2012 – Mykola Plaviuk , Ukrainian politician, President Ukrainian People's Republic in Exile (b. 1925)
2012 – Domna Samiou , Greek singer and musicologist (b. 1928)
2012 – Frank Sherwood Rowland , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2012 – Tan Boon Teik , Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
2012 – Nick Zoricic Canadian skier (b. 1983)
2013 – Jim Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2013 – Robert Chrisman , American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founded The Black Scholar (b. 1937)
2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
2013 – Antal Megyerdi , Hungarian cyclist (b. 1939)
2013 – Danny Zialcita , Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014 – Roldan Aquino , Filipino actor and director (b. 1948)
2014 – Samuel W. Lewis , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel (b. 1930)
2014 – Cynthia Lynn , Latvian-American actress (b. 1937)
2014 – Joe McGinniss , American journalist and author (b. 1942)
2014 – Rob Williams , American basketball player (b. 1961)
2015 – Richard Glatzer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2015 – Windell Middlebrooks , American actor (b. 1979)
2015 – Tim Rucks , American football player and coach (b. 1960)
2015 – Claude Sitton , American journalist and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – Stuart Wagstaff , English-Australian actor (b. 1925)
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