March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 286 days remaining until the end of the year.
Typically the March equinox falls on this date, marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere , when both day and night are of equal length.
Events
235 – Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor. He is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne.
673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka .
1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople .
1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping , Sweden.
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760 , destroys 349 buildings.
1815 – After escaping from Elba , Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days " rule.
1848 – Revolutions of 1848 in the German states : King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe 's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1854 – The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin .
1861 – An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina .
1883 – The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
1913 – Sung Chiao-jen , a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party , is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity .
1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier .
1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso 's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso , becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
1933 – Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida 's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt .
1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
1942 – World War II : General Douglas MacArthur , at Terowie, South Australia , makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines , in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini , are given on CBS and NBC .
1951 – Fujiyoshida , a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture , Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
1952 – The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France.
1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency , ESRO (European Space Research Organisation ) is established per an agreement signed on June 14 , 1962 .
1972 – The Troubles : The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland .
1974 – An unsuccessful attempt is made by a lone perpetrator to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall , outside Buckingham Palace , London.
1980 – The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast.
1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race .
1985 – Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT .
1988 – Eritrean War of Independence : Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet , victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet .
1990 – Ferdinand Marcos 's widow, Imelda Marcos , goes on trial for bribery , embezzlement , and racketeering .
1993 – The Troubles : A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington , England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
1995 – A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 13 and wounds 1,300 people.
1999 – Legoland California , the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California .
2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin , a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown , is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
2003 – Invasion of Iraq : In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq .
2006 – Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC . The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby .
2012 – At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq .
2014 – Four suspected Taliban members attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel , killing at least nine people.
2015 – A Solar eclipse , equinox , and a Supermoon all occur on the same day.
Births
43 BC – Ovid , Roman poet (d. 17)
1469 – Cecily of York (d. 1507)
1477 – Jerome Emser , German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)
1502 – Pierino Belli , Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
1639 – Ivan Mazepa , Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
1725 – Abdul Hamid I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)
1735 – Torbern Bergman , Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1784)
1736 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke , Thai king (d. 1809)
1770 – Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet and author (d. 1843)
1771 – Heinrich Clauren , German author (d. 1854)
1799 – Karl August Nicander , Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)
1800 – Braulio Carrillo Colina , Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)
1811 – Napoleon II , French emperor (d. 1832)
1811 – George Caleb Bingham , American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)
1821 – Ned Buntline , American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)
1824 – Theodor von Heuglin , German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)
1828 – Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)
1831 – Solomon L. Spink , American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)
1834 – Charles William Eliot , American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)
1836 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr. , American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
1836 – Edward Poynter , English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)
1840 – Illarion Pryanishnikov , Russian painter (d. 1894)
1851 – Ismail Gasprinski , Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)
1852 – Frank MacKey , American polo player (d. 1927)
1856 – John Lavery , Irish painter (d. 1941)
1856 – Frederick Winslow Taylor , American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)
1865 – Jehanne d'Alcy , French film actress (d. 1956)
1870 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , German general (d. 1964)
1874 – Börries von Münchhausen , German poet and activist (d. 1945)
1876 – Payne Whitney , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)
1879 – Maud Menten , Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)
1882 – René Coty , French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (d. 1962)
1882 – Harold Weber , American golfer (d. 1933)
1884 – John Jensen , Australian public servant (d. 1970)
1886 – Grace Brown , American murder victim (d. 1906)
1888 – Amanda Clement , American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)
1890 – Beniamino Gigli , Italian tenor and actor (d. 1957)
1890 – Lauritz Melchior , Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)
1895 – Fredric Wertham , German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
1898 – Eduard Wiiralt , Estonian artist (d. 1954)
1903 – Edgar Buchanan , American actor and singer (d. 1979)
1904 – B. F. Skinner , American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
1905 – Jean Galia , French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)
1906 – Abraham Beame , English-American account and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)
1906 – Nickolaus Hirschl , Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (d. 1991)
1906 – Ozzie Nelson , American actor, singer, and bandleader (d. 1975)
1907 – Hugh MacLennan , Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)
1907 – Ruby Muhammad , American religious leader (d. 2011)
1908 – Michael Redgrave , English actor and director (d. 1985)
1910 – Erwin Blask , German hammer thrower (d. 1999)
1911 – Alfonso García Robles , Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1913 – Nikolai Stepulov , Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)
1914 – Wendell Corey , American actor and politician (d. 1968)
1915 – Rudolf Kirchschläger , Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000)
1915 – Sviatoslav Richter , Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
1915 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
1916 – Pierre Messmer , French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
1917 – Vera Lynn , English singer-songwriter and actress
1918 – Jack Barry , American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)
1918 – Donald Featherstone , English soldier and author (d. 2013)
1918 – Marian McPartland , English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1920 – Pamela Harriman , English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)
1920 – Vickie Panos , Canadian baseball player
1920 – Rosemary Timperley , English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1921 – Dušan Pirjevec , Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)
1921 – Alfréd Rényi , Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)
1922 – Larry Elgart , American saxophonist and bandleader
1922 – Ray Goulding , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1922 – Carl Reiner , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1923 – Con Martin , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1923 – Shaukat Siddiqui , Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
1924 – Jozef Kroner , Slovak actor (d. 1998)
1925 – John Ehrlichman , American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (d. 1999)
1925 – Eugene Louis Faccuito , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2015)
1927 – John Joubert , South African-English composer and academic
1928 – Jerome Biffle , American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)
1928 – James P. Gordon , American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)
1928 – Fred Rogers , American television host and producer (d. 2003)
1929 – William Andrew MacKay , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1929 – Germán Robles , Spanish-Mexican actor and director
1930 – S. Arasaratnam , Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)
1931 – Hal Linden , American actor, singer, and director
1931 – Rein Raamat , Estonian director and screenwriter
1933 – Lateef Adegbite , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1933 – George Altman , American baseball player
1933 – Alexander Gorodnitsky , Russian geologist and poet
1933 – Renato Salvatori , Italian actor (d. 1988)
1933 – Ian Walsh , Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2013)
1934 – Willie Brown , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
1934 – David Malouf , Australian author and playwright
1935 – Ted Bessell , American actor and director (d. 1996)
1936 – Harold Mabern , American pianist and composer
1936 – Vaughn Meader , American comedian and actor (d. 2004)
1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry , Jamaican singer and producer
1936 – Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate , English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
1937 – Lois Lowry , American author
1937 – Jerry Reed , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1938 – Sergei Novikov , Russian mathematician and academic
1939 – Gerald Curran , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1939 – Don Edwards , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Walter Jakob Gehring , Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)
1939 – Brian Mulroney , Canadian lawyer and politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada
1940 – Stathis Chaitas , Greek footballer and manager
1940 – Mary Ellen Mark , American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)
1940 – Giampiero Moretti , Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012)
1941 – Pat Corrales , American baseball player and manager
1941 – Kenji Kimihara , Japanese runner
1942 – Robin Luke , American singer and educator
1943 – Gerard Malanga , American poet and photographer
1943 – Paul Junger Witt , American director and producer
1944 – John Cameron , English composer and conductor
1944 – Camille Cosby , American author, producer, and philanthropist
1944 – Alan Harper , English-Irish archbishop
1945 – Henry Bartholomay , American soldier and pilot
1945 – Jay Ingram , Canadian television host and author
1945 – Pat Riley , American basketball player and coach
1945 – Tim Yeo , English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1946 – Douglas B. Green , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Riders in the Sky )
1946 – Malcolm Simmons , English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
1947 – John Boswell , American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)
1948 – John de Lancie , American actor, singer, and producer
1948 – Bobby Orr , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 – Nikos Papazoglou , Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1948 – Marva Wright , American singer (d. 2010)
1949 – Marcia Ball , American singer and pianist
1949 – Richard Dowden , English journalist and educator
1950 – William Hurt , American actor
1950 – Carl Palmer , English drummer and songwriter (Emerson, Lake & Palmer , Asia , and Atomic Rooster )
1951 – Madan Lal , Indian cricketer and coach
1951 – Curt Smith , American author and journalist
1951 – Jimmie Vaughan , American guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds )
1952 – Geoff Brabham , Australian race car driver
1952 – David Greenaway , English economist and academic
1953 – Phil Judd , New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter (Split Enz , The Swingers , and Schnell Fenster )
1954 – Patrick Abada , French pole vaulter
1954 – Yamina Bachir , Algerian director and screenwriter
1954 – Mike Francesa , American radio host
1954 – Liana Kanelli , Greek journalist and politician
1954 – Paul Mirabella , American baseball player
1954 – Louis Sachar , American author
1955 – Nina Kiriki Hoffman , American author
1956 – Catherine Ashton , English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
1956 – Anne Donahue , American lawyer and politician
1956 – Ian Moss , Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Cold Chisel )
1956 – Naoto Takenaka , Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
1957 – Vanessa Bell Calloway , American actress, dancer, and producer
1957 – David Foster , Australian wood chopper
1957 – Spike Lee , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Theresa Russell , American actress
1957 – Chris Wedge , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1958 – Holly Hunter , American actress and producer
1958 – Rickey Jackson , American football player
1958 – Joe Reaiche , Australian rugby player
1959 – Sting , American wrestler and actor
1959 – Nalini Ambady , Indian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
1959 – Dave Beasant , English footballer and coach
1959 – Steve McFadden , English actor
1959 – Mary Roach , American author
1960 – Norm Magnusson , American painter and sculptor
1960 – Norbert Pohlmann , German computer scientist and academic
1960 – Yuri Shargin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1961 – Ingrid Arndt-Brauer , German politician
1961 – Jesper Olsen , Danish footballer and manager
1961 – Sara Wheeler , English author and journalist
1962 – Stephen Sommers , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Paul Annacone , American tennis player and coach
1963 – Gregg Binkley , American actor
1963 – Maggie Estep , American poet and author (d. 2014)
1963 – Anouk Grinberg , French actress
1963 – Kathy Ireland , American model, actress, and furniture designer
1963 – Yelena Romanova , Russian runner (d. 2007)
1963 – David Thewlis , English-French actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Natacha Atlas , Belgian singer-songwriter (Transglobal Underground )
1965 – William Dalrymple , Scottish historian and author
1965 – Taeko Kawata , Japanese voice actress
1965 – Adrian Oxaal , American-English guitarist (James and Sharkboy )
1966 – Alka Yagnik , Indian singer
1967 – Xavier Beauvois , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1967 – Mookie Blaylock , American basketball player
1967 – Illimar Truverk , Estonian architect
1968 – Carlos Almeida , Cape Verdean runner
1968 – Ultra Naté , American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 – A. J. Jacobs , American journalist and author
1968 – Paul Merson , English footballer and manager
1968 – Liza Snyder , American actress
1969 – Caroline Brunet , Canadian canoe racer
1969 – Yvette Cooper , English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1969 – Mannie Fresh , American rapper and producer (Big Tymers )
1969 – Jean Labonté , Canadian sledge hockey player
1969 – Tamás Nádas , Hungarian pilot (d. 2014)
1970 – Edoardo Ballerini , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Michele Jaffe , American author
1970 – Michael Rapaport , American actor and director
1971 – Touré , American journalist and author
1971 – Manny Alexander , Dominican baseball player
1971 – Alexander Chaplin , American actor
1971 – Ingrid Kavelaars , Canadian actress
1972 – Chilly Gonzales , Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1972 – Alex Kapranos , English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Franz Ferdinand , The Yummy Fur , and The Karelia )
1972 – Greg Searle , English rower
1972 – Marco Sejna , German footballer
1972 – Cristel Vahtra , Estonian skier
1973 – Magnar Freimuth , Estonian skier
1973 – Natalya Khrushcheleva , Russian runner
1973 – Jane March , English model and actress
1973 – Jung Woo-sung , South Korean actor and director
1973 – Cedric Yarbrough , American actor
1974 – Paula Garcés , American-Colombian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Andrzej Pilipiuk , Polish author
1974 – Kevin Sullivan , Canadian runner and coach
1974 – Elo Viiding , Estonian poet
1975 – Lacena Golding-Clarke , Jamaican jumper and hurdler
1976 – Chester Bennington , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise )
1978 – Chris Draper , English sailor
1979 – Silvia Abascal , Spanish actress
1979 – Shinnosuke Abe , Japanese baseball player
1979 – Freema Agyeman , English actress and singer
1979 – Molly Jenson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Bianca Lawson , American actress
1979 – Keven Mealamu , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Bernard O'Connor , Irish footballer
1979 – Fiona Wade , English actress
1980 – Jamal Crawford , American basketball player
1980 – Robertas Javtokas , Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Ock Joo-hyun , South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L )
1980 – Mikk Murdvee , Estonian-Finnish violinist and conductor
1980 – Aliénor Tricerri , Swiss tennis player
1981 – Ian Murray , Scottish footballer
1982 – Terrence Duffin , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 – Tomasz Kuszczak , Polish footballer
1982 – José Moreira , Portuguese footballer
1984 – iJustine , American blogger and actress
1984 – Winta , Norwegian singer-songwriter
1984 – Valtteri Filppula , Finnish ice hockey player
1984 – Markus Niemelä , Finnish race car driver
1984 – Christy Carlson Romano , American actress and singer
1984 – Fernando Torres , Spanish footballer
1984 – Marcus Vick , American football player
1985 – Morgan Amalfitano , French footballer
1985 – Ronnie Brewer , American basketball player
1985 – Nicolas Lombaerts , Belgian footballer
1985 – Yoan Merlo , French gamer
1985 – Matt Taven , American wrestler
1986 – Dean Geyer , South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1986 – Julián Magallanes , Argentinian footballer
1986 – Vanessa Morley , Canadian actress
1986 – Ruby Rose , Australian model, actress, and singer
1986 – Jam Sebastian , Filipino video blogger (d. 2015)
1987 – Daniel Maa Boumsong , Cameroonian footballer
1987 – Patrick Boyle , Scottish footballer
1987 – Yuya Endo , Japanese actor and singer
1987 – Jô , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Pedro Ken , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Sergei Kostitsyn , Belarusian ice hockey player
1987 – Kevin Smith , Scottish footballer
1987 – Jonas Rivanno Wattimena , Indonesian actor, model and singer
1988 – Jakub Gierszał , Polish actor
1988 – Louie Vito , American snowboarder
1989 – Xavier Dolan , Canadian actor and director
1989 – Masahiro Inoue , Japanese actor and martial artist
1989 – Tamim Iqbal , Bangladeshi cricketer
1989 – Catherine McNeil , Australian fashion model
1990 – Oliver Hein , German footballer
1990 – Marcos Rojo , Argentine footballer
1990 – Svitlana Shmidt , Ukrainian runner
1991 – Mattia Destro , Italian footballer
1991 – Michał Kucharczyk , Polish footballer
1993 – Sloane Stephens , American tennis player
Deaths
687 – Cuthbert , Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (b. 634)
1181 – Taira no Kiyomori , Japanese general (b. 1118)
1191 – Pope Clement III (b. 1130)
1239 – Hermann von Salza , German knight and diplomat (b. 1179)
1390 – Alexios III of Trebizond (b. 1338)
1413 – Henry IV of England (b. 1367)
1549 – Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1508)
1568 – Albert, Duke in Prussia (b. 1490)
1619 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
1673 – Augustyn Kordecki , Polish monk (b. 1603)
1726 – Isaac Newton , English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1642)
1730 – Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (b. 1692)
1746 – Nicolas de Largillière , French painter and academic (b. 1656)
1780 – Benjamin Truman , English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
1793 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield , Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
1809 – Mary Bateman , English criminal (b. 1768)
1835 – Louis Léopold Robert , French painter (b. 1794)
1849 – James Justinian Morier , Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
1855 – Joseph Aspdin , English businessman (b. 1788)
1865 – Yamanami Keisuke , Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1874 – Hans Christian Lumbye , Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
1878 – Julius Robert von Mayer , German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1897 – Apollon Maykov , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
1899 – Franz Ritter von Hauer , Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
1909 – Friedrich Amelung , Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
1916 – Ota Benga , Congolese-American model (b. 1884)
1918 – Lewis A. Grant , American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
1924 – Emil Fenyvessy , Hungarian actor and screenwriter (b. 1859)
1925 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
1929 – Ferdinand Foch , French field marshal (b. 1851)
1930 – Arthur F. Andrews , American cyclist (b. 1876)
1931 – Hermann Müller , German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 – Giuseppe Zangara , Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900)
1934 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1858)
1940 – Alfred Ploetz , German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1946 – Amadeus William Grabau , American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
1947 – Sigurd Wallén , Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
1952 – Hjalmar Väre , Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
1958 – Adegoke Adelabu , Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
1960 – Léon Sée , French fencer (b. 1877)
1964 – Brendan Behan , Irish author and playwright (b. 1923)
1965 – Daniel Frank , American long jumper (b. 1882)
1966 – Johnny Morrison , American baseball player (b. 1895)
1968 – Carl Theodor Dreyer , Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1969 – Henri Longchambon , French politician (b. 1896)
1970 – Arthur Corbett , Australian public servant (b. 1877)
1971 – Falih Rıfkı Atay , Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
1972 – Marilyn Maxwell , American actress and singer (b. 1921)
1974 – Chet Huntley , American journalist and actor (b. 1911)
1977 – Terukuni Manzō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919)
1981 – Gerry Bertier , American football player (b. 1953)
1983 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
1990 – Maurice Cloche , French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1990 – Lev Yashin , Russian footballer (b. 1929)
1992 – Georges Delerue , French composer (b. 1925)
1993 – Polykarp Kusch , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1994 – Lewis Grizzard , American journalist and author (b. 1946)
1995 – Big John Studd , American wrestler and actor (b. 1948)
1997 – V. S. Pritchett , English author and critic (b. 1900)
1997 – Tony Zale , American boxer (b. 1913)
1998 – George Howard , American saxophonist (b. 1956)
1998 – Catherine Sauvage , French singer and actress (b. 1929)
2000 – Gene Eugene , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (Adam Again , The Swirling Eddies , and Lost Dogs ) (b. 1961)
2001 – Luis Alvarado , Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2003 – Sailor Art Thomas , American bodybuilder and wrestler (b. 1924)
2004 – Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
2004 – Pierre Sévigny , Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1917)
2005 – Armand Lohikoski , American-Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
2007 – Raynald Fréchette , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1933)
2007 – Gilbert E. Patterson , American bishop (b. 1939)
2007 – Taha Yassin Ramadan , Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938)
2007 – Hawa Yakubu , Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2008 – Eric Ashton , English rugby player and coach (b. 1935)
2008 – Sobhan Babu , Indian actor (b. 1937)
2008 – Brian Wilde , English actor (b. 1927)
2009 – Mel Brown , American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2010 – Ai , American poet and academic (b. 1947)
2010 – Harry Carpenter , English sportscaster (b. 1925)
2010 – Liz Carpenter , American journalist and author (b. 1920)
2010 – Girija Prasad Koirala , Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
2010 – Stewart Udall , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1920)
2011 – Johnny Pearson , English pianist, conductor, and composer (Sounds Orchestral ) (b. 1925)
2012 – Lincoln Hall , Australian mountaineer and author (b. 1955)
2012 – Ralph P. Hummel , American political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1937)
2012 – Noboru Ishiguro , Japanese animator and director (b. 1938)
2012 – Mel Parnell , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
2012 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg , Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1910)
2012 – Jim Stynes , Irish-Australian footballer and philanthropist (b. 1966)
2012 – Allen Tolmich , American hurdler and lieutenant (b. 1918)
2013 – Eddie Bond , American singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
2013 – Nasser El Sonbaty , German-Egyptian bodybuilder (b. 1965)
2013 – James Herbert , English author (b. 1943)
2013 – George Lowe , New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924)
2013 – Nicholas C. Petris , American lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2013 – Zillur Rahman , Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 15th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)
2013 – Emílio Santiago , Brazilian singer (b. 1946)
2013 – Risë Stevens , American soprano and actress (b. 1913)
2013 – Jack Stokes , English animator and director (b. 1920)
2014 – Ragesh Asthana , Ugandan-Indian actor (b. 1962)
2014 – Hennie Aucamp , South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Iñaki Azkuna , Spanish academic and politician (b. 1943)
2014 – Hilderaldo Bellini , Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
2014 – Thomas Jolley , American-Canadian activist (b. 1944)
2014 – Tonie Nathan , American politician (b. 1923)
2014 – Khushwant Singh , Indian journalist and author (b. 1915)
2014 – William Toomath , New Zealand architect and educator (b. 1925)
2015 – Perro Aguayo Jr. , Mexican wrestler and promoter (b. 1979)
2015 – Eva Burrows , Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929)
2015 – Lisa Colagrossi , American journalist (b. 1965)
2015 – Malcolm Fraser , Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)
2015 – Robert Kastenmeier , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – A. J. Pero , American drummer (Twisted Sister and Adrenaline Mob ) (b. 1959)
2015 – Cincinnati Red , American wrestler (b. 1974)
2015 – Gregory Walcott , American actor (b. 1928)
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