April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
33 BC – Lucius Marcius Philippus , step-brother to the future emperor Augustus , celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania .
395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia , daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto . She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity .
629 – Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire .
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania : Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus ).
1296 – First War of Scottish Independence : John Balliol 's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar .
1509 – Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict .
1521 – Battle of Mactan : Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu .
1522 – Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca .
1539 – Re-founding of the city of Bogotá , New Granada (now Colombia ), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar .
1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines .
1578 – Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise .
1595 – The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade by the Ottomans, where today the largest Orthodox church building in the world stands
1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale : A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1667 – The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £ 10.
1749 – First performance of George Frideric Handel 's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London .
1777 – American Revolutionary War : The Battle of Ridgefield : A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut .
1805 – First Barbary War : United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn ).
1810 – Beethoven composes Für Elise .
1813 – War of 1812 : American troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
1840 – Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster , London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry .
1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus .
1865 – The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution .
1865 – The steamboat Sultana , carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River , killing 1,800, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons .
1904 – The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government , under Chris Watson .
1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V .
1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye , a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate .
1914 – Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .
1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie ) are created.
1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor .
1941 – World War II : German troops enter Athens .
1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation .
1945 – World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland .
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo , while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1950 – Apartheid : In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1960 – Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship .
1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister .
1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal , Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1977 – Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster .
1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate -related crimes.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse .
1986 – The city of Pripyat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster .
1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II .
1989 – The April 27 demonstrations , student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial , during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 .
1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , comprising Serbia and Montenegro , is proclaimed.
1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank .
1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville , Gabon en route to Dakar , Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal .
1994 – South African general election : The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1996 – The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
2002 – The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10 .
2005 – The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse , France. An accident involving a bus and a train occurs in Polgahawela , Sri Lanka .
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center ) in New York City.
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier , a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn , amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 – The April 25–28 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States , especially the states of Alabama , Mississippi , Georgia , and Tennessee . Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2014 – Popes John XXIII and John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal canonization since 1954.
2014 – A tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills 35 people.
Births
1650 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1714)
1701 – Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
1718 – Thomas Lewis , Irish-American surveyor and lawyer (d. 1790)
1737 – Edward Gibbon , English historian and politician (d. 1794)
1748 – Adamantios Korais , Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)
1755 – Marc-Antoine Parseval , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1836)
1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft , English philosopher, historian, and author (d. 1797)
1788 – Charles Robert Cockerell , English architect, archaeologist, and writer (d. 1863)
1791 – Samuel Morse , American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (d. 1872)
1806 – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (d. 1878)
1812 – William W. Snow , American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)
1812 – Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (d. 1883)
1820 – Herbert Spencer , English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1903)
1822 – Ulysses S. Grant , American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
1840 – Edward Whymper , English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (d. 1911)
1848 – Otto of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler , German general and politician (d. 1921)
1853 – Jules Lemaître , French playwright and critic (d. 1914)
1857 – Theodor Kittelsen , Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)
1861 – William Arms Fisher , American composer and music historian (d. 1948)
1862 – Rudolph Schildkraut , Turkish-American actor (d. 1930)
1866 – Maurice Raoul-Duval , French polo player (d. 1916)
1875 – Frederick Fane , Irish-born, English cricketer (d. 1960)
1876 – Con Leahy , Irish athlete (d. 1921)
1878 – John Rimmer , English runner (d. 1962)
1880 – Mihkel Lüdig , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
1882 – Jessie Redmon Fauset , American author and poet (d. 1961)
1887 – Warren Wood , American golfer (d. 1926)
1888 – Florence La Badie , Canadian actress (d. 1917)
1893 – Draža Mihailović , Serbian general (d. 1946)
1893 – Allen Sothoron , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1939)
1894 – George Petty , American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
1894 – Nicolas Slonimsky , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
1896 – Rogers Hornsby , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)
1896 – William Hudson , New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)
1898 – Ludwig Bemelmans , Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)
1899 – Walter Lantz , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1994)
1900 – August Koern , Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)
1902 – Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté , Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)
1903 – Horace Stoneham , American businessman (d. 1990)
1904 – Cecil Day-Lewis , Irish-English poet and author (d. 1972)
1904 – Nikos Zachariadis , Greek politician (d. 1973)
1905 – John Kuck , American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)
1906 – Yiorgos Theotokas , Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)
1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo , Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
1911 – Bruno Beger , German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
1911 – Chris Berger , Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)
1912 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset , French author and politician (d. 2001)
1912 – Zohra Sehgal , Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1913 – Philip Abelson , American physicist and author (d. 2004)
1913 – Irving Adler , American mathematician, author, and academic (d. 2012)
1913 – Luz Long , German long jumper and soldier (d. 1943)
1916 – Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
1916 – Enos Slaughter , American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)
1917 – Roman Matsov , Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001)
1918 – Sten Rudholm , Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
1920 – Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor (d. 1956)
1920 – Mark Krasnosel'skii , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1920 – James Robert Mann , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2010)
1920 – Edwin Morgan , Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)
1921 – Robert Dhéry , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1921 – John Stott , English clergyman and theologian (d. 2011)
1922 – Martin Gray , Polish-French holocaust survivor and author
1922 – Jack Klugman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1922 – Sheila Scott , English nurse and pilot (d. 1988)
1924 – Vernon B. Romney , American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)
1925 – Derek Chinnery , English broadcaster (d. 2015)
1926 – Tim LaHaye , American minister and author
1926 – Basil A. Paterson , American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014)
1926 – Alan Reynolds , English painter and educator (d. 2014)
1927 – Tato Bores , Argentinian actor (d. 1996)
1927 – Charlie Fonville , American shot putter and lawyer (d. 1994)
1927 – Connie Kay , American drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet ) (d. 1994)
1927 – Coretta Scott King , American activist and author (d. 2006)
1927 – Joe Moakley , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2001)
1929 – Nina Ponomaryova , Russian discus thrower and coach
1931 – Igor Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist and educator
1932 – Anouk Aimée , French actress
1932 – Pik Botha , South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States
1932 – Maxine Brown , American singer-songwriter (The Browns )
1932 – Casey Kasem , American radio host, producer, and actor, co-created American Top 40 (d. 2014)
1932 – Derek Minter , English motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1932 – Gian-Carlo Rota , Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
1933 – Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert , English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London
1934 – Brennan Manning , American priest and author (d. 2013)
1934 – Jean Valentine , American poet and academic
1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1935 – Ron Morris , American pole vaulter and coach
1936 – Geoffrey Shovelton , English singer and illustrator
1937 – Sandy Dennis , American actress (d. 1992)
1937 – Robin Eames , Irish archbishop
1937 – Richard Perham , English biologist and academic (d. 2015)
1938 – Earl Anthony , American bowler and sportscaster (d. 2001)
1938 – Alain Caron , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1939 – Judy Carne , English actress (d. 2015)
1939 – Stanisław Dziwisz , Polish cardinal
1939 – Jerry Mercer , Canadian drummer (Mashmakhan and April Wine )
1941 – Jennings Michael Burch , American author (d. 2013)
1941 – Pat Choate , American economist and academic
1941 – Fethullah Gülen , Turkish preacher and theologian
1941 – Lee Roy Jordan , American football player
1942 – Ruth Glick , American author
1942 – Jim Keltner , American drummer (Traveling Wilburys , Plastic Ono Band , and Delaney & Bonnie and Friends )
1943 – Helmut Marko , Austrian race car driver and manager
1944 – Stoker Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire , English academic and politician
1944 – Michael Fish , English meteorologist and journalist
1944 – Cuba Gooding Sr. , American singer and actor (The Main Ingredient )
1944 – Herb Pedersen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Desert Rose Band and The Dillards )
1945 – Martin Chivers , English footballer and manager
1945 – Jack Deverell , English general
1945 – Helen Hodgman , Scottish-Australian author
1945 – August Wilson , American author and playwright (d. 2005)
1946 – Franz Roth , German footballer
1946 – Nicholas Serota , English historian and curator
1947 – G. K. Butterfield , American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1947 – Pete Ham , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger ) (d. 1975)
1947 – Keith Magnuson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
1947 – Ann Peebles , American singer-songwriter
1948 – Frank Abagnale , American businessman
1948 – Amrit Kumar Bohara , Nepalese politician
1948 – Josef Hickersberger , Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
1948 – Kate Pierson , American singer-songwriter and bass player (The B-52's and NiNa )
1948 – Si Robertson , American soldier and hunter
1949 – Grant Chapman , Australian businessman and politician
1950 – Paul Lockyer , Australian journalist (d. 2011)
1951 – Ace Frehley , American guitarist and songwriter (Kiss , Wicked Lester , and Frehley's Comet )
1952 – Larry Elder , American lawyer and talk show host
1952 – George Gervin , American basketball player
1952 – Ari Vatanen , Finnish race car driver and politician
1953 – Arielle Dombasle , French-American singer, actress, and director
1954 – Frank Bainimarama , Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
1954 – Herman Edwards , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1955 – Gudrun Berend , German hurdler (d. 2011)
1955 – Eric Schmidt , American engineer and businessman
1956 – Bryan Harvey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (House of Freaks ) (d. 2006)
1956 – Bridget Kendall , English journalist and talk show host
1956 – Kevin McNally , English actor and screenwriter
1956 – Douglas P. , English-Australian singer, producer, and actor (Death in June and Crisis )
1956 – Jeff Probyn , English rugby player, coach, and manager
1957 – Willie Upshaw , American baseball player and manager
1959 – Sheena Easton , Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1959 – Louis Lortie , Canadian-German pianist and educator
1959 – Neil Pearson , English actor
1959 – Marco Pirroni , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Adam and the Ants , Siouxsie and the Banshees , The Wolfmen , Rema-Rema , and Spear of Destiny )
1960 – Mike Krushelnyski , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Moana Pozzi , Italian porn actress and model (d. 1994)
1961 – Andrew Schlafly , American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
1962 – Ángel Comizzo , Argentinian footballer and manager
1962 – James LeGros , American actor
1962 – Choi Min-sik , South Korean actor
1962 – Seppo Räty , Finnish javelin thrower and coach
1962 – Im Sang-soo , South Korean director and screenwriter
1962 – Andrew Selous , English soldier and politician
1963 – Russell T Davies , Welsh screenwriter and producer
1963 – Cali Timmins , Canadian actress
1964 – Michael Mahonen , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Lisa Wilcox , American actress
1965 – Anna Chancellor , English actress
1966 – Vyacheslav Oliynyk , Ukrainian wrestler
1966 – Matt Reeves , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Yoshihiro Togashi , Japanese illustrator
1967 – Aki Avni , Israeli actor
1967 – Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
1967 – Tommy Smith , Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
1967 – Erik Thomson , Scottish-New Zealand actor
1967 – Jason Whitlock , American football player and journalist
1968 – Dana Milbank , American journalist and author
1969 – Cory Booker , American lawyer and politician
1969 – Darcey Bussell , English ballerina
1969 – Grahame Cheney , Australian boxer
1969 – Tess Daly , English model and television host
1969 – Vladimir Kozlov , Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor
1969 – Mica Paris , English singer and actress
1970 – Kylie Travis , English-Australian actress
1971 – Olari Elts , Estonian conductor
1972 – Nigel Barker , English photographer and author
1972 – Almedin Civa , Bosnian footballer and coach
1972 – Mehmet Kurtuluş , Turkish-German actor
1972 – David Lascher , American actor and producer
1972 – Maura West , American actress
1973 – Duško Adamović , Serbian footballer
1973 – Sharlee D'Angelo , Swedish bass player and songwriter (Arch Enemy , Spiritual Beggars , King Diamond , Witchery , Sinergy , and Mercyful Fate )
1973 – Andre Gower , American actor
1973 – Sébastien Lareau , Canadian tennis player
1974 – Frank Catalanotto , American baseball player
1974 – Johnny Devine , Canadian wrestler
1974 – Richard Johnson , Australian footballer
1975 – Rabih Abdullah , American football player
1975 – Chris Carpenter , American baseball player and manager
1975 – Pedro Feliz , Dominican baseball player
1975 – Koopsta Knicca , American rapper (Three 6 Mafia ) (d. 2015)
1976 – Isobel Campbell , Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist (Belle and Sebastian )
1976 – Sally Hawkins , English actress
1976 – Walter Pandiani , Uruguayan footballer
1976 – Faisal Saif , Indian director, screenwriter, and critic
1976 – Olaf Tufte , Norwegian rower
1977 – Khalid Zoubaa , French runner
1979 – Will Boyd , American bass player (Evanescence , American Princes , and The Visitors )
1979 – Natasha Chokljat , Australian netball player
1980 – Sybille Bammer , Austrian tennis player
1980 – Talitha Cummins , Australian journalist
1980 – Jason Gainza , Filipino actor
1980 – Christian Lara , Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Ananda Mikola , Indonesian race car driver
1981 – Fabrizio Faniello , Maltese singer-songwriter
1981 – Joey Gathright , American baseball player
1981 – Patrik Gerrbrand , Swedish footballer
1982 – Katrina Johnson , American actress
1982 – François Parisien , Canadian cyclist
1982 – Alexander Widiker , German rugby player
1983 – Ari Graynor , American actress and producer
1983 – Martin Viiask , Estonian basketball player
1984 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Daniel Holdsworth , Australian rugby player
1984 – Patrick Stump , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fall Out Boy and Arma Angelus )
1985 – José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior , Brazilian footballer
1985 – Meselech Melkamu , Ethiopian runner
1986 – Jenna Coleman , English actress
1986 – Elena Risteska , Macedonian singer-songwriter
1986 – Dinara Safina , Russian tennis player
1987 – Taylor Chorney , American ice hockey player
1987 – William Moseley , English actor
1987 – Elliott Shriane , Australian speed skater
1987 – Emma Taylor-Isherwood , Canadian actress
1987 – Wang Feifei , Chinese singer, dancer, and actress (Miss A )
1988 – Joeri Dequevy , Belgian footballer
1988 – Kris Thackray , English footballer
1988 – Semyon Varlamov , Russian ice hockey player
1989 – Lars Bender , German footballer
1989 – Sven Bender , German footballer
1989 – Maksym Bilyi , Ukrainian footballer (d. 2013)
1989 – Martha Hunt , American model
1989 – Dmytro Kozban , Ukrainian footballer
1989 – Emily Rios , American actress
1989 – Milagros Schmoll , Argentinian model
1990 – Austin Dillon , American race car driver
1990 – Erik Keedus , Estonian basketball player
1990 – Martin Kelly , English footballer
1991 – Isaac Cuenca , Spanish footballer
1992 – Allison Iraheta , American singer-songwriter (Halo Circus )
1994 – Elmo Magalona , Filipino actor and singer
Deaths
630 – Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621)
1272 – Zita , Italian saint (b. 1212)
1404 – Philip the Bold , French son of John II of France (b. 1342)
1463 – Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan , Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480)
1599 – Maeda Toshiie , Japanese general (b. 1538)
1605 – Pope Leo XI (b. 1535)
1613 – Robert Abercromby , Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)
1656 – Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
1694 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
1695 – John Trenchard , English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
1702 – Jean Bart , French admiral (b. 1651)
1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
1813 – Zebulon Pike , American general and explorer (b. 1779)
1873 – William Macready , English actor and manager (b. 1793)
1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson , American philosopher, poet, and academic (b. 1803)
1896 – Henry Parkes , English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
1915 – John Labatt , Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
1915 – Alexander Scriabin , Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
1919 – Anton Irv , Estonian captain (b. 1886)
1932 – Hart Crane , American poet and author (b. 1899)
1936 – Karl Pearson , English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
1937 – Antonio Gramsci , Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
1938 – Edmund Husserl , Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
1952 – Guido Castelnuovo , Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
1957 – Paweł Owerłło , Polish actor (b. 1869)
1961 – Roy Del Ruth , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
1962 – A. K. Fazlul Huq , Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
1965 – Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (b. 1908)
1967 – William Douglas Cook , New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
1969 – René Barrientos , Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
1970 – Arthur Shields , Irish-American actor (b. 1896)
1972 – Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
1973 – Carlos Menditeguy , Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
1977 – Stanley Adams , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1977 – Scott Bradley , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
1979 – Celal Atik , Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1918)
1981 – Münir Nurettin Selçuk , Turkish tenor and actor (b. 1900)
1988 – Fred Bear , American hunter and author (b. 1902)
1988 – David Scarboro , English actor (b. 1968)
1989 – Konosuke Matsushita , Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)
1992 – Olivier Messiaen , French organist and composer (b. 1908)
1992 – Gerard K. O'Neill , American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans , Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
1996 – William Colby , American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)
1996 – Gilles Grangier , French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1998 – John Bassett , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
1998 – Carlos Castaneda , Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
1998 – Anne Desclos , French journalist and author (b. 1907)
1998 – Browning Ross , American runner and soldier (b. 1924)
1999 – Al Hirt , American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
1999 – Dale C. Thomson , Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2000 – Vicki Sue Robinson , American actress and singer (b. 1954)
2002 – George Alec Effinger , American author (b. 1947)
2002 – Ruth Handler , American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)
2005 – Red Horner , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
2006 – Julia Thorne , American author (b. 1944)
2007 – Al Hunter Ashton , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1957)
2007 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
2008 – Marios Tokas , Cypriot singer-songwriter (b. 1954)
2009 – Feroz Khan , Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1939)
2009 – Frankie Manning , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon , South Korean model and actress (b. 1983)
2011 – Marian Mercer , American actress and singer (b. 1935)
2012 – Daniel E. Boatwright , American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Anatoly Lebed , Estonian-Russian colonel (b. 1963)
2012 – Harold Pupkewitz , Lithuanian-Namibian businessman (b. 1915)
2012 – Bill Skowron , American baseball player (b. 1930)
2013 – Aída Bortnik , Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)
2013 – Tony Byrne , Irish-Canadian boxer (b. 1930)
2013 – Antonio Díaz Jurado , Spanish footballer (b. 1969)
2013 – Jérôme Louis Heldring , Dutch journalist and author (b. 1917)
2013 – Aloysius Jin Luxian , Chinese bishop (b. 1916)
2013 – Mutula Kilonzo , Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1948)
2014 – Yigal Arnon , Israeli lawyer, founded Yigal Arnon & Co. (b. 1929)
2014 – Vujadin Boškov , Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
2014 – Daniel Colchico , American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2014 – Harry Firth , Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)
2014 – Andréa Parisy , French actress (b. 1935)
2015 – Suzanne Crough , American actress (b. 1963)
2015 – Gene Fullmer , American boxer (b. 1931)
2015 – Verne Gagne , American football player, wrestler, and trainer (b. 1926)
2015 – Guy LeBlanc , Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (Nathan Mahl and Camel ) (b. 1960)
2015 – Alexander Rich , American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)
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