March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1279 – A Mongolian victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1563 – The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots .
1649 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords , declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England" .
1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle , searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River , is murdered by his own men.
1812 – The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812 .
1853 – The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864 .
1861 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
1863 – The SS Georgiana , said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser , is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
1865 – American Civil War : The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina .
1885 – Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan , beginning the North-West Rebellion .
1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph .
1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time .
1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
1921 – Irish War of Independence : One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry , County Cork . About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada .
1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1941 – World War II : The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen , the first all-black unit of the US Army Air Corps , is activated.
1943 – Frank Nitti , the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone , commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
1944 – World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin , killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree " ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
1946 – French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
1954 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
1954 – Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio . The record still stands today.
1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
1962 – Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan , on Columbia Records label.
1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana , valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser , is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence , exactly 102 years after its destruction.
1966 – Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final four with an all-black starting lineup.
1969 – The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station , United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN .
1982 – Falklands War : Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell .
1989 – The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979 .
1990 – The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire .
2002 – Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud , following a turbulent presidential election.
2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster : A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski , Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
2004 – A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
2004 – 3-19 shooting incident : Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20 .
2008 – GRB 080319B : A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
2011 – Libyan Civil War : After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi 's forces to take Benghazi , French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan , beginning foreign military intervention in Libya .
2013 – A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq .
Births
1434 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu , Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
1488 – Johannes Magnus , Swedish archbishop and theologian (d. 1544)
1534 – José de Anchieta , Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1597)
1590 – William Bradford , English colonial politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
1601 – Alonzo Cano , Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1667)
1603 – John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
1629 – Alexis of Russia (d. 1676)
1641 – Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi , Syrian author and scholar (d. 1731)
1661 – Francesco Gasparini , Italian composer and educator (d. 1727)
1684 – Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
1721 – Tobias Smollett , Scottish-Italian poet and author (d. 1771)
1734 – Thomas McKean , American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
1739 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance , French lawyer and politician (d. 1824)
1742 – Túpac Amaru II , Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
1748 – Elias Hicks , American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
1749 – Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768)
1778 – Edward Pakenham , Irish general and politician (d. 1815)
1809 – Fredrik Pacius , German composer and conductor (d. 1891)
1813 – David Livingstone , Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
1816 – Johannes Verhulst , Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1891)
1821 – Richard Francis Burton , English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
1823 – Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
1824 – William Allingham , Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
1829 – Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish businessman (d. 1901)
1844 – Minna Canth , Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)
1847 – Albert Pinkham Ryder , American painter (d. 1917)
1848 – Wyatt Earp , American police officer (d. 1929)
1849 – Alfred von Tirpitz , Polish-German admiral and politician (d. 1930)
1851 – William Henry Stark , American businessman (d. 1936)
1860 – William Jennings Bryan , American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
1861 – Lomer Gouin , Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (d. 1929)
1864 – Charles Marion Russell , American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
1865 – William Morton Wheeler , American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (d. 1937)
1868 – Senda Berenson Abbott , Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
1871 – Schofield Haigh , English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)
1872 – Anna Held , Polish-American actress and singer (d. 1918)
1873 – Max Reger , German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1878 – Henricus Tromp , Dutch rower (d. 1962)
1881 – Edith Nourse Rogers , American social worker and politician (d. 1960)
1882 – Gaston Lachaise , French-American sculptor (d. 1935)
1883 – Norman Haworth , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1883 – Joseph Stilwell , American general (d. 1946)
1885 – Attik , Greek pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1888 – Josef Albers , German-American painter and educator (d. 1976)
1888 – Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
1891 – Earl Warren , American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
1892 – James Van Fleet , American general and diplomat (d. 1992)
1894 – Moms Mabley , American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 1975)
1898 – Karl Theodor Bleek , German politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1969)
1900 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1901 – Jo Mielziner , French-American set designer (d. 1976)
1902 – Louisa Ghijs , Belgian-German actress (d. 1985)
1904 – John Sirica , American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1905 – Joe Rollino , American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)
1905 – Albert Speer , German architect and politician (d. 1981)
1906 – Adolf Eichmann , German SS officer (d. 1962)
1909 – Attilio Demaría , Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
1909 – Louis Hayward , South African-American actor (d. 1985)
1910 – Joseph Carroll , American general (d. 1991)
1911 – Simone Renant , French actress (d. 2004)
1911 – Arnold Viiding , Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2006)
1912 – Hugh Watt , Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
1913 – Michel Brusseaux , French professional footballer (d. 1986)
1914 – Leonidas Alaoglu , Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
1914 – Jay Berwanger , American football player and coach (d. 2002)
1914 – Fred Clark , American actor (d. 1968)
1915 – Robert G. Cole , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
1915 – Patricia Morison , American actress and singer
1916 – Eric Christmas , English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
1916 – Irving Wallace , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1917 – Peggy Ahern , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2012)
1917 – Laszlo Szabo , Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
1919 – Lennie Tristano , American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
1920 – Tige Andrews , American actor (d. 2007)
1920 – Kjell Aukrust , Norwegian author, poet, and painter (d. 2002)
1920 – Paul Hagen , Danish actor and singer (d. 2003)
1920 – Laurent Noël , Canadian bishop
1921 – Martha Carson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
1921 – Tommy Cooper , Welsh comedian and magician (d. 1984)
1922 – Guy Lewis , American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1922 – Hiroo Onoda , Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
1923 – Pamela Britton , American actress (d. 1974)
1923 – Betty Goodwin , Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 2008)
1923 – Benito Jacovitti , Italian illustrator (d. 1997)
1923 – Henry Morgentaler , Polish-Canadian physician and activist (d. 2013)
1923 – Giuseppe Rotunno , Italian cinematographer
1924 – Joe Gaetjens , Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
1924 – Mary Wimbush , English actress (d. 2005)
1925 – Brent Scowcroft , American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor
1927 – Richie Ashburn , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1928 – Hans Küng , Swiss priest, theologian, and author
1928 – Patrick McGoohan , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1928 – David Lumsden , English organist and conductor
1929 – Miquel Martí i Pol , Catalan poet and educator (d. 2003)
1930 – Gualtiero Marchesi , Italian chef
1930 – Eugene Selznick , American volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
1931 – Maurice Peston, Baron Peston , English economist and politician
1932 – Gay Brewer , American golfer (d. 2007)
1932 – Peter Hall , English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1932 – Gail Kobe , American actress and producer (d. 2013)
1933 – Norman King , English admiral (d. 2013)
1933 – Phyllis Newman , American actress and singer
1933 – Philip Roth , American author
1933 – Renée Taylor , American actress and screenwriter
1933 – Richard Williams , Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter
1935 – Nancy Malone , American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1935 – Burt Metcalfe , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1936 – Ursula Andress , Swiss actress
1936 – Birthe Wilke , Danish singer
1937 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry , American singer and pianist
1937 – Egon Krenz , German politician
1937 – Maurice Roëves , English-Scottish actor
1939 – Joe Kapp , American football player, coach, and actor
1942 – Richard Dobson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Heather Robertson , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1943 – Peter Eugene Ball , English sculptor
1943 – Mario J. Molina , Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Mario Monti , Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
1943 – Vern Schuppan , Australian race car driver
1944 – Said Musa , Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
1944 – Sirhan Sirhan , Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
1945 – John Holder , English cricketer and umpire
1945 – Modestas Paulauskas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1945 – Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield , English academic and politician
1946 – Paul Atkinson , English guitarist (The Zombies ) (d. 2004)
1946 – Bigas Luna , Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1946 – Ruth Pointer , American singer-songwriter and producer (Pointer Sisters )
1946 – Jack Schaeffer , American singer, saxophonist, and producer (Royale Monarchs )
1947 – Glenn Close , American actress and producer
1947 – Marinho Peres , Brazilian footballer and coach
1948 – Peep Lassmann , Estonian pianist and educator
1948 – David Schnitter , American saxophonist and educator
1948 – Vintcent van der Bijl , South African cricketer and umpire
1949 – Blase J. Cupich , American archbishop
1949 – Hirofumi Hirano , Japanese politician
1949 – Valery Leontiev , Russian singer and actor
1950 – Jose S. Palma , Filipino archbishop
1950 – James Redfield , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1951 – Christine Laser , German pentathlete
1951 – PJ Torokvei , Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1952 – Wolfgang Ambros , Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Austria3 )
1952 – Chris Brubeck , American pianist and composer
1952 – Warren Lees , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1952 – Martin Ravallion , Australian economist and academic
1952 – Harvey Weinstein , American director and producer, co-founded Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company
1953 – Ian Blair , English police officer
1953 – Peter Hendy , English businessman
1953 – Billy Sheehan , American bass player and songwriter (Mr. Big and Niacin )
1953 – Ricky Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The B-52's ) (d. 1985)
1954 – Jill Abramson , American journalist and author
1954 – Cho Kwang-rae , South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
1954 – Rashid Nugmanov , Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – John Burnside , Scottish poet and academic
1955 – Pino Daniele , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1955 – Bruce Willis , German-American actor, singer, and producer
1955 – Simon Yam , Hong Kong actor and producer
1956 – Yegor Gaidar , Russian economist and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2009)
1958 – Andy Reid , American football player and coach
1959 – Terry Hall , English singer-songwriter (The Specials , Fun Boy Three , The Colourfield , and Vegas )
1959 – Kevin Moreton , English actor
1960 – Simo Aalto , Finnish magician
1960 – Eliane Elias , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist
1960 – Cousin Junior , American wrestler (d. 2009)
1961 – Jos Lansink , Dutch-Belgian horse rider
1962 – Iván Calderón , Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
1962 – Jim Korderas , Canadian wrestling referee
1963 – Brazo de Plata , Mexican wrestler
1963 – Neil LaBute , American director and screenwriter
1963 – Mary Scheer , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Mesut Bakkal , Turkish footballer and manager
1964 – Yoko Kanno , Japanese pianist and composer (Seatbelts )
1964 – Jake Weber , English actor
1965 – Kevin F. Harris , American composer and author
1965 – Fred Stoller , American actor and screenwriter
1966 – Michael Crockart , Scottish police officer and politician
1966 – Andy Sinton , English footballer and manager
1967 – Michael Bletsas , Greek engineer and academic
1967 – Sergei Bragin , Estonian footballer
1967 – Vladimir Konstantinov , Russian-American ice hockey player
1967 – Katia Tiutiunnik , Australian viola player and composer
1968 – Tyrone Hill , American basketball player and coach
1968 – Mots'eoa Senyane , Lesotho diplomat, Lesotho High Commissioner to Canada
1969 – Gary Jules , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Tuulikki Laesson , Estonian chess player
1969 – Tom McRae , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Connor Trinneer , American actor
1970 – Gert Bettens , Belgian guitarist and songwriter (K's Choice )
1970 – Harald Johnsen , Norwegian bassist (d. 2011)
1970 – Michael Krumm , German race car driver
1971 – Nadja Auermann , German model and actress
1971 – Sébastien Godefroid , Belgian sailor
1972 – Izumi Inamori , Japanese actress
1972 – Nate Quarry , American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1973 – Bun B , American rapper and producer (UGK )
1973 – Brant Bjork , American drummer (Kyuss , Vista Chino , and Fu Manchu )
1973 – Ashley Giles , English cricketer and coach
1973 – Simmone Jade Mackinnon , Australian actress
1973 – Sergey Makarov , Russian javelin thrower
1974 – Vida Guerra , Cuban-American model and actress
1974 – Marcel Tiemann , German race car driver
1975 – Brann Dailor , American drummer and songwriter (Mastodon , Lethargy , and Today Is the Day )
1975 – Antonio Daniels , American basketball player
1975 – Vivian Hsu , Taiwanese singer and actress
1975 – Mason Jennings , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Lucie Laurier , Canadian actress
1975 – Matthew Richardson , Australian footballer and sportscaster
1976 – Rachel Blanchard , Canadian actress
1976 – Andre Miller , American basketball player
1976 – Alessandro Nesta , Italian footballer
1976 – Stelios Sfakianakis , German-Greek footballer
1977 – Fayez Banihammad , Emirati terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
1977 – Jorma Taccone , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1978 – Cydonie Mothersille , Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
1979 – Abby Brammell , American actress
1979 – Sheldon Brown , American football player
1979 – Hee-seop Choi , South Korean-American baseball player
1979 – Ivan Ljubičić , Croatian tennis player
1979 – Christos Patsatzoglou , Greek footballer
1979 – Hedo Türkoğlu , Turkish basketball player
1980 – Luca Ferri , Italian footballer
1980 – Taichi Ishikari , Japanese wrestler
1980 – Mikuni Shimokawa , Japanese singer-songwriter (NapsaQ and Checkicco )
1981 – Steve Cummings , English cyclist
1981 – Kim Rae-won , South Korean actor
1981 – Kolo Touré , Ivorian footballer
1982 – Jonathan Fanene , American football player
1982 – Brad Jones , Australian footballer
1982 – Matt Littler , English actor and director
1982 – Eduardo Saverin , Brazilian-American businessman, co-founded Facebook
1983 – Evan Bourne , American wrestler
1983 – Ana Rezende , Brazilian guitarist and director (CSS )
1984 – Tanushree Dutta , Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 2004
1985 – Inesa Jurevičiūtė , Lithuanian figure skater
1985 – Michael Timlin , English-Irish footballer
1985 – E. J. Viso , Venezuelan race car driver
1986 – Tyler Bozak , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Lee Jooyeon , South Korean singer and actress (After School )
1987 – AJ Lee , American wrestler
1987 – Josie Loren , American actress
1987 – Alexander Metz , German rugby player
1987 – Michal Švec , Czech footballer
1987 – Miloš Teodosić , Serbian basketball player
1988 – Clayton Kershaw , American baseball player
1989 – Ben Briley , American singer
1989 – Babak Ghorbani , Iranian wrestler (d. 2014)
1989 – Yutaka Kobayashi , Japanese actor
1989 – Craig Lamar Traylor , American actor
1991 – Garrett Clayton , American actor, singer, and dancer
1991 – Aleksandr Kokorin , Russian footballer
1993 – Mateusz Szwoch , Polish footballer
1995 – Philip Daniel Bolden , American actor
1995 – Julia Montes , Filipino actress and dancer
1995 – Alexei Sintsov , Russian figure skater
1996 – Barbara Haas , Austrian tennis player
1997 – Rūta Meilutytė , Lithuanian swimmer
1998 – Sakura Miyawaki , Japanese idol and singer (HKT48 and AKB48 )
2000 – Kauto Star , French-English race horse (d. 2015)
Deaths
1238 – Henry I the Bearded , Polish son of Bolesław I the Tall (b. 1163)
1263 – Hugh of Saint-Cher , French cardinal (b. 1200)
1279 – Emperor Bing of Song (b. 1271)
1286 – Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
1330 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1301)
1406 – Ibn Khaldun , Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332)
1612 – Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill , Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
1637 – Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
1649 – Gerhard Johann Vossius , German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
1683 – Thomas Killigrew , English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
1687 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle , French-American explorer (b. 1643)
1697 – Nicolaus Bruhns , German organist and composer (b. 1665)
1711 – Thomas Ken , English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
1717 – John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland , Scottish soldier (b. 1636)
1721 – Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
1746 – Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (b. 1718)
1783 – Frederick Cornwallis , English archbishop (b. 1713)
1790 – Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha , Ottoman general and politician, 182nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1713)
1816 – Philip Mazzei , Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
1871 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger , Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
1882 – Carl Robert Jakobson , Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1841)
1897 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie , Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
1900 – John Bingham , American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
1900 – Charles-Louis Hanon , French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli , Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
1916 – Vasily Surikov , Russian painter (b. 1848)
1930 – Arthur Balfour , Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
1942 – Clinton Hart Merriam , American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
1943 – Frank Nitti , Italian-American gangster (b. 1883)
1944 – William Hale Thompson , American politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
1949 – James Somerville , English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
1950 – Edgar Rice Burroughs , American soldier and author (b. 1875)
1950 – Norman Haworth , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1958 – Hellmer Hermandsen , Norwegian target shooter (b. 1871)
1965 – Edward Battersby Bailey , English geologist (b. 1881)
1973 – Lauritz Melchior , Danish-American tenor and actor (b. 1890)
1974 – Anne Klein , American fashion designer (b. 1923)
1974 – Edward Platt , American actor and producer (b. 1916)
1976 – Albert Dieudonné , French actor and author (b. 1889)
1976 – Paul Kossoff , English guitarist and songwriter (Free , Black Cat Bones , and Back Street Crawler ) (b. 1950)
1977 – William L. Laurence , Lithuanian-American journalist (b. 1888)
1978 – M. A. Ayyangar , Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
1978 – Gaston Julia , Algerian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1893)
1979 – Richard Beckinsale , English actor (b. 1947)
1981 – Marcel Cadieux , Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
1982 – Alan Badel , English actor (b. 1923)
1982 – J. B. Kripalani , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
1982 – Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot ) (b. 1956)
1984 – Garry Winogrand , American photographer (b. 1928)
1986 – Sabino Barinaga , Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1987 – Louis de Broglie , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1988 – Bun Cook , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
1989 – Alan Civil , English horn player (b. 1929)
1989 – Valérie Quennessen , French actress (b. 1957)
1990 – Andrew Wood , American singer-songwriter (Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone ) (b. 1966)
1992 – Cesare Danova , Italian-American actor (b. 1926)
1993 – Henrik Sandberg , Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)
1995 – Yasuo Yamada , Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
1997 – Willem de Kooning , Dutch-American painter and educator (b. 1904)
1997 – Eugène Guillevic , French poet and author (b. 1907)
1998 – E. M. S. Namboodiripad , Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
1999 – Tofilau Eti Alesana , Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
1999 – Jaime Sabines , Mexican poet and author (b. 1926)
2000 – Joanne Weaver , American baseball player (b. 1935)
2000 – Shafiq-ur-Rahman , Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
2001 – Charles K. Johnson , American activist (b. 1924)
2003 – Émile Genest , Canadian-American actor (b. 1921)
2003 – Michael Mathias Prechtl , German soldier and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Mitchell Sharp , Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1911)
2005 – John DeLorean , American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (b. 1925)
2007 – Calvert DeForest , American actor (b. 1921)
2007 – Luther Ingram , American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2008 – Raghuvaran , Indian actor (b. 1958)
2008 – Arthur C. Clarke , English science fiction novelist (b. 1917)
2008 – Hugo Claus , Belgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1929)
2008 – Paul Scofield , English actor (b. 1922)
2009 – Maria Bergson , Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914)
2009 – Ion Dolănescu , Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
2011 – Kym Bonython , Australian drummer and radio host (b. 1920)
2012 – Hanne Borchsenius , Danish actress (b. 1935)
2012 – Jim Case , American director and producer (b. 1927)
2012 – Gene DeWeese , American author (b. 1934)
2012 – Ulu Grosbard , Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929)
2012 – Anton Jude , Sri Lankan actor (b. 1960)
2012 – Clancy Lyall , American sergeant (b. 1925)
2012 – Hugo Munthe-Kaas , Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922)
2013 – Khalid Ahmad , Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1943)
2013 – Holger Juul Hansen , Danish actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Lester Lewis , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1966)
2013 – Fergus Montgomery , English politician (b. 1927)
2013 – David Parland , Swedish guitarist (Dark Funeral , War , Necrophobic , and Infernal ) (b. 1970)
2013 – Irina Petrescu , Romanian actress (b. 1941)
2013 – Harry Reems , American porn actor and director (b. 1947)
2014 – Robert Butler , American painter (b. 1943)
2014 – Ken Forsse , American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (b. 1936)
2014 – Patrick Joseph McGovern , American businessman, founded IDG (b. 1937)
2014 – Fred Phelps , American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929)
2014 – Heather Robertson , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)
2014 – Robert S. Strauss , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918)
2014 – Lawrence Walsh , Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912)
2014 – Joseph F. Weis, Jr. , American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2015 – Michael Brown , American keyboard player and songwriter (The Left Banke and Stories ) (b. 1949)
2015 – Gus Douglass , American farmer and politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Peter Katin , English pianist and academic (b. 1930)
2015 – Safet Plakalo , Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950)
2015 – Danny Schechter , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
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