August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 125 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city , Ravenna .
489 – Theodoric , king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo , forcing his way into Italy.
663 – Silla –Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang .
1189 – Third Crusade : The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan .
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade .
1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala .
1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–57) : Battle of Wofla : The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States .
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay .
1619 – Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor .
1640 – Second Bishop's War : King Charles I 's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn .
1648 – Siege of Colchester ended when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the English Civil War .
1709 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur .
1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus .
1810 – Battle of Grand Port : The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent , abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
1849 – After a month-long siege, Venice , which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco , surrenders to Austria.
1859 – The Carrington event disrupts electrical telegraph services and causes aurora to shine so brightly that they are seen clearly over the Earth's middle latitudes .
1861 – American Civil War : Union forces attack Cape Hatteras , North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run , also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
1867 – The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll .
1879 – Cetshwayo , last king of the Zulus , is captured by the British .
1898 – Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called "Pepsi-Cola ".
1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines . The first American private school in the country.
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup , seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague .
1914 – World War I : The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight .
1914 – World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania .
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House .
1924 – The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union .
1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 – World War II : In Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation starts.
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1953 – Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi , galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement .
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957 ; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom : The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
1963 – Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights .
1963 – The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge , the longest floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington , US.
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois , during the Democratic National Convention .
1979 – An IRA bomb explodes at the Grote Markt in Brussels .
1988 – Ramstein air show disaster : Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province .
1990 – An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet , killing 29 people.
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
1998 – Pakistan 's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah " the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate .
1998 – Second Congo War : Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa .
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
2004 – Software Freedom Day is established and is firstly observed.
Births
1023 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1582 – Taichang Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1628)
1612 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn , Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
1667 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721)
1691 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)
1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
1714 – Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (d. 1774)
1728 – John Stark , American general (d. 1822)
1739 – Agostino Accorimboni , Italian composer (d. 1818)
1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German author, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
1770 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern , German-Livonian philologist and academic (d. 1852)
1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton , American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)
1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais , French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1860)
1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
1814 – Sheridan Le Fanu , Irish author (d. 1873)
1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
1831 – Lucy Webb Hayes , American wife of Rutherford B. Hayes , 20th First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
1837 – Francis, Duke of Teck (d. 1900)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim , Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900)
1853 – Vladimir Shukhov , Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939)
1859 – Matilda Howell , American archer (d. 1938)
1859 – Vittorio Sella , Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
1867 – Umberto Giordano , Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
1878 – George Whipple , American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1884 – Peter Fraser , Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950)
1885 – Vance Palmer , Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
1887 – August Kippasto , Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
1887 – István Kühár , Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
1888 – Evadne Price , Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
1891 – Benno Schotz , Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
1894 – Karl Böhm , Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
1896 – Firaq Gorakhpuri , Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
1898 – Charlie Grimm , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
1899 – Charles Boyer , French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
1899 – Andrei Platonov , Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
1903 – Bruno Bettelheim , Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
1904 – Secondo Campini , Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)
1904 – Leho Laurine , Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
1905 – Cyril Walters , Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)
1906 – John Betjeman , English poet and academic (d. 1984)
1908 – Roger Tory Peterson , American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
1910 – Morris Graves , American painter and academic (d. 2001)
1910 – Tjalling Koopmans , Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1911 – Joseph Luns , Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002)
1913 – Robertson Davies , Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
1913 – Jack Dreyfus , American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009)
1913 – Lindsay Hassett , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1913 – Robert Irving , English conductor and director (d. 1991)
1913 – Terence Reese , English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
1913 – Richard Tucker , American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
1915 – Max Robertson , Bangladeshi-English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)
1915 – Tasha Tudor , American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
1916 – Hélène Baillargeon , Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)
1916 – C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
1916 – Jack Vance , American author (d. 2013)
1917 – Jack Kirby , American author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1918 – L. B. Cole , American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)
1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield , English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1921 – John Herbert Chapman , Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez , Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
1921 – Nancy Kulp , American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
1924 – Janet Frame , New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)
1924 – Tony MacGibbon , New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
1924 – Peggy Ryan , American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi , Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)
1925 – Billy Grammer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1925 – Donald O'Connor , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
1925 – Philip Purser , English author and critic
1926 – Dixie Evans , American model and dancer (d. 2013)
1928 – F. William Free , American businessman (d. 2003)
1928 – Vilayat Khan , Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)
1929 – Ken Gampu , South African police officer and actor (d. 2003)
1929 – István Kertész , Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
1929 – Roxie Roker , American actress (d. 1995)
1930 – Windsor Davies , English actor
1930 – Ben Gazzara , American actor, singer, and director (d. 2012)
1931 – Tito Capobianco , Argentinian director and producer
1931 – Cristina Deutekom , Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)
1931 – Ola L. Mize , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
1931 – John Shirley-Quirk , English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)
1931 – Roger Williams , English hepatologist and academic
1932 – Andy Bathgate , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1933 – Philip French , English film critic and radio producer (d. 2015)
1933 – Patrick Kalilombe , Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)
1935 – Melvin Charney , Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)
1935 – Gilles Rocheleau , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
1935 – Sonny Shroyer , American actor and singer
1936 – Don Denkinger , American baseball player and umpire
1938 – Maurizio Costanzo , Italian journalist and academic
1938 – Paul Martin , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
1938 – Bengt Fahlström , Swedish journalist
1939 – John Kingman , English mathematician and academic
1940 – William Cohen , American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense
1940 – Ken Jenkins , American actor
1940 – Gloria Leonard , American porn actress and publisher (d. 2014)
1940 – Roger Pingeon , French cyclist
1941 – Michael Craig-Martin , Irish painter and illustrator
1941 – Sybille de Selys Longchamps , Belgian mother of Delphine Boël
1941 – Toomas Leius , Estonian tennis player and coach
1941 – John Stanley Marshall , English drummer (Nucleus , Soft Machine , and Centipede )
1941 – Paul Plishka , American opera singer
1942 – Wendy Davies , Welsh historian and academic
1942 – Sterling Morrison , American singer and guitarist (The Velvet Underground ) (d. 1995)
1942 – Jorge Urosa , Venezuelan cardinal
1943 – Surayud Chulanont , Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand
1943 – Robert Greenwald , American director and producer
1943 – Shuja Khanzada , Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)
1943 – Lou Piniella , American baseball player and manager
1943 – David Soul , American actor and singer
1944 – Melvin Dummar , American forger of Howard Hughes estate
1944 – Marianne Heemskerk , Dutch swimmer
1944 – Kay Parker , English porn actress and author
1945 – Bob Segarini , American-Canadian singer-songwriter (The Wackers )
1947 – Liza Wang , Hong Kong actress and singer
1948 – Vonda N. McIntyre , American author
1948 – Murray Parker , New Zealand cricketer and educator
1948 – Heather Reisman , Canadian publisher and businesswoman, founded Indigo Books and Music
1948 – Danny Seraphine , American drummer and producer (Chicago )
1948 – Elizabeth Wilmshurst , English academic and jurist
1949 – Hugh Cornwell , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stranglers )
1949 – Svetislav Pešić , Serbian basketball player and coach
1950 – Ron Guidry , American baseball player and coach
1950 – Tony Husband , English cartoonist
1951 – Colin McAdam , Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
1951 – Wayne Osmond , American singer-songwriter and actor (The Osmonds )
1951 – Keiichi Suzuki , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (The Beatniks )
1952 – Jacques Chagnon , Canadian educator and politician
1952 – Rita Dove , American poet and author
1952 – Guy Nadon , Canadian actor
1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking , German businessman
1953 – Ditmar Jakobs , German footballer
1953 – Tõnu Kaljuste , Estonian conductor and journalist
1954 – George M. Church , American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
1954 – John Dorahy , Australian rugby player and coach
1954 – Ravi Kanbur , Indian-English economist and academic
1956 – Luis Guzmán , Puerto Rican-American actor and producer
1956 – Steve Whiteman , American singer-songwriter (Kix and Funny Money )
1957 – Greg Clark , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1957 – Ivo Josipović , Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia
1957 – George Merrill , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Boy Meets Girl )
1957 – Rick Rossovich , American actor
1957 – Daniel Stern , American actor and director
1957 – Ai Weiwei , Chinese sculptor and activist
1958 – Scott Hamilton , American figure skater and actor
1958 – Whip Hubley , American actor
1959 – Brian Thompson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Dinah Cancer , American singer-songwriter (45 Grave and Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers )
1960 – Emma Samms , English actress
1961 – Kim Appleby , English singer-songwriter and actress (Mel and Kim )
1961 – Cliff Benson , American football player
1961 – Jennifer Coolidge , American actress
1961 – Ian Pont , English cricketer and coach
1961 – Deepak Tijori , Indian actor and director
1962 – Paul Allen , English footballer
1962 – Craig Anton , American actor and screenwriter
1962 – David Fincher , American director and producer
1963 – Regina Jacobs , American runner
1963 – Maria Gheorghiu , Romanian folk singer-songwriter
1964 – Kaj Leo Johannesen , Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1965 – Satoshi Tajiri , Japanese video game designer, founded Game Freak
1965 – Amanda Tapping , Canadian actress, director, and producer
1965 – Shania Twain , Canadian singer-songwriter
1966 – Priya Dutt , Indian social worker and politician
1966 – Yoko Takahashi , Japanese singer
1967 – Dominic Lucero , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994)
1967 – Jamie Osborne , English jockey and trainer
1968 – Billy Boyd , Scottish actor and singer
1969 – Jack Black , American actor, singer, guitarist, and producer (Tenacious D )
1969 – Mary McCartney , English photographer and activist
1969 – Jason Priestley , Canadian-American actor, director, and producer
1969 – Pierre Turgeon , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1970 – Melina Aslanidou , German-Greek singer-songwriter
1970 – Sherrié Austin , Australian-American actress and singer
1970 – Rick Recht , American singer-songwriter
1971 – Shane Andrews , American baseball player
1971 – Todd Eldredge , American figure skater and coach
1971 – Janet Evans , American swimmer
1971 – Raúl Márquez , Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
1972 – Ravindu Shah , Kenyan cricketer
1972 – Jay Witasick , American baseball player and coach
1973 – J. August Richards , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Matthew John Armstrong , American actor
1973 – Kirby Morrow , Canadian actor
1974 – Johan Andersson , Swedish game designer and programmer
1974 – Takahito Eguchi , Japanese pianist and composer
1974 – Carsten Jancker , German footballer and manager
1974 – Jen Kirkman , American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1974 – Kaori Mizuhashi , Japanese voice actress
1975 – Jamie Cureton , English footballer
1975 – Gareth Farrelly , Irish footballer and manager
1975 – Yūko Gotō , Japanese voice actress
1975 – Vera Jordanova , Finnish model and actress
1975 – Hamish McLachlan , Australian television personality
1976 – Acel Bisa , Filipino singer-songwriter (Moonstar88 )
1976 – Federico Magallanes , Uruguayan footballer
1978 – Jess Margera , American drummer (CKY , Foreign Objects , Viking Skull , and The Company Band )
1979 – Shaila Dúrcal , Spanish singer-songwriter
1979 – Robert Hoyzer , German footballer and referee
1979 – Kristen Hughes , Australian netball player
1979 – Markus Pröll , German footballer
1979 – Ruth Riley , American basketball player
1980 – Antony Hämäläinen , Finnish singer-songwriter (Meridian Dawn and Armageddon )
1980 – Debra Lafave , American educator and sex offender
1980 – Jaakko Ojaniemi , Finnish decathlete
1980 – Carly Pope , Canadian actress and producer
1980 – Jonathan Reynolds , English lawyer and politician
1981 – Matt Alrich , American lacrosse player
1981 – Martin Erat , Czech ice hockey player
1981 – Daniel Gygax , Swiss footballer
1981 – Raphael Matos , Brazilian race car driver
1981 – Kelly Misa , Filipino model and actress
1981 – Jake Owen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Ahmed Talbi , Moroccan footballer
1981 – Agata Wróbel , Polish weightlifter
1982 – Anderson Silva de França , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Gionna Cabrera , Filipino model, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2005
1982 – Kevin McNaughton , Scottish footballer
1982 – Thiago Motta , Brazilian-Italian footballer
1982 – LeAnn Rimes , American singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Kelly Thiebaud , American actress
1982 – Karanvir Bohra , Indian actor
1983 – Ashley Hansen , Australian footballer
1983 – Alfonso Herrera , Mexican actor and singer (RBD )
1983 – Kimberly Kane , American porn actress and director
1983 – Lasith Malinga , Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 – Luke McAlister , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Lilli Schwarzkopf , German heptathlete
1984 – Sarah Roemer , American actress
1985 – Ashlyne Huff , American singer-songwriter
1986 – Sarah Christophers , Australian-Filipino actress
1986 – Jeff Green , American basketball player
1986 – Armie Hammer , American actor
1986 – Simon Mannering , New Zealand rugby player
1986 – Gilad Shalit , Israeli soldier and journalist
1986 – Florence Welch , English singer-songwriter (Florence and the Machine )
1987 – Caleb Moore , American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)
1989 – César Azpilicueta , Spanish footballer
1989 – Valtteri Bottas , Finnish race car driver
1989 – Jo Kwon , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (2AM )
1989 – Cassadee Pope , American singer-songwriter (Hey Monday )
1989 – Christina Von Eerie , American wrestler
1990 – Katie Findlay , Canadian actress
1990 – Bojan Krkić , Spanish footballer
1990 – Jane Randall , American model
1991 – Felicio Brown Forbes , German footballer
1991 – Samuel Larsen , American actor and singer
1991 – Kyle Massey , American actor and rapper
1991 – Andreja Pejić , Bosnian-Australian model
1992 – Max Collins , American-Filipino model and actress
1992 – Gabriela Drăgoi , Romanian gymnast
1992 – Sora Amamiya , Japanese voice actress and singer
1993 – Jakub Sokolík , Czech footballer
1994 – Felix Jaehn , German DJ and producer
1994 – Junior Malanda , Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1997 – Emilia McCarthy , Canadian actress and dancer
1999 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark
2001 – Anna Trincher , Ukrainian singer
2003 – Quvenzhané Wallis , American actress and singer
Deaths
388 – Magnus Maximus , Roman emperor (b. 335)
430 – Augustine of Hippo , Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (b. 354)
476 – Orestes , Roman general and politician
632 – Fatimah , Saudi Arabian daughter of Muhammad (b. 605)
770 – Empress Kōken of Japan (b. 718)
876 – Louis the German , Frankish king (b. 804)
1481 – Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
1645 – Hugo Grotius , Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
1648 – George Lisle , English general (b. 1610)
1648 – Charles Lucas , English general (b. 1613)
1654 – Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
1678 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
1735 – Edwin Stead , English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
1757 – David Hartley , English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
1784 – Junípero Serra , Spanish-American priest and missionary (b. 1713)
1793 – Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine , French general (b. 1740)
1805 – Alexander Carlyle , Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
1818 – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
1820 – Andrew Ellicott , American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
1839 – William Smith , English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
1888 – Julius Krohn , Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
1891 – Robert Caldwell , English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
1900 – Henry Sidgwick , English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted , American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
1919 – Adolf Schmal , Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
1933 – Helen Dunbar , American actress (b. 1863)
1934 – Edgeworth David , Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
1943 – Georg Hellat , Estonian architect (b. 1870)
1943 – Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
1955 – Emmett Till , American murder victim (b. 1941)
1959 – Bohuslav Martinů , Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
1965 – Giulio Racah , Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
1970 – Theophanis Lamboukas , Greek-French actor and singer (b. 1936)
1971 – Reuvein Margolies , Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
1972 – Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
1975 – Fritz Wotruba , Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1976 – Anissa Jones , American actress (b. 1958)
1978 – Bruce Catton , American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
1978 – Robert Shaw , English actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1927)
1981 – Béla Guttmann , Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
1982 – Geoff Chubb , South African cricketer (b. 1911)
1984 – Muhammad Naguib , Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
1985 – Ruth Gordon , American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1986 – Russell Lee , American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
1987 – John Huston , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1988 – Jean Marchand , Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918)
1988 – Max Shulman , American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
1989 – John Steptoe , American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
1990 – Willy Vandersteen , Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
1991 – Alekos Sakellarios , Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1993 – William Stafford , American poet and academic (b. 1914)
1995 – Earl W. Bascom , American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
1995 – Michael Ende , German anthroposophist and author (b. 1929)
1995 – Carl Giles , English cartoonist (b. 1916)
1997 – Masaru Takumi , Japanese mobster (b. 1936)
1999 – Juhan Kallaste , Estonian cleric and actor (b. 1891)
2003 – Brian Douglas Wells , American delivery man (b. 1956)
2005 – Jacques Dufilho , French actor (b. 1914)
2005 – Esther Szekeres , Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
2005 – George Szekeres , Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
2006 – Heino Lipp , Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922)
2006 – Benoît Sauvageau , Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
2006 – Melvin Schwartz , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2007 – Arthur Jones , American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (b. 1926)
2007 – Hilly Kristal , American businessman, founded CBGB (b. 1932)
2007 – Paul MacCready , American engineer and businessman, founded AeroVironment (b. 1925)
2007 – Antonio Puerta , Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
2007 – Francisco Umbral , Spanish journalist and author (b. 1935)
2007 – Miyoshi Umeki , Japanese-American actress and singer (b. 1929)
2008 – Phil Hill , American race car driver (b. 1927)
2009 – Adam Goldstein , American drummer, DJ, and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM ) (b. 1973)
2009 – Wayne Tippit , American actor (b. 1932)
2010 – William P. Foster , American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
2011 – Bernie Gallacher , English footballer (b. 1967)
2012 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi , Russian spiritual leader (b. 1937)
2012 – Rhodes Boyson , English educator and politician (b. 1925)
2012 – Shulamith Firestone , Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
2012 – Dick McBride , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
2012 – Saul Merin , Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
2012 – Ramón Sota , Spanish golfer (b. 1938)
2013 – John Bellany , Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)
2013 – Lorella Cedroni , Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
2013 – Edmund B. Fitzgerald , American businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Murray Gershenz , American actor (b. 1922)
2013 – Frank Pulli , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013 – Barry Stobart , English footballer (b. 1938)
2013 – Rafael Díaz Ycaza , Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014 – Glenn Cornick , English bass guitarist (Jethro Tull and Paris ) (b. 1947)
2014 – Hal Finney , American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014 – Ivan Ivančić , Croatian shot putter and coach (b. 1937)
2014 – Bill Kerr , South African-Australian actor (b. 1922)
2014 – John Anthony Walker , American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
2015 – Al Arbour , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
2015 – Mark Krasniqi , Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
2015 – Nelson Shanks , American painter and educator (b. 1937)
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