October 11 - Misplaced Pages

1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.

1601–1900

1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1776 – American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1811 – The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899 – The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

1901–present

1906 – San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
1910 – Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1912 – First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
1918 – The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
1937 – The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
1942 – World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1944 – The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954 – In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
1958 – NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
1962 – The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
1976 – George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984 – Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
1987 – The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
1991 – Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
1999 – Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
2018 – Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.

Births

Pre-1600

1492 – Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (d. 1495)
1552 – Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)

1601–1900

1616 – Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 – Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1738 – Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1778 – George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (d. 1860)
1782 – Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish author and poet (d. 1848)
1786 – Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1788 – Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1793 – Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)
1803 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1814 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1815 – Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1827 – Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad
1835 – Ernst Sars, Norwegian historian (d. 1917)
1835 – Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
1844 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
1865 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1871 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1872 – Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872 – Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1879 – Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1881 – Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1883 – Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (d. 1975)
1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1884 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 – A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1894 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1896 – Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
1899 – Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)

1901–present

1901 – Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1905 – Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)
1909 – Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (d. 1985)
1910 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1911 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1913 – Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1915 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1916 – Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1916 – Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991)
1918 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1919 – Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942)
1922 – G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1924 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924 – Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 – Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015)
1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1926 – Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016)
1926 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022)
1926 – Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017)
1926 – Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1927 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1928 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928 – Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (d. 1993)
1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1929 – Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)
1930 – Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
1930 – LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1930 – Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (d. 2020)
1932 – Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
1932 – Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
1932 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1935 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935 – Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)
1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936 – Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936 – James M. McPherson, American historian and author
1937 – Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (d. 2023)
1937 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic (d. 2023)
1937 – Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1938 – Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (d. 2017)
1938 – Michael Stear, English air marshal (d. 2020)
1939 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)
1939 – Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (d. 2021)
1940 – Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (d. 2023)
1941 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1942 – Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
1942 – Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1943 – Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
1943 – Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
1943 – John Nettles, English actor and writer
1943 – Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
1943 – Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944 – Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1945 – Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
1946 – Elinor Goodman, English journalist
1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast
1947 – Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
1947 – Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
1948 – David Rendall, English tenor and actor
1948 – Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
1949 – Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
1949 – Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster
1950 – Catlin Adams, American actress
1950 – William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
1950 – Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
1950 – Patty Murray, American educator and politician
1951 – Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Jon Miller, American sportscaster
1951 – Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (d. 2016)
1951 – Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
1954 – Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1955 – Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
1956 – Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
1956 – Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
1956 – Stephen Spinella, American actor
1957 – Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
1957 – Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
1959 – Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
1959 – Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
1960 – Randy Breuer, American basketball player
1960 – Nicola Bryant, English actress
1960 – Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
1960 – Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
1961 – Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
1962 – Joan Cusack, American actress
1962 – Andy McCoy, Finnish musician
1963 – Marcus Graham, Australian actor
1963 – Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
1963 – Rima Te Wiata, English-New Zealand actress and singer
1964 – Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
1965 – Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1965 – Lennie James, English actor
1966 – Luke Perry, American actor and producer (d. 2019)
1966 – Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
1966 – Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
1967 – Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor
1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
1967 – David Starr, American race car driver
1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
1968 – Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
1969 – Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer
1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1969 – Stephen Moyer, English actor
1970 – Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
1970 – Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
1970 – MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress
1970 – Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970 – Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
1970 – Constance Zimmer, American actress
1971 – Petra Haden, American violinist and singer
1971 – Justin Lin, American film director
1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1972 – Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1973 – Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
1973 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
1973 – Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
1974 – Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator
1976 – Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
1977 – Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
1977 – Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
1977 – Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
1977 – Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
1977 – Rhett McLaughlin, American YouTuber
1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
1978 – Carl Bussey, American soccer player
1978 – Trevor Donovan, American actor
1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
1979 – Jamar Beasley, American football player
1979 – Andy Douglas, American wrestler
1979 – Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
1980 – Nyron Nosworthy, English-born Jamaican footballer
1982 – Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
1982 – Jeff Larish, American baseball player
1982 – Terrell Suggs, American football player
1982 – Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Denis Grebeshkov, Russian ice hockey player
1984 – Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
1984 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1984 – Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
1985 – Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
1985 – Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Peter Ölvecký, Slovak ice hockey player
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
1986 – Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
1987 – Tony Beltran, American soccer player
1987 – Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player
1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
1988 – Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
1988 – Ricochet, American wrestler
1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer
1990 – Joo, South Korean singer and actress
1990 – Sebastian Rode, German footballer
1991 – Joel Bitonio, American football player
1991 – Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer
1991 – Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player
1991 – Kika van Es, Dutch footballer
1992 – Cardi B, American rapper
1992 – Christian Davis, English cricketer
1992 – Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
1992 – Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
1993 – Brandon Flynn, American actor
1993 – Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer
1994 – Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
1994 – Zior Park, South Korean rapper
1994 – T. J. Watt, American football player
1995 – Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player
1996 – Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
1999 – Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
1999 – Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
2001 – Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
2001 – Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
2001 – Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

965 – Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
1086 – Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1159 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)

1601–1900

1667 – Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)
1684 – James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
1698 – William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1830 – José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (b. 1776)
1837 – Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 – Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)

1901–present

1904 – Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 – William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
1960 – Richard Cromwell, American actor (b. 1910)
1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1967 – Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
1968 – Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 – Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 – Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1993 – Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
1996 – Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
1996 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
1999 – Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2001 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 – Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 – Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (b. 1936)
2012 – Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 – Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
2014 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
2017 – Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926)
2019 – Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934)
2022 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1925)
2024 – Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

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