September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 70 A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1228 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1571 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1652 Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
- 1695 Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
- 1776 According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
- 1812 French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest batlle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
- 1818 Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1822 Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in Sγo Paulo.
- 1864 American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876 In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- 1893 The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
- 1895 The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 189596 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 1901 The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- 1907 Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909 Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1911 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1916 US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- 1920 Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921 Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1922 In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 1927 The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929 Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Nδsijδrvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1936 The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940 World War II: The Blitz Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1940 Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1942 Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1942 First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1942 Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1943 A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943 World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
- 1945 Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965 Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970 Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970 Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977 The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1977 The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- 1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
- 1979 The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986 Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988 Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1996 American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
- 1999 A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004 Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
- 2008 The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 2010 A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong.
- 2011 A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
[edit] Births
- 786 Emperor Saga Japan
- 1438 Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524 Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1674 Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
- 1683 Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
- 1694 Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- 1705 Matthδus Gόnther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
- 1726 Franηois-Andrι Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1731 Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, singer, organist and harpsichordist (d. 1765)
- 1740 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777 Heinrich Stφlzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
- 1801 Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
- 1810 Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815 John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- 1817 Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1818 Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819 Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829 Friedrich August Kekulι von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831 Alexandre Falguiθre, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
- 1836 August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1842 Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
- 1848 Emma Cooke, American archer (d. 1929)
- 1851 Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
- 1855 William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860 Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1862 Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1866 Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
- 1867 Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
- 1869 Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
- 1870 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
- 1870 Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
- 1876 C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
- 1877 Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885 Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
- 1887 Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1892 Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
- 1892 Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
- 1893 Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
- 1894 Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
- 1894 George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
- 1900 Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
- 1900 Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1903 Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
- 1904 C.B. Colby, American children's book writer (d. 1977)
- 1908 Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
- 1908 Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
- 1908 Max Kaminsky (musician), jazz trumpeter and band leader (d. 1994)
- 1909 Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
- 1911 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
- 1912 David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913 Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
- 1913 Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1914 Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1914 James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
- 1917 Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
- 1917 John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1917 Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
- 1919 Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920 Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1920 Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
- 1921 Josep Lluνs Nϊρez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 2000)
- 1921 Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
- 1922 Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923 Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1923 Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
- 1924 Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
- 1924 Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
- 1925 Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
- 1925 Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
- 1926 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1926 Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 Claire L'Heureux-Dubι, French Canadian jurist
- 1927 Eric Hill, British children's author
- 1928 Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1930 King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1930 Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1930 Maureen Toal, Irish actress (d. 2012)
- 1931 Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
- 1932 Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
- 1932 John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
- 1934 Mary Bauermeister, German artist
- 1934 Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
- 1934 Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1934 Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
- 1934 Waldo de los Rνos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
- 1935 Ronnie Dove, American singer
- 1935 Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
- 1935 Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician
- 1936 Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1936 Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1937 Cόneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
- 1937 John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937 Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
- 1937 Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist
- 1939 Latimore (musician), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
- 1940 Dario Argento, Italian film director
- 1940 Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
- 1942 Alan Oakes, British footballer
- 1943 Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
- 1943 Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
- 1944 Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
- 1944 Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1944 Earl "The Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
- 1945 Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1946 Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
- 1948 Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1949 Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
- 1949 Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1950 Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman (d. 1991)
- 1950 Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1950 Peggy Noonan, American author
- 1951 Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1951 Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
- 1951 Mark Isham, American composer
- 1951 Mammootty, Indian actor
- 1952 Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1953 Michael Byron (composer), American composer and editor of contemporary music anthologies
- 1953 Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
- 1953 Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1954 Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954 Doug Bradley, English actor
- 1954 Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955 Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1955 Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1956 Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
- 1956 Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1957 Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
- 1960 Brad Houser, American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
- 1960 Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
- 1960 Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
- 1961 LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
- 1961 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
- 1963 Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1963 Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
- 1964 Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
- 1965 Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
- 1965 Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965 Uta Pippig, German athlete
- 1965 Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1966 Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1966 Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
- 1966 Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
- 1966 Lutz Heilmann, German politician
- 1966 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1967 Toby Jones, British actor
- 1968 Marcel Desailly, French footballer
- 1969 Darren Bragg, American baseball player
- 1969 Angie Everhart, American model and actress
- 1969 Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1969 Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
- 1970 Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- 1971 Shane Mosley, American boxer
- 1971 Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- 1972 Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
- 1972 Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
- 1973 Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1974 Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1974 Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
- 1974 Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
- 1975 Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
- 1975 Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 Oliver Hudson, American actor
- 1977 Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
- 1977 Jon Macken, British Footballer
- 1978 Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
- 1978 Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1979 Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1979 Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
- 1979 Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
- 1979 Brian Stokes, American baseball player
- 1980 Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
- 1980 Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1980 Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1980 Emre Belφzoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1980 Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1981 Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
- 1981 Gφkhan Zan, Turkish footballer
- 1982 Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- 1982 Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
- 1983 Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
- 1983 Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
- 1983 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
- 1983 Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
- 1983 Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1984 Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985 Adam Eckersley, English footballer
- 1985 Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
- 1987 Danny North, English Footballer
- 1987 Tommy Elphick, English Footballer
- 1987 Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
- 1987 Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- 1988 Kevin Love, American basketball player
- 1990 Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
- 1990 Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
- 1991 Montana Fishburne, American porn actress
- 1991 Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
- 1991 Jennifer Veal, English actress
- 1992 Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast
- 1993 Taylor Gray, American actor
[edit] Deaths
- 251 Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
- 355 Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
- 1151 Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312 King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1464 Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1496 King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1552 Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559 Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1632 Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
- 1644 Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
- 1654 Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1655 Franηois Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
- 1657 Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
- 1708 Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- 1719 John Harris, English writer
- 1729 William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
- 1741 Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral.
- 1799 Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1833 Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist (b. 1745)
- 1840 Ιtienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- 1871 Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1881 Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
- 1891 Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
- 1892 John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1893 Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (b. 1808)
- 1910 William Holman Hunt, British painter (b. 1827)
- 1920 Simon-Napolιon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921 Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
- 1929 Frederic Weatherly, English song lyricist (Danny Boy, The Holy City) (b. 1848)
- 1933 Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British statesman (b. 1862)
- 1939 Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1943 J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
- 1949 Josι Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
- 1951 Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
- 1954 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
- 1956 C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
- 1959 Maurice Duplessis, Quιbec Premier (b. 1890)
- 1962 Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1962 Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
- 1962 Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
- 1965 Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1969 Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
- 1971 Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1971 Ludwig Suthaus, German opera Heldentenor (b. 1906)
- 1978 Cecil Aronowitz, British violist (b. 1916)
- 1978 Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
- 1978 Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
- 1982 Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1984 Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
- 1984 Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian Catholic cardinal (b. 1892)
- 1984 Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1985 Josι Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
- 1986 Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
- 1989 Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist, composer (b. 1917)
- 1990 Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
- 1990 A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
- 1991 Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994 James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
- 1994 Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
- 1994 Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994 Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1994 Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
- 1995 Russell Johnson, cartoonist (b. 1893)
- 1997 Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951)
- 1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1999 Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2000 Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929)
- 2001 Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915)
- 2001 Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2001 Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2002 Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- 2002 Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
- 2002 Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
- 2003 The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
- 2003 Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2004 Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005 Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- 2005 Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
- 2006 Robert Earl Jones, American actor and father of James Earl Jones
- 2006 Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer
- 2008 Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
- 2008 Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
- 2008 Peter Glossop, English operatic baritone (b. 1928)
- 2008 Don Haskins, American college basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2008 Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
- 2010 Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
- 2010 Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2010 John Kluge, American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2010 Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
- 2011 Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
- Pavol Demitra, Slovokian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Stefan Liv, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Kārlis Skrastiņ, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Ruslan Salei, Belorussian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Josef Vaνček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
[edit] Holidays and observances