Day of the year
December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 21 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1901 – The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.1902 – The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt .1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War , becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.[ 6] 1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.[ 7] 1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature .[ 8] 1932 – Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy .1936 – Abdication Crisis : Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication 1941 – World War II : The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya .1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines : Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon .
1942 – World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust ) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations .1948 – The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations .1949 – Chinese Civil War : The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu , the last Kuomintang -held city in mainland China , forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan .1953 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature .1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy , under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah .1963 – An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery ", is carried out in Tokyo.1978 – Arab–Israeli conflict : Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .1979 – Kaohsiung Incident : Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín .1984 – United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture .1989 – Mongolian Revolution : At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union .1991 – Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan .[ 9] 1991 – The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan .[ 10]
1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland . The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield , which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.1994 – Rwandan genocide : Maurice Baril , military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations , recommends that UNAMIR stand down.1995 – The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord .1996 – The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela .1999 – Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand , the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.[ 11] [ 12] 2005 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria , killing 108 people.[ 13] 2014 – Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya ) in Ramallah .2015 – Rojava conflict : The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik , forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] 2016 – Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul , Turkey , kill 38 people and injure 166 others.2017 – ISIL is defeated in Iraq .[ 17] 2019 – The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.[ 18] 2021 – A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central , Midwestern , and Southern regions of the United States . Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky , where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others.[ 19]
Births
Pre-1600
1610 – Adriaen van Ostade , Dutch painter (d. 1685)[ 24] 1654 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole , Italian painter (d. 1719)1658 – Lancelot Blackburne , Archbishop of York (d. 1743)1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel , German cantor and organist (d. 1747)1751 – George Shaw , English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)1783 – María Bibiana Benítez , Puerto Rican poet and playwright (d. 1873)1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi , German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)1805 – William Lloyd Garrison , American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator 1805 – Joseph Škoda , Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
1811 – Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer , American poet, biographer, and editor (d. 1894)[ 25] 1815 – Ada Lovelace , English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)[ 26] 1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov , Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)1822 – César Franck , Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)1824 – George MacDonald , Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)1827 – Eugene O'Keefe , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)1830 – Emily Dickinson , American poet (d. 1886)1851 – Melvil Dewey , American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)1866 – Louis Bolk , Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)1870 – Jadunath Sarkar , Indian historian (d. 1958)[ 27] 1870 – Adolf Loos , Austrian architect and theoretician (d. 1933)[ 28]
1870 – Pierre Louÿs , Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
1878 – C. Rajagopalachari , Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)[ 29] 1878 – Mohammad Ali Jauhar , Indian Muslim activist (d. 1931)[ 30]
1882 – Otto Neurath , Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)[ 31] 1882 – Shigenori Tōgō , Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
1883 – Giovanni Messe , Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)1885 – Elizabeth Baker , American economist and academic (d. 1973)[ 32] 1885 – Marios Varvoglis , Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
1886 – Victor McLaglen , English-American actor (d. 1959)1889 – Ray Collins , American actor (d. 1965)1890 – László Bárdossy , Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)1891 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)1891 – Arlie Mucks , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
1891 – Nelly Sachs , German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1896 – Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
1903 – Una Merkel , American actress (d. 1986)1904 – Antonín Novotný , Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic , General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)1906 – Harold Adamson , American lyricist (d. 1980)1906 – Jules Ladoumègue , French runner (d. 1973)
1907 – Rumer Godden , English author and poet (d. 1998)[ 33] 1907 – Lucien Laurent , French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1907 – Amedeo Nazzari , Italian actor (d. 1979)
1908 – Olivier Messiaen , French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)1909 – Hermes Pan , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)1910 – Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)1911 – Chet Huntley , American journalist (d. 1974)1912 – Philip Hart , American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)1912 – Tetsuji Takechi , Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988)[ 34]
1912 – René Toribio , Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter , English-American jazz patron and writer (d. 1988)1913 – Morton Gould , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Harry Locke , English actor (d. 1987)
1913 – Ray Nance , American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour , American actress and singer (d. 1996)1915 – Nicky Barr , Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)1916 – Walt Arfons , American race car driver (d. 2013)1918 – Anne Gwynne , American actress (d. 2003)[ 35] 1918 – Anatoli Tarasov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1919 – Alexander Courage , American composer and conductor (d. 2008)1920 – Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)[ 36] 1920 – Reginald Rose , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1921 – Toh Chin Chye , Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2012)[ 37] 1922 – Agnes Nixon , American television writer and director (d. 2016)1923 – Harold Gould , American actor (d. 2010)1923 – Clorindo Testa , Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
1924 – Ken Albers , American singer and musician (d. 2007)1924 – Michael Manley , Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)[ 38]
1925 – Carolyn Kizer , American poet and academic (d. 2014)1926 – Guitar Slim , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)1927 – Bob Farrell , American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)1927 – Danny Matt , German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
1928 – Barbara Nichols , American actress (d. 1976)1930 – Wayne D. Anderson , American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)1930 – Ray Felix , American basketball player (d. 1991)[ 39]
1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling , English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 – Peter Baker , English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)1933 – Philip R. Craig , American author (d. 2007)1933 – Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese actor (d. 2006)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)1935 – Terry Allcock , English footballer and cricketer (d. 2024)1935 – Jaromil Jireš , Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1936 – Howard Smith , American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)1938 – Bill Dunk , Australian golfer1938 – Yuri Temirkanov , Russian viola player and conductor (d. 2023)
1939 – Dick Bavetta , American basketball player and referee1939 – Barry Cunliffe , English archaeologist and academic
1941 – Ken Campbell , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)1941 – Fionnula Flanagan , Irish actress and producer[ 40]
1941 – Tommy Kirk , American actor (d. 2021)[ 36]
1941 – Tommy Rettig , American child actor (d. 1996)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto , Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Ann Gloag , Scottish nurse and businesswoman1944 – Andris Bērziņš , Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia 1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt , English businessman
1944 – Steve Renko , American baseball player
1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev , Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan 1946 – Douglas Kenney , American satirist (d. 1980)1947 – Rasul Guliyev , Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan 1948 – Dušan Bajević , Bosnian footballer and manager1948 – Jessica Cleaves , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1948 – Jasuben Shilpi , Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
1949 – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown , Ugandan-English journalist and author1949 – David Perdue , American politician
1950 – John Boozman , American football player, lawyer, and politician1950 – Simon Owen , New Zealand golfer
1951 – Johnny Rodriguez , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 40] 1952 – Clive Anderson , English lawyer and television host1952 – Susan Dey , American actress[ 40]
1952 – Greg Mortimer , Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 – Greg Laurie , American author and pastor
1952 – Paul Varul , Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 – Chris Bury , American journalist and academic1954 – Eudine Barriteau , Barbadian economist and academic1954 – Price Cobb , American race car driver and manager
1954 – Jack Hues , English singer-songwriter and musician
1956 – Rod Blagojevich , American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli , Italian lawyer and politician
1956 – Jan van Dijk , Dutch footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (d. 2012)[ 36] 1957 – Paul Hardcastle , English composer and producer[ 40]
1957 – Prem Rawat , Indian-American guru and educator
1958 – Cornelia Funke , German-American author1958 – Kathryn Stott , English pianist and academic
1959 – Mark Aguirre , American basketball player and coach1959 – Udi Aloni , American-Israeli director and author
1959 – Kevin Ash , English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann , German guitarist
1960 – Kenneth Branagh , British actor director, producer, and screenwriter[ 40] 1960 – Kōichi Satō , Japanese actor
1961 – Mark McKoy , Canadian hurdler and sprinter1961 – Nia Peeples , American singer and actress[ 40]
1962 – Rakhat Aliyev , Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)1962 – John de Wolf , Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Jahangir Khan , Pakistani squash player[ 41] 1964 – Stephen Billington , English actor1964 – Stef Blok , Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
1964 – Bobby Flay , American chef and author[ 40]
1964 – Edith González , Mexican actress (d. 2019)
1965 – Greg Giraldo , American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)1965 – J Mascis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 40]
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern , Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rein Ahas , Estonian geographer and academic1966 – Robin Brooke , New Zealand rugby player
1966 – Mel Rojas , Dominican baseball player
1966 – Penelope Trunk , American writer[ 42]
1968 – Yōko Oginome , Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress1969 – Darren Berry , Australian cricketer and coach1969 – Rob Blake , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1970 – Kevin Sharp , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)1970 – Bryant Stith , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter , American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist1972 – Brian Molko , British-Belgian singer-songwriter
1973 – Rusty LaRue , American basketball player and coach[ 43] 1973 – Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan actress
1974 – Meg White , American drummer[ 40] 1975 – Steve Bradley , American wrestler (d. 2008)1975 – Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress[ 40]
1975 – Josip Skoko , Australian footballer
1976 – Shane Byrne , English motorcycle racer1978 – Anna Jesień , Polish hurdler1978 – Summer Phoenix , American actress
1979 – Matt Bentley , American wrestler1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler , English cricketer
1979 – Yang Jianping , Chinese recurve archer[ 44]
1980 – Sarah Chang , American violinist1981 – Taufik Batisah , Singaporean singer1981 – Rene Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player[ 45]
1981 – Fábio Rochemback , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Claudia Hoffmann , German sprinter1982 – Sultan Kösen , Turkish farmer, tallest living person [ 46]
1983 – Patrick Flueger , American actor[ 40] 1983 – Xavier Samuel , Australian actor[ 36]
1984 – JTG , American wrestler[ 47] 1985 – Charlie Adam , Scottish footballer1985 – Roman Červenka , Czech ice hockey player[ 48]
1985 – Matt Forte , American football player[ 49]
1985 – Trésor Mputu , Congolese footballer
1985 – Raven-Symoné , American actress, singer, and dancer[ 40]
1985 – Lê Công Vinh , Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Kahlil Bell , American football player1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín , French-Argentinian footballer1988 – Wilfried Bony , Ivorian footballer1988 – Neven Subotić , Serbian footballer
1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen , French politician1989 – Tom Sexton , Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 – Kazenga LuaLua , Congolese-English footballer1990 – Sakiko Matsui , Japanese singer and actress
1990 – Wil Myers , American baseball player[ 50]
1990 – Teyana Taylor , American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress[ 40]
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa , Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 – KiKi Layne , American actress[ 40] 1991 – Eric Reid , American football player[ 51]
1991 – Dion Waiters , American basketball player[ 52]
1992 – Carlos Rodón , American baseball player[ 53] 1992 – Melissa Roxburgh , Canadian-American actress[ 36]
1994 – Richard Kennar , Samoan rugby league player1994 – Matti Klinga , Finnish footballer
1995 – Tacko Fall , Senegalese basketball player[ 54] 1996 – Joe Burrow , American football player[ 55] 1996 – Kang Daniel , South Korean singer and entrepreneur[ 56]
1997 – Viktoriia Savtsova , Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer[ 57] 1998 – Lucia Bronzetti , Italian tennis player[ 58] [ 59] 1999 – Reiss Nelson , English footballer[ 60] 2000 – Jeremie Frimpong , Dutch footballer[ 61]
Deaths
Pre-1600
925 – Sancho I , king of Pamplona 949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia 990 – Folcmar , bishop of Utrecht [ 62] 1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian , Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)1081 – Nikephoros III Botaneiates , deposed Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002)1113 – Radwan , ruler of Aleppo1310 – Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271)1454 – Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[ 63] 1475 – Paolo Uccello , Italian painter (b. 1397)1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)1541 – Thomas Culpeper , English courtier (b. 1514)1541 – Francis Dereham , English courtier (b. c. 1513)
1561 – Caspar Schwenckfeld , German theologian and writer
1618 – Giulio Caccini , Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)1626 – Edmund Gunter , English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)1665 – Tarquinio Merula , Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena , Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)1791 – Jacob Frank , Polish religious leader (b. 1726)1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck , German physicist and academic (b. 1770)1850 – Józef Bem , Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)1850 – François Sulpice Beudant , French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma , Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)1896 – Alfred Nobel , Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
1909 – Red Cloud , American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation ) (b. 1822)1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker , English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)1917 – Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge , American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge , English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)1926 – Nikola Pašić , Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)1929 – Harry Crosby , American publisher and poet (b. 1898)1932 – Joseph Carruthers , Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)1936 – Bobby Abel , English cricketer (b. 1857)1936 – Luigi Pirandello , Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1939 – John Grieb , American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)1941 – Colin Kelly , American captain and pilot (b. 1915)1944 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)1945 – Theodor Dannecker , German captain (b. 1913)1946 – Walter Johnson , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)1946 – Damon Runyon , American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
1948 – Na Hye-sok , South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)1951 – Algernon Blackwood , English author and playwright (b. 1869)1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali , Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)1956 – David Shimoni , Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)1957 – Napoleon Zervas , Greek general (b. 1891)1958 – Adolfo Camarillo , American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)1963 – K. M. Panikkar , Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)1967 – Otis Redding , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)1968 – Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)1968 – George Forrest , Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
1968 – Thomas Merton , American monk and author (b. 1915)
1970 – Chen Qiyou , Chinese politician and revolutionary (b. 1892)[ 64] 1972 – Mark Van Doren , American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac , German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)1974 – Toshinari Shōji , Japanese general (b. 1890)1977 – Adolph Rupp , American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)1978 – Ed Wood , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)1979 – Ann Dvorak , American actress (b. 1911)1982 – Freeman Gosden , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)1987 – Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)1988 – Richard S. Castellano , American actor (b. 1933)1988 – Johnny Lawrence , English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
1988 – Dorothy de Rothschild , English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)
1990 – Armand Hammer , American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)1991 – Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)1992 – Dan Maskell , English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)1993 – Alice Tully , American soprano (b. 1902)1994 – Keith Joseph , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)1994 – Alex Wilson , Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
1995 – Darren Robinson , American rapper (b. 1967)1996 – Faron Young , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)1999 – Rick Danko , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)1999 – Franjo Tuđman , Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
1999 – Woodrow Borah , American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)
2000 – Marie Windsor , American actress (b. 1919)2001 – Ashok Kumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)2002 – Andres Küng , Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)2002 – Ian MacNaughton , Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)[ 65]
2003 – Sean McClory , Irish actor and director (b. 1924)2004 – Gary Webb , American journalist and author (b. 1955)2005 – Mary Jackson , American actress (b. 1910)2005 – Eugene McCarthy , American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
2005 – Richard Pryor , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006 – Olivia Coolidge , English-American author and educator (b. 1908)2006 – Augusto Pinochet , Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
2007 – Vitali Hakko , Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913)2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov , Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)2010 – John Fenn , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)2010 – J. Michael Hagopian , Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
2010 – MacKenzie Miller , American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed , Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)2012 – Antonio Cubillo , Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Tommy Roberts , English fashion designer (b. 1942)
2013 – Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)2013 – Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
2013 – Don Lund , American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar , Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore (b. 1946)
2014 – Ralph Giordano , German author and publicist (b. 1923)2014 – Robert B. Oakley , American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
2014 – Bob Solinger , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2014 – Judy Baar Topinka , American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2014 – Gerard Vianen , Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
2015 – Ron Bouchard , American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)2015 – Denis Héroux , Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)
2015 – Arnold Peralta , Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
2015 – Dolph Schayes , American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2017 – Bruce Brown , American filmmaker (b. 1937)[ 66] 2017 – Max Clifford , British publicist (b. 1943)
2017 – Charles M. Green Jr. , American Internet personality (b. 1950)[ 67]
2017 – Curtis W. Harris , American minister (b. 1924)[ 68]
2019 – Philip McKeon , American actor (b. 1964)2019 – Gershon Kingsley , American composer and musician (b. 1922)[ 69]
2019 – Emily Mason , American painter (b. 1932)[ 70]
2020 – Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. , American actor and wrestler (b. 1958)[ 71] 2020 – Joseph Safra , Lebanese-Brazilian financier (b.1938)[ 72]
2020 – Carol Sutton , American actress (b. 1944)[ 73]
2020 – Barbara Windsor , English actress (b. 1937)[ 74]
2021 – Michael Nesmith , American musician (The Monkees ), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (b. 1942)[ 75] 2023 – Julian Carroll , American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1931)[ 76] 2024 – Rocky Colavito , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)[ 77] 2024 – Michael Cole , American actor (b. 1940)[ 78]
2024 – Kreskin , American mentalist (b. 1935)[ 79]
2024 – S. M. Krishna , Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs , 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka , 19th Governor of Maharashtra (b. 1932)[ 80]
Holidays and observances
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