March 25
March 25 this yearin various calendars Akan Nwonawukuo Armenian 8 Ahekani 1475 Aztec Huei Tecuilhuitl 14, 10 Ehēcatl Babylonian 5 Adaru, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Laba, Umanis, Aryang, Buda of Dukut, Brahma, Tulus, Suka Bengali 11 Chaitro , BS 1432 Chinese Yang Earth Dog ・Three Stars Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 2 , Day 7Chunfen , 11 days until Qingming )Common Era 25 March 2026 CE Coptic 16 Paremhat , AM 1742Egyptian 13 Mesori , 2774 NE Ethiopian 16 Magābit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Quintidi de Germinal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 25 March , AD 2026 Hebrew 7 Nisan , AM 5786 Hindu Mṛgaśiras ・Ayuṣmān Caitra , 1947 SE Saptamī , Śukla pakṣa of Caitra , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5126 KY ・1,872,659 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 2 Einmánuður 2025 Islamic 6 Shawwal , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W13-3 Japanese 7 Kisaragi , Reiwa 8Shunbun , 11 days until Seimei ) Julian 12 March , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461125 Korean 7 Tokkidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.8.2 0 Uayeb , 10 Ik Roman ante diem IV Idus Martias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 5 Farvardin , SH 1405 Tibetan 7 dbo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 281 days remain until the end of the year.
In Annunciation Style dating, the year begins on March 25. Until 1752 , March 25 was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions.
Events
1655 – Saturn 's largest moon, Titan , is discovered by Christiaan Huygens .1708 – A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain .1725 – Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern , BWV 1Feast of the Annunciation , coinciding with Palm Sunday .1770 – Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule1776 – American Revolutionary War : American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island , primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway , then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism 1821 – Greek War of Independence : Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar ).1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army .1865 – American Civil War : In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg , Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.1878 – Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne anarchist newspapers.1894 – Coxey's Army , the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.1905 – The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes .1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev , leading to the Beilis affair .
1914 – The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki .1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.1919 – The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust .1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence , Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic .1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.1932 – The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens .1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact .1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base , Oklahoma .1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia .1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg 's poem "Howl " on obscenity grounds.1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
1959 – Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025 ).1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama .1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos .1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia .1995 – WikiWikiWeb , the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository , is made public by Ward Cunningham .1996 – The European Union 's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ).2006 – Capitol Hill massacre : A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus , following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election , clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
2018 – Syrian civil war : Following the completion of the Afrin offensive , the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District .Births
Pre-1600
1252 – Conradin , Duke of Swabia (died 1268)1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (died 1332)1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (died 1341)1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice , the first Bohemian archbishop (died 1364)
1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (died 1369)1347 – Catherine of Siena , Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (died 1380)1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , English military leader (died 1444)1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford , English noble (died 1455)1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato , Italian saint (died 1485)1479 – Vasili III of Russia (died 1533)1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (died 1549)1510 – Guillaume Postel , French linguist (died 1581)1538 – Christopher Clavius , German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1587)1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro , Italian writer (died 1616)1593 – Jean de Brébeuf , French missionary and saint (died 1649)1611 – Evliya Çelebi , Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (died 1682)1636 – Henric Piccardt , Dutch lawyer (died 1712)1643 – Louis Moréri , French priest and scholar (died 1680)1661 – Paul de Rapin , French soldier and historian (died 1725)1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse , German singer and composer (died 1783)1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor and educator (died 1828)1745 – John Barry , Irish-American naval officer and father of the American navy (died 1803)1767 – Joachim Murat , French general (died 1815)1782 – Caroline Bonaparte , French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (died 1839)1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen , German geologist and academic (died 1889)1808 – José de Espronceda , Spanish poet and author (died 1842)1824 – Clinton L. Merriam , American banker and politician (died 1900)1828 – George Montgomery White , American politician (died 1860)1840 – Myles Keogh , Irish-American colonel (died 1876)1859 – Hendrik Wortman , Dutch civil engineer (died 1939)1863 – Simon Flexner , American physician and academic (died 1946)1867 – Gutzon Borglum , American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (died 1941)1867 – Arturo Toscanini , Italian-American cellist and conductor (died 1957)
1868 – Bill Lockwood , English cricketer (died 1932)1871 – Louis Perrée , French fencer (died 1924)1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson , American race car driver and physician (died 1955)1873 – Rudolf Rocker , German-American author and activist (died 1958)1874 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan , Turkish educator and politician (died 1957)1876 – Irving Baxter , American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)1877 – Walter Little , Canadian politician (died 1961)1878 – František Janda-Suk , Czech discus thrower and shot putter (died 1955)1879 – Amedee Reyburn , American swimmer and water polo player (died 1920)1881 – Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945)1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce , American painter and educator (died 1936)
1881 – Mary Webb , English author and poet (died 1927)
1893 – Johannes Villemson , Estonian runner (died 1971)1895 – Siegfried Handloser , German general and physician (died 1954)1885 – Jimmy Seed , English international footballer and manager (died 1966)
1897 – Leslie Averill , New Zealand doctor and soldier (died 1981)1899 – François Rozet , French-Canadian actor (died 1994)1900 – George Carstairs , Australian rugby league player (died 1966)1901 – Ed Begley , American actor (died 1970)1903 – Binnie Barnes , English-American actress (died 1998)1903 – Frankie Carle , American pianist and bandleader (died 2001)
1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer , Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (died 1990)
1904 – Pete Johnson , American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (died 1967)1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim , German colonel (died 1944)1906 – Jean Sablon , French singer and actor (died 1994)1906 – A. J. P. Taylor , English historian and academic (died 1990)
1908 – David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)1910 – Magda Olivero , Italian soprano (died 2014)1910 – Benzion Netanyahu , Polish-Israeli historian and academic (died 2012)
1912 – Melita Norwood , English civil servant and spy (died 2005)1912 – Jean Vilar , French actor and director (died 1971)
1913 – Reo Stakis , Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (died 2001)1914 – Norman Borlaug , American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)1914 – Tassos , Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (died 1985)
1915 – Dorothy Squires , Welsh singer (died 1998)1916 – S. M. Pandit , Indian painter and educator (died 1993)1918 – Howard Cosell , American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1995)1920 – Paul Scott , English author, poet, and playwright (died 1978)1920 – Patrick Troughton , English actor (died 1987)
1920 – Usha Mehta , Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (died 2000)
1921 – Nancy Kelly , American actress (died 1995)1921 – Simone Signoret , French actress (died 1985)
1921 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia , the last Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1993)
1922 – Eileen Ford , American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (died 2014)1923 – Bonnie Guitar , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)1923 – Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (died 2003)
1924 – Roberts Blossom , American actor (died 2011)1924 – Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress (died 2019)
1925 – Flannery O'Connor , American short story writer and novelist (died 1964)1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English physician and philosopher (died 2010)
1925 – Kishori Sinha , Indian politician, social activist and advocate (died 2016)
1926 – Riz Ortolani , Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)1926 – László Papp , Hungarian boxer (died 2003)
1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert , American actress (died 2009)
1926 – Jaime Sabines , Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)
1926 – Gene Shalit , American journalist and critic (died 2026)
1927 – P. Shanmugam , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (died 2013)1928 – Jim Lovell , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2025)1928 – Gunnar Nielsen , Danish runner and typographer (died 1985)
1928 – Peter O'Brien , Australian rugby league player (died 2016)
1928 – Hans Steinbrenner , German sculptor (died 2008)
1929 – Cecil Taylor , American pianist and composer (died 2018)1930 – David Burge , American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)1930 – Carlo Mauri , Italian mountaineer and explorer (died 1982)
1930 – Rudy Minarcin , American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
1931 – Humphrey Burton , English radio and television host (died 2025)1932 – Penelope Gilliatt , English novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1993)1932 – Wes Santee , American runner (died 2010)
1934 – Johnny Burnette , American singer-songwriter (died 1964)1934 – Bernard King , Australian actor and chef (died 2002)
1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber , German-Canadian businessman
1934 – Gloria Steinem , American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center (died 2026)
1935 – Gabriel Elorde , Filipino boxer (died 1985)1936 – Carl Kaufmann , American-German sprinter (died 2008)1937 – Tom Monaghan , American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza 1938 – Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999)1938 – Daniel Buren , French sculptor and painter
1938 – Fritz d'Orey , Brazilian racing driver (died 2020)
1939 – Toni Cade Bambara , American author, academic, and activist (died 1995)1939 – D. C. Fontana , American screenwriter and producer (died 2019)
1941 – Gudmund Hernes , Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research 1942 – Robert J. Birgeneau , Canadian-American physicist1942 – Aretha Franklin , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2018)
1942 – Richard O'Brien , English actor and screenwriter
1942 – Kim Woodburn , English television host (died 2025)
1943 – Paul Michael Glaser , American actor and director1945 – Leila Diniz , Brazilian actress (died 1972)1946 – Cliff Balsom , English footballer1946 – Daniel Bensaïd , French philosopher and author (died 2010)
1946 – Stephen Hunter , American author and critic
1946 – Maurice Krafft , French volcanologist (died 1991)
1947 – Richard Cork , English historian and critic1947 – Elton John , English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1948 – Bonnie Bedelia , American actress1948 – Michael Stanley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1949 – Ronnie Flanagan , Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary , Police Service of Northern Ireland )1949 – Sue Klebold , American activist
1950 – Chuck Greenberg , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (died 1995)1950 – Ronnie McDowell , American singer-songwriter
1950 – David Paquette , American-New Zealander pianist
1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese wrestler (died 2000)1952 – Stephen Dorrell , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health 1952 – Antanas Mockus , Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
1953 – Christos Ardizoglou , Greek footballer1953 – Robert Fox , English producer and manager
1953 – Vesna Pusić , Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
1953 – Haroon Rasheed , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1954 – Thom Loverro , American journalist and author1955 – Daniel Boulud , French chef and author1955 – Lee Mazzilli , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 – Christina Boxer , English runner and journalist1957 – Kanellos Kanellopoulos , Greek cyclist
1957 – Jonathan Michie , English economist and academic
1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov , Russian hurdler
1957 – Jim Uhls , American screenwriter and producer
1958 – Susie Bright , American journalist, author, and critic1958 – Lorna Brown , Canadian artist, curator, and writer
1958 – Sisy Chen , Taiwanese journalist and politician
1958 – María Caridad Colón , Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
1958 – John Ensign , American physician and politician
1958 – Ray Tanner , American baseball player and coach
1958 – Åsa Torstensson , Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1960 – Mike Aulby , American bowler1960 – Steve Norman , English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1960 – Peter O'Brien , Australian actor
1960 – Brenda Strong , American actress
1961 – Mark Brooks , American golfer1962 – Marcia Cross , American actress1962 – David Nuttall , English lawyer and politician
1963 – Karen Bruce , English dancer and choreographer1963 – Velle Kadalipp , Estonian architect
1963 – Andrew O'Connor , British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
1964 – Norm Duke , American bowler1964 – Buzz Osborne , American musician
1964 – René Meulensteen , Dutch footballer and coach
1964 – Ken Wregget , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Avery Johnson , American basketball player and coach1965 – Stefka Kostadinova , Bulgarian high jumper
1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress, producer, and designer
1966 – Tom Glavine , American baseball player1966 – Humberto Gonzalez , Mexican boxer
1966 – Jeff Healey , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
1966 – Anton Rogan , Northern Irish footballer
1967 – Matthew Barney , American sculptor and photographer1967 – Doug Stanhope , American comedian and actor
1967 – Debi Thomas , American figure skater and physician
1969 – George Chlitsios , Greek conductor and composer1969 – Dale Davis , American basketball player
1969 – Cathy Dennis , English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
1969 – Jeffrey Walker , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 – Magnus Larsson , Swedish tennis player1971 – Stacy Dragila , American pole vaulter and coach1971 – Cammi Granato , American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971 – Sheryl Swoopes , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Naftali Bennett , Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel 1972 – Giniel de Villiers , South African racing driver
1972 – Phil O'Donnell , Scottish footballer (died 2007)
1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister , Austrian skier1973 – Anders Fridén , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1973 – Bob Sura , American basketball player
1974 – Serge Betsen , Cameroonian-French rugby player1974 – Lark Voorhies , American actress and singer
1975 – Ladislav Benýšek , Czech ice hockey player1975 – Melanie Blatt , English singer-songwriter and actress
1975 – Erika Heynatz , Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
1976 – Francie Bellew , Irish footballer1976 – Lars Figura , German sprinter
1976 – Wladimir Klitschko , Ukrainian boxer
1976 – Rima Wakarua , New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1977 – Natalie Clein , English cellist and educator1977 – Andrew Lindsay , Scottish rower
1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio , Italian footballer1978 – Teddy Lussi-Modeste , French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
1979 – Nate Bargatze , American stand-up comedian and actor1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi , French sprinter
1980 – Kathrine Sørland , Norwegian fashion model and television presenter1981 – Casey Neistat , American YouTube personality1982 – Danica Patrick , American race car driver1982 – Álvaro Saborío , Costa Rican footballer
1982 – Jenny Slate , American comedian, actress and author
1983 – Mickaël Hanany , French high jumper1984 – Katharine McPhee , American singer-songwriter and actress1984 – Liam Messam , New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Carmen Rasmusen , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress1985 – Diana Rennik , Estonian figure skater
1986 – Marco Belinelli , Italian basketball player1986 – Megan Gibson , American softball player
1986 – Kyle Lowry , American basketball player
1986 – Mickey Paea , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Jacob Bagersted , Danish handball player1987 – Victor Obinna , Nigerian footballer
1987 – Nobunari Oda , Japanese figure skater
1987 – Hyun-jin Ryu , South Korean baseball player
1988 – Big Sean , American rapper, singer and songwriter1988 – Ryan Lewis , American music producer
1988 – Mitchell Watt , Australian long jumper
1988 – Arthur Zeiler , German rugby player
1989 – Aly Michalka , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1989 – Scott Sinclair , English footballer
1990 – Mehmet Ekici , Turkish footballer1990 – Alexander Esswein , German footballer
1991 – Scott Malone , English footballer1992 – Meg Lanning , Australian cricketer1993 – Jacob Gagan , Australian rugby league player1993 – Sam Johnstone , English footballer
1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier1999 – Mikey Madison , American actress2000 – Ozan Kabak , Turkish footballerDeaths
Pre-1600
908 – Li Kening , Chinese general940 – Taira no Masakado , Japanese samurai990 – Nicodemus of Mammola , Italian monk and saint1005 – Kenneth III , king of Scotland1051 – Hugh IV , French nobleman1189 – Frederick , duke of Bohemia1223 – Alfonso II , king of Portugal (born 1185)1351 – Kō no Moronao , Japanese samurai1351 – Kō no Moroyasu , Japanese samurai
1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki , Japanese samurai1458 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana , Spanish poet and politician (born 1398)1558 – Marcos de Niza , French friar and explorer (born 1495)1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa , Japanese daimyō (born 1526)1609 – Olaus Martini , Swedish archbishop (born 1557)1609 – Isabelle de Limeuil , French noble (born 1535)
1620 – Johannes Nucius , German composer and theorist (born 1556)1625 – Giambattista Marino , Italian poet and author (born 1569)1658 – Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg , German nobleman (born 1607)1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar , Czech-English painter and etcher (born 1607)1701 – Jean Regnault de Segrais , French poet and novelist (born 1624)1712 – Nehemiah Grew , English anatomist and physiologist (born 1641)1732 – Lucy Filippini , Italian teacher and saint (born 1672)1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor , English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (born 1661)1738 – Turlough O'Carolan , Irish harp player and composer (born 1670)1801 – Novalis , German poet and author (born 1772)1818 – Caspar Wessel , Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (born 1745)1848 – Nicolai Wergeland , Norwegian priest, writer and politician (born 1780)1857 – William Colgate , English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (born 1783)1860 – James Braid , Scottish surgeon (born 1795)1869 – Edward Bates , American politician and lawyer (born 1793)1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand , Danish painter and illustrator (born 1810)1907 – Ernst von Bergmann , Latvian-German surgeon and academic (born 1836)1908 – Durham Stevens , American diplomat (born 1851)1914 – Frédéric Mistral , French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead , American academic (born 1832)1918 – Claude Debussy , French composer (born 1862)1918 – Peter Martin , Australian footballer and soldier (born 1875)
1927 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas , Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843)1931 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician (born 1890)1931 – Ida B. Wells , American journalist and activist (born 1862)
1932 – Harriet Backer , Norwegian painter (born 1845)1942 – William Carr , American rower (born 1876)1951 – Eddie Collins , American baseball player and manager (born 1887)1956 – Lou Moore , American race car driver (born 1904)1956 – Robert Newton , English actor (born 1905)
1958 – Tom Brown , American trombonist (born 1888)1964 – Charles Benjamin Howard , Canadian businessman and politician (born 1885)1965 – Viola Liuzzo , American civil rights activist (born 1925)1969 – Billy Cotton , English singer, drummer, and bandleader (born 1899)1969 – Max Eastman , American poet and activist (born 1883)
1973 – Jakob Sildnik , Estonian photographer and director (born 1883)1973 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879)
1975 – Juan Gaudino , Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian king (born 1906)
1975 – Deiva Zivarattinam , Indian lawyer and politician (born 1894)
1976 – Josef Albers , German-American painter and educator (born 1888)1976 – Benjamin Miessner , American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)
1979 – Robert Madgwick , Australian colonel and academic (born 1905)1979 – Akinoumi Setsuo , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (born 1914)
1980 – Milton H. Erickson , American psychiatrist and psychologist (born 1901)1980 – Walter Susskind , Czech-English conductor and educator (born 1913)
1982 – Goodman Ace , American comedian and writer (born 1899)1983 – Bob Waterfield , American football player and coach (born 1920)1986 – Gloria Blondell , American actress (born 1910)1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam , Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1906)1988 – Robert Joffrey , American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (born 1930)1991 – Marcel Lefebvre , French-Swiss archbishop (born 1905)1992 – Nancy Walker , American actress, singer, and director (born 1922)1994 – Angelines Fernández , Spanish-Mexican actress (born 1922)1994 – Bernard Kangro , Estonian poet and journalist (born 1910)
1994 – Max Petitpierre , Swiss jurist and politician (born 1899)
1995 – James Samuel Coleman , American sociologist and academic (born 1926)1995 – John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer (born 1914)
1998 – Max Green , Australian lawyer (born 1952)1998 – Steven Schiff , American lawyer and politician (born 1947)
1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr. , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)2000 – Helen Martin , American actress (born 1909)2001 – Brian Trubshaw , English cricketer and pilot (born 1924)2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme , English journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)2005 – Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer (born 1911)2006 – Bob Carlos Clarke , Irish photographer (born 1950)2006 – Rocío Dúrcal , Spanish singer and actress (born 1944)
2006 – Richard Fleischer , American film director (born 1916)
2006 – Buck Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)
2007 – Andranik Margaryan , Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (born 1951)2008 – Ben Carnevale , American basketball player and coach (born 1915)2008 – Thierry Gilardi , French journalist and sportscaster (born 1958)
2008 – Abby Mann , American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)
2008 – Herb Peterson , American businessman, created the McMuffin (born 1919)
2009 – Johnny Blanchard , American baseball player (born 1933)2009 – Kosuke Koyama , Japanese-American theologian and academic (born 1929)
2009 – Dan Seals , American musician (born 1948)
2009 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu , Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (born 1954)
2012 – Priscilla Buckley , American journalist and author (born 1921)2012 – Hal E. Chester , American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
2012 – John Crosfield , English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (born 1915)
2012 – Edd Gould , English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (born 1988)
2012 – Antonio Tabucchi , Italian author and academic (born 1943)
2013 – Léonce Bernard , Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1943)2013 – Ben Goldfaden , American basketball player and educator (born 1913)
2013 – Anthony Lewis , American journalist and academic (born 1927)
2013 – Jean Pickering , English runner and long jumper (born 1929)
2013 – Jean-Marc Roberts , French author and screenwriter (born 1954)
2013 – John F. Wiley , American lieutenant, football player, and coach (born 1920)
2014 – Lorna Arnold , English historian and author (born 1915)2014 – Hank Lauricella , American football player and politician (born 1930)
2014 – Jon Lord , Canadian businessman and politician (born 1956)
2014 – Sonny Ruberto , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)
2014 – Jonathan Schell , American journalist and author (born 1943)
2014 – Ralph Wilson , American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (born 1918)
2015 – George Fischbeck , American journalist and educator (born 1922)2016 – Shannon Bolin , American actress and singer (born 1917)2017 – Cuthbert Sebastian , St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)2019 – Barrie Hole , Welsh footballer (born 1942)2020 – Floyd Cardoz , Indian-born American chef (born 1960)2021 – Beverly Cleary , American author (born 1916)2022 – Taylor Hawkins , American drummer and singer (born 1972)2025 – Tapani Kansa , Finnish singer (born 1949)2025 – Terry Manning , American musician and recording engineer (born 1947)
2026 – Dash Crofts , American musician (born 1938)2026 – Alexander Kluge , German author, film director and public intellectual (born 1932)