August 11
August 11 this yearin various calendars Akan Nkyibene Armenian 22 Nawasardi 1476 Aztec Pānquetzaliztli 13, 6 Cipactli Babylonian 27 Du'uzu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Kajeng, Jaya, Keliwon, Urukung, Anggara of Tambir, Kala, Dadi, Pati Bengali 27 Shrabon , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Fire Snake ・Turtle Beak Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 6 , Day 29Liqiu , 12 days until Chushu )Common Era 11 August 2026 CE Coptic 5 Mesori , AM 1742Egyptian 27 Choiak , 2775 NE Ethiopian 5 Naḥasē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Quartidi de Thermidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 11 August , AD 2026 Hebrew 28 Av , AM 5786 Hindu Punarvasu ・Siddhi Śrāvaṇa , 1948 SE Caturdaśī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Āṣāḍha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,798 Icelandic Þriðjudagur, 17 Heyannir 2026 Islamic 26 Safar , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W33-2 Japanese 29 Minazuki , Reiwa 8Risshū , 12 days until Shosho ) Julian 29 July , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461264 Korean 29 Yangdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.15.1 14 Yaxkin , 6 Imix Roman ante diem IV Kalendas Augustas , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 20 Mordad , SH 1405 Tibetan 29 chu stod, me pho rta
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Day of the year
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 142 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar , used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya , begins.2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk , progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania ) becomes a Roman province : Roman Dacia .117 – Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor , two days after Trajan 's death.355 – Claudius Silvanus , accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II .490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River , near Milan .923 – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra .1315 – The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.1332 – Wars of Scottish Independence : Battle of Dupplin Moor : Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol .1473 – The Battle of Otlukbeli : Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu .1492 – Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI .1918 – World War I : The Battle of Amiens ends.1919 – Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.1920 – The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney .1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty , which relinquished Russia 's authority and pretenses to Latvia , is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence .
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio .1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island .1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi .1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan .1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport , the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.1960 – Chad declares independence from France.1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli .1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity .1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots ) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California .1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.1972 – Vietnam War : The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam .1973 – At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx , New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping .1975 – East Timor : Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili , following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin .1979 – Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830 , en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii , killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.1984 – "We begin bombing in five minutes ": United States President Ronald Reagan , while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio .1988 – A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif , Osama bin Laden , Abdullah Yusuf Azzam , and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda .1991 – Nickelodeon 's first line of "Nicktoons " (Doug , Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy ) premiere on the channel.1992 – The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time, it is the largest shopping mall in the United States.1995 – The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills three and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.1996 – The killing of Tassos Isaac by Turkish nationalists of the Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus .2000 – An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan , marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin , better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok , Thailand.
2006 – The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines , causing the country's worst oil spill .2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran .2017 – At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria , Egypt.2023 – Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome .Births
1673 – Richard Mead , English physician and astrologer (died 1754)1718 – Frederick Haldimand , Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (died 1791)1722 – Richard Brocklesby , English physician (died 1797)1748 – Joseph Schuster , German composer (died 1812)1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)1794 – James B. Longacre , American engraver (died 1869)1807 – David Rice Atchison , American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)1808 – William W. Chapman , American lawyer and politician (died 1892)1816 – Frederick Innes , Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (died 1882)1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1899)1833 – Kido Takayoshi , Japanese samurai and politician (died 1877)
1836 – Warren Brown , American historian and politician (died 1919)1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot , French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)1855 – John Hodges , Australian cricketer (died 1933)1858 – Christiaan Eijkman , Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)1860 – Ottó Bláthy , Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)1870 – Tom Richardson , English cricketer (died 1912)1874 – Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (died 1953)1877 – Adolph M. Christianson , American lawyer and judge (died 1954)1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge , English poet and author (died 1955)1881 – Aleksander Aberg , Estonian wrestler (died 1920)1884 – Hermann Wlach , Austrian-Swiss actor (died 1962)1885 – Stephen Butterworth , English physicist and engineer (died 1958)1891 – Stancho Belkovski , Bulgarian architect and educator (died 1962)1891 – Edgar Zilsel , Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (died 1944)
1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid , Scottish poet and linguist (died 1978)1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa , Japanese author (died 1962)
1897 – Enid Blyton , English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)1897 – Louise Bogan , American poet and critic (died 1970)
1898 – Peter Mohr Dam , Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1968)1900 – Charley Paddock , American sprinter (died 1943)1900 – Philip Phillips , American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994) 1902 – Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist (died 1986)1902 – Lloyd Nolan , American actor (died 1985)
1902 – Christian de Castries , French general (died 1991)
1905 – Erwin Chargaff , Austrian-American biochemist and academic (died 2002)1905 – Ernst Jaakson , Estonian diplomat (died 1998)
1907 – Ted a'Beckett , Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1989)1908 – Don Freeman , American author and illustrator (died 1978)1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt , Swedish sociologist and philosopher (died 1999)
1909 – Yūji Koseki , Japanese composer (died 1989)1909 – Uku Masing , Estonian philosopher and theologian (died 1985)
1911 – Thanom Kittikachorn , Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2004)1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs , German astronomer and academic (died 1954)1912 – Raphael Blau , American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
1913 – Paul Dupuis , Canadian actor (died 1976)1913 – Bob Scheffing , American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
1913 – Angus Wilson , English author and academic (died 1991)
1915 – Morris Weiss , American author and illustrator (died 2014)1916 – Johnny Claes , English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (died 1956)1919 – Luis Olmo , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (died 2017)1920 – Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (died 2006)1920 – Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
1921 – Alex Haley , American historian and author (died 1992)1922 – Mavis Gallant , Canadian short story writer (died 2014)1922 – John "Mule" Miles , American baseball player (died 2013)1923 – Stan Chambers , American journalist and actor (died 2015)1925 – Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2006)1925 – Arlene Dahl , American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)
1926 – Aaron Klug , Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)1927 – Raymond Leppard , English harpsichord player and conductor (died 2019)1927 – Stuart Rosenberg , American director and producer (died 2007)
1929 – Manabendra Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer (died 1992)1932 – Fernando Arrabal , Spanish actor, director, and playwright1932 – Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (died 2003)
1932 – Geoffrey Cass , English businessman
1932 – Peter Eisenman , American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
1932 – John Gorrie , English director and screenwriter
1933 – Jerry Falwell , American minister and television host (died 2007)1933 – Jerzy Grotowski , Polish director and producer (died 1999)
1933 – Teri Shields , American actress, mother, and manager (died 2012)
1933 – Tamás Vásáry , Hungarian pianist and conductor (died 2026)
1934 – Bob Hepple , South African lawyer and academic (died 2015)1936 – Andre Dubus , American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (died 1999)1936 – Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
1936 – Jonathan Spence , English-American historian and academic (died 2021)
1937 – Anna Massey , English actress (died 2011)1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern , American businessman, founded International Data Group (died 2014)
1939 – James Mancham , first President of Seychelles (died 2017)1939 – Ronnie Dawson , American singer and guitarist (died 2003)
1940 – Glenys Page , New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)1941 – John Ellison , American-Canadian musician and songwriter1942 – Mike Hugg , English drummer and keyboard player1942 – Otis Taylor , American football player (died 2023)
1943 – Jim Kale , Canadian bass player1943 – Kenny Gamble , American songwriter, and "Philadelphia Soul" producer, with Leon Huff
1943 – Pervez Musharraf , Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)
1943 – Denis Payton , English saxophonist (died 2006)
1944 – Martin Linton , Swedish-English journalist and politician1944 – Frederick W. Smith , American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)
1944 – Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor
1946 – John Conlee , American singer-songwriter1946 – Marilyn vos Savant , American journalist and author
1947 – Theo de Jong , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis , Greek journalist and politician
1947 – Wilma van den Berg , Dutch sprinter
1948 – Don Boyd , Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter1949 – Eric Carmen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)1949 – Tim Hutchinson , American lawyer and politician
1949 – Ian Charleson , Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)
1950 – Erik Brann , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov , Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (died 2003)
1950 – Steve Wozniak , American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
1952 – Reid Blackburn , American photographer (died 1980)1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh , American singer, guitarist, and producer
1953 – Hulk Hogan , American professional wrestler (died 2025)1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw , Dutch swimmer
1954 – Bryan Bassett , American guitarist1954 – Vance Heafner , American golfer and coach (died 2012)
1954 – Joe Jackson , English singer-songwriter and musician
1954 – Tarmo Rüütli , Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
1954 – Yashpal Sharma , Indian cricketer and umpire (died 2021)
1955 – Marc Bureau , Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau 1955 – Sylvia Hermon , Northern Irish academic and politician
1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions , French mathematician and academic1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)1957 – Masayoshi Son , Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
1958 – Steven Pokere , New Zealand rugby player1958 – Jah Wobble , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1959 – Gustavo Cerati , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami , Japanese businessman
1959 – Taraki Sivaram , Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2005)
1959 – Richard Scudamore , English businessman
1959 – László Szlávics, Jr. , Hungarian sculptor
1961 – David Brooks , American journalist and author1961 – Craig Ehlo , American basketball player and coach
1961 – Suniel Shetty , Indian actor and film producer
1962 – Brian Azzarello , American author1962 – Charles Cecil , English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
1962 – John Micklethwait , English journalist and author
1962 – Rob Minkoff , American director and producer
1963 – Hiromi Makihara , Japanese baseball player1964 – Jim Lee , South Korean-American author and illustrator1964 – Grant Waite , New Zealand golfer
1965 – Marc Bergevin , Canadian ice hockey player and manager1965 – Embeth Davidtz , American actress
1965 – Viola Davis , American actress
1966 – Nigel Martyn , English footballer and coach1966 – Juan María Solare , Argentinian pianist and composer
1967 – Massimiliano Allegri , Italian footballer and manager1967 – Enrique Bunbury , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Joe Rogan , American actor, comedian, and television host
1967 – Petter Wettre , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1968 – Anna Gunn , American actress1968 – Veda Hille , Canadian experimental pop singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and accordionist
1968 – Sophie Okonedo , British actress
1968 – Charlie Sexton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Andy Bell , British musician and songwriter1970 – Dirk Hannemann , German footballer and manager
1970 – Gianluca Pessotto , Italian footballer
1971 – Alejandra Barros , Mexican actress and screenwriter1971 – Tommy Mooney , English footballer
1973 – Kristin Armstrong , American cyclist1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil , Canadian figure skater1974 – Hadiqa Kiani , Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
1974 – Audrey Mestre , French biologist and diver (died 2002)
1974 – Carolyn Murphy , American model and actress
1975 – Chris Cummings , Canadian singer-songwriter1976 – Iván Córdoba , Colombian footballer and manager1976 – Bubba Crosby , American baseball player
1976 – Will Friedle , American actor and screenwriter
1976 – Ben Gibbard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský , Slovak ice hockey player
1977 – Gemma Hayes , Irish singer-songwriter1977 – Dênio Martins , Brazilian footballer
1978 – Spyros Gogolos , Greek footballer1978 – Charlotte Leslie , British politician
1978 – Lillian Nakate , Ugandan politician
1978 – Isy Suttie , English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
1979 – Walter Ayoví , Ecuadorian footballer1980 – Daniel Lloyd , English cyclist and sportscaster1980 – Lee Suggs , American football player
1981 – Daniel Poohl , Swedish journalist1982 – Andy Lee , American football player1983 – Chris Hemsworth , Australian actor1983 – Luke Lewis , Australian rugby league player
1983 – Pavel 183 , Russian painter (died 2013)
1984 – Mojtaba Abedini , Iranian Olympic fencer1984 – Melky Cabrera , Dominican baseball player
1984 – Lucas di Grassi , Brazilian race car driver
1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez , Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress1985 – Asher Roth , American rapper
1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa , Algerian footballer1986 – Hélène Defrance , French sailor
1986 – Pablo Sandoval , Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Dany N'Guessan , French footballer1987 – Drew Storen , American baseball player
1988 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini , Filipino basketball player1988 – Patty Mills , Australian basketball player
1988 – Mustafa Pektemek , Turkish footballer
1989 – Junior Heffernan , Irish cyclist and triathlete (died 2013)1989 – Sebastian Huke , German footballer
1990 – Lenka Juríková , Slovak tennis player1991 – Cristian Tello , Spanish footballer1992 – Tomi Lahren , American conservative political commentator1993 – Alyson Stoner , American actor, singer, and dancer1994 – Storm Sanders , Australian tennis player1994 – Anton Cooper , New Zealand cross-country cyclist
1994 – Joseph Barbato , French footballer
1994 – Song I-han , South Korean singer
1995 – Brad Binder , South African motorcycle racer1997 – Sarah Clelland , Scottish footballer1999 – Gregoria Mariska Tunjung , Indonesian badminton player1999 – Changbin , South Korean rapper
2001 – Moyuka Uchijima , Japanese tennis player2002 – Marvin Harrison Jr. , American football playerDeaths
Pre-1600
223 – Jia Xu , Chinese politician and strategist (born 147)353 – Magnentius , Roman usurper (born 303)449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople 632 – Rusticula , abbess of Arles919 – Dhuka al-Rumi , Abbasid governor of Egypt979 – Gero, Count of Alsleben 991 – Byrhtnoth , English soldier (born 956)1044 – Sokkate , king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (born 1001)1204 – Guttorm of Norway (born 1199)1253 – Clare of Assisi , Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)1259 – Möngke Khan , Mongolian emperor (born 1208)1268 – Agnes of Faucigny , Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy1332 – Domhnall II, Earl of Mar 1332 – Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
1332 – Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
1332 – Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
1332 – Robert Bruce , Lord of Liddesdale
1456 – John Hunyadi , Hungarian general and politician (born 1387)1464 – Nicholas of Cusa , German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)1465 – Kettil Karlsson , regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (born 1433)1486 – William Waynflete , English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (born c. 1398)1494 – Hans Memling , German-Belgian painter (born 1430)1519 – Johann Tetzel , German preacher (born 1465)1556 – John Bell , English bishop1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo , Spanish composer and educator (born 1500)1578 – Pedro Nunes , Portuguese mathematician and academic (born 1502)1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare , son of William Shakespeare (born 1585)1614 – Lavinia Fontana , Italian painter (born 1552)1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini , Austrian-Italian field marshal (born 1599)1725 – Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (born 1723)1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche , French physician and author (born 1722)1813 – Henry James Pye , English poet and politician (born 1745)1851 – Lorenz Oken , German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (born 1779)1854 – Macedonio Melloni , Italian physicist and academic (born 1798)1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf , Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1815)1886 – Lydia Koidula , Estonian poet and playwright (born 1843)1890 – John Henry Newman , English cardinal and theologian (born 1801)1892 – Enrico Betti , Italian mathematician and academic (born 1813)1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (born 1839)1908 – Khudiram Bose , Indian Bengali revolutionary (born 1889)1919 – Andrew Carnegie , Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (born 1835)1921 – Mary Sumner , English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (born 1828)1936 – Blas Infante , Spanish historian and politician (born 1885)1937 – Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (born 1862)1939 – Jean Bugatti , German-Italian engineer (born 1909)1939 – Siegfried Flesch , Austrian fencer (born 1872)
1945 – Stefan Jaracz , Polish actor and theater producer (born 1883)1953 – Tazio Nuvolari , Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1892)1956 – Jackson Pollock , American painter (born 1912)1961 – Antanas Škėma , Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (born 1910)1963 – Otto Wahle , Austrian-American swimmer and coach (born 1879)1965 – Bill Woodfull , Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897)1969 – Miriam Licette , English soprano and educator (born 1885)1972 – Max Theiler , South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo , Venezuelan conductor and composer (born 1887)1977 – Frederic Calland Williams , British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube , used for memory in early computer systems (born 1911)1978 – Berta Ruck , Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (born 1878)1979 – J. G. Farrell , English author (born 1935)1980 – Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (born 1910)1982 – Tom Drake , American actor and singer (born 1918)1984 – Alfred A. Knopf Sr. , American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (born 1892)1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt , Estonian–American chemist and chess player (born 1916)
1986 – János Drapál , Hungarian motorcycle racer (born 1948)1988 – Anne Ramsey , American actress (born 1929)1989 – John Meillon , Australian actor (born 1934)1991 – J. D. McDuffie , American race car driver (born 1938)1994 – Peter Cushing , English actor (born 1913)1995 – Phil Harris , American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)1996 – Rafael Kubelík , Czech conductor and composer (born 1914)1996 – Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (born 1910)
2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer and academic (born 1916)2001 – Percy Stallard , English cyclist and coach (born 1909)2002 – Galen Rowell , American photographer and mountaineer (born 1940)2003 – Armand Borel , Swiss-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)2003 – Herb Brooks , American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)
2006 – Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (born 1920)2008 – George Furth , American actor and playwright (born 1932)2008 – Dursun Karataş , founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (born 1952)
2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver , American activist, founded the Special Olympics (born 1921)2010 – James Mourilyan Tanner , British paediatric endocrinologist (born 1920)2012 – Red Bastien , American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (born 1931)2012 – Michael Dokes , American boxer (born 1958)
2012 – Lucy Gallardo , Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
2012 – Sid Waddell , British Sports commentator, television presenter, producer, writer & director (born 1940)
2013 – Raymond Delisle , French cyclist (born 1943)2013 – Zafar Futehally , Indian ornithologist and author (born 1919)
2013 – David Howard , English ballet dancer and educator (born 1937)
2014 – Vladimir Beara , Croatian footballer and manager (born 1928)2014 – Raymond Gravel , Canadian priest and politician (born 1952)
2014 – Kika Szaszkiewiczowa , Polish author and blogger (born 1917)
2014 – Robin Williams , American actor and comedian (born 1951)
2014 – Sam Hall , American diver, legislator, and mercenary (born 1937)
2015 – Serge Collot , French viola player and educator (born 1923)2015 – Harald Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager (born 1941)
2015 – Richard Oriani , Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (born 1920)
2017 – Yisrael Kristal , Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (born 1903)2017 – Segun Bucknor , Nigerian musician and journalist (born 1946)
2018 – V S Naipaul , British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)2018 – Terry A. Davis , American computer programmer, creator of TempleOS (born 1969)
2019 – Sergio Obeso Rivera , Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1931)2020 – Trini Lopez , American singer and guitarist (born 1937)2020 – Sumner Redstone , American billionaire businessman (born 1923)
2022 – Anne Heche , American actress (born 1969)2022 – Hanae Mori , Japanese fashion designer (born 1926)
2023 – Mike Ahern , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (born 1942)2024 – Ángel Salazar , Cuban-American comedian and actor (born 1956)2024 – Noël Treanor , Irish Roman Catholic prelate (born 1950)
2025 – Miguel Uribe Turbay , Colombian precandidate to presidency (born 1986)
2025 – Danielle Spencer , American actress (born 1965 )