April 1 This article is about historical events on April 1. For the joke custom, see
April Fools' Day .
April 1 this yearin various calendars Akan Nkyiwukuo Armenian 15 Ahekani 1475 Aztec Tlaxochimaco 1, 4 Ātl Babylonian 12 Adaru, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Kajeng, Sri, Pon, Urukung, Buda of Watugunung, Ludra, Erangan, Sri Bengali 18 Chaitro , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Wood Snake ・Chariot Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 2 , Day 14Chunfen , 4 days until Qingming )Common Era 1 April 2026 CE Coptic 23 Paremhat , AM 1742Egyptian 20 Mesori , 2774 NE Ethiopian 23 Magābit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Duodi de Germinal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 1 April , AD 2026 Hebrew 14 Nisan , AM 5786 Hindu Uttaraphalgunī ・Vṛddhi Caitra , 1947 SE Caturdaśī , Śukla pakṣa of Caitra , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5126 KY ・1,872,666 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 9 Einmánuður 2025 Islamic 13 Shawwal , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W14-3 Japanese 14 Kisaragi , Reiwa 8Shunbun , 4 days until Seimei ) Julian 19 March , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461132 Korean 14 Tokkidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.8.9 2 Pop , 4 Muluc Roman ante diem XIV Kalendas Apriles , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 12 Farvardin , SH 1405 Tibetan 15 dbo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 274 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army .1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service .1922 – In newly formed Northern Ireland , six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings , one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings .1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch " but spends only nine months in jail.1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.1935 – India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India , is formed.1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony .1937 – The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War , when the last of the Republican forces surrender.1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre : Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops .1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister .
1944 – World War II : Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen .1945 – World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa .1946 – The 8.6 M w Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii .1946 – The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.1948 – Cold War : Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin .1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado .1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus , with the goal of unifying with Greece .1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space .1964 – The British Admiralty , War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom .1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier , the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force .1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.1970 – A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid , Morocco, killing 61.
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila , Bangladesh.1973 – Project Tiger , a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park , India.1974 – The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.1976 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc .1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote , officially overthrowing the Shah .1984 – Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights , Los Angeles, California.1986 – Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu , seeking to incite a popular rebellion.1989 – Margaret Thatcher 's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland .1993 – NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee .1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion .1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories .2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet . The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan , China and is detained.2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces , to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands , the first contemporary country to allow it.
2004 – Google launches its Email service Gmail .2006 – Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.2011 – After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers.2016 – The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact .2026 – The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.Births
1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond , French soldier and critic (died 1703)1629 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert , French organist and composer (died 1691)1640 – Georg Mohr , Danish mathematician and academic (died 1697)1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , English poet and courtier (died 1680)1697 – Antoine François Prévost , French novelist and translator (died 1763)1721 – Pieter Hellendaal , Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (died 1799)1741 – George Dance the Younger , English architect and surveyor (died 1825)1753 – Joseph de Maistre , French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1821)1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti , Italian engraver and etcher (died 1810)1776 – Sophie Germain , French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1831)1786 – William Mulready , Irish genre painter (died 1863)1815 – Otto von Bismarck , German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1898)1815 – Edward Clark , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (died 1880)
1823 – Simon Bolivar Buckner , American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (died 1891)1824 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau , Canadian bishop (died 1901)1834 – James Fisk , American businessman (died 1872)1852 – Edwin Austin Abbey , American painter and illustrator (died 1911)1858 – Columba Marmion , Irish Benedictine abbot (died 1923)1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy , Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)1866 – William Blomfield , New Zealand cartoonist and politician (died 1938)1866 – Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1924)
1866 – Ève Lavallière , French actress (died 1929)
1868 – Edmond Rostand , French poet and playwright (died 1918)1868 – Walter Mead , English cricketer (died 1954)
1871 – F. Melius Christiansen , Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (died 1955)1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1943)1874 – Ernest Barnes , English mathematician and theologian (died 1953)1874 – Prince Karl of Bavaria (died 1927)
1875 – Edgar Wallace , English journalist, author, and playwright (died 1932)1878 – C. Ganesha Iyer , Ceylon Tamil philologist (died 1958)1879 – Stanislaus Zbyszko , Polish wrestler and strongman (died 1967)1881 – Octavian Goga , Romanian Prime Minister (died 1938)1883 – Lon Chaney , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1930)1883 – Edvard Drabløs , Norwegian actor and director (died 1976)
1883 – Laurette Taylor , Irish-American actress (died 1946)
1885 – Wallace Beery , American actor (died 1949)1885 – Clementine Churchill , English wife of Winston Churchill (died 1977)
1889 – K. B. Hedgewar , Indian physician and activist (died 1940)1893 – Cicely Courtneidge , Australian-English actress (died 1980)1895 – Alberta Hunter , African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (died 1984)1898 – William James Sidis , Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (died 1944)1899 – Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian academic and politician (died 1968)1900 – Stefanie Clausen , Danish Olympic diver (died 1981)1901 – Whittaker Chambers , American journalist and spy (died 1961)1902 – Maria Polydouri , Greek poet (died 1930)1905 – Gaston Eyskens , Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1988)1905 – Paul Hasluck , Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (died 1993)
1906 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev , Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (died 1989)1907 – Shivakumara Swami , Indian religious leader and philanthropist (died 2019)1908 – Abraham Maslow , American psychologist and academic (died 1970)1908 – Harlow Rothert , American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (died 1997)
1909 – Abner Biberman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977)1909 – Eddy Duchin , American pianist and bandleader (died 1951)
1910 – Harry Carney , American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1974)1910 – Bob Van Osdel , American high jumper and soldier (died 1987)
1911 – Augusta Braxton Baker , African American librarian (died 1998)1913 – Memos Makris , Greek sculptor (died 1993)1915 – O. W. Fischer , Austrian-Swiss actor and director (died 2004)1916 – Sheila May Edmonds , British mathematician (died 2002)1917 – Sydney Newman , Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who 1917 – Melville Shavelson , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1919 – Joseph Murray , American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)1920 – Toshiro Mifune , Japanese actor (died 1997)1921 – William Bergsma , American composer and educator (died 1994)1921 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith , American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (died 2014)
1922 – Duke Jordan , American pianist and composer (died 2006)1922 – William Manchester , American historian and author (died 2004)
1924 – Brendan Byrne , American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (died 2018)1926 – Anne McCaffrey , American-Irish author (died 2011)1927 – Walter Bahr , American soccer player, coach, and manager (died 2018)1927 – Amos Milburn , American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
1927 – Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006)
1929 – Jonathan Haze , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager (died 2024)1929 – Milan Kundera , Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 2023)
1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang , Thai animator and director (died 2010)
1929 – Jane Powell , American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2021)
1930 – Grace Lee Whitney , American actress and singer (died 2015)1930 – Ásta Sigurðardóttir , Icelandic writer and visual artist (died 1971)
1931 – George Baker , Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (died 2011)1931 – Rolf Hochhuth , German author and playwright (died 2020)
1932 – Debbie Reynolds , American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2016)1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)1933 – Dan Flavin , American sculptor and educator (died 1996)
1933 – Bengt Holbek , Danish folklorist (died 1992)
1934 – Vladimir Posner , French-American journalist and radio host1935 – Cyril Karabus , South African paediatric oncologist1935 – Larry McDonald , American physician and politician (died 1983)
1936 – Peter Collinson , English-American director and producer (died 1980)1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1998)
1936 – Tarun Gogoi , Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020)
1936 – Abdul Qadeer Khan , Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer (died 2021)
1937 – Jordan Charney , American actor1937 – Yılmaz Güney , Palme d'Or award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (died 1984)
1937 – Lynn Garrison , Canadian aviator, political advisor, and mercenary
1939 – Ali MacGraw , American model and actress1939 – Phil Niekro , American baseball player and manager (died 2020)
1940 – Wangari Maathai , Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)1941 – Gideon Gadot , Israeli journalist and politician (died 2012)1941 – Ajit Wadekar , Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (died 2018)
1942 – Samuel R. Delany , American author and critic1942 – Richard D. Wolff , American economist and academic
1943 – Dafydd Wigley , Welsh academic and politician1943 – Titina Silá , Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (died 1973)
1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis , Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security 1946 – Ronnie Lane , English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1997)
1946 – Arrigo Sacchi , Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Alain Connes , French mathematician and academic1948 – Javier Irureta , Spanish footballer and manager
1948 – Peter Law , Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (died 2006)
1949 – Gérard Mestrallet , French businessman1949 – Paul Manafort , American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon
1949 – Sammy Nelson , Northern Irish footballer and coach
1949 – Gil Scott-Heron , American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011)
1950 – Samuel Alito , American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1950 – Loris Kessel , Swiss racing driver (died 2010)
1950 – Daniel Paillé , Canadian academic and politician
1951 – John Abizaid , American general1952 – Annette O'Toole , American actress1952 – Bernard Stiegler , French philosopher and academic (died 2020)
1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld , American cinematographer, director, and producer1953 – Alberto Zaccheroni , Italian footballer and manager
1954 – Jeff Porcaro , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1992)1955 – Don Hasselbeck , American football player and sportscaster1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan , Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
1957 – John Farragher , Australian rugby league player (died 2025)1957 – David Gower , English cricketer and sportscaster
1957 – Denise Nickerson , American actress (died 2019)
1958 – D. Boon , American singer and musician (died 1985)1959 – Helmut Duckadam , Romanian footballer (died 2024)1961 – Susan Boyle , Scottish singer1961 – Sergio Scariolo , Italian professional basketball head coach
1961 – Mark White , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Mark Shulman , American author
1962 – Chris Grayling , English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1962 – Samboy Lim , Filipino basketball player and manager (died 2023)
1962 – Phillip Schofield , English television host
1963 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz , Filipino guitarist and songwriter (died 1988)1963 – Aprille Ericsson-Jackson , American aerospace engineer
1964 – Erik Breukink , Dutch cyclist and manager1964 – Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (died 2008)
1964 – John Morris , English cricketer
1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos , Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
1965 – Jane Adams , American film, television, and stage actress1965 – Mark Jackson , American basketball player and coach
1966 – Chris Evans , English radio and television host1966 – Mehmet Özdilek , Turkish footballer and manager
1967 – Nicola Roxon , Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia 1968 – Mike Baird , Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales 1968 – Andreas Schnaas , German actor and director
1968 – Alexander Stubb , Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland and 13th President of Finland
1969 – Lev Lobodin , Ukrainian-Russian decathlete1969 – Andrew Vlahov , Australian basketball player
1969 – Dean Windass , English footballer and manager
1970 – Brad Meltzer , American author, screenwriter, and producer1971 – Sonia Bisset , Cuban javelin thrower1971 – Shinji Nakano , Japanese racing driver
1972 – Darren McCarty , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1972 – Jesse Tobias , American guitarist and songwriter
1973 – Christian Finnegan , American comedian and actor1973 – Stephen Fleming , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1973 – Rachel Maddow , American journalist and author
1974 – Hugo Ibarra , Argentinian footballer and manager1975 – John Butler , American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer1975 – Magdalena Maleeva , Bulgarian tennis player
1976 – Hazem El Masri , Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator1976 – David Gilliland , American race car driver
1976 – Gábor Király , Hungarian footballer
1976 – David Oyelowo , English actor
1976 – Clarence Seedorf , Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Yuka Yoshida , Japanese tennis player
1977 – Vitor Belfort , Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist1977 – Haimar Zubeldia , Spanish cyclist
1978 – Antonio de Nigris , Mexican footballer (died 2009)1978 – Mirka Federer , Slovak-Swiss tennis player
1978 – Anamaria Marinca , Romanian-English actress
1978 – Etan Thomas , American basketball player
1979 – Ruth Beitia , Spanish high jumper1980 – Dennis Kruppke , German footballer1980 – Randy Orton , American wrestler
1980 – Bijou Phillips , American actress and model
1981 – Antonis Fotsis , Greek basketball player1981 – Bjørn Einar Romøren , Norwegian ski jumper
1982 – Taran Killam , American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer1982 – Andreas Thorkildsen , Norwegian javelin thrower
1983 – Ólafur Ingi Skúlason , Icelandic footballer1983 – Sean Taylor , American football player (died 2007)
1984 – Gilberto Macena , Brazilian footballer1985 – Daniel Murphy , American baseball player1985 – Beth Tweddle , English gymnast
1986 – Nikolaos Kourtidis , Greek weightlifter1986 – Hillary Scott , American country singer-songwriter
1987 – Vitorino Antunes , Portuguese footballer1987 – Ding Junhui , Chinese professional snooker player
1987 – Gianluca Musacci , Italian footballer
1987 – Oliver Turvey , English racing driver
1988 – Brook Lopez , American basketball player1988 – Robin Lopez , American basketball player
1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen , Dutch speed skater1989 – David Ngog , French footballer
1989 – Christian Vietoris , German racing driver
1990 – Julia Fischer , German discus thrower1991 – Duván Zapata , Colombian footballer1992 – Deng Linlin , Chinese gymnast1995 – Jofra Archer , Barbadian-English cricketer1995 – Logan Paul , American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
1996 – Sophia Hutchins , American socialite1997 – Asa Butterfield , English actor1997 – Álex Palou , Spanish racing driver
1998 – King Combs , American rapper1998 – Mitchell Robinson , American basketball player
1999 – Gabe Davis , American football player2000 – Rhian Brewster , English footballerDeaths
Pre-1600
33 – Jesus of Nazareth , (Gregorian Calendar Date)996 – John XV , pope of the Catholic Church1085 – Shen Zong , Chinese emperor (born 1048)1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf , French bishop (born 1053)1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine , Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France and England (born 1122)1205 – Amalric II , king of Cyprus and Jerusalem1282 – Abaqa Khan , ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (born 1234)1431 – Nuno Álvares Pereira , Portuguese general (born 1360)1441 – Blanche I , queen of Navarre and Sicily (born 1387)1455 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Polish cardinal and statesman (born 1389)1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa , Spanish composer (born 1470)1548 – Sigismund I , king of Poland (born 1467)1580 – Alonso Mudarra , Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1510)1621 – Cristofano Allori , Italian painter and educator (born 1577)1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg , Bavarian bishop (born 1625)1787 – Floyer Sydenham , English scholar and academic (born 1710)1839 – Benjamin Pierce , American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1757)1865 – Antonios Kriezis , Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (born 1796)1865 – Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano (born 1797)
1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice , English theologian and academic (born 1805)1878 – John C.W. Daly , English-Canadian soldier and politician (born 1796)1890 – David Wilber , American politician (born 1820)1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky , Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (born 1825) 1914 – Rube Waddell , American baseball player (born 1876)1914 – Charles Wells , English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (born 1842)
1917 – Scott Joplin , American pianist and composer (born 1868)1920 – Walter Simon , German banker and philanthropist (born 1857)1922 – Charles I , emperor of Austria (born 1887)1924 – Jacob Bolotin , American physician (born 1888)1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand , English cyclist (born 1870)
1924 – Stan Rowley , Australian sprinter (born 1876)
1946 – Noah Beery, Sr. , American actor (born 1882)1947 – George II , king of Greece (born 1890)1950 – Charles R. Drew , American physician and surgeon (born 1904)1950 – Recep Peker , Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1889)
1962 – Jussi Kekkonen , Finnish captain and businessman (born 1910)1963 – Agnes Mowinckel , Norwegian actress (born 1875)1965 – Helena Rubinstein , Polish-American businesswoman (born 1870)1966 – Brian O'Nolan , Irish author (born 1911)1968 – Lev Landau , Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)1971 – Kathleen Lonsdale , Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (born 1903)1976 – Max Ernst , German painter and sculptor (born 1891)1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan , Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (born 1910)1984 – Marvin Gaye , American singer-songwriter (born 1939)1984 – Elizabeth Goudge , English author (born 1900)
1986 – Erik Bruhn , Danish actor, director, and choreographer (born 1928)1986 – Edwin Boston , English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist
1987 – Henri Cochet , French tennis player (born 1901)1991 – Martha Graham , American dancer and choreographer (born 1894)1991 – Jaime Guzmán , Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1946)
1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers , English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1923)1993 – Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (born 1954)1994 – Robert Doisneau , French photographer (born 1912)1995 – H. Adams Carter , American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (born 1914)1995 – Francisco Moncion , Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1918)
1995 – Lucie Rie , Austrian-English potter (born 1902)
1996 – Mário Viegas , Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (born 1948)1997 – Makar Honcharenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1912)1998 – Rozz Williams , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1963)1999 – Jesse Stone , American pianist, songwriter, and producer (born 1901)2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn , Vietnamese guitarist and composer (born 1939)2002 – Simo Häyhä , Finnish soldier and sniper (born 1905)2003 – Leslie Cheung , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (born 1956)2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas , Greek footballer and manager (born 1952)2004 – Carrie Snodgress , American actress (born 1945)
2005 – Paul Bomani , Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood , American political scientist and academic (born 1923)
2006 – In Tam , Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1916)2010 – John Forsythe , American actor (born 1918)2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis , Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1927)
2012 – Lionel Bowen , Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922)2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia , Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)
2012 – Miguel de la Madrid , Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)
2013 – Moses Blah , Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (born 1947)2013 – Karen Muir , South African swimmer and physician (born 1952)
2014 – King Fleming , American pianist and bandleader (born 1922)2014 – Jacques Le Goff , French historian and author (born 1924)
2014 – Rolf Rendtorff , German theologian and academic (born 1925)
2015 – Nicolae Rainea , Romanian footballer and referee (born 1933)2017 – Lonnie Brooks , American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933)2017 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko , Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932)
2018 – Steven Bochco , American television writer and producer (born 1943)2019 – Vonda N. McIntyre , American science fiction author (born 1948)2024 – Lou Conter , American naval commander (born 1921)2024 – Vontae Davis , American football player (born 1988)
2024 – Joe Flaherty , American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1941)
2024 – Sami Michael , Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (born 1926)
2024 – Ed Piskor , American comic book artist (born 1982)
2024 – Mohammad Reza Zahedi , Iranian senior military officer (born 1960)
2025 – Val Kilmer , American actor (born 1959)2025 – Johnny Tillotson , American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
