March 22
March 22 this yearin various calendars Akan Kwakwasi Armenian 5 Ahekani 1475 Aztec Huei Tecuilhuitl 11, 7 Quiyahuitl Babylonian 2 Adaru, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Jaya, Pon, Was, Redite of Dukut, Guru, Ogan, Suka Bengali 8 Chaitro , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Wood Goat ・Hairy Head Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 2 , Day 4Chunfen , 14 days until Qingming )Common Era 22 March 2026 CE Coptic 13 Paremhat , AM 1742Egyptian 10 Mesori , 2774 NE Ethiopian 13 Magābit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Duodi de Germinal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 22 March , AD 2026 Hebrew 4 Nisan , AM 5786 Hindu Bharaṇī ・Vaidhṛti Caitra , 1947 SE Caturthī , Śukla pakṣa of Caitra , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5126 KY ・1,872,656 Icelandic Sunnudagur, 29 Góa 2025 Islamic 3 Shawwal , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W12-7 Japanese 4 Kisaragi , Reiwa 8Shunbun , 14 days until Seimei ) Julian 9 March , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461122 Korean 4 Tokkidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.7.19 17 Cumku , 7 Cauac Roman ante diem VII Idus Martias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 2 Farvardin , SH 1405 Tibetan 4 dbo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 284 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony , led by governor John Carver , sign a peace treaty with Massasoit , sachem of the Wampanoags ; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides.1622 – Jamestown massacre : Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia , a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War .1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards , dice , and gaming tables.1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.1668 – Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) .1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne .1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies .1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew , Thailand.1792 – Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets : Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution .1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves .1829 – In the London Protocol , the three protecting powers (United Kingdom , France and Russia ) establish the borders of Greece .1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara .1871 – In North Carolina , William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment .1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico .1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris .1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long , the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam , is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina , which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China , restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency .1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh ).1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act , legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp , Dachau .
1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia .1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania .1942 – World War II : In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte .1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus ) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 .1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim , Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid , though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo , Egypt.
1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan .1955 – A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range , killing 66.1957 – A United States Air Force aircraft disappears with all 67 people on board somewhere over the Pacific Ocean .1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles H. Townes receive the first patent for a laser .1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me 1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives .
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama , causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico .1982 – NASA 's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3 .1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan 's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 .1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport , leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.1992 – Fall of communism in Albania : The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election .
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS , and a 64 bit data path.1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space .1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76 .1997 – Tara Lipinski , aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion .1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
2004 – Ahmed Yassin , co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas , two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles .2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox .2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae , Thailand.2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station .2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.2017 – Syrian civil war : Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa .
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.2019 – Two buses crash in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana 's capital Accra , killing at least 50 people.
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 .2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 .
2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado .2024 – At least 151 people are killed and 609 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk , Russia.2026 – Air Canada Express Flight 8646 , a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.Births
Pre-1600
841 – Bernard Plantapilosa , Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (died 885)875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (died 918)1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died 1235)1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal (probable); (died 1399)1394 – Ulugh Beg , Persian astronomer and mathematician (died 1449)1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)1499 – Johann Carion , German astrologer and chronicler (died 1537)1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini , Italian author and educator (died 1583)1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino , Italian composer (died 1590)1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk , English noblewoman (died 1580)1582 – John Williams , Archbishop of York (died 1650)1599 – Anthony van Dyck , Flemish-English painter and etcher (died 1641)1609 – John II Casimir Vasa , Polish king (died 1672)1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh , British scientist (died 1691)1663 – August Hermann Francke , German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727)1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath , English politician, Secretary at War (died 1764)1712 – Edward Moore , English poet and playwright (died 1757)1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (died 1799)1723 – Charles Carroll , American lawyer and politician (died 1783)1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs , German painter and theorist (died 1779)1785 – Adam Sedgwick , English scientist (died 1873)1797 – William I, German Emperor (died 1888)1808 – Caroline Norton , English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877)1808 – David Swinson Maynard , American physician and lawyer (died 1873)
1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews , American author and activist (died 1886)1814 – Thomas Crawford , American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857)1817 – Braxton Bragg , American general (died 1876)1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks , English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (died 1846)1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha , Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895)1841 – Anastassios Christomanos , Greek scientist (died 1906)1842 – Mykola Lysenko , Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912)1846 – Randolph Caldecott , English illustrator and painter (died 1886)1846 – James Timberlake , American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891)
1852 – Otakar Ševčík , Czech violinist and educator (died 1934)1852 – Hector Sévin , French cardinal (died 1916)
1855 – Dorothy Tennant , British painter (died 1926)1857 – Paul Doumer , French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932)1866 – Jack Boyle , American baseball player and umpire (died 1913)1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan , American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo , Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964)1869 – Tom McInnes , Scottish-English footballer (died 1939)
1873 – Ernest Lawson , Canadian-American painter (died 1939)1880 – Ernest C. Quigley , Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960)1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg , American journalist and politician (died 1951)1884 – Lyda Borelli , Italian actress (died 1959)
1885 – Aryeh Levin , Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969)1886 – August Rei , Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1963)1887 – Chico Marx , American actor (died 1961)1890 – George Clark , American race car driver (died 1978)1892 – Charlie Poole , American country banjo player (died 1931)1892 – Johannes Semper , Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970)
1896 – He Long , Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1969)1896 – Joseph Schildkraut , Austrian-American actor (died 1964)
1899 – Ruth Page , American ballerina and choreographer (died 1991)1901 – Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter (died 1991)1902 – Johannes Brinkman , Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949)1902 – Madeleine Milhaud , French actress and composer (died 2008)
1903 – Bill Holman , American cartoonist (died 1987)1907 – James M. Gavin , American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990)1908 – Jack Crawford , Australian tennis player (died 1991)1909 – Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author and educator (died 1983)1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat , English sailor and author (died 1979)1912 – Wilfrid Brambell , Irish actor and performer (died 1985)1912 – Leslie Johnson , English race car driver (died 1959)
1912 – Agnes Martin , Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
1913 – Tom McCall , American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983)1913 – Lew Wasserman , American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
1913 – James Westerfield , American actor (died 1971)
1914 – John Stanley , American author and illustrator (died 1993)1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes , English businessman (died 2008)
1915 – Dorothy Burnham , American civil rights activist and educator1917 – Virginia Grey , American actress (died 2004)1917 – Irving Kaplansky , Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006)
1917 – Paul Rogers , English actor (died 2013)
1918 – Cheddi Jagan , Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997)1919 – Bernard Krigstein , American illustrator (died 1990)1920 – James Brown , American actor (died 1992)1920 – Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (died 2000)
1920 – Lloyd MacPhail , Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995)
1920 – Ross Martin , American actor (died 1981)
1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi , Japanese geochemist (died 2007)
1920 – Fanny Waterman , English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020)
1921 – Nino Manfredi , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)1922 – John J. Gilligan , American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013)1922 – Stewart Stern , American screenwriter (died 2015)
1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev , Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960)
1924 – Osman F. Seden , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
1924 – Bill Wendell , American television announcer (died 1999)
1927 – Marty Blake , American basketball player and manager (died 2013)1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff , Russian photographer (died 2016)
1928 – Carrie Donovan , American journalist (died 2001)1928 – E. D. Hirsch , American author, critic, and academic
1928 – Ed Macauley , American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011)
1929 – P. Ramlee , Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973)1930 – Derek Bok , American lawyer and academic1931 – Burton Richter , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)1931 – William Shatner , Canadian actor
1931 – Ann Shulgin , psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022)
1931 – Leslie Thomas , Welsh journalist and author (died 2014)
1932 – Els Borst , Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014)1932 – Larry Evans , American chess player and journalist (died 2010)
1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr , Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021)1934 – May Britt , Swedish actress (died 2025)1934 – Sheila Cameron , English lawyer and judge (died 2025)
1935 – Galina Korchuganova , Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004)1935 – Lea Pericoli , Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024)
1935 – Frank Pulli , American baseball player and umpire (died 2013)
1935 – M. Emmet Walsh , American actor (died 2024)
1936 – Erol Büyükburç , Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015)1936 – Ron Carey , American trade union leader (died 2008)
1936 – Roger Whittaker , Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti , American pianist and composer (died 2022)1937 – Armin Hary , German sprinter
1937 – Jon Hassell , American trumpet player and composer (died 2021)
1937 – Foo Foo Lammar , British drag queen (died 2003)
1938 – Rein Etruk , Estonian chess player (died 2012)1940 – George Edward Alcorn Jr. , American physicist and inventor1940 – Dave Keon , Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Haing S. Ngor , Cambodian-American actor and physician (died 1996)
1941 – Jeremy Clyde , English actor and musician1941 – Billy Collins , American poet
1941 – Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor (died 2019)
1941 – Cassam Uteem , Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
1942 – Jorge Ben Jor , Brazilian singer-songwriter1942 – Dick Pound , Canadian lawyer and academic
1943 – George Benson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1943 – Nazem Ganjapour , Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013)
1943 – Keith Relf , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976)
1945 – Eric Roth , American screenwriter and producer1946 – Don Chaney , American basketball player and coach1946 – Rivka Golani , Israeli viola player and composer
1946 – Rudy Rucker , American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
1946 – Harry Vanda , Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – George Ferguson , English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol 1947 – Maarten van Gent , Dutch basketball player and coach
1948 – Wolf Blitzer , American journalist1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber , English composer and director
1949 – Fanny Ardant , French actress1949 – Brian Hanrahan , English journalist (died 2010)
1952 – Des Browne , Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1952 – Bob Costas , American sportscaster
1953 – Kenneth Rogoff , American economist and chess grandmaster1955 – James House , American singer-songwriter1955 – Valdis Zatlers , Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 1957 – Jürgen Bucher , German footballer1957 – Stephanie Mills , American singer-songwriter
1960 – Jim Covert , American football player1961 – Simon Furman , British comic book writer1962 – Nikos Kourbanas , Greek footballer1963 – Deborah Bull , English ballerina1963 – Pelle Eklund , Swedish ice hockey player
1963 – Susan Ann Sulley , English pop singer
1963 – Hannu Virta , Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Martín Vizcarra , Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
1965 – Ice MC , British rapper1966 – Todd Ewen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)1966 – Artis Pabriks , Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
1966 – António Pinto , Portuguese runner
1966 – Brian Shaw , American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mario Cipollini , Italian cyclist1967 – Bernie Gallacher , Scottish-English footballer (died 2011)
1969 – Russell Maryland , American football player1970 – Andreas Johnson , Swedish singer-songwriter1970 – Leontien van Moorsel , Dutch cyclist
1970 – Hwang Young-cho , South Korean runner
1971 – Will Yun Lee , American actor1972 – Shawn Bradley , German-American basketball player, coach, and actor1972 – Cory Lidle , American baseball player (died 2006)
1973 – Beverley Knight , English singer-songwriter and producer1974 – Marcus Camby , American basketball player1974 – Philippe Clement , Belgian footballer
1974 – Grigoria Golia , Greek handball player
1974 – Tuomas Grönman , Finnish ice hockey player
1974 – Geo Meneses , Mexican producer and singer
1975 – Guillermo Díaz , American actor1975 – Anne Dudek , American actress
1975 – Cole Hauser , American actor
1975 – Jiří Novák , Czech-Monegasque tennis player
1976 – Anna Iberszer , Polish actress, dancer, and choreographer1976 – Teun de Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player
1976 – Asako Toki , Japanese singer-songwriter
1976 – Reese Witherspoon , American actress
1977 – John Otto , American musician1977 – Joey Porter , American football player and coach
1977 – Dave Portnoy , American businessman and social media personality
1977 – Tom Poti , American ice hockey player
1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos , Venezuelan film director and screenwriter
1978 – Josh Heupel , American football player and coach
1979 – Michalis Kouinelis , Greek hip hop singer1979 – Aaron North , American guitarist
1979 – Juan Uribe , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Arne Gabius , German runner1981 – Mims , American rapper
1982 – Deng Gai , South Sudanese basketball player1982 – Enrico Gasparotto , Italian cyclist
1982 – Michael Janyk , Canadian skier
1982 – Michael Morse , American baseball player
1982 – Piá , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Mike Smith , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Constance Wu , American actress
1983 – Thomas Davis Sr. , American football player1984 – Piotr Trochowski , German footballer1985 – Mayola Biboko , Belgian footballer1985 – Jakob Fuglsang , Danish cyclist
1985 – Justin Masterson , American baseball player
1985 – Kelli Waite , Australian swimmer
1986 – Dexter Fowler , American baseball player1987 – Ike Davis , American baseball player1987 – Liam Doran , British rallycross driver
1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval , Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
1988 – Chris Ivory , American football player1989 – Ruben Popa , Romanian footballer1989 – J. J. Watt , American football player
1992 – Roston Chase , Barbadian cricketer1992 – Edy Tavares , Cape Verdean basketball player
1994 – Dax , Canadian rapper and singer1994 – Edwin Díaz , Puerto Rican baseball player
1994 – Taurean Prince , American basketball player
1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich , Belarusian tennis player
1994 – Ha Sung-woon , South Korean singer
1997 – Alex Meret , Italian footballer1997 – Chimezie Metu , Nigerian-American basketball player
1997 – Martin Wong , Hong Kong model and actor
1998 – Noah Lalonde , American actor1999 – Mick Schumacher , German racing driver2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos , Greek footballer2001 – Artūrs Šilovs , Latvian ice hockey playerDeaths
Pre-1600
235 – Severus Alexander , Roman emperor (born 208)880 – Carloman of Bavaria , Frankish king1144 – William of Norwich , child murder victim1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , English politician, Lord High Steward of England (born 1278)1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim , German bishop and historian (born 1345)1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence , English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (born 1388)1454 – John Kemp , Archbishop of Canterbury 1471 – George of Poděbrady (born 1420)1544 – Johannes Magnus , Swedish archbishop and theologian (born 1488)1602 – Agostino Carracci , Italian painter and educator (born 1557)1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (born 1638)1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully , Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632)1758 – Jonathan Edwards , English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703)1820 – Stephen Decatur , American commander (born 1779)1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)1840 – Étienne Bobillier , French mathematician and academic (born 1798)1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski , writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (born 1838)1881 – Samuel Courtauld , English businessman (born 1793)1896 – Thomas Hughes , English lawyer and politician (born 1822)1913 – Song Jiaoren , Chinese educator and politician (born 1882)1913 – Ruggero Oddi , Italian physiologist and anatomist (born 1864)
1924 – William Macewen , Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (born 1848)1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy , Irish lawyer and politician (born 1851)1942 – Frederick Cuming , English cricketer (born 1875)1942 – William Donne , English captain and cricketer (born 1875)
1942 – María Collazo , Uruguayan journalist and activist (born 1884)
1952 – D. S. Senanayake , 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1883)1955 – Ivan Šubašić , Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1892)1958 – Mike Todd , American film producer (born 1909)1960 – José Antonio Aguirre , Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (born 1904)1966 – John Harlin , American mountaineer and pilot (born 1935)1971 – Johannes Villemson , Estonian-American runner (born 1893)1971 – Nella Walker , American actress and vaudevillian (born 1886)
1974 – Peter Revson , American race car driver (born 1939)1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga , Italian automobile designer (born 1910)
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin , American painter (born 1898)1977 – A. K. Gopalan , Indian educator and politician (born 1904)1978 – Karl Wallenda , German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (born 1905)1979 – Ben Lyon , American actor and studio executive (born 1901)1981 – James Elliott , American runner and coach (born 1915)1981 – Gil Puyat , Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1907)
1985 – Raoul Ubac , French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (born 1910)1985 – Spyros Vassiliou , Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1903)
1986 – Olive Deering , American actress (born 1918)1987 – Odysseas Angelis , Greek general and politician (born 1912)1989 – Peta Taylor , English cricketer (born 1912)1990 – Gerald Bull , Canadian engineer and academic (born 1928)1991 – Léon Balcer , Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1917)1991 – Paul Engle , American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
1991 – Dave Guard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden , English-American actress (born 1908)
1993 – Steve Olin , American baseball player (born 1965)1994 – Dan Hartman , American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950)1994 – Walter Lantz , American animator, director, and producer (born 1899)
1996 – Don Murray , American drummer (born 1945)1996 – Robert F. Overmyer , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936)
1996 – Billy Williamson , American guitarist (born 1925)
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff , English historian and academic (born 1913)1999 – David Strickland , American actor (born 1969)
2000 – Carlo Parola , Italian footballer and manager (born 1921)2001 – Stepas Butautas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925)2001 – Sabiha Gökçen , Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913)
2001 – William Hanna , American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910)
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw , Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910)
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner , Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1917)2003 – Terry Lloyd , English journalist (born 1952)2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei , Turkish-American astronomer and academic (born 1943)2004 – Ahmed Yassin , Co-founded Hamas (born 1937)
2004 – V. M. Tarkunde , Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1909)
2005 – Rod Price , English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)2005 – Gemini Ganesan , Indian film actor (born 1920)
2005 – Kenzō Tange , Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann , French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921)2006 – Pío Leyva , Cuban singer and author (born 1917)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan , Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937)
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti , Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918)2008 – Cachao López , Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918)2010 – James Black , Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)2010 – Özhan Canaydın , Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943)
2011 – Artur Agostinho , Portuguese journalist (born 1920)2011 – Victor Bouchard , Canadian pianist and composer (born 1926)
2012 – Joe Blanchard , American football player and wrestler (born 1928)2012 – David Waltz , American computer scientist and academic (born 1943)
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead , English anthropologist and author (born 1956)
2013 – Vladimír Čech , Czech actor and politician (born 1951)2013 – Bebo Valdés , Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1918)
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal , Indian author (born 1928)2014 – Mickey Duff , Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929)
2014 – Thor Listau , Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938)
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos , Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965)
2015 – Arkady Arkanov , Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933)2015 – Horst Buhtz , German footballer and manager (born 1923)
2015 – Norman Scribner , American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)
2016 – Rob Ford , Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969)2016 – Rita Gam , American actress (born 1927)
2018 – Johan van Hulst , Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)2019 – Scott Walker , British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)2024 – Laurent de Brunhoff , French author and illustrator (born 1925)2025 – Jessica Aber , American lawyer (born 1981)2025 – Andy Peebles , English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948)
2026 – Lionel Jospin , French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (born 1937)