February 21 — On This Day

Athanasius returns to Alexandria.

Athanasius of Alexandria · Alexandria

Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.

Thomas (bishop of Finland) · Bishop of Finland · Forgery

James I of Scotland is assassinated.

James I of Scotland

The Prussian Confederation is formed.

Prussian Confederation

Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.

Battle of Wayna Daga · Ethiopia · Ahmed Gragn

Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.

Michael I of Russia · Tsar · Zemsky Sobor · Romanov dynasty · Imperial Russia

A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.

Battle of Fishguard · Fishguard · Society of United Irishmen

The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.

Steam locomotive · Penydarren Ironworks

Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.

Finnish War

Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.

Cherokee Phoenix · Cherokee syllabary · Sequoyah

John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.

Sewing machine

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

Karl Marx · Friedrich Engels · The Communist Manifesto

American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.

American Civil War · Battle of Valverde · Fort Craig · New Mexico Territory

The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.

Oakland Daily Tribune

The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.

Telephone directory · New Haven, Connecticut

The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.

Washington Monument

An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.

Bob Fitzsimmons · Peter Maher (boxer) · 1896 World Heavyweight Championship · Boxing

Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.

Ioannina · Greek state · Balkan Wars

World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.

World War I · Battle of Verdun

The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Carolina parakeet · Cincinnati Zoo

German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.

Kurt Eisner · Assassination · Bavarian Soviet Republic · Munich

Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.

Constituent Assembly of Georgia · Democratic Republic of Georgia

Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup

Rezā Shāh · 1921 Persian coup d'état

The New Yorker publishes its first issue.

The New Yorker

The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

League of Nations · Unlawful combatant · Spanish Civil War

World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga.

World War II · Battle of Iwo Jima · Kamikaze · USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) · USS Saratoga (CV-3)

In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.

Edwin Land · Instant camera · Polaroid Land Camera · Optical Society of America

NASCAR is incorporated.

NASCAR

The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".

Winston Churchill · Identity document

The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

Bengali Language Movement · University of Dhaka · East Pakistan · Bangladesh

The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.

Peace symbol · Direct Action Committee · Atomic Weapons Research Establishment · Gerald Holtom

Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

Malcolm X · Audubon Ballroom

The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.

Convention on Psychotropic Substances · Vienna

United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.

Richard Nixon · Sino-American relations

The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.

Soviet Union · Spacecraft · Luna 20

Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.

Sinai Desert · Fighter aircraft · Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114

The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.

Suez Canal · Egypt

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Watergate scandal · United States Attorney General · John N. Mitchell · White House · H. R. Haldeman

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

Steve Fossett · Leader, Saskatchewan · Hot air balloon

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

2013 Hyderabad blasts · India · Hyderabad

Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (d. 1005)

Abe no Seimei · Astrology

Isabella of Portugal (d. 1471)

Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy

Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)

Joanna la Beltraneja

Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1535)

Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (d. 1549)

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland

Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599)

Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)

Sethus Calvisius

Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (d. 1626)

Nurhaci

Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (d. 1680)

Raimondo Montecuccoli

Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)

Rebecca Nurse

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (d. 1781)

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

Peter III of Russia (d. 1762)

Peter III of Russia

Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1835)

Catharina of Württemberg

Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer (d. 1873)

Francis Ronalds

Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)

Carl Czerny

Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (d. 1876)

Antonio López de Santa Anna · President of Mexico

John Henry Newman, English cardinal (d. 1890)

John Henry Newman

José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)

José Zorrilla

Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (d. 1871)

Charles Scribner I · Charles Scribner's Sons

Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)

Léo Delibes

Murad V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d.1904.)

Murad V

Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937)

Charles-Marie Widor

Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)

Goscombe John

John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (d. 1967)

John Haden Badley · Bedales School

Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)

Otto Hermann Kahn

Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian (d. 1997)

Jeanne Calment

Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)

Mirra Alfassa

Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)

Sacha Guitry

Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (d. 1945)

Korechika Anami · Ministry of War of Japan

Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (d. 1965)

Clemence Dane

Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)

Harry Stack Sullivan

Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)

Celia Lovsky

Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)

Andrés Segovia

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

Henrik Dam · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nirala, Indian poet and author (d. 1961)

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (d. 1988) [1]

Jeanne Aubert

Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (d. 1963)

Arthur Nock

Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)

Anaïs Nin

Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (d. 1976)

Raymond Queneau

W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)

W. H. Auden

Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)

Hans Erni

Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (d. 1982)

Douglas Bader

Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974)

Arline Judge

Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)

Ilmari Juutilainen

Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)

Zachary Scott

Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)

Jean Tatlock

Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)

Claudia Jones

Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. 1967)

Ann Sheridan

Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978-1980) (d. 2017)

Anton Vratuša

Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)

Lucille Bremer

Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

Tadd Dameron

John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)

John Rawls

Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)

Richard T. Whitcomb

Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)

Thelma Estrin

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe · President of Zimbabwe

Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)

Dorothy Blum

Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)

Sam Peckinpah

Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

Jack Ramsay

Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (d. 1996)

Erma Bombeck

Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer, founded Givenchy

Hubert de Givenchy · Givenchy

Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Chespirito

Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)

Nina Simone

Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010)

Rue McClanahan

Richard A. Lupoff, American author

Richard A. Lupoff

Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)

Barbara Jordan

Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (d. 2015)

Ron Clarke · Mayor of the Gold Coast

Harald V of Norway

Harald V of Norway

Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

Bobby Charles

Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)

Kel Tremain

Peter Gethin, English race car driver (d. 2011)

Peter Gethin

John Lewis, American activist and politician

John Lewis (Georgia politician)

Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)

Tony Martin (professor)

Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter

Margarethe von Trotta

David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records

David Geffen · DreamWorks · Geffen Records

Maurice Bembridge, English golfer

Maurice Bembridge

Tyne Daly, American actress and singer

Tyne Daly

Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer

Anthony Daniels

Alan Rickman, English actor and director (d. 2016)

Alan Rickman

Bob Ryan, American journalist and author

Bob Ryan

Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Johnny Echols

Olympia Snowe, American politician

Olympia Snowe

Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)

Bill Slayback

Frank Brunner, American illustrator

Frank Brunner

Larry Drake, American actor (d. 2016)

Larry Drake

Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Jerry Harrison

Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer

Ronnie Hellström

Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (d. 2006)

Vince Welnick

Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer

Jean-Jacques Burnel

Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (d. 2017)

Vitaly Churkin · Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations

Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer

Christine Ebersole

William Petersen, American actor and producer

William Petersen

Christina Rees, British politician

Christina Rees (politician)

Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer

Kelsey Grammer

Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jake Burns

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Kim Coates, Canadian actor

Kim Coates

Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Alan Trammell

José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter

José María Cano

Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Plamen Oresharski · Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter

Steve Wynn (songwriter)

Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman

Christopher Atkins

Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist

Chuck Palahniuk

David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)

David Foster Wallace

William Baldwin, American actor

William Baldwin

Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician

Ranking Roger

Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer

Greg Turner

Mark Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Mark Kelly

Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Scott Kelly (astronaut)

Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist

Mark Ferguson (news presenter)

Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach

Leroy Burrell

Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician

Sari Essayah

James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers)

James Dean Bradfield · Manic Street Preachers

Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer

Aunjanue Ellis

Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager

Tony Meola

Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Cathy Richardson

Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Michael Slater

Eric Wilson, American bass player and drummer

Eric Wilson (bassist)

Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer

Pierre Fulke

Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter

Seo Taiji

Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist

Heri Joensen

Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach

Brian Rolston

Iván Campo, Spanish footballer

Iván Campo

Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist

Roberto Heras

Scott Miller, Australian swimmer

Scott Miller (swimmer)

Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player

Ryan Smyth

Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter

Michael McIntyre

Jonathan Safran Foer, American novelist

Jonathan Safran Foer

Steve Francis, American basketball player

Steve Francis

Owen King, American author

Owen King

Kevin Rose, American businessman and television host, founded Digg

Kevin Rose · Digg

Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host

Kumail Nanjiani

Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer

Pascal Chimbonda

Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (d. 2014)

Shane Gibson (musician) · StOrk · Jonathan Davis and the SFA

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler

Carly Colón

Jordan Peele, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Jordan Peele

Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player

Brad Fast

Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer

Tiziano Ferro

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · King of Bhutan

Justin Roiland, American animator, writer and voice actor

Justin Roiland

Andre Barrett, American basketball player

Andre Barrett

Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter

Chantal Claret

Braylon Edwards, American football player

Braylon Edwards

Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player

Franklin Gutiérrez

Mélanie Laurent, French actress

Mélanie Laurent

Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player

Andrew Ellis

David Odonkor, German footballer

David Odonkor

Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer

Marco Paoloni

James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player

James Wisniewski

Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer

Georgios Samaras

Jamaal Westerman, American football player

Jamaal Westerman

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

Charlotte Church

Ellen Page, Canadian actress

Ellen Page

Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player

Mattias Tedenby

Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer

Riyad Mahrez

Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer

Ji So-yun

Devon Travis, American baseball player

Devon Travis

Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer

Steve Leo Beleck

Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer

Davy Klaassen

Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player

Tang Haochen

Charalampos Mavrias, Greek footballer

Charalampos Mavrias

Sophie Turner, English actress

Sophie Turner

Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval

Randoald of Grandval · Priory · Benedictine · Monastery · Grandval, Switzerland

Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1154)

Minamoto no Yoshinaka · List of shoguns

Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus

Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus

James I of Scotland (b. 1394)

James I of Scotland

Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)

Jan Rokycana

Pope Julius II (b. 1443)

Pope Julius II

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)

Hieronymus Bock

Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1501)

Cho Shik

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick

Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)

Robert Southwell (Jesuit)

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)

Baruch Spinoza

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore

Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)

Pope Benedict XIII

Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)

Georg Friedrich von Martens

Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)

Eugène de Beauharnais

Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)

Emperor Ninkō

Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)

Justinus Kerner

William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)

William Weston (Australian politician) · Premier of Tasmania

James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)

James Timberlake

Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)

Kurt Eisner · Minister-President of Bavaria

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes · Nobel Prize in Physics

Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)

Augusto César Sandino

George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

George Ellery Hale

Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

Frederick Banting · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)

Ferenc Szisz

Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)

Eric Liddell

José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

José Streel

Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)

Duncan Edwards

Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925)

Malcolm X

Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Charles Beaumont

Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

Howard Florey · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)

Zhang Guohua

Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)

Bronislava Nijinska

Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)

Eugène Tisserant

Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)

Tim Horton · Tim Hortons

Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)

Alfred Andersch

Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)

Gershom Scholem

Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

Mikhail Sholokhov · Nobel Prize in Literature

Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)

Louis Hayward

Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (b. 1895)

Helen Hooven Santmyer

Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)

Dorothy Auchterlonie Green

Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)

Inge Lehmann

Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913)

Johannes Steinhoff

Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)

Morton Gould

Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

Gertrude B. Elion · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)

Ilmari Juutilainen

Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)

Wilmer Mizell

John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)

John Thaw

John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)

John Charles

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)

Zdzisław Beksiński

Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)

Ben Chapman (actor)

Neil Chotem, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1920)

Neil Chotem

Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (b. 1962)

Dwayne McDuffie · Milestone Media

Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)

Bernard Nathanson

H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922)

H. M. Darmstandler

Barney Rosset, American publisher (b. 1922)

Barney Rosset

Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)

Hasse Jeppson

Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)

Héctor Maestri

Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)

Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)

Cornelius Schnauber, German-American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)

Cornelius Schnauber

John Strawson, English general (b. 1921)

John Strawson (British Army officer)

Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)

Aleksei Gubarev

Robert O. Marshall, American businessman (b. 1939)

Robert O. Marshall

Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)

Sadeq Tabatabaei

Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)

Clark Terry

Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)

Eric Brown (pilot)

Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)

Jeanne Martin Cissé