June 29 — On This Day
340 entries
Events
- 226
-
1149
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
-
1194
Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
-
1444
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
-
1534
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
-
1613
The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground.
-
1644
Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
Charles I of England · Roundhead · Battle of Cropredy Bridge
-
1659
At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
-
1786
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
Alexander Macdonell (bishop) · Roman Catholic · Glengarry County, Ontario
-
1807
Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
Russo-Turkish War (1806-12) · Dmitry Senyavin · Ottoman Empire · Battle of Athos
-
1850
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
Autocephaly · Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople · Church of Greece
-
1864
Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
St-Hilaire train disaster · Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec · Quebec
-
1874
Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
Charilaos Trikoupis · Athens · George I of Greece · Prime Minister of Greece
-
1880
France annexes Tahiti.
-
1881
In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
-
1888
George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
George Edward Gouraud · George Frideric Handel · Israel in Egypt · Phonograph cylinder
-
1889
Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
-
1915
The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
-
1916
British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
Diplomat · Irish nationalism · Roger Casement · Easter Rising
-
1922
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
-
1927
The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
-
1945
Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
-
1950
U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.
-
1956
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
-
1972
The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
United States Supreme Court · Furman v. Georgia · Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
-
1974
Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina.
-
1974
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
-
1975
Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
-
1976
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
-
1976
The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe · East Berlin
-
1987
Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the "Le Pont de Trinquetaille," was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
-
1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Space Shuttle program · STS-71 · Space Shuttle Atlantis · Mir
-
1995
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
Sampoong Department Store collapse · Seocho District · Seoul
-
2002
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
-
2006
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · U.S. Supreme Court · George W. Bush · Guantanamo Bay detention camp · International law
-
2007
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
-
2012
A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
-
2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
Famous Births
-
1136
Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
-
1326
Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389)
-
1398
John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479)
-
1443
Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506)
-
1482
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
-
1488
Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)
-
1517
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)
-
1525
Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585)
-
1528
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)
-
1543
Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604)
-
1596
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
-
1621
Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (d. 1669)
-
1746
Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (d. 1818)
-
1768
Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (d. 1831)
-
1793
Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)
-
1798
Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (d. 1871)
-
1798
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1837)
-
1803
John Newton Brown, American minister and author (d. 1868)
-
1818
Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878)
-
1819
Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1902)
-
1833
Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (d. 1900)
-
1835
Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (d. 1894)
-
1844
Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)
-
1849
Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)
-
1849
Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (d. 1915)
-
1849
John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)
-
1858
George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)
-
1858
Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (d. 1932)
-
1861
William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
-
1863
Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934)
-
1866
Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (d. 1939)
-
1868
George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)
-
1870
Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926)
-
1873
Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)
-
1879
Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
-
1880
Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
-
1881
Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)
-
1881
Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959)
-
1882
Henry Hawtrey, English runner (d. 1961)
-
1882
Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (d. 1947)
Franz Seldte · Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
-
1886
Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1963)
-
1888
Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
-
1888
Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (d. 1927)
-
1889
Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1961)
-
1890
Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (d. 1970)
-
1890
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005)
-
1893
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (d. 1972)
-
1893
Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (d. 1958)
-
1897
Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001)
-
1898
Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (d. 1986)
-
1900
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944)
-
1901
Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
-
1903
Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)
-
1904
Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1956)
-
1906
Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
-
1906
Heinz Harmel, German general (d. 2000)
-
1908
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
-
1908
Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)
-
1910
Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (d. 1969)
-
1910
Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
-
1911
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)
-
1911
Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (d. 1995)
-
1911
Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
-
1912
José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
-
1912
Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004)
-
1912
John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)
-
1913
Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992)
-
1914
Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996)
-
1914
Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976)
-
1916
Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (d. 2005)
-
1917
Ling Yun, Chinese politician
-
1918
Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011)
-
1918
Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (d. 2016)
-
1918
Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general
-
1919
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (d. 2008)
-
1919
Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (d. 2017)
-
1919
Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983)
-
1920
César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
-
1920
Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (d. 2013)
-
1920
Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 2012)
-
1921
Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
-
1921
Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
-
1921
Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)
-
1921
Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (d. 1960)
-
1922
Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (d. 2001)
-
1922
Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1991)
-
1922
John William Vessey, Jr., American general (d. 2016)
-
1923
Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator
-
1924
Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015)
-
1924
Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004)
-
1925
Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
-
1925
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy
-
1925
Chan Parker, American dancer and author (d. 1999)
-
1925
Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (d. 2014)
-
1925
Cara Williams, American actress
-
1926
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
-
1926
Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general
-
1926
Roger Stuart Bacon, 21st Premier of Nova Scotia from 1990 to 1991.
-
1926
Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player
-
1927
Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
-
1928
Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
-
1928
Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator
-
1928
Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)
-
1929
Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
-
1929
Pete George, American weightlifter
-
1929
Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)
-
1930
Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014)
Ernst Albrecht (politician) · Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
-
1930
Robert Evans, American actor and producer
-
1930
Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician
-
1930
Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (d. 2013)
-
1931
Sevim Burak, Turkish author (d. 1983)
-
1932
Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton · Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
-
1933
Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
-
1933
John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (d. 2016)
-
1934
Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
-
1935
Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (d. 2011)
-
1935
Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
-
1936
Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
-
1939
Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
-
1939
Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach
-
1940
Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
-
1940
John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach
-
1941
John Boccabella, American baseball player
-
1941
Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
-
1942
Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter
-
1942
Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer
-
1943
Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
-
1943
Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (d. 2017)
-
1944
Gary Busey, American actor
-
1944
Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician
-
1944
Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal
-
1945
Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
-
1946
Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama
-
1946
Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
-
1947
Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter
-
1948
Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
-
1948
Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
-
1948
Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
-
1948
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician
-
1949
Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
-
1949
Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
-
1949
Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
-
1950
Bobby London, American illustrator
-
1951
Craig Sager, American sportscaster (d. 2016)
-
1953
Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dokken)
-
1953
Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist,
-
1954
Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
-
1954
Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
-
1955
Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
-
1956
Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
-
1956
David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
-
1956
Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
-
1956
Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
-
1956
Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
-
1957
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
-
1957
María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
-
1957
Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
-
1957
Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
-
1957
Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic
-
1958
Dieter Althaus, German politician
-
1958
Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
-
1961
Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer
-
1962
Amanda Donohoe, English actress
-
1962
Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician
-
1962
George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
-
1963
Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
-
1964
Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer
-
1965
Tripp Eisen, American guitarist
-
1965
Paul Jarvis, English cricketer
-
1966
Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist
-
1967
Jeff Burton, American race car driver
-
1967
Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
-
1967
Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer
-
1968
Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
-
1968
Judith Hoag, American actress and educator
-
1969
Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (d. 2010)
-
1969
Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager
-
1969
Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician
-
1970
Melanie Paschke, German sprinter
-
1970
Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
-
1971
Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
-
1973
George Hincapie, American cyclist
-
1976
Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
-
1976
Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer
-
1977
Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
-
1977
Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
-
1978
Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
-
1979
Matthew Bode, Australian footballer
-
1979
Andy O'Brien, English footballer
-
1979
Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
-
1980
Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress
-
1981
Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player
-
1981
Joe Johnson, American basketball player
-
1981
Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2005)
-
1981
Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator
-
1982
Dusty Hughes, American baseball player
-
1982
Lily Rabe, American actress
-
1983
Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer
-
1983
Jeremy Powers, American cyclist
-
1984
Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper
-
1985
Quintin Demps, American football player
-
1986
José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
-
1986
Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer
-
1987
Ana Free, Portuguese singer-songwriter
-
1987
Ilya Shesterkov, Russian footballer
-
1988
Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer
-
1990
Kim Little, Scottish footballer
-
1990
Yann M'Vila, French footballer
-
1991
Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer
-
1991
Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
-
1991
Hiphop Tamizha Jeeva, Indian Tamil Musician
-
1996
Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
Famous Deaths
-
226
Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (b. 187)
-
884
Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
-
1059
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (b. 995)
-
1149
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1115)
-
1153
Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
-
1252
Abel, King of Denmark (b. 1218)
-
1293
Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)
-
1315
Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
-
1374
Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
Jan Milíč · Czechs · Priest · Reform movement
-
1432
Janus of Cyprus (b. 1375)
-
1509
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (b. 1443)
-
1520
Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466)
-
1575
Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1515)
-
1594
Niels Kaas, Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (b. 1535)
-
1626
Scipione Cobelluzzi, Italian cardinal and archivist (b. 1564)
-
1646
Laughlin Ó Cellaigh, Gaelic-Irish Lord
-
1725
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1657)
-
1729
Edward Taylor, American-English poet, pastor, and physician (b. circa 1642)
-
1744
André Campra, French composer and conductor (b. 1660)
-
1764
Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1693)
-
1779
Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (b. 1728)
-
1831
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (b. 1757)
-
1840
Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (b. 1775)
-
1852
Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
-
1853
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
-
1855
John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
-
1860
Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
-
1861
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
-
1873
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
-
1875
Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
-
1895
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
-
1900
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
-
1907
Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)
-
1919
José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864)
-
1931
Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850)
-
1933
Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
-
1935
Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
-
1936
János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872)
-
1940
Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
-
1941
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
-
1942
Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)
-
1949
Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
-
1955
Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (b. 1881)
-
1960
Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
-
1964
Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
-
1967
Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
-
1967
Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
-
1969
Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)
Moise Tshombe · Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
-
1975
Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
-
1978
Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
-
1979
Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
-
1981
Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (b. 1912)
-
1982
Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)
-
1982
Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
-
1986
Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)
-
1990
Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
-
1992
Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
-
1993
Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
-
1994
Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (b. 1908)
-
1995
Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
-
1997
William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
-
1998
Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (b. 1936)
-
1999
Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950)
-
1999
Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937)
-
2000
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (b. 1922)
-
2002
Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
-
2003
Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
-
2004
Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (b. 1935)
-
2004
Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1912)
-
2006
Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
-
2006
Randy Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1954)
-
2007
Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (b. 1930)
-
2007
Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (b. 1943)
-
2009
Joe Bowman, American marksman, target shooter and boot-maker (b. 1925)
-
2011
K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (b. 1904)
-
2012
Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (b. 1918)
-
2012
Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (b. 1919)
-
2012
Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (b. 1911)
-
2012
Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1926)
-
2013
Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
-
2013
Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
-
2013
Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (b. 1922)
-
2013
Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (b. 1956)
-
2014
Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (b. 1960)
-
2014
Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
-
2015
Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
-
2015
Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1931)
-
2015
Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1927)
-
2017
Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (b. 1943)
-
2017
Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)