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March 14 is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 292 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.[1]
- 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.[2]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1647 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.[3]
- 1663 – According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.[4]
- 1674 – The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.[5]
- 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.[6]
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.[7]
- 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.[8]
- 1864 – Rossini's Petite messe solennelle is first performed, by twelve singers, two pianists and a harmonium player in a mansion in Paris.[9]
- 1885 – The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.[10]
- 1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.[11]
1901–present
[edit]- 1901 – Utah governor Heber Manning Wells vetoes a bill that would have eased restrictions on polygamy.[12]
- 1903 – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.[13]
- 1916 – Battle of Verdun: German attack captures Côte 265 at the west end of Mort-Homme but the French 75th Infantry Brigade manages to hold Côte 295 at the east end.[14]
- 1920 – In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.[15]
- 1921 – Six members of a group of Irish Republican Army activists known as the Forgotten Ten are hanged in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison.[16]
- 1923 – Charlie Daly and three other members of the Irish Republican Army are executed by Irish Free State forces.[17]
- 1926 – The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.[18]
- 1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.[19]
- 1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.[20]
- 1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.[21]
- 1943 – The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.[22]
- 1945 – The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.[23]
- 1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.[24]
- 1961 – A USAF B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California.[25]
- 1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy the previous year.[26]
- 1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.[27]
- 1972 – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people.[28]
- 1978 – The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.[29]
- 1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.[30]
- 1980 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.[31]
- 1982 – The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.[32]
- 1988 – In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.[33]
- 1991 – Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.[34]
- 1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.[35]
- 2006 – The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.[36]
- 2006 – Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.[37]
- 2007 – The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people.[38]
- 2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.[39]
- 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.[40][41]
- 2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths.[42]
- 2021 – Burmese security forces kill at least 65 civilians in the Hlaingthaya massacre.[43]
Births
[edit]1601–1900
[edit]- 1297 – Uljay Qutlugh Khatun, Mongol empress consort of the Ilkhanate.[44]
- 1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (died 1710)[45]
- 1737 – Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus, Aromanian physician and noble (died 1828)[46]
- 1772 – José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer. He was the leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic against Spain in 1821 (died 1846)[47]
- 1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (died 1863)[48]
- 1800 – James Bogardus, American inventor and architect (died 1874)[49]
- 1801 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (died 1822)[50]
- 1804 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1849)[51]
- 1813 – Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (died 1892)[52]
- 1820 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (died 1878)[53]
- 1822 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (died 1889)[54]
- 1823 – Théodore de Banville, French poet and critic (died 1891)[55]
- 1833 – Frederic Shields, English painter and illustrator (died 1911)[56]
- 1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist and educator (died 1910)[57]
- 1835 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (died 1910)[58]
- 1836 – Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (died 1865)[59]
- 1837 – Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (died 1903)[60]
- 1844 – Umberto I of Italy (died 1900)[61]
- 1844 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (died 1881)[62]
- 1847 – Castro Alves, Brazilian poet and playwright (died 1871)[63]
- 1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (died 1918)[64]
- 1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1915)[65]
- 1854 – John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head (died 1925)[66]
- 1854 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (died 1920)[67]
- 1854 – Thomas R. Marshall, American lawyer and politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (died 1925)[68]
- 1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (died 1951)[69]
- 1864 – Casey Jones, American engineer (died 1900)[70]
- 1868 – Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist (died 1933)[71]
- 1869 – Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (died 1951)[72]
- 1874 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics (died 1951)[73]
- 1879 – Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)[57]
- 1882 – Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1969)[74]
- 1885 – Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (died 1918)[75]
- 1886 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (died 1964)[76]
- 1887 – Sylvia Beach, American-French bookseller and publisher, who founded Shakespeare and Company (died 1962)[77]
- 1898 – Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator (died 1954)[78]
- 1899 – K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil (died 1992)[79]
1901–present
[edit]- 1901 – Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper (died 1977)[80]
- 1903 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (died 1974)[81]
- 1904 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (died 2010)[82]
- 1905 – Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1983)[83]
- 1906 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (died 1972)[84]
- 1908 – Ed Heinemann, American designer of military aircraft (died 1991)[85]
- 1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic (died 1961)[86]
- 1908 – Phil Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (died 1979)[87]
- 1908 – Koča Popović, Yugoslav politician and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans (died 1992)[88]
- 1911 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (died 2005)[89]
- 1912 – Cliff Bastin, English footballer (died 1991)[90]
- 1912 – Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 2001)[91]
- 1912 – W. Graham Claytor Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1994)[92]
- 1912 – W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (died 2010)[93]
- 1913 – Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer (died 1989)[94]
- 1914 – Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (died 1981)[95]
- 1914 – Bill Owen, English actor and songwriter (died 1999)[96]
- 1914 – Lee Petty, American race car driver and businessman, founded Petty Enterprises (died 2000)[97]
- 1915 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2005)[98]
- 1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2009)[57]
- 1917 – Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (died 2013)[99]
- 1918 – Zoia Horn, American librarian (died 2014)[100]
- 1919 – Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (died 1988)[101]
- 1920 – Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (died 2001)[102]
- 1920 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (died 2014)[103]
- 1921 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (died 2014)[104]
- 1921 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American author and critic (died 2013)[105]
- 1922 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (died 1996)[106]
- 1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (died 1971)[107]
- 1925 – William Clay Ford Sr., American businessman (died 2014)[108]
- 1925 – Francis A. Marzen, Roman Catholic priest (died 2004)[109]
- 1925 – Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (died 2013)[110]
- 1926 – François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator (died 2018)[111]
- 1927 – Chuck Share, American basketball player (died 2012)[112]
- 1928 – Frank Borman, American astronaut (died 2023)[113]
- 1928 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (died 1980)[114]
- 1929 – Bob Goalby, American golfer (died 2022)[115]
- 1932 – Mark Murphy, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)[116]
- 1932 – Naina Yeltsina, Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin, First Lady of Russia[117]
- 1933 – Michael Caine, English actor[57]
- 1933 – Quincy Jones, American producer (died 2024)[57][118]
- 1934 – Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)[119]
- 1934 – Paul Rader, American 15th General of The Salvation Army[120]
- 1936 – Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer[121]
- 1937 – Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (died 2013)[122]
- 1938 – Eleanor Bron, English actress and screenwriter[123]
- 1938 – Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (died 2016)[124]
- 1938 – John Gleeson, Australian cricketer (died 2016)[125]
- 1938 – Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (died 2008)[126]
- 1939 – Raymond J. Barry, American actor[127]
- 1939 – Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter (died 2025)[128]
- 1939 – Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter (died 2025)[129]
- 1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)[130]
- 1942 – Rita Tushingham, English actress[57]
- 1943 – Anita Morris, American actress and singer (died 1994)[131]
- 1944 – Boris Brott, Canadian composer and conductor (died 2022)[132]
- 1944 – Clyde Lee, American basketball player[133]
- 1944 – Václav Nedomanský, Czech ice hockey player and manager[134]
- 1944 – Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager[135]
- 1944 – Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)[136]
- 1945 – Jasper Carrott, English comedian, actor, and game show host[137]
- 1945 – Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[138]
- 1945 – Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist[139]
- 1946 – Wes Unseld, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2020)[140]
- 1947 – Roy Budd, English pianist and composer (died 1993)[141]
- 1947 – William J. Jefferson, American lawyer and politician[142]
- 1947 – Jona Lewie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player[143]
- 1948 – Tom Coburn, American physician and politician (died 2020)[144]
- 1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter[57]
- 1948 – Theo Jansen, Dutch sculptor[145]
- 1950 – Rick Dees, American actor and radio host[57]
- 1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben & Jerry's[146]
- 1953 – Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2013)[147]
- 1954 – Brian Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach[148]
- 1955 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (died 2013)[149]
- 1956 – Indu Malhotra, Judge of the Supreme Court of India[150]
- 1956 – Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach[151]
- 1957 – Tad Williams, American author[152]
- 1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco[153]
- 1959 – Laila Robins, American actress[154]
- 1959 – Tamara Tunie, American actress[57]
- 1960 – Heidi Hammel, American astronomer and academic[155]
- 1960 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (died 2006)[156]
- 1961 – Mike Lazaridis, Greek–Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded BlackBerry Limited[157]
- 1963 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer and coach[158]
- 1964 – Chris Johns, Australian rugby league player and administrator[159]
- 1965 – Kevin Brown, American baseball player and coach[160]
- 1965 – Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, producer, and director[161]
- 1965 – Billy Sherwood, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[162]
- 1965 – Kevin Williamson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[163]
- 1966 – Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter[164]
- 1966 – Elise Neal, American actress and producer[165]
- 1968 – Megan Follows, Canadian-American actress[166]
- 1968 – Magnús Árni Magnússon, Icelandic politician[167]
- 1969 – Larry Johnson, American basketball player and actor[168]
- 1970 – Kristian Bush, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[169]
- 1972 – Irom Chanu Sharmila, Indian poet and activist[170]
- 1973 – Rohit Shetty, Indian film director and producer[171]
- 1974 – Santino Marella, Canadian wrestler[172]
- 1974 – Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player[173]
- 1975 – Steve Harper, English footballer and referee[174]
- 1975 – Dmitri Markov, Belarusian-Australian pole vaulter[175]
- 1976 – Brian Quinn, American improvisational comedian and actor[176][177]
- 1976 – Phil Vickery, English rugby player and sportscaster[178]
- 1977 – Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer and coach[179]
- 1977 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (died 2011)[180]
- 1977 – Jeremy Paul, New Zealand-Australian rugby player[181]
- 1978 – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer[182]
- 1979 – Nicolas Anelka, French footballer and manager[183]
- 1979 – Dan Avidan, American musician and internet personality[184]
- 1979 – Chris Klein, American actor[185]
- 1979 – Sead Ramović, German-Bosnian footballer[186]
- 1980 – Aaron Brown, English footballer and coach[187]
- 1980 – Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby player and coach[188]
- 1981 – Bobby Jenks, American baseball player (died 2025)[189][57]
- 1981 – George Wilson, American football player[190]
- 1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer[191]
- 1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (died 2008)[192]
- 1983 – Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer[193]
- 1986 – Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer[194]
- 1986 – Jessica Gallagher, Australian skier and cyclist[195]
- 1986 – Andy Taylor, English footballer[196]
- 1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player[57]
- 1988 – Rico Freimuth, German decathlete[197]
- 1989 – Marwin González, Venezuelan baseball player[198]
- 1989 – Kevin Lacroix, Canadian race car driver[199]
- 1989 – Patrick Patterson, American basketball player[200]
- 1990 – Joe Allen, Welsh footballer[201]
- 1990 – Tamás Kádár, Hungarian footballer[202]
- 1990 – Haru Kuroki, Japanese actress[203]
- 1990 – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer[204]
- 1991 – Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler[205]
- 1992 – Shotzi Blackheart, American wrestler[206]
- 1992 – Erik Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player[207]
- 1993 – Anthony Bennett, Canadian basketball player[208]
- 1993 – J. T. Miller, American ice hockey player[209]
- 1994 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and DJ[210]
- 1995 – Brandon Aubrey, American multi-sport athlete[211]
- 1995 – Nick Eh 30, Canadian live streamer and professional gamer[212]
- 1996 – Batuhan Altıntaş, Turkish footballer[213]
- 1997 – Simone Biles, American gymnast[214]
- 1998 – Tyson Jost, Canadian ice hockey player[215]
- 1999 – Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player[216]
- 1999 – Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter[217]
- 2000 – Chrisean Rock, American rapper and reality television personality[218]
- 2000 – Jihoon, South Korean singer[219]
- 2001 – Nico Mannion, Italian-American basketball player[220]
- 2008 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress[221]
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 840 – Einhard, Frankish scholar[222]
- 968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, Saxon queen (born c. 896)[223]
- 1471 – Thomas Malory, English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur[224]
- 1555 – John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (born 1485)[225]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1647 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (born 1584)[226]
- 1648 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (born 1584)[227]
- 1696 – Jean Domat, French lawyer and jurist (born 1625)[228]
- 1698 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (born 1622)[229]
- 1748 – George Wade, Irish field marshal and politician (born 1673)[230]
- 1757 – John Byng, British admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1704)[6]
- 1791 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (born 1725)[231]
- 1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (born 1724)[232]
- 1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1735)[233]
- 1823 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1739)[234]
- 1860 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (born 1802)[235]
- 1877 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1793)[236]
- 1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (born 1818)[237]
- 1884 – Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (born 1827)[238]
1901–present
[edit]- 1921 – Bernard Ryan executed Irish republican (born 1901)[239]
- 1923 – Charlie Daly and three other Irish Republicans are executed by Irish Free State forces (born 1896)[240]
- 1930 – A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (born 1876)[241]
- 1932 – George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (born 1854)[242]
- 1932 – Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (born 1861)[243]
- 1937 – Lars Edvard Phragmén, Swedish mathematician (born 1863)[244]
- 1941 – C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (born 1887)[245]
- 1953 – Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (born 1896)[246]
- 1957 – Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (born 1938)[247]
- 1965 – Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (born 1879)[248]
- 1968 – Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (born 1892)[249]
- 1969 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (born 1898)[250]
- 1973 – Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1900)[251]
- 1973 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (born 1901)[252]
- 1975 – Susan Hayward, American actress (born 1917)[253]
- 1976 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (born 1895)[254]
- 1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (born 1917)[255]
- 1979 – Frank McEncroe, Australian businessman (born 1908)[256]
- 1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (born 1902)[257]
- 1980 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (born 1928)[114]
- 1984 – Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (born 1915)[258]
- 1989 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (born 1892)[259]
- 1991 – Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (born 1950)[260]
- 1994 – Sheila Humphreys, Irish Republican, political activist and Hunger Striker (born 1899)[261]
- 1995 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)[262]
- 1997 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (born 1907)[263]
- 1999 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (born 1910)[264]
- 1999 – John Broome, American author (born 1913)[265]
- 2003 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (born 1945)[266]
- 2003 – Jean-Luc Lagardère, French engineer and businessman (born 1928)[267]
- 2006 – Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (born 1929)[268]
- 2007 – Lucie Aubrac, French educator and activist (born 1912)[269]
- 2008 – Chiara Lubich, Italian activist, co-founded the Focolare Movement (born 1920)[270]
- 2010 – Peter Graves, American actor (born 1926)[271]
- 2012 – Pierre Schoendoerffer, French director and screenwriter (born 1928)[272]
- 2012 – Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general and politician, 4th President of Malta (born 1913)[273]
- 2013 – Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1930)[274]
- 2013 – Aramais Sahakyan, Armenian poet and author (born 1936)[275]
- 2013 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician, Cambodian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1925)[276]
- 2014 – Tony Benn, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1925)[277]
- 2014 – Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (born 1934)[278]
- 2016 – John W. Cahn, German-American metallurgist and academic (born 1928)[279]
- 2016 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (born 1934)[280]
- 2016 – Suranimala Rajapaksha, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1949)[281]
- 2018 – Jim Bowen, English stand-up comedian and TV personality (born 1937)[282]
- 2018 – Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist (born 1979)[283]
- 2018 – Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (born 1942)[284]
- 2018 – Liam O'Flynn, Irish uileann piper (born 1945)[285]
- 2019 – Jake Phelps, American skateboarder and Thrasher editor-in-chief (born 1962)[286]
- 2019 – Charlie Whiting, British motorsport director (born 1952)[287]
- 2019 – Haig Young, Canadian politician (born 1928)[288]
- 2022 – Scott Hall, American wrestler (born 1958)[289]
- 2025 – Alan Simpson, United States senator from Wyoming (born 1931)[290]
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Andorra)[293]
- Heroes' Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)[294]
- Mother Tongue Day (Estonia)[295]
- Nanakshahi New Year, first day of the month of Chet (Sikhism)[296]
- Pi Day[297]Summer Day (Albania)[299]
- White Day on which men give gifts to women; complementary to Valentine's Day (Japan and other Asian nations)
