Day of the year
October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 71 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1907 – The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.1910 – HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy .1912 – First Balkan War : The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles .[2] 1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South .1931 – A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt .1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls 1941 – World War II : The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.[3] 1943 – World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore .1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.1944 – World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place. 1944 – World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies. 1945 – In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.1950 – Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju .1956 – The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA , including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency . 1965 – Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.1966 – A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.[4] 1967 – The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.1969 – The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.1971 – A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne , after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.[5] 1979 – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.1981 – Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.1983 – The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.1984 – Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix .[6] 1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).1987 – The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.1989 – In Honduras , 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa .[7] 1994 – North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.1994 – In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses .[8] 2003 – Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery. [9] 2011 – Iraq War : President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.[10] 2018 – A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan , killing 18 people and injuring 187.[11] 2019 – Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo .[12] 2019 – In Canada , the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government .[13] [14] 2021 – A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins , and injuring director Joel Souza .[15]
Births
Pre-1600
1650 – Jean Bart , French admiral (died 1702)1658 – Henri de Boulainvilliers , French nobleman (died 1722)1675 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)1712 – James Steuart , Scottish economist and author (died 1780)[17] 1725 – Franz Moritz von Lacy , Austrian field marshal (died 1801)1757 – Pierre Augereau , French general (died 1816)1762 – Herman Willem Daendels , Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818)1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge , English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)1775 – Giuseppe Baini , Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)1790 – Alphonse de Lamartine , French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869)1809 – James Clark , American Jesuit (died 1885)[18] 1811 – Filippo Colini , Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)1821 – Sims Reeves , English tenor and actor (died 1900)1833 – Alfred Nobel , Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896)1845 – Will Carleton , American poet and journalist (died 1912)1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa , Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)1851 – George Ulyett , English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)1868 – Ernest Swinton , British Army officer (died 1951)1874 – Tan Kah Kee , Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)1877 – Oswald Avery , Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)1884 – Claire Waldoff , German singer and actress (died 1957)1886 – Eugene Burton Ely , American soldier and pilot (died 1911)1887 – Krishna Singh , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)1894 – Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author and critic (died 1965)1895 – Paavo Johansson , Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)1895 – Edna Purviance , American actress (died 1958) 1896 – Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein , Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)1898 – Eduard Pütsep , Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)1900 – Andrée Boisson , French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
1902 – Eddy Hamel , American footballer (died 1943)[19] 1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos , Greek painter and poet (died 1985)1908 – Niyazi Berkes , Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)1911 – Mary Blair , American illustrator and animator (died 1978)1912 – Don Byas , American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)1912 – Alfredo Pián , Argentinian race car driver (died 1990) 1912 – Georg Solti , Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997) 1914 – Martin Gardner , American mathematician and author (died 2010)1915 – Owen Bradley , American country music record producer (died 1998)1917 – Dizzy Gillespie , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)[20] 1918 – Milton Himmelfarb , American sociologist and author (died 2006)1918 – Albertina Sisulu , South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011) 1919 – Jim Wallwork , English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)1921 – Malcolm Arnold , English composer (died 2006)1921 – Bruce Beeby , Australian-English actor (died 2013) 1921 – Robert Clothier , Canadian actor (died 1999) 1921 – Jim Shumate , American fiddler and composer (died 2013) 1921 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015) 1922 – Liliane Bettencourt , French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)1923 – Samuel Khachikian , Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)1924 – Joyce Randolph , American actress (died 2024)[21] 1924 – Julie Wilson , American actress and singer (died 2015) 1925 – Celia Cruz , Cuban-American singer (died 2003)[20] 1925 – Virginia Zeani , Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023) 1926 – Bob Rosburg , American golfer (died 2009)1926 – Leonard Rossiter , English actor (died 1984) 1927 – Fritz Wintersteller , Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)1927 – Howard Zieff , American director and photographer (died 2009) 1928 – Whitey Ford , American baseball player and coach (died 2020)[20] 1928 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich , Brazilian zoologist (died 2015) 1928 – Vern Mikkelsen , American basketball player and coach (died 2013) 1929 – Pierre Bellemare , French radio and television host (died 2018)1929 – Fritz Hollaus , Austrian footballer (died 1994) 1929 – Ursula K. Le Guin , American author and critic (died 2018)[20] 1929 – George Stinney Jr. , wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)[22] [23] [24] 1930 – Ivan Silayev , Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)1931 – Shammi Kapoor , Indian actor and director (died 2011)1931 – Jim Parks Jr. , English cricketer and manager (died 2022) 1932 – Pál Csernai , Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)1933 – Maureen Duffy , English author, poet, playwright and activist[25] 1933 – Francisco Gento , Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022) 1935 – Derek Bell , Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)1935 – Mel Street , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978) 1937 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi , Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)1937 – Hank Nelson , Australian historian and academic (died 2012) 1938 – Carl Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)1940 – Geoffrey Boycott , English cricketer and sportscaster1940 – Frances FitzGerald , American journalist and author 1940 – Rhoda Gemignani , American actress 1940 – Manfred Mann , South African-English keyboard player and producer[26] 1940 – Marita Petersen , Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001) 1941 – Steve Cropper , American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2025)[26] 1942 – Elvin Bishop , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1942 – Allan Grice , Australian race car driver and politician 1942 – Lou Lamoriello , American ice hockey player, coach, and manager 1942 – Judy Sheindlin , American judge and television host[26] 1942 – Christopher A. Sims , American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate 1942 – John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington , English police officer and academic 1943 – Tariq Ali , Pakistani historian and author1943 – Ron Elliott , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer 1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies , English model and actress (died 2014)1944 – Michael Tugendhat , English lawyer and judge 1945 – Everett McGill , American actor[26] 1945 – Nikita Mikhalkov , Russian filmmaker 1945 – Michael White , English journalist 1946 – Jane Heal , English philosopher and academic1946 – Jim Hill , American football player and sportscaster 1946 – Lux Interior , American singer-songwriter (died 2009) 1946 – Lee Loughnane , American singer-songwriter and trumpet player[26] 1947 – Dominique Braye , French politician[27] 1948 – Shaye J. D. Cohen , American historian and academic1948 – Allen Henry Vigneron , American archbishop 1949 – Michel Brière , Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)1949 – Mike Keenan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu , Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel [20] 1950 – Ronald McNair , American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)[28] 1950 – Leela Vernon , Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)[29] 1952 – Patti Davis , American actress and author1952 – Allen Hoey , American poet and author (died 2010) 1952 – Brent Mydland , German-American keyboard player (died 1990) 1953 – Charlotte Caffey , American guitarist and songwriter[26] 1953 – Eric Faulkner , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1953 – Keith Green , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982) 1953 – Marc Johnson , American bassist, composer, and bandleader 1953 – Peter Mandelson , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1954 – Brian Tobin , Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland 1955 – Dick DeVos , American businessman1955 – Catherine Hardwicke , American film director, producer, and screenwriter[26] 1955 – Fred Hersch , American pianist and composer 1955 – Rich Mullins , American singer-songwriter (died 1997) 1956 – Carrie Fisher , American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)[20] 1956 – Mike Tully , American pole vaulter 1957 – Julian Cope , English singer-songwriter[26] 1957 – Irene Edgar , Scottish lawn bowler[30] 1957 – Wolfgang Ketterle , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1957 – Steve Lukather , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[26] 1958 – Andre Geim , Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1959 – George Bell , Dominican baseball player1959 – Rose McDowall , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1959 – Andy Picheta , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1959 – Kevin Sheedy , Welsh-Irish footballer and manager 1959 – Ken Watanabe , Japanese actor and producer[26] 1959 – Melora Walters , American actress, director, and writer[26] 1962 – David Campese , Australian rugby player and coach1964 – Jon Carin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1965 – Ion Andoni Goikoetxea , Spanish footballer and manager1965 – Horace Hogan , American wrestler 1965 – Hisashi Imai , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist 1966 – Phillip Price , Welsh golfer1966 – Igor Prins , Estonian footballer and manager 1966 – Arne Sandstø , Norwegian footballer and manager 1967 – Georgi Dakov , Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)1967 – Paul Ince , English footballer and manager 1967 – Gavin Lovegrove , New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer 1967 – Krzysztof Sitko , Polish association football player[31] (died 2018[32] ) 1968 – Alexandros Alexandris , Greek footballer and manager1968 – Kerstin Andreae , German politician 1969 – Michael Hancock , Australian rugby league player1969 – Mo Lewis , American football player 1970 – Louis Koo , Hong Kong actor and singer1971 – Hal Duncan , Scottish author and poet1971 – Damien Martyn , Australian cricketer 1971 – Nick Oliveri , American singer-songwriter and bass player[26] 1971 – Conor O'Shea , Irish rugby player and coach 1971 – Paul Telfer , Scottish footballer and coach 1971 – Thomas Ulsrud , Norwegian curler 1972 – Ashutosh Agashe , Indian businessman and cricketer1972 – Matthew Friedberger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1972 – Orlando Thomas , American football player (died 2014) 1972 – Evhen Tsybulenko , Ukrainian scholar and academic 1973 – Lera Auerbach , Russian-American pianist and composer1973 – Charlie Lowell , American pianist and songwriter[26] 1974 – Costel Busuioc , Romanian tenor1975 – Toby Hall , American baseball player1975 – Henrique Hilário , Portuguese footballer 1976 – Henrik Gustavsson , Swedish footballer1976 – Jeremy Miller , American actor and singer[26] 1976 – Lavinia Miloșovici , Romanian gymnast 1976 – Josh Ritter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1976 – Andrew Scott , Irish actor[26] 1976 – Mélanie Turgeon , Canadian skier 1978 – Will Estes , American actor[26] 1978 – Joey Harrington , American football player and sportscaster 1978 – Henrik Klingenberg , Finnish singer and keyboard player 1978 – Michael McMillian , American actor[26] 1979 – Khalil Greene , American baseball player1979 – Gabe Gross , American baseball player 1980 – Kim Kardashian , American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite[26] 1980 – Brian Pittman , American bass player 1981 – Martin Castrogiovanni , Argentinian-Italian rugby player1981 – Olivier Pla , French racing driver[33] 1981 – Nemanja Vidić , Serbian footballer 1982 – Matt Dallas , American actor[20] 1982 – Jim Henderson , American baseball player 1982 – Antony Kay , English footballer 1982 – Hari Kondabolu , American comedian, actor, and podcaster 1982 – Ray Ventrone , American football player 1982 – Lee Chong Wei , Malaysian badminton player 1982 – James White , American basketball player 1983 – Casey Fien , American baseball player1983 – Zack Greinke , American baseball player 1983 – Brent Hayden , Canadian swimmer[34] 1983 – Gonzalo Klusener , Argentinian footballer 1983 – Andy Marte , Dominican baseball player (died 2017) 1983 – Amber Rose , American model[20] 1983 – Chris Sherrington , English-Scottish martial artist 1983 – Charlotte Sullivan , Canadian actress[26] 1983 – Ninet Tayeb , Israeli singer 1983 – Shelden Williams , American basketball player 1984 – Anna Bogdanova , Russian heptathlete1984 – Tom Brandstater , American football player 1984 – Kenny Cooper , American soccer player 1984 – Anouk Leblanc-Boucher , Canadian speed skater 1984 – José Lobatón , Venezuelan baseball player 1984 – Marvin Mitchell , American football player 1984 – Kieran Richardson , English footballer 1985 – Simone Bracalello , Italian footballer1985 – Dean Collis , Australian rugby league player 1985 – Hadise , Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer[35] 1986 – Almen Abdi , Swiss footballer1986 – Chibuzor Chilaka , Nigerian footballer 1986 – Scott Rendell , English footballer 1987 – Tonje Brenna , Norwegian politician[36] 1987 – Justin De Fratus , American baseball player 1987 – Andrey Grechin , Russian swimmer 1988 – Ricki Olsen , Danish footballer1988 – Glen Powell , American actor[26] 1988 – Daniel Schorn , Austrian cyclist 1989 – Mads Dahm , Norwegian footballer1989 – Festus Ezeli , Nigerian-American basketball player[37] 1989 – Luke Murphy , English footballer 1989 – Jonathan Viera , Spanish footballer 1989 – Sam Vokes , English-Welsh footballer 1990 – Bengali-Fodé Koita , French footballer1990 – Mathieu Peybernes , French footballer 1990 – Ricky Rubio , Spanish basketball player 1990 – Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson , Icelandic politician[38] 1991 – Alexander Burmistrov , Russian ice hockey player[39] 1991 – Tom Eastman , English footballer 1991 – Geoffry Hairemans , Belgian footballer 1991 – Rob Keogh , English cricketer 1991 – Vadaine Oliver , English footballer 1991 – Harry Pell , English footballer 1992 – Natasha Bassett , Australian actress[26] 1992 – Marzia Kjellberg , Italian businessperson and former YouTuber 1992 – Damion Lee , American basketball player[40] 1992 – Bernard Tomic , German-Australian tennis player[41] 1993 – Kane Brown , American singer and songwriter[42] 1995 – Cameron Burgess , Scottish-Australian footballer1995 – Doja Cat , American rapper, singer and songwriter[43] 1995 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo , Cameroonian swimmer
Deaths
Pre-1600 645 – Zhenzhu Khan , khan of Xueyantuo 1023 – Gero , Archbishop of Magdeburg1096 – Walter Sans Avoir , a leader of the First Crusade 1125 – Cosmas of Prague , Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045)1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester , English politician1221 – Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)1266 – Birger Jarl , Swedish politician (born 1210)1314 – Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville 1422 – Charles VI of France (born 1368)[44] 1500 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)1505 – Paul Scriptoris , German mathematician and educator (born 1460)1556 – Pietro Aretino , Italian author (born 1492)1558 – Julius Caesar Scaliger , Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)1600 – Ōtani Yoshitsugu , Japanese samurai (born 1558)
1623 – William Wade , English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546)1662 – Henry Lawes , English composer (born 1595)1687 – Edmund Waller , English poet and politician (born 1606)1765 – Giovanni Paolo Panini , Italian painter and architect (born 1691)1775 – Peyton Randolph , American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721)1777 – Samuel Foote , English actor and playwright (born 1720)1805 – John Cooke , English captain (born 1763)[45] 1805 – George Duff , Scottish captain (born 1764) 1805 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson , English admiral (born 1758) 1821 – Dorothea Ackermann , German actress (born 1752)1835 – Muthuswami Dikshitar , Indian poet and composer (born 1775)1861 – Edward Dickinson Baker , American congressman and colonel (born 1811)1872 – Jacques Babinet , French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)1873 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven , Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)1896 – James Henry Greathead , South African-English engineer (born 1844)
1903 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)1904 – Isabelle Eberhardt , Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)1907 – Jules Chevalier , French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824)1927 – Borisav Stanković , Serbian author (born 1876)[46] 1931 – Arthur Schnitzler , Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)1938 – Dorothy Hale , American actress (born 1905)1939 – Hendrik Wortman , Dutch civil engineer (born 1859 )[47] 1940 – William G. Conley , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866)1941 – Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton , Australian biologist (born 1852)1944 – Alois Kayser , German-French missionary (born 1877)1952 – Hans Merensky , South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)1963 – Józef Franczak , Polish sergeant (born 1918)1965 – Bill Black , American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)1969 – Jack Kerouac , American novelist and poet (born 1922)1969 – Wacław Sierpiński , Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882) 1970 – Li Linsi , Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)1971 – Minnie Evans , American artist (born 1888)1973 – Nasif Estéfano , Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)1975 – Charles Reidpath , American runner and general (born 1887)1977 – Ferit Tüzün , Turkish composer (born 1929)1978 – Anastas Mikoyan , Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)1980 – Hans Asperger , Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)1982 – Radka Toneff , Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)1983 – Joseph P. Lordi , American government official (born 1919)1984 – François Truffaut , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)1985 – Dan White , American assassin and politician (born 1946)1986 – Lionel Murphy , Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922)1989 – Jean Image , Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)1990 – Dany Chamoun , Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)1990 – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar , Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921) 1991 – Lorenc Antoni , Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)1992 – Ante Ciliga , Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)1992 – Jim Garrison , American lawyer and judge (born 1921) 1993 – Sam Zolotow , American journalist and critic (born 1899)1995 – Maxene Andrews , American singer (born 1916)1995 – Jesús Blasco , Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919) 1995 – Nancy Graves , American sculptor and painter (born 1939) 1995 – Shannon Hoon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967) 1996 – Georgios Zoitakis , Greek general and politician (born 1910)1998 – Francis W. Sargent , American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915)1999 – Lars Bo , Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)1999 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı , Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939) 2002 – Edward J. Mortola , American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)[48] 2003 – Louise Day Hicks , American politician (born 1916)2003 – Luis A. Ferré , Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904) 2003 – Elliott Smith , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969) 2006 – Sandy West , American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)2007 – Paul Fox , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)2010 – A. Ayyappan , Indian poet and translator (born 1949)2011 – Hikmet Bilâ , Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)2011 – Tone Pavček , Slovenian poet and author (born 1928) 2012 – Yash Chopra , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)2012 – Antoni Dobrowolski , Polish educator (born 1904) 2012 – Jaroslav Kozlík , Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907) 2012 – Alf Kumalo , South African photographer and journalist (born 1930) 2012 – George McGovern , American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922) 2013 – Bud Adams , American businessman (born 1923)2013 – Gianni Ferrio , Italian composer and conductor (born 1924) 2013 – Rune T. Kidde , Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957) 2013 – Colonel Robert Morris , American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954) 2013 – Major Owens , American librarian and politician (born 1936) 2013 – Tony Summers , Welsh swimmer (born 1924) 2013 – Oscar Yanes , Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927) 2014 – Ben Bradlee , American journalist and author (born 1921)2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt , American businessman (born 1926) 2014 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani , Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931) 2014 – Edith Kawelohea McKinzie , Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925) 2014 – Gough Whitlam , Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916) 2015 – France Bučar , Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)2015 – Marty Ingels , American actor (born 1936) 2015 – Norman W. Moore , English conservationist and author (born 1923) 2015 – Sheldon Wolin , American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922) 2020 – Frank Bough , English television presenter (born 1933)[49] 2021 – Bernard Haitink , Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)[50] 2023 – Bobby Charlton , English footballer and manager (born 1937)[51] 2023 – Bobi , Portuguese dog (born 1992)[52] 2023 – Bill Hayden , Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)[53] 2024 – Mimi Hines , Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)[54] 2025 – Francisco Pinto Balsemão , Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937)[55]
Holidays and observances
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