Day of the year
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 132 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt .1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.[5] 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War : The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu , thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule .[6] 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain , naming it New South Wales .1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution , ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot .1778 – American Revolutionary War : British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry .1791 – Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue , led by Dutty Boukman , held a Vodou ceremony that became a pivotal act of resistance. This gathering sparked a mass uprising against slavery, marking the beginning of the Haitian Revolution .1808 – Battle of Vimeiro : British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro , Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War .1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte , Marshal of France , is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates .1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances .1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia , which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.[7] 1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk , Yukon Territory .1858 – The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois .[8] 1862 – The Stadtpark , the first public park in Vienna , opens to the public.[9] 1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders .1878 – The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs , New York .[10] 1879 – The locals of Knock, County Mayo , Ireland report their having seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary . The apparition is later named "Our Lady of Knock" and the spot transformed into a Catholic pilgrimage site.[11] 1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota , leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic .1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs .
1901 – Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites , arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas .1911 – The Mona Lisa stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia , a Louvre employee.[12] 1914 – World War I : The Battle of Charleroi , a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.1942 – World War II : The Guadalcanal campaign : American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru .1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference , prelude to the United Nations , begins.1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados , France. 1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory .1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka , the first intercontinental ballistic missile .[13] 1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day .1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids : The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu , brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem , vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.1965 – The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution .[14] 1968 – Cold War : Nicolae Ceaușescu , leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet -led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia , encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.1968 – James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine . 1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda , Manila , Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.1982 – Lebanese Civil War : The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization 's withdrawal from Lebanon .1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon , killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.1988 – The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.[15] 1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. 1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.1994 – Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco , killing all 44 people on board.[16] 1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 , an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia , killing nine of the 29 people on board.[17] 2000 – American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria .2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States .
Births
Pre-1600
1625 – John Claypole , English politician (died 1688)1643 – Afonso VI of Portugal (died 1683)1660 – Hubert Gautier , French mathematician and engineer (died 1737)1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi , French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729)1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick , French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734)1725 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze , French painter and educator (died 1805)1754 – William Murdoch , Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)1754 – Banastre Tarleton , English general and politician (died 1833) 1765 – William IV , King of the United Kingdom (died 1837)1787 – John Owen , American governor of North Carolina (died 1841)[18] 1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy , French mathematician and academic (died 1857)1798 – Jules Michelet , French historian and philosopher (died 1874)1800 – Hiram Walden , American general and politician (died 1880)1801 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer , Dutch historian and politician (died 1876)1813 – Jean Stas , Belgian chemist and physician (died 1891)1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt , French chemist and academic (died 1856)1823 – Nathaniel Everett Green , English painter and astronomer (died 1899)1826 – Carl Gegenbaur , German anatomist and academic (died 1903)1829 – Otto Goldschmidt , German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907)1840 – Ferdinand Hamer , Dutch bishop and missionary (died 1900)1851 – Charles Barrois , French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)[19] 1856 – Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès , American heiress (died 1921)1858 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (died 1889)1862 – Emilio Salgari , Italian journalist and author (died 1911)1869 – William Henry Ogilvie , Scottish-Australian poet and author (died 1963)1872 – Aubrey Beardsley , English author and illustrator (died 1898)[20] 1878 – Richard Girulatis , German footballer and manager (died 1963)1879 – Claude Grahame-White , English pilot and engineer (died 1959)1884 – Chandler Egan , American golfer and architect (died 1936)1885 – Édouard Fabre , Canadian runner (died 1939)1886 – Ruth Manning-Sanders , Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988)1887 – James Paul Moody , English sailor (died 1912)1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro , Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)1892 – Charles Vanel , French actor and director (died 1989)1894 – Christian Schad , German painter (died 1982)1895 – Blossom Rock , American actress (died 1978)1897 – Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott , Scottish soldier and peer (died 1966)
1902 – Angel Karaliychev , Bulgarian author (died 1972)1903 – Kostas Giannidis , Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1984)1904 – Count Basie , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1984)1905 – Bipin Gupta , Indian actor and producer (died 1981)1906 – Friz Freleng , American animator, director, and producer (died 1995)1907 – P. Jeevanandham , Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov , Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1992)1912 – Toe Blake , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)1914 – Doug Wright , English cricketer and coach (died 1998)1916 – Bill Lee , American actor and singer (died 1980)1916 – Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005) 1917 – Leonid Hurwicz , Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008)1918 – Billy Reay , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)1921 – Reuven Feuerstein , Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014)1922 – Albert Irvin , English soldier and painter (died 2015)1923 – Keith Allen , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)1924 – Jack Buck , American sportscaster (died 2002)1924 – Jack Weston , American actor (died 1996) 1926 – Can Yücel , Turkish poet and translator (died 1999)1927 – Thomas S. Monson , American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 2018)1928 – Addison Farmer , American bassist (died 1963)1928 – Art Farmer , American trumpet player and composer (died 1999) 1928 – Bud McFadin , American football player (died 2006) 1929 – Herman Badillo , Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (died 2014)1929 – X. J. Kennedy , American poet, translator, anthologist, editor 1929 – Ahmed Kathrada , South African politician and political prisoner (died 2017) 1930 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002)[21] 1930 – Frank Perry , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995) 1932 – Menashe Kadishman , Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015)1932 – Melvin Van Peebles , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)[21] 1933 – Janet Baker , English soprano and educator1933 – Michael Dacher , German mountaineer (died 1994) 1933 – Barry Norman , English author and critic (died 2017) 1933 – Erik Paaske , Danish actor and singer (died 1992) 1934 – Sudhakarrao Naik , Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2001)1934 – Paul Panhuysen , Dutch composer (died 2015) 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain , American basketball player and coach (died 1999)[21] 1936 – Radish Tordia , Georgian painter and educator 1937 – Donald Dewar , Scottish politician, first First Minister of Scotland (died 2000)[22] 1937 – Gustavo Noboa , Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021) 1937 – Robert Stone , American novelist and short story writer (died 2015) 1938 – Steve Cowper , American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska [23] 1938 – Kenny Rogers , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2020)[21] 1938 – Mike Weston , English rugby player (died 2023) 1939 – James Burton , American Hall of Fame guitarist[24] 1939 – Festus Mogae , Botswana economist and politician, third President of Botswana 1939 – Clarence Williams III , American actor (died 2021)[21] 1940 – Dominick Harrod , English journalist, historian, and author (died 2013)1940 – Endre Szemerédi , Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist 1941 – Jackie DeShannon , American singer-songwriter[24] 1943 – Patrick Demarchelier , French photographer (died 2022)1943 – Jonathan Schell , American journalist and author (died 2014) 1943 – Lucius Shepard , American author and critic (died 2014) 1943 – Hugh Wilson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) 1944 – Perry Christie , Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas 1944 – Peter Weir , Australian director, producer, and screenwriter[21] 1945 – Basil Poledouris , Greek-American composer, conductor[25] (died 2006)1945 – Celia Brayfield , English journalist and author 1945 – Jerry DaVanon , American baseball player 1945 – Willie Lanier , American football player 1945 – Patty McCormack , American actress[24] 1947 – Carl Giammarese , American singer-songwriter and musician[24] 1949 – Loretta Devine , American actress and singer[24] 1949 – Daniel Sivan , Israeli scholar and academic 1950 – Patrick Juvet , Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)1950 – Arthur Bremer , American attempted assassin of George Wallace [26] 1951 – Eric Goles , Chilean mathematician and computer scientist1951 – Glenn Hughes , English musician[21] 1951 – Yana Mintoff , Maltese politician, economist and educator 1951 – Chesley V. Morton , American businessman and politician 1952 – Keith Hart , Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer1952 – Jiří Paroubek , Czech soldier and politician, sixth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1952 – Joe Strummer , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)[21] 1953 – Ivan Stang , American author, publisher, and director1954 – Archie Griffin , American football player[21] 1954 – Steve Smith , American drummer 1954 – Mark Williams , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter 1956 – Kim Cattrall , English-Canadian actress[24] 1956 – Jon Tester , American farmer and politician 1957 – Frank Pastore , American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)1958 – Steve Case , American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL)[21] 1958 – Mark Williams , Australian footballer and coach 1959 – Anne Hobbs , English tennis player and coach1959 – Jim McMahon , American football player and coach 1961 – Gerardo Barbero , Argentinian chess player and coach (died 2001)1961 – V. B. Chandrasekhar , Indian cricketer and coach (died 2019) 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg , American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (died 2018) 1962 – Cleo King , American actress[24] 1962 – John Korfas , Greek-American basketball player and coach 1962 – Gilberto Santa Rosa , Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero[27] 1962 – Pete Weber , American bowler 1963 – Mohammed VI of Morocco , King of Morocco [21] 1963 – Nigel Pearson , English footballer and manager 1964 – Gary Elkerton , Australian surfer1965 – Jim Bullinger , American baseball player1966 – John Wetteland , American baseball player and coach1967 – Darren Bewick , Australian footballer1967 – Charb , French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)[21] 1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss , Canadian actress[21] 1967 – Serj Tankian , Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer[24] 1968 – Dina Carroll , English singer-songwriter1968 – Goran Ćurko , Serbian footballer 1968 – Laura Trevelyan , English journalist and author 1969 – Bruce Anstey , New Zealand motorcycle racer1969 – Josée Chouinard , Canadian figure skater 1970 – Craig Counsell , American baseball player and coach1970 – Erik Dekker , Dutch cyclist and manager 1970 – Cathy Weseluck , Canadian actress 1971 – Mamadou Diallo , Senegalese footballer1971 – Robert Harvey , Australian footballer and coach 1971 – Liam Howlett , English keyboard player, DJ, and producer[24] 1973 – Sergey Brin , Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google 1973 – Steve McKenna , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1974 – Martin Andanar , Filipino journalist and radio host1974 – Paul Mellor , Australian rugby league player and referee 1975 – Simon Katich , Australian cricketer and manager1975 – Alicia Witt , American actress and musician[24] 1976 – Alex Brooks , American ice hockey player and scout1976 – Jeff Cunningham , Jamaican-American soccer player 1976 – Robert Miles , Australian rugby league player 1976 – Ramón Vázquez , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach 1978 – Peter Buxton , English rugby player and manager1978 – Reuben Droughns , American football player and coach 1978 – Lee Gronkiewicz , American baseball player and coach 1978 – Alan Lee , Irish footballer and coach 1978 – Jason Marquis , American baseball player 1979 – Kelis , American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author[24] 1979 – Diego Klattenhoff , Canadian actor[24] 1980 – Bryan Allen , Canadian ice hockey player[28] 1980 – Burney Lamar , American race car driver 1980 – Paul Menard , American race car driver 1980 – Jasmin Wöhr , German tennis player 1981 – Jarrod Lyle , Australian golfer (died 2018)1981 – Cameron Winklevoss , American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU 1981 – Tyler Winklevoss , American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU 1981 – Ross Thomas , American actor 1982 – Jason Eaton , New Zealand rugby player1982 – Omar Sachedina , Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor 1983 – Brody Jenner , American television personality and model[24] 1983 – Scott McDonald , Australian footballer 1984 – Neil Dexter , South African cricketer1984 – Melvin Upton, Jr. , American baseball player 1984 – Alizée , French singer[29] 1985 – Nicolás Almagro , Spanish tennis player1985 – Aleksandra Kiryashova , Russian pole vaulter 1986 – Usain Bolt , Jamaican sprinter[21] 1986 – Wout Brama , Dutch footballer 1986 – Koki Sakamoto , Japanese gymnast 1986 – Paetongtarn Shinawatra , Thai politician and 31st Prime Minister of Thailand [30] 1986 – Brooks Wheelan , American comedian and actor[24] 1987 – DeWanna Bonner , American-Macedonian basketball player[31] 1987 – Cody Kasch , American actor[24] 1987 – J. D. Martinez , American baseball player[32] 1987 – Jodie Meeks , American basketball player and coach[33] 1988 – Robert Lewandowski , Polish footballer1988 – Joanna Mitrosz , Polish rhythmic gymnast[34] 1988 – Kacey Musgraves , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[24] 1989 – Charlison Benschop , Dutch footballer1989 – James Davey , English rugby league player 1989 – Matteo Gentili , Italian footballer 1989 – Hayden Panettiere , American actress[24] 1989 – Aleix Vidal , Spanish footballer 1990 – Bo Burnham , American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet[21] 1990 – Christian Vázquez , Puerto Rican baseball player[35] 1991 – Leandro Bacuna , Dutch footballer1991 – Jesse Rutherford , American singer and songwriter[36] 1992 – Brandon Drury , American baseball player[37] 1992 – RJ Mitte , American actor[24] 1992 – Felipe Nasr , Brazilian race car driver 1993 – Millie Bright , English footballer[38] 1993 – Mike Evans , American football player[39] 1994 – Alexandra Cooper , American podcaster[40] 1994 – Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu , British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model1995 – Dominik Kubalík , Czech ice hockey player[41] 1996 – Karolína Muchová , Czech tennis player[42] 1999 – Maxim Knight , American actor[24] 2000 – Corbin Carroll , American baseball player[43]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1614 – Elizabeth Báthory , Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560)[44] 1622 – Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana , Spanish poet and politician (born 1582)1627 – Jacques Mauduit , French composer and academic (born 1557)1673 – Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford , English soldier (born 1599)1689 – William Cleland , Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661)[5] 1762 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689)1763 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont , English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)1775 – Zahir al-Umar , Arabian ruler (born 1690)1796 – John McKinly , American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)1814 – Benjamin Thompson , American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)1835 – John MacCulloch , Scottish geologist and academic (born 1773)1836 – Claude-Louis Navier , French physicist and engineer (born 1785)1838 – Adelbert von Chamisso , German botanist and poet (born 1781)1853 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon , French general (born 1783)1854 – Thomas Clayton , American lawyer and politician (born 1777)1867 – Juan Álvarez , Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790)[45] 1870 – Ma Xinyi , Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (born 1821)1888 – James Farnell , Australian politician, eighth Premier of New South Wales (born 1825)
1905 – Alexander von Oettingen , Estonian theologian and statistician (born 1827)1910 – Bertalan Székely , Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835)1911 – Mahboob Ali Khan , sixth Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1866)[46] 1919 – Laurence Doherty , English tennis player (born 1875)1935 – John Hartley , English tennis player (born 1849)1940 – Hermann Obrecht , Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1882)1940 – Ernest Thayer , American poet and author (born 1863) 1940 – Leon Trotsky , Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (born 1879) 1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan , Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)1947 – Ettore Bugatti , Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881)1951 – Constant Lambert , English composer and conductor (born 1905)1957 – Mait Metsanurk , Estonian author and playwright (born 1879)1957 – Nels Stewart , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902) 1957 – Harald Sverdrup , Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888) 1960 – David B. Steinman , American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886)1964 – Palmiro Togliatti , Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1893)1968 – Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (born 1893)[47] 1971 – George Jackson , American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (born 1941)1974 – Buford Pusser , American police officer (born 1937)1974 – Kirpal Singh , Indian spiritual master (born 1894) 1978 – Charles Eames , American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1907)1979 – Giuseppe Meazza , Italian footballer and manager (born 1910)1981 – Kaka Kalelkar , Indian Hindi Writer(born 1885)1983 – Benigno Aquino Jr. , Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932)1988 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz , Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)1988 – Ray Eames , American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1912) 1989 – Raul Seixas , Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1945)1993 – Tatiana Troyanos , American soprano and actress (born 1938)1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)1995 – Chuck Stevenson , American race car driver (born 1919) 1996 – Mary Two-Axe Earley , Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (born 1911)[48] 2000 – Tomata du Plenty , American singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1948)2000 – Daniel Lisulo , Zambian politician, third Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930) 2000 – Andrzej Zawada , Polish mountaineer and author (born 1928) 2001 – Calum MacKay , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)2003 – John Coplans , British artist (born 1920)2003 – Kathy Wilkes , English philosopher and academic (born 1946) 2004 – Sachidananda Routray , Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916)2005 – Martin Dillon , American tenor and educator (born 1957)2005 – Robert Moog , American businessman, founded Moog Music (born 1934) 2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch , Israeli poet and translator (born 1936) 2005 – Marcus Schmuck , Austrian mountaineer (born 1925)2006 – Bismillah Khan , Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (born 1916)2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen , Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)2007 – Frank Bowe , American academic (born 1947)[49] 2007 – Siobhan Dowd , British author (born 1960) 2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington , American general (born 1918) 2008 – Jerry Finn , American engineer and producer (born 1969)2009 – Rex Shelley , Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930)2010 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill , Argentinean sociologist and author (born 1941)2012 – Georg Leber , German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (born 1920)2012 – J. Frank Raley Jr. , American soldier and politician (born 1926) 2012 – Don Raleigh , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926) 2012 – Guy Spitaels , Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (born 1931) 2012 – William Thurston , American mathematician and academic (born 1946) 2013 – Jean Berkey , American lawyer and politician (born 1938)2013 – Sid Bernstein , American record producer (born 1918) 2013 – C. Gordon Fullerton , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)[50] 2013 – Fred Martin , Scottish footballer (born 1929) 2013 – Enos Nkala , Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (born 1932) 2014 – Gerry Anderson , Irish radio and television host (born 1944)2014 – Helen Bamber , English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925) 2014 – Steven R. Nagel , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946) 2014 – Jean Redpath , Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937) 2014 – Albert Reynolds , Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932) 2015 – Colin Beyer , New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938)2015 – Wang Dongxing , Chinese commander and politician (born 1916) 2015 – Jimmy Evert , American tennis player and coach (born 1924) 2017 – Bajram Rexhepi , First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)2018 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson , Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975)[51] 2019 – Celso Piña , Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953)[52] 2024 – Nell McCafferty , Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (born 1944)[53] 2024 – Bill Pascrell , American politician (born 1937)[54] 2024 – John Amos , American actor (born 1939)[55]
Holidays and observances
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