Day of the year
July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 156 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1635 – Eighty Years' War : The Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans .1656 – Second Northern War : Battle of Warsaw begins.1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.1794 – French Revolution : Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France .1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam .1809 – Peninsular War : Sir Arthur Wellesley 's British, Portuguese and Spanish army repulse a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte in the Battle of Talavera .[4] 1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.1854 – USS Constellation (1854) , the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and current museum ship in Baltimore Harbor , is commissioned.[5] 1864 – American Civil War : In the Battle of Ezra Church , Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt under General John Bell Hood to prevent Union forces led by General William T. Sherman from approaching Atlanta, Georgia .[6] 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln ).1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.1883 – A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of Ischia , killing over 2,300 people.[7] 1896 – The city of Miami is incorporated.
1911 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London .[8] 1914 – World War I : In the culmination of the July Crisis , Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins the Great War.1915 – The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti .[9] 1917 – Anti-lynching movement : The Silent Parade takes place in New York City , in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans .[10] 1932 – During the Great Depression , U.S. president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress .1938 – Hawaii Clipper Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper 1939 – The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.1942 – World War II : Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 . In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag , or execution.1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah : The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.[11] 1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya , western Kyushu, Japan , kills 992.1960 – The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.1962 – Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students .[12] [13] 1965 – Vietnam War : U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen : Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.1974 – Spetsgruppa A , Russia's elite special force, was formed.1976 – The Tangshan earthquake [14] measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.1984 – Olympic Games : Games of the XXIII Olympiad : The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles .1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington . Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man .2001 – Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania , are rescued after 77 hours underground.2002 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow , Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.[15] 2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland .[16] [17] 2010 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan , killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321 .2011 – While flying from Seoul , South Korea to Shanghai , China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport , but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island , killing both crew members on board.[18] 2017 – Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges .2018 – Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race .[19] 2022 – Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky , resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.[20]
Births
Pre-1600
1609 – Judith Leyster , Dutch painter (died 1660)1645 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans , French princess (died 1721)1659 – Charles Ancillon , French jurist and diplomat (died 1715)1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr. , American judge and politician (died 1809)1750 – Fabre d'Églantine , French actor, playwright, and politician (died 1794)1783 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck , German army officer and writer (died 1860)1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer , Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (died 1859)1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach , German anthropologist and philosopher (died 1872)1815 – Stefan Dunjov , Bulgarian colonel (died 1889)1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins , English poet (died 1889)1849 – James Edson White , American author and publisher, second son of Ellen G. White and James S. White [22] 1857 – Ballington Booth , English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (died 1940)1860 – Elias M. Ammons , American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (died 1925)1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (died 1922) 1863 – Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski , Russian general (died 1919)1866 – Beatrix Potter , English children's book writer and illustrator (died 1943)[23] 1866 – Albertson Van Zo Post , American fencer (died 1938) 1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine , American-Argentinian astronomer (died 1951)1872 – Albert Sarraut , French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (died 1962)1874 – Ernst Cassirer , Polish-American philosopher and academic (died 1945)1879 – Lucy Burns , American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (died 1966)1879 – Stefan Filipkiewicz , Polish painter (died 1944) 1887 – Marcel Duchamp , French-American painter and sculptor (died 1968)[24] 1887 – Willard Price , Canadian-American journalist and author (died 1983) 1893 – Rued Langgaard , Danish organist and composer (died 1952)1896 – Barbara La Marr , American actress and screenwriter (died 1926)1898 – Lawrence Gray , American actor (died 1970)
1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1979)1901 – Rudy Vallée , American actor, singer, and saxophonist (died 1986) 1902 – Albert Namatjira , Australian painter (died 1959)1902 – Sir Karl Popper , Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994) 1907 – Earl Tupper , American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (died 1983)1909 – Aenne Burda , German publisher (died 2005)1909 – Malcolm Lowry , English novelist and poet (died 1957) 1914 – Carmen Dragon , American conductor and composer (died 1984)1915 – Charles Hard Townes , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)1915 – Dick Sprang , American illustrator (died 2000) 1915 – Frankie Yankovic , American polka musician (died 1998) 1916 – David Brown , American journalist and producer (died 2010)1920 – Andrew V. McLaglen , English-American director and producer (died 2014)1922 – Jacques Piccard , Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (died 2008)1923 – Ray Ellis , American conductor and producer (died 2008)1924 – Luigi Musso , Italian racing driver (died 1958)1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg , American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)1926 – Charlie Biddle , American-Canadian bassist (died 2003)[25] 1927 – John Ashbery , American poet (died 2017)1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)1929 – Shirley Ann Grau , American novelist and short story writer (died 2020) 1930 – Firoza Begum , Bangladeshi singer (died 2014)1930 – Junior Kimbrough , American singer and guitarist (died 1998) 1930 – Jean Roba , Belgian author and illustrator (died 2006) 1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers , Canadian general (died 2014) 1931 – Alan Brownjohn , English poet and author (died 2024)1931 – Darryl Hickman , American actor (died 2024)[26] [27] 1931 – Johnny Martin , Australian cricketer (died 1992) 1932 – Natalie Babbitt , American author and illustrator (died 2016)1932 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra , Brazilian colonel (died 2015) 1933 – Charlie Hodge , Canadian ice hockey player and scout (died 2016)1934 – Jacques d'Amboise , American dancer and choreographer (died 2021)1935 – Neil McKendrick , English historian and academic1936 – Russ Jackson , Canadian football player and coach1936 – Garfield Sobers , Barbadian cricketer 1937 – Francis Veber , French director and screenwriter1938 – Luis Aragonés , Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014)1938 – Arsen Dedić , Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015) 1938 – Alberto Fujimori , Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th President of Peru (died 2024) 1938 – Chuan Leekpai , Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand 1941 – Bill Crider , American author (died 2018)[28] 1941 – Riccardo Muti , Italian conductor and educator[29] 1941 – Susan Roces , Filipino actress and producer (died 2022)[30] 1942 – Tonia Marketaki , Greek director and screenwriter (died 1994)1942 – John Sattler , Australian rugby league player (died 2023)[31] 1943 – Mike Bloomfield , American guitarist and songwriter (died 1981)1943 – Bill Bradley , American basketball player and politician 1943 – Richard Wright , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2008)[32] 1945 – Jim Davis , American cartoonist, created Garfield 1946 – Jonathan Edwards , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1946 – Linda Kelsey , American actress 1946 – Fahmida Riaz , Pakistani poet and activist (died 2018) 1947 – Peter Cosgrove , Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia 1947 – Sally Struthers , American actress 1948 – Gerald Casale , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director1948 – Eiichi Ohtaki , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) 1949 – Vida Blue , American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)1949 – Randall Wallace , American screenwriter and producer 1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari , Iranian singer-songwriter1950 – Tapley Seaton , Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 2023) 1951 – Santiago Calatrava , Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex 1951 – Doug Collins , American basketball player and coach 1951 – Gregg Giuffria , American rock musician and businessman 1951 – Ray Kennedy , English footballer (died 2021) 1952 – Glenn A. Baker , Australian journalist and author[33] 1952 – Vajiralongkorn , King of Thailand 1954 – Hugo Chávez , Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2013)[34] 1954 – Gerd Faltings , German mathematician and academic 1954 – Steve Morse , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1954 – Mikey Sheehy , Irish footballer 1956 – John Feinstein , American sportswriter and commentator (died 2025)[35] 1956 – Robert Swan , English explorer 1958 – Terry Fox , Canadian runner and activist (died 1981)1958 – Michael Hitchcock , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1959 – William T. Vollmann , American novelist, short story writer and journalist1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho , Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter1960 – Jon J. Muth , American author and illustrator 1960 – Yōichi Takahashi , Japanese illustrator 1961 – Yannick Dalmas , French racing driver1962 – Rachel Sweet , American singer, television writer, and actress1964 – Lori Loughlin , American actress1965 – Priscilla Chan , Hong Kong singer1966 – Sossina M. Haile , Ethiopian American chemist[36] 1966 – Miguel Ángel Nadal , Spanish footballer 1966 – Jimmy Pardo , American stand-up comedian, actor, and host 1966 – Shikao Suga , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 – Taka Hirose , Japanese bass player1969 – Alexis Arquette , American actress (died 2016)1969 – Garth Snow , American ice hockey player and manager 1969 – Dana White , American businessman, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship [37] 1970 – Michael Amott , Swedish guitarist and songwriter1970 – Isabelle Brasseur , Canadian figure skater 1970 – Paul Strang , Zimbabwean cricketer and coach 1971 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (died 2019)1971 – Ludmilla Lacueva Canut , Andorran writer 1971 – Stephen Lynch , American singer-songwriter and actor 1971 – Annie Perreault , Canadian speed skater 1972 – Robert Chapman , English cricketer1973 – Marc Dupré , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1973 – Steve Staios , Canadian ice hockey player 1974 – Afroman , American rapper and comedian[37] 1974 – Elizabeth Berkley , American actress 1974 – Alexis Tsipras , Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greece 1975 – Leonor Watling , Spanish actress1976 – Jacoby Shaddix , American singer-songwriter1977 – Aki Berg , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player1977 – Manu Ginóbili , Argentinian basketball player 1977 – Miyabiyama Tetsushi , Japanese sumo wrestler 1978 – Kārlis Vērdiņš , Latvian poet1978 – Hitomi Yaida , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist 1979 – Henrik Hansen , Danish footballer1979 – Birgitta Haukdal , Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer 1979 – Lee Min-woo , South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer 1979 – Alena Popchanka , Belarusian-French swimmer and coach 1981 – Michael Carrick , English footballer and coach1981 – Willie Green , American basketball player and coach[38] 1982 – Cain Velasquez , Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler[39] 1983 – Sam Dastyari , Iranian-Australian politician1983 – Cody Hay , Canadian figure skater 1983 – Ilir Latifi , Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist[40] 1984 – Ali Krieger , American soccer player [41] 1984 – Zach Parise , American ice hockey player 1984 – DeMeco Ryans , American football player and coach[42] 1984 – John David Washington , American actor and football player[37] 1985 – Mathieu Debuchy , French footballer1985 – Dustin Milligan , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter 1986 – Alexandra Chando , American actress1986 – Lauri Korpikoski , Finnish ice hockey player[43] 1987 – Yevhen Khacheridi , Ukrainian-Greek footballer1987 – Pedro , Spanish footballer 1987 – Christofer Ranzmaier , Austrian politician[44] 1988 – Gunnar Nelson , Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist[45] 1990 – Soulja Boy , American rapper, producer, and actor1990 – Simone Pizzuti , Italian footballer 1992 – Spencer Boldman , American actor[46] 1993 – Harry Kane , English footballer[47] 1993 – Evan Rodrigues , Canadian ice hockey player[48] 1993 – Cher Lloyd , English singer[49] 1994 – Walker Buehler , American baseball player[50] 1994 – Hyojung , South Korean singer[51] 1996 – Harriet Dart , British tennis player[52] 1999 – GloRilla , American rapper[53] 2000 – Emile Smith Rowe , English footballer[54] 2003 – Malik Nabers , American football player[55]
Deaths
Pre-1600 450 – Theodosius II , Roman emperor (born 401)631 – Athanasius I Gammolo , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[56] 938 – Thankmar , half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg ) (born c. 908)942 – Shi Jingtang , emperor of Later Jin (born 892)1057 – Victor II , pope of the Catholic Church (born 1018)[57] 1128 – William Clito , English son of Sybilla of Conversano (born 1102)1230 – Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (born 1176)1271 – Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (born 1220)1285 – Keran, Queen of Armenia ( b. before 1262)1333 – Guy VIII of Viennois , Dauphin of Vienne (born 1309)1345 – Sancia of Majorca , queen regent of Naples (born c. 1285)1458 – John II , king of Cyprus and Armenia (born 1418)1488 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)1508 – Robert Blackadder , bishop of Glasgow1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas , Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (born 1460)1540 – Thomas Cromwell , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1495)[3] 1585 – Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (born 1527)
1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis , Spanish playwright (born 1569)[58] 1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac , French poet and playwright (born 1619)1667 – Abraham Cowley , English poet and author (born 1618)1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke , English lawyer and politician (born 1605)1685 – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1618)1718 – Étienne Baluze , French scholar and academic (born 1630)1741 – Antonio Vivaldi , Italian violinist and composer (born 1678)[59] 1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach , German organist and composer (born 1685)[60] 1762 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (born 1691)1794 – Maximilien Robespierre , French politician, (born 1758)[61] 1794 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just , French soldier and politician (born 1767)[62] 1808 – Selim III , Ottoman sultan (born 1761)[63] 1809 – Richard Beckett , English cricketer and captain (born 1772)1818 – Gaspard Monge , French mathematician and engineer (born 1746)1835 – Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise , French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (born 1768)1836 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild , German-English banker and financier (born 1777)1838 – Bernhard Crusell , Finnish composer (born 1775)[64] 1842 – Clemens Brentano , German author and poet (born 1778)1844 – Joseph Bonaparte , French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (born 1768)1849 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (born 1798)1869 – Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Czech anatomist and physiologist (born 1787)1878 – George Law Curry , American publisher and politician (born 1820)1885 – Moses Montefiore , British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (born 1784)1895 – Edward Beecher , American minister and theologian (born 1803)
1928 – Édouard-Henri Avril , French painter (born 1849)[65] 1930 – John DeWitt , American hammer thrower (born 1881)1930 – Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862) 1933 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III , Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (born 1890)1934 – Marie Dressler , Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1868)1934 – Louis Tancred , South African cricketer and pilot (born 1876) 1935 – Meletius IV of Constantinople (born 1871)1942 – Flinders Petrie , English archaeologist and academic (born 1853)1946 – Saint Alphonsa , first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (born 1910)[66] 1957 – Edith Abbott , American economist, social worker, and educator (born 1876)[67] 1957 – Isaac Heinemann , German-Israeli scholar and academic (born 1876) 1963 – Carl Borgward , German engineer, founder of Borgward Group[68] 1965 – Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author and critic (born 1894)1965 – Attallah Suheimat , Jordanian politician (born 1875) 1967 – Karl W. Richter , American lieutenant and pilot (born 1942)1968 – Otto Hahn , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)1969 – Ramón Grau , Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (born 1882)1969 – Frank Loesser , American composer (born 1910) 1971 – Lawrence Moore Cosgrave , Canadian colonel and diplomat (born 1890)1971 – Myril Hoag , American baseball player (born 1908) 1971 – Charles E. Pont , French-American minister and painter (born 1898) 1972 – Helen Traubel , American soprano and actress (born 1903)1976 – Maggie Gripenberg , Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881)[69] 1979 – Don Miller , American football player and coach (born 1902)1979 – Charles Shadwell , English conductor and bandleader (born 1898) 1980 – Rose Rand , Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (born 1903)1981 – Stanley Rother , American priest and missionary (born 1935)1982 – Keith Green , American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1953)1987 – Jack Renshaw , Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (born 1909)1990 – Jill Esmond , English actress (born 1908)1992 – Sulev Nõmmik , Estonian actor and director (born 1931)1993 – Stanley Woods , Irish motorcycle racer (born 1903)1996 – Roger Tory Peterson , American ornithologist and academic (born 1908)1997 – Rosalie Crutchley , English actress (born 1920)1997 – Seni Pramoj , Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1905) 1998 – Zbigniew Herbert , Polish poet and author (born 1924)1998 – Lenny McLean , English boxer, actor, and author (born 1949) 1998 – Consalvo Sanesi , Italian racing driver (born 1911) 1999 – Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)2000 – Abraham Pais , Dutch-American physicist and historian (born 1918)2001 – Ahmed Sofa , Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (born 1943)2002 – Archer John Porter Martin , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)2003 – Valerie Goulding , Irish activist and politician (born 1918)2004 – Francis Crick , English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)[70] 2004 – Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist and author (born 1938) 2006 – David Gemmell , English author (born 1948)2007 – Karl Gotch , Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)2007 – Jim LeRoy , American soldier and pilot (born 1961) 2009 – Jim Johnson , American football player and coach (born 1941)2011 – Abdul Fatah Younis , Libyan general (born 1944)2012 – Colin Horsley , New Zealand-English pianist and educator (born 1920)2012 – Sepp Mayerl , Austrian mountaineer (born 1937) 2012 – William F. Milliken Jr. , American race car driver and engineer (born 1911) 2013 – Mustafa Adrisi , Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (born 1922)2013 – Eileen Brennan , American actress and singer (born 1932) 2013 – Rita Reys , Dutch jazz singer[71] (born 1924) 2013 – William Scranton , American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1917) 2013 – Ersilio Tonini , Italian cardinal (born 1914) 2014 – Alex Forbes , Scottish footballer and manager (born 1925)2014 – Alakbar Mammadov , Azerbaijani footballer and manager (born 1930) 2015 – Jan Kulczyk , Polish businessman (born 1950)2015 – Edward Natapei , Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1954) 2015 – Clive Rice , South African cricketer and coach (born 1949)[72] 2016 – Émile Derlin Zinsou , Beninese politician (born 1918)2016 – Mahasweta Devi , Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (born 1926) 2018 – Wanny van Gils , Dutch footballer[73] (born 1959)2020 – Junrey Balawing , Filipino record holder[74] (born 1993)2021 – Dusty Hill , American musician (born 1949)[75] 2022 – Bernard Cribbins , British actor (born 1928)[76] 2024 – John Anderson , Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (born 1931)[77] 2024 – Doug Creek , American baseball player (born 1969)[78] 2024 – Reyes Moronta , Dominican baseball player (born 1993)[79] 2024 – Francine Pascal , American author (born 1932)[80] 2025 – Laura Dahlmeier , German biathlete, Olympic champion (born 1993)[81]
Holidays and observances
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