Day of the year
December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 25 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine , stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia , kills 362 workers.
1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
1916 – World War I : The Central Powers capture Bucharest .
1917 – Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire .
1917 – Halifax Explosion : A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time .
1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53 .[ 8]
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Ireland is partitioned . Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State come into existence.
1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
1933 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce 's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.
1939 – Winter War : The Red Army 's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale .[ 9]
1941 – World War II : Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.
1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 .
1957 – Project Vanguard : A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.[ 10]
1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1969 – Altamont Free Concert : At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones , eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .
1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment : The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States . (On November 27 , the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
1975 – The Troubles : Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege .
1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana , although it is not recognized by any other country.
1978 – Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.[ 11]
1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland , killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine , an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal .
1990 – A military jet of the Italian Air Force , abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna , Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.[ 12]
1991 – Yugoslav Wars : In Croatia , forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.
1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya , India, is demolished , leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
1995 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir , the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS . Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.[ 13]
1998 – in Venezuela , Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. : The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster , alleging copyright infringement .[ 14]
2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran , killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars .
2015 – Venezuelan parliamentary election : For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
2017 – Donald Trump 's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel .
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
1637 – Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
1640 – Claude Fleury , French historian and author (d. 1723)
1645 – Maria de Dominici , Maltese sculptor and painter (d. 1703)[ 16]
1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French minister and politician (d. 1794)
1721 – James Elphinston , Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
1732 – Warren Hastings , British colonial administrator of India (d. 1818)[ 17]
1752 – Gabriel Duvall , American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
1805 – Richard Hanson , English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (d. 1876)
1812 – Robert Spear Hudson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
1823 – Max Müller , German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
1827 – William Arnott , Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901)
1833 – John S. Mosby , American colonel (d. 1916)
1835 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig , German chemist (d. 1910)
1841 – Frédéric Bazille , French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
1848 – Johann Palisa , Austrian astronomer (d. 1925)[ 18] [ 19]
1849 – August von Mackensen , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1853 – Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
1853 – Haraprasad Shastri , Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
1863 – Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
1864 – William S. Hart , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1875 – Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
1875 – Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author (d. 1941)
1876 – Fred Duesenberg , German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
1878 – Elvia Carrillo Puerto , Mexican politician (d. 1968)[ 20]
1882 – Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (d. 1954)
1884 – Cornelia Meigs , American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
1886 – Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
1887 – Lynn Fontanne , British actress (d. 1983)
1887 – Joseph Lamb , American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
1888 – Will Hay , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1890 – Dion Fortune , Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
1890 – Yoshio Nishina , Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1890 – Rudolf Schlichter , German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
1892 – Osbert Sitwell , English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
1893 – Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (d. 1984)
1893 – Sylvia Townsend Warner , English author and poet (d. 1978)
1896 – Ira Gershwin , American songwriter (d. 1983)
1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt , German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
1898 – John McDonald , Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (d. 1977)
1898 – Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1898 – Winifred Lenihan , American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964)
1900 – Agnes Moorehead , American actress (d. 1974)
1901–present
1901 – Eliot Porter , American photographer and academic (d. 1990)
1903 – Tony Lazzeri , American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
1904 – Ève Curie , French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)[ 21]
1905 – Elizabeth Yates , American journalist and author (d. 2001)[ 22]
1907 – John Barkley Rosser Sr. , American logician (d. 1989)
1908 – Herta Freitag , Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)
1908 – Pierre Graber , Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
1908 – Baby Face Nelson , American gangster (d. 1934)[ 21]
1908 – Miklós Szabó , Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
1909 – Rulon Jeffs , American religious leader (d. 2002)
1909 – Alan McGilvray , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996)
1910 – David M. Potter , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1912 – Eleanor Holm , American swimmer and actress (d. 2004)[ 23]
1913 – Karl Haas , German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
1914 – Cyril Washbrook , English cricketer (d. 1999)
1916 – Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
1916 – Kristján Eldjárn , Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
1916 – Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
1917 – Dean Hess , American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
1917 – Kamal Jumblatt , Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)
1917 – Irv Robbins , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
1918 – Tauba Biterman , Polish Holocaust survivor (d. 2019)
1919 – Skippy Baxter , Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)
1919 – Paul de Man , Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (d. 1983)
1920 – Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer (d. 2012)[ 21]
1920 – Peter Dimmock , English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
1920 – George Porter , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1921 – Otto Graham , American football player and coach (d. 2003)[ 21]
1921 – Piero Piccioni , Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman , American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
1924 – Wally Cox , American actor (d. 1973)
1927 – Jim Fuchs , American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
1928 – Bobby Van , American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980)
1929 – Philippe Bouvard , French journalist and radio host
1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt , German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
1929 – Frank Springer , American comic book illustrator (d. 2009)
1929 – Alain Tanner , Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1930 – Daniel Lisulo , Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
1931 – Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
1932 – Kamleshwar , Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
1933 – Henryk Górecki , Polish composer and academic (d. 2010)
1933 – Donald J. Kutyna , American general
1934 – Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
1935 – Jean Lapointe , Canadian actor, singer, and politician (d. 2022)
1936 – Bill Ashton , English saxophonist and composer
1936 – Kenneth Copeland , American evangelist and author
1936 – David Ossman , American writer and comedian
1937 – Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
1938 – Patrick Bauchau , Belgian-American actor[ 24]
1939 – Franco Carraro , Italian politician and sports administrator
1940 – Lawrence Bergman , Canadian lawyer and politician
1940 – Richard Edlund , American visual effects designer and cinematographer
1941 – Helen Cornelius , American country singer-songwriter and actress[ 24]
1941 – Bruce Nauman , American sculptor and illustrator
1941 – Richard Speck , American murderer (d. 1991)
1941 – Bill Thomas , American academic and politician
1942 – Peter Handke , Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Robb Royer , American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
1943 – Mike Smith , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2008)
1943 – Keith West , English rock singer-songwriter and music producer
1944 – Jonathan King , English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender
1945 – Shekhar Kapur , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter[ 21]
1946 – Frankie Beverly , American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer[ 24] (d. 2024)[ 25]
1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1947 – Lawrence Cannon , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 – Henk van Woerden , Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
1947 – Miroslav Vitouš , Czech-American bassist and songwriter
1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé , Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014)
1948 – Don Nickles , American businessman and politician
1948 – Keke Rosberg , Finnish racing driver[ 26]
1948 – JoBeth Williams , American actress[ 21]
1949 – Linda Barnes , American author, playwright, and educator
1949 – Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1949 – Doug Marlette , American author and cartoonist (d. 2007)
1949 – Peter Willey , English cricketer and umpire
1950 – Guy Drut , French hurdler and politician
1950 – Joe Hisaishi , Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke , Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland [ 27]
1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes , English ballerina and producer
1951 – Maurice Hope , Caribbean-English boxer[ 28]
1952 – Nicolas Bréhal , French author and critic (d. 1999)
1952 – Craig Newmark , American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist [ 29]
1952 – Shio Satō , Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
1953 – Sue Carroll , English journalist (d. 2011)
1953 – Gary Goodman , Australian cricketer and coach
1953 – Geoff Hoon , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1953 – Tom Hulce , American actor[ 24]
1953 – Masami Kurumada , Japanese author and illustrator
1954 – Nicola De Maria , Italian painter
1954 – Chris Stamey , American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
1955 – Anne Begg , Scottish educator and politician
1955 – Rick Buckler , English drummer, songwriter, and producer[ 24]
1955 – Graeme Hughes , Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster
1955 – Tony Woodcock , English footballer
1955 – Steven Wright , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter[ 24]
1956 – Peter Buck , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[ 24]
1956 – Hans Kammerlander , Italian mountaineer and guide
1956 – Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1982)
1957 – Adrian Borland , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
1957 – Andrew Cuomo , American politician, 56th Governor of New York [ 21]
1957 – Bill Hanzlik , American basketball player and coach[ 30]
1958 – Nick Park , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 21]
1959 – Deborah Estrin , American computer scientist and academic
1959 – Stephen Hepburn , English politician
1959 – Satoru Iwata , Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015)[ 21]
1959 – Stephen Muggleton , English computer scientist and engineer
1960 – Masahiko Katsuya , Japanese journalist and photographer (d. 2018)
1961 – David Lovering , American drummer[ 24]
1961 – Jonathan Melvoin , American musician (d. 1996)
1961 – Manuel Reuter , German race car driver
1962 – Janine Turner , American actress[ 24]
1962 – Ben Watt , English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter[ 24]
1963 – Ulrich Thomsen , Danish actor and producer
1964 – Mall Nukke , Estonian painter
1965 – Gordon Durie , Scottish footballer and manager
1966 – Natascha Badmann , Swiss triathlete
1966 – Per-Ulrik Johansson , Swedish golfer
1967 – Judd Apatow , American director, producer, and screenwriter[ 24]
1967 – Helen Greiner , American businesswoman and engineer
1967 – Arnaldo Mesa , Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
1968 – Karl Ove Knausgård , Norwegian author[ 21]
1968 – Ali Latifiyan , Iranian writer and political theorist
1968 – Akihiro Yano , Japanese baseball player
1969 – Torri Higginson , Canadian actress
1970 – Ulf Ekberg , Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[ 24]
1970 – Adrian Fenty , American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
1970 – Mark Reckless , English politician
1970 – Jeff Rouse , American swimmer
1971 – Craig Brewer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – José Contreras , Cuban baseball player[ 31]
1971 – Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player
1971 – Naozumi Takahashi , Japanese singer and voice actor
1971 – Carole Thate , Dutch field hockey player
1971 – Ryan White , American activist (d. 1990)[ 21]
1972 – Ewan Birney , English scientist[ 32]
1972 – Heather Mizeur , American lawyer and politician
1974 – Jens Pulver , American mixed martial artist and boxer
1974 – Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Noel Clarke , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Adrian García Arias , Mexican footballer
1976 – Lindsay Price , American actress[ 24]
1977 – Kevin Cash , American baseball player and manager
1977 – Andrew Flintoff , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1977 – Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer
1978 – Chris Başak , American baseball player
1978 – Darrell Jackson , American football player
1978 – Adriana Moisés Pinto , Brazilian basketball player[ 33]
1978 – Ramiro Pez , Argentine rugby player
1979 – Tim Cahill , Australian footballer
1980 – Danielle Downey , American golfer and coach (d. 2014)
1980 – Steve Lovell , English footballer
1980 – Carlos Takam , Cameroonian-French boxer
1981 – Federico Balzaretti , Italian footballer
1982 – Ryan Carnes , American actor and producer
1982 – Alberto Contador , Spanish cyclist[ 21]
1982 – Sean Ervine , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 – Robbie Gould , American football player[ 34]
1982 – Aaron Sandilands , Australian footballer
1982 – Susie Wolff , Scottish race car driver
1984 – Syndric Steptoe , American football player
1984 – Nora Kirkpatrick , American actress and musician
1984 – Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
1985 – Shannon Bobbitt , American basketball player
1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis , Greek swimmer
1985 – R. P. Singh , Indian cricketer
1986 – Sean Edwards , English race car driver (d. 2013)
1986 – Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player
1988 – Adam Eaton , American baseball player
1988 – Ravindra Jadeja , Indian cricketer[ 35]
1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu , Estonian singer and violinist
1988 – Nils Petersen , German footballer
1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki , Japanese voice actor
1989 – Felix Schiller , German footballer
1990 – Tamira Paszek , Austrian tennis player
1991 – Rachel Jarry , Australian basketball player[ 36]
1991 – Milica Mandić , Serbian taekwondo athlete[ 37]
1991 – Coco Vandeweghe , American tennis player
1992 – Viktor Antipin , Russian ice hockey player[ 38]
1992 – Britt Assombalonga , Congolese footballer
1992 – Johnny Manziel , American football player[ 24]
1993 – Jasprit Bumrah , Indian cricketer
1993 – Elián González , Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000[ 39]
1993 – Tautau Moga , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1994 – Giannis Antetokounmpo , Greek-Nigerian basketball player[ 24]
1994 – Wakatakakage Atsushi , Japanese sumo wrestler[ 40]
1994 – Shreyas Iyer , Indian cricketer[ 41]
1995 – A Boogie wit da Hoodie , American rapper and singer-songwriter[ 21]
1996 – Davide Calabria , Italian footballer
1996 – Stefanie Scott , American actress and singer[ 21]
1997 – Sabrina Ionescu , American basketball player[ 42]
1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska , Latvian figure skater
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi , Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 – Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
1675 – John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
1686 – Eleonora Gonzaga , Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
1716 – Benedictus Buns , Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
1718 – Nicholas Rowe , English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (b. 1699)
1788 – Jonathan Shipley , English bishop (b. 1714)
1855 – William John Swainson , English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
1868 – August Schleicher , German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American businessman (b. 1814)
1882 – Alfred Escher , Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
1882 – Anthony Trollope , English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
1889 – Jefferson Davis , American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
1892 – Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
1901–present
1918 – Alexander Dianin , Russian chemist (b. 1851)
1921 – Said Halim Pasha , Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
1945 – Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
1951 – Harold Ross , American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
1955 – Honus Wagner , American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1956 – B. R. Ambedkar , Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
1961 – Frantz Fanon , Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
1964 – Evert van Linge , Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
1972 – Janet Munro , English actress and singer (b. 1934)
1974 – Nikolay Kuznetsov , Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
1976 – João Goulart , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1980 – Charles Deutsch , French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney , Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
1983 – Lucienne Boyer , French singer and actress (b. 1903)
1983 – Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
1985 – Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
1985 – Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
1985 – Carroll Cole , American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (b. 1938)[ 44]
1988 – Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
1989 – Frances Bavier , American actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
1989 – John Payne , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
1991 – Mimi Smith , English nurse (b. 1906)
1991 – Richard Stone , English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1993 – Don Ameche , American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1994 – Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
1996 – Pete Rozelle , American businessman (b. 1926)
1997 – Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
1998 – César Baldaccini , French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
2000 – Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Aziz Mian , Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
2001 – Charles McClendon , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2002 – Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (b. 1923)
2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
2005 – Charly Gaul , Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 – Devan Nair , Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
2005 – Danny Williams , South African singer (b. 1942)
2005 – William P. Yarborough , American general (b. 1912)
2006 – John Feeney , New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Mark Dailey , American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
2011 – Dobie Gray , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó , Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
2012 – Jan Carew , Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr. , Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton , English guitarist (b. 1951)
2012 – Pedro Vaz , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers , French poet and critic (b. 1939)
2013 – Stan Tracey , English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2013 – M. K. Turk , American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2014 – Ralph H. Baer , German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
2014 – Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2014 – Fred Hawkins , American golfer (b. 1923)
2014 – Luke Somers , English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
2015 – Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
2015 – Liu Juying , Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
2015 – Nicholas Smith , British actor (b. 1934)
2016 – Peter Vaughan , British actor (b. 1923)
2024 – Maggie Tabberer , Australian fashion model and television personality (b. 1936)[ 45]
Holidays and observances
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