March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 196 BC – Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
- 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication, interdiction, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse against Venice, which had unjustly seized on Ferrara, a fief of the Patrimony of Peter.
- 1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
- 1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
- 1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- 1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
- 1812 – Hugh McGary Jr. established what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River.
- 1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- 1851 – First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
- 1854 – Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
- 1871 – The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1881 – Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
- 1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse.
- 1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
- 1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
- 1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo led Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine-American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
- 1910 – A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
- 1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
- 1918 – Bessarabia joins the Kingdom of Romania.
- 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
- 1941 – World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
- 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
- 1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
- 1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
- 1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 – Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
- 1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
- 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
- 1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
- 1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1980 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
- 1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
- 1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
- 1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
- 1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- 1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
- 2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71.
- 2002 – Passover Massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya, Israel.
- 2004 – HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2009 – Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
- 2009 – A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.
[edit] Births
- 972 – King Robert II of France (d. 1031)
- 1416 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. 1480)
- 1627 – Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
- 1676 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian nationalist (d. 1735)
- 1696 – Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)
- 1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. 1762)
- 1709 – William Flackton, English bookseller, publisher, organist, violinist, viola player and composer (d. 1798)
- 1710 – Joseph Abaco, Belgian violoncellist and composer (d. 1805)
- 1712 – Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. 1779)
- 1714 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (d. 1795)
- 1730 – Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
- 1746 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (d. 1767)
- 1760 – Ishmail Spicer, American composer (d. 1832)
- 1765 – Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
- 1784 – Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, Hungarian philologist (d. 1842)
- 1785 – King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
- 1796 – Robert James Graves, Irish physician and surgeon ⟨d. 1853⟩
- 1797 – Alfred de Vigny, French author (d. 1863)
- 1809 – Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian entrepreneur and politician (d. 1886)
- 1809 – Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (d. 1891)
- 1810 – William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. 1886)
- 1813 – Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
- 1817 – Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist and botanist (d. 1891)
- 1818 – Erminia Frezzolini, Italian operatic soprano ⟨d. 1884⟩
- 1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
- 1847 – Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
- 1851 – Vincent d'Indy, French opera composer and teacher (d. 1931)
- 1857 – Karl Pearson, English statistician and mathematician (d. 1936)
- 1859 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
- 1860 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
- 1863 – Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
- 1868 – Patty Smith Hill, American educator (d. 1946)
- 1869 – James McNeill, Irish politician (d. 1938)
- 1871 – Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (d. 1948)
- 1871 – Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950)
- 1875 – Jean Cau, French rower
- 1876 – Gerhard Kowalewski, German mathematician ⟨d. 1950⟩
- 1877 – Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
- 1879 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
- 1882 – Mark Arie, American sports shooter ⟨d. 1958⟩
- 1883 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
- 1883 – Paul McCullough, American actor and comedian ⟨d. 1936⟩
- 1886 – Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934)
- 1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Bouke Benenga, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
- 1890 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, British naval officer (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Ferde Grofé, American composer and pianist (d. 1972)
- 1892 – Dorrit Weixler, German actress (d. 1916)
- 1892 – Wilhelm Wulff, German-Austrian astrologer and writer ⟨d. 1979⟩
- 1893 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (d. 1947)
- 1894 – René Fonck, French military commander ⟨d. 1953⟩
- 1895 – Betty Schade, German-born American actress (d. 1982)
- 1898 – Alma Tell, American actress (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1897 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
- 1901 – Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1901 – Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 1963)
- 1901 – Eisaku Sato, Japanese statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
- 1901 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
- 1902 – Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
- 1903 – Leif Tronstad, Norwegian scientist ⟨d. 1945⟩
- 1905 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Pee Wee Russell, American jazz musician (d. 1969)
- 1909 – Golo Mann, German historian (d. 1994)
- 1909 – Ben Webster, American jazz and tenor saxophonist (d. 1973)
- 1912 – James Callaghan, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1914 – Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (d. 2009)
- 1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
- 1920 – Robin Jacques, British illustrator (d. 1995)
- 1920 – Richard Hayman, American conductor
- 1921 – Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Dick King-Smith English author (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2003)
- 1923 – Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. 1996)
- 1923 – Louis Simpson, Jamaican poet (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1926 – Frank O'Hara, American poet (d. 1966)
- 1927 – Jean Beetz, Canadian lawyer, professor and judge (d. 1991)
- 1927 – Anthony Lewis, American journalist and writer
- 1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1930 – Daniel Spoerri, Swiss painter
- 1930 – Bob den Uyl, Dutch writer (d. 1992)
- 1931 – David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1933 – Michel Guérard, French chef and businessman
- 1934 – Peter Schamoni, German film director and producer ⟨d. 2011⟩
- 1935 – Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
- 1935 – Julian Glover, British actor
- 1935 – Stanley Rother, American Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981)
- 1936 – Otmar Issing, German economist
- 1937 – Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter
- 1939 – Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman
- 1940 – Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1940 – Austin Pendleton, American actor
- 1940 – Silvano Bertini, Italian welterweight boxer
- 1941 – Ivan Gašparovič, Slovakian politician, President of the Slovak Republic
- 1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Oreste Rizzini, Italian voice actor ⟨d. 2008⟩
- 1941 – Per Kibsgaard-Petersen, Norwegian banker and civil servant
- 1942 – John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1942 – Michael York, English actor
- 1942 – Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (d. 2008)
- 1946 – Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
- 1946 – Michael Aris, British academic ⟨d. 1999⟩
- 1947 – Marc-Yvan Côté, Canadian politician
- 1947 – Brian Jones, British balloonist
- 1947 – Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1947 – Aad de Mos, Dutch football coach
- 1947 – Walt Mossberg, American journalist
- 1947 – Craig Defoy, Welsh golfer
- 1950 – Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
- 1950 – Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician and academic
- 1950 – Lynn McGlothen, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1952 – Jan Albers, Dutch field hockey player
- 1952 – Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1952 – Richard Séguin, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1952 – Dana Stabenow, American author
- 1953 – Edwarda O'Bara, American coma patient (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist
- 1954 – Robbie Haines, American sailor
- 1955 – Lefteris Pantazis, Greek singer
- 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, Spanish politician, 6th Prime Minister of Spain
- 1956 – Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist
- 1956 – Thomas Wassberg, Swedish skier
- 1957 – Nick Hawkins, British politician
- 1957 – Billy Mackenzie, Scottish tenor and musician (Associates) (d. 1997)
- 1957 – Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and football manager
- 1959 – Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
- 1959 – Mariusz Strzałka, Polish fencer
- 1960 – Hans Pflügler, German footballer
- 1960 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Legião Urbana and Aborto Elétrico) (d. 1996)
- 1960 – Mark Lovell, English Rally driver (d. 2003)
- 1961 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z and TMG)
- 1961 – Tony Rominger, Swiss cyclist
- 1962 – Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1962 – Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player
- 1962 – John O'Farrell, British broadcaster, author and satirist
- 1963 – Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo)
- 1963 – Randall Cunningham, American football player
- 1963 – Bedabrata Pain, Indian film director and inventor
- 1963 – Dave Koz, American saxophonist
- 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- 1963 – Jörg Michael, German musician
- 1963 – Xuxa, Brazilian actress, children's entertainer, singer, and television host
- 1964 – Glenn Carter, English actor and singer
- 1964 – Kad Merad, French-Algerian actor
- 1966 – Paula Trickey, American actress
- 1966 – Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist
- 1966 – Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player
- 1967 – David Bavaro, American football player
- 1967 – Talisa Soto, American actress
- 1967 – Kenta Kobashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1968 – Sandra Hess, Swiss actress and model
- 1969 – Kevin Corrigan, American actor
- 1969 – Stéphane Morin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer
- 1969 – Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1970 – Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player
- 1970 – Kathalijne Buitenweg, Dutch politician
- 1970 – Brent Fitz, Canadian musician (Theory of a Deadman, Union, Econoline Crush, and Indigenous)
- 1970 – Brendan Hill, British drummer (Blues Traveler and Stolen Ogre)
- 1970 – Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001)
- 1970 – Mariah Carey, American singer and actress
- 1970 – Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
- 1970 – Uwe Rosenberg, German board game designer
- 1971 – David Coulthard, Scottish Formula One driver
- 1971 – Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
- 1972 – Charles Doyle Haas II, American wrestler
- 1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- 1973 – Ade Adepitan, British wheelchair basketball player
- 1973 – Rui Jorge, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 – Russ Haas, American wrestler (d. 2001)
- 1974 – George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer
- 1974 – Patrick van Loon, Dutch judoka
- 1974 – Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
- 1975 – Fergie, American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid)
- 1975 – Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter
- 1975 – Chakrit Yamnam, Thai actor
- 1976 – Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer
- 1976 – Danny Fortson, American basketball player
- 1976 – Carl Ng, Hong Kong-British actor and model
- 1977 – Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
- 1977 – Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 – Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek artistic gymnast
- 1978 – Nick Serra, American mixed martial artist
- 1978 – Noname Jane, American porn actress and model
- 1979 – Michael Cuddyer, American baseball player
- 1979 – Marcello Salazar, Brazilian martial artist
- 1980 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer and songwriter (Lùnapop)
- 1980 – Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
- 1981 – Carey Davis, American football player
- 1981 – Lin Jun Jie, Chinese singer and actor
- 1981 – Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner
- 1981 – Cacau, German-Brazilian soccer player
- 1981 – Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 – Brian Miner, American comedian
- 1982 – Kurara Chibana, Japanese model, 1st Runner-up for Miss Universe 2006
- 1982 – Iman Crosson, American actor, impressionist and dancer
- 1983 – Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer
- 1984 – Michaël Cordier, Belgian footballer
- 1984 – Laura Critchley, British singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Brett Holman, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Ben Franks, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Dario Baldauf, Austrian footballer
- 1985 – Stijn De Smet, Belgian footballer
- 1985 – Caroline Winberg, Swedish model
- 1986 – Melissa Stern (Baby M), American custody case figure
- 1986 – SoCal Val, American wrestler and valet
- 1986 – Dan Bull, British rapper
- 1986 – Manuel Neuer, German footballer
- 1986 – George Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987 – Cláudio, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 – Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Buster Posey, American baseball player
- 1987 – Victor Vito, New Zealand rugby player
- 1988 – Brenda Song, American actress
- 1988 – Jessie J, British singer
- 1990 – Alessio Bugno, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Kimbra Johnson, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- 1990 – Nicolas N'Koulou, Cameroonian footballer
- 1990 – Scott Selwood, Australian rules footballer
- 1990 – Janina Toljan, Austrian tennis player
- 1992 – Pedro Obiang, Spanish footballer
- 1992 – Aoi Yūki, Japanese voice actress
- 1994 – Lucia Mokrášová, Slovak heptathlete
- 1995 – Taylor Atelian, American teen actress
[edit] Deaths
- 710 – Rupert of Salzburg
- 973 – Herman, Duke of Saxony
- 1191 – Pope Clement III (b. 1130)
- 1350 – King Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
- 1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
- 1462 – Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
- 1482 – Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457)
- 1555 – William Hunter, Protestant martyr
- 1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. c. 1523)
- 1625 – King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
- 1635 – Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat (b. 1597)
- 1679 – Abraham Minjon, Dutch painter (b. 1640)
- 1697 – Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. 1603)
- 1757 – Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (b. 1717)
- 1770 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian artist (b. 1696)
- 1809 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (b. 1716)
- 1827 – François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)
- 1836 – James Fannin, American military figure on the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution (b. 1804)
- 1843 – Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769)
- 1849 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776)
- 1850 – Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797)
- 1864 – Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)
- 1865 – Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)
- 1873 – Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian (b. 1797)
- 1875 – Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803)
- 1878 – Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811)
- 1879 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1868)
- 1889 – John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811)
- 1897 – Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)
- 1898 – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1817)
- 1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist; son of Louis Agassiz (b. 1835)
- 1918 – Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838)
- 1918 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-born athlete (b. 1881)
- 1923 – Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
- 1924 – Walter Parratt, English composer (b. 1841)
- 1926 – Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
- 1927 – Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842)
- 1931 – Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. 1867)
- 1934 – Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer, politician and statesman, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
- 1940 – Madeleine Astor, RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1893)
- 1940 – Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand Prime Minister (b. 1872)
- 1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda, Japan industrialist (b. 1894)
- 1965 – Dirk Lotsy, Dutch footballer (b. 1882)
- 1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- 1967 – Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
- 1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- 1972 – Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
- 1972 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
- 1977 – A. P. Hamann, American politician (b. 1909)
- 1977 – Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936)
- 1977 – Eve Meyer, American model (b. 1928)
- 1977 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch Aviator (b. 1927)
- 1978 – Nat Bailey, Canadian restaurateur, founder of White Spot (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Olle Björklund, Swedish actor and news presenter (b. 1916)
- 1981 – Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
- 1982 – Betty Schade, German-born American actress (b. 1895)
- 1988 – Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934)
- 1989 – May Allison, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1989 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (b. 1936)
- 1991 – Ralph Bates, British actor (b. 1940)
- 1991 – Aldo Ray, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1992 – Easley Blackwood, American bridge player (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1931)
- 1993 – Paul László, Hungarian interior designer and architect (b. 1900)
- 1995 – René Allio, French director (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist (b. 1944)
- 1998 – David McClelland, American psychologist (b. 1917)
- 1998 – Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile manufacturer (b. 1909)
- 2000 – Ian Dury, English musician (The Blockheads) (b. 1942)
- 2002 – Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
- 2002 – Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Billy Wilder, American director (b. 1906)
- 2003 – Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 – Ricardo Munguía, Salvadoran aid worker (b. 1960)
- 2003 – Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936)
- 2004 – Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (b. 1984)
- 2005 – Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor (b. 1949)
- 2005 – Wilfred Bigelow, Canadian heart surgeon (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)
- 2006 – Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925)
- 2006 – Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)
- 2006 – Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1929)
- 2008 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA (b. 1921)
- 2008 – George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. 1947)
- 2009 – Jack Dreyfus, American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian grandmaster and World Chess Champion (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Hilton Kramer, American critic and essayist (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Warren Stevens, American actor (b. 1919)
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