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September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
- 1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
- 1331 – Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
- 1380 – Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
- 1449 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
- 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
- 1514 – Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
- 1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
- 1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
- 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- 1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
- 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
- 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
- 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1860 – The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
- 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- 1888 – In England the first six Football League matches are played.
- 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- 1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
- 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- 1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
- 1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
- 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- 1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
- 1935 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
- 1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.
- 1943 – World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
- 1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
- 1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
- 1944 – World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
- 1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
- 1951 – Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
- 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- 1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
- 1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
- 1962 – Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
- 1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.
- 1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
- 1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
- 1967 – The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
- 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
- 1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
- 1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.
- 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
- 1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
- 1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
- 2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
- 2005 – Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
[edit] Births
- 801 – Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
- 828 – Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)
- 1157 – King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
- 1209 – King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
- 1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)
- 1380 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
- 1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
- 1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)
- 1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
- 1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
- 1621 – Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
- 1633 – Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
- 1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1698 – François Francoeur, French composer and violinist (d. 1787)
- 1742 – Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)
- 1749 – Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
- 1749 – Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, Italian-born French aristocrat (d. 1792)
- 1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
- 1767 – August von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1845)
- 1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, Roman Catholic mystic, stigmatic, visionary (d. 1824)
- 1779 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
- 1783 – Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
- 1804 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
- 1814 – Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
- 1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian operatic soprano, 2nd wife of Giuseppe Verdi (d. 1897)
- 1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)
- 1828 – Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier (d. 1914)
- 1828 – Clarence Cook, American writer and art critic (d. 1900)
- 1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
- 1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910)
- 1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
- 1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
- 1846 – Catchick Paul Chater, Hong Kong businessman(d. 1926)
- 1851 – John Jenkins, American-born Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
- 1852 – Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
- 1857 – Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
- 1873 – Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907)
- 1873 – David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
- 1881 – Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
- 1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1921)
- 1886 – Ninon Vallin, French operatic soprano (d. 1961)
- 1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)
- 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
- 1889 – Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
- 1894 – John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (d. 1974)
- 1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
- 1895 – Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)
- 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)
- 1900 – Tilly Devine, Australian crime figure and madam (d. 1970)
- 1900 – Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)
- 1901 – Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Jane Arbor, British writer (d. 1994)
- 1904 – Tzavalas Karousos, Greek actor (d. 1969)
- 1905 – Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity (d. 2010)
- 1905 – Henry Wilcoxon, British film actor (d. 1984)
- 1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet statesman and Party activist (d. 1990)
- 1907 – William Wentworth, Australian politician (d. 2003)
- 1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1991)
- 1914 – Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)
- 1915 – Frank Cady, American actor
- 1915 – Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (d. 1992)
- 1917 – Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian
- 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
- 1923 – Rasul Gamzatov, Avar poet (d. 2003)
- 1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec politician
- 1924 – Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
- 1924 – Jean-Paul Cloutier, Quebec politician
- 1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
- 1925 – Jacqueline Ceballos, American feminist and activist
- 1927 – Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1929 – Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
- 1929 – Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1930 – Mario Adorf, Swiss-born German actor
- 1930 – Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese politician (d. 2011)
- 1930 – Robert W. Firestone, American clinical psychologist, author and visual artist.
- 1931 – John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian singer
- 1933 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
- 1933 – Michael Frayn, British playwright
- 1933 – Eric Salzman, American composer
- 1934 – Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
- 1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
- 1937 – Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)
- 1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer
- 1938 – Sam Nunn, American politician
- 1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
- 1939 – Guitar Shorty, American musician
- 1940 – Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle
- 1940 – Jack Prelutsky, American author
- 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
- 1942 – Brian Cole, American musician (The Association) (d. 1972)
- 1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
- 1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer
- 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
- 1945 – Jon Scieszka, American author
- 1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946 – Ronnie Burns, Australian rock singer and guitarist
- 1946 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player
- 1947 – Ann Beattie, American writer
- 1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
- 1947 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
- 1947 – Halldor Asgrimsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1950 – Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter
- 1950 – Mike Simpson, American politician
- 1951 – Tim (d. 1996) and Tom Gullikson, American tennis player brothers
- 1951 – Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer
- 1951 – Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
- 1953 – Pascal Greggory, French actor
- 1954 – Mark Lindsay Chapman, English film and television actor
- 1954 – Anne Diamond, English television presenter
- 1954 – Mark Foley, American politician
- 1954 – Michael Shermer, American science writer
- 1954 – Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician
- 1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
- 1955 – Julian Richings, English-born Canadian actor
- 1956 – Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken)
- 1956 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 – Stefan Johansson, Swedish Formula One driver
- 1956 – Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
- 1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress
- 1958 – Michael Lardie, American musician
- 1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
- 1959 – Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor
- 1959 – Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer and children's entertainer
- 1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)
- 1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
- 1960 – David Steele, English musician
- 1960 – Aguri Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
- 1961 – Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist
- 1962 – Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
- 1962 – Christopher Klim, American novelist
- 1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
- 1962 – Jay Ziskrout, American punk bassist ex-Bad Religion
- 1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
- 1963 – Brad Silberling, American television and film director
- 1963 – Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
- 1964 – Michael Johns, American business executive
- 1964 – Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
- 1964 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
- 1965 – Darlene Zschech, Australian Christian Singer
- 1966 – Carola, Swedish singer
- 1966 – Peter Furler, Australian musician (Newsboys)
- 1967 – Kimberly Peirce, American film director
- 1968 – Ray Wilson, Scottish musician
- 1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
- 1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1969 – Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
- 1969 – Chris Powell, English footballer
- 1970 – Neko Case, American musician
- 1970 – Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
- 1970 – Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
- 1970 – Paul DiPietro, Canadian-born Swiss ice hockey player
- 1970 – Brad Cain, American professional wrestler
- 1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player
- 1971 – David Arquette, American actor
- 1971 – Brooke Burke, American model
- 1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor
- 1971 – Khalid Gonçalves, American actor
- 1971 – Lachlan Murdoch, Australian media executive
- 1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
- 1971 – Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
- 1971 – Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
- 1972 – Os du Randt, South African rugby player
- 1972 – Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
- 1972 – Lisa Kennedy, American television personality
- 1972 – Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
- 1972 – Phil Laak, Irish-born American professional poker player
- 1973 – Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1973 – Troy Sanders, American bassist Mastodon
- 1974 – Marios Agathokleous, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1974 – Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
- 1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian
- 1975 – Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
- 1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
- 1975 – Larenz Tate, American actor
- 1975 – Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer
- 1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
- 1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1976 – Gerald Drummond and Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballers
- 1976 – Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)
- 1976 – Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter
- 1977 – Nate Corddry, American actor
- 1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player
- 1978 – Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer
- 1978 – Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Gil Meche, American baseball player
- 1978 – Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and performer
- 1979 – Pink, American singer
- 1980 – Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Slim Thug, American rapper
- 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
- 1982 – Travis Daniels, American football player
- 1983 – Wali Lundy, American football player
- 1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1983 – Will Blalock, American basketball player
- 1983 – Chris Judd, Australian rules footballer
- 1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
- 1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
- 1984 – Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
- 1984 – Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
- 1986 – João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player
- 1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1987 – Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
- 1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American hip-hop artist
- 1988 – Arrelious Benn, American football player
- 1988 – Caitlin Hill, Australian internet personality
- 1988 – Chantal Jones, American fashion model
- 1988 – Gustav Schäfer, German drummer (Tokio Hotel)
- 1989 – Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1989 – Avicii (also known as Tim Berg), Swedish DJ and Producer
- 1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
- 1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
- 1997 – Kimberlea Berg, English actress
[edit] Deaths
- 394 – Arbogast, Frankish general
- 701 – Pope Sergius I
- 780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
- 1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. c.1029)
- 1134 – King Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. c.1073)
- 1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355)
- 1425 – King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1539 – John Stokesley, English churchman
- 1560 – Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1532)
- 1601 – John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1530)
- 1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
- 1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- 1637 – Robert Fludd, English mystic (b. 1574)
- 1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
- 1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (b. 1580)
- 1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
- 1675 – Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, countess of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602)
- 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
- 1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
- 1739 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
- 1755 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715)
- 1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
- 1780 – Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736)
- 1784 – Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
- 1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
- 1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)
- 1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
- 1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
- 1888 – Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 1836)
- 1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)
- 1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player and murderer, who suicided on Devil's Island (b. 1853)
- 1933 – King Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
- 1935 – Carl Weiss, American doctor, assassin of Huey Long (b. 1906)
- 1943 – Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (executed) (b. 1903)
- 1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881)
- 1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
- 1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1954 – André Derain, French artist, sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1969 – Bud Collyer, American television game show host (b. 1908)
- 1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b. 1868)
- 1970 – Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
- 1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, German operatic tenor (b. 1914)
- 1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)
- 1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1991 – Alex North, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1995 – Erich Kunz, Austrian operatic bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- 1999 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Bill Ricker, Canadian founder of fisheries science (b. 1908)
- 2002 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (b. 1909)
- 2002 – Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
- 2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
- 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
- 2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Donald Horne, Australian journalist, social critic (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Frank Middlemass, actor (b. 1919)
- 2006 – Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
- 2007 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist and conservationist (b. 1916)
- 2008 – Evan Tanner, UFC Champion (b. 1971)
- 2008 – Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972)
- 2008 – Ralph Plaisted, American polar explorer, member of a team that made the first confirmed surface conquest of the North Pole (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Ray Barrett, Australian film and television actor (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
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