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August 4 is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year.
367 – Gratian , son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I , is named co-Augustus by his father and associated to the throne aged eight.598 – Goguryeo-Sui War : Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong ), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea ) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.1265 – Second Barons' War : Battle of Evesham : The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England ) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , killing de Montfort and many of his allies.1327 – First War of Scottish Independence : James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England .1532 – The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France .1578 – Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir : The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry , as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon 's invention of champagne , however it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne , however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine .1704 – War of the Spanish Succession : Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles .1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine , which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.1789 – In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges .1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service United States Coast Guard ).1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars .1796 – French Revolutionary Wars : Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato .1821 – The Saturday Evening Post 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces.1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.1863 – Matica slovenská , Slovakia 's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation , is established in Martin .1873 – American Indian Wars : While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana , the United States 7th Cavalry , under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River ; only one man on each side is killed.1889 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.1902 – The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.1906 – Central railway station, Sydney opens.1914 – World War I : Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality .1915 – World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915 .1924 – Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime .1944 – The Holocaust : A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank , her family, and four others.1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic . One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established.1958 – The Billboard Hot 1001964 – American civil rights movement : Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner , Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21 .1964 – Gulf of Tonkin incident : U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin .
1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.1969 – Vietnam War : At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.1974 – A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro , Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires . The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya .1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy .1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso .1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".1991 – The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King 's civil rights .1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia .2002 – Soham murders : Ten-year-old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham , Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom.2005 – Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th Governor General .2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).2007 – NASA 's Phoenix
1222 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester , English soldier (d. 1262)1290 – Leopold I, Duke of Austria (d. 1326)1521 – Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)1604 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac , French cleric and author (d. 1676)1701 – Thomas Blackwell , Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)1704 – Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)1721 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)1755 – Nicolas-Jacques Conté , French soldier and painter (d. 1805)1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley , English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1822)1805 – William Rowan Hamilton , Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)1821 – Louis Vuitton , French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)1821 – James Springer White , American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
1834 – John Venn , English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)1839 – Walter Pater , English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)1844 – Henri Berger , German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)1853 – John Henry Twachtman , American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)1859 – Knut Hamsun , Norwegian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)1867 – Jake Beckley , American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)1870 – Harry Lauder , Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)1876 – Giovanni Giuriati , Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)1884 – Béla Balázs , Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)1884 – Henri Cornet , French cyclist (d. 1941)
1887 – Albert M. Greenfield , Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)1888 – Taher Saifuddin , Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)1890 – Dolf Luque , Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)1891 – Margit Makay , Hungarian actress (d. 1989)1893 – Fritz Gause , German historian and curator (d. 1973)1898 – Ernesto Maserati , Italian automotive engineer and racer (d. 1975)1899 – Ezra Taft Benson , American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)1901 – Louis Armstrong , American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)1901 – Clarence Passailaigue , Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1902 – Bill Hallahan , American baseball player (d. 1981)1904 – Witold Gombrowicz , Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)1904 – Helen Kane , American singer and actress (d. 1966)
1904 – Joe Tate , English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
1906 – Marie José of Belgium (d. 2001)1906 – Eugen Schuhmacher , German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)
1908 – Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor (d. 1994)1909 – Glenn Cunningham , American runner and academic (d. 1988)1909 – Saunders Mac Lane , American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
1910 – Anita Page , American actress and singer (d. 2008)1910 – William Schuman , American composer and educator (d. 1992)
1910 – Hedda Sterne , Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)
1912 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)1912 – David Raksin , American composer and educator (d. 2004)
1912 – Raoul Wallenberg , Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)
1913 – Robert Hayden , American poet and educator (d. 1980)1913 – Johann Niemann , German lieutenant (d. 1943)
1915 – Warren Avis , American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)1917 – John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)1918 – Brian Crozier , Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)1918 – Iceberg Slim , American pimp and author (d. 1992)
1919 – Michel Déon , French author, playwright, and critic1920 – Helen Thomas , American journalist and author (d. 2013)1921 – Herb Ellis , American guitarist (d. 2010)1921 – Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
1922 – Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)1926 – George Irving Bell , American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)1926 – Perry Moss , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1927 – Jess Thomas , American tenor (d. 1993)1928 – Christian Goethals , Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)1928 – Gerard Damiano , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1929 – Kishore Kumar , Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)1930 – Ali al-Sistani , Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar1932 – Frances E. Allen , American computer scientist and academic1932 – Liang Congjie , Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)
1934 – Dallas Green , American baseball player and manager1935 – Carol Arthur , American actress and producer1935 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt , German footballer and coach (d. 1997)
1935 – Michael J. Noonan , Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)
1936 – Giorgos Zographos , Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)1937 – David Bedford , English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)1938 – Ellen Schrecker , American historian and academic1939 – Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling , English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1939 – Frank Vincent , American actor and producer
1940 – Robin Harper , Scottish academic and politician1940 – Larry Knechtel , American bass player and pianist (Bread and The Wrecking Crew ) (d. 2009)
1940 – Frances Stewart , English economist and academic
1940 – Timi Yuro , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1941 – Martin Jarvis , English actor1941 – Ted Strickland , American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
1942 – Don S. Davis , American actor and painter (d. 2008)1942 – Cleon Jones , American baseball player
1942 – David Lange , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)
1943 – Vicente Álvarez Areces , Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias 1943 – Georgina Hale , English actress and singer
1943 – Bjørn Wirkola , Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
1944 – Amjad Islam Amjad , Pakistani poet, screenwriter, and songwriter1944 – Richard Belzer , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Orhan Gencebay , Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1944 – Allan McCollum , American sculptor and academic
1944 – Doudou Ndoye , Senegalese lawyer and politician
1945 – Paul McCarthy , American painter and sculptor1945 – Alan Mulally , American engineer and businessman
1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett , English-American hairdresser (d. 1994)1946 – Aleksei Turovski , Estonian zoologist and ethologist
1947 – Klaus Schulze , German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream , Ash Ra Tempel , and The Cosmic Jokers )1948 – Johnny Grubb , American baseball player and coach1949 – John Riggins , American football player, sportscaster, and actor1950 – Caldwell Jones , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)1950 – N. Rangaswamy , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry 1951 – Peter Goodfellow , English geneticist and academic1952 – James Arbuthnot , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 1952 – Moya Brennan , Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (Clannad and T with the Maggies )
1952 – Gábor Demszky , Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
1953 – Joanie Spina , American magician, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)1953 – Vini Reilly , English guitarist (The Durutti Column and The Invisible Girls )
1953 – Hiroyuki Usui , Japanese footballer and manager
1954 – Anatoliy Kinakh , Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine 1954 – François Valéry , Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1955 – Alberto Gonzales , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton , American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (The Boxmasters )
1956 – Gerry Cooney , American boxer and promoter1957 – Brooks D. Simpson , American historian and author1957 – Valdis Valters , Latvian basketball player and coach
1957 – John Wark , Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1958 – Ian Broudie , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Lightning Seeds , Big in Japan , and Care )1958 – Allison Hedge Coke , American-Canadian poet and academic
1958 – Mary Decker , American runner
1958 – Kym Karath , American actress and singer
1958 – Silvan Shalom , Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1959 – Robbin Crosby , American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt ) (d. 2002)1959 – John Gormley , Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
1960 – Chuck C. Lopez , American jockey1960 – Dean Malenko , American wrestler, referee, and trainer
1960 – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain
1960 – Bernard Rose , English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1960 – Tim Winton , Australian author and playwright
1961 – Eddie James , American murderer and sex offender1961 – Barack Obama , American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate
1961 – Lauren Tom , American actress and singer
1962 – Roger Clemens , American baseball player and actor1962 – David Nunn , English actor (d. 2012)
1962 – Paul Reynolds , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls )
1964 – Andrew Bartlett , Australian social worker and politician1964 – Gary King , English radio host
1964 – Anna Sui , American fashion designer
1965 – Adam Afriyie , English businessman and politician1965 – Terri Lyne Carrington , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Yellowjackets )
1965 – Crystal Chappell , American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Dennis Lehane , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1965 – Wayne Pacelle , American humanitarian and author
1965 – Fredrik Reinfeldt , Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden
1965 – Michael Skibbe , German footballer and manager
1965 – James Tupper , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1966 – Kensuke Sasaki , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist1967 – Timothy Adams , American model and actor1967 – Tom Anderson , American radio host and politician
1967 – Michael Marsh , American sprinter
1968 – Daniel Dae Kim , South Korean-American actor1968 – Lee Mack , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Marcus Schenkenberg , Swedish-Dutch model and actor
1969 – Mark Bickley , Australian footballer and coach1969 – Max Cavalera , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sepultura , Soulfly , Nailbomb , and Cavalera Conspiracy )
1969 – Michael DeLuise , American actor, director, and producer
1969 – Vlad Ivanov , Romanian actor
1969 – Troy O'Leary , American baseball player
1970 – John August , American director and screenwriter1970 – Bret Baier , American journalist
1970 – Steve House , American mountaineer
1970 – Steven Jack , South African cricketer
1970 – Ron Lester , American actor and producer
1970 – Kate Silverton , English journalist
1971 – Bethan Benwell , English linguist, author, and academic1971 – Rei Dan , Japanese actress
1971 – Jeff Gordon , American race car driver and actor
1972 – Stefan Brogren , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1973 – Eva Amaral , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amaral )1973 – Xavier Marchand , French swimmer
1973 – Marek Penksa , Slovak footballer
1973 – Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , Brazilian footballer
1974 – Chris Crippin , Canadian drummer (Hedley )1974 – Kily González , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Keenan Milton , American skateboarder (d. 2001)
1974 – Dominic Ochoa , Filipino actor
1975 – Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah , Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2014)1975 – Andy Hallett , American actor and singer (d. 2009)
1975 – Nikos Liberopoulos , Greek footballer
1975 – Joe Saenz , American gangster
1975 – Jutta Urpilainen , Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
1975 – Daniella van Graas , Dutch model and actress
1976 – Andrew McLeod , Australian footballer1976 – Trevor Woodman , English rugby player and coach
1977 – Frankie Kazarian , American wrestler1977 – Luís Boa Morte , Portuguese footballer and manager
1978 – Jeremy Adduono , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1978 – Luke Allen , American baseball player
1978 – Victor Marius Beliciu , Romanian sitar player
1978 – Kurt Busch , American race car driver
1978 – Mick Cain , American actor
1978 – Agnė Eggerth , Lithuanian sprinter
1978 – Ibán Espadas , Spanish footballer
1978 – Shaunard Harts , American football player
1978 – Satoshi Hino , American-Japanese voice actor
1978 – Benet Kaci , Kosovan journalist and singer
1978 – Jon Knott , American baseball player
1978 – Karine Legault , Canadian swimmer
1978 – Duane Ludwig , American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
1978 – Sandeep Naik , Indian politician
1978 – Danish Nawaz , Pakistani actor and director
1978 – Siri Nordby , Norwegian footballer
1978 – JD Samson , American DJ and producer (Le Tigre , MEN , and The New England Roses )
1978 – Ricardo Serrano , Spanish cyclist
1978 – Per-Åge Skrøder , Norwegian ice hockey player
1978 – Michail Stifunin , Russian ice dancer
1979 – Robin Peterson , South African cricketer1980 – Richard Dawson , English cricketer and coach1981 – Erica Carlson , Swedish actress1981 – Marques Houston , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (IMx )
1981 – Jana Kolukanova , Estonian swimmer
1981 – Meghan Markle , American model and actress
1981 – Ben Scott , English cricketer
1981 – Abigail Spencer , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1982 – Rubinho , Brazilian footballer1983 – Cody Burger , American actor1983 – Nathaniel Buzolic , Australian actor
1983 – Greta Gerwig , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – Terry Campese , Australian rugby player1984 – Mardy Collins , American basketball player
1985 – Crystal Bowersox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1985 – Robbie Findley , American soccer player
1985 – Kina Grannis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Mark Milligan , Australian footballer
1985 – Ha Seung-jin , South Korean basketball player
1985 – Antonio Valencia , Ecuadorean footballer
1986 – Nick Augusto , American drummer (Trivium )1986 – Leon Camier , English motorcycle racer
1986 – Cicinho , Brazilian footballer
1986 – David Williams , Australian rugby player
1987 – Jang Keun-suk , South Korean actor and singer1987 – Marreese Speights American basketball player
1987 – Tomoya Warabino , Japanese actor
1987 – Phil Younghusband , English–Filipino footballer
1988 – Carly Foulkes , Canadian model and actress1988 – Kelley O'Hara , American soccer player
1989 – Wang Hao , Chinese chess player1989 – Jessica Mauboy , Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Young Divas )
1990 – Hikmet Balioğlu , Turkish footballer1990 – Siim Tenno , Estonian footballer
1991 – Thiago Cardoso , Brazilian footballer1991 – Neil Coleta , Filipino actor
1991 – Lucinda Dryzek , English actress
1991 – Izet Hajrović , Bosnian footballer
1991 – River Viiperi , Spanish model
1992 – Tiffany Evans , American singer and actress1992 – Yvonne Neuwirth , Austrian tennis player
1993 – Saido Berahino , Burundian-English footballer1994 – Mayuko Fukuda , Japanese actress1994 – Bobby Shmurda , American rapper
1995 – Bruna Marquezine , Brazilian actress1995 – Jessica Sanchez , American singer-songwriter
1997 – Ekaterina Ryabova , Russian singer2001 – Seishiro Kato , Japanese actor
966 – Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)1060 – Henry I of France (b. 1008)1113 – Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)1265 – Killed in the Battle of Evesham :
1306 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)1430 – Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)1526 – Juan Sebastián Elcano , Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)1578 – Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)1578 – Thomas Stukley , English mercenary (b. 1520)
1598 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)1612 – Hugh Broughton , English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)1639 – Juan Ruiz de Alarcón , Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)1718 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)1727 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie , French general (b. 1647)1741 – Andrew Hamilton , Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)1778 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial , Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)1792 – John Burgoyne , English general and politician (b. 1723)1795 – Timothy Ruggles , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)1804 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan , Scottish admiral (b. 1731)1822 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson , Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)1844 – Jacob Aall , Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)1849 – Anita Garibaldi , Brazilian wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (b. 1821)1859 – John Vianney , French priest and saint (b. 1786)1873 – Viktor Hartmann , Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)1875 – Hans Christian Andersen , Danish author and poet (b. 1805)1886 – Samuel J. Tilden , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)1900 – Isaac Levitan , Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)1914 – Jules Lemaître , French playwright and critic (b. 1853)1919 – Dave Gregory , Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)1922 – Enver Pasha , Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)1932 – Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter (b. 1868)1938 – Pearl White , American actress (b. 1889)1940 – Ze'ev Jabotinsky , Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)1941 – Mihály Babits , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)1942 – Alberto Franchetti , Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)1944 – Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński , Polish poet and resistance fighter (b. 1921)1957 – Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)1958 – Ethel Anderson , Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)1959 – József Révai , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)1967 – Peter Smith , English cricketer (b. 1908)1976 – Enrique Angelelli , Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)1976 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
1977 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)1981 – Melvyn Douglas , American actor (b. 1901)1982 – Bruce Goff , American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)1985 – Don Whillans , English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)1990 – Ettore Maserati , Italian automotive engineer (b. 1894)1991 – Don DaGradi , American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)1991 – Nikiforos Vrettakos , Greek author and poet (b. 1912)
1992 – Seichō Matsumoto , Japanese author (b. 1909)1993 – Bernard Barrow , American actor (b. 1927)1996 – Geoff Hamilton , English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)1997 – Jeanne Calment , French super-centenarian; person with longest confirmed human lifespan on record (b. 1875)1998 – Yury Artyukhin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)1999 – Victor Mature , American actor and singer (b. 1913)2000 – Leslie Glass , American porn actress and model (b. 1963)2001 – Lorenzo Music , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)2003 – Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)2004 – Mary Sherman Morgan , American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)2005 – Anatoly Larkin , Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)2005 – Iván Szabó , Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)
2007 – Lee Hazlewood , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)2007 – Raul Hilberg , Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
2008 – Craig Jones , English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)2009 – Blake Snyder , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)2011 – Mark Duggan , English shooting victim (b. 1982)2011 – Naoki Matsuda , Japanese footballer (b. 1977)
2012 – Johnnie Bassett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)2012 – Brian Crozier , Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)
2012 – Metin Erksan , Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2012 – Con Houlihan , Irish journalist and author (b. 1925)
2012 – Bud Riley , American football player and coach (b. 1925)
2013 – Keith H. Basso , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)2013 – Art Donovan , American football player and radio host (b. 1925)
2013 – Olavi J. Mattila , Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
2013 – Renato Ruggiero , Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)
2013 – Tony Snell , English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)
2013 – Sandy Woodward , English admiral (b. 1932)
2014 – James Brady , American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)2014 – Marilyn Burns , American actress (b. 1949)
2014 – Rich Ceisler , American comedian and author (b. 1955)
2014 – Chester Crandell , American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Jake Hooker , Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Arrows ) (b. 1953)
2014 – Walter Massey , Canadian actor (b. 1928)
2015 – Les Munro , New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)2015 – Billy Sherrill , American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
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