"Dec 10" redirects here. For the computer known as the "DEC 10", see
PDP-10 .
December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 21 days remaining until the end of the year.
1041 – The son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V .1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet " - King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric , who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II , Louis XII of France , Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice .1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa : Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque , and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji , seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate , resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine Wittenberg 's Elster Gate.1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard , Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII .1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter 1684 – Isaac Newton 's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum Royal Society by Edmond Halley .1799 – France adopts the metre as its official unit of length .1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state .1861 – American Civil War : The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.1861 – Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực , an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam , sink the French lorcha L'Esperance .
1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman 's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia .1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals , they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps .1869 – The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.1884 – Mark Twain 's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1896 – Alfred Jarry 's Ubu Roi 1898 – Spanish–American War : The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.1899 – Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York .1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War , becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize .1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature 1927 – The phrase "Grand Ole Opry " is used for the first time on-air .1932 – Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy .1936 – Abdication Crisis : Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication 1941 – World War II : The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near Malaya .1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon .
1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .1949 – Chinese Civil War : The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu , the last Kuomintang -held city in mainland China , forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan .1955 – Mighty Mouse Playhouse television .1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy , under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah .1965 – The Grateful Dead 's first concert performance under this new name.1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery ", is carried out in Tokyo.1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques .1978 – Arab–Israeli conflict : Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .1979 – Kaohsiung Incident : Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín .1989 – Mongolian Revolution : At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union .1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland . The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield , which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.1994 – Rwandan Genocide : Maurice Baril , military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations , recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
1452 – Johannes Stöffler , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)1588 – Isaac Beeckman , Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel , German cantor and organist (d. 1747)1751 – George Shaw , English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi , German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)1805 – Joseph Škoda , Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)1815 – Ada Lovelace , English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov , Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)1822 – César Franck , Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)1824 – George MacDonald , Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)1827 – Eugene O'Keefe , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)1830 – Emily Dickinson , American poet (d. 1886)1851 – Melvil Dewey , American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)1861 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1938)1866 – Louis Bolk , Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)1870 – Mary Bonaparte , French daughter of Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino (d. 1947)1870 – Adolf Loos , Austrian architect, designed Villa Müller (d. 1933)
1870 – Pierre Louÿs , Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
1878 – C. Rajagopalachari , Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)1880 – Fred Immler , German actor (d. 1965)1882 – Otto Neurath , Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)1882 – Shigenori Tōgō , Japanese politician, 37th Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
1882 – Louis Wilkins , American pole vaulter (d. 1950)
1885 – Marios Varvoglis , Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)1886 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)1886 – Annie Bos , Dutch actress (d. 1975)
1886 – Victor McLaglen , English-American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
1889 – Ray Collins , American actor (d. 1965)1891 – Arlie Mucks , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)1891 – Nelly Sachs , German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1896 – Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)1903 – Una Merkel , American actress and singer (d. 1986)1905 – Valter Palm , Estonian-American boxer (d. 1994)1906 – Jules Ladoumègue , French runner (d. 1973)1907 – Rumer Godden , English author and poet (d. 1998)1907 – Lucien Laurent , French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1908 – Olivier Messiaen , French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)1909 – Hermes Pan , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)1910 – Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player, baseball player and politician (d. 1996)1911 – Chet Huntley , American journalist (d. 1974)1912 – Philip Hart , American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter , English-American composer (d. 1988)1913 – Morton Gould , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Harry Locke , English actor (d. 1987)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour , American actress and singer (d. 1996)1916 – Walt Arfons , American race car driver (d. 2013)1916 – Rafael Ruiz , Spanish field hockey player (d. 2006)
1917 – Yahya Petra of Kelantan (d. 1979)1918 – Anne Gwynne , American actress and singer (d. 2003)1918 – Anatoli Tarasov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1919 – Alexander Courage , American composer and conductor (d. 2008)1920 – Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)1920 – Reginald Rose , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1920 – Thanassis Skordalos , Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)
1922 – Lucía Hiriart , Chilean wife of Augusto Pinochet , 30th First Lady of Chile 1923 – Harold Gould , American actor (d. 2010)1923 – Clorindo Testa , Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
1924 – Michael Manley , Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)1925 – Jean Byron , American actress (d. 2006)1925 – Carolyn Kizer , American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1927 – Bob Farrell , American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)1927 – Danny Matt , German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
1927 – Agnes Nixon , American actress, director, and screenwriter
1928 – Dan Blocker , American sergeant and actor (d. 1972)1928 – John Colicos , Canadian actor (d. 2000)
1928 – Jeremy Morse , English banker and academic
1928 – Barbara Nichols , American actress and singer (d. 1976)
1930 – Wayne D. Anderson , American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling , English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 – Peter Baker , English-South African footballer and manager1932 – Vyacheslav Kurennoy , Russian water polo player (d. 1992)1933 – Philip R. Craig , American author (d. 2007)1933 – Larry Morris , American football player (d. 2012)
1933 – Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese-American actor and singer (d. 2006)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)1935 – Terry Allcock , English footballer and cricketer1935 – Jaromil Jireš , Czechoslovak filmmaker (d. 2001)
1936 – Howard Smith , American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)1937 – Scott Baker , English judge1937 – Raphael Maklouf , Israeli-English sculptor
1938 – Yuri Temirkanov , Russian viola player and conductor1939 – Dick Bavetta , American basketball player and referee1939 – Barry Cunliffe , English archaeologist and academic
1940 – Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen , English union leader and author1941 – Ken Campbell , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)1941 – Fionnula Flanagan , Irish actress and producer
1941 – Tommy Kirk , American actor and singer
1941 – Tommy Rettig , American actor and engineer (d. 1996)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1985)
1941 – Peter Sarstedt , Indian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Ann Gloag , Scottish nurse and businesswoman1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt , English businessman1944 – Steve Renko , American baseball player
1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev , Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan 1945 – George Amon Webster , American singer and pianist (Cathedral Quartet ) (d. 2013)
1946 – Thomas Lux , American poet and academic1947 – Rasul Guliyev , Azerbaijani politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan 1947 – Douglas Kenney , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1947 – Howard Newby , English sociologist and academic
1947 – Rainer Seifert , German field hockey player
1948 – Dušan Bajević , Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager1948 – Jessica Cleaves , American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire ) (d. 2014)
1948 – Jasuben Shilpi , Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
1948 – Muhammad Zaidan , Syrian-Palestinian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
1950 – John Boozman , American football player, lawyer, and politician1950 – Nicky Henderson , English horse trainer
1951 – Ellen Nikolaysen , Norwegian singer and actress1952 – Clive Anderson , English lawyer and television host1952 – Susan Dey , American actress and producer
1952 – Greg Mortimer , Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 – Paul Varul , Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 – Chris Bury , American journalist and academic1954 – Eudine Barriteau , Barbadian economist and academic1954 – Price Cobb , American race car driver
1954 – Jack Hues , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung )
1954 – Gavin Smith , American businessman (d. 2012)
1956 – Rod Blagojevich , American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli , Italian lawyer and politician
1956 – Jacquelyn Mitchard , American journalist and author
1956 – Jan van Dijk , Dutch footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (d. 2012)1957 – Paul Hardcastle , English composer and producer
1957 – Prem Rawat , Indian-American guru
1958 – Pepsi Demacque , English singer (Pepsi & Shirlie )1958 – Cornelia Funke , German-American author
1958 – Kathryn Stott , English pianist and academic
1958 – John J. York , American actor
1958 – Eva Robin's , Italian actress and model
1959 – Mark Aguirre , American basketball player and coach1959 – Udi Aloni , American-Israeli director and author
1959 – Kevin Ash , English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann , German guitarist (Accept )
1960 – Kenneth Branagh , Irish actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter1960 – Kōichi Satō , Japanese actor
1960 – Michael Schoeffling , American actor
1961 – Mark McKoy , Canadian hurdler and sprinter1961 – Nia Peeples , American singer and actress
1961 – Oded Schramm , Israel-American mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
1962 – Rakhat Aliyev , Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)1962 – John de Wolf , Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Jahangir Khan , Pakistani squash player1963 – Ole Amund Gjersvik , Norwegian bassist
1964 – Stef Blok , Dutch banker and politician1964 – Bobby Flay , American chef and author
1964 – George Newbern , American actor
1965 – Greg Giraldo , American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)1965 – J Mascis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr. , Witch , Deep Wound , and Upsidedown Cross )
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern , Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rein Ahas , Estonian geographer and academic1966 – Mel Rojas , Dominican baseball player
1967 – Narimi Arimori , Japanese actress1969 – Stephen Billington , English actor1969 – Rob Blake , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1970 – Kevin Sharp , American singer (d. 2014)1970 – Bryant Stith , American basketball player and coach
1971 – Bill Baroni , American lawyer and politician1971 – Brian Nichols , American spree killer
1971 – Carla Sacramento , Portuguese runner
1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter , American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist1972 – Puff Johnson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1972 – Brian Molko , Belgian-Luxembourger singer-songwriter and guitarist (Placebo )
1973 – Arden Myrin , American comedian and actress1973 – Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan actress and singer
1974 – Meg White , American drummer (The White Stripes )1975 – Steve Bradley , American wrestler (d. 2008)1975 – Josip Skoko , Australian footballer
1975 – Kristel Verbeke , Belgian singer and actress (K3 )
1976 – Shane Byrne , English motorcycle racer1977 – Mr. Águila , Mexican wrestler1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress
1978 – Anna Jesień , Polish hurdler1978 – Summer Phoenix , American actress
1979 – Matt Bentley , American wrestler1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler , English cricketer
1979 – Tora Augestad , Norwegian singer and actor (Music for a While )
1980 – Massari , Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player1980 – Sarah Chang , American violinist
1981 – Taufik Batisah , Singaporean singer1981 – Ryan Pini , Papua New Guinean swimmer
1981 – Fábio Rochemback , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Claudia Hoffmann , German sprinter1982 – Sultan Kösen , Turkish giant
1983 – Lewis Buxton , English footballer1983 – Patrick Flueger , American actor
1983 – Habib Mohamed , Ghanaian footballer
1983 – Xavier Samuel , Australian actor
1983 – Katrin Siska , Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja )
1984 – JTG , American wrestler1984 – Krista Ranillo , Filipino actress
1984 – Mark Applegarth , English rugby player
1985 – Charlie Adam , Scottish footballer1985 – Scarlett Bowman , English actress
1985 – Matt Forté , American football player
1985 – T. J. Hensick , American ice hockey player
1985 – Trésor Mputu , Congolese footballer
1985 – Raven-Symoné , American actress, singer, and dancer
1985 – Lê Công Vinh , Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Matthew Bates , English footballer1986 – Kahlil Bell , American football player
1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín , French-Argentinian footballer1988 – Wilfried Bony , Ivorian footballer1988 – Mitchell Donald , Dutch footballer
1988 – Neven Subotić , Serbian footballer
1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen , French politician1989 – Tom Sexton , Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 – Kazenga LuaLua , Congolese-English footballer1990 – Sakiko Matsui , Japanese singer (AKB48 )
1990 – Terrell Sinkfield , American football player
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa , Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 – LE , South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter (EXID )1991 – Eric Reid , American football player
1991 – Dion Waiters , American basketball player
1993 – Rachel Trachtenburg , American singer and actress (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Supercute! )1994 – Matti Klinga , Finnish footballer2014 – Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès 2014 – Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco
949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia 1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian , Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)1198 – Averroes , Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126)1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)1541 – Thomas Culpeper , English courtier (b. 1514)1541 – Francis Dereham , English courtier
1618 – Giulio Caccini , Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)1626 – Edmund Gunter , English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)1665 – Tarquinio Merula , Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena , Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck , German physicist and academic (b. 1770)1850 – Józef Bem , Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)1850 – François Sulpice Beudant , French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma , Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)1896 – Alfred Nobel , Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)1909 – Red Cloud , American tribal chief (b. 1822)1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker , English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)1914 – Robert Williams , American archer (b. 1841)1917 – Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge , American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge , English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)1926 – Nikola Pašić , Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)1936 – Bobby Abel , English cricketer (b. 1857)1936 – Luigi Pirandello , Italian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1939 – John Grieb , American gymnast (b. 1879)1941 – Erich Jacoby , Estonian-Polish architect (b. 1885)1941 – Colin Kelly , American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
1944 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)1945 – Theodor Dannecker , German SS officer (b. 1913)1946 – Walter Johnson , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)1946 – Damon Runyon , American journalist and author (b. 1884)
1948 – Na Hye-sok , South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)1951 – Algernon Blackwood , English author (b. 1869)1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali , Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)1956 – David Shimoni , Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)1957 – Napoleon Zervas , Greek general (b. 1891)1958 – Adolfo Camarillo , American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)1964 – George Sutcliffe , Australian public servant (b. 1895)1967 – Ronnie Caldwell , American keyboard player (The Bar-Kays ) (b. 1948)1967 – Phalon Jones , American saxophonist (The Bar-Kays ) (b. 1949)
1967 – Otis Redding , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
1968 – Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)1968 – George Forrest , Irish politician (b. 1921)
1968 – Thomas Merton , American monk and author (b. 1915)
1972 – Mark Van Doren , American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac , German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)1977 – Adolph Rupp , American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)1978 – Ed Wood , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)1979 – Ann Dvorak , American actress and singer (b. 1912)1982 – Freeman Gosden , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)1986 – Susan Cabot , American actress (b. 1927)1986 – Kate Wolf , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
1987 – Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)1988 – Richard S. Castellano , American actor (b. 1933)1988 – Johnny Lawrence , English cricketer (b. 1911)
1990 – Armand Hammer , American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)1991 – Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter (b. 1901)1991 – Headman Shabalala , South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo ) (b. 1945)
1992 – Dan Maskell , English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)1993 – Alice Tully , American soprano (b. 1902)1994 – Keith Joseph , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)1994 – Alex Wilson , Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
1995 – Darren Robinson , American rapper (The Fat Boys ) (b. 1967)1996 – Faron Young , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)1999 – Rick Danko , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Band ) (b. 1942)1999 – Lex Goudsmit , Dutch actor and singer (b. 1913)
1999 – Shirley Hemphill , American actress (b. 1947)
1999 – Franjo Tuđman , Croatian general, historian, and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
2000 – Marie Windsor , American actress (b. 1919)2001 – Ashok Kumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)2002 – Andres Küng , Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)2002 – Ian MacNaughton , Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
2003 – Sean McClory , Irish-American actor and director (b. 1924)2004 – Gary Webb , American journalist and author (b. 1955)2005 – Eugene McCarthy , America poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)2005 – Richard Pryor , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006 – Olivia Coolidge , English-American author and educator (b. 1908)2006 – Augusto Pinochet , Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
2007 – Ashleigh Aston Moore , American-Canadian actress (b. 1981)2007 – Aqsa Parvez , Pakistani-Canadian murder victim (b. 1991)
2008 – Didith Reyes , Filipino actress and singer (b. 1948)2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov , Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)2010 – John Fenn , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)2010 – J. Michael Hagopian , Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
2010 – MacKenzie Miller , American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed , Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)2012 – Antonio Cubillo , Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Lisa Della Casa , Swiss soprano (b. 1919)
2012 – Bob Munden , American target shooter (b. 1942)
2012 – Tommy Roberts , English fashion designer (b. 1942)
2013 – The Child of Lov , Belgian-Dutch singer (b. 1987)2013 – Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
2013 – Don Lund , American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 – Rossana Podestà , Libyan-Italian actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar , Indian politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Ralph Giordano , German author and publicist (b. 1923)2014 – Robert B. Oakley , American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
2014 – Bob Solinger , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2014 – Judy Baar Topinka , American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2014 – Gerard Vianen , Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
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