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May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year.
47 BC – Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus , where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero , Cassius is planning to kill him at this point.17 – Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci , Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe .451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity.946 – King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine 's Mass Day.1135 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan, killing about 30,000.1328 – William of Ockham , the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon , fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII .1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.1573 – The Battle of Haarlemmermeer , a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence .1637 – Pequot War : A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut , massacring approximately 500 Pequots .1644 – Portuguese Restoration War : Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo .1647 – Alse Young , hanged in Hartford, Connecticut , becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies.1736 – The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi . British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.1770 – The Orlov Revolt , an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence , ends in disaster for the Greeks.1783 – A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut , celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution .1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral , the gothic cathedral in Milan .1821 – Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels .1822 – One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire , the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.1828 – Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg .1830 – The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress ; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory .1865 – American Civil War : The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith , commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas .1868 – Michael Barrett was the last person to be publicly executed in Great Britain1869 – Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .1879 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state .1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia .1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
1897 – Dracula Bram Stoker , is published.1900 – Thousand Days' War : The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro .1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.1908 – At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia , the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company .1917 – Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon , killing 101 people and injuring 689.1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.1936 – In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland , Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill . By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.1940 – World War II : Operation Dynamo : In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk , France.1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557 , which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force .1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana .1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2 .1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet , Bangladesh .1972 – Willandra National Park is established in Australia.1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty .
1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center .1981 – Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due) .1981 – An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz , killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
1983 – A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag .1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004 , a Boeing 767 , crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed.
1992 – The blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months.1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island , the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey , not New York.1998 – The first "National Sorry Day " was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma , resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.2004 – United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing .2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.2012 – A cannibal attack takes place on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami , Florida.
1264 – Prince Koreyasu , Japanese shogun (d. 1326)1478 – Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)1566 – Mehmed III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)1602 – Philippe de Champaigne , Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)1623 – William Petty , English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)1667 – Abraham de Moivre , French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)1669 – Sébastien Vaillant , French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)1700 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf , German bishop and saint (d. 1760)1799 – August Kopisch , German poet and painter (d. 1853)1822 – Edmond de Goncourt , French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)1863 – Bob Fitzsimmons , English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)1865 – Robert W. Chambers , American author and illustrator (d. 1933)1867 – Mary of Teck (d. 1953)1873 – Olaf Gulbransson , Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)1876 – Percy Perrin , English cricketer (d. 1945)1880 – W. Otto Miessner , American composer and educator (d. 1967)1883 – Mamie Smith , American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)1886 – Al Jolson , Lithuanian-American singer and actor (d. 1950)1887 – Ba U , 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)1893 – Eugene Aynsley Goossens , English conductor and composer (d. 1962)1893 – Norma Talmadge , American actress and producer (d. 1957)
1895 – Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)1895 – Paul Lukas , Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1898 – Ernst Bacon , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)1898 – Christfried Burmeister , Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1899 – Antonio Barrette , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)1899 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson , Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
1904 – George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)1904 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
1904 – Vlado Perlemuter , Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
1907 – Jean Bernard , French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)1907 – John Wayne , American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)
1908 – Robert Morley , English actor and screenwriter (d. 1992)1908 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ , Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
1909 – Matt Busby , Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1994)1909 – Nikolay Guryanov , Russian priest and mystic (d. 2002)
1909 – Adolfo López Mateos , Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1910 – Imi Lichtenfeld , Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)1911 – Henry Ephron , American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)1912 – János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)1912 – Jay Silverheels , Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
1913 – Peter Cushing , English actor (d. 1994)1913 – Pierre Daninos , French author (d. 2005)
1913 – Josef Manger , German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1914 – Frankie Manning , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)1915 – Vernon Alley , American bassist (d. 2004)1915 – Sam Edwards , American actor (d. 2004)
1915 – Antonia Forest , English author (d. 2003)
1916 – Moondog , American drummer, composer, and poet (d. 1999)1916 – Henriette Roosenburg , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
1917 – Éva Szörényi , Hungarian actress (d. 2009)1918 – Anton Christoforidis , Turkish-Greek boxer (d. 1985)1919 – Rubén González , Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club and Estrellas de Areito ) (d. 2003)1920 – Peggy Lee , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)1921 – György Bárdy , Hungarian actor (d. 2013)1921 – Walter Laqueur , American historian and academic
1921 – Ernst Märzendorfer , Austrian conductor (d. 2009)
1922 – Troy Smith , American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)1923 – James Arness , American actor and producer (d. 2011)1923 – Roy Dotrice , English actor
1925 – Alec McCowen , English actor1926 – Miles Davis , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet ) (d. 1991)1927 – Jacques Bergerac , French actor (d. 2014)1928 – Jack Kevorkian , American pathologist, author, and activist (d. 2011)1929 – J. F. Ade Ajayi , Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)1929 – John Jackson , English lawyer and businessman
1929 – Catherine Sauvage , French singer and actress (d. 1998)
1930 – Karim Emami , Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)1932 – Grigor Vachkov , Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)1933 – Edward Whittemore , American soldier and author (d. 1995)1935 – Eero Loone , Estonian philosopher and academic1935 – Sheila Steafel , South African–English actress
1936 – David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate , English politician1938 – William Bolcom , American pianist and composer1938 – Pauline Parker , New Zealand murderer
1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya , Russian author and playwright
1938 – K. Bikram Singh , Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1938 – Teresa Stratas , Canadian soprano and actress
1939 – Merab Kostava , Georgian poet, activist, and educator (d. 1989)1939 – Jaki Liebezeit German drummer (Can )
1939 – Brent Musburger , American sportscaster
1939 – Herb Trimpe , American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay , Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec 1940 – Levon Helm , American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (The Band ) (d. 2012)
1941 – Aldrich Ames , American CIA officer1941 – Reg Bundy , English drag queen performer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)
1941 – Jim Dobbin , Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
1941 – Cliff Drysdale , South African tennis player and sportscaster
1942 – Ganapathi Sachchidananda , Indian guru
1943 – Erica Terpstra , Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician1944 – Phil Edmonston , American-Canadian journalist and politician1944 – Jan Kinder , Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1944 – Sam Posey , American race car driver and journalist1945 – Vilasrao Deshmukh , Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)1945 – Alistair MacDuff , English lawyer and judge
1945 – Garry Peterson , Canadian-American drummer (The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive )
1946 – Neshka Robeva , Bulgarian gymnast and coach1946 – Mick Ronson , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople ) (d. 1993)
1947 – Carol O'Connell , American author and painter1947 – Glenn Turner , New Zealand cricketer
1948 – Stevie Nicks , American singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac )1949 – Jeremy Corbyn , British journalist and politician1949 – Ward Cunningham , American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
1949 – Pam Grier , American actress and singer
1949 – Anne McGuire , Scottish educator and politician
1949 – Philip Michael Thomas , American actor and singer
1949 – Hank Williams Jr. , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Ramón Calderón , Spanish lawyer and businessman1951 – Sally Ride , American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn , Irish educator and politician
1952 – David Meece , American singer-songwriter and pianist1953 – Kay Hagan , American lawyer and politician1953 – Michael Portillo , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1953 – Dan Roundfield , American basketball player (d. 2012)
1954 – Marian Gold , German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alphaville )1954 – Alan Hollinghurst , English author and poet
1954 – Denis Lebel , Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
1954 – Danny Rolling , American serial killer (d. 2006)
1955 – Masaharu Morimoto , Japanese-American chef1955 – Paul Stoddart , Australian businessman
1955 – Wesley Walker , American football player and educator
1956 – Neil Parish , English politician1956 – Fiona Shackleton , English lawyer
1957 – Diomedes Díaz , Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)1957 – François Legault , Canadian businessman and politician
1957 – Kristina Olsen , American singer-songwriter
1957 – Roberto Ravaglia , Italian race car driver
1957 – Pontso Sekatle , Lesotho academic and politician
1958 – Arto Bryggare , Finnish hurdler and politician1958 – Margaret Colin , American actress
1958 – Howard Goodall , English composer and educator
1959 – Ole Bornedal , Danish actor, director, and producer1960 – Doug Hutchison , American actor1960 – Dean Lukin , Australian weightlifter
1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga , Japanese race car driver
1960 – Rob Murphy , American baseball player
1960 – Romas Ubartas , Lithuanian discus thrower
1961 – Tarsem Singh , Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter1962 – Black , English singer-songwriter1962 – Genie Francis , American actress1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Simon Armitage , English author, poet, and playwright1963 – Claude Legault , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1963 – Mary Nightingale , English journalist
1963 – Musetta Vander , South African model and actress1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan , Irish-American paleontologist and author1964 – Lenny Kravitz , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1964 – Argiris Pedoulakis , Greek basketball player and coach
1965 – Hazel Irvine , Scottish sportscaster and journalist1966 – Helena Bonham Carter , English actress and singer1966 – Zola Budd , South African runner
1967 – Kevin Moore , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (OSI , Dream Theater , and Chroma Key )1967 – Philip Treacy , Irish hat designer
1967 – Mika Yamamoto , Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
1968 – Christopher Burge , American biologist and academic1968 – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
1968 – Simon Diamond , American baseball player and wrestler
1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Steve Sedgley , English footballer and manager
1969 – John Baird , Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1969 – Dominic Mohan , English journalist
1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki , Japanese illustrator1970 – Kylie Ireland , American porn actress, director, and producer
1971 – Zaher Andary , Lebanese footballer1971 – Matt Stone , American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1972 – Shary Boyle , Canadian sculptor and painter1972 – Patsy Palmer , English actress
1972 – Alan White , English drummer (Oasis and Starclub )
1973 – Naomi Harris , Canadian-American photographer1974 – Lars Frölander , Swedish swimmer1975 – Nicki Aycox , American actress1975 – Lauryn Hill , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Fugees )
1975 – Kwasi Kwarteng , English historian and politician
1975 – Travis Lee , American baseball player
1975 – Suat Suna , Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Paul Collingwood , English cricketer and coach1976 – Kenny Florian , American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1976 – Justin Pierre , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Motion City Soundtrack )
1977 – Nikos Chatzivrettas , Greek basketball player1977 – Mark Hunter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chimaira )
1977 – Misaki Ito , Japanese actress and model
1977 – Raina Telgemeier , American author and cartoonist
1977 – Luca Toni , Italian footballer
1978 – Phil Elvrum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Microphones , Mount Eerie , and Old Time Relijun )1978 – Fabio Firmani , Italian footballer
1979 – Amanda Bauer , American astronomer and academic1979 – Elisabeth Harnois , American actress
1979 – Ashley Massaro , American wrestler and manager
1979 – Natalya Nazarova , Russian sprinter
1979 – Mehmet Okur , Turkish basketball player
1981 – Robert Copeland , Australian footballer1981 – Eda-Ines Etti , Estonian singer
1981 – Jason Manford , English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1981 – Irini Merkouri , Greek singer
1981 – Isaac Slade , American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Fray )
1981 – Ben Zobrist , American baseball player
1982 – Sten Lassmann , Estonian pianist1982 – Hasan Kabze , Turkish footballer
1982 – Yoko Matsugane , Japanese model
1982 – David Reed , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1983 – Demy de Zeeuw , Dutch footballer1983 – Henry Holland , English fashion designer
1985 – Monika Christodoulou , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist1985 – Ashley Vincent , English footballer
1986 – Michel Tornéus , Swedish long jumper1987 – Olcay Şahan , Turkish footballer1987 – Josh Thomas , Australian comedian and actor
1988 – Andrea Catellani , Italian footballer1988 – Will Chambers , Australian rugby player
1988 – Juan Guillermo Cuadrado , Colombian footballer
1988 – Dani Samuels , Australian discus thrower
1988 – Joel Selwood , Australian footballer
1988 – Damian Williams , American football player
1989 – Paula Findlay , Canadian triathlete1991 – Ah Young , South Korean singer, actress, and model (Dal Shabet )1993 – Jason Adesanya , Belgian footballer1999 – Kerry Ingram , English actress and singer
604 – Augustine of Canterbury , Benedictine monk and archbishop735 – Bede , English monk, historian, and theologian (b. 672)818 – Ali al-Ridha , Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams (b. 766)946 – Edmund I of England (b. 921)1055 – Adalbert, Margrave of Austria (b. 985)1421 – Mehmed I , Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)1512 – Bayezid II , Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)1536 – Francesco Berni , Italian poet (b. 1498)1647 – Alse Young , American woman executed for witchcraft (b. 1600)1648 – Vincent Voiture , French poet and author (b. 1597)1651 – Jeane Gardiner , English woman executed for witchcraft 1653 – Robert Filmer , English theorist and author (b. 1588)1679 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)1685 – Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)1703 – Samuel Pepys , English politician (b. 1633)1742 – Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)1746 – Thomas Southerne , Irish playwright (b. 1660)1762 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)1818 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)1818 – Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza , Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
1824 – Capel Lofft , English lawyer (b. 1751)1840 – Sidney Smith , English admiral and politician (b. 1764)1868 – Michael Barrett , Northern Irish terrorist (b. 1841)1881 – Jakob Bernays , German philologist and academic (b. 1824)1883 – Abdelkader El Djezairi , Algerian ruler (b. 1808)1902 – Almon Brown Strowger , American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette , French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)1907 – Ida Saxton McKinley , American wife of William McKinley , 25th First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)1908 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)1914 – Jacob August Riis , Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)1924 – Victor Herbert , Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)1926 – Srečko Kosovel , Slovenian poet (b. 1904)1933 – Horatio Bottomley , English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)1933 – Jimmie Rodgers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
1939 – Charles Horace Mayo , American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)1943 – Edsel Ford , American businessman (b. 1893)1943 – Alice Tegnér , Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
1944 – Christian Wirth , German SS officer (b. 1885)1948 – Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)1948 – Theodor Morell , German physician (b. 1886)
1951 – Lincoln Ellsworth , American explorer (b. 1880)1954 – Lionel Conacher , Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)1955 – Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver (b. 1918)1956 – Al Simmons , American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)1959 – Philip Kassel , American gymnast (b. 1876)1966 – Elizabeth Dilling , American author and activist (b. 1894)1968 – Little Willie John , American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)1969 – Paul Hawkins , Australian race car driver (b. 1937)1969 – Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
1974 – Silvio Moser , Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)1976 – Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)1978 – Cybele Andrianou , Greek actress (b. 1887)1979 – George Brent , Irish-American actor and singer (b. 1899)1986 – Gunnar Björnstrand , Swedish actor (b. 1909)1989 – Don Revie , English footballer and manager (b. 1927)1994 – Sonny Sharrock , American guitarist (Last Exit ) (b. 1940)1995 – Friz Freleng , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)1997 – Ralph Horween , American football player and coach (b. 1896)1999 – Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)1999 – Waldo Semon , American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
2001 – Vittorio Brambilla , Italian race car driver (b. 1937)2001 – Anne Haney , American actress (b. 1934)
2001 – Moven Mahachi , Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
2001 – Dona Massin , Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
2002 – Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)2003 – Kathleen Winsor , American journalist and author (b. 1919)2004 – Nikolai Chernykh , Russian astronomer (b. 1931)2005 – Eddie Albert , American actor and singer (b. 1906)2005 – Chico Carrasquel , Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2005 – Ruth Laredo , American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
2005 – Leslie Smith , English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
2006 – Édouard Michelin , French businessman (b. 1963)2006 – Kevin O'Flanagan , Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
2007 – Jack Edward Oliver , English illustrator (b. 1942)2007 – Howard Porter , American basketball player (b. 1948)
2008 – Sydney Pollack , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)2008 – Zita Urbonaitė , Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
2009 – Mihalis Papagiannakis , Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)2009 – Peter Zezel , Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
2010 – Jean Constantin , Romanian actor (b. 1928)2010 – Art Linkletter , Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
2010 – Chris Moran , English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
2010 – Kieran Phelan , Irish politician (b. 1949)
2011 – Arisen Ahubudu , Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)2012 – Orhan Boran , Turkish actor (b. 1928)2012 – Arthur Decabooter , Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
2012 – Leo Dillon , American illustrator (b. 1933)
2012 – Rudy Eugene , American criminal and cannibal (b. 1981)
2012 – Stephen Healey , Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
2012 – Hiroshi Miyazawa , Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2012 – Hans Schmidt , Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
2013 – Ray Barnhart , American businessman and politician (b. 1928)2013 – John Bierwirth , American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
2013 – Roberto Civita , Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
2013 – Héctor Garza , Mexican wrestler (b. 1969)
2013 – Tom Lichtenberg , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Otto Muehl , Austrian painter (b. 1925)
2013 – Jack Vance , American author (b. 1916)
2014 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I , Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)2014 – Miodrag Radulovacki , Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (b. 1933)
2014 – William R. Roy , American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Hooshang Seyhoun , Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
2014 – Manuel Uribe , Mexican computer repairman, world's heaviest man (b. 1965)
2015 – Vicente Aranda , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)2015 – Bob Hornery , Australian actor (b. 1931)
2015 – Les Johnson , Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
2015 – Robert Kraft , American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2015 – João Lucas , Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
2015 – Dayton Waller , American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
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