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 +*[[1581]] - [[Francis Drake]] completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
 +* [[1655]] - The miraculous statue entitled the [[Infant of Prague]] is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
 +*[[1660]] - [[Declaration of Breda]] by King [[Charles II of England]].
 +*[[1721]] - Sir [[Robert Walpole]] enters office as the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] under [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]].
 +*[[1812]] - U.S. President [[James Madison]] enacted a ninety-day [[embargo]] on trade with the [[United Kingdom]].
 +*[[1814]] - [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] abdicates for the first time.
 +*[[1818]] - The [[United States Congress]] adopts the [[flag of the United States]] with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
 +*[[1841]] - [[William Henry Harrison]] dies of [[pneumonia]] becoming the first [[President of the United States]] to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
 +*[[1850]] - The Great Fire of [[Cottenham]], a large part of the [[Cambridgeshire]] [[village]] ([[England]]) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
 +* 1850 - [[Los Angeles, California]] is incorporated as a city.
 +*[[1859]] - [[Bryant's Minstrels]] debut "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]" in [[New York City]] in the finale of a [[blackface]] [[minstrel show]].
 +*[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: A day after [[United States|Union]] forces capture [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] visits the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] capital.
 +*[[1866]] - [[Alexander II of Russia]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
 +*[[1887]] - [[Argonia, Kansas]] elects [[Susanna M. Salter]] as the first female mayor in the [[United States]].
 +*[[1905]] - In [[India]], an [[earthquake]] near [[Kangra]] kills 20,000.
 +*[[1913]] - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the [[Hellenic Air Force]] when his plane crashes.
 +*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Second Battle of the Somme]] ends.
 +*[[1930]] - The [[Communist Party of Panama]] is founded.
 +*[[1939]] - [[Faisal II of Iraq|Faisal II]] becomes King of [[Iraq]].
 +*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: American troops liberate [[Ohrdruf forced labor camp]] in [[Germany]].
 +* 1945 - World War II: Soviet Army takes control of [[Hungary]].
 +*[[1949]] - Twelve nations sign the [[North Atlantic Treaty]] creating the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]].
 +*[[1960]] - [[Senegal]] independence day.
 +*[[1964]] - [[The Beatles]] occupy the top five positions on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] pop chart.
 +*[[1965]] - The first model of the new [[Saab Viggen]] [[fighter aircraft]] plane is unveiled.
 +*[[1967]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in [[New York City]]'s [[Riverside Church]].
 +*[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] is assassinated by [[James Earl Ray]] at a motel in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]].
 +* 1968 - [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Apollo 6]].
 +* 1968 - [[AEK Athens BC]] becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
 +*[[1969]] - Dr. [[Denton Cooley]] implants the first temporary [[artificial heart]].
 +*[[1973]] - The [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City|New York]] is officially dedicated.
 +*[[1975]] - [[Microsoft]] is founded as a partnership between [[Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Allen]].
 +* 1975 - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Baby Lift]] - A [[United States Air Force]] [[C-5 Galaxy|C-5A Galaxy]] crashes near [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]] shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans - 172 die.
 +*[[1976]] - Prince [[Norodom Sihanouk]] resigns as leader of [[Cambodia]] and is placed under house arrest.
 +*[[1979]] - President [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] of [[Pakistan]] is executed.
 +*[[1983]] - Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]'' makes its maiden voyage into space ([[STS-6]]).
 +*[[1984]] - President [[Ronald Reagan]] calls for an international ban on [[chemical weapon]]s.
 +*[[1988]] - [[List of Governors of Arizona|Governor]] [[Evan Mecham]] of [[Arizona]] is convicted in his [[impeachment]] trial and removed from office.
 +*[[1991]] - Senator [[John Heinz]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in [[Merion, Pennsylvania]].
 +*[[1994]] - [[Marc Andreessen]] and [[James H. Clark|Jim Clark]] found [[Netscape Communications Corporation]] under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
 +*[[1996]] - [[Comet Hyakutake]] was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter [[Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous]].
 +*[[1999]] - Against the plea of Pope John Paul II, NATO planes continued to bomb the former Yugoslavia on Easter Sunday.
 +*[[2002]] - The [[Angola]]n government and [[UNITA]] rebels sign a peace treaty ending the [[Angolan Civil War]].
 +*[[2007]] - 15 British Royal Navy personnel [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|held in Iran]] are released by the Iranian President.
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 +==Births==
 +<!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.-->
 +* [[186]] - [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (d. [[217]])
 +*[[1492]] - [[Ambrosius Blarer]], German reformer (d. [[1564]])
 +*[[1572]] - [[William Strachey]], English writer (d. [[1621]])
 +*[[1593]] - [[Edward Nicholas]], English statesman (d. [[1669]])
 +*[[1646]] - [[Antoine Galland]], French archaeologist (d. [[1715]])
 +*[[1648]] - [[Grinling Gibbons]] Dutch-born woodcarver (d. [[1721]])
 +*[[1688]] - [[Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]], French astronomer (d. [[1768]])
 +*[[1718]] - [[Benjamin Kennicott]], English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. [[1783]])
 +*[[1772]] - [[Nachman of Breslov]], founder of [[Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)|Breslov Hasidut]] (d. [[1810]])
 +*[[1785]] - [[Bettina von Arnim]], German writer (d. [[1859]])
 +*[[1802]] - [[Dorothea Dix]], American social activist (d. [[1887]])
 +*[[1819]] - Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] (d. [[1853]])
 +*[[1821]] - [[Linus Yale, Jr.]], American inventor and manufacturer (d. [[1868]])
 +*[[1826]] - [[Zénobe Gramme]], Belgian engineer (d. [[1901]])
 +*[[1842]] - [[Edouard Lucas]], French mathematician (d. [[1891]])
 +*[[1846]] - [[Comte de Lautréamont]], French writer (d. [[1870]])
 +*[[1858]] - [[Remy de Gourmont]], French poet (d. [[1915]])
 +*[[1875]] - [[Pierre Monteux]], French conductor (d. [[1964]])
 +*[[1876]] - [[Maurice de Vlaminck]], French painter (d. [[1958]])
 +*[[1882]] - [[Kurt von Schleicher]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1934]])
 +*[[1884]] - [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], Japanese naval commander (d. [[1943]])
 +*[[1888]] - [[Tris Speaker]], American baseball player (d. [[1958]])
 +* 1888 - [[Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr.]], Polish literary historian (d. [[1975]])
 +*[[1895]] - [[Arthur Murray]], American dance teacher (d. [[1991]])
 +*[[1896]] - [[Robert E. Sherwood]], American playwright (d. [[1955]])
 +*[[1897]] - [[Pierre Fresnay]], French stage and film actor (d. [[1975]])
 +*[[1898]] - [[Agnes Ayres]], American actress (d. [[1940]])
 +*[[1902]] - [[Louise Leveque de Vilmorin]], French actress (d. [[1969]])
 +* 1902 - [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]], American science-fiction author (d. [[1935]])
 +*[[1905]] - [[Eugene Bozza]], French Modern Composer (d. [[1991]])
 +*[[1906]] - [[Bea Benaderet]], American actress (d. [[1968]])
 +* 1906 - [[John Cameron Swayze]], American journalist (d. [[1995]])
 +*[[1908]] - [[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]], American memoirist (''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]'') (d. [[2006]])
 +*[[1911]] - [[Max Dupain]], Australian photographer (d. [[1992]])
 +*[[1913]] - [[Frances Langford]], American actress (d. [[2005]])
 +* 1913 - [[Jules Léger]], Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. [[1980]])
 +*[[1914]] - [[Marguerite Duras]], French writer (d. [[1996]])
 +*[[1915]] - [[Muddy Waters]], American musician (d. [[1983]])
 +*[[1916]] - [[I've fallen and I can't get up|Edith Fore]], old lady in commercial ("[[I've fallen and I can't get up]]!") (d. [[1997]])
 +* 1916 - [[Mickey Owen]], American baseball player (d. [[2005]])
 +* 1916 - [[David White (actor)|David White]], American actor (d. [[1990]])
 +*[[1918]] - [[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe]] (d. [[2007]])
 +*[[1920]] - [[Éric Rohmer]], French film director
 +*[[1922]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (d. [[2004]])
 +*[[1924]] - [[Gil Hodges]], American baseball player and manager (d. [[1972]])
 +*[[1925]] - [[Claude Wagner]], French Canadian politician and judge (d. [[1979]])
 +* 1925 - [[Emmett Williams]], American poet (d. [[2007]])
 +*[[1928]] - [[Maya Angelou]], American writer
 +*[[1931]] - [[Bobby Ray Inman]], American admiral and intelligence director
 +*[[1932]] - [[Clive Davis]], American record producer
 +* 1932 - [[Estelle Harris]], American actress
 +* 1932 - [[Dick Lugar]], American politician
 +* 1932 - [[Anthony Perkins]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
 +* 1932 - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Soviet film director (d. [[1986]])
 +*[[1933]] - [[Bill France, Jr.]], NASCAR pioneer (d. [[2007]])
 +*[[1938]] - [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]], American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. [[1989]])
 +*[[1939]] - [[JoAnne Carner]], American golfer
 +* 1939 - [[Major Lance]], American singer (d. [[1994]])
 +* 1939 - [[Hugh Masekela]], South African musician
 +*[[1940]] - [[Richard Attwood]], British racing driver
 +* 1940 - [[Sharon Sheeley]], American songwriter
 +*[[1942]] - [[Jim Fregosi]], American baseball player and manager
 +* 1942 - [[Kitty Kelley]], American writer
 +*[[1944]] - [[Magda Aelvoet]], Belgian politician
 +* 1944 - [[Craig T. Nelson]], American actor
 +*[[1945]] - [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], French political activist
 +* 1945 - [[Caroline McWilliams]], American actress
 +*[[1946]] - [[Dave Hill]], English guitarist ([[Slade]])
 +* 1946 - [[Katsuaki Sato]], Japanese martial artist
 +*[[1947]] - [[Ray Fosse]], American baseball player and broadcaster
 +* 1947 - [[Luke Halpin]], American actor
 +* 1947 - [[Wiranto]], Indonesian general
 +*[[1948]] - [[Michael Blassie]], U.S. Air Force officer (d. [[1972]])
 +* 1948 - [[Berry Oakley]], American bassist ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (d. [[1972]])
 +* 1948 - [[Abdullah Öcalan]], leader of the [[Kurdistan Workers Party]]
 +* 1948 - [[Dan Simmons]], American writer
 +* 1948 - [[Derek Thompson]], Northern Irish actor
 +*[[1949]] - [[Junior Braithwaite]], Jamaican singer ([[The Wailers (reggae)|The Wailers]]) (d. [[1999]])
 +* 1949 - [[Shing-Tung Yau]], Chinese mathematician
 +*[[1950]] - [[Christine Lahti]], American actress
 +*[[1951]] - [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], American football player
 +* 1951 - [[Hun Sen]], Prime Minister of Cambodia
 +*[[1952]] - [[Rosemarie Ackermann]], German athlete
 +* 1952 - [[Pat Burns]], Canadian ice hockey coach
 +* 1952 - [[Gary Moore]], Irish guitarist ([[Thin Lizzy]])
 +* 1952 - [[Gregg Hansford]], Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. [[1995]])
 +*[[1953]] - [[Robert Bertrand]], Canadian politician
 +* 1953 - [[Sammy Wilson]], Northern Irish politician
 +*[[1956]] - [[Tom Herr]], American baseball player
 +* 1956 - [[David E. Kelley]], American writer and TV producer
 +*[[1957]] - [[Ali El Haggar]], Egyptian singer and actor
 +* 1957 - [[Aki Kaurismäki]], Finnish film director
 +* 1957 - [[Graeme Kelling]], Scottish musician ([[Deacon Blue]]) (d. [[2004]])
 +* 1957 - [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]], American racehorse (d. [[1983]])
 +* 1957 - [[Nobuyoshi Kuwano]], Japanese musician ([[Rats & Star]])
 +*[[1958]] - [[Cazuza]], Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. [[1990]])
 +* 1958 - [[Mary-Margaret Humes]], American actress
 +*[[1960]] - [[Jane Eaglin]], English soprano
 +* 1960 - [[Hugo Weaving]], Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
 +*[[1962]] - [[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]], English musician([[The Sisters of Mercy]], [[Mission UK]])
 +*[[1963]] - [[Dale Hawerchuk]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +* 1963 - [[Graham Norton]], Irish talk show host
 +*[[1964]] - [[Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal|Branco]], Brazilian footballer and coach
 +* 1964 - [[David Cross]], American actor and comedian
 +* 1964 - [[Robbie Rist]], American actor
 +*[[1965]] - [[Robert Downey Jr.]], American actor
 +*[[1966]] - [[Nancy McKeon]], American actor
 +*[[1968]] - [[Jennifer Lynch]], American director
 +*[[1970]] - [[Barry Pepper]], Canadian actor
 +*[[1970]] - [[Michael Schwartz]], American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the [[Beastie Boys]]
 +*[[1971]] - [[Yanic Perreault]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +* 1971 - [[Josh Todd]], lead singer of rock band [[Buckcherry]]
 +* 1971 - [[John Zandig]], American professional wrestler
 +*[[1972]] - [[Jill Scott]], American soul singer
 +*[[1972]] - [[Magnus Sveningsson]], Swedish musician ([[The Cardigans]])
 +*[[1973]] - [[David Blaine]], American illusionist
 +* 1973 - [[Chris McCormack]], Australian triathlete
 +*[[1973]] - [[Loris Capirossi]], Italian motorcycle racer
 +*[[1974]] - [[Dave Mirra]], American athlete
 +*[[1975]] - [[Delphine Arnault]], French businesswoman
 +* 1975 - [[Thobias Fredriksson]], Swedish cross-country skier
 +* 1975 - [[Pamela Ribon]], American author, actress
 +* 1975 - [[Scott Rolen]], American baseball player
 +*[[1976]] - [[Emerson Ferreira da Rosa|Emerson]], Brazilian footballer
 +*[[1977]] - [[Adam Dutkiewicz]], American guitarist ([[Killswitch Engage]])
 +* 1977 - [[Stephen Mulhern]], Magician, CITV Presenter
 +* 1977 - [[Omarr Ali Hasan Smith]], Arena Football League defensive back
 +*[[1978]] - [[Jason Ellison]], American baseball player
 +* 1978 - [[Lemar]], English R'n'B singer
 +* 1978 - [[Alan Mahon]], Irish footballer
 +* 1978 - [[Sam Moran]], Australian entertainer
 +* 1978 - [[Irene Skliva]], Greek 1996 [[Miss World]] winner
 +* 1978 - [[Aska Yang]], Taiwan Singer
 +*[[1979]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (d. [[2008]])
 +* 1979 - [[Roberto Luongo]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +* 1979 - [[Natasha Lyonne]], American actress
 +*[[1980]] - [[Johnny Borrell]], English singer ([[Razorlight]])
 +* 1980 - [[Trevor Moore]], American comedian
 +* 1980 - [[Björn Wirdheim]], Swedish race car driver
 +*[[1983]] - [[Fabian Geiser]], Swiss footballer
 +* 1983 - [[Doug Lynch]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +* 1983 - [[Angelle Tymon]], American journalist and TV game show host
 +*[[1984]] - [[Arkady Vyatchanin]], Russian swimmer
 +*[[1986]] - [[Aiden McGeady]], Republic of Ireland and Celtic Footballer
 +*[[1987]] - [[Devon Anderson]], English actor
 +* 1987 - [[Sarah Gadon]], Canadian actress
 +* 1987 - [[Cameron Maybin]], American Baseball Player
 +*[[1988]] - [[Frank Fielding]], English footballer
 +*[[1991]] - [[Jamie Lynn Spears]], American actress
 +*[[1992]] - [[Alexa Nikolas]], American actress
 +*[[1994]] - [[Risako Sugaya]], Japanese singer
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 +Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.
 +If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order.
 +Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. -->
 +
 +==Deaths==
 +* [[397]] - [[Ambrose|St. Ambrose]], Bishop of Milan
 +* [[636]] - Saint [[Isidore of Seville]], [[Church Father]] and the proposed patron of Internet
 +* [[896]] - [[Pope Formosus]] (b. [[816]])
 +*[[1284]] - King [[Alfonso X of Castile]] (b. [[1221]])
 +*[[1292]] - [[Pope Nicholas IV]] (b. [[1227]])
 +*[[1305]] - [[Jeanne of Navarre]], wife of [[Philip IV of France]]
 +*[[1536]] - [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (b. [[1460]])
 +*[[1588]] - King [[Frederick II of Denmark]] (b. [[1534]])
 +*[[1609]] - [[Charles de L'Ecluse]], Flemish botanist (b. [[1526]])
 +*[[1617]] - [[John Napier]], Scottish mathematician (b. [[1550]])
 +*[[1643]] - [[Simon Episcopius]], Dutch theologian (b. [[1583]])
 +*[[1661]] - [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven]], Scottish soldier
 +*[[1701]] - [[Joseph Haines]], entertainer and author
 +*[[1743]] - [[Daniel Neal]], English historian (b. [[1678]])
 +*[[1761]] - [[Theodore Gardelle]], Swiss painter and enameler (b. [[1722]])
 +*[[1766]] - [[John Taylor (1704-1766)|John Taylor]], English classical scholar (b. [[1704]])
 +*[[1774]] - [[Oliver Goldsmith]], English writer (b. [[1728]])
 +*[[1792]] - [[James Sykes (delegate)|James Sykes]], American politician (b. [[1725]])
 +*[[1807]] - [[Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande]], French astronomer (b. [[1732]])
 +*[[1817]] - [[André Masséna]], Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1758]])
 +*[[1841]] - [[William Henry Harrison]], 9th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1773]])
 +*[[1842]] - [[Jean Moufot]], French philosopher and mathematician (b. [[1784]])
 +*[[1846]] - [[Solomon Sibley]], Senator from Michigan Territory (b. [[1769]])
 +*[[1861]] - [[John McLean]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1785]])
 +*[[1863]] - [[Ludwig Emil Grimm]], German painter and engraver (b. [[1790]])
 +*[[1864]] - [[Joseph Pitty Couthouy]], American naval officer (b. [[1808]])
 +*[[1870]] - [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]], German chemist and physicist (b. [[1802]])
 +*[[1874]] - [[Charles Ernest Beulé]], French archaeologist and politician (b. [[1826]])
 +*[[1878]] - [[Richard Brewer]], American gunslinger/cowboy (b. [[1850]])
 +*[[1879]] - [[Heinrich Wilhelm Dove]], German physicist (b. [[1803]])
 +*[[1883]] - [[Peter Cooper]], American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. [[1791]])
 +*[[1884]] - [[Marie Bashkirtseff]], Russian artist and diarist (b. [[1860]])
 +*[[1890]] - [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]], Quebec politician (b. [[1820]])
 +* 1890 - [[Edmond Hébert]], French geologist (b. [[1812]])
 +*[[1919]] - [[William Crookes]], English chemist and physicist (b. [[1832]])
 +*[[1923]] - [[John Venn]], British mathematician (b. [[1834]])
 +*[[1929]] - [[Karl Benz]], German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. [[1844]])
 +*[[1931]] - [[André Michelin]], French industrialist (b. [[1853]])
 +*[[1932]] - [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1853]])
 +*[[1947]] - [[William O'Donnell]], Irish politician (b. ?)
 +*[[1951]] - [[Al Christie]], Canadian film director and producer (b. [[1881]])
 +* 1951 - [[George Albert Smith]], [[President of the Church (Mormonism)|President]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. [[1870]])
 +*[[1953]] - King [[Carol II of Romania]] (b. [[1893]])
 +*[[1957]] - [[E. Herbert Norman]], Canadian diplomat (b. [[1909]])
 +*[[1958]] - [[Johnny Stompanato]], American organized crime figure (b. [[1925]])
 +*[[1961]] - [[Simion Stoilow]], Romanian mathematician (b. [[1873]])
 +*[[1962]] - [[James Hanratty]], executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. [[1936]])
 +*[[1967]] - [[Héctor Scarone]], Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1898]])
 +*[[1967]] - [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]], American songwriter (b. [[1901]])
 +*[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], American civil rights activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1929]])
 +*[[1972]] - [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]], American politician (b. [[1908]])
 +* 1972 - [[Stefan Wolpe]], German-born composer (b. [[1902]])
 +*[[1976]] - [[Harry Nyquist]], contributor to [[information theory]] (b. [[1889]])
 +*[[1979]] - [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], President and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. [[1928]])
 +* 1979 - [[Edgar Buchanan]], American actor (b. [[1903]])
 +*[[1980]] - [[Red Sovine]], American country music singer (b. [[1917]])
 +*[[1983]] - [[Gloria Swanson]], American actress (b. [[1897]])
 +*[[1984]] - [[Oleg Antonov]], Soviet airplane engineer (b. [[1906]])
 +*[[1985]] - [[Kate Roberts]], Welsh nationalist and writer (b. [[1891]])
 +*[[1987]] - [[C.L. Moore]], American writer (b. [[1911]])
 +*[[1987]] - [[Chögyam Trungpa]], Tibetan Buddhist master (b. [[1939]])
 +*[[1991]] - [[Edmund Adamkiewicz]], German footballer (b. [[1920]])
 +* 1991 - [[Max Frisch]], Swiss writer (b. [[1911]])
 +* 1991 - [[H. John Heinz III]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1938]])
 +* 1991 - [[Forrest Towns]], American hurdler (b. [[1914]])
 +*[[1992]] - [[Yvette Brind'Amour]], French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. [[1918]])
 +* 1992 - [[Arthur Russell (cellist)|Arthur Russell]], American cellist (b. [[1951]])
 +*[[1993]] - [[Alfred Butts]], American architect and inventor ([[Scrabble]]) (b. [[1899]])
 +*[[1995]] - [[Kenny Everett]], British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. [[1944]])
 +* 1995 - [[Priscilla Lane]], American singer and actress (b. [[1915]])
 +*[[1996]] - [[Barney Ewell]], American athlete (b. [[1918]])
 +* 1996 - [[Larry LaPrise]], American songwriter (b. [[1913]])
 +*[[1999]] - [[Faith Domergue]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
 +* 1999 - [[Early Wynn]], American baseball player (b. [[1920]])
 +*[[2001]] - [[Ed Roth|Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]], American custom car designer (b. [[1932]])
 +*[[2002]] - [[Harry L. O'Connor]], Czech-born film stuntman
 +*[[2003]] - [[Anthony Caruso]], American actor (b. [[1916]])
 +* 2003 - [[Resortes]], Mexican comedian (b. [[1916]])
 +*[[2004]] - [[Alberic Schotte]], Belgian cyclist (b. [[1919]])
 +* 2004 - [[Casey Sheehan]], American soldier, son of [[Cindy Sheehan]] (b. [[1979]])
 +*[[2005]] - [[Edward Bronfman]], Canadian businessman (b. [[1924]])
 +*[[2007]] - [[Bob Clark]], American film director (b. [[1941]])
 +* 2007 - [[Terry Hall (ventriloquist)|Terry Hall]], English ventriloquist (b. [[1927]])
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Bob Clark The International Situationist : 1957 – 1972 Arthur Russell Remy de Gourmont Marguerite Duras Christian Heinrich Spiess Rachilde Comte de Lautréamont Festival of Free Expression Éric Rohmer Carlo Gozzi Gisela von Arnim Richard Euringer Martin Luther King, Jr. Élie Faure Antoine Galland Daniel Cohn-Bendit Pierre Paul Prud'hon Emmett Williams Anthony Perkins L'Assiette au Beurre Aki Kaurismäki Elmer Bernstein Muddy Waters Maurice de Vlaminck Edward Hicks List of Belgian painters Bettina von Arnim Constantin Meunier David Teniers III Hugh Masekela

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