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April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 259 days remain until the end of the year.
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900 1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , in Scotland.[5] After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants .1780 – Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster .1799 – French Revolutionary Wars : The Battle of Mount Tabor : Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre .1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty , limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain .1838 – The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War .[6] 1847 – Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars .1853 – The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane .1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society , a former Scottish learned society , is wound up.1862 – American Civil War : Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia .1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act , a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia , becomes law. 1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign , gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.1878 – The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issued a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish .[7] 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas , Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.1901–present 1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah .1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena , opens for the first time.1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel .1917 – Russian Revolution : Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd , Russia , from exile in Switzerland.1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.1919 – Polish–Lithuanian War : The Polish Army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania . 1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo , pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations , is signed.1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia , Bulgaria , 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.1941 – World War II : The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected. 1942 – King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.[8] 1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD . He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19 .1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade , killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights .1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz ). 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine . 1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas , to catch fire, killing almost 600.1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War " to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union . 1948 – The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.[6] 1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism .1962 – Walter Cronkite begins his tenure as anchor of CBS Evening News . 1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.1972 – Apollo program : The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida .1990 – "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian , participates in his first assisted suicide .1996 – Israel strikes a civilian house in Nabatieh Fawka , Lebanon, killing 9 people, including 7 children.2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict , but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border .2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union .2003 – Michael Jordan plays his final game with the National Basketball Association .[6] 2007 – Virginia Tech shooting : Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment .[9] 2012 – The trial for Anders Behring Breivik , the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks , begins in Oslo , Norway.2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize . 2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province , Iran , killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga . 2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island , killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.2018 – The New York Times and the New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal .[10] Births Pre-1600 1601–1900 1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch painter (d. 1681)[14] 1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (probable;[15] d. 1708)1660 – Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)[16] 1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)[17] 1682 – John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner , German organist and composer (d. 1778)1728 – Joseph Black , French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)1730 – Henry Clinton , English general and politician (d. 1795)1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , French painter (d. 1842)[18] 1786 – John Franklin , English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)1808 – Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)1821 – Ford Madox Brown , French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)1826 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet , British politician (d. 1891)1827 – Octave Crémazie , Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì , Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson , English merchant (d. 1862)1844 – Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)1847 – Hans Auer , Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (d. 1919)1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)1864 – Rose Talbot Bullard , American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)1865 – Harry Chauvel , Australian general (d. 1945)1866 – José de Diego , Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)1867 – Wilbur Wright , American inventor (d. 1912)1871 – John Millington Synge , Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe , Japanese general (d. 1936)1878 – R. E. Foster , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)1882 – Seth Bingham , American organist and composer (d. 1972)1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell , English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)1885 – Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)1886 – Michalis Dorizas , Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)1886 – Ernst Thälmann , German politician (d. 1944) 1888 – Billy Minter , English footballer and manager (d. 1940)[19] 1889 – Charlie Chaplin , English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)1890 – Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner , American author and educator (d. 1979) 1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop , American author and illustrator (d. 1980)1892 – Howard Mumford Jones , American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)1893 – Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)[20] 1893 – John Norton , American hurdler (d. 1979) 1895 – Ove Arup , English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988)1896 – Robert Henry Best , American journalist (d. 1952)1896 – Árpád Weisz , Hungarian footballer (d. 1944) 1899 – Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)1900 – Polly Adler , Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) [21] 1901–present 1903 – Paul Waner , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)1904 – Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)1905 – Frits Philips , Dutch businessman (d. 2005)1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)1907 – August Eigruber , Austrian-German politician (d. 1947) 1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr. , American businessman and activist (d. 2004)1908 – Ray Ventura , French jazz bandleader (d. 1979) 1910 – Berton Roueché , American journalist and author (d. 1994)1911 – Guy Burgess , English-Russian spy (d. 1963)1913 – Les Tremayne , English actor (d. 2003)1914 – John Hodiak , American actor (d. 1955)1915 – Robert Speck , Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972) 1916 – Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)1917 – Barry Nelson , American actor (d. 2007) 1918 – Dick Gibson , English racing driver (d. 2010)1918 – Hsuan Hua , Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995) 1918 – Juozas Kazickas , Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014) 1918 – Spike Milligan , Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002) 1919 – Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)1919 – Nilla Pizzi , Italian singer (d. 2011) 1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013) 1919 – Thomas Willmore , English geometer and academic (d. 2005) 1920 – Ananda Dassanayake , Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986) 1921 – Arlin Adams , American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author (d. 2014) 1921 – Peter Ustinov , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) 1922 – Kingsley Amis , English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995)1922 – John Christopher , English author (d. 2012) 1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino , American colonel (d. 2014) 1922 – Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014) 1923 – Warren Barker , American composer (d. 2006)1923 – Arch A. Moore Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015) 1924 – John Harvey-Jones , English academic and businessman (d. 2008)1924 – Henry Mancini , American composer and conductor (d. 1994)[22] 1924 – Rudy Pompilli , American saxophonist (d. 1976) 1924 – Madanjeet Singh , Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013) 1926 – Pierre Fabre , French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)1927 – Edie Adams , American actress and singer (d. 2008)1927 – Pope Benedict XVI [23] 1927 – Rolf Schult , German actor (d. 2013) 1929 – Roy Hamilton , American singer (d. 1969)1929 – Ralph Slatyer , Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012) 1929 – Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003) 1930 – Doug Beasy , Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)1930 – Herbie Mann , American flute player and composer (d. 2003) 1932 – Maury Meyers , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz , Spanish footballer (d. 2012)1933 – Joan Bakewell , English journalist and author 1933 – Perry Botkin Jr. , American composer, arranger and musician (d, 2021) 1933 – Vera Krepkina , Russian long jumper 1933 – Ike Pappas , American journalist and actor (d. 2008) 1934 – Vince Hill , English singer-songwriter1934 – Robert Stigwood , Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)[24] 1934 – Barrie Unsworth , Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales 1934 – Vicar , Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012) 1935 – Marcel Carrière , Canadian director and screenwriter1935 – Sarah Kirsch , German poet and author (d. 2013) 1935 – Lennart Risberg , Swedish boxer (d. 2013) 1935 – Dominique Venner , French journalist and historian (d. 2013) 1935 – Bobby Vinton , American singer 1936 – Vadim Kuzmin , Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)1937 – Gert Potgieter , South African hurdler and coach 1938 – Rich Rollins , American baseball player1938 – Gordon Wilson , Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017) 1939 – John Amabile , American football player and coach (d. 2012)1939 – Dusty Springfield , English singer and record producer (d. 1999) 1940 – Benoît Bouchard , Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport 1940 – David Holford , Barbadian cricketer 1940 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 1940 – Joan Snyder , American painter 1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys , English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom 1941 – Allan Segal , American director and producer (d. 2012)1942 – Jim Lonborg , American baseball pitcher1942 – Sir Frank Williams , English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (d. 2021) 1943 – Lonesome Dave Peverett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)1943 – Petro Tyschtschenko , Austrian-German businessman 1943 – John Watkins , Australian cricketer 1945 – Tom Allen , American lawyer and politician1946 – Margot Adler , American journalist and author (d. 2014)1946 – Ernst Bakker , Dutch politician (d. 2014) 1946 – Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015) 1946 – R. Carlos Nakai , American flute player 1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player and coach1947 – Gerry Rafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)[25] 1948 – Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)1950 – David Graf , American actor (d. 2001)1950 – Colleen Hewett , Australian singer and actress 1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian author and photographer1952 – Bill Belichick , American football player and coach1952 – Michel Blanc , French actor and director 1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov , Israeli sprinter and hurdler 1952 – Billy West , American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian 1953 – Peter Garrett , Australian singer-songwriter and politician1953 – Jay O. Sanders , American actor 1954 – Ellen Barkin , American actress1954 – John Bowe , Australian racing driver 1954 – Mike Zuke , Canadian ice hockey player 1955 – Bruce Bochy , American baseball player and manager1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1956 – David M. Brown , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)1956 – T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010) 1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier 1957 – Patricia De Martelaere , Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)1958 – Tim Flach , English photographer and director1958 – Ulf Wakenius , Swedish guitarist 1959 – Alison Ramsay , English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer1960 – Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician (d. 2007)1960 – Rafael Benítez , Spanish footballer and manager 1960 – Pierre Littbarski , German footballer and manager 1961 – Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)1961 – Linda Ruth Williams , British film studies academic 1962 – Anna Dello Russo , Italian journalist1962 – Douglas Elmendorf , American economist and politician 1962 – Ian MacKaye , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1963 – Saleem Malik , Pakistani cricketer1963 – Jimmy Osmond , American singer[26] 1964 – David Kohan , American screenwriter and producer1964 – Dave Pirner , American singer, songwriter and producer 1964 – Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish pianist (d. 2008) 1965 – Yves-François Blanchet , Canadian politician1965 – Jon Cryer , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1965 – Martin Lawrence , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1966 – Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian drummer1968 – Vickie Guerrero , American wrestler and manager1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel , German runner 1969 – Patrik Järbyn , Swedish skier1969 – Fernando Viña , American baseball player and sportscaster 1970 – Dero Goi , German singer-songwriter and drummer1970 – Walt Williams , American basketball player 1971 – Cameron Blades , Australian rugby player1971 – Selena , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995) 1971 – Seigo Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver 1971 – Natasha Zvereva , Belarusian tennis player 1972 – Conchita Martínez , Spanish-American tennis player1972 – Tracy K. Smith , American poet and educator 1973 – Akon , Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter1973 – Charlotta Sörenstam , Swedish golfer 1973 – Teddy Cobeña , Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor 1976 – Lukas Haas , American actor and musician1976 – Kelli O'Hara , American actress and singer 1977 – Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish footballer1979 – Christijan Albers , Dutch racing driver1979 – Lars Börgeling , German pole vaulter 1979 – Daniel Browne , New Zealand rugby player 1981 – Anestis Agritis , Greek footballer1981 – Maya Dunietz , Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist 1981 – Matthieu Proulx , Canadian football player 1982 – Gina Carano , American mixed martial artist and actress1982 – Boris Diaw , French basketball player 1982 – Jonathan Vilma , American football player 1983 – Marié Digby , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress1983 – Cat Osterman , American softball player 1984 – Teddy Blass , American composer and producer1984 – Claire Foy , English actress 1984 – Tucker Fredricks , American speed skater 1984 – Paweł Kieszek , Polish footballer 1984 – Kerron Stewart , Jamaican sprinter 1985 – Luol Deng , Sudanese-English basketball player1985 – Brendon Leonard , New Zealand rugby player 1985 – Taye Taiwo , Nigerian footballer 1986 – Shinji Okazaki , Japanese footballer1986 – Peter Regin , Danish ice hockey player[27] 1986 – Epke Zonderland , Dutch gymnast 1987 – Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player1987 – Aaron Lennon , English international footballer[28] 1988 – Kyle Okposo , American ice hockey player1990 – Reggie Jackson , American basketball player1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris , Greek basketball player[29] 1990 – Tony McQuay , American sprinter[30] 1991 – Nolan Arenado , American baseball player1991 – Kim Kyung-jung , South Korean footballer 1993 – Chance the Rapper , American rapper[31] 1993 – Mirai Nagasu , Japanese-American figure skater[32] 1996 – Anya Taylor-Joy , Argentine-British actress[33] Deaths Pre-1600 AD 69 – Otho , Roman emperor (b. AD 32)665 – Fructuosus of Braga , French archbishop and saint1090 – Sikelgaita , duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1040 )1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)1118 – Adelaide del Vasto , regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily , queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem1198 – Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)1234 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)1375 – John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)[34] 1496 – Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)1587 – Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)1601–1900 1640 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)1645 – Tobias Hume , Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)1687 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)1689 – Aphra Behn , English author and playwright (b. 1640)1742 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)1756 – Jacques Cassini , French astronomer (b. 1677)1783 – Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)1828 – Francisco Goya , Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)1846 – Domenico Dragonetti , Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)1850 – Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)[35] 1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)1879 – Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint (b. 1844)[36] 1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)1899 – Emilio Jacinto , Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)1901–present 1904 – Maximilian Kronberger , German poet and author (b. 1888)1904 – Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author (b. 1812) 1914 – George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)1915 – Nelson W. Aldrich , American businessman and politician (b. 1841)1925 – Stefan Nerezov , Bulgarian general (b. 1867)1928 – Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)1928 – Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler (b. 1900) 1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui , Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)1935 – Panait Istrati , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)1937 – Jay Johnson Morrow , American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)1938 – Steve Bloomer , English footballer and manager (b. 1874)1940 – Tony D'Arcy , Irish Republican hunger striker1941 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp , English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)1942 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)1942 – Denis St. George Daly , Irish polo player (b. 1862) 1946 – Arthur Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)1947 – Rudolf Höss , German SS officer (b. 1900)1950 – Eduard Oja , Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)1950 – Anders Peter Nielsen , Danish target shooter (b. 1867) 1955 – David Kirkwood , Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)1958 – Rosalind Franklin , English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)1960 – Mihály Fekete , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)1961 – Carl Hovland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)1965 – Francis Balfour , English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)1965 – Sydney Chaplin , English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)1966 – Eric Lambert , Australian author (b. 1918)1968 – Fay Bainter , American actress (b. 1893)1968 – Edna Ferber , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)[37] 1969 – Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)1970 – Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)1970 – Péter Veres , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897) 1972 – Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)1972 – Frank O'Connor , Australian public servant (b. 1894) 1973 – István Kertész , Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)1978 – Lucius D. Clay , American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)1980 – Morris Stoloff , American composer (b. 1898)1985 – Scott Brady , American actor (b. 1924)1988 – Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)1988 – Youri Egorov , Russian pianist (b. 1954) 1989 – Jocko Conlan , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)1989 – Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915) 1989 – Miles Lawrence , English cricketer (b. 1940) 1989 – Hakkı Yeten , Turkish footballer, manager and president (b. 1910)1991 – David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)1992 – Neville Brand , American actor (b. 1920)1992 – Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915) 1992 – Andy Russell , American singer and actor (b. 1919) 1994 – Paul-Émilien Dalpé , Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)1994 – Ralph Ellison , American novelist and critic (b. 1913) 1996 – Lucille Bremer , American actress and dancer (b. 1917)1997 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician (b. 1921)1997 – Roland Topor , French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938) 1998 – Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)1998 – Fred Davis , English snooker player (b. 1913) 1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur , Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880) 1999 – Skip Spence , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)2001 – Robert Osterloh , American actor (b. 1918)[38] 2001 – Michael Ritchie , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) 2001 – Alec Stock , English footballer and manager (b. 1917) 2002 – Billy Ayre , English footballer and manager (b. 1952)2002 – Ruth Fertel , American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927) 2002 – Robert Urich , American actor (b. 1946) 2003 – Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (b. 1930)2003 – Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909) 2005 – Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)2007 – Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)2007 – Gaétan Duchesne , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962) 2007 – Maria Lenk , Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915) 2007 – Chandrabose Suthaharan , Sri Lankan journalist 2008 – Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)2010 – Rasim Delić , Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)[39] 2010 – Daryl Gates , American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926) 2011 – Gerry Alexander , Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)2011 – Allan Blakeney , Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925) 2011 – Sol Saks , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910) 2012 – Sári Barabás , Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)2012 – Marian Biskup , Polish author and academic (b. 1922) 2012 – Alan Hacker , English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938) 2012 – George Kunda , Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956) 2012 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish businessman (b. 1913) 2012 – Carlo Petrini , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948) 2013 – Charles Bruzon , Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)2013 – Ali Kafi , Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928) 2013 – Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926) 2013 – Pentti Lund , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925) 2013 – George Beverly Shea , Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909) 2013 – Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930) 2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919) 2014 – Gyude Bryant , Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)2014 – Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)[40] 2014 – Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923) 2015 – Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)[41] 2015 – Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)[42] 2018 – Harry Anderson , American actor and magician (b. 1952)[43] 2021 – Andrew Peacock , Australian politician (b. 1939).[44] 2021 – Helen McCrory , British actress (b. 1968).[45] 2021 - Liam Scarlett , British choreographer (b. 1986)[46] 2021 - John Dawes , Welsh rugby union player (b. 1940)[47] Holidays and observances Christian feast day : Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico , United States)Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)[49] Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C. , United States)Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust (Hungary)National Healthcare Decisions Day (United States)Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan )World Voice Day References ^ Legrand, Jacques (1989). 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