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March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 285 days remain until the end of the year.
Events Pre-1600 537 – Siege of Rome : King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls , but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate , known as the Vivarium Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius .630 – Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross , one of the holiest Christian relics , to Jerusalem .717 – Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid .1152 – Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine .1180 – Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.1556 – On the day of his execution in Oxford , former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."[1] 1601–1900 1901–present 1918 – World War I : The first phase of the German Spring Offensive , Operation Michael , begins.1919 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia .1921 – The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism .1925 – The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee .1925 – Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea . 1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.1935 – Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran 1937 – Ponce massacre : Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship .1943 – Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.1945 – World War II : British troops liberate Mandalay , Burma .1945 – World War II: Operation Carthage : Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen , Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians. 1945 – World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes. 1946 – The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington , making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.1952 – Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball , the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio .1960 – Apartheid : Sharpeville massacre , South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.1963 – Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California ) closes.1965 – Ranger program : NASA launches Ranger 9 , the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes .1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama . 1968 – Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO .1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto , Mayor of San Francisco .1970 – San Diego Comic-Con , the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosts its inaugural event.[3] 1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War .1983 – The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic .1986 – Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships 1989 – Transbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport , killing 25 people.[4] 1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.1994 – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon .2000 – Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel .2006 – The social media site Twitter is founded.2019 – The 2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion occurs, killing at least 47 people and injuring 640 others.[5] 2022 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi , China , killing 132 people.[6] Births Pre-1600 927 – Emperor Taizu of Song (d. 976)1474 – Angela Merici , Italian educator and saint (d. 1540)1501 – Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham , English noble (d. 1558)1521 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)1527 – Hermann Finck , German composer and educator (d. 1558)1555 – John Leveson , English politician (d. 1615)1557 – Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel , English countess and poet (d. 1630)1601–1900 1626 – Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur , Spanish saint and missionary (d. 1667)1672 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator (d. 1742)[7] 1685 – Johann Sebastian Bach , German Baroque composer and musician (d. 1750)[8] 1713 – Francis Lewis , Welsh-American merchant and politician (d. 1803)1716 – Josef Seger , Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1782)1752 – Mary Dixon Kies , American inventor (d. 1837)1763 – Jean Paul , German journalist and author (d. 1825)1768 – Joseph Fourier , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1830)1802 – Augusta Waddington , Welsh writer and patron of the arts (d. 1896)[9] 1806 – Benito Juárez , Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico (d. 1872)1811 – Nathaniel Woodard , English priest and educator (d. 1891)1825 – Alexander Mozhaysky , Russian soldier and engineer (d. 1890)1831 – Dorothea Beale , English suffragist, educational reformer and author (d. 1906)[10] 1835 – Thomas Hayward , English cricketer (d. 1876)1839 – Modest Mussorgsky , Russian pianist and composer (d. 1881)1854 – Alick Bannerman , Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1924)1857 – Alice Henry , Australian journalist and activist (d. 1943)1859 – Daria Pratt , American golfer (d. 1938)1865 – George Owen Squier , American general (d. 1934)1866 – Antonia Maury , American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)1867 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , American director and producer (d. 1932)1869 – David Robertson , Scottish-English golfer and rugby player (d. 1937)1874 – Alfred Tysoe , English runner (d. 1901)1876 – Walter Tewksbury , American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)1877 – Maurice Farman , French race car driver and pilot (d. 1964)1878 – Morris H. Whitehouse , American architect (d. 1944)1880 – Broncho Billy Anderson , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1971)1880 – Hans Hofmann , German-American painter and academic (d. 1966) 1882 – Aleksander Kesküla , Estonian politician (d. 1963)1884 – George David Birkhoff , American mathematician (d. 1944)1885 – Pierre Renoir , French actor and director (d. 1952)1886 – Walter Dray , American pole vaulter (d. 1973)1887 – Clarice Beckett , Australian painter (d. 1935)1887 – Lajos Kassák , Hungarian poet, novelist and painter (d. 1967) 1887 – M. N. Roy , Indian philosopher and politician (d. 1954) 1889 – Jock Sutherland , American football player and coach (d. 1948)1896 – Friedrich Waismann , Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1959)1897 – Sim Gokkes , Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1943)1897 – Salvador Lutteroth , Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (d. 1987) 1899 – Panagiotis Pipinelis , Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)1901–present 1901 – Karl Arnold , German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat (d. 1958)1902 – Son House , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)1904 – Jehane Benoît , Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987)1904 – Forrest Mars, Sr. , American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar (d. 1999) 1904 – Nikos Skalkottas , Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949) 1905 – Phyllis McGinley , American author and poet (d. 1978)1906 – John D. Rockefeller III , American philanthropist (d. 1978)1906 – Jim Thompson , American businessman (d. 1967) 1906 – André Filho , Brazilian musician and songwriter (d. 1974) 1907 – Zoltán Kemény , Hungarian sculptor (d. 1965)1909 – Harry Lane , English footballer (d. 1977)1910 – Julio Gallo , American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (d. 1993)1910 – Muhammad Siddiq Khan , Bangladeshi librarian and educator (d. 1978) 1911 – Walter Lincoln Hawkins , African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992)1912 – André Laurendeau , Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)1913 – George Abecassis , English race car driver and pilot (d. 1991)1913 – Guillermo Haro , Mexican astronomer (d. 1988) 1914 – Paul Tortelier , French cellist and composer (d. 1990)1916 – Bismillah Khan , Indian shehnai player (d. 2006)1916 – Ken Wharton , English race car driver (d. 1957) 1917 – Frank Hardy , Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)1918 – Patrick Lucey , American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014)1918 – Charles Thompson , American pianist and composer (d. 2016) 1919 – Douglas Warren , Australian bishop (d. 2013)1920 – Manolis Chiotis , Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1970)1920 – Éric Rohmer , French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2010) 1921 – Arthur Grumiaux , Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986)1921 – Antony Hopkins , English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014) 1922 – Russ Meyer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)1923 – Louis-Edmond Hamelin , Canadian geographer, author, and academic (d. 2020)1923 – Nizar Qabbani , Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998) 1923 – Nirmala Srivastava , Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011) 1923 – Rezső Nyers , Hungarian politician (d. 2018) 1924 – Philip Abbott , American actor (d. 1998)1924 – Dov Shilansky , Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (d. 2010) 1925 – Harold Ashby , American saxophonist (d. 2003)1925 – Peter Brook , English-French director and producer 1925 – Hugo Koblet , Swiss cyclist (d. 1964) 1926 – André Delvaux , Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002)1927 – Halton Arp , American-German astronomer and critic (d. 2013)1927 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher , German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016) 1928 – Surya Bahadur Thapa , Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2015)1929 – Maurice Catarcio , American wrestler (d. 2005)1930 – James Coco , American actor (d. 1987)1930 – Otis Spann , American blues pianist, singer and composer (d. 1970) 1931 – Toyonobori , Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)1931 – Clark L. Brundin , American-English engineer and academic (d. 2021) 1931 – Catherine Gibson , Scottish swimmer (d. 2013) 1931 – Al Williamson , American illustrator (d. 2010) 1932 – Walter Gilbert , American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1932 – Joseph Silverstein , American violinist and conductor (d. 2015) 1933 – John Hall , English businessman1933 – Michael Heseltine , Welsh businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1934 – Al Freeman, Jr. , American actor and director (d. 2012)1935 – Brian Clough , English footballer and manager (d. 2004)1936 – Ed Broadbent , Canadian pilot and politician1936 – Mike Westbrook , English pianist and composer 1937 – Ann Clwyd , Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales 1937 – Tom Flores , American football player and coach 1937 – Pierre-Jean Rémy , French diplomat and author (d. 2010) 1938 – Michael Foreman , English author and illustrator1938 – Grahame Thomas , Australian cricketer 1939 – Kathleen Widdoes , American actress1940 – Solomon Burke , American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)1940 – Andrea Elle , German bicyclist 1942 – Françoise Dorléac , French actress (d. 1967)1942 – Kostas Politis , Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2018) 1942 – Amina Claudine Myers , African-American singer-songwriter and pianist 1942 – Patcha Ramachandra Rao , India metallurgist, educator and administrator (d. 2010) 1943 – István Gyulai , Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster (d. 2006)1943 – Hartmut Haenchen , German conductor 1943 – Vivian Stanshall , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (d. 1995) 1944 – Marie-Christine Barrault , French actress1944 – Janet Daley , American-English journalist and author 1944 – Hideki Ishima , Japanese guitarist 1944 – Mike Jackson , English general 1944 – David Lindley , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1944 – Gaye Adegbalola , African-American singer and guitarist 1945 – Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner , English lawyer1945 – Charles Greene , American sprinter and coach 1945 – Rose Stone , African-American R&B singer and keyboard player 1946 – Timothy Dalton , Welsh-English actor1946 – Ray Dorset , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1946 – Joseph Mitsuaki Takami , Japanese cardinal 1947 – George Johnston , Scottish footballer[11] 1948 – Scott Fahlman , American computer scientist and academic1949 – Alvin Kallicharran , Guyanese cricketer and coach1949 – Andy Love , Scottish-English politician 1949 – Eddie Money , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019) 1949 – Slavoj Žižek , Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic 1950 – Roger Hodgson , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player1950 – Ron Oden , American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs 1950 – Sergey Lavrov , Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1951 – Conrad Lozano , American bass player1951 – Russell Thompkins Jr. , American soul singer 1953 – Steve Furber , English computer scientist and academic1953 – Paul Martin Lester , American photographer, author, and educator 1953 – David Wisniewski , English-American author and illustrator (d. 2002) 1954 – Prayut Chan-o-cha , Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand [12] 1955 – Fadi Abboud , Lebanese economist and politician1955 – Jair Bolsonaro , Brazilian politician and retired military officer, 38th President of Brazil[13] 1955 – Bob Bennett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 – Dimitrios Papadimoulis , Greek politician 1955 – Bärbel Wöckel , East German sprinter[14] 1956 – Dick Beardsley , American runner1956 – Guy Chadwick , German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1956 – Richard H. Kirk , English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2021) 1956 – Ingrid Kristiansen , Norwegian runner 1958 – Marlies Göhr , German sprinter1958 – Brad Hall , American comedian, director, and screenwriter 1958 – Gary Oldman , English actor, filmmaker, musician and author 1959 – Sarah Jane Morris , English singer-songwriter1959 – Yuval Rotem , Israeli diplomat 1959 – Nobuo Uematsu , Japanese keyboard player and composer 1960 – Marwan Farhat , Syrian actor and voice actor1960 – Benito T. de Leon , Filipino general 1960 – Raivo Puusepp , Estonian architect 1960 – Ayrton Senna , Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994) 1960 – Robert Sweet , American drummer and producer 1961 – Lothar Matthäus , German footballer and manager1961 – Gary O'Reilly , English footballer[15] 1961 – Kassie DePaiva , American actress 1961 – Slim Jim Phantom , American rock drummer 1961 – Kim Turner , American hurdler 1962 – Matthew Broderick , American actor1962 – Kathy Greenwood , Canadian actress and screenwriter 1962 – Rosie O'Donnell , American actress, producer, and talk show host 1962 – Mark Waid , American author 1963 – Shawon Dunston , American baseball player1963 – Ronald Koeman , Dutch footballer and manager 1963 – Shawn Lane , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003) 1963 – Share Pedersen , American bass player 1964 – Ieuan Evans , Welsh rugby player1964 – Jesper Skibby , Danish cyclist 1965 – Xavier Bertrand , French businessman and politician, French Minister of Social Affairs 1965 – Thomas Frank , American author, historian and political analyst 1966 – Benito Archundia , Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist1966 – Hauke Fuhlbrügge , German runner 1966 – Matthew Maynard , English cricketer and coach 1966 – Moa Matthis , Swedish author 1967 – Carwyn Jones , Welsh lawyer and politician, First Minister of Wales 1967 – Mirela Rupic , American costume and fashion designer 1968 – Cameron Clyne , Australian businessman1968 – Andrew Copeland , American singer and guitarist 1968 – Gary Walsh , English football coach and former footballer 1968 – Greg Ellis , English actor, producer, and screenwriter 1968 – Tolunay Kafkas , Turkish footballer and manager 1968 – Scott Williams , American basketball player and sportscaster 1969 – Jonah Goldberg , American journalist and author1970 – Shiho Niiyama , Japanese voice actress (d. 2000)1970 – Cenk Uygur , Turkish-American political activist 1971 – Zsolt Kürtösi , Hungarian decathlete1972 – Chris Candido , American wrestler (d. 2005)1972 – Balázs Kiss , Hungarian hammer thrower 1972 – Derartu Tulu , Ethiopian runner 1972 – Graeme Welch , English cricketer 1973 – Ananda Lewis , American television host1973 – Stuart Nethercott , English footballer and manager[16] 1973 – Large Professor , American rapper and producer 1974 – Rhys Darby , New Zealand comedian and actor1974 – Dejima Takeharu , Japanese sumo wrestler 1974 – Edsel Dope , American singer-songwriter and producer 1974 – Ted Kravitz , British presenter and Formula One pit-lane reporter 1974 – Kevin Leahy , American drummer 1974 – Conor Woodman , Irish journalist and author 1975 – Yacoub Al-Mohana , Kuwaiti director and producer1975 – Corne Krige , South African rugby player 1975 – Fabricio Oberto , Argentinian-Italian basketball player 1975 – Vitaly Potapenko , Ukrainian basketball player and coach 1975 – Mark Williams , Welsh snooker player 1976 – Rachael MacFarlane , American voice actress and singer1976 – Bamboo Mañalac , Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist 1976 – Tekin Sazlog , German-Turkish footballer 1977 – Bruno Cirillo , Italian footballer1977 – Jamie Delgado , English tennis player 1978 – Sally Barsosio , Kenyan runner1978 – Joyce Jimenez , Filipino movie and TV actress 1978 – Charmaine Dragun , Australian journalist (d. 2007) 1978 – Cristian Guzmán , Dominican baseball player 1978 – Mohammad Rezaei , Iranian wrestler 1980 – Ronaldinho , Brazilian footballer1980 – Marit Bjørgen , Norwegian skier 1980 – Lee Jin , South Korean singer and actress 1980 – Deryck Whibley , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1981 – Germano Borovicz Cardoso Schweger , Brazilian footballer1981 – Sébastien Chavanel , French cyclist 1981 – Glenn Hall , Australian rugby league player 1981 – Jason King , Australian rugby league player 1981 – Todd Polglase , Australian rugby league player 1982 – Maria Elena Camerin , Italian tennis player1982 – Ejegayehu Dibaba , Ethiopian runner 1982 – Aaron Hill , American baseball player 1982 – Colin Turkington , Northern Irish race car driver 1983 – Lucila Pascua , Spanish basketball player1983 – Jean Ondoa , Cameroonian footballer 1984 – Tiago dos Santos Roberto , Brazilian footballer1984 – Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez , Uruguayan footballer 1985 – Ryan Callahan , American ice hockey player1985 – Adrian Peterson , American football player 1986 – Scott Eastwood , American actor1986 – Michu , Spanish footballer 1986 – Romanos Alyfantis , Greek swimmer 1986 – Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou , Greek pole vaulter 1987 – Carlos Carrasco , Venezuelan baseball pitcher1988 – Kateřina Čechová , Czech sprinter1988 – Erik Johnson , American ice hockey player 1988 – Eric Krüger , German sprinter 1988 – Michael Madl , Austrian footballer[17] 1989 – Jordi Alba , Spanish footballer1989 – Nicolás Lodeiro , Uruguayan footballer 1989 – Takeru Satoh , Japanese actor 1990 – Mandy Capristo , German singer-songwriter and dancer1990 – Ryann Krais , American runner and heptathlete 1990 – Alex Nimo , Liberian-American soccer player 1991 – Luke Chapman , English footballer1991 – Antoine Griezmann , French footballer 1992 – Lehlogonolo Masalesa , South African footballer1992 – Karolína Plíšková , Czech tennis player 1993 – Jake Bidwell , English footballer1993 – Jesse Joronen , Finnish footballer 1994 – Margaret Lu , American fencer[18] 1996 – Aurora Mikalsen , Norwegian footballer[19] 1997 – Martina Stoessel , Argentine actress2000 – Jace Norman , American actor2003 – Natalie Garcia , Canadian rhythmic gymnast[20] Deaths Pre-1600 543 or 547 – Benedict of Nursia , Italian saint (b. 480)867 – Ælla , king of Northumbria 867 – Osberht , king of Northumbria 1034 – Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 955)1063 – Richeza of Lotharingia (b. 995)1076 – Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)1201 – Absalon , Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)1306 – Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)1372 – Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden 1487 – Nicholas of Flüe , Swiss monk and saint (b. 1417)1540 – John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford , English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)1556 – Thomas Cranmer , English archbishop (b. 1489)[21] 1571 – Odet de Coligny , French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)1601–1900 1617 – Pocahontas , Algonquian Indigenous princess (b. c. 1595)1653 – Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha , Albanian politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1656 – James Ussher , Irish archbishop (b. 1581)1676 – Henri Sauval , French historian and author (b. 1623)1729 – John Law , Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)1729 – Elżbieta Sieniawska , politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669) 1734 – Robert Wodrow , Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)1751 – Johann Heinrich Zedler , German publisher (b. 1706)1752 – Gio Nicola Buhagiar , Maltese painter (b. 1698)[22] 1762 – Nicolas Louis de Lacaille , French priest, astronomer, and academic (b. 1713)1772 – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin , French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)1795 – Giovanni Arduino , Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)1801 – Andrea Luchesi , Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)1804 – Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)1843 – Robert Southey , English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)[23] 1843 – Guadalupe Victoria , Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786) 1854 – Pedro María de Anaya , Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)[24] 1863 – Edwin Vose Sumner , American general (b. 1797)1869 – Juan Almonte , son of José María Morelos , was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)[25] 1884 – Ezra Abbot , American scholar and academic (b. 1819)1891 – Joseph E. Johnston , American general (b. 1807)1901–present 1915 – Frederick Winslow Taylor , American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)1920 – Evelina Haverfield , British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)1934 – Franz Schreker , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)1934 – Lilyan Tashman , American actress (b. 1896) 1936 – Alexander Glazunov , Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)1939 – Evald Aav , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)1939 – Ali Hikmet Ayerdem , Turkish general and politician (b. 1877) 1943 – Cornelia Fort , American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)1945 – Arthur Nebe , German SS officer (b. 1894)1951 – Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)1953 – Ed Voss , American basketball player (b. 1922)1956 – Hatı Çırpan , Turkish politician (b. 1890)1958 – Cyril M. Kornbluth , American soldier and author (b. 1923)1970 – Manolis Chiotis , Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)1975 – Joe Medwick , American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)[26] 1978 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh , President of Ireland (b. 1911)[27] 1980 – Peter Stoner , American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)1985 – Michael Redgrave , English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)1987 – Walter L. Gordon , Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)1987 – Robert Preston , American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918) 1991 – Vedat Dalokay , Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)1991 – Leo Fender , American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909) 1992 – John Ireland , Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)1992 – Natalie Sleeth , American pianist and composer (b. 1930) 1994 – Macdonald Carey , American actor (b. 1913)1994 – Lili Damita , French-American actress and singer (b. 1904) 1994 – Aleksandrs Laime , Latvian -born explorer (b. 1911) [28] 1997 – Wilbert Awdry , English cleric and author, created The Railway Series Thomas the Tank Engine 1998 – Galina Ulanova , Russian ballerina (b. 1910)1999 – Jean Guitton , French philosopher and author (b. 1905)1999 – Ernie Wise , English comedian and actor (b. 1925) 2001 – Chung Ju-yung , South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)2001 – Anthony Steel , English actor and singer (b. 1920) 2002 – Herman Talmadge , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)2003 – Shivani , Indian author (b. 1923)2003 – Umar Wirahadikusumah , Indonesian general and politician, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924) 2004 – Ludmilla Tchérina , French actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1924)2005 – Barney Martin , American police officer and actor (b. 1923)2005 – Bobby Short , American singer and pianist (b. 1924) 2007 – Drew Hayes , American author and illustrator (b. 1969)2007 – Sven O. Høiby , Norwegian hurdler and journalist (b. 1936) 2008 – Denis Cosgrove , English-American geographer and academic (b. 1948)2008 – Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente , Chilean architect and academic (b. 1931) 2008 – John List , American murderer (b. 1925)[29] 2009 – Mohit Sharma , Indian army officer (b. 1978)[30] 2009 – Walt Poddubny , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960)2010 – Wolfgang Wagner , German director and manager (b. 1919)2011 – Loleatta Holloway , American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)2011 – Gerd Klier , German footballer (b. 1944) 2011 – Ladislav Novák , Czech footballer and manager (b. 1931) 2011 – Pinetop Perkins , American singer and pianist (b. 1913) 2012 – Albrecht Dietz , German economist and businessman (b. 1926)2012 – Ron Erhardt , American football player and coach (b. 1931) 2012 – Robert Fuest , English director, screenwriter, and production designer (b. 1927) 2012 – Tonino Guerra , Italian poet and screenwriter (b. 1920) 2012 – Irving Louis Horowitz , American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1929) 2012 – Yuri Razuvaev , Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1945) 2012 – Marina Salye , Russian geologist and politician (b. 1934) 2013 – Chinua Achebe , Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1930)2013 – Rick Hautala , American author and screenwriter (b. 1949) 2013 – Harlon Hill , American football player and coach (b. 1932) 2013 – Pietro Mennea , Italian sprinter and politician (b. 1952) 2013 – Giancarlo Zagni , Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1926) 2014 – Qoriniasi Bale , Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th Attorney-General of Fiji (b. 1929)2014 – Bill Boedeker , American football player and soldier (b. 1924) 2014 – Jack Fleck , American golfer (b. 1921) 2014 – Simeon Oduoye , Nigerian police officer and politician (b. 1945) 2014 – James Rebhorn , American actor (b. 1948) 2014 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas , Iraqi patriarch (b. 1933) 2015 – Ishaya Bakut , Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Benue State (b. 1947)2015 – Chuck Bednarik , American lieutenant and football player (b. 1925) 2015 – James C. Binnicker , American sergeant (b. 1938) 2015 – Hans Erni , Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1909) 2015 – Jørgen Ingmann , Danish singer and guitarist (b. 1925) 2015 – Alberta Watson , Canadian actress (b. 1955) 2017 – Chuck Barris , American game show host and producer (b. 1929)2017 – Colin Dexter , English author (b. 1930) 2017 – Martin McGuinness , Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1950) 2017 – Mike Hall , British cyclist (b. 1981)[31] 2019 – Victor Hochhauser CBE, British music promoter (b. 1923)[32] 2019 – Gonzalo Portocarrero , Peruvian sociologist (b. 1949)[33] 2021 – Nawal El Saadawi , Egyptian secularist, feminist (b. 1931)[34] Holidays and observances References ^ Heinze, Rudolph W. (1993). "Thomas Cranmer: Churchman and Scholar . Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press . p. 279. ISBN 0-85115-549-9 . ^ Roulhac Toledano. 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