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2007 (MMVII) was a common year that started on a Monday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2007th year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 8th of the 2000s decade.
2007 was designated as:
UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[6]
[edit] Events
[edit] January
[edit] February
- June 1–A 2,100-year-old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan.[10]
- June 5–NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
- June 28–In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 3–14–The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.
- December 7–Uranus' orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).
- December 8–The 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in 7 years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
- December 10–The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement.
- December 19–Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year.
- December 20–The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
- December 21–The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.
- December 24–The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared.
- December 27–Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
- December 31–Over 200 people are killed in Kenya, due to riots over the results of the December 27 presidential election.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
Main article:
Deaths in 2007[edit] January
- January 2–Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- January 4–Marais Viljoen, State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
- January 5–Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910)
- January 8–Iwao Takamoto, Japanese animator (b. 1925)
- January 8–Yvonne de Carlo, American actress (b. 1922)
- January 9–Jean-Pierre Vernant, French historian and anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 10–Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- January 11–Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932)
- January 12–Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
- January 13–Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (b. 1949)
- January 14–Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- January 15–Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951)
- January 15–Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
- January 15–Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- January 17–Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
- January 19–Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954)
- January 19–Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1940)
- January 19–Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (b. 1961)
- January 21–Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- January 22–Abbé Pierre, French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. 1912)
- January 23–Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
- January 28–Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
- January 30–Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- January 31–Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
[edit] February
- February 1–Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer and librettist (b. 1911)
- February 3–Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
- February 3–Pedro Knight, Cuban-born musician (b. 1921)
- February 6–Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
- February 7–Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- February 7–Helen Duncan, New Zealand politician (b. 1941)
- February 8–Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967)
- February 9–Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- February 9–Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- February 9–Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b. 1919)
- February 11–Reginald Hugh Hickling, British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b. 1920)
- February 12–Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist (b. 1905)
- February 13–Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
- February 13–Charles Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
- February 13–Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- February 14–Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor (b. 1943)
- February 15–Robert Adler, Austrian-born inventor (b. 1913)
- February 17–Maurice Papon, French Vichy government official (b. 1910)
- February 17–Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician (Ryan's Fancy) (b. 1942)
- February 17–Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- February 18–Juan "Pachín" Vicéns, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1933)
- February 22–Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b. 1918)
- February 22–Fons Rademakers, Dutch film director (b. 1920)
- February 22–Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
- February 24–Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
- February 28–Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
- February 28–Charles Forte, English hotelier (b. 1908)
- March 2–Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911)
- March 2–Madi Phala, South African artist (b. 1955)
- March 3–Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
- March 4–Natalie Bodanya, American soprano (b. 1908)
- March 4–Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
- March 4–Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
- March 4–Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
- March 4–Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
- March 4–Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian politician
- March 6–Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1929)
- March 6–Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
- March 6–Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
- March 8–John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
- March 9–Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
- March 9–Thomas Mason, U.S. Attorney (b. 1919)
- March 10–Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- March 10–Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- March 11–Betty Hutton, American actress (b. 1921)
- March 12–Antonio Ortiz Mena, Mexican politician and economist (b. 1907)
- March 13–Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler (b. 1925)
- March 14–Lucie Aubrac, French World War II Resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- March 14–Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
- March 16–Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
- March 16–Sir Arthur Marshall, British aviation engineer (b. 1903)
- March 17–Jim Cronin, British businessman (b. 1952)
- March 17–Roger Bennett, American gospel musician (b. 1952)
- March 18–Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach (b. 1948)
- March 19–Calvert DeForest, American actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- March 19–Luther Ingram, American singer (b. 1937)
- March 20–Taha Yassin Ramadan, Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938)
- March 23–Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973)
- March 25–Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
- March 29–Leslie Waller, American novelist (b. 1923)
- April 1–Laurie Baker, English architect (b. 1917)
- April 1–Driss Chraibi, Moroccan writer (b. 1926)
- April 1–Hans Filbinger, German jurist and politician (b. 1913)
- April 2–Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
- April 3–Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
- April 4–Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1939)
- April 5–Thomas Stoltz Harvey Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. 1912)
- April 5–Leela Majumdar, Bengali children's author (b. 1908)
- April 5–Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- April 5–Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian writer and novelist (b. 1938)
- April 6–Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
- April 7–Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- April 7–Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
- April 7–Carey W. Barber, English Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1905)
- April 9–AJ Carothers, American writer (b. 1931)
- April 10–Kevin Crease Australian news presenter and entertainer (b. 1936)
- April 11–Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
- April 11–Ronald Speirs, United States Army officer (b. 1920)
- April 11–Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist and playwright (b. 1922)
- April 13–Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director (b. circa 1936)
- April 14–June Callwood, Canadian journalist (b. 1924)
- April 14–Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
- April 15–Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- April 16–Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
- April 17–Kitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. 1910)
- April 18–Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (b. 1945)
- April 20–Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
- April 22–Juanita Millender-McDonald, American politician (b. 1938)
- April 23–David Halberstam, American author and journalist (b. 1934)
- April 23–Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)
- April 25–Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- April 25–Arthur Milton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1928)
- April 25–Bobby Pickett, American singer (b. 1938)
- April 26–Jack Valenti, American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
- April 26–Conchita Montenegro, Spanish model and actress (b. 1912)
- April 27–Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
- April 28–Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
- April 28–Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
- April 29–Ivica Račan, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
- April 29–Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
- April 30–Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
- April 30–Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
- April 30–Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1926)
- May 2–Juan Valdivieso, Peruvian footballer (b. 1910)
- May 3–Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
- May 3–Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
- May 5–Theodore Maiman, American physicist (b. 1927)
- May 5–Gusti Wolf, Austrian actress (b. 1912)
- May 6–Lesley Blanch, English writer and fashion editor (b. 1904)
- May 7–Emma Lehmer, Russian-born mathematician (b. 1906)
- May 11–Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913)
- May 12–Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghani Taliban military leader
- May 14–Colin St John Wilson, English architect (b. 1922)
- May 15–Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
- May 15–Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
- May 17–Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)
- May 18–Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel Prize for Physics laureate (b. 1932)
- May 18–Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer (b. 1938)
- May 19–Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
- May 20–Stanley Miller, American chemist and biologist (b. 1930)
- May 25–Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (b. 1931)
- May 27–Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (b. 1967)
- May 27–Percy Sonn, South African lawyer and cricket executive (b. 1949)
- May 27–Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (b. 1919)
- May 28–Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
- May 28–David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938)
- June 2–Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938)
- June 4–Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
- June 8–Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first President of Somalia (b. 1908)
- June 10–Augie Auer, meteorologist (b. 1940)
- June 11–Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
- June 11–Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
- June 12–Don Herbert, American television personality, Mr. Wizard (b. 1917)
- June 13–David Hatch, BBC Radio producer and comedian (b. 1939)
- June 14–Ruth Bell Graham, Wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
- June 14–Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (b. 1963)
- June 14–Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat, former United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1918)
- June 15–Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- June 17–Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian designer (b. 1944)
- June 18–Bernard Manning, English comedian (b. 1930)
- June 18–Vilma Espín, Cuban wife of Raúl Castro (b. 1930)
- June 19–El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- June 19–Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
- June 19–Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
- June 20–Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
- June 22–Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player b. (1964)
- June 24–Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
- June 24–Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
- June 24–Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- June 26–Jupp Derwall, German footballer and coach (b. 1927)
- June 26–Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)
- June 26–Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b. 1929)
- June 27–William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
- June 28–Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
- June 30–Jan Herman Linge, Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b. 1922)
- July 1–Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (b. 1962)
- July 2–Vojislav Nikčević, Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. 1935)
- July 2–Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
- July 2–Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (b. 1940)
- July 2–Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)
- July 3–Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b. 1912)
- July 3–Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (b. 1927)
- July 4–Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916)
- July 4–Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)
- July 5–George Melly, English singer (b. 1926)
- July 5–Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927)
- July 6–Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b. 1926)
- July 6–Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist (b. 1939)
- July 10–Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (b. 1944)
- July 10–Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. 1920)
- July 11–Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- July 11–Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913)
- July 11–Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- July 11–Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. 1916)
- July 11–Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b. 1948)
- July 12–Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941)
- July 12–Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. 1935)
- July 12–Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (b. 1945)
- July 12–Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
- July 12–Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1947)
- July 14–John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. 1938)
- July 17–Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
- July 18–Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
- July 19–A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
- July 22–László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)
- July 22–Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
- July 22–Peter Lennox-Kerr, British Journalist (b. 1926)
- July 22–Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932)
- July 22–Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (b. 1950)
- July 23–Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. 1916)
- July 23–Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
- July 24–Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
- July 27–James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (b. 1961)
- July 29–Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- July 29–Tom Snyder, American talk show host (b. 1936)
- July 30–Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
- July 30–Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. 1915)
- July 30–Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (b. 1918)
- July 30–Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
[edit] August
- August 1–Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician (b. 1932)
- August 1–Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979)
- August 1–Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athlete (b. 1926)
- August 2–Holden Roberto, Angolan nationalist leader (b. 1923)
- August 3–James T. Callahan, American actor (b. 1930)
- August 3–John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
- August 4–Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- August 5–Oliver Hill, American lawyer (b. 1907)
- August 5–Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b. 1926)
- August 6–Heinz Barth, German war criminal (b. 1920)
- August 7–Ernesto Alonso, Mexican soap opera actor, director and producer, best known as Señor Telenovela (b. 1917)
- August 7–Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919)
- August 8–Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
- August 8–Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- August 9–Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (b. 1922)
- August 10–Tony Wilson, English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b.1950)
- August 10–James Faust, an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1920)
- August 12–Merv Griffin, American TV personality (b. 1925)
- August 12–Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b. 1963)
- August 13–Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902)
- August 13–Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1917)
- August 13–Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- August 14–Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)
- August 15–Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (b. 1944)
- August 15–John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
- August 15–Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
- August 16–Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
- August 17–Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
- August 18–Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938)
- August 20–Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
- August 21–Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American brigadier general (b. 1918)
- August 21–Qurratulain Hyder, Indian novelist (b. 1926)
- August 24–Abdul Rahman Arif, 3rd President of Iraq (b. 1916)
- August 25–Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (b. 1924)
- August 25–Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
- August 26–Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
- August 26–Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (b. 1935)
- August 28–Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
- August 28–Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
- August 28–Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (b. 1929)
- August 28–Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
- August 29–Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962)
- August 29–Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916)
- August 29–Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (b. 1978)
- August 29–James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
- August 30–Michael Jackson, English writer (b. 1942)
- August 30–Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
- August 31–Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
[edit] September
- September 1–Tomás Medina Caracas, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1965)
- September 1–Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
- September 2–Max McNab, Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. 1924)
- September 3–Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
- September 3–Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
- September 5–Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941)
- September 5–Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)
- September 6–Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918)
- September 6–Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
- September 7–John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925)
- September 7–Mark Weil, Uzbek theater director (b. 1952)
- September 8–Charlie Parlato, American musician (b. 1919)
- September 9–Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
- September 9–Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
- September 10–Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur (b. 1942)
- September 10–Jane Wyman, American actress, former wife of Ronald Reagan (b. 1917)
- September 11–Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
- September 11–Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
- September 13–Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (b. 1928)
- September 14–Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (b. 1976)
- September 15–Colin McRae, Scottish world rally champion (b. 1968)
- September 15–Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
- September 15–Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924)
- September 16–Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
- September 18–Len Thompson, Australian footballer (b. 1947)
- September 19–Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (b. 1943)
- September 20–Mahlon Clark, American musician (b. 1923)
- September 21–Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian athlete (b. 1929)
- September 21–Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
- September 21–Rex Humbard, American evangelist (b. 1919)
- September 21–Petar Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1912)
- September 22–Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)
- September 23–Ken Danby, Canadian artist (b. 1940)
- September 26–Dave Carpender, American guitarist with The Greg Kihn Band (b. 1950)
- September 27–Bill Perry, South African footballer, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (b. 1930)
- September 27–Avraham Shapira, Israeli chief rabbi (b. 1914)
- September 27–Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (b. 1957)
- September 28–Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
- September 29–Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
- September 30–Milan Jelić, Bosnian-Serb politician (b. 1956)
[edit] October
- October 1–Ronnie Hazlehurst, English composer (b. 1928)
- October 1–Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936)
- October 1–Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster and theatre director (b. 1931)
- October 2–Dan Keating, Irish republican (b. 1902)
- October 3–Tony Ryan, Irish businessman (b. 1936)
- October 4–Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925)
- October 4–Antonie Iorgovan, Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b. 1948)
- October 5–Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1898)
- October 6–Jo Ann Davis, American politician (b. 1950)
- October 7–Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (b. 1975)
- October 7–Luciana Frassati Gawronska, Italian author (b. 1902)
- October 8–Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
- October 11–Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher (b. 1931)
- October 12–Soe Win, Burmese politician (b. 1948)
- October 12–Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
- October 13–Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
- October 16–Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
- October 16–Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1922)
- October 16–Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (b. 1981)
- October 16–Barbara West, 2nd to last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (b. 1911)
- October 17–Joey Bishop, American entertainer (b. 1918)
- October 17–Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
- October 18–Alan Coren, English columnist (b. 1939)
- October 18–William J. Crowe, American military commander and ambassador (b. 1925)
- October 18–Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
- October 19–Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (b. 1925)
- October 20–Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932)
- October 22–Ève Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (b. 1904)
- October 23–Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
- October 24–Petr Eben, Czech composer (b. 1929)
- October 24–Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist (b. 1928)
- October 26–Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
- October 26–Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American television chef (b. 1943)
- October 26–Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (b. 1918)
- October 26–Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
- October 28–Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)
- October 30–Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. 1933)
[edit] November
- November 1–Paul Tibbets, American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (b. 1915)
- November 2–Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (b. 1978)
- November 2–S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (b. 1967)
- November 2–Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
- November 2–The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- November 3–Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
- November 3–Aleksandr Dedyushko (b. 1962)
- November 3–Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
- November 5–Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- November 6–Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
- November 6–Hank Thompson, American country singer (b. 1925)
- November 7–Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)
- November 8–Chad Varah, English Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (b. 1911)
- November 8–Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (b. 1943)
- November 9–Luis Herrera Campins, 56th President of Venezuela (b. 1925)
- November 10–Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
- November 10–Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
- November 10–Norman Mailer, American writer (b. 1923)
- November 11–Delbert Mann, American film and television director (b. 1920)
- November 12–Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- November 13–John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- November 13–Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
- November 13–Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- November 15–Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1928)
- November 16–Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)
- November 19–Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916)
- November 20–Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
- November 21–Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (b. 1921)
- November 21–Tom Johnson, Canadian sports executive and hockey player (b. 1928)
- November 22–Verity Lambert, English producer (b. 1935)
- November 23–Vladimir Kryuchkov, Russian Soviet-era bureaucrat (b. 1924)
- November 24–Casey Calvert, American musician (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
- November 25–Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
- November 27–Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- November 27–Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (b. 1927)
- November 28–Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907)
- November 29–Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
- November 29–Roger Bonham Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
- November 30–Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
[edit] December
- December 1–Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (b. 1929)
- December 2–Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (b. 1917)
- December 2–Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (b. 1916)
- December 2–Les Shannon, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- December 2–Thomas Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologian (b. 1913)
- December 4–Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
- December 4–Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
- December 4–Chip Reese, American professional gambler (b. 1951)
- December 5–Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
- December 5–Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
- December 6–Katy French, Irish model (b. 1983)
- December 9–Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (b. 1931)
- December 9–Abdullah Qureshi, Pakistani activist (b. 1935)
- December 10–Ashleigh Aston Moore, American actress (b. 1981)
- December 11–Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese Catholic priest (b. 1897)
- December 11–Ottomar Pinto, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
- December 12–Ike Turner, American musician (b. 1931)
- December 15–Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938)
- December 15–Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (b. 1952)
- December 16–Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter (b. 1951)
- December 18–Bill Strauss, American satirist, author and historian (b. 1947)
- December 20–Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (b. 1949)
- December 21–Ken Hendricks, American entrepreneur (b. 1941)
- December 21–Carol Bly, Teacher, award-winning American author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction (b. 1930)
- December 22–Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Cyprus (b. 1927)
- December 22–Julien Gracq, French writer (b. 1910)
- December 22–Andrew Glyn, English economist (b. 1943)
- December 22–Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932)
- December 23–Michael Kidd, American choreographer (b. 1915)
- December 23–Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- December 24–Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
- December 26–Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1939)
- December 26–Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
- December 27–Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1953)
- December 27–Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (b. 1920)
- December 27–Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
- December 27–Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, a claimant to the Brazilian throne (b. 1913)
- December 28–Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (b. 1982)
- December 29–Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (b. 1933)
- December 29–Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
- December 31–Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1922).
- December 31–Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917)
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[edit] Holidays
- January 1–New Year's Day.
- January 7–Christmas in Eastern Christianity.
- January 26–Australia Day, India's Republic Day.
- February 6–Waitangi Day in New Zealand.
- February 12–Independence Day in Chile.
- February 19–Presidents' Day in the United States.
- February 20–Mardi Gras Day.
- February 21–Western Christianity: Ash Wednesday and start of Lent.
- March 1–Saint David's Day
- March 17–Saint Patrick's Day.
- March 19–Feast of Saint Joseph in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month of Nisan.
- March 21–Norouz, Iranian and Bahá'í New Year.
- April 1–April Fools' Day.
- April 2–In Judaism, 14/15 Nisan. Passover Seder.
- April 6–Good Friday in the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox calendars.
- April 8–Easter (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy).
- April 10–End of Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- April 18–Zimbabwe's Independence day.
- April 22–Earth Day.
- April 23–Saint George's Day.
- April 23–Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 5) in the Hebrew calendar.
- April 25–ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.
- April 25–Liberation of Italy Day.
- April 27–Arbor Day in the USA.
- April 30–Koninginnedag (Queen's Day, in Dutch)–National Holiday in the Netherlands.
- May 1–Beltane, a cross-quarter day. Also Labor Day in most of the world, but not in the USA and Canada. May Day.
- May 5- May Day in the United Kingdom.
- May 5–Cinco de Mayo, celebrating the Battle of Puebla between Mexico and France.
- May 18–Somaliland's (disputed) Independence day from Somalia.
- May 21–Victoria Day in Canada.
- May 23–Shavuot or Pentecost in the Jewish religion.
- May 28–Memorial Day in the USA.
- June 1–Foundation Day Western Australia, Australia.
- June 2–Republic Day in Italy.
- June 7–Independence Day in Norway.
- June 12–Independence Day in the Philippines.
- June 14–Flag Day in the USA.
- June 17–Iceland's Independence Day.
- June 26–Somaliland's Independence from the UK.[citation needed]
- July 1–Canada Day.
- July 4–Independence Day in the USA.
- July 5–Independence Day in Venezuela.
- July 9–Independence Day in Argentina.
- July 14–Bastille Day in France.
- July 20–Independence Day in Colombia.
- July 24–Birthday of Simon Bolivar (observed in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador). Pioneer Day observed in Utah.
- July 28–Independence Day in Peru.
- August 1–Lammas, "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, Swiss National Day.
- August 6–Independence Day in Jamaica.
- August 9–National Day in Singapore.
- August 14–Pakistan Independence Day.
- August 15–India Independence Day.
- August 17–Indonesia Independence Day.
- August 20–St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
- August 28–India Raksha Bhandhan.
- August 31–National Day in Malaysia.
- September 3–Labour Day in Canada and the USA.
- September 7–Independence Day in Brazil.
- September 11–National Day in Catalonia.
- September 12–September 14–Rosh Hashana begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in the Hebrew Calendar.
- September 13–Ramadan begins for the religion of Islam.
- September 16–Mexico Independence Day.
- September 18–Chile Independence Day.
- September 21–Yom Kippur or Yom ha-kippurim, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith.
- September 21–Malta Independence Day.
- September 22–Belize Independence Day.
- September 23–Saudi Arabian National Day.
- September 27–Sukot or Feast of Tabernacles in Judaism.
- October 1–Independence Day in Nigeria.
- October 2–Gandhi Jayanti in India.
- October 8–Thanksgiving in Canada. Columbus Day in the USA.
- October 8–Battle of Angamos Day in Peru.
- October 12–Columbus Day in Central and South America.
- October 23–Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Anniversary in Hungary.
- October 31–All Hallows' Eve, Halloween.
- November 1–All Saints' Day. Samhain, a cross-quarter day. Neopagan New Year's Day.
- November 5–Guy Fawkes night in Commonwealth countries.
- November 9–Diwali festival in India.
- November 11- Remembrance Day in most Commonwealth countries, Veterans' Day in the USA.
- November 11–Independence Day in Poland.
- November 22–Thanksgiving in the USA.
- November 30–Saint Andrew's Day.
- December 1–National Day in Romania.
- December 6–Independence Day in Finland.
- December 11–Independence Day in South Africa.
- December 19–Eid ul-Adha in Muslim countries.
- December 22–Winter Solstice.
- December 23–Festivus.
- December 25–Christmas in Western Christianity.
- December 26–Boxing Day in most Commonwealth countries.
- December 31–New Year's Eve.
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