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May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 227 days remaining until the end of the year.
332 – Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople .1096 – First Crusade : Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany 1152 – Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine .1268 – The Principality of Antioch , a crusader state , falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch .1291 – Fall of Acre , the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land 1302 – Bruges Matins , the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.1388 – During the Battle of Buyur Lake , General Lan Yu led a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür , the Khan of Northern Yuan.1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela .1565 – The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta .1565 – The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain .
1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd 's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe .1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts , John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts .1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.1763 – Fire destroys a large part of Montreal 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada after leaving the United States.1803 – Napoleonic Wars : The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate .1811 – Battle of Las Piedras : The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas .1812 – John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval .1843 – The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland .1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung ) in Frankfurt , Germany.1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward , who later becomes the United States Secretary of State .1863 – American Civil War : The Siege of Vicksburg begins.1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equal " doctrine is constitutional.1896 – Khodynka Tragedy : A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga .1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley .1912 – The first Indian film , Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai .1917 – World War I : The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription .1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.1927 – The Bath School disaster : Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan .1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.1933 – New Deal : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority .1944 – World War II : Battle of Monte Cassino : Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino .1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking .1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier .1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom , the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War , ends.1956 – First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).1959 – Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry , Guinea .1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus , Syria .1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 10 1974 – Nuclear test : under project Smiling Buddha , India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast , the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8 , 1991 .
1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington , United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.1980 – Gwangju Massacre : Students in Gwangju , South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
1983 – In Ireland , the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.1993 – Riots in Nørrebro , Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum . Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra .2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.2009 – Sri Lankan Civil War : The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government , ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.2011 – Twenty-two people are killed when Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crashes in southern Argentina .2015 – At least 78 people die in a landslides caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar .
1048 – Omar Khayyám , Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1131)1186 – Konstantin of Rostov (d. 1218)1450 – Piero Soderini , Italian politician and diplomat (d. 1513)1474 – Isabella d'Este , Italian wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1539)1610 – Stefano della Bella , Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)1662 – George Smalridge , English bishop (d. 1719)1692 – Joseph Butler , English bishop, theologian, and apologist (d. 1752)1711 – Ruđer Bošković , Croatian physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1787)1777 – John George Children , English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (d. 1852)1778 – Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry , Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (d. 1854)1785 – John Wilson , Scottish author and critic (d. 1854)1797 – Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)1822 – Mathew Brady , American photographer and journalist (d. 1896)1850 – Oliver Heaviside , English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1925)1851 – James Budd , American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (d. 1908)1852 – Gertrude Käsebier , American photographer (d. 1934)1854 – Bernard Zweers , Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)1855 – Francis Bellamy , American minister and author (d. 1931)1862 – Josephus Daniels , American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948)1868 – Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)1871 – Denis Horgan , Irish shot putter and weight thrower (d. 1922)1872 – Bertrand Russell , Welsh mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)1873 – Lucy Beaumont , English-American actress (d. 1937)1876 – Hermann Müller , German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)1878 – Johannes Terwogt , Dutch rower (d. 1977)1882 – Babe Adams , American baseball player, manager, and journalist (d. 1968)1883 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra , Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (d. 1974)1883 – Walter Gropius , German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
1887 – Jeanie MacPherson , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)1889 – Thomas Midgley, Jr. , American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)1891 – Rudolf Carnap , German-American philosopher and academic (d. 1970)1892 – Ezio Pinza , Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1957)1895 – Augusto César Sandino , Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)1896 – Eric Backman , Swedish runner (d. 1965)1897 – Frank Capra , Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)1898 – Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel , Turkish poet, author, and playwright (d. 1973)1901 – Vincent du Vigneaud , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)1902 – Meredith Willson , American playwright and composer (d. 1984)1904 – Shunryū Suzuki , Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971)1904 – Jacob K. Javits , American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (d. 1986)1905 – Hedley Verity , English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)1907 – Irene Hunt , American author and educator (d. 2001)1907 – Lincoln Stedman , American actor (d. 1948)
1909 – Fred Perry , English-Australian tennis player and academic (d. 1995)1910 – Ester Boserup , Danish economist and author (d. 1999)1911 – Big Joe Turner , American singer (d. 1985)1912 – Richard Brooks , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)1912 – Perry Como , American singer and actor (d. 2001)
1912 – Walter Sisulu , South African politician (d. 2003)
1913 – Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood , Canadian-English publisher and politician (d. 2000)1913 – Mary Howard de Liagre , American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1913 – Charles Trenet , French singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1914 – Pierre Balmain , French fashion designer, founded Balmain (d. 1982)1914 – Boris Christoff , Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (d. 1993)
1914 – Robert J. Wilke , American actor (d. 1989)
1917 – Bill Everett , American author and illustrator (d. 1973)1918 – Massimo Girotti , Italian actor (d. 2003)1919 – Margot Fonteyn , English-Panamanian ballerina and academic (d. 1991)1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)1920 – Lucia Mannucci , Italian singer and actress (Quartetto Cetra ) (d. 2012)
1921 – Michael A. Epstein , English pathologist and academic1922 – Gerda Boyesen , Norwegian-English psychologist and academic (d. 2005)1922 – Bill Macy , American actor
1922 – Kai Winding , Danish-American trombonist and composer (d. 1983)
1923 – Jean-Louis Roux , Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)1923 – Hugh Shearer , Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
1924 – Priscilla Pointer , American actress1925 – Lillian Hoban , American author and illustrator (d. 1998)1926 – Dirch Passer , Danish actor, singer, and producer (d. 1980)1927 – Richard Body , English politician1927 – Ray Nagel , American football player and coach (d. 2015)
1928 – Pernell Roberts , American actor and singer (d. 2010)1929 – Jack Sanford , American baseball player and coach (d. 2000)1929 – Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 2012)
1930 – Warren Rudman , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)1930 – Fred Saberhagen , American soldier and author (d. 2007)
1931 – Don Martin , American cartoonist (d. 2000)1931 – Robert Morse , American actor and singer
1931 – Kalju Pitksaar , Estonian chess player (d. 1995)
1931 – Clément Vincent , Canadian farmer and politician
1933 – Bernadette Chirac , French politician, First Lady of France 1933 – H. D. Deve Gowda , Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
1933 – Don Whillans , English rock climber and mountaineer (d. 1985)
1934 – Dwayne Hickman , American actor and director1936 – Leon Ashley , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)1936 – Rita Cadillac , French dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1995)
1936 – Türker İnanoğlu , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
1936 – Michael Sandle , English sculptor and academic
1937 – Brooks Robinson , American baseball player and sportscaster1937 – Jacques Santer , Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1938 – Joan Blackman , American actress1938 – Janet Fish , American painter and academic
1939 – Silvana Armenulić , Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress1939 – Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack , English historian, journalist, and politician
1939 – Giovanni Falcone , Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1939 – Gordon O'Connor , Canadian general and politician, 38th Canadian Minister of Defence
1940 – Erico Aumentado , Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)1941 – Gino Brito , Canadian wrestler and promoter1941 – Malcolm Longair , Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
1941 – Miriam Margolyes , English-Australian actress and singer
1942 – Nobby Stiles , English footballer, coach, and manager1943 – Jimmy Snuka , Fijian-American wrestler and actor1944 – Albert Hammond , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Family Dogg )1944 – W. G. Sebald , German author and academic (d. 2001)
1946 – Frank Hsieh , Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China 1946 – Ameril Umbra Kato , Filipino warlord (d. 2015)
1946 – Reggie Jackson , American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
1946 – Andreas Katsulas , American actor (d. 2006)
1946 – Gerd Langguth , German political scientist and author (d. 2013)
1947 – John Bruton , Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland 1947 – Gail Strickland , American actress
1947 – Hugh Keays-Byrne , Indian-Australian actor
1948 – Yi Mun-yol , South Korean author and academic1948 – Richard Swedberg , Swedish sociologist and academic
1948 – Tom Udall , American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General
1949 – Rick Wakeman , English keyboard player and songwriter (Yes , Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe , and Warhorse )1950 – Thomas Gottschalk , German radio and television host1950 – Rod Milburn , American hurdler and coach (d. 1997)
1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh , American singer-songwriter and painter (Devo )
1950 – Nick Wyman , American actor
1951 – Jim Sundberg , American baseball player and sportscaster1951 – Angela Voigt , German long jumper (d. 2013)
1952 – Diane Duane , American author and screenwriter1952 – David Leakey , English general and politician
1952 – George Strait , American singer, guitarist, producer, and actor (Ace in the Hole Band )
1952 – Jeana Yeager , American pilot
1954 – Wreckless Eric , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1955 – Lena T. Hansson , Swedish actress and director1955 – Peeter Vähi , Estonian composer
1955 – Chow Yun-fat , Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
1956 – Catherine Corsini , French director and screenwriter1956 – John Godber , English playwright and screenwriter
1957 – Michael Cretu , Romanian-German keyboard player and producer (Moti Special and Enigma )1957 – Henrietta Moore , English anthropologist and academic
1957 – Jane Root , English broadcaster and academic
1958 – Rubén Omar Romano , Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach1958 – Toyah Willcox , English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Toyah , The Humans , and Sunday All Over the World )
1959 – Graham Dilley , English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)1959 – Jay Wells , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – Brent Ashton , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1960 – Jari Kurri , Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1960 – Yannick Noah , French tennis player and singer
1961 – Jim Bowden , American sportscaster1961 – Russell Senior , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pulp )
1962 – Sandra , German singer (Arabesque and Enigma )1962 – Mike Darnell , American businessman
1962 – Nanne Grönvall , Swedish singer-songwriter (One More Time )
1962 – Olga Volozhinskaya , Russian ice dancer and choreographer
1962 – Mike Whitmarsh , American volleyball player (d. 2009)
1963 – Marty McSorley , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and actor1963 – Sam Vincent , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Ignasi Guardans , Spanish academic and politician1965 – Ingo Schwichtenberg , German drummer (Helloween ) (d. 1995)1966 – Renata Nielsen , Polish-Danish long jumper and coach1966 – Michael Tait , American singer-songwriter and producer (DC Talk , Tait , and Newsboys )
1967 – Nina Björk , Swedish journalist and author1967 – Heinz-Harald Frentzen , German race car driver
1967 – Nancy Juvonen , American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
1968 – Ralf Kelleners , German race car driver1968 – Sergei Martynov , Belarusian target shooter
1969 – Martika , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Oppera )1970 – Tina Fey , American actress, producer, and screenwriter1970 – Tim Horan , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1970 – Billy Howerdel , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide )1971 – Brad Friedel , American soccer player and sportscaster1971 – Mark Menzies , Scottish politician
1971 – Nobuteru Taniguchi , Japanese race car driver
1972 – Turner Stevenson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1973 – Donyell Marshall , American basketball player and coach
1973 – The Blue Meanie , American wrestler and actor
1973 – Aleksandr Olerski , Estonian footballer (d. 2011)
1974 – Nelson Figueroa , American baseball player and sportscaster1974 – Chantal Kreviazuk , Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
1974 – Valmo Kriisa , Estonian basketball player
1975 – John Higgins , Scottish snooker player1975 – Jack Johnson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Ron Mercer , American basketball player1976 – Marko Tomasović , Croatian pianist and composer
1976 – Oleg Tverdovsky , Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1977 – Lee Hendrie , English footballer1977 – Danny Mills , English footballer and sportscaster
1978 – Ricardo Carvalho , Portuguese footballer1978 – Jessica Cutler , American blogger and author
1978 – Chad Donella , Canadian actor
1978 – Marcus Giles , American baseball player
1978 – Charles Kamathi , Kenyan runner
1979 – Jens Bergensten , Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft 1979 – Anna Chatziathanassiou , Greek figure skater
1979 – Mariusz Lewandowski , Polish footballer
1979 – Michal Martikán , Slovak canoe racer
1979 – David Nail , American singer-songwriter
1979 – Milivoje Novaković , Slovenian footballer
1979 – Julián Speroni , Argentinian footballer
1980 – Reggie Evans , American basketball player1980 – Michaël Llodra , French tennis player
1980 – Matt Long , American actor
1980 – Felicia Pearson , American actress, rapper, and author
1980 – Diego Pérez , Uruguayan footballer
1980 – Ali Zafar , Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1981 – Mahamadou Diarra , Malian footballer1982 – Jason Brown , English footballer1982 – Marie-Ève Pelletier , Canadian tennis player
1983 – Gary O'Neil , English footballer1983 – Luis Terrero , Dominican baseball player
1983 – Vince Young , American football player
1984 – Ivet Lalova , Bulgarian sprinter1984 – Simon Pagenaud , French race car driver
1984 – Darius Šilinskis , Lithuanian basketball player
1984 – Joakim Soria , Mexican baseball player
1984 – Niki Terpstra , Dutch cyclist
1985 – Francesca Battistelli , American singer-songwriter1985 – Dalma Kovács , Romanian singer and actress
1985 – Oliver Sin , Hungarian painter
1985 – Henrique Sereno , Portuguese footballer
1986 – Ahmed Hamada , Egyptian race car driver1986 – Katya Shchekina , Russian model
1986 – Kevin Anderson , South African tennis player
1987 – Luisana Lopilato , Argentinian actress and singer (Erreway )1988 – Taeyang , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Big Bang )1988 – Ryan Cooley , Canadian actor
1988 – Kōji Seto , Japanese actor and singer
1990 – Heo Ga-yoon , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (4Minute and 2YOON )1990 – Luke Kleintank , American actor
1990 – Yuya Osako , Japanese footballer
1992 – Spencer Breslin , American actor and singer1993 – Stuart Percy , Canadian ice hockey player1993 – Jessica Watson , Australian sailor
1998 – Polina Edmunds , American figure skater1999 – Laura Omloop , Belgian singer-songwriter
526 – Pope John I (b. 470)1401 – Vladislaus II of Opole (b. 1332)1550 – Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)1551 – Domenico di Pace Beccafumi , Italian painter (b. 1486)1584 – Ikeda Motosuke , Japanese commander (b. 1559)1675 – Stanisław Lubieniecki , Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)1675 – Jacques Marquette , French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
1692 – Elias Ashmole , English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)1733 – Georg Böhm , German organist and composer (b. 1761)1780 – Charles Hardy , English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)1781 – Túpac Amaru II , Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)1792 – Levy Solomons , Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)1795 – Robert Rogers , American-English colonel (b. 1731)1799 – Pierre Beaumarchais , French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)1800 – Alexander Suvorov , Russian general (b. 1729)1807 – John Douglas , Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)1808 – Elijah Craig , American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)1829 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (b. 1803)1844 – Richard McCarty , American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)1853 – Lionel Kieseritzky , Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)1889 – Isabella Glyn , Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)1900 – Félix Ravaisson-Mollien , French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)1908 – Louis-Napoléon Casault , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)1909 – Isaac Albéniz , Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)1909 – George Meredith , English author and poet (b. 1828)
1910 – Eliza Orzeszkowa , Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)1910 – Pauline Viardot , French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
1911 – Gustav Mahler , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)1922 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran , French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)1927 – Andrew Kehoe , American educator and murderer, committed the Bath School disaster (b. 1872)1941 – Werner Sombart , German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)1943 – Ōnishiki Daigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)1947 – Hal Chase , American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune , American educator and activist (b. 1875)1956 – Maurice Tate , English cricketer (b. 1895)1958 – Jacob Fichman , Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)1963 – Ernie Davis , American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)1967 – Andy Clyde , Scottish-American actor and singer (b. 1892)1971 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh , Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)1973 – Jeannette Rankin , American social worker and politician (b. 1880)1975 – Leroy Anderson , American composer and conductor (b. 1908)1980 – Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption :
1980 – Ian Curtis , English singer-songwriter (Joy Division ) (b. 1956)1981 – Arthur O'Connell , American actor (b. 1908)1981 – William Saroyan , American author and playwright (b. 1908)
1987 – Mahdi Amel , Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)1988 – Daws Butler , American voice actor and singer (b. 1916)1989 – Dorothy Ruth , American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)1990 – Jill Ireland , English-American actress and singer (b. 1936)1992 – Skip Stephenson , American comedian and actor (b. 1940)1992 – Marshall Thompson , American actor and director (b. 1925)
1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr. , American actor (b. 1903)1995 – Alexander Godunov , Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
1995 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty , Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
1995 – Elizabeth Montgomery , American actress and singer (b. 1933)
1998 – Obaidullah Aleem , Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)1997 – Bridgette Andersen , American actress (b. 1975)1999 – Augustus Pablo , Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)1999 – Betty Robinson , American runner (b. 1911)
2000 – Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi , Indian-Pakistani scholar (b. 1932)2000 – Stephen M. Wolownik , Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)
2001 – Irene Hunt , American author and illustrator (b. 1907)2002 – Davey Boy Smith , English wrestler (b. 1962)2003 – Anna Santisteban , Puerto Rican businesswoman (b. 1914)2003 – Barb Tarbox , Canadian activist (b. 1961)
2004 – Çetin Alp , Turkish singer (b. 1947)2004 – Elvin Jones , American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)
2004 – Serge Turgeon , Canadian actor and union leader (b. 1946)
2006 – Jaan Eilart , Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)2006 – Andrew Martinez , American activist (b. 1972)
2007 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)2007 – Yoyoy Villame , Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932)
2008 – Joseph Pevney , American actor and director (b. 1911)2009 – Dolla , American rapper (b. 1987)2009 – Wayne Allwine , American voice actor and sound editor (b. 1947)
2009 – Velupillai Prabhakaran , Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)
2009 – Türkan Saylan , Turkish physician and academic (b. 1935)
2012 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)2012 – Jai Gurudev , Indian religious leader (b. 1895)
2012 – Peter Jones , English-Australian drummer and songwriter (Crowded House and Deadstar ) (b. 1967)
2012 – Alan Oakley , English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (b. 1927)
2012 – Paul O'Sullivan , Canadian actor and educator (b. 1964)
2013 – Aleksei Balabanov , Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)2013 – Jo Benkow , Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Mario Bichón , Chilean civil servant and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Steve Forrest , American actor (b. 1925)
2013 – David McMillan , American football player (b. 1981)
2013 – Lothar Schmid , German chess player (b. 1928)
2013 – Claramae Turner , American actress and singer (b. 1920)
2014 – Lykourgos Angelopoulos , Greek singer, musicologist, and academic (b. 1941)2014 – Dobrica Ćosić , Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
2014 – Hans-Peter Dürr , German physicist and academic (b. 1929)
2014 – Kaiketsu Masateru , Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
2014 – Chukwuedu Nwokolo , Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)
2014 – Wubbo Ockels , Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)
2014 – Jerry Vale , American singer and actor (b. 1932)
2015 – Halldór Ásgrímsson , Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)2015 – Raymond Gosling , English physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2015 – T. J. Moran , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)
2015 – Jean-François Théodore , French businessman (b. 1946)
2015 – Elbert West , American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
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