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June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.
68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.
218 – Battle of Antioch : With the support of the Syrian legions , Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus . He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia .
632 – Muhammad , Islamic prophet , dies in Medina and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate .
793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria , commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.
1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine )[disambiguation needed ] thus beginning his crusade.
1405 – Richard le Scrope , the Archbishop of York , and Thomas Mowbray , Earl of Norfolk , are executed in York on Henry IV 's orders.
1690 – Yadi Sakat, a Siddi general, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
1776 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Trois-Rivières : American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec .
1783 – Laki , a volcano in Iceland , begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine .
1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives ; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights ; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment .
1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution 's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being , with large organized festivals all across France.
1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders , descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty , arrives at Norfolk Island , commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
1861 – American Civil War : Tennessee secedes from the Union .
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys : Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan .
1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator .
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures .
1928 – Second Northern Expedition : The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking , whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour . She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom .
1940 – World War II : The completion of Operation Alphabet , the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign .
1941 – World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon .
1942 – World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle .
1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater .
1949 – The celebrities Helen Keller , Dorothy Parker , Danny Kaye , Fredric March , John Garfield , Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
1949 – George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan , killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail .
1966 – An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base . Joseph A. Walker , a NASA pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
1966 – Topeka, Kansas , is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale : The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
1967 – Six-Day War : The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
1967 – Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs .
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy 's funeral takes place at the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
1972 – Vietnam War : Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm , an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize -winning photo.
1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War : Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram .
1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales .
1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 .
1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
1995 – The downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia .
2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan .
2004 – The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882 .
2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker .
2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse .
2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo , Japan .
2009 – Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour .
2013 – The Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill takes place in Stockholm , Sweden.
2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi , Pakistan .
862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)
1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera , Italian poet and author (d. 1638)
1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
1671 – Tomaso Albinoni , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
1717 – John Collins , American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
1724 – John Smeaton , English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
1745 – Caspar Wessel , Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
1757 – Ercole Consalvi , Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
1810 – Robert Schumann , German composer and critic (d. 1856)
1829 – John Everett Millais , English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)
1831 – Thomas J. Higgins , Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
1842 – John Q. A. Brackett , American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
1847 – Ida Saxton McKinley , American wife of William McKinley , 25th First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval , French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
1852 – Guido Banti , Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
1854 – Douglas Cameron , Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
1855 – George Charles Haité , English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
1859 – Smith Wigglesworth , English evangelist (d. 1947)
1860 – Alicia Boole Stott , Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
1872 – Jan Frans De Boever , Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
1875 – Ernst Enno , Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
1876 – Alexandre Tuffère , Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
1885 – Karl Genzken , German physician (d. 1957)
1891 – William Funnell , Australian public servant (d. 1962)
1893 – Ernst Marcus , German zoologist (d. 1968)
1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste , Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1897 – John G. Bennett , English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
1901 – Lena Baker , American maid and murderer (d. 1945)
1901 – Salustiano Sanchez , Spanish-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1903 – Ralph Yarborough , American colonel and politician (d. 1996)
1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar , Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)
1904 – Dorothy Coburn , American actress (d. 1978)
1910 – C. C. Beck , American illustrator (d. 1989)
1910 – John W. Campbell , American journalist and author (d. 1971)
1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives , French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
1911 – Edmundo Rivero , Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1912 – Maurice Bellemare , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1912 – Harry Holtzman , American painter (d. 1987)
1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai , Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
1916 – Francis Crick , English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 – Luigi Comencini , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart , American painter and educator (d. 1992)
1917 – Byron White , American football player and judge (d. 2002)
1918 – George Edward Hughes , Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
1918 – Robert Preston , American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987)
1918 – John D. Roberts , American chemist and academic
1918 – John H. Ross , American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
1919 – John R. Deane, Jr. , American general (d. 2013)
1920 – Gwen Harwood , Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
1921 – Suharto , Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
1921 – Gordon McLendon , American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
1921 – LeRoy Neiman , American soldier and painter (d. 2012)
1921 – Alexis Smith , Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1993)
1921 – Olga Nardone , American actress (d. 2010)
1923 – Malcolm Boyd , American priest and author (d. 2015)
1923 – Alice Coleman , English geographer and academic
1923 – Karel Goeyvaerts , Belgian composer (d. 1993)
1924 – Billie Dawe , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
1924 – Iain Glidewell , English lawyer and judge
1924 – Lyn Nofziger , American journalist and author (d. 2006)
1924 – Kenneth Waltz , American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1925 – Barbara Bush , American wife of George H. W. Bush , 41st First Lady of the United States
1925 – Del Ennis , American baseball player and coach (d. 1996)
1925 – Eddie Gaedel , American baseball player (d. 1961)
1925 – Charles Tyner , American actor
1927 – Jerry Stiller , American actor and producer
1927 – Anne Warburton , English academic and diplomat (d. 2015)
1929 – Nada Inada , Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
1929 – Gastone Moschin , Italian actor
1929 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers , English lieutenant and politician (d. 2012)
1930 – Robert Aumann , German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Michael Codron , English producer and manager
1930 – Marcel Léger , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
1931 – James Goldstone , American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1931 – Dana Wynter , German-English actress (d. 2011)
1932 – Ray Illingworth , English cricketer and sportscaster
1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood , Scottish lawyer and judge
1933 – Rommie Loudd , American football player and coach (d. 1998)
1933 – Joan Rivers , American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
1933 – Robert Stevens , English lawyer and academic
1934 – Millicent Martin , English actress and singer
1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas , Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1936 – James Darren , American actor, singer, and director
1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1937 – Gillian Clarke , Welsh poet and playwright
1938 – Angelo Amato , Italian cardinal
1939 – Bernie Casey , American football player and actor
1939 – Francis Jacobs , English lawyer and judge
1940 – Arthur Elgort , American photographer
1940 – Nancy Sinatra , American singer and actress
1940 – Jim Wickwire , American lawyer and mountaineer
1941 – Robert Bradford , Irish minister and politician (d. 1981)
1941 – Fuzzy Haskins , American singer, guitarist, and producer (The Parliaments and Parliament-Funkadelic )
1941 – George Pell , Australian cardinal
1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos , Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
1942 – Doug Mountjoy , Welsh snooker player
1942 – Chuck Negron , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Three Dog Night )
1942 – Andrew Weil , American author and educator
1943 – Colin Baker , English actor
1943 – William Calley , American lieutenant
1943 – Willie Davenport , American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002)
1943 – Peter Eggert , German footballer and manager
1944 – Mark Belanger , American baseball player (d. 1998)
1944 – Annie Haslam , English singer-songwriter and painter (Renaissance and Nevada )
1944 – Marc Ouellet , Canadian cardinal
1944 – Boz Scaggs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band )
1945 – Anthony Bagnall , English air marshal
1945 – Steven Fromholz , American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
1945 – Derek Underwood , English cricketer
1946 – Graham Henry , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1946 – Alan Scarfe , English-Canadian actor
1947 – Julie Driscoll , English singer and actress (Working Week )
1947 – Sara Paretsky , American author
1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus , American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Lorna Heilbron , Scottish actress
1949 – Emanuel Ax , Polish-American pianist and educator
1949 – Hildegard Falck , German runner
1949 – Jeffrey Mylett , American actor (d. 1986)
1950 – Kathy Baker , American actress
1950 – Sônia Braga , Brazilian actress and producer
1951 – Tony Rice , American guitarist and songwriter (David Grisman Quintet and Bluegrass Album Band )
1951 – Bonnie Tyler , Welsh singer
1952 – Dave Jennings , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1953 – Billy Hayes , English union leader
1953 – Sandy Nairne , English historian and curator
1953 – Ivo Sanader , Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
1953 – Olav Stedje , Norwegian singer-songwriter
1953 – Ad Tak , Dutch cyclist
1954 – Greg Ginn , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Black Flag , Gone , Mojack , and Confront James )
1954 – Kiril of Varna , Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
1954 – Sergei Storchak , Ukrainian-Russian politician
1954 – Marios Tokas , Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1955 – Tim Berners-Lee , English-American computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web
1955 – Griffin Dunne , American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Udo Bullmann , German politician
1956 – Jonathan Potter , English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
1957 – Scott Adams , American author and illustrator
1957 – Dimple Kapadia , Indian actress
1957 – Don Robinson , American baseball player and politician
1958 – Cyril O'Reilly , American actor and producer
1958 – Louise Richardson , Irish political scientist and academic
1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Mohsen Kadivar , Iranian philosopher
1960 – Mick Hucknall , English singer-songwriter (Simply Red and Faces )
1960 – Terje Gewelt , Norwegian bassist
1960 – Thomas Steen , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Tatanka , American wrestler
1961 – Mary King , English horse rider
1961 – Uno Laur , Estonian singer
1962 – John Gibbons , American baseball player and manager
1962 – Andreas Keim , German footballer
1962 – Nick Rhodes , English keyboard player and producer (Duran Duran , Arcadia , and The Devils )
1962 – Kristine W , American singer-songwriter and producer
1963 – Katy Garbi , Greek singer, actress, and producer
1963 – Frank Grillo , American actor
1963 – Karen Kingsbury , American journalist and author
1963 – Antoaneta Todorova , Bulgarian javelin thrower
1964 – Butch Reynolds , American runner and coach
1965 – Kevin Farley , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Rob Pilatus , American-German singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab ) (d. 1998)
1965 – İsmail Türüt , Turkish singer
1966 – Julianna Margulies , American actress and producer
1966 – Doris Pearson , English singer-songwriter and choreographer (Five Star )
1968 – Rob Ray , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1969 – David Barnhill , Australian rugby player and coach
1969 – J. P. Manoux , American-Canadian actor and director
1969 – Marcos Siega , American director and producer
1969 – David Sutcliffe , Canadian actor
1970 – Gabrielle Giffords , American businesswoman and politician
1970 – Seu Jorge , Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
1970 – Kwame Kilpatrick , American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit
1970 – Steve Renouf , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1970 – Teresa Strasser , American radio and television host
1970 – Troy Vincent , American football player
1970 – Kelli Williams , American actress and director
1971 – Troy Duffy , American director and screenwriter
1971 – Mark Feuerstein , American actor, director, and producer
1972 – Christian Mayrleb , Austrian footballer
1973 – Lexa Doig , Canadian model and actress
1973 – Shappi Khorsandi , Iranian-English comedian
1973 – Bryant Reeves , American basketball player
1973 – Lucija Šerbedžija , Croatian actress
1974 – Pål Arne Fagernes , Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003)
1974 – Maxim Gaudette , Canadian actor
1974 – Alma Lepina , Latvian figure skater
1975 – Bryan McCabe , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1975 – Shilpa Shetty , Indian actress and producer
1976 – Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player and coach
1976 – Trish Goff , American model and actress
1976 – Kenji Johjima , Japanese baseball player
1976 – Catherine McKinnell , English lawyer and politician
1977 – Kanye West , American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer (Child Rebel Soldier )
1978 – Eun Ji-won , South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer (Sechs Kies )
1978 – Maria Menounos , American journalist and actress
1979 – Alexei Kozlov , Estonian figure skater
1979 – Pete Orr , Canadian-American baseball player
1979 – Derek Trucks , American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band , The Derek Trucks Band , and Tedeschi Trucks Band )
1979 – Adine Wilson , New Zealand netball player
1979 – Rob Holliday , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson , The Mission and The Prodigy )
1979 – İpek Şenoğlu , Turkish tennis player
1980 – Gustavo Manduca , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Jamie Spencer , Irish jockey
1981 – Alex Band , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Calling )
1981 – Matteo Meneghello , Italian race car driver
1981 – Ai Nonaka , Japanese voice actress
1981 – Sara Watkins , American singer-songwriter and fiddler (Nickel Creek , The Decemberists , and Works Progress Administration )
1982 – Matteo Barbini , Italian rugby player
1982 – Michael Cammalleri , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Dickson Etuhu , Nigerian footballer
1982 – Irina Lăzăreanu , Romanian-Canadian model and singer
1982 – Nadia Petrova , Russian tennis player
1983 – Gaines Adams , American football player (d. 2010)
1983 – Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player
1983 – Lee Harding , Australian singer
1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos , Greek footballer
1983 – Coby Karl , American basketball player
1983 – Mamoru Miyano , Japanese actor and singer
1984 – Andrea Casiraghi , Monacan son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover
1984 – Javier Mascherano , Argentinian footballer
1985 – Alexandre Despatie , Canadian diver
1986 – Patrick Kaleta , American ice hockey player
1987 – Coralie Balmy , French swimmer
1987 – Issiar Dia , Senegalese footballer
1987 – Samantha Saint , American porn actress and model
1989 – Timea Bacsinszky , Swiss tennis player
1989 – Richard Fleeshman , English singer-songwriter and actor
1989 – Mitchell Schwartz , American football player
1990 – Mickey Bushell , English wheelchair racer
1992 – Sebá , Brazilian footballer
1996 – Doğanay Kılıç , Turkish footballer
1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko , Latvian tennis player
2002 – Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg
2004 – Francesca Capaldi , American child actress
632 – Muhammad , Arabian prophet (b. 570)
1042 – Harthacnut , English-Danish king (b. 1018)
1154 – William of York , English archbishop and saint
1376 – Edward, the Black Prince , English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
1383 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros , English politician (b. 1338)
1384 – Kan'ami , Japanese actor and author (b. 1333)
1476 – George Neville , English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)
1492 – Elizabeth Woodville , Queen consort of England (b. 1437)
1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
1611 – Jean Bertaut , French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
1612 – Hans Leo Hassler , German organist and composer (b. 1562)
1621 – Anne de Xainctonge , French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
1628 – Rudolph Goclenius , German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine , German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
1727 – August Hermann Francke , German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann , German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
1809 – Thomas Paine , English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi , Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
1845 – Andrew Jackson , American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
1857 – Douglas William Jerrold , English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
1874 – Cochise , American tribal chief (b. 1805)
1876 – George Sand , French author and playwright (b. 1804)
1885 – Ignace Bourget , Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins , English priest and poet (b. 1844)
1899 – Mary of the Divine Heart , German nun and saint (b. 1863)
1924 – Andrew Irvine , English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
1924 – George Mallory , English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
1929 – Bliss Carman , Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
1945 – Karl Hanke , Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
1951 – Eugène Fiset , Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
1951 – Oswald Pohl , German SS officer (b. 1892)
1956 – Marie Laurencin , French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
1959 – Leslie Johnson , English race car driver (b. 1912)
1965 – Edmondo Rossoni , Italian politician (b. 1884)
1966 – Anton Melik , Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
1968 – Elizabeth Enright , American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
1968 – Ludovico Scarfiotti , Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
1969 – Arunachalam Mahadeva , Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
1969 – Robert Taylor , American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1970 – Abraham Maslow , American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
1972 – Jimmy Rushing , American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils ) (b. 1901)
1976 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe , Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
1980 – Ernst Busch , German actor and singer (b. 1900)
1982 – Satchel Paige , American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
1984 – Gordon Jacob , English composer and academic (b. 1895)
1985 – Afet İnan , Turkish historian and sociologist (b. 1908)
1987 – Alexander Iolas , Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
1992 – Atef Bseiso , Palestinian terrorist (b. 1948)
1993 – Root Boy Slim , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
1997 – George Turner , Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
1997 – Karen Wetterhahn , American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
1998 – Sani Abacha , Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
1998 – Maria Reiche , German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
2000 – Jeff MacNelly , American cartoonist (b. 1948)
2001 – Alex de Renzy , American director and producer (b. 1935)
2003 – Leighton Rees , Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
2004 – Charles Hyder , American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
2004 – Mack Jones , American baseball player (b. 1938)
2006 – Jaxon , American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
2006 – Robert Donner , American actor (b. 1931)
2006 – Matta El Meskeen , Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
2007 – Kenny Olsson , Swedish motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2007 – Richard Rorty , American philosopher and academic (b. 1931)
2008 – Šaban Bajramović , Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2009 – Omar Bongo , Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
2009 – Johnny Palermo , American actor (b. 1982)
2010 – Crispian St. Peters , English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
2010 – Andreas Voutsinas , Greek actor and director (b. 1932)
2011 – Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , Comoran terrorist (b. 1974)
2011 – Alan Rubin , American trumpet player and actor (The Blues Brothers ) (b. 1943)
2012 – Pete Brennan , American basketball player (b. 1936)
2012 – Frank Cady , American actor and singer (b. 1915)
2012 – K. S. R. Das , Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2012 – Charles E. M. Pearce , New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
2012 – Ghassan Tueni , Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
2013 – Paul Cellucci , American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
2013 – Yoram Kaniuk , Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
2013 – Taufiq Kiemas , Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)
2013 – Angus MacKay , English actor (b. 1927)
2013 – Kyle Miller , Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1981)
2013 – Richard J. Seitz , American general (b. 1918)
2014 – Jean Geissinger , American baseball player (b. 1934)
2014 – Alexander Imich , Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
2014 – Veronica Lazăr , Romanian-Italian actress (b. 1938)
2014 – Harold Russell Maddock , Australian jockey (b. 1918)
2014 – Billy McCool , American baseball player (b. 1944)
2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
2015 – Frank Cappuccino , American boxer and referee (b. 1929)
2015 – Aldo da Rosa , Brazilian engineer and academic (b. 1917)
2015 – David Rotem , Israeli academic and politician (b. 1949)
2015 – Chea Sim , Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)
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