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March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 295 days remaining until the end of the year.
222 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated , along with his mother, Julia Soaemias , by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt . Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber .
1387 – Battle of Castagnaro : English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona .
1641 – Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina .
1649 – The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil .
1702 – The Daily Courant , England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill , the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1784 – The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
1811 – During André Masséna 's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras , a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
1824 – The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs .
1845 – Flagstaff War : Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi , chiefs Hone Heke , Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka , New Zealand.
1848 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government .
1851 – The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice .
1861 – American Civil War : The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield , England.
1867 – The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery , South Wales , begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1879 – Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom
1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought ".
1917 – World War I : Mesopotamian campaign : Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude .
1918 – The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
1927 – In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre .
1931 – Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR , abbreviated as GTO , is introduced in the Soviet Union .
1932 – Booming Ben, the last heath hen was seen for the final time.
1933 – Ground breaking musical film 42nd Street is released.
1941 – World War II : United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur flees Corregidor .
1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2 .
1945 – World War II: The Empire of Vietnam , a short-lived Japanese puppet state , is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
1946 – Rudolf Höss , the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp , is captured by British troops.
1975 – Vietnam War : North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Ban Me Thuot commune from the South Vietnamese army .
1977 – The 1977 Hanafi Siege : More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1978 – Coastal Road massacre : At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani .
1983 – Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon .
1990 – Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1990 – Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States .
1999 – Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2004 – Madrid train bombings : Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid , Spain, kill 191 people.
2006 – Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2007 – Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia , an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
2009 – Winnenden school shooting : Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
2010 – Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile , while three earthquakes , the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu , capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
2011 – An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai , Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale .
2012 – A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar .
2014 – Russia annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea . Getting 2014 Crimean crisis and 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine .
1544 – Torquato Tasso , Italian poet and educator (d. 1595)
1738 – Benjamin Tupper , American general (d. 1792)
1745 – Bodawpaya , Burmese king (d. 1819)
1785 – John McLean , American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (d. 1861)
1787 – Ivan Nabokov , Russian general (d. 1852)
1811 – Urbain Le Verrier , French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1877)
1818 – Marius Petipa , French-Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
1819 – Henry Tate , English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899)
1822 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand , French mathematician, economist, and academic (d. 1900)
1863 – Andrew Stoddart , English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1915)
1870 – Louis Bachelier , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1946)
1872 – Siegfried Flesch , Austrian fencer (d. 1939)
1872 – Kathleen Clarice Groom , Australian-English author and screenwriter (d. 1954)
1873 – David Horsley , English-American director and producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1933)
1876 – Carl Ruggles , American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
1878 – Umegatani Tōtarō II , Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1927)
1880 – Harry H. Laughlin , American eugenecist and sociologist (d. 1943)
1884 – Lewi Pethrus , Swedish minister and hymn-writer (d. 1974)
1884 – Ömer Seyfettin , Turkish soldier, author, and educator (d. 1920)
1885 – Malcolm Campbell , English race car driver and journalist (d. 1948)
1887 – Raoul Walsh , American actor and director (d. 1980)
1890 – Vannevar Bush , American engineer and academic (d. 1974)
1891 – Gertrud Wolle , German actress (d. 1952)
1893 – Wanda Gág , American author and illustrator (d. 1946)
1895 – Shemp Howard , American actor and singer (d. 1955)
1897 – Henry Cowell , American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1898 – Dorothy Gish , American-Italian actress (d. 1968)
1899 – James H. Douglas, Jr. American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988)
1899 – Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)
1903 – Ronald Syme , New Zealand historian and scholar (d. 1989)
1903 – Lawrence Welk , American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)
1907 – Jessie Matthews , English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
1908 – Matti Sippala , Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)
1910 – Robert Havemann , German chemist and academic (d. 1982)
1910 – Jacinta Marto , Portuguese saint (d. 1920)
1911 – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet , Egyptian-Scottish general and politician (d. 1996)
1915 – Vijay Hazare , Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
1915 – Hans Peter Keller , German poet and author (d. 1988)
1915 – J. C. R. Licklider , American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)
1916 – Ezra Jack Keats , American author and illustrator (d. 1983)
1916 – Harold Wilson , English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1919 – Juan H. Cintrón García , Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (d. 2012)
1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen , Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 – Frank Harary , American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
1921 – Astor Piazzolla , Argentinian bandoneón player and composer (d. 1992)
1922 – Cornelius Castoriadis , Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)
1922 – José Luis López Vázquez , Spanish actor and director (d. 2009)
1922 – Abdul Razak Hussein , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
1923 – Louise Brough , American tennis player (d. 2014)
1923 – Paul Muller , Swiss actor
1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff , American biochemist and academic (d. 1983)
1925 – İlhan Selçuk , Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2010)
1925 – Rodney Wilkes , Trinidadian weightlifter (d. 2014)
1926 – Ralph Abernathy , American minister and activist (d. 1990)
1926 – İlhan Mimaroğlu , Turkish-American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
1926 – Thomas Starzl , American surgeon and academic
1927 – Joachim Fuchsberger , German actor and television host (d. 2014)
1927 – Robert Mosbacher , American sailor, businessman, and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
1927 – Josep Maria Subirachs , Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1928 – Albert Salmi , American actor (d. 1990)
1929 – Timothy Carey , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1930 – David Gentleman , English illustrator and engraver
1930 – Claude Jutra , Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1931 – Janosch , Polish-German author and illustrator
1931 – Marisa Del Frate , Italian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1931 – Rupert Murdoch , Australian-American businessman, founded News Corporation
1932 – Leroy Jenkins , American violinist and composer (Revolutionary Ensemble ) (d. 2007)
1932 – Nigel Lawson , English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1932 – Martin Richards , American film producer (d. 2012)
1934 – Sam Donaldson , American journalist
1934 – Ingrid Lotz , German discus thrower
1934 – Paul Trevillion , English illustrator
1935 – Sandra Milo , Tunisian-Italian actress
1936 – Hollis Frampton , American director, screenwriter, and photographer (d. 1984)
1936 – Antonin Scalia , American lawyer and jurist
1937 – Carlos Larrañaga , Spanish actor (d. 2012)
1938 – Joseph Brooks , American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2011)
1938 – D. V. J. Harischandra , Sri Lankan psychiatrist and scholar (d. 2013)
1939 – Lorraine Hunt , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
1939 – Flaco Jiménez , American accordion player (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven )
1939 – Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu , South African bishop (d. 2013)
1940 – Alberto Cortez , Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter
1942 – Marcus Borg , American scholar, theologian and author (d. 2015)
1942 – Peter Eyre , American-English actor
1942 – Joel Steiger , American director, producer and screenwriter
1943 – Arturo Merzario , Italian race car driver
1944 – Don Maclean , English actor
1945 – Dock Ellis , American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1945 – Harvey Mandel , American guitarist (Pure Food and Drug Act and Canned Heat )
1945 – Tricia O'Neil , American actress
1946 – Mark Metcalf , American actor and producer
1946 – Patty Waters , American singer
1947 – Tristan Murail , French composer and educator
1947 – Mark Stein , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Vanilla Fudge )
1947 – Alan Yentob , English television host
1948 – Roy Barnes , American lawyer and politician, 80th Governor of Georgia
1948 – César Gerónimo , Dominican baseball player and coach
1948 – George Kooymans , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (Golden Earring )
1948 – Jan Schelhaas , English keyboard player (Caravan and Camel )
1949 – Griselda Pollock , South African-English historian and academic
1950 – Bobby McFerrin , American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
1950 – Jerry Zucker , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Andres Metspalu , Estonian geneticist and academic
1951 – Dominique Sanda , French model and actress
1952 – Douglas Adams , English-American author and playwright (d. 2001)
1952 – Vince Giordano , American saxophonist and composer (Nighthawks Orchestra )
1952 – Susan Richardson , American actress
1953 – László Bölöni , Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager
1953 – Derek Daly , Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster
1953 – Jimmy Iovine , American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics
1953 – Bernie LaBarge , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Sakis Boulas , Greek singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2014)
1954 – David Newman , American composer and conductor
1954 – Gale Norton , American lawyer and politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
1955 – Leslie Cliff , Canadian swimmer
1955 – Jimmy Fortune , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Statler Brothers )
1955 – Nina Hagen , German singer and actress
1955 – D. J. MacHale , American author, director, and screenwriter
1955 – Henk van Gerven , Dutch physician and politician
1955 – Yehuda Weisenstein , Israeli fencer
1956 – Willie Banks , American triple jumper
1956 – Curtis Brown , American colonel, pilot and astronaut
1956 – Joey Buttafuoco , American businessman
1956 – Rob Paulsen , American voice actor and singer
1956 – Helen Rollason , English journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1957 – The Lady Chablis , American drag queen performer
1957 – Cheryl Lynn , American singer-songwriter
1958 – Ian Horrocks , English computer scientist and academic
1958 – Anissa Jones , American actress (d. 1976)
1958 – Eddie Lawson , American motorcycle racer
1958 – Tetsurō Oda , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – James Pinkerton , American journalist and author
1958 – Flemming Rose , Danish journalist and author
1959 – Nina Hartley , American porn actress and director
1959 – Fred M'membe , Zambian journalist
1959 – Manuel Negrete Arias , Mexican footballer and coach
1959 – Dejan Stojanović , Serbian-American journalist and poet
1960 – Christophe Gans , French director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Robert Glenister , English actor and director
1960 – Junichi Sato , Japanese animator and director
1961 – Jake Arnott , English author
1961 – Elias Koteas , Canadian actor
1961 – Claudine Mercier , Canadian singer and actress
1961 – Bruce Watson , Canadian-Scottish guitarist (Big Country and Casbah Club )
1962 – Peter Berg , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1962 – Mary Gauthier , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Matt Mead , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming
1962 – Jeffrey Nordling , American actor
1962 – Peeter Sauter , Estonian author and actor
1963 – Raoul Heertje , Dutch comedian and actor
1963 – Alex Kingston , English actress
1963 – David LaChapelle , American photographer and director
1964 – Libba Bray , American author
1964 – Emma Chambers , English actress
1964 – Vinnie Paul , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Pantera , Damageplan , Hellyeah , and Gasoline )
1964 – Shane Richie , English actor and singer
1965 – Nigel Adkins , English footballer and manager
1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr. , American lawyer and politician
1965 – Wallace Langham , American actor
1965 – Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen , English interior designer
1965 – Jenny Packham , English fashion designer
1965 – Andy Sturmer , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Beatnik Beatch and Jellyfish )
1965 – Allan Vainola , Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vennaskond )
1966 – Robbie Brookside , English wrestler and trainer
1966 – Joe Hachem , Lebanese-Australian poker player
1966 – John Thompson III , American basketball player and coach
1966 – Ilias Zouros , Greek basketball player and coach
1967 – John Barrowman , Scottish-American actor, singer, and dancer
1967 – Brad Carson , American lawyer and politician, United States Under Secretary of the Army
1967 – Renzo Gracie , Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and trainer
1967 – Gary Wolfe , American wrestler and radio host
1968 – Stéphane Bédard , Canadian lawyer and politician
1968 – Lisa Loeb , American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress (Liz and Lisa )
1968 – Takao Osawa , Japanese actor
1969 – Soraya , American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2006)
1969 – Pete Droge , American singer-songwriter (The Thorns )
1969 – Terrence Howard , American actor, singer and producer
1970 – Delia Gallagher , American journalist
1970 – Andre Nickatina , American rapper and producer
1970 – Jane Slavin , British actress and author
1971 – Gülse Birsel , Turkish actress and screenwriter
1971 – Johnny Knoxville , American actor, stuntman, and producer
1971 – Martin Ručinský , Czech ice hockey player
1972 – Ua , Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Ajico )
1972 – Paolo Ponzo , Italian footballer (d. 2013)
1973 – Sylvia Day , American author and blogger
1973 – Martin Hiden , Austrian footballer and coach
1973 – Vincent Pereira , American actor and director
1973 – Wataru Sakata , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1974 – Bobby Abreu , Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Jonny Fairplay , American actor
1974 – Russ Haas , American wrestler (d. 2001)
1974 – Kieran Scott , American journalist and author
1974 – Adam Wakeman , English guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter (Black Sabbath and Headspace )
1975 – Shawn Springs , American football player
1975 – Eric the Midget , American radio host and actor (d. 2014)
1976 – Thomas Gravesen , Danish footballer
1977 – Becky Hammon , American-Russian basketball player and coach
1978 – Scott Calderwood , English-Scottish footballer and manager
1978 – Hayko Cepkin , Turkish singer-songwriter
1978 – Didier Drogba , Ivorian footballer
1978 – Albert Luque , Spanish footballer
1978 – Paulo Musse , Brazilian footballer
1978 – Christopher Rice , American author
1978 – Andrés Velencoso , Spanish model and actor
1979 – Elton Brand , American basketball player
1979 – Fred Jones , American basketball player
1979 – Benji Madden , American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor (Good Charlotte , Dead Executives and Taintstick )
1979 – Keren Peles , Israeli singer
1979 – Joel Madden , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Good Charlotte and Dead Executives )
1979 – Jung Yong-hoon , South Korean footballer (d. 2003)
1980 – Paul Scharner , Austrian footballer
1980 – Dan Uggla , American baseball player
1981 – David Anders , American actor
1981 – Heidi Cortez , American businesswoman and author
1981 – Lee Evans , American football player
1981 – Luke Johnson , English drummer and songwriter (Lostprophets , Beat Union , and Amen )
1981 – Russell Lissack , English guitarist (Bloc Party , Pin Me Down , and Ash )
1981 – LeToya Luckett , American singer-songwriter and actress (Destiny's Child )
1981 – Paul Wall , American rapper (Expensive Taste and The Color Changin' Click )
1982 – Bobina , Russian DJ and producer
1982 – Brian Anderson , American baseball player
1982 – Thora Birch , American actress
1982 – Lindsey McKeon , American actress
1983 – Marietta Chrousala , Greek model and television host
1983 – Żaneta Glanc , Polish discus thrower
1983 – Bianca Gonzalez , Filipino model and television host
1983 – Adil Mezgour , Moroccan-Italian footballer
1983 – Melissa Rycroft , American cheerleader and television host
1983 – John Steven Sutherland , American singer (B3 )
1984 – Rob Brown , American actor
1984 – Marc-André Grondin , Canadian actor
1984 – Tom James , Welsh rower
1984 – Anna Tsuchiya , Japanese model, actress, and singer (Spin Aqua )
1985 – Paul Bissonnette , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Daniel Vázquez Evuy , Equatoguinean footballer
1985 – Luis Hernández , Mexican figure skater
1985 – Stelios Malezas , Greek footballer
1985 – Ajantha Mendis , Sri Lankan cricketer
1985 – Sonia Radeva , Bulgarian figure skater
1985 – Kai Reus , Dutch cyclist
1985 – Derek Schouman , American football player
1985 – Hakuhō Shō , Mongolian sumo wrestler
1985 – Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Australian footballer
1985 – Viktorija Žemaitytė , Lithuanian heptathlete
1986 – Dario Cologna , Swiss skier
1986 – Mariko Shinoda , Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 )
1986 – Ayumi Tanaka , Japanese pianist
1987 – Marc-André Gragnani , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Tanel Kangert , Estonian cyclist
1987 – Ngonidzashe Makusha , Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
1988 – Canserbero , Venezuelan rapper (d. 2015)
1988 – Fábio Coentrão , Portuguese footballer
1988 – Katsuhiko Nakajima , Japanese wrestler
1989 – Daniella Kertesz , Israeli actress
1989 – Shin Soohyun , South Korean singer and dancer (U-KISS )
1989 – Anton Yelchin , Russian-American actor
1990 – Janna Dominguez , Filipino actress
1990 – Reiley McClendon , American actor
1990 – Ayumi Morita , Japanese tennis player
1991 – Linlin , Chinese-Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Minimoni )
1991 – Kamohelo Mokotjo , South African footballer
1991 – Jack Rodwell , English footballer
1991 – Mayumi Roller , Virgin Islander sailor
1991 – Nao Tōyama , Japanese voice actress and singer
1992 – Sacha Parkinson , English actress
1992 – KZ Tandingan , Filipino singer
1993 – Anthony Davis , American basketball player
1993 – Demi Harman , Australian actress
1993 – Daisuke Ssegwanyi , Ugandan swimmer
1994 – Martin Jurtom , Estonian basketball player
1994 – Andrew Robertson , Scottish footballer
1998 – Street Cry , Irish race horse (d. 2014)
1425 BC – Thutmose III , Egyptian pharaoh (b. 1481 BC)
222 – Elagabalus , Roman emperor (b. 203)
222 – Julia Soaemias , Roman wife of Sextus Varius Marcellus (b. 180)
638 – Sophronius of Jerusalem (b. 560)
859 – Eulogius of Córdoba , Spanish martyr and saint (b. 819)
1198 – Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (b. 1145)
1486 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
1514 – Donato Bramante , Italian architect, designed the San Pietro in Montorio (b. 1444)
1575 – Matthias Flacius , Croatian theologian and reformer (b. 1520)
1602 – Emilio de' Cavalieri , Italian organist and composer (b. 1550)
1607 – Giovanni Maria Nanino , Italian composer and educator (b. 1543)
1722 – John Toland , Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
1759 – John Forbes , Scottish general (b. 1710)
1786 – Charles Humphreys , Colonial American politician, delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1774-76 (b. 1714)
1820 – Benjamin West , American-English painter and academic (b. 1738)
1851 – George McDuffie , American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
1854 – Willard Richards , American religious leader (b. 1804)
1856 – James Beatty , Irish engineer (b. 1820)
1863 – Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet , English general (b. 1803)
1866 – Ulysses F. Doubleday , American soldier and politician (b. 1792)
1869 – Vladimir Odoyevsky , Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
1870 – Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
1874 – Charles Sumner , American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
1898 – William Rosecrans , American general and politician (b. 1819)
1898 – Dikran Tchouhadjian , Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
1907 – Jean Casimir-Perier , French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
1908 – Edmondo De Amicis , Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
1908 – Benjamin Waugh , American minister and activist (b. 1839)
1915 – Thomas Alexander Browne , English-Australian author (b. 1826)
1920 – Julio Garavito Armero , Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
1927 – Xenophon Stratigos , Greek general and politician (b. 1869)
1931 – F. W. Murnau , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1935 – Yusuf Akçura , Russian-Turkish activist (b. 1876)
1937 – Joseph S. Cullinan , American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
1944 – Hendrik Willem van Loon , Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
1949 – Anastasios Charalambis , Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
1949 – Henri Giraud , French general and politician (b. 1879)
1951 – János Zsupánek , Slovene poet and author (b. 1861)
1952 – Pierre Renoir , French actor and director (b. 1885)
1955 – Alexander Fleming , Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1955 – Oscar F. Mayer , German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
1957 – Richard E. Byrd , American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
1958 – Ole Kirk Christiansen , Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
1959 – Lester Dent , American author (b. 1904)
1960 – Roy Chapman Andrews , American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
1965 – James Reeb , American minister and activist (b. 1927)
1967 – Geraldine Farrar , American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
1968 – Haşim İşcan , Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
1969 – John Daly , Irish runner (b. 1880)
1969 – John Wyndham , English soldier and author (b. 1903)
1970 – Erle Stanley Gardner , American lawyer and author (b. 1889)
1970 – Russell van Horn , American boxer (b. 1885)
1971 – Philo Farnsworth , American inventor (b. 1906)
1971 – Whitney Young , American activist (b. 1921)
1977 – Ulysses S. Grant IV , American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893)
1977 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
1978 – Claude François , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1939)
1978 – Sofia Vembo , Greek singer and actress (b. 1910)
1980 – Chandra Bhanu Gupta , Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902)
1982 – Edmund Cooper , English poet and author (b. 1926)
1982 – Horace Gregory , American poet, translator, and academic (b. 1898)
1984 – Kostas Roukounas , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1903)
1986 – Sonny Terry , American singer and harmonica player (b. 1911)
1987 – Joe Gladwin , English actor (b. 1906)
1989 – James Kee , American politician (b. 1917)
1989 – John J. McCloy , American lawyer and banker (b. 1895)
1990 – Dean Horrix , English footballer (b. 1961)
1992 – Richard Brooks , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1995 – Rein Aun , Estonian decathlete (b. 1940)
1995 – Myfanwy Talog , Welsh actress and singer (b. 1945)
1996 – Vince Edwards , American actor and director (b. 1928)
1999 – Herbert Jasper , Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (b. 1906)
1999 – Camille Laurin , Canadian psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
2002 – James Tobin , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2003 – Brian Cleeve , English-Irish author and playwright (b. 1921)
2003 – Ivar Hansen , Danish politician (b. 1938)
2006 – Bernie Geoffrion , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
2006 – Slobodan Milošević , Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
2007 – Betty Hutton , American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2008 – Nils Taube , Estonian-English businessman (b. 1928)
2009 – Charles Lewis, Jr. , American businessman (b. 1963)
2010 – John Hill , Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1941)
2010 – Merlin Olsen , American football player and actor (b. 1940)
2010 – Leena Peltonen-Palotie , Finnish physician and geneticist (b. 1952)
2010 – Sandy Scott , Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1934)
2010 – Turhan Selçuk , Turkish cartoonist (b. 1922)
2010 – T. Somasekaram , Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1934)
2010 – Hans van Mierlo , Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1931)
2011 – Jack Hardy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
2011 – Gary Wichard , American football player and agent (b. 1950)
2012 – Henry Adefope , Nigerian physician and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria (b. 1926)
2012 – Gian Nicola Babini , Italian ceramist and chemist (b. 1944)
2012 – Faith Brook , English actress (b. 1922)
2012 – Sid Couchey , American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
2012 – James B. Morehead , American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Gösta Schwarck , German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1915)
2012 – Ghiath Tayfour , Syrian boxer (b. 1969)
2012 – Ian Turpie , Australian actor and game show host (b. 1943)
2013 – Erica Andrews , Mexican-American drag queen performer (b. 1969)
2013 – Martin Adolf Bormann , German priest and theologian (b. 1930)
2013 – Ignatius Anthony Catanello , American bishop (b. 1938)
2013 – Doug Christie , Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Simón Alberto Consalvi , Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (b. 1927)
2013 – Tony Gubba , English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1943)
2013 – Mitchell Melton , American politician (b. 1943)
2013 – Ramankutty Nair , Indian actor (b. 1925)
2013 – Sripada Pinakapani , Indian singer and physician (b. 1913)
2013 – Florian Siwicki , Polish general and politician (b. 1925)
2014 – Dean Bailey , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1967)
2014 – Joel Brinkley , American journalist and academic (b. 1952)
2014 – Len Buckeridge , Australian businessman, founded the Buckeridge Group of Companies (b. 1936)
2014 – Bob Crow , English union leader (b. 1961)
2014 – Edmund Levy , Iraqi-Israeli soldier and judge (b. 1941)
2014 – Hermann Schleinhege , German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
2014 – Marga Spiegel , German author (b. 1912)
2015 – Walter Burkert , German philologist and scholar (b. 1931)
2015 – Tony Fenton , Irish radio host (b. 1961)
2015 – Jimmy Greenspoon , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Three Dog Night ) (b. 1948)
2015 – Gerald Hurst , American chemist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Janice Rebibo , American-Israeli author and poet (b. 1950)
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