April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 253 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
238 – Year of the Six Emperors : The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus , to the throne.1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil .1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz , Mexico.1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas .1622 – The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island .1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl : The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg .1836 – Texas Revolution : A day after the Battle of San Jacinto , forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gives away his identity.1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency .1876 – The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB .1889 – At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889 . Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.1898 – Spanish–American War : The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics , not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games , open in Athens .1911 – Tsinghua University , one of mainland China 's leading universities, is founded.1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres .1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding .1944 – The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater .1944 – World War II : Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea .
1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and 80 escape.1945 – World War II: Führerbunker : After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
1948 – Arab–Israeli War : Haifa , a major port of Israel , is captured from Arab forces .1951 – Korean War : The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong .1954 – Red Scare : Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.1972 – Vietnam War : Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.1983 – The German magazine Stern Hitler Diaries " had been found in wreckage in East Germany ; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries .1992 – In a series of explosions in Guadalajara , Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.1993 – Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racist attack in south east London, becoming a cause célèbre, and leading to investigations into the institutionalised behaviour of the Metropolitan police.
1997 – Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.1997 – The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru .
1998 – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida , United States.2000 – In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami .2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
2004 – Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon , North Korea , killing up to 150 people.2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.2013 – Six people die in a shooting in Belgorod , Russia.2013 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
2014 – More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 's Katanga Province .2016 – The United Nations sign the Paris Agreement
1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)1518 – Antoine of Navarre (d. 1562)1592 – Wilhelm Schickard , German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)1658 – Giuseppe Torelli , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1763)1707 – Henry Fielding , English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)1711 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy , Austrian soldier (d. 1762)1724 – Immanuel Kant , German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)1732 – John Johnson , English architect and surveyor (d. 1814)1744 – James Sullivan , American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)1757 – Alessandro Rolla , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1841)1766 – Germaine de Staël , French philosopher and author (d. 1817)1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan , Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)1816 – Charles-Denis Bourbaki , French general (d. 1897)1832 – Julius Sterling Morton , American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 1902)1844 – Lewis Powell , American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward (d. 1865)1852 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)1854 – Henri La Fontaine , Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)1860 – Ada Rehan , Irish-American actress (d. 1916)1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)1870 – Vladimir Lenin , Russian lawyer and founder of the Soviet Union (d. 1924)1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954)1873 – Ellen Glasgow , American author (d. 1945)1876 – Róbert Bárány , Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)1876 – Georg Lurich , Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)
1879 – Bernhard Gregory , Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)1884 – Otto Rank , Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1939)1886 – Izidor Cankar , Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958)1889 – Richard Glücks , German SS officer (d. 1945)1891 – Laura Gilpin , American photographer (d. 1979)1891 – Vittorio Jano , Italian engineer (d. 1965)
1891 – Harold Jeffreys , English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
1891 – Nicola Sacco , Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
1892 – Vernon Johns , American minister and activist (d. 1965)1899 – Vladimir Nabokov , Russian-born novelist and critic (d. 1977)1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer , American physicist and academic (d. 1967)1905 – Robert Choquette , American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)1906 – Eddie Albert , American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2005)1906 – Eric Fenby , English composer and educator (d. 1997)
1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)
1907 – Ivan Yefremov , Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini , Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)1909 – Indro Montanelli , Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
1910 – Norman Steenrod , American mathematician and academic (d. 1971)1912 – Kathleen Ferrier , English operatic singer (d. 1953)1912 – Kaneto Shindo , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1914 – Baldev Raj Chopra , Indian director and producer (d. 2008)1914 – Jan de Hartog , Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)
1914 – José Quiñones Gonzales , Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)
1914 – Michael Wittmann , German SS officer (d. 1944)
1916 – Kanan Devi , Indian actress and singer (d. 1992)1916 – Hanfried Lenz , German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
1916 – Yehudi Menuhin , American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)
1917 – Yvette Chauviré , French ballerina1917 – Sidney Nolan , Australian painter (d. 1992)
1918 – William Jay Smith , American poet and academic (d. 2015)1918 – Mickey Vernon , American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1919 – Donald J. Cram , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr. , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1922 – Richard Diebenkorn , American soldier and painter (d. 1993)1922 – Charles Mingus , American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)
1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac , American microbiologist and academic (d. 1973)
1923 – Avis Bunnage , English actress (d. 1990)1923 – Peter Kane Dufault , American soldier, pilot, and poet (d. 2013)
1923 – Bettie Page , American model and actress (d. 2008)
1923 – Aaron Spelling , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1924 – Nam Duck-woo , South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)1925 – George Cole , English actor (d. 2015)1926 – Charlotte Rae , American actress and singer1926 – James Stirling , Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)
1927 – Laurel Aitken , Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)1929 – Michael Atiyah , English-Lebanese mathematician and academic1929 – Glen Sonmor , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1929 – Robert Wade-Gery , English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (d. 2015)
1930 – Enno Penno , Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile 1931 – John Buchanan , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia 1931 – Ronald Hynd , English dancer and choreographer
1933 – Mark Damon , American actor and producer1933 – Anthony Llewellyn , Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (d. 2013)
1934 – Nico Ladenis , Tanzanian-English chef and author1935 – Christopher Ball , English linguist and academic1935 – Paul Chambers , American bassist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet ) (d. 1969)
1935 – Mario Machado , Chinese-American journalist and actor (d. 2013)
1936 – Glen Campbell , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Champs )1936 – Pierre Hétu , Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
1937 – Jack Nicholson , American actor and producer1937 – Jack Nitzsche , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (Crazy Horse ) (d. 2000)
1938 – Alan Bond , English-Australian businessman (d. 2015)
1938 – Gani Fawehinmi , Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
1938 – Issey Miyake , Japanese fashion designer
1938 – Adam Raphael , English journalist and author
1939 – Mel Carter , American singer and actor1939 – John Chilcot , English civil servant
1939 – John Foley , English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1939 – Ray Guy , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2013)
1939 – Jason Miller , American actor and playwright (d. 2001)
1939 – Ann Mitchell , English actress
1939 – Theodor Waigel , German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
1941 – Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising , English politician1940 – Marie-José Nat , French actress1942 – Giorgio Agamben , Italian philosopher and academic1942 – Denis Lill , New Zealand-English actor
1942 – Mary Prior , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
1943 – Keith Crisco , American businessman and politician (d. 2014)1943 – Janet Evanovich , American author
1943 – Louise Glück , American poet
1943 – John Maples, Baron Maples , English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2012)
1944 – Steve Fossett , American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)1944 – Doug Jarrett , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1944 – Joshua Rifkin , American conductor and musicologist
1945 – Gopalkrishna Gandhi , Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal 1945 – Demetrio Stratos , Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter (Area ) (d. 1979)
1946 – Steven L. Bennett , American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)1946 – Paul Davies , English physicist and author
1946 – Nicole Garcia , French actress and director
1946 – Louise Harel , Canadian lawyer and politician
1946 – Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope , Scottish lawyer and politician
1946 – Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford , English economist and academic
1946 – John Waters , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Larry Groce , American singer-songwriter and radio host1948 – John Pritchard , English bishop
1950 – Peter Frampton , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Herd and Humble Pie )1950 – Jancis Robinson , English journalist and critic
1950 – Zygi Wilf , German-American businessman
1950 – Thierry Zéno , Belgian filmmaker
1951 – Paul Carrack , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ace , Squeeze , Mike + The Mechanics , and Roxy Music )1951 – Aivars Kalējs , Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
1951 – Ana María Shua , Argentinian author and poet
1952 – François Berléand , French actor1952 – Dave Loveridge , New Zealand rugby player
1952 – Phil Smith , American basketball player (d. 2002)
1953 – Valeri Bondarenko , Estonian footballer and coach1953 – Richard Broadbent , English businessman
1953 – Tom Griswold , American radio host
1953 – Juhani Komulainen , Finnish composer
1954 – Jōji Nakata , Japanese voice actor1955 – David Collier , English businessman1955 – Johnnie To , Hong Kong director and producer
1957 – Donald Tusk , Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland 1959 – Keith Boanas , English footballer and manager1959 – Tim Bowman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Terry Francona , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart , Canadian actress
1959 – Ryan Stiles , American-Canadian actor and producer
1959 – Musa Uzunlar , Turkish actor
1960 – Lloyd Honeyghan , Jamaican-English boxer1960 – Mart Laar , Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
1960 – Randall L. Stephenson , American businessman
1961 – Alo Mattiisen , Estonian composer (d. 1996)1961 – Ann McKechin , Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1961 – Dewey Nicks , American photographer and director
1962 – Jeff Minter , English video game designer1962 – Danièle Sauvageau , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Rosalind Gill , English sociologist and academic1963 – Brooke McCarter , American model, actor, and producer (d. 2015)
1963 – Magnús Ver Magnússon , Icelandic weightlifter and strongman
1965 – Miguel Leal , Portuguese footballer and manager1965 – Peter Zezel , Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (d. 2009)
1966 – Kimberley Dahme , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston )1966 – Fletcher Dragge , American guitarist and producer (Pennywise )
1966 – Mickey Morandini , American baseball player and manager
1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan , American actor
1967 – Sheryl Lee , German-American actress1967 – David J. C. MacKay , English physicist, engineer, and academic
1967 – Sherri Shepherd , American actress and talk show panelist
1967 – Harvey Williams , American football player
1968 – Jo Angel , Australian cricketer1968 – Bimbo Coles , American basketball player and coach
1968 – Zarley Zalapski , Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
1969 – Dion Dublin , English footballer and sportscaster1970 – Erkki Bahovski , Estonian journalist1970 – Andrea Giani , Italian volleyball player and coach
1970 – Desmond Pringle , American singer-songwriter
1970 – Regine Velasquez , Filipino singer, actress, and producer
1971 – Daisuke Enomoto , Japanese businessman1971 – Eric Mabius , American actor
1971 – Spencer Prior , English footballer
1971 – Ingo Rademacher , German-Australian actor
1972 – Sabine Appelmans , Belgian tennis player1972 – Owen Finegan , Australian rugby player and coach
1972 – Milka Duno , Venezuelan race car driver and engineer
1972 – Sergei Hohlov-Simson , Estonian footballer and manager
1972 – Willie Robertson , American hunter and businessman
1973 – Adem Poric , English-Australian footballer1973 – Christopher Sabat , American voice actor, director, and producer
1973 – Ofer Talker , Israeli footballer and manager
1974 – Opio , American rapper (Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics )1974 – Shavo Odadjian , Armenian-American bass player, songwriter, and producer (System of a Down and Achozen )
1975 – Greg Moore , Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)1975 – Carlos Sastre , Spanish cyclist
1975 – Anders Nyström , Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Katatonia , Bewitched, Bloodbath , and Diabolical Masquerade )
1976 – Dan Cloutier , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1976 – Paul Henderson , Australian footballer
1976 – Michał Żewłakow , Polish footballer
1977 – Mark van Bommel , Dutch footballer1978 – Ezekiel Jackson , Guyanese-American wrestler1978 – Paul Malakwen Kosgei , Kenyan runner and coach
1978 – David Masters , English cricketer
1978 – Matt Orford , Australian rugby player
1978 – Jason Stollsteimer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Von Bondies and Hounds Below )
1978 – Esteban Tuero , Argentinian race car driver
1979 – Zoltán Gera , Hungarian footballer1979 – Daniel Johns , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Silverchair and The Dissociatives )
1980 – Igor Budan , Croatian footballer1980 – Clarke Dermody , New Zealand rugby player
1980 – Nicolas Douchez , French footballer
1980 – Courtney Friel , American journalist
1980 – Carlos Hernández , Venezuelan baseball player
1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik , American actor and director
1980 – Quincy Timberlake , Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
1981 – Ken Dorsey , American football player1981 – Madis Kallas , Estonian decathlete and activist
1981 – Rafael Sperafico , Brazilian race car driver (d. 2007)
1981 – Jonathan Trott , South African-English cricketer
1982 – Kaká , Brazilian footballer1982 – Cassidy Freeman , American actress and musician
1982 – Joel Monaghan , Australian rugby league player
1982 – David Purcey , American baseball player
1982 – Aidas Reklys , Lithuanian figure skater
1982 – Aleksander Saharov , Estonian footballer
1982 – Noriko Shitaya , Japanese voice actress
1983 – Remi Ayodele , American football player1983 – Sam W. Heads , English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
1983 – Jos Hooiveld , Dutch footballer
1983 – Matt Jones , American football player
1983 – Vangelis Mantzios , Greek footballer
1984 – Amelle Berrabah , English singer-songwriter (Sugababes )1984 – Michelle Ryan , English actress
1985 – Matt Ballinger , American singer and actor (Dream Street )1985 – Blake Fitzpatrick , American director and screenwriter
1985 – Pablo Cáceres Rodríguez , Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Kseniya Simonova , Ukrainian painter and sculptor
1986 – Amber Heard , American actress and producer1986 – Marshawn Lynch , American football player
1986 – Dušan Šakota , Serbian-Greek basketball player
1987 – David Luiz , Brazilian footballer1987 – David Mateos , Spanish footballer
1987 – John Obi Mikel , Nigerian footballer
1988 – James Ross , American drag queen performer1988 – Amadou Samb , Senegalese footballer
1989 – DeJuan Blair , American basketball player1989 – Jasper Cillessen , Dutch footballer
1989 – Thomas James Longley , English actor and model
1990 – Óscar González , Mexican boxer (d. 2014)1990 – Jade Windley , English tennis player
1991 – Jordi Murphy , Irish international rugby player
1991 – Braydon Smith , Australian boxer (d. 2015)1992 – Joc Pederson , American baseball player1992 – Kenny Stills , American football player
1992 – Rolene Strauss , South African model, Miss World 2014
1992 – Joonas Vaino , Estonian basketball player
1993 – Ryu Hwa-young , South Korean rapper, dancer, and actress (T-ara )1995 – Victoria Rodríguez , Mexican tennis player1997 – Jekalyn Carr , American singer-songwriter
296 – Pope Caius 536 – Pope Agapetus I 591 – Peter III of Raqqa 613 – Saint Theodore of Sykeon 846 – Wuzong , Chinese emperor (b. 814)1616 – Miguel de Cervantes , Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)1672 – Georg Stiernhielm , Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann , German poet (b. 1646)1758 – Antoine de Jussieu , French botanist and physician (b. 1686)1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve , French admiral (b. 1763)1821 – Gregory V of Constantinople , Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)1833 – Richard Trevithick , English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)1850 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann , Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)1854 – Nicolás Bravo , Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)1877 – James P. Kirkwood , Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)1892 – Édouard Lalo , French violinist and composer (b. 1823)1893 – Chaim Aronson , Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)1894 – Kostas Krystallis , Greek author and poet (b. 1868)1896 – Thomas Meik , English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman , Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)1925 – André Caplet , French composer and conductor (b. 1878)1929 – Henry Lerolle , French painter and art collector (b. 1848)1932 – Ferenc Oslay , Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)1933 – Henry Royce , English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)1944 – Nikolaos Roussen , Greek captain (b. 1913)1945 – Wilhelm Cauer , German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)1945 – Käthe Kollwitz , German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
1946 – Lionel Atwill , English-American actor (b. 1885)1946 – Harlan F. Stone , American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
1949 – Charles Middleton , American actor (b. 1874)1950 – Charles Hamilton Houston , American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)1951 – Horace Donisthorpe , English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)1956 – Walt Faulkner , American racing driver (b. 1918)1968 – Stephen H. Sholes , American record producer (b. 1911)1978 – Will Geer , American actor and singer (b. 1902)1980 – Jane Froman , American actress and singer (b. 1907)1980 – Fritz Strassmann , German chemist and physicist (b. 1902)
1983 – John Louis Evans , American murderer (b. 1950)1983 – Earl Hines , American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
1984 – Ansel Adams , American photographer and environmentalist (b. 1902)1985 – Paul Hugh Emmett , American chemist and academic (b. 1900)1985 – Jacques Ferron , Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
1986 – Mircea Eliade , Romanian historian and author (b. 1907)1987 – Erika Nõva , Estonian architect (b. 1905)1988 – Grigori Kuzmin , Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1917)1988 – Irene Rich , American actress (b. 1891)
1989 – Emilio G. Segrè , Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)1990 – Albert Salmi , American actor (b. 1928)1991 – Feriha Tevfik , Turkish model and actress, Miss Turkey 1929 (b. 1910)1994 – Richard Nixon , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)1995 – Jane Kenyon , American poet and author (b. 1947)1995 – Maggie Kuhn , American activist, founded the Gray Panthers (b. 1905)
1996 – Erma Bombeck , American journalist and author (b. 1927)1996 – Jug McSpaden , American golfer and architect (b. 1908)
1998 – Kitch Christie , South African rugby player and coach (b. 1940)1999 – Chan Canasta , Polish-English magician (b. 1920)1999 – Munir Ahmad Khan , Pakistani-Austrian physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis , Greek-American singer (b. 1938)
2002 – Linda Lovelace , American porn actress and activist (b. 1949)2003 – Felice Bryant , American songwriter (b. 1925)2003 – James H. Critchfield , American CIA officer (b. 1917)
2003 – Martha Griffiths , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1912)
2003 – Mike Larrabee , American runner (b. 1933)
2004 – Michael Christie , American golfer (b.1969)2004 – Jason Dunham , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2004 – Pat Tillman , American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
2005 – Erika Fuchs , German translator (b. 1906)2005 – Philip Morrison , American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
2005 – Eduardo Paolozzi , Scottish sculptor and artist (b. 1924)
2006 – Henriette Avram , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)2006 – D'Iberville Fortier , Canadian diplomat (b. 1926)
2006 – Alida Valli , Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald , American educator and politician (b. 1938)2008 – Cameron Argetsinger , American race car driver and lawyer (b. 1921)2008 – Ed Chynoweth , Canadian businessman (b. 1941)
2008 – Paul Davis , American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2009 – Jack Cardiff , British cinematographer, director and photographer (b. 1914)2010 – Richard Barrett , American lawyer and activist (b. 1943)2011 – Hazel Dickens , American singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist (b. 1935)
2012 – John Amabile , American football player and coach (b. 1939)2012 – Bill Granger , American author (b. 1941)
2012 – Buzz Potamkin , American director and producer (b. 1945)
2012 – George Rathmann , American chemist, biologist, and businessman (b. 1927)
2013 – Dave Gold , American businessman, founded 99 Cents Only Stores (b. 1932)2013 – George Stanley Gordon , American businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Richie Havens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2013 – Lalgudi Jayaraman , Indian violinist and composer (b. 1930)
2013 – Mike Smith , English footballer (b. 1935)
2013 – Robert Suderburg , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2013 – J. S. Verma , Indian judge, 27th Chief Justice of India (b. 1933)
2014 – Allen Jacobs , American football player and coach (b. 1941)2014 – Jovan Krkobabić , Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1930)
2014 – Mohammad Naseem , Pakistani-English activist (b. 1924)
2014 – Werner Potzernheim , German cyclist (b. 1927)
2014 – Oswaldo Vigas , Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)
2015 – Dick Balharry , Scottish environmentalist and photographer (b. 1937)2015 – Dorothy Custer , American comedian (b. 1911)
2015 – Gennadi Vengerov , Belarusian-Russian actor (b. 1954)
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