October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
456 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II , acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus , invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians , Franks and Goths , led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc . They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia ).610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius .816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen IV at Reims .869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople .1143 – King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria .1550 – Foundation of Concepción , city in Chile .1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.1789 – French Revolution : Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI of France about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism , demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.1793 – French Revolution : Christianity is disestablished in France.1813 – Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh .1857 – The City of Anaheim, California is founded.1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone ; 60,000 die.1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had reportedly been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.1869 – During construction, the Hennepin Island tunnel has a limestone cap breached and the rushing water breaks large chunks of land away and the St. Anthony Falls are nearly destroyed.1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles .1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.1911 – The Kowloon–Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton .1914 – World War I : first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers .1921 – Baseball : The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.1930 – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.1938 – In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated , and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes are given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).1943 – Ninety-eight American POW's are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island .1944 – Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday : A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers ' studios.1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman .1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.1955 – Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California .1962 – Dr. No James Bond film series , is released.1962 – The Beatles ' first single, "Love Me Do " backed with "P.S. I Love You ", is released in the United Kingdom.
1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan , there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor .1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry , Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles .1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus BBC One .1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.1970 – Montreal : British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis .
1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention .1974 – Guildford pub bombings : bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.1982 – Chicago Tylenol murders : Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide , resulting in seven deaths.1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space , aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger 1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times Mordechai Vanunu 's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne , Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević . These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution .2001 – Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire 's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs .2011 – In the Mekong River massacre , two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia .
1338 – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)1377 – Louis II of Naples (d. 1417)1520 – Alessandro Farnese , Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan , French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)1658 – Mary of Modena (d. 1718)1695 – John Glas , Scottish minister (d. 1773)1703 – Jonathan Edwards , American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)1712 – Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (d. 1793)1713 – Denis Diderot , French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau , French economist and educator (d. 1789)1717 – Marie Anne de Mailly , French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1744)1728 – Chevalier d'Eon , French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga , Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)1777 – Mary Wade , English convict (d. 1859)1781 – Bernard Bolzano , Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)1792 – Joseph Crosfield , English businessman (d. 1844)1795 – Alexander Keith , Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)1820 – David Wilber , American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)1824 – Henry Chadwick , English-American historian and author (d. 1908)1829 – Chester A. Arthur , American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)1844 – Francis William Reitz , South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)1848 – Guido von List , Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)1850 – Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)1857 – Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich , Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)1858 – Helen Churchill Candee , American journalist and author (d. 1949)1864 – Louis Lumière , French director and producer (d. 1948)1873 – Lucien Mérignac , French fencer (d. 1941)1878 – Louise Dresser , American actress (d. 1965)1879 – Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)1882 – Robert H. Goddard , American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)1883 – Ernst Pittschau , German actor (d. 1951)1885 – Arunachalam Mahadeva , Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)1885 – Ida Rubinstein , Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)1887 – René Cassin , French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)1887 – Manny Ziener , German actress (d. 1972)
1888 – Mary Fuller , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)1889 – Teresa de la Parra , French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)1892 – Remington Kellogg , American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)1894 – Bevil Rudd , South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)1898 – Nachum Gutman , Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)1899 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1963)1901 – John Alton , Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)1902 – Larry Fine , American comedian (d. 1975)1902 – Ray Kroc , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)
1903 – M. King Hubbert , American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)1905 – John Hoyt , American actor (d. 1991)1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon , American actress (d. 1987)
1907 – Mrs. Miller , American singer (d. 1997)1907 – Ragnar Nurkse , Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)
1908 – Mehmet Ali Aybar , Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)1908 – Joshua Logan , American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1909 – Tony Malinosky , American baseball player and soldier (d. 2011)1911 – Pierre Dansereau , Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)1911 – Brian O'Nolan , Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
1912 – Fritz Fischer , German physician (d. 2003)1913 – Eugene B. Fluckey American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)1914 – Zhang Zhen , Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)1916 – Stetson Kennedy , American author and activist (d. 2011)1917 – Allen Ludden , American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)1917 – Magda Szabó , Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
1919 – Donald Pleasence , English actor (d. 1995)1921 – Bill Willis , American football player and coach (d. 2007)1922 – Jim Godbolt , English historian and journalist (d. 2013)1922 – José Froilán González , Argentinian race car driver (d. 2013)
1922 – Bil Keane , American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2011)
1922 – Jock Stein , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1923 – Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (d. 2002)1923 – Stig Dagerman , Swedish journalist and author (d. 1954)
1923 – Albert Guðmundsson , Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
1923 – Glynis Johns , South African-born British actress and singer
1923 – Kailashpati Mishra , Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)
1924 – Bill Dana , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1924 – José Donoso , Chilean author (d. 1996)
1924 – Barbara Kelly , Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1924 – Frederic Morton , Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)
1924 – Bob Thaves , American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1925 – Gail Davis , American actress (d. 1997)1925 – Herbert Kretzmer , South African-English journalist and songwriter
1925 – Walter Dale Miller , American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)
1926 – Avraham Adan , Israeli general (d. 2012)1926 – Willi Unsoeld , American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)
1928 – Louise Fitzhugh , American author and illustrator (d. 1974)1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr. , American captain, pilot, and astronaut1929 – Bill Wirtz , American businessman (d. 2007)
1930 – Pavel Popovich , Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2009)1930 – Reinhard Selten , German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Rosalie Gower , Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)1932 – Neal Ascherson , Scottish journalist and author1932 – Dean Prentice , Canadian ice hockey player
1932 – Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
1933 – Doug Bailey , American political consultant, founded The Hotline 1933 – Diane Cilento , Australian actress and author (d. 2011)
1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor , Canadian businessman and diplomat1936 – Václav Havel , Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)1937 – Barry Switzer , American football player and coach1938 – Teresa Heinz , Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist1938 – Ed Ocampo , Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 1992)
1939 – Marie-Claire Blais , Canadian author and playwright1939 – A. R. Penck , German painter and sculptor
1939 – Walter Wolf , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago , Filipino lawyer and jurist
1940 – Rein Aun , Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)1940 – John Byrne Cooke , American author and photographer
1941 – Roy Book Binder , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1941 – Stephanie Cole , English actress
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
1942 – Billy Scott , American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)1942 – Richard Street , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1943 – Ben Cardin , American lawyer and politician1943 – Steve Miller , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Michael Morpurgo , English author, poet, and playwright
1944 – Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser , English union leader and politician1945 – Brian Connolly , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)1945 – Geoff Leigh , English saxophonist and flute player
1946 – Zahida Hina , Pakistani journalist and author1946 – Robin Lane Fox , English historian and author
1946 – Heather MacRae , American actress
1946 – Jean Perron , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1947 – Brian Johnson , English singer-songwriter1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis , Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1948 – Carter Cornelius , American singer (d. 1991)1948 – Russell Mael , American vocalist
1948 – Tawl Ross , American guitarist
1948 – Zoran Živković , Serbian author and academic
1949 – Peter Ackroyd , English author, poet, and critic1949 – Ralph Goodale , Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
1949 – Bill James , American historian and author
1949 – B. W. Stevenson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1949 – Yashiki Takajin , Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
1950 – Eddie Clarke , English guitarist1950 – Jeff Conaway , American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1950 – Edward P. Jones , American author and academic
1950 – James Rizzi , American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
1951 – Karen Allen , American actress1951 – Bob Geldof , Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1952 – Clive Barker , English author, director, producer, and screenwriter1952 – Harold Faltermeyer , German keyboard player, composer, and producer
1952 – Imran Khan , Pakistani cricketer and politician
1952 – Gigi Sabani , Italian television host and singer (d. 2007)
1953 – Philip Hampton , English-Scottish accountant and businessman1955 – John Alexander , English footballer1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon , French singer-songwriter
1955 – Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell , English academic and businessman
1957 – Mark Geragos , American lawyer1957 – Lee Thompson , English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1957 – Bernie Mac , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1958 – André Kuipers , Dutch physician and astronaut1958 – Neil Peart , Australian footballer
1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson , American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
1959 – Maya Lin , American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial 1959 – Kelly Joe Phelps , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – David Shannon , American author and illustrator
1959 – Kenan İpek , Turkish lawyer and judge
1960 – Careca , Brazilian footballer1960 – Daniel Baldwin , American actor, director, and producer
1960 – David Kirk , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1961 – Sharon Cheslow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1961 – Matthew Kauffman , American journalist
1962 – Michael Andretti , American race car driver1962 – Thomas Herbst , German footballer and manager
1962 – Caron Keating , British television host (d. 2004)
1963 – Laura Davies , English golfer and sportscaster1963 – Michael Hadschieff , Austrian speed skater
1963 – Nick Robinson , English journalist and blogger
1963 – Ronni Le Tekrø , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1964 – Philip A. Haigh , English historian and author1964 – Malik Saidullaev , Russian businessman
1964 – Korina Sanchez , Filipino journalist
1965 – Trace Armstrong , American football player and agent1965 – Theo Bos , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1965 – Mario Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Patrick Roy , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Dennis Byrd , American football player1966 – Sean M. Carroll , American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
1966 – Terri Runnels , American wrestler and manager
1966 – Jan Verhaas , Dutch snooker player and referee
1967 – Rex Chapman , American basketball player and sportscaster1967 – Johnny Gioeli , American singer, composer and songwriter
1967 – Guy Pearce , English-Australian actor
1970 – Josie Bissett , American actress1970 – Matthew Knights , Australian footballer and coach
1970 – Audie Pitre , American singer and bass player (d. 1997)
1970 – Tord Gustavsen , Norwegian pianist and composer
1970 – Cal Wilson , New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1971 – South Park Mexican , American rapper and producer, founded Dope House Records 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino , Argentinian footballer and manager
1972 – Annely Akkermann , Estonian banker and politician1972 – Aaron Guiel , Canadian baseball player
1972 – Grant Hill , American basketball player and actor
1972 – Thomas Roberts , American journalist and actor
1973 – Cédric Villani , French mathematician and academic1974 – Rich Franklin , American mixed martial artist and actor1974 – Heather Headley , Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1974 – Colin Meloy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Anousjka van Exel , Dutch tennis player
1975 – Bobo Baldé , French-Guinean footballer1975 – Carson Ellis , American painter and illustrator
1975 – Parminder Nagra , English actress
1975 – Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Kate Winslet , English actress
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov , Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic 1976 – Royston Tan , Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – J. J. Yeley , American race car driver
1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson , Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic1977 – Vinnie Paz , Italian-American rapper and producer
1978 – Mark Gower , English footballer1978 – Jesse Palmer , Canadian football player and sportscaster
1978 – Shane Ryan , Irish footballer and hurler
1978 – James Valentine , American guitarist
1978 – Steinar Nickelsen , Norwegian organist and composer
1978 – Morgan Webb , Canadian-American television host and producer
1979 – Vince Grella , Australian footballer1979 – Curtis Sanford , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Paul Thomas , American bass player1980 – James Toseland , English motorcycle racer
1981 – Joel Lindpere , Estonian footballer1981 – Andy Nägelein , German footballer
1982 – Michael Roos , Estonian-American football player1982 – Steve Williams , Australian-German rugby player
1983 – Jesse Eisenberg , American actor and writer1983 – Florian Mayer , German tennis player
1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza , Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Naima Adedapo , American singer and dancer1984 – Kenwyne Jones , Trinidadian footballer
1985 – Nicola Roberts , English singer-songwriter and actress1986 – Mladen Bartulović , Croatian footballer1987 – Dillon Francis , American DJ and record producer1987 – Kevin Mirallas , Belgian footballer
1987 – Tim Ream , American soccer player
1987 – Park So-yeon , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1987 – Javier Villa , Spanish race car driver
1987 – Luigi Vitale , Italian footballer
1988 – Benny Howell , English cricketer1988 – Bahar Kızıl , German singer-songwriter
1988 – Kevin Olusola , American singer, cellist, and producer
1988 – Maja Salvador , Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
1989 – Kelsey Adrian , Canadian basketball player1989 – Marcel Baude , German footballer
1989 – Ify Ibekwe , American basketball player
578 – Justin II , Byzantine emperor (b. 520)1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux , French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)1214 – Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)1285 – Philip III of France (b. 1245)1528 – Richard Foxe , English bishop and academic (b. 1448)1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet and educator (b. 1488)1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt , Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)1565 – Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)1606 – Philippe Desportes , French poet and author (b. 1546)1714 – Kaibara Ekken , Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier , German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)1777 – Johann Andreas Segner , Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)1813 – Tecumseh , American tribal leader (b. 1768)1848 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg , Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski , Polish archbishop (b. 1778)1880 – Jacques Offenbach , German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)1895 – Ralph Tollemache , English priest (b. 1826)1913 – Hans von Bartels , German painter and educator (b. 1856)1918 – Roland Georges Garros , French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)1927 – Sam Warner , Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)1929 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly , Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)1930 – Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson , Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)1933 – Renée Adorée , French-American actress (b. 1898)1933 – Nikolai Yudenich , Russian general (b. 1862)
1936 – J. Slauerhoff , Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)1938 – Faustina Kowalska , Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)1938 – Albert Ranft , Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
1940 – Ballington Booth , English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless , American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas , Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
1941 – Louis Brandeis , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)1942 – Dorothea Klumpke , American astronomer (b. 1861)1943 – Leon Roppolo , American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)1950 – Frederic Lewy , German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)1952 – Joe Jagersberger , Austrian race car driver (b. 1884)1975 – Lady Constance Malleson , English actress and author (b. 1895)1976 – Barbara Nichols , American actress (b. 1928)1976 – Lars Onsager , Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1981 – Gloria Grahame , American actress and singer (b. 1923)1983 – Humberto Mauro , Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)1983 – Earl Tupper , American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
1902 – Karl Menger , Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)1986 – Mike Burgmann , Australian race car driver and accountant (b. 1947)1986 – Hal B. Wallis , American film producer (b. 1898)
1986 – James H. Wilkinson , English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
1992 – Eddie Kendricks , American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)1996 – Seymour Cray , American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)1997 – Brian Pillman , American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)2000 – Johanna Döbereiner , Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)2000 – Cătălin Hîldan , Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
2001 – Mike Mansfield , American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)2002 – Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)2003 – Dan Snyder , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)2003 – Timothy Treadwell , American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
2004 – Rodney Dangerfield , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)2004 – William H. Dobelle , American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
2004 – Maurice Wilkins , New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2006 – Jennifer Moss , English-Scottish actress and singer (b. 1945)2006 – Antonio Peña , Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953)
2006 – George Zervanos , Greek tenor and educator (b. 1930)
2007 – Justin Tuveri , Italian soldier (b. 1898)2009 – Mike Alexander , English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1977)2010 – Bernard Clavel , French journalist and author (b. 1923)2010 – Mary Leona Gage , American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
2010 – Steve Lee , Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
2011 – Derrick Bell , American academic and scholar (b. 1930)2011 – Bert Jansch , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
2011 – Steve Jobs , American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)
2011 – Charles Napier , American actor and singer (b. 1936)
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth , American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)
2011 – Gökşin Sipahioğlu , Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
2012 – Keith Campbell , English biologist and academic (b. 1954)2012 – Vojin Dimitrijević , Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
2012 – James W. Holley, III , American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Edvard Mirzoyan , Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)
2012 – Claude Pinoteau , French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Ruth R. Benerito , American chemist and academic (b. 1916)2013 – Carlo Lizzani , Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013 – Yakkun Sakurazuka , Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)
2013 – Butch Warren , American bassist (b. 1939)
2014 – David Chavchavadze , English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)2014 – Andrea de Cesaris , Italian race car driver (b. 1959)
2014 – Geoffrey Holder , Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)
2014 – Yuri Lyubimov , Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
2015 – Chantal Akerman , Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)2015 – Joker Arroyo , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Grace Lee Boggs , American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
2015 – Henning Mankell , Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)
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