October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
42 BC – Liberators' civil war : Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus 's army. Brutus commits suicide.425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.501 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic the Great , discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius .1086 – At the Battle of Sagrajas , the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI .1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.1641 – Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle , the seat of English rule in Ireland , to force concessions to Catholics.1642 – Battle of Edgehill : First major battle of the First English Civil War .1694 – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phips , fail to seize Quebec from the French.1707 – The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister Robert Walpole , reluctantly declares war on Spain.1812 – Claude François de Malet , a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte , claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts , United States.1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus 1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Westport : Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, Missouri , near Kansas City .1867 – Seventy-two Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate .1870 – Franco-Prussian War : The Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.1911 – First use of aircraft in war: Italo-Turkish War : An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines.1912 – First Balkan War : The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.1915 – Women's suffrage : In New York City, 25,000–33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote .1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution .1929 – Wall Street Crash of 1929 . After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to crash.1935 – Dutch Schultz , Abe Landau, Otto Berman , and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.1939 – The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight.1941 – World War II : Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein : At El Alamein in northern Egypt , the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California . Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory ", "Love in Bloom ", "Blue Hawaii ").
1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26 .
1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf : The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines .1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens , New York City.1955 – Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam .1956 – Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).1958 – The Springhill Mine bump : An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia , the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1 , rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.1958 – The Smurfs , a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series , appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs , a Johan and Peewit Spirou
1965 – Vietnam War : The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame , fueled with natural gas.1972 – Operation Linebacker , a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive , ends after five months.1973 – The Watergate scandal : US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult known as the "Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church" in Miracle Valley, Arizona . The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.1983 – Lebanese Civil War : The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb , killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.1989 – The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös , replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic .1993 – The Troubles : A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast , killing the bomber and nine civilians.1995 – Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena . Three days later, Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison, eligible for parole in 2025 1998 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace " agreement.1998 – Swatch Internet Time , a measure of 1000 "beats" per day was inaugurated by the Swatch Group .
2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis : Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.2007 – A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta jackup rig to collide with Kab 101 , leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.2011 – A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.2011 – The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC 's Ceefax ) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover .2015 – The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia , which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
64 BC – Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , Roman general and politician (d. 12 BC)1516 – Charlotte of Valois (d. 1524)1634 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1715)1654 – Johann Bernhard Staudt , Austrian composer (d. 1712)1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel , French architect, designed the École Militaire (d. 1782)1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne , Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)1713 – Pieter Burman the Younger , Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)1715 – Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)1752 – Maria Anna Adamberger , Austrian actress (d. 1804)1762 – Samuel Morey , American engineer (d. 1843)1766 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy , French general (d. 1847)1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich , American minister, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)1796 – Stefano Franscini , Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)1801 – Albert Lortzing , German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1851)1805 – John Russell Bartlett , American linguist and historian (d. 1886)1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt , German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)1815 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe , Brazilian politician (d. 1889)1817 – Pierre Larousse , French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)1835 – Adlai Stevenson I , American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)1844 – Robert Bridges , English poet and playwright (d. 1930)1857 – Juan Luna , Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)1863 – Mirko Breyer , Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (d. 1946)1865 – Neltje Blanchan , American historian and author (d. 1918)1869 – John Heisman , American football player and coach (d. 1936)1870 – Francis Kelley , Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)1873 – William D. Coolidge , American physicist and engineer (d. 1975)1874 – Charles Kilpatrick , American runner and educator (d. 1921)1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis , American chemist and academic (d. 1946)1876 – Franz Schlegelberger , German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (d. 1970)1880 – Una O'Connor , Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)1885 – Lawren Harris , Canadian painter and educator (d. 1970)1888 – Onésime Gagnon , Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1961)1894 – Rube Bressler , American baseball player (d. 1966)1894 – Emma Vyssotsky , American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
1896 – André Lévêque , French soldier and engineer (d. 1930)1896 – Lilyan Tashman , American actress (d. 1934)
1897 – John Baker , English air marshal (d. 1978)1897 – Marjorie Flack , American author and illustrator (d. 1958)
1900 – Douglas Jardine , Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)1902 – Robert Eberan von Eberhorst , Austrian engineer (d. 1982)1904 – Harvey Penick , American golfer and coach (d. 1995)1905 – Felix Bloch , Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)1905 – Yen Chia-kan , Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1993)
1905 – Gertrude Ederle , American swimmer (d. 2003)
1908 – František Douda , Czech shot putter (d. 1990)1908 – Ilya Frank , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1909 – Zellig Harris , American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)1910 – Richard Mortensen , Danish painter and educator (d. 1993)1910 – Hayden Rorke , American actor (d. 1987)
1911 – Jack Keller , American hurdler (d. 1978)1918 – Augusta Dabney , American actress (d. 2008)1918 – James Daly , American actor (d. 1978)
1918 – Peggy Moran , American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1918 – Paul Rudolph , American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997)
1919 – Manolis Andronikos , Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)1920 – Ted Fujita , Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1998)1920 – Bob Montana , American illustrator (d. 1975)
1920 – Vern Stephens , American baseball player (d. 1968)
1922 – Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington , English politician1922 – Coleen Gray , American actress (d. 2015)
1922 – Chris Alcaide , American actor (d. 2004)
1923 – Aslam Farrukhi , Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (d. 2016)1923 – Ned Rorem , American composer and author
1923 – Frank Sutton , American actor (d. 1974)
1924 – Arthur Brittenden , English journalist (d. 2015)1925 – Johnny Carson , American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005)1925 – Manos Hatzidakis , Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
1925 – Fred Shero , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1927 – Sonny Criss , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)1927 – Dezső Gyarmati , Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
1927 – Leszek Kołakowski , Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
1929 – Shamsur Rahman , Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)1930 – Eiji Maruyama , Japanese voice actor (d. 2015)1931 – Jim Bunning , American baseball player and politician1931 – William P. Clark, Jr. , American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013)
1931 – Diana Dors , English actress and singer (d. 1984)
1932 – Vasily Belov , Russian novelist, poet and playwright (d. 2012)1933 – Carol Fran , American singer-songwriter and pianist1935 – Chi-Chi Rodríguez , Puerto Rican-American golfer1936 – Charles Goodhart , English economist and academic1936 – Philip Kaufman , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Carlos Lamarca , Brazilian captain (d. 1971)1937 – Deven Verma , Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 – Alan Gilzean , Scottish footballer and manager1939 – Stanley Anderson , American actor1939 – C. V. Vigneswaran , Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
1940 – Pelé , Brazilian footballer and actor1940 – Ellie Greenwich , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops ) (d. 2009)
1940 – Jane Holzer , American model, actress, producer, and art collector
1941 – Colin Milburn , English cricketer (d. 1990)1941 – Igor Smirnov , Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
1942 – Michael Crichton , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)1942 – Douglas Dunn , Scottish poet, critic, and academic
1942 – Bernd Erdmann , German footballer and manager
1942 – Anita Roddick , English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (d. 2007)
1943 – Alida Chelli , Italian actress and singer (d. 2012)1944 – Mike Harding , English singer-songwriter and comedian1945 – Maggi Hambling , English sculptor and painter1945 – Kim Larsen , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin' )
1946 – Graeme Barker , English archaeologist and academic1946 – Mel Martínez , American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1946 – Miklós Németh , Hungarian javelin thrower
1947 – Kazimierz Deyna , Polish footballer (d. 1989)1947 – Greg Ridley , English rock bass player (d. 2003)
1948 – Hermann Hauser , Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory 1948 – Gerry Robinson , Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality
1948 – Brian Ross , American journalist
1949 – Würzel , English singer and guitarist (Motörhead ) (d. 2011)1949 – Nick Tosches , American journalist, author, and poet
1949 – Krešimir Ćosić , Croatian soldier and politician
1950 – Maths O. Sundqvist , Swedish businessman (d. 2012)1951 – Charly García , Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Sui Generis , Serú Girán , and La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros )1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu , Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
1952 – Pierre Moerlen , French drummer (Gong ) (d. 2005)1952 – Ken Tipton , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Taner Akçam , Turkish sociologist and historian1954 – Ang Lee , Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter1956 – Akie Asaka , Japanese comedian and actress1956 – Dianne Reeves , American singer
1956 – Dwight Yoakam , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1957 – Paul Kagame , Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda 1957 – Martin Luther King III , American activist
1957 – Graham Rix , English footballer and coach
1958 – Michael Eric Dyson , American activist, author, and academic1958 – Rose Nabinger , German singer
1958 – Frank Schaffer , German sprinter
1959 – Nancy Grace , American lawyer and journalist1959 – Sam Raimi , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic , American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
1960 – Mirwais Ahmadzaï , Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer1960 – Katoucha Niane , French model and actress (d. 2008)
1960 – Randy Pausch , American author and academic (d. 2008)
1960 – Wayne Rainey , American motorcycle racer
1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson , American author1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta , Spanish footballer and sportscaster
1962 – Doug Flutie , American football player, sportscaster, and drummer1963 – Gordon Korman , Canadian-American author1964 – Robert Trujillo , American bass player and songwriter1965 – Augusten Burroughs , American author and screenwriter1965 – Al Leiter , American baseball player and sportscaster
1966 – Alex Zanardi , Italian race car driver and cyclist1967 – Dale Crover , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer1967 – Walt Flanagan , American actor and illustrator
1967 – Jaime Yzaga , Peruvian tennis player
1969 – Dolly Buster , Czech film producer and director, actress and author1969 – Trudi Canavan , Australian author and illustrator
1969 – Bill O'Brien , American football player and coach
1969 – Brooke Theiss , American actress
1970 – Matthew Barzun , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1970 – Grant Imahara , American engineer
1970 – Steve Wilder , American actor
1970 – Zoe Wiseman , American model and photographer
1971 – Carlo Forlivesi , Italian-Japanese composer and scholar1971 – Chris Horner , American cyclist
1972 – Tiffeny Milbrett , American soccer player1972 – Bryan Pratt , American lawyer and politician
1972 – Jasmin St. Claire , Virgin Islander porn actress and director
1972 – Jimmy Wayne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Christian Dailly , Scottish footballer1973 – Emi Hashino , Japanese comedian and actress
1974 – Aravind Adiga , Indian journalist and author1974 – Beatrice Faumuina , New Zealand discus thrower
1974 – Sander Westerveld , Dutch footballer
1974 – Christine Yoshikawa , Canadian pianist
1975 – Jessicka , American singer-songwriter1975 – Michelle Beadle , American sportscaster
1975 – Odalys García , Cuban actress and singer
1975 – Yoon Son-ha , South Korean actress and singer
1975 – Keith Van Horn , American basketball player
1976 – Cat Deeley , English model, actress, and television host1976 – Ryan Reynolds , Canadian-American actor and producer
1977 – Brad Haddin , Australian cricketer1977 – Alex Tudor , English cricketer and coach
1978 – Jimmy Bullard , English footballer1978 – Steve Harmison , English cricketer and sportscaster
1978 – John Lackey , American baseball player
1978 – Archie Thompson , New Zealand-Australian footballer
1979 – Ramón Castro , Venezuelan baseball player1979 – Simon Davies , Welsh footballer
1979 – Jorge Solís , Mexican boxer
1979 – Bud Smith , American baseball player
1980 – Mate Bilić , Croatian footballer1980 – Pedro Liriano , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen , Dutch race car driver1981 – Ben Francisco , American baseball player
1981 – Jackie Long , American actor and producer
1981 – Huo Siyan , Chinese actress
1982 – Valentin Badea , Romanian footballer1982 – Rickey Paulding , American basketball player
1982 – Kristjan Kangur , Estonian basketball player
1982 – Aleksandar Luković , Serbian footballer
1982 – Rodolfo Dantas Bispo , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Filippos Darlas , Greek footballer1983 – Goldie Harvey , Nigerian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1984 – Martin Garcia , Mexican-American jockey1984 – Izabel Goulart , Brazilian-American model and actress
1984 – Simone Masini , Italian footballer
1984 – Keiren Westwood , English footballer
1984 – Jeffrey Hoogervorst , Dutch footballer
1984 – Meghan McCain , American journalist and author
1984 – Michael Sim , Australian golfer
1985 – Miguel , American singer-songwriter and producer1985 – Mohammed Abdellaoue , Norwegian footballer
1985 – Masiela Lusha , Albanian-American actress and poet
1985 – Chris Neal , English footballer
1985 – Luca Spinetti , Italian footballer
1985 – Panagiotis Vouis , Greek footballer
1986 – Briana Evigan , American actress and dancer1986 – Jake Robinson , English footballer
1986 – Jessica Stroup , American actress
1986 – Emilia Clarke , English actress
1987 – Faye , Swedish singer-songwriter (Play )1987 – Robin Copeland , Irish rugby player
1987 – Félix Doubront , Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Kyle Gibson , American baseball player
1987 – Miyuu Sawai , Japanese model and actress
1987 – Seo In-guk , South Korean singer and actor
1987 – Naomi Watanabe , Japanese actress
1988 – Jordan Crawford , American basketball player1988 – Aleksandr Salugin , Russian footballer
1988 – Carolin Schiewe , German footballer
1989 – Viktor Agardius , Swedish footballer1989 – Anisya Kirdyapkina , Russian race walker
1990 – Paradise Oskar , Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist1991 – Jorge Taufua , Australian rugby league player1992 – Álvaro Morata , Spanish footballer1993 – Josh Ruffels , English footballer
42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger , Roman general and politician (b. 85 BC)877 – Ignatios of Constantinople (b. 797)891 – Yazaman al-Khadim , Arab general and politician930 – Emperor Daigo of Japan (b. 885)1456 – John of Capistrano , Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)1550 – Tiedemann Giese , Polish bishop (b. 1480)1581 – Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)1590 – Bernardino de Sahagún , Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico (b. 1499)1616 – Leonhard Hutter , German theologian and academic (b. 1563)1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange , French philologist and historian (b. 1610)1730 – Anne Oldfield , English actress (b. 1683)1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte , French admiral (b. 1683)1774 – Michel Benoist , French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)1867 – Franz Bopp , German linguist and academic (b. 1791)1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)1872 – Théophile Gautier , French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)1885 – Charles S. West , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)1893 – Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)1910 – Chulalongkorn , Thai king (b. 1853)1915 – W. G. Grace , English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)1916 – Richard McFadden , Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)1917 – Eugène Grasset , Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)1921 – John Boyd Dunlop , Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)1935 – Charles Demuth , American painter and educator (b. 1883)1939 – Zane Grey , American dentist and author (b. 1872)1942 – Ralph Rainger , American pianist and composer (b. 1901)1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)1944 – Charles Glover Barkla , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)1944 – Hana Brady , Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
1950 – Al Jolson , Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)1953 – Adrien de Noailles , French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)1957 – Christian Dior , French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (b. 1905)1959 – George Bouzianis , Greek painter (b. 1885)1959 – Gerda Lundequist , Swedish actress (b. 1871)
1964 – Frank Luther Mott , American historian and journalist (b. 1886)1978 – Maybelle Carter , American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family ) (b. 1909)1983 – Jessica Savitch , American journalist (b. 1947)1984 – Oskar Werner , Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)1988 – Asashio Tarō III , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)1989 – Armida , Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)1990 – Thomas Williams , American author and academic (b. 1926)1994 – Robert Lansing , American actor (b. 1928)1996 – Bob Grim , American baseball player (b. 1930)1997 – Bert Haanstra , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)1998 – Barnett Slepian , American physician (b. 1946)2000 – Yokozuna , American wrestler (b. 1966)2001 – Josh Kirby , English illustrator (b. 1928)2001 – Daniel Wildenstein , French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
2002 – Adolph Green , American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)2003 – Tony Capstick , English actor and singer (b. 1944)2003 – Soong Mei-ling , Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek , 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
2004 – Robert Merrill , American actor and singer (b. 1919)2004 – Bill Nicholson , English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2005 – William Hootkins , American actor (b. 1948)2005 – John Muth , American economist and academic (b. 1930)
2005 – Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo , 10th First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945)
2006 – Lebo Mathosa , South African singer (Boom Shaka ) (b. 1977)2007 – John Ilhan , Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965)2007 – Lim Goh Tong , Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
2008 – Kevin Finnegan , English boxer (b. 1948)2009 – Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)2010 – Fran Crippen , American swimmer (b. 1984)2010 – Stanley Tanger , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)
2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman , American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)2011 – John McCarthy , American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
2011 – Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
2012 – William Joel Blass , American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)2012 – Wilhelm Brasse , Polish photographer (b. 1917)
2012 – Roland de la Poype , French soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2012 – Sunil Gangopadhyay , Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
2012 – Michael Marra , Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2013 – Wes Bialosuknia , American basketball player (b. 1945)2013 – Anthony Caro , English sculptor and academic (b. 1924)
2013 – Niall Donohue , Irish hurler (b. 1990)
2013 – Gypie Mayo , English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds ) (b. 1951)
2013 – Bill Mazer , Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2014 – Ghulam Azam , Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)2014 – John Bramlett , American football player (b. 1941)
2014 – Bernard Mayes , English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2014 – Joan Quigley , American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Tullio Regge , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
2014 – Alvin Stardust , English singer and actor (b. 1942)
2015 – Leon Bibb , American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)2015 – Roger De Clerck , Belgian businessman (b. 1924)
2015 – Jim Roberts , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)
2015 – Fred Sands , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (b. 1938)
2016 – Jack Chick , American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)2016 – Wim van der Voort , Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)
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