July 16 is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 168 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar .
1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism .
1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa : After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade , forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile , Sancho VII of Navarre , Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad , thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain .
1377 – Richard II of England is crowned.
1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco .
1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands .
1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California 's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá . Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California .
1779 – American Revolutionary War : Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point .
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act .
1809 – The city of La Paz , in what is today Bolivia , declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo .
1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic , in the province of Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.
1861 – American Civil War : At the order of President Abraham Lincoln , Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run , the first major land battle of the war.
1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral , becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution : Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar .
1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane , the first aircraft built in Australia.
1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
1915 – First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal , but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia .
1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.
1942 – Holocaust : Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv ): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz .
1945 – World War II : The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy " bound for Tinian Island .
1945 – Manhattan Project : The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium -based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico .
1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth , revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus , capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War .
1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre : American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium .
1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo , a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent , is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh .
1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 11 , the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon , is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy , Florida .
1973 – Watergate scandal : Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein .
1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster : A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly , causing 20 fatalities.
1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet , Pangasinan , Nueva Ecija , La Union , Aurora , Bataan , Zambales and Tarlac .
1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR .
1991 – Ukraine celebrates its first Independence Day .
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr. , piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard . His wife and sister-in-law are also killed.
2004 – Millennium Park , considered Chicago 's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley .
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee .
1194 – Clare of Assisi , Italian nun and saint (d. 1253)
1486 – Andrea del Sarto , Italian painter (d. 1530)
1611 – Cecilia Renata of Austria (d. 1644)
1661 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (d. 1706)
1714 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert , French engineer and author (d. 1800)
1722 – Joseph Wilton , English sculptor and academic (d. 1803)
1723 – Joshua Reynolds , English painter and academic (d. 1792)
1731 – Samuel Huntington , American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1796)
1749 – Cyrus Griffin , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1810)
1796 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , French painter and etcher (d. 1875)
1821 – Mary Baker Eddy , American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (d. 1910)
1841 – Nikolai von Glehn , Estonian-German architect and activist (d. 1923)
1858 – Eugène Ysaÿe , Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
1862 – Ida B. Wells , American journalist and activist (d. 1931)
1870 – Lambert McKenna , Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (d. 1956)
1871 – John Maxwell , American golfer (d. 1906)
1872 – Roald Amundsen , Norwegian pilot and explorer (d. 1928)
1880 – Kathleen Norris , American journalist and author (d. 1966)
1883 – Charles Sheeler , American photographer and painter (d. 1965)
1884 – Anna Vyrubova , Russian author (d. 1964)
1887 – Shoeless Joe Jackson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
1888 – Percy Kilbride , American actor (d. 1964)
1888 – Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
1889 – Arthur Bowie Chrisman , American author (d. 1953)
1889 – Larry Semon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1928)
1895 – Wilfrid Hamel , Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 1968)
1896 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer , German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969)
1896 – Trygve Lie , Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1968)
1902 – Alexander Luria , Russian psychologist and physician (d. 1977)
1902 – Mary Philbin , American actress (d. 1993)
1903 – Fritz Bauer , German lawyer and judge (d. 1968)
1903 – Carmen Lombardo , Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1971)
1903 – Irmgard Flügge-Lotz , German mathematician and engineer (d. 1974)
1904 – Goffredo Petrassi , Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1906 – Vincent Sherman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1907 – Frances Horwich , American educator and television host (d. 2001)
1907 – Orville Redenbacher , American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's (d. 1995)
1907 – Barbara Stanwyck , American actress (d. 1990)
1910 – Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
1910 – Gordon Prange , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1980)
1911 – Ginger Rogers , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995)
1911 – Sonny Tufts , American actor (d. 1970)
1912 – Milt Bocek , American baseball player (d. 2007)
1915 – Barnard Hughes , American actor (d. 2006)
1918 – Denis Edward Arnold , English soldier (d. 2015)
1919 – Hermine Braunsteiner , Austrian SS officer (d. 1999)
1919 – Choi Kyu-hah , South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (d. 2006)
1920 – Anatole Broyard , American critic and editor (d. 1990)
1923 – Chris Argyris , American psychologist, theorist, and academic (d. 2013)
1924 – James L. Greenfield , American journalist and politician
1924 – Bess Myerson , American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (d. 2014)
1925 – Frank Jobe , American sergeant and surgeon (d. 2014)
1926 – Ivica Horvat , Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1926 – Irwin Rose , American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1927 – Pierre F. Côté , Canadian lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
1927 – Shirley Hughes , English author and illustrator
1928 – Anita Brookner , English novelist and art historian (d. 2016)
1928 – Robert Sheckley , American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1928 – Jim Rathmann , American racing driver (d. 2011)
1928 – Dave Treen , American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (d. 2009)
1928 – Andrzej Zawada , Polish mountaineer and author (d. 2000)
1929 – Charles Ray Hatcher , American serial killer (d. 1984)
1929 – Sheri S. Tepper , American author and poet
1930 – Guy Béart , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1930 – Michael Bilirakis , American lawyer and politician
1932 – John Chilton , English trumpet player and composer
1932 – Max McGee , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1932 – Dick Thornburgh , American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General
1934 – Donald M. Payne , American educator and politician (d. 2012)
1935 – Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. , American general (d. 2014)
1936 – Yasuo Fukuda , Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
1936 – Buddy Merrill , American guitarist
1936 – Jerry Norman , American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012)
1936 – Venkataraman Subramanya , Indian-Australian cricketer
1937 – Richard Bryan , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada
1937 – John Daly , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1938 – Cynthia Enloe , American author and academic
1938 – Tony Jackson , English singer and bass player (d. 2003)
1939 – William Bell , American singer-songwriter
1939 – Denise LaSalle , American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – Shringar Nagaraj , Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
1939 – Corin Redgrave , English actor and activist (d. 2010)
1939 – Mariele Ventre , Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995)
1941 – Desmond Dekker , Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1941 – Dag Solstad , Norwegian author and playwright
1941 – Hans Wiegel , Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1941 – Sir George Young, 6th Baronet , English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1942 – Margaret Court , Australian tennis player and minister
1942 – Frank Field , English politician
1943 – Reinaldo Arenas , Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
1943 – Vernon Bogdanor , English political scientist and academic
1943 – Jimmy Johnson , American football player and coach
1944 – Angharad Rees , English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (d. 2012)
1946 – Louise Fréchette , Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1946 – Barbara Lee , American politician
1946 – Ron Yary , American football player
1947 – Don Burke , Australian television host and producer
1947 – Alexis Herman , American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
1947 – Assata Shakur , American-Cuban criminal and activist
1948 – Rubén Blades , Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1948 – Lars Lagerbäck , Swedish footballer and manager
1948 – Kevin McKenzie , South African cricketer
1948 – Pinchas Zukerman , Israeli violinist and conductor
1949 – Alan Fitzgerald , American guitarist and keyboardist
1950 – Pierre Paradis , Canadian lawyer and politician
1950 – Dennis Priestley , English darts player
1950 – Frances Spalding , English historian and academic
1950 – Tom Terrell , American journalist and photographer (d. 2007)
1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain , Canadian journalist
1952 – Stewart Copeland , American drummer and songwriter
1952 – Richard Egielski , American author and illustrator
1952 – Marc Esposito , French director and screenwriter
1952 – Ken McEwan , South African cricketer
1952 – Robert David Steele , American spy and politician
1953 – Douglas J. Feith , American lawyer and politician, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
1954 – Jeanette Mott Oxford , American politician
1955 – Susan Wheeler , American poet and academic
1956 – Tony Kushner , American playwright and screenwriter
1957 – Faye Grant , American actress
1957 – Alexandra Marinina , Ukrainian-Russian colonel and author
1958 – Michael Flatley , American-Irish dancer and choreographer
1958 – Pierre Roland Renoir , Monacan-Canadian painter
1958 – Mike Rogers , American politician
1959 – Gary Anderson , South African-American football player
1959 – James MacMillan , Scottish composer and conductor
1959 – Zoran Jolevski , Macedonian economist, politician, and diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
1959 – Jürgen Ligi , Estonian economist and politician, 25th Estonian Minister of Defence
1960 – Terry Pendleton , American baseball player and coach
1962 – Grigory Leps , Russian singer-songwriter
1963 – Phoebe Cates , American actress
1963 – Srečko Katanec , Slovenian footballer and coach
1963 – Mikael Pernfors , Swedish tennis player
1964 – Phil Hellmuth , American poker player
1964 – Miguel Indurain , Spanish cyclist
1965 – Michel Desjoyeaux , French sailor
1965 – Claude Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Sherri Stoner , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jyrki Lumme , Finnish ice hockey player
1966 – Mikhail Tatarinov , Russian ice hockey player
1966 – Johnny Vaughan , English journalist and critic
1967 – Will Ferrell , American actor, comedian, and producer
1968 – Dhanraj Pillay , Indian field hockey player and manager
1968 – Barry Sanders , American football player
1968 – Larry Sanger , American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
1968 – Robert Sherman , American songwriter and businessman
1969 – Jules De Martino , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1969 – Kathryn Harby-Williams , Australian netball player and sportscaster
1970 – Raimonds Miglinieks , Latvian basketball player and coach
1970 – Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Corey Feldman , American actor
1971 – Ed Kowalczyk , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Ben Cahoon , American-Canadian football player and coach
1972 – François Drolet , Canadian speed skater
1973 – Jonas Chernick , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1973 – Stefano Garzelli , Italian cyclist
1973 – Shaun Pollock , South African cricketer
1973 – Graham Robertson , American director and producer
1973 – Tim Ryan , American politician
1974 – Jeremy Enigk , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Maret Maripuu , Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1974 – Ryan McCombs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Wendell Sailor , Australian rugby player
1975 – Bas Leinders , Belgian race car driver
1976 – Tomasz Kuchar , Polish race car driver
1976 – Carlos Humberto Paredes , Paraguayan footballer
1976 – Anna Smashnova , Belarusian-Israeli tennis player
1977 – Bryan Budd , Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2006)
1979 – Chris Mihm , American basketball player
1979 – Douglas Murray , Scottish journalist and author
1979 – Mai Nakamura , Japanese swimmer
1979 – Kim Rhode , American sport shooter
1979 – Nathan Rogers , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Konstantin Skrylnikov , Russian footballer
1980 – Adam Scott , Australian golfer
1981 – Giuseppe Di Masi , Italian footballer
1981 – Zach Randolph , American basketball player
1981 – Vicente Rodríguez , Spanish footballer
1982 – André Greipel , German cyclist
1982 – Carli Lloyd , American soccer player
1982 – Michael Umaña , Costa Rican footballer
1983 – Duncan Keith , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Hayanari Shimoda , Japanese race car driver
1984 – Attila Szabó , Hungarian decathlete
1985 – Yōko Hikasa , Japanese voice actress and singer
1985 – Mārtiņš Kravčenko , Latvian basketball player
1985 – Denis Tahirović , Croatian footballer
1986 – Dustin Boyd , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Misako Uno , Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer
1987 – Mousa Dembélé , Belgian footballer
1987 – AnnaLynne McCord , American actress and producer
1988 – Sergio Busquets , Spanish footballer
1989 – Gareth Bale , Welsh footballer
1989 – Carlito Olivero , American singer-songwriter and actor
1990 – Johann Zarco , French motorcycle racer
1991 – Andros Townsend , English footballer
784 – Fulrad , Frankish diplomat and saint (b. 710)
866 – Irmgard , Frankish abbess
1212 – William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale
1216 – Pope Innocent III (b. 1160)
1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)
1342 – Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288)
1487 – Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1444)
1509 – Joao da Nova , Portuguese explorer (b. 1460)
1546 – Anne Askew , English author and poet (b. 1520)
1557 – Anne of Cleves (b. 1515)
1647 – Masaniello , Italian rebel (b. 1622)
1664 – Andreas Gryphius , German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
1686 – John Pearson , English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
1691 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois , French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
1729 – Johann David Heinichen , German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
1747 – Giuseppe Crespi , Italian painter (b. 1665)
1770 – Francis Cotes , English painter and academic (b. 1726)
1796 – George Howard , English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
1831 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , French-Russian general (b. 1763)
1868 – Dmitry Pisarev , Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
1879 – Edward Deas Thomson , Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
1886 – Ned Buntline , American journalist and author (b. 1823)
1896 – Edmond de Goncourt , French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
1915 – Ellen G. White , American theologian and author (b. 1827)
1917 – Philipp Scharwenka , German composer and educator (b. 1847)
1939 – Bartholomeus Roodenburch , Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
1949 – Vyacheslav Ivanov , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
1953 – Hilaire Belloc , French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
1954 – Herms Niel , German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
1960 – Albert Kesselring , German field marshal (b. 1881)
1960 – John P. Marquand , American author (b. 1893)
1964 – Rauf Orbay , Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1881)
1965 – Boris Artzybasheff , Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
1969 – James Scott Douglas , English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
1981 – Harry Chapin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
1982 – Patrick Dewaere , French actor and composer (b. 1947)
1982 – Charles Robberts Swart , South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
1985 – Heinrich Böll , German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1985 – Wayne King , American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
1989 – Herbert von Karajan , Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)
1990 – Robert Blackburn , Irish educator (b. 1927)
1990 – Sidney Torch , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
1991 – Meindert DeJong , Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906)
1991 – Robert Motherwell , American painter and academic (b. 1915)
1991 – Frank Rizzo , American police officer and politician, 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia (b. 1920)
1992 – Buck Buchanan , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
1994 – Julian Schwinger , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1995 – May Sarton , American playwright and novelist (b. 1912)
1995 – Stephen Spender , English author and poet (b. 1909)
1996 – Adolf von Thadden , German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
1998 – John Henrik Clarke , American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr. , American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960)
1999 – Alan Macnaughton , Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1903)
2001 – Morris , Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
2002 – John Cocke , American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
2003 – Celia Cruz , Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)
2003 – Carol Shields , American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)
2004 – George Busbee , American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2004 – Charles Sweeney , American general and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Pietro Consagra , Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
2005 – Camillo Felgen , Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920)
2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller , American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
2007 – Caterina Bueno , Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)
2008 – Jo Stafford , American singer (b. 1917)
2011 – Forrest Blue , American football player (b. 1944)
2012 – William Asher , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2012 – Bob Babbitt , American bass player (b. 1937)
2012 – Stephen Covey , American businessman and author (b. 1932)
2012 – Gilbert Esau , American businessman and politician (b. 1919)
2012 – Ed Lincoln , Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (b. 1932)
2012 – Masaharu Matsushita , Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
2012 – Kitty Wells , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)
2013 – Alex Colville , Canadian painter and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Marv Rotblatt , American baseball player (1927)
2014 – Karl Albrecht , German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)
2014 – Mary Ellen Otremba , American educator and politician (b. 1950)
2014 – Johnny Winter , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
2014 – Heinz Zemanek , Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)
2015 – Denis Avey , English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919)
2015 – Evelyn Ebsworth , English chemist and academic (b. 1933)
2015 – Alcides Ghiggia , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2015 – Jack Goody , English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)
2015 – Alan Kupperberg , American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
2016 – Nate Thurmond , American basketball player (b. 1941)
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