March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 279 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).
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France .
1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates .
1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1809 – Peninsular War : A combined Franco -Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real .
1814 – War of 1812 : In central Alabama , U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .
1836 – Texas Revolution : Goliad massacre : On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna , the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas .
1866 – President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 . His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place .
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio , attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder ; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse .
1886 – Geronimo , Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars .
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River .
1915 – Typhoid Mary , the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine , where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War : The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II : Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup .
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands : In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska .
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation , the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
1964 – The Good Friday earthquake , the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska , killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage .
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster : Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands , killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am ). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea , killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1980 – Silver Thursday : A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges .
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike , in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí , an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba .
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China .
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo .
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence , the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War : Yugoslav SAM downed F-117A , the first and only kill by the stealth aircraft.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
2002 – Passover massacre : A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya , Israel.
2002 – Nanterre massacre : In Nanterre , France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 others are injured.
2004 – HMS Scylla , a decommissioned Leander -class frigate , is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall , the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung , an artificial lake in Indonesia , fails, killing at least 99 people.
2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front , ending decades of conflict .
2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park , Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter .
347 – Jerome , Roman priest, bishop, theologian and translator (d. 420)
972 – Robert II of France (d. 1031)
1220 – Pope Martin IV (d. 1285)
1401 – Albert III, Duke of Bavaria , Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1438-1460) (d. 1460)
1416 – Francis of Paola , Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
1627 – Stephen Fox , English politician (d. 1716)
1676 – Francis Rákóczi II , Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
1679 – Domenico Lalli , Italian poet and librettist (d. 1741)
1681 – Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero , Spanish-Italian cardinal (d. 1760)
1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin , German organist and composer (d. 1762)
1710 – Joseph Abaco , Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
1712 – Claude Bourgelat , French surgeon and author (d. 1779)
1714 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
1724 – Jane Colden , American botanist and author (d. 1766)
1734 – Lady Diana Beauclerk , English painter and illustrator (d. 1808)
1745 – Lindley Murray , American-English Quaker and grammarian (d. 1826)
1746 – Michael Bruce , Scottish poet and composer (d. 1767)
1746 – Carlo Buonaparte , Corsican-French lawyer and politician (d. 1785)
1765 – Franz Xaver von Baader , German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
1781 – Alexander Vostokov , Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (d. 1864)
1784 – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma , Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (d. 1842)
1785 – Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1797 – Alfred de Vigny , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1863)
1801 – Alexander Barrow , American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)
1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons , German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French engineer, urban planner, and politician (d. 1891)
1811 – Edward William Cooke , English painter and illustrator (d. 1880)
1814 – Charles Mackay , Scottish journalist, anthologist, and author (d. 1889)
1820 – Edward Augustus Inglefield , English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
1822 – Henri Murger , French novelist and poet (d. 1861)
1839 – John Ballance , Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
1843 – George Frederick Leycester Marshall , English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
1844 – Adolphus Greely , American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1845 – Jakob Sverdrup , Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (d. 1899)
1847 – Otto Wallach , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1851 – Ruperto Chapí , Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
1851 – Vincent d'Indy , French composer and educator (d. 1931)
1852 – Jan van Beers , Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi , Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
1855 – William Libbey , American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
1857 – Karl Pearson , English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
1859 – George Giffen , Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1927)
1860 – Frank Frost Abbott , American-Swiss scholar and academic (d. 1924)
1862 – Jelena Dimitrijević , Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polygot (d. 1945)
1862 – Arturo Berutti , Argentinian composer (d. 1938)
1863 – Henry Royce , English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
1868 – Patty Hill , American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
1869 – James McNeill , Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
1869 – J. R. Clynes , English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary (d. 1949)
1871 – Heinrich Mann , German author and poet (d. 1950)
1871 – Piet Aalberse , Dutch politician, Minister of Labour (d. 1948)
1875 – Albert Marquet , French painter (d. 1947)
1877 – Oscar Grégoire , Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
1878 – Kathleen Scott , British sculptor (d. 1947)
1879 – Sándor Garbai , Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
1879 – Miller Huggins , American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
1879 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourgish-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)
1881 – Arkady Averchenko , Russian playwright and satirist (d. 1925)
1882 – Thomas Graham Brown , Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
1883 – Dimitrios Semsis , Greek violinist (d. 1950)
1883 – Marie Under , Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
1884 – Gordon Thomson , English rower and lieutenant (d. 1953)
1885 – Julio Lozano Díaz , Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
1885 – Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster , English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 1961)
1886 – Sergey Kirov , Russian politician (d. 1934)
1886 – Wladimir Burliuk , Ukrainian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969)
1887 – Väinö Siikaniemi , Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (d. 1932)
1888 – George Alfred Lawrence Hearne , English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
1889 – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu , Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (d. 1974)
1889 – Leonard Mociulschi , Romanian general (d. 1979)
1890 – Harald Julin , Swedish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1967)
1890 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton , Scottish admiral (d. 1974)
1891 – Lajos Zilahy , Hungarian novelist and playwright (d. 1974)
1891 – Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski , Belarusian-Lithuanian architect, journalist, and diplomat, created the Flag of Belarus (d. 1959)
1892 – Ferde Grofé , American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1892 – Thorne Smith , American author (d. 1934)
1893 – Karl Mannheim , Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (d. 1947)
1893 – G. Lloyd Spencer , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1981)
1893 – George Beranger , Australian-American actor and director (d. 1973)
1894 – René Fonck , French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)
1895 – Roland Leighton , English soldier and poet (d. 1915)
1897 – Douglas Hartree , English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
1899 – Francis Ponge , French poet and author (d. 1988)
1899 – Herbert Arthur Stuart , German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
1899 – Gloria Swanson , American actress and producer (d. 1983)
1901 – Carl Barks , American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1901 – Erich Ollenhauer , German politician (d. 1963)
1901 – Eisaku Satō , Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1901 – Kenneth Slessor , Australian journalist and poet (d. 1971)
1902 – Sidney Buchman , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
1902 – Charles Lang , American cinematographer (d. 1998)
1902 – Émile Benveniste , Syrian-French linguist and semiotician (d. 1976)
1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia , Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
1905 – Leroy Carr , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)
1905 – Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff , German general (d. 1980)
1905 – Elsie MacGill , Canadian-American author and engineer (d. 1980)
1906 – Pee Wee Russell , American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 1969)
1909 – Golo Mann , German historian and author (d. 1994)
1909 – Ben Webster , American saxophonist (d. 1973)
1909 – Valery Marakou , Belarusian poet and translator (d.1937)
1910 – Ai Qing , Chinese poet and author (d. 1996)
1911 – Veronika Tushnova , Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)
1912 – James Callaghan , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1913 – Theodor Dannecker , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1914 – Richard Denning , American actor (d. 1998)
1914 – Budd Schulberg , American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr. , American guitarist (d. 2006)
1917 – Cyrus Vance , American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
1920 – Colin Rowe , English-American architect, theorist and academic (d. 1999)
1921 – Phil Chess , Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (d. 2016)
1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento , Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
1921 – Harold Nicholas , American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
1922 – Dick King-Smith , English author (d. 2011)
1922 – Stefan Wul , French author and surgeon (d. 2003)
1922 – Jules Olitski , Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (d. 2007)
1923 – Shūsaku Endō , Japanese author (d. 1996)
1923 – Louis Simpson , Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (d. 2012)
1924 – Sarah Vaughan , American singer (d. 1990)
1924 – Ian Black , Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
1924 – Margaret K. Butler , American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
1926 – Frank O'Hara , American writer (d. 1966)
1927 – Sylvia Anderson , English voice actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
1927 – Anthony Lewis , American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
1928 – Jean Dotto , French cyclist (d. 2000)
1929 – Anne Ramsey , American actress (d. 1988)
1930 – Daniel Spoerri , Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist
1931 – David Janssen , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1932 – Junior Parker , American singer and harmonica player (d. 1971)
1932 – Bailey Olter , Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
1933 – Lê Văn Hưng , South Vietnam (d. 1975)
1934 – István Csurka , Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012)
1935 – Stanley Rother , American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981)
1935 – Julian Glover , English actor
1936 – Malcolm Goldstein , American violinist and composer
1937 – Alan Hawkshaw , English keyboard player and songwriter
1939 – Jay Kim , South Korean-American engineer and politician
1939 – Cale Yarborough , American race car driver and businessman
1940 – Sandro Munari , Italian race car driver
1940 – Austin Pendleton , American actor, director, and playwright
1941 – Ivan Gašparovič , Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
1941 – Liese Prokop , Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
1942 – Michael Jackson , English journalist and author (d. 2007)
1942 – John Sulston , English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Michael York , English actor
1943 – Mike Curtis , American football player and coach
1944 – Jesse Brown , American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2002)
1944 – Bryan Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player
1944 – Alan C. Gilmore , New Zealand astronomer and academic
1946 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
1947 – Oliver Friggieri , Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher
1947 – Brian Jones , English balloonist and pilot
1947 – Walt Mossberg , American journalist
1948 – Jens-Peter Bonde , Danish lawyer and politician
1950 – Tony Banks , English keyboard player and songwriter
1950 – Petros Efthymiou , Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
1950 – Maria Ewing , American soprano
1950 – Chris Stewart , English musician and author
1951 – Andrei Kozyrev , Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
1951 – Mohamad Chatah , Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (d. 2013)
1952 – Annemarie Moser-Pröll , Austrian skier
1952 – Maria Schneider , French actress (d. 2011)
1953 – Herman Ponsteen , Dutch cyclist
1954 – Gerard Batten , English lawyer and politician
1955 – Patrick McCabe , Irish writer
1955 – Mariano Rajoy , Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1955 – Susan Neiman , American-German philosopher and author
1956 – Leung Kwok-hung , Hong Kong activist and politician
1956 – Thomas Wassberg , Swedish cross country skier
1957 – Kostas Vasilakakis , Greek footballer and manager
1957 – Stephen Dillane , English actor
1958 – Didier de Radiguès , Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer
1959 – Andrew Farriss , Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
1960 – Hans Pflügler , German footballer
1960 – Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1961 – Ellery Hanley , English rugby league player and coach
1961 – Tony Rominger , Swiss professional cyclist
1962 – Jann Arden , Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – Brett French , Australian rugby league player
1962 – John O'Farrell , English journalist and author
1962 – Brad Wright , American-Spanish basketball player
1962 – Kevin J. Anderson , American science fiction writer
1963 – Cory Blackwell , American basketball player
1963 – Randall Cunningham , American football player, coach, and pastor
1963 – Filippos Sachinidis , Greek-Canadian economist and politician
1963 – Gary Stevens , English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist
1963 – Quentin Tarantino , American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
1963 – Xuxa , Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter
1965 – Gregor Foitek , Swiss race car driver
1966 – Žarko Paspalj , Serbian basketball player
1968 – Irina Belova , Russian heptathlete
1969 – Gianluigi Lentini , Italian footballer and manager
1969 – Pauley Perrette , American actress
1970 – Derek Aucoin , Canadian baseball player
1970 – Mariah Carey , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1970 – Brent Fitz , Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist
1970 – Jarrod McCracken , New Zealand rugby league player
1970 – Elizabeth Mitchell , American actress
1970 – Uwe Rosenberg , German game designer, created Bohnanza
1971 – David Coulthard , Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
1971 – Nathan Fillion , Canadian actor
1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink , Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1972 – Charlie Haas , American professional wrestler
1973 – Roger Telemachus , South African cricketer
1974 – Marek Citko , Polish footballer and manager
1974 – George Koumantarakis , Greek-South African footballer
1974 – Gaizka Mendieta , Spanish footballer
1975 – Andrew Blowers , New Zealand rugby player
1975 – Kim Felton , Australian golfer
1975 – Fergie , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1975 – Christian Fiedler , German footballer and manager
1976 – Roberta Anastase , Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
1976 – Danny Fortson , American basketball player
1976 – Adrian Anca , Romanian footballer
1977 – Vítor Meira , Brazilian race car driver
1978 – Gabriel Paraschiv , Romanian footballer
1978 – Marius Bakken , Norwegian runner
1978 – Amélie Cocheteux , French tennis player
1979 – Tom Palmer , English rugby union player
1979 – Imran Tahir , Pakistani-South African cricketer
1979 – Jennifer Wilson , Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player
1980 – Sean Ryan , American football player
1980 – Michaela Paštiková , Czech tennis player
1980 – Maksim Shevchenko , Russian footballer
1981 – Terry McFlynn , Irish footballer
1981 – Akhil Kumar , Indian boxer
1981 – Jukka Keskisalo , Finnish runner
1981 – Hilda Kibet , Kenyan runner
1982 – Shawn Beveney , Guyanese footballer
1983 – Yuliya Golubchikova , Russian pole vaulter
1983 – Vasily Koshechkin , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Román Martínez , Argentinian footballer
1984 – Adam Ashley-Cooper , Australian rugby player
1984 – Ben Franks , Australian-born New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Brett Holman , Australian footballer
1985 – Dustin Byfuglien , American ice hockey player
1985 – Danny Vukovic , Australian footballer
1986 – Manuel Neuer , German footballer
1987 – Jefferson Bernárdez , Honduran footballer
1987 – Samuel Francis , Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
1988 – Jessie J , English singer-songwriter
1988 – Atsuto Uchida , Japanese footballer
1989 – Matt Harvey , American baseball player
1989 – Camilla Lees , New Zealand netball player
1990 – Erdin Demir , Swedish-Turkish footballer
1990 – Ben Hunt , Australian rugby league player
1990 – Nicolas Nkoulou , Cameroonian footballer
1990 – Luca Zuffi , Swiss footballer
1992 – Marc Muniesa , Spanish footballer
1995 – Jonathan Drouin , Canadian ice hockey player
1995 – Bill Tuiloma , New Zealand footballer
215 BC – Emperor Kōrei of Japan (b. 342 BC)
710 – Rupert of Salzburg , Austrian bishop and saint (b. 660)
853 – Haymo of Halberstadt , German bishop and author (b. 778)
973 – Hermann Billung , Frankish lieutenant (b. 900)
1184 – Giorgi III , King of Georgia
1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
1462 – Vasily II of Moscow (b. 1415)
1472 – Janus Pannonius , Hungarian bishop and poet (b. 1434)
1564 – Lütfi Pasha , Turkish historian and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1488)
1598 – Theodor de Bry , Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (b. 1528)
1615 – Margaret of Valois (b. 1553)
1621 – Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian cardinal (b. 1554)
1625 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (b. 1566)
1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo , Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
1679 – Abraham Mignon , Dutch painter (b. 1640)
1697 – Simon Bradstreet , English businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1603)
1729 – Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
1757 – Johann Stamitz , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
1770 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , Italian painter (b. 1696)
1848 – Gabriel Bibron , French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
1849 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford , Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
1850 – Wilhelm Beer , Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
1864 – Jean-Jacques Ampère , French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
1869 – James Harper , American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
1875 – Juan Crisóstomo Torrico , Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
1875 – Edgar Quinet , French historian and academic (b. 1803)
1878 – George Gilbert Scott , English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
1886 – Henry Taylor , English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
1889 – John Bright , English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
1890 – Carl Jacob Löwig , German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
1898 – Syed Ahmad Khan , Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
1900 – Joseph A. Campbell , American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)
1900 – Piet Joubert , South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz , Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
1913 – Richard Montgomery Gano , American minister, physician, and general (b. 1830)
1918 – Henry Adams , American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
1918 – Martin Sheridan , Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)
1921 – Harry Barron , English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
1922 – Nikolay Sokolov , Russian composer and educator (b. 1859)
1923 – James Dewar , Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
1925 – Carl Neumann , German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
1926 – Kick Kelly , American baseball player, manager, and umpire (b. 1856)
1926 – Georges Vézina , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1927 – Joe Start , American baseball player and manager (b. 1842)
1927 – Klaus Berntsen , Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1844)
1928 – Leslie Stuart , English organist and composer (b. 1863)
1931 – Arnold Bennett , English author and playwright (b. 1867)
1934 – Francis William Reitz , South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1938 – William Stern , German-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1871)
1940 – Michael Joseph Savage , Australian-New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1942 – Julio González , Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)
1943 – George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway , English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1882)
1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix , American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
1945 – Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
1946 – Karl Groos , German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
1949 – Elisheva Bikhovski , Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda , Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
1956 – Évariste Lévi-Provençal , French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
1958 – Leon C. Phillips , American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
1960 – Gregorio Marañón , Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský , Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1968 – Yuri Gagarin , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
1968 – Vladimir Seryogin , Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
1973 – Mikhail Kalatozov , Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1903)
1974 – Eduardo Santos , Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
1975 – Arthur Bliss , English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
1976 – Georg August Zinn , German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (b. 1901)
1977 – Shirley Graham Du Bois , American author, playwright, and composer (b. 1896)
1977 – Diana Hyland , American actress (b. 1936)
1977 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten , Dutch captain and pilot (b. 1927)
1978 – Nat Bailey , Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
1978 – Sverre Farstad , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
1980 – Steve Fisher , American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1981 – Jakob Ackeret , Swiss engineer and academic (b. 1898)
1982 – Fazlur Khan , Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929)
1987 – William Bowers , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1988 – Charles Willeford , American author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
1989 – May Allison , American actress (b. 1890)
1989 – Malcolm Cowley , American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1898)
1990 – Percy Beard , American hurdler and coach (b. 1908)
1991 – Aldo Ray , American actor (b. 1926)
1992 – Colin Gibson , English footballer (b. 1923)
1992 – Lang Hancock , Australian businessman (b. 1909)
1992 – James E. Webb , American colonel and politician, 16th Under Secretary of State (b. 1906)
1993 – Kamal Hassan Ali , Egyptian general and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
1993 – Paul László , Hungarian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1900)
1994 – Lawrence Wetherby , American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1908)
1995 – René Allio , French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1997 – Lane Dwinell , American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
1997 – Ella Maillart , Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (b. 1903)
1998 – David McClelland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1917)
1999 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (b. 1946)
2000 – George Allen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
2000 – Ian Dury , English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942)
2002 – Milton Berle , American comedian and actor (b. 1908)
2002 – Dudley Moore , English actor (b. 1935)
2002 – Billy Wilder , Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003 – Edwin Carr , New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1926)
2004 – Robert Merle , French author (b. 1909)
2005 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow , Canadian soldier and surgeon (b. 1913)
2006 – Dan Curtis , American director and producer (b. 1928)
2006 – Stanisław Lem , Ukrainian-Polish author (b. 1921)
2006 – Rudolf Vrba , Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (b. 1924)
2006 – Neil Williams , English cricketer (b. 1962)
2007 – Nancy Adams , New Zealand botanist and illustrator (b. 1926)
2007 – Paul Lauterbur , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
2008 – Jean-Marie Balestre , French businessman (b. 1921)
2009 – Irving R. Levine , American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2010 – Dick Giordano , American illustrator (b. 1932)
2011 – Clement Arrindell , Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1931)
2011 – Farley Granger , American actor (b. 1925)
2012 – Adrienne Rich , American poet, essayist and feminist (b. 1929)
2013 – Hjalmar Andersen , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
2013 – Yvonne Brill , Canadian-American scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2013 – Fay Kanin , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1917)
2014 – Richard N. Frye , American scholar and academic (b. 1920)
2014 – James R. Schlesinger , American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929)
2015 – Johnny Helms , American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (b. 1935)
2015 – T. Sailo , Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (b. 1922)
2016 – Mother Angelica , American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (b. 1923)
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