October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar ).
1403 – Battle of Modon : Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice at Modon in the Peloponnese .
1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1513 – Battle of La Motta : Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians .
1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar , this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763 , closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
1777 – American Revolutionary War : The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights .
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain : American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina .
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf , commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance , captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août .
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1828 – Morea expedition : The city of Patras , Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison .
1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1862 – Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
1864 – American Civil War : Bahia incident : USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia , Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War : Siege of Paris : Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance .
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1918 – The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland declares independence from the German Empire and forms the Republic of Poland .
1919 – KLM , the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1929 – Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople .
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
1940 – World War II : The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River .
1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp , Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity .
1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza , with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law , and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury .
1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon .
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty .
1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution .
1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico .
1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1988 – An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska , US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales .
1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri , 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1996 – Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1998 – Matthew Shepard , a gay student at the University of Wyoming , is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming .
2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks . The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – The governor of California, Gray Davis , is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger .
2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan , the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew , the death toll rises to 800.
13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar , Roman politician (d. 23 AD)
1301 – Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (d. 1339)
1409 – Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
1474 – Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1536)
1482 – Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)
1573 – William Laud , English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)
1576 – John Marston , English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
1713 – Granville Elliott , English general (d. 1759)
1728 – Caesar Rodney , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov , Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
1746 – William Billings , American composer and educator (d. 1800)
1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
1769 – Solomon Sibley , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
1821 – Richard H. Anderson , American general (d. 1879)
1832 – Charles Crozat Converse , American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
1835 – Felix Draeseke , German composer and educator (d. 1913)
1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau , Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley , American poet and author (d. 1916)
1860 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos , Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski , Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1876 – Louis Tancred , South African cricketer (d. 1934)
1879 – Joe Hill , Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)
1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky , Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
1884 – Harold Geiger , American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
1885 – Niels Bohr , Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1885 – Claud Ashton Jones , American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
1887 – Jack Russell , English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)
1888 – Henry A. Wallace , American lawyer and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1889 – Robert Z. Leonard , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1892 – Dwain Esper , American director and producer (d. 1982)
1893 – Alice Dalgliesh , Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
1894 – Del Lord , Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
1895 – Maurice Grevisse , Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
1897 – Elijah Muhammad , American religious leader (d. 1975)
1897 – Thakin Mya , Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)
1900 – Heinrich Himmler , German commander and politician (d. 1945)
1904 – Armando Castellazzi , Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1905 – Andy Devine , American actor (d. 1977)
1907 – Helen MacInnes , Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist , Finnish author (d. 1990)
1909 – Shura Cherkassky , Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)
1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd , American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
1911 – Vaughn Monroe , American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry , Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
1912 – Peter Walker , English race car driver (d. 1984)
1913 – Simon Carmiggelt , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
1913 – Raimond Valgre , Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
1914 – Sarah Churchill , English actress (d. 1982)
1914 – Alfred Drake , American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1914 – Herman Keiser , American golfer (d. 2003)
1917 – June Allyson , American actress (d. 2006)
1918 – Harry V. Jaffa , American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
1919 – Henriette Avram , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1919 – Zelman Cowen , Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
1919 – Georges Duby , French historian and author (d. 1996)
1920 – Georg Leber , German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1920 – Jack Rowley , English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1921 – Raymond Goethals , Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
1922 – Grady Hatton , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1922 – William Zinsser , American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
1923 – Irma Grese , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1923 – Břetislav Pojar , Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle , Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1927 – R. D. Laing , Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
1929 – Graeme Ferguson , Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
1929 – Robert Westall , English journalist and author (d. 1993)
1930 – Curtis Crider , American race car driver (d. 2012)
1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons , American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
1931 – Tommy Lewis , American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 – R. Sivagurunathan , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
1931 – Desmond Tutu , South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Joannes Gijsen , Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
1933 – Harold Dunaway , American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)
1934 – Amiri Baraka , American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 – Ulrike Meinhof , German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
1934 – Julian Thompson , English general and historian
1935 – Thomas Keneally , Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
1936 – Michael Hurll , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Christopher Booker , English journalist and author
1937 – Maria Szyszkowska , Polish academic and politician
1938 – Ann Jones , English tennis player and sportscaster
1939 – John Hopcroft , American computer scientist and author
1939 – Clive James , Australian television host, author, and critic
1939 – Harry Kroto , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya , Congolese cardinal
1939 – Bill Snyder , American football player and coach
1940 – Bruce Vento , American educator and politician (d. 2000)
1942 – Joy Behar , American talk show host, comedian and television personality
1943 – José Cardenal , Cuban baseball player and coach
1943 – Oliver North , American colonel, journalist, and author
1944 – Donald Tsang , Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1945 – Kevin Godley , English singer-songwriter and director
1945 – David Wallace , Scottish physicist and academic
1946 – John Brass , Australian rugby player and coach
1946 – Catharine MacKinnon , American lawyer, activist, and author
1947 – Chris Bambridge , Australian footballer and referee
1948 – Diane Ackerman , American poet and essayist
1948 – John F. B. Mitchell , English climatologist and author
1948 – Stephen Rucker , American composer
1949 – Dave Hope , American bass player and priest
1950 – Dick Jauron , American football player and coach
1950 – Jakaya Kikwete , Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
1951 – John Mellencamp , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1952 – Vladimir Putin , Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
1952 – Jacques Richard , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1952 – Graham Yallop , Australian cricketer
1953 – Linda Griffiths , Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
1953 – Margus Lepa , Estonian journalist and actor
1953 – Tico Torres , American drummer
1955 – Ralph Johnson , American computer scientist and author
1955 – Bill Henson , Australian photographer
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma , French-American cellist and educator
1956 – Steve Bainbridge , English rugby player
1956 – Mike Shipley , Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
1956 – Brian Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Joey Marquez , Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
1957 – Michael W. Smith , American singer-songwriter and actor
1957 – Jayne Torvill , English figure skater
1959 – Dylan Baker , American actor
1959 – Simon Cowell , English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
1959 – Lourdes Flores , Peruvian lawyer and politician
1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier , Canadian lawyer and politician
1960 – Kevin Boyle , American historian and author
1961 – Tony Sparano , American football player and coach
1962 – Dave Bronconnier , Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
1962 – William Johnson , German-English cricketer
1964 – Dan Savage , American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
1964 – Paul Stewart , English footballer
1965 – Genji Hashimoto , Japanese race car driver
1965 – Kumiko Watanabe , Japanese voice actress
1966 – Sherman Alexie , American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
1966 – Marco Beltrami , Italian-American composer and conductor
1966 – Janet Shaw , Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
1967 – Michelle Alexander , American law professor, author and activist
1967 – Peter Baker , English golfer
1967 – Toni Braxton , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967 – Luke Haines , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1968 – Thom Yorke , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Malia Hosaka , American wrestler
1969 – Per Mathisen , Norwegian bass player and composer
1969 – Maria Whittaker , English model, actress, and singer
1971 – Daniel Boucher , Canadian singer and actor
1972 – Marlou Aquino , Filipino basketball player
1972 – Ben Younger , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Dida , Brazilian footballer
1973 – Priest Holmes , American football player
1973 – Sami Hyypiä , Finnish footballer and manager
1973 – Grigol Mgaloblishvili , Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
1974 – Rune Glifberg , Danish skateboarder
1974 – Charlotte Perrelli , Swedish singer
1975 – Giorgos Karadimos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Damian Kulash , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Tim Minchin , English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1976 – Marc Coma , Spanish motorcycle racer
1976 – Taylor Hicks , American singer-songwriter
1976 – Gilberto Silva , Brazilian footballer
1976 – Santiago Solari , Argentinian footballer and manager
1976 – Charles Woodson , American football player
1978 – Alison Balsom , English trumpet player and educator
1978 – Alesha Dixon , English singer-songwriter and dancer
1978 – Zaheer Khan , Indian cricketer
1979 – Simona Amânar , Romanian gymnast
1979 – Aaron Ashmore , Canadian actor
1979 – Shawn Ashmore , Canadian actor
1982 – Madjid Bougherra , Algerian footballer
1982 – Jermain Defoe , English footballer
1982 – Robby Ginepri , American tennis player
1982 – Li Yundi , Chinese pianist
1982 – Lockett Pundt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Archie Bland , English journalist and author
1983 – Dwayne Bravo , Trinidadian cricketer
1983 – Flying Lotus , American rapper, DJ, and producer
1983 – Scottie Upshall , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Salman Butt , Pakistani cricketer
1984 – Toma Ikuta , Japanese actor and singer
1984 – Simon Poulsen , Danish footballer
1984 – Zachary Wyatt , American soldier and politician
1985 – Evan Longoria , American baseball player
1986 – Chase Daniel , American football player
1986 – Lee Nguyen , American soccer player
1986 – Gunnar Nielsen , Faroese footballer
1986 – Bree Olson , American porn actress and producer
1986 – Amy Satterthwaite , New Zealand cricketer
1987 – Jeremy Brockie , New Zealand footballer
1987 – Aiden English , American wrestler
1987 – Sam Querrey , American tennis player
1988 – Diego da Silva Costa , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Lauren Mayberry , Scottish singer-songwriter
1989 – Trent Merrin , Australian rugby league player
1990 – Sebastián Coates , Uruguayan footballer
1992 – Mookie Betts , American baseball player
1995 – Lyndon Dykes , Australian professional soccer player
1995 – Lloyd Jones , English professional footballer
336 – Pope Mark
858 – Montoku , Japanese emperor (b. 826)
929 – Charles the Simple , French king (b. 879)
1242 – Juntoku , Japanese emperor (b. 1197)
1259 – Ezzelino III da Romano , Italian ruler
1363 – Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde (b. 1304)
1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence , Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
1461 – Jean Poton de Xaintrailles , follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)
1468 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta , lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
1553 – Cristóbal de Morales , Spanish composer (b. 1500)
1571 – Sufi Ali Pasha , Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1577 – George Gascoigne , English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini , Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski , Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
1651 – Jacques Sirmond , French scholar (b. 1559)
1653 – Fausto Poli , Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
1708 – Guru Gobind Singh , Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
1787 – Henry Muhlenberg , German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
1792 – George Mason , American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
1796 – Thomas Reid , Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
1849 – Edgar Allan Poe , American short story witer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. , American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
1904 – Isabella Bird , English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
1906 – Honoré Beaugrand , Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson , English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
1919 – Alfred Deakin , Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
1925 – Christy Mathewson , American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1926 – Emil Kraepelin , German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
1939 – Harvey Williams Cushing , American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
1943 – Radclyffe Hall , English author and poet (b. 1880)
1944 – Helmut Lent , German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier , American engineer (b. 1876)
1951 – Anton Philips , Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
1956 – Clarence Birdseye , American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
1959 – Mario Lanza , American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
1966 – Grigoris Asikis , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
1967 – Norman Angell , English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1969 – Léon Scieur , Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent , Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
1985 – Cemal Reşit Rey , Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
1990 – Beatrice Hutton , Australian architect (b. 1893)
1991 – Harry W. Brown , American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
1991 – Leo Durocher , American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1991 – Darren Millane , Australian footballer (b. 1965)
1992 – Allan Bloom , American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
1992 – Babu Karam Singh Bal , Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
1993 – Cyril Cusack , South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)
1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne , Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1995 – Olga Taussky-Todd , Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
1996 – Lou Lichtveld , Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
1998 – Cees de Vreugd , Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
2001 – Herblock , American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
2001 – Christopher Adams , English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
2001 – Roger Gaudry , Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2003 – Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2003 – Arthur Berger , American composer and educator (b. 1912)
2004 – Tony Lanfranchi , English race car driver (b. 1935)
2006 – Julen Goikoetxea , Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
2006 – Anna Politkovskaya , American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
2007 – Norifumi Abe , Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
2007 – George E. Sangmeister , American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
2009 – Irving Penn , American photographer (b. 1917)
2010 – T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
2010 – Milka Planinc , Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
2011 – Ramiz Alia , Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
2011 – Andrew Laszlo , Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
2012 – Mervyn M. Dymally , Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
2012 – Ivo Michiels , Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
2012 – Wiley Reed , American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
2013 – Mick Buckley , English footballer (b. 1953)
2013 – Patrice Chéreau , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2013 – David E. Jeremiah , American admiral (b. 1934)
2013 – Leandro Mendoza , Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
2013 – Joe Rogers , American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
2014 – Nika Kiladze , Georgian footballer (b. 1988)
2014 – Siegfried Lenz , Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
2014 – Iva Withers , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2015 – Harry Gallatin , American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 – Hossein Hamadani , Iranian general (b. 1951)
2015 – W. R. Mitchell , English journalist and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Jurelang Zedkaia , Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
2016 – Ross Higgins , Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)
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