July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra , where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I , takes place
640 – Battle of Heliopolis : The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ).
1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by Samuel Aba, King of Hungary , takes place.
1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania .
1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death .
1411 – Ming China 's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War , to the Yongle Emperor .
1415 – Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.
1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River .
1495 – First Italian War : Battle of Fornovo : Charles VIII defeats the Holy League .
1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England .
1557 – King Philip II of Spain , consort of Queen Mary I of England , sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais , the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
1573 – Córdoba, Argentina , is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera .
1573 – French Wars of Religion : Siege of La Rochelle ends.
1614 – Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta .
1630 – Thirty Years' War : Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania , Germany.
1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor : Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion . troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth .
1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia .
1777 – American Revolutionary War : Siege of Fort Ticonderoga : After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne , American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga , New York.
1779 – Battle of Grenada : The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War .
1801 – First Battle of Algeciras : Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras .
1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram ; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
1854 – In Jackson, Michigan , the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
1865 – The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister , a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 – David Kalākaua , monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii , is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution , which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii .
1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike , leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1917 – World War I : Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt .
1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park . The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell .
1937 – Spanish Civil War : Battle of Brunete : The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
1939 – Holocaust : The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
1940 – Story Bridge , a major landmark in Brisbane , as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
1941 – Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk .
1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe " above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial .
1944 – The Hartford circus fire , one of America's worst fire disasters , kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut .
1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union .
1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships , becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare , the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
1962 – The Late Late Show , the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 – Malawi becomes a republic , with Hastings Banda as its first President .
1967 – Nigerian Civil War : Nigerian forces invade Biafra , beginning the war.
1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
1986 – Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France .
1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack : Fourteen bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
1990 – The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
1995 – In the Bosnian War , under the command of General Ratko Mladić , Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica .
1997 – The Troubles : In response to the Drumcree dispute , five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland .
1998 – Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok , Hong Kong , replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams .
2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2 ) to five stars: Hip 4872 , HD 245409 , 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War , re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State , Nigeria .
2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport , killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
2016 – The Iraq Inquiry is published after seven years by Sir John Chilcot ; it publicises the critique of Tony Blair and his decision to go ahead with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq .
1387 – Queen Blanche I of Navarre (d. 1441)
1423 – Antonio Manetti , Italian mathematician and architect (d. 1497)
1473 – James III of Cyprus , son of James II of Cyprus and Catherine Cornaro , king of Cyprus (d. 1474)
1580 – Johann Stobäus , German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
1623 – Jacopo Melani , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym , Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
1686 – Antoine de Jussieu , French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
1736 – Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (d. 1802)
1747 – John Paul Jones , Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
1766 – Alexander Wilson , Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
1781 – Stamford Raffles , English politician, founded Singapore (d. 1826)
1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
1785 – William Hooker , English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1817 – Albert von Kölliker , Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
1818 – Adolf Anderssen , German chess player (d. 1879)
1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar , Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
1838 – Vatroslav Jagić , Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
1840 – José María Velasco Gómez , Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
1859 – Verner von Heidenstam , Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
1873 – Dimitrios Maximos , Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
1878 – Eino Leino , Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
1885 – Ernst Busch , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1886 – Marc Bloch , French historian and academic (d. 1944)
1887 – Marc Chagall , Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
1887 – Annette Kellerman , Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji , Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
1892 – Will James , American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
1897 – Richard Krautheimer , German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
1898 – Hanns Eisler , German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones , American supercentarian (d. 2016)
1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas , American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1903 – Hugo Theorell , Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1904 – Robert Whitney , American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
1904 – Erik Wickberg , Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
1907 – Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
1907 – George Stanley , Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
1908 – Anton Muttukumaru , Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
1910 – René Le Grèves , French cyclist (d. 1946)
1912 – Heinrich Harrer , Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
1913 – Vance Trimble , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr. , American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
1916 – Harold Norse , American poet and author (d. 2009)
1917 – Arthur Lydiard , New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
1918 – Sebastian Cabot , English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
1919 – Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
1921 – Allan MacEachen , Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1921 – Nancy Reagan , American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
1922 – William Schallert , American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski , Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
1924 – Louie Bellson , American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
1925 – Merv Griffin , American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Haley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets ) (d. 1981)
1925 – Gazi Yaşargil , Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
1926 – Sulev Vahtre , Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
1927 – Jan Hein Donner , Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
1927 – Janet Leigh , American actress and author (d. 2004)
1927 – Pat Paulsen , American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Nilo Soruco , Bolivian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1930 – George Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1930 – Ian Burgess , English racing driver (d. 2012)
1931 – Jean Campeau , Canadian businessman and politician
1931 – Della Reese , American actress and singer
1931 – László Tábori , Hungarian runner and coach
1932 – Herman Hertzberger , Dutch architect and academic
1935 – Candy Barr , American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
1935 – Tenzin Gyatso , 14th Dalai Lama
1936 – Dave Allen , Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
1937 – Ned Beatty , American actor
1937 – Gene Chandler , American singer-songwriter and producer
1937 – Michael Sata , Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
1939 – Jet Harris , English bass player (The Shadows , The Jeff Beck Group , and The Vipers Skiffle Group ) (d. 2011)
1939 – Mary Peters , English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
1940 – Jeannie Seely , Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev , Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
1941 – David Crystal , British linguist, author, and academic
1941 – Reinhard Roder , German footballer and manager
1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya , Russian soprano
1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister , German runner
1946 – George W. Bush , American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
1946 – Fred Dryer , American football player and actor
1946 – Peter Singer , Australian philosopher and academic
1946 – Sylvester Stallone , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1946 – Jamie Wyeth , American painter
1947 – Roy Señeres , Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016)
1948 – Nathalie Baye , French actress
1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn , Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
1948 – Brad Park , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1949 – Noli de Castro , Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
1949 – Phyllis Hyman , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
1949 – Michael Shrieve , American composer, drummer, and percussionist (Santana (band) )
1950 – John Byrne , English-American author and illustrator
1951 – Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor and producer
1952 – Hilary Mantel , English author and critic
1953 – Nanci Griffith , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Kaiser Kalambo , Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1953 – Robert Ménard , French politician and former journalist
1954 – Allyce Beasley , American actress
1954 – Willie Randolph , American baseball player and manager
1958 – Jennifer Saunders , English actress, comedian and screenwriter
1959 – Richard Dacoury , French basketball player
1960 – Maria Wasiak , Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
1961 – Robin Antin , American dancer, choreographer, and businesswoman
1961 – Vandana Chavan , Indian politician and lawyer
1962 – Todd Bennett , English runner and coach (d. 2013)
1962 – Peter Hedges , American author, screenwriter, and director
1967 – Heather Nova , Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Omar Olivares , Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1968 – Gaspare Manos , Thai-Italian painter and sculptor
1970 – Inspectah Deck , American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan )
1970 – Martin Smith , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious? )
1972 – Laurent Gaudé , French author and playwright
1972 – Greg Norton , American baseball player and coach
1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block , Ukrainian sprinter
1974 – Zé Roberto , Brazilian footballer
1975 – 50 Cent , American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit )
1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar , Iranian journalist and activist
1976 – Ioana Dumitriu , Romanian-American mathematician and academic
1977 – Max Mirnyi , Belarusian tennis player
1978 – Adam Busch , American actor, director, and producer
1978 – Tamera Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 – Tia Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 – Kevin Senio , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Matthew Barnson , American viola player and composer
1979 – Nic Cester , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights )
1979 – Kevin Hart , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Kenny Deuchar , Scottish footballer
1980 – Joell Ortiz , American rapper (Slaughterhouse )
1980 – Eva Green , French actress and model
1982 – Brandon Jacobs , American football player
1982 – Misty Upham , American actress (d. 2014)
1983 – Gregory Smith , Canadian actor, director, and producer
1984 – Zhang Hao , Chinese figure skater
1985 – Diamond Rings , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Matters )
1986 – Sarah Gronert , German tennis player
1986 – David Karp , American businessman, founded Tumblr
1986 – Derrick Williams , American football player
1987 – Sophie Auster , American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Manteo Mitchell , American runner
1987 – Kate Nash , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987 – Caroline Trentini , Brazilian model
1988 – Kevin Fickentscher , Swiss footballer
1990 – Magaye Gueye , French footballer
1990 – Jamal Idris , Australian rugby player
1990 – Justin Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Klas Dahlbeck , Swedish ice hockey player
1992 – Manny Machado , American baseball player
371 BC – Cleombrotus I , Spartan king
649 – Goar of Aquitaine , French-German bishop and saint (b. 585)
887 – Wang Chongrong , Chinese warlord
918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
1017 – Genshin , Japanese monk and scholar (b. 942)
1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 – Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1325 – Ismail I, Sultan of Granada (b. 1279)
1415 – Jan Hus , Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
1476 – Regiomontanus , German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533 – Ludovico Ariosto , Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
1535 – Thomas More , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583 – Edmund Grindal , English archbishop (b. 1519)
1585 – Thomas Aufield , English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
1684 – Peter Gunning , English bishop (b. 1614)
1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe , English general and politician (b. 1725)
1768 – Conrad Beissel , German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
1802 – Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (b. 1736)
1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French general (b. 1775)
1813 – Granville Sharp , English activist (b. 1735)
1815 – Samuel Whitbread , English politician (b. 1764)
1835 – John Marshall , American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
1854 – Georg Ohm , German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
1868 – Harada Sanosuke , Japanese captain (b. 1840)
1893 – Guy de Maupassant , French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
1901 – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. 1819)
1902 – Maria Goretti , Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuli , Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein , German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
1916 – Odilon Redon , French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska , Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
1932 – Kenneth Grahame , Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
1934 – Nestor Makhno , Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
1946 – Horace Pippin , American painter (b. 1888)
1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury , Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
1959 – George Grosz , German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
1960 – Aneurin Bevan , Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
1961 – Scott LaFaro , American bassist (b. 1936)
1961 – Woodall Rodgers , American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
1962 – Paul Boffa , Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
1962 – William Faulkner , American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria (b. 1872)
1963 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
1964 – Claude V. Ricketts , American admiral (b. 1906)
1966 – Sad Sam Jones , American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
1967 – Hilda Taba , Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
1971 – Louis Armstrong , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
1973 – Otto Klemperer , German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu , Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 – Zhu De , Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
1976 – Fritz Lenz , German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
1977 – Ödön Pártos , Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
1978 – Babe Paley , American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
1979 – Van McCoy , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
1986 – Jagjivan Ram , Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
1989 – János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
1991 – Mudashiru Lawal , Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1992 – Marsha P. Johnson , American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu , Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
1995 – Aziz Nesin , Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
1997 – Chetan Anand , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1998 – Roy Rogers , American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo , Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1999 – Barry Winchell , American soldier (b. 1977)
2000 – Władysław Szpilman , Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
2002 – John Frankenheimer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2003 – Buddy Ebsen , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
2003 – Çelik Gülersoy , Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
2004 – Thomas Klestil , Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 – Syreeta Wright , American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2005 – Ed McBain , American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2005 – Claude Simon , Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
2006 – Kasey Rogers , American actress (b. 1925)
2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss , American author (b. 1939)
2009 – Vasily Aksyonov , Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
2009 – Robert McNamara , American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
2010 – Harvey Fuqua , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth ) (b. 1929)
2012 – Hani al-Hassan , Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
2013 – Lo Hsing Han , Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
2014 – Alan J. Dixon , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
2015 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)
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