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May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 219 days remain until the end of the year.
0 0 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci , Chatti , and other German tribes west of the Elbe .[1] 0 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity .[2] 0 946 – King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine 's Mass Day.0 961 – King Otto I elects his 6-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom . He is crowned at Aachen , and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda .1135 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae Emperor of all of Spain ).1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan, killing about 23,000.[3] 1328 – William of Ockham , the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena , and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon , fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII .1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.1573 – The Battle of Haarlemmermeer , a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence .1637 – Pequot War : A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut , massacring approximately 500 Pequots .1644 – Portuguese Restoration War : Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo .1736 – The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi . British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.1770 – The Orlov Revolt , an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence , ends in disaster for the Greeks.1783 – A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut , celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution .1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral , the gothic cathedral in Milan .1821 – Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels .1822 – One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire , the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory .1865 – American Civil War : The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith , commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas .1868 – The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.1869 – Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .1879 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state .1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia .1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
1897 – Dracula Bram Stoker , is published.1897 – The original manuscript of William Bradford 's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation " is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War .
1900 – Thousand Days' War : The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro .1908 – The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia . The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company .1917 – Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon .1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.[4] 1936 – In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland , Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill . By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.1937 – Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan , during the Battle of the Overpass .[5] 1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.1940 – World War II : Operation Dynamo : In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk , France.1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557 , which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force .1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana .1967 – The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [6] 1968 – H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight[7] 1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2 .1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet , Bangladesh .1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty .1981 – Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due) .1981 – An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz , killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
1983 – The 7.8 Mw Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag .1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand , killing all 223 people on board.[8]
1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York Ellis Island , the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey , not New York.1998 – The first "National Sorry Day " was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma , resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.2004 – United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing .2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.1264 – Koreyasu , Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)1478 – Clement VII , pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)1562 – James III , margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)1566 – Mehmed III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)1602 – Philippe de Champaigne , Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)1623 – William Petty , English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)1667 – Abraham de Moivre , French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)1669 – Sébastien Vaillant , French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)1700 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf , German bishop and saint (d. 1760)1799 – August Kopisch , German poet and painter (d. 1853)1822 – Edmond de Goncourt , French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)1863 – Bob Fitzsimmons , English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)1865 – Robert W. Chambers , American author and illustrator (d. 1933)1867 – Mary of Teck , English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)1873 – Olaf Gulbransson , Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)1876 – Percy Perrin , English cricketer (d. 1945)1880 – W. Otto Miessner , American composer and educator (d. 1967)1881 – Adolfo de la Huerta , Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)[9] 1883 – Mamie Smith , American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)1886 – Al Jolson , American singer and actor (d. 1950)1887 – Ba U , 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)1893 – Eugene Aynsley Goossens , English conductor and composer (d. 1962)1895 – Dorothea Lange , American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)1895 – Paul Lukas , Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1898 – Ernst Bacon , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)1898 – Christfried Burmeister , Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1899 – Antonio Barrette , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)1899 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson , Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
1900 – Karin Juel , Swedish singer, actor, and writer (d. 1976)1904 – George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)1904 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
1904 – Vlado Perlemuter , Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
1907 – Jean Bernard , French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)1907 – John Wayne , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
1908 – Robert Morley , English actor (d. 1992)1908 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ , Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
1909 – Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)1909 – Adolfo López Mateos , Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1910 – Imi Lichtenfeld , Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)1911 – Maurice Baquet , French actor and cellist (d. 2005)1911 – Henry Ephron , American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1912 – János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)1912 – Jay Silverheels , Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
1913 – Peter Cushing , English actor (d. 1994)1913 – Pierre Daninos , French author (d. 2005)
1913 – Karin Ekelund , Swedish actress (d. 1976)
1913 – Josef Manger , German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1914 – Frankie Manning , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)1915 – Vernon Alley , American bassist (d. 2004)1915 – Antonia Forest , English author (d. 2003)
1916 – Henriette Roosenburg , Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)1919 – Rubén González , Cuban pianist (d. 2003)1920 – Jack Cheetham , South African cricketer (d. 1980)1920 – Peggy Lee , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
1921 – Inge Borkh , German soprano (d. 2018)1922 – Troy Smith , American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)1923 – James Arness , American actor (d. 2011)1923 – Roy Dotrice , English actor (d. 2017)
1925 – Carmen Montejo , Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)1925 – Alec McCowen , English actor [10] [11]
1926 – Miles Davis , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)1927 – Jacques Bergerac , French actor and businessman (d. 2014)1928 – Jack Kevorkian , American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)1929 – J. F. Ade Ajayi , Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)1929 – Ernie Carroll , Australian television personality and producer
1929 – Hans Freeman , Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
1929 – John Jackson , English lawyer and businessman
1929 – Catherine Sauvage , French singer and actress (d. 1998)
1930 – Karim Emami , Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)1933 – Edward Whittemore , American soldier and author (d. 1995)1935 – Eero Loone , Estonian philosopher and academic1936 – David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate , English politician1937 – Manorama , Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)1937 – Paul E. Patton , American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
1938 – William Bolcom , American pianist and composer1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya , Russian author and playwright
1938 – K. Bikram Singh , Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1938 – Teresa Stratas , Canadian soprano and actress
1939 – Brent Musburger , American sportscaster1939 – Herb Trimpe , American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay , Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec 1940 – Levon Helm , American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
1941 – Aldrich Ames , American CIA officer and criminal1941 – Jim Dobbin , Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
1941 – Cliff Drysdale , South African tennis player and sportscaster
1941 – Imants Kalniņš , Latvian composer
1943 – Erica Terpstra , Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician1944 – Phil Edmonston , American-Canadian journalist and politician1944 – Jan Kinder , Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1944 – Sam Posey , American race car driver and journalist
1945 – Vilasrao Deshmukh , Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)1945 – Alistair MacDuff , English lawyer and judge
1945 – Garry Peterson , Canadian-American drummer
1946 – Neshka Robeva , Bulgarian gymnast and coach1946 – Mick Ronson , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
1947 – Carol O'Connell , American author and painter1947 – Glenn Turner , New Zealand cricketer[12]
1948 – Stevie Nicks , American singer-songwriter1949 – Jeremy Corbyn , British journalist and politician1949 – Ward Cunningham , American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
1949 – Pam Grier , American actress
1949 – Anne McGuire , Scottish educator and politician
1949 – Philip Michael Thomas , American actor
1949 – Hank Williams Jr. , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Ramón Calderón , Spanish lawyer and businessman1951 – Lou van den Dries , Dutch mathematician
1951 – Sally Ride , American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn , Irish educator and politician
1952 – David Meece , American singer-songwriter and pianist1953 – Kay Hagan , American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)1953 – Don McAllister , English footballer and manager[13]
1953 – Michael Portillo , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1953 – Dan Roundfield , American basketball player (d. 2012)
1954 – Alan Hollinghurst , English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator1954 – Denis Lebel , Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
1955 – Masaharu Morimoto , Japanese-American chef1955 – Paul Stoddart , Australian businessman
1955 – Wesley Walker , American football player and educator
1956 – Neil Parish , English politician1956 – Fiona Shackleton , English lawyer
1957 – Diomedes Díaz , Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)1957 – François Legault , Canadian businessman and politician
1957 – Roberto Ravaglia , Italian race car driver
1958 – Ronnie Black , American golfer1958 – Arto Bryggare , Finnish hurdler and politician
1958 – Margaret Colin , American actress
1959 – Ole Bornedal , Danish actor, director, and producer1960 – Doug Hutchison , American actor1960 – Dean Lukin , Australian weightlifter
1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga , Japanese race car driver
1960 – Rob Murphy , American baseball player
1960 – Romas Ubartas , Lithuanian discus thrower
1961 – Steve Pate , American golfer1961 – Tarsem Singh , Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Black , English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)1962 – Genie Francis , Canadian-American actress
1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Simon Armitage , English poet, playwright and novelist1963 – Claude Legault , Canadian actor and screenwriter
1963 – Mary Nightingale , English journalist
1963 – Jamie Spence , English golfer
1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan , Irish-American paleontologist and author1964 – Lenny Kravitz , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
1964 – Argiris Pedoulakis , Greek basketball player and coach
1965 – Hazel Irvine , Scottish sportscaster and journalist1966 – Helena Bonham Carter , English actress1966 – Zola Budd , South African runner
1967 – Philip Treacy , Irish milliner, hat designer1967 – Mika Yamamoto , Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter1968 – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
1968 – Steve Sedgley , English footballer and manager
1969 – John Baird , Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1969 – Siri Lindley , American triathlete and coach
1969 – Dominic Mohan , English journalist
1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki , Japanese illustrator1971 – Zaher Andary , Lebanese footballer1971 – Matt Stone , American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1973 – Naomi Harris , Canadian-American photographer1974 – Lars Frölander , Swedish swimmer1975 – Lauryn Hill , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1976 – Paul Collingwood , English cricketer and coach1976 – Stephen Curry , Australian comedian and actor
1976 – Kenny Florian , American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1976 – Justin Pierre , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1977 – Nikos Chatzivrettas , Greek basketball player1977 – Raina Telgemeier , American author and cartoonist
1977 – Luca Toni , Italian footballer
1977 – Misaki Ito , Japanese actress and model
1978 – Phil Elvrum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1978 – Fabio Firmani , Italian footballer
1978 – Dan Parks , Australian-Scottish rugby player
1979 – Amanda Bauer , American astronomer and academic1979 – Natalya Nazarova , Russian sprinter
1979 – Elisabeth Harnois , American actress
1979 – Mehmet Okur , Turkish basketball player
1980 – Louis-Jean Cormier , Canadian singer and songwriter1981 – Robert Copeland , Australian footballer1981 – Anthony Ervin , American swimmer[14]
1981 – Jason Manford , English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1981 – Isaac Slade , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1981 – Ben Zobrist , American baseball player
1982 – Sten Lassmann , Estonian pianist1982 – Hasan Kabze , Turkish footballer
1983 – Demy de Zeeuw , Dutch footballer1983 – Henry Holland , English fashion designer
1983 – Nathan Merritt , Australian rugby league player
1985 – Monika Christodoulou , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist1985 – Ashley Vincent , English footballer
1986 – Michel Tornéus , Swedish long jumper1987 – Olcay Şahan , Turkish footballer1987 – Josh Thomas , Australian comedian and actor
1988 – Andrea Catellani , Italian footballer1988 – Will Chambers , Australian rugby league player
1988 – Juan Guillermo Cuadrado , Colombian footballer
1988 – Dani Samuels , Australian discus thrower
1988 – Joel Selwood , Australian footballer
1988 – Damian Williams , American football player
1989 – Paula Findlay , Canadian triathlete1991 – Ah Young , South Korean singer and actress1992 – Curtis Rona , New Zealand rugby league player1993 – Jason Adesanya , Belgian footballer1993 – Dan Sarginson , Australian-English rugby league player
1993 – Katerine Savard , Canadian swimmer
1993 – Jimmy Vesey , American ice hockey player
1996 – Lara Goodall , South African cricketer604 – Augustine of Canterbury , Benedictine monk and archbishop735 – Bede , English monk, historian, and theologian818 – Ali al-Ridha , Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams 926 – Yuan Xingqin , Chinese general and governor946 – Edmund I , king of England (b. 921)1035 – Berenguer Ramon I , Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)1055 – Adalbert , margrave of Austria1250 – Peter I , duke of Brittany1339 – Aldona Ona , queen of Poland1362 – Louis I , king of Naples (b. 1320)1421 – Mehmed I , Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)1512 – Bayezid II , Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)1536 – Francesco Berni , Italian poet (b. 1498)1552 – Sebastian Münster , German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)1648 – Vincent Voiture , French poet and author (b. 1597)1653 – Robert Filmer , English theorist and author (b. 1588)1679 – Ferdinand Maria , Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)1685 – Charles II , German elector palatine (b. 1651)1703 – Samuel Pepys , English politician (b. 1633)[15] 1742 – Pylyp Orlyk , Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)1746 – Thomas Southerne , Irish playwright (b. 1660)1762 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)1818 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)1818 – Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza , Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
1824 – Capel Lofft , English lawyer (b. 1751)1840 – Sidney Smith , English admiral and politician (b. 1764)1881 – Jakob Bernays , German philologist and academic (b. 1824)1883 – Abdelkader El Djezairi , Algerian ruler (b. 1808)1902 – Almon Brown Strowger , American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette , French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)1908 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)1914 – Jacob August Riis , Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)1924 – Victor Herbert , Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)1926 – Srečko Kosovel , Slovenian poet (b. 1904)1933 – Horatio Bottomley , English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)1933 – Jimmie Rodgers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
1939 – Charles Horace Mayo , American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)1943 – Edsel Ford , American businessman (b. 1893)1943 – Alice Tegnér , Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
1944 – Christian Wirth , German SS officer (b. 1885)1948 – Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)1951 – Lincoln Ellsworth , American explorer (b. 1880)1954 – Lionel Conacher , Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)1955 – Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver (b. 1918)1956 – Al Simmons , American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)1959 – Philip Kassel , American gymnast (b. 1876)1966 – Elizabeth Dilling , American author and activist (b. 1894)1969 – Paul Hawkins , Australian race car driver (b. 1937)1969 – Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
1974 – Silvio Moser , Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)1976 – Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)1978 – Cybele Andrianou , Greek actress (b. 1887)1979 – George Brent , Irish-American actor (b. 1904)1984 – Elizabeth Peer , American journalist (b. 1936)1989 – Don Revie , English footballer and manager (b. 1927)1994 – Sonny Sharrock , American guitarist (b. 1940)1995 – Friz Freleng , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)1997 – Ralph Horween , American football player and coach (b. 1896)1999 – Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)1999 – Waldo Semon , American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
2001 – Vittorio Brambilla , Italian race car driver (b. 1937)2001 – Anne Haney , American actress (b. 1934)
2001 – Moven Mahachi , Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
2001 – Dona Massin , Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
2002 – Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)2003 – Kathleen Winsor , American journalist and author (b. 1919)2004 – Nikolai Chernykh , Russian astronomer (b. 1931)2005 – Eddie Albert , American actor (b. 1906)2005 – Chico Carrasquel , Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2005 – Ruth Laredo , American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
2005 – Leslie Smith , English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
2006 – Édouard Michelin , French businessman (b. 1963)2006 – Kevin O'Flanagan , Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
2007 – Jack Edward Oliver , English illustrator (b. 1942)2007 – Howard Porter , American basketball player (b. 1948)
2008 – Sydney Pollack , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)2008 – Zita Urbonaitė , Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
2009 – Mihalis Papagiannakis , Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)2009 – Peter Zezel , Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
2010 – Art Linkletter , Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)2010 – Chris Moran , English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
2010 – Kieran Phelan , Irish politician (b. 1949)
2011 – Arisen Ahubudu , Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)2012 – Arthur Decabooter , Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)2012 – Leo Dillon , American illustrator (b. 1933)
2012 – Stephen Healey , Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
2012 – Hiroshi Miyazawa , Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2012 – Hans Schmidt , Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
2012 – Jim Unger , English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
2013 – Ray Barnhart , American businessman and politician (b. 1928)2013 – John Bierwirth , American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
2013 – Roberto Civita , Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
2013 – Tom Lichtenberg , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Otto Muehl , Austrian painter (b. 1925)
2013 – Jack Vance , American author (b. 1916)
2014 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I , Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)2014 – Miodrag Radulovacki , Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)
2014 – William R. Roy , American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Hooshang Seyhoun , Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
2015 – Vicente Aranda , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)2015 – Les Johnson , Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
2015 – Robert Kraft , American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2015 – João Lucas , Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
2015 – Dayton Waller , American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
2016 – Hedy Epstein , German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)2017 – Zbigniew Brzezinski , Polish-born American politician (b. 1928)Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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