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July 16 is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 168 days remain until the end of the year.
Pre-1600 [ edit ] 1601–1900 [ edit ] 1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco .1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands .1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California 's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá . Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California .1779 – American Revolutionary War : Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point .1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act .1809 – The city of La Paz , in what is today Bolivia , declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo .1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic , in the province of Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.1858 – The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.[7] [8] 1861 – American Civil War : At the order of President Abraham Lincoln , Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run , the first major land battle of the war.[9] 1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral , becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.1901–present [ edit ] 1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution : Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar .[10] 1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane , the first aircraft built in Australia.1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.[11]
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal , but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia .1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game , a streak that still stands as an MLB record.1942 – Holocaust : Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv ): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz .1945 – Manhattan Project : The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium -based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico .1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy " bound for Tinian Island .
1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth , revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus , capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War .1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre : American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium .1951 – J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye [12]
1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.1957 – KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea ), killing 58 people.[13] 1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo , a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent , is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh .
1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 11 , the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon , is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy , Florida .1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein .1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster : A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly , causing 20 fatalities.1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet , Pangasinan , Nueva Ecija , La Union , Aurora , Bataan , Zambales and Tarlac .1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR .
1994 – The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter .[14] 1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr. , his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard .2004 – Millennium Park , considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley .2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.2009 – Teoh Beng Hock , an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission , sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.[15] 2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.2013 – Syrian civil war : The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava–Islamist conflict .[16]
2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee .2019 – A 100-year-old building in Mumbai , India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.[17] Pre-1600 [ edit ] 1601–1900 [ edit ] 1611 – Cecilia Renata of Austria (died 1644)1661 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (died 1706)1714 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert , French engineer and author (died 1800)1722 – Joseph Wilton , English sculptor and academic (died 1803)1723 – Joshua Reynolds , English painter and academic (died 1792)1731 – Samuel Huntington , American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (died 1796)1749 – Cyrus Griffin , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress (died 1810)1796 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , French painter and etcher (died 1875)1821 – Mary Baker Eddy , American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (died 1910)1841 – Nikolai von Glehn , Estonian-German architect and activist (died 1923)1858 – Eugène Ysaÿe , Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)1862 – Ida B. Wells , American journalist and activist (died 1931)1863 – Anderson Dawson , Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (died 1910)1870 – Lambert McKenna , Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (died 1956)1871 – John Maxwell , American golfer (died 1906)1872 – Roald Amundsen , Norwegian pilot and explorer (died 1928)[19] 1872 – Frank Cooper , Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (died 1949)
1880 – Kathleen Norris , American journalist and author (died 1966)1882 – Violette Neatley Anderson , American judge (died 1937)[20] 1883 – Charles Sheeler , American photographer and painter (died 1965)1884 – Anna Vyrubova , Russian author (died 1964)1887 – Shoeless Joe Jackson , American baseball player and manager (died 1951)1888 – Percy Kilbride , American actor (died 1964)1888 – Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
1889 – Arthur Bowie Chrisman , American author (died 1953)1895 – Wilfrid Hamel , Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1968)1896 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer , German biologist and eugenicist (died 1969)1896 – Trygve Lie , Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1968)
1898 – Lady Eve Balfour , British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (died 1990)[21] 1901–present [ edit ] 1902 – Alexander Luria , Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977)1902 – Mary Philbin , American actress (died 1993)
1903 – Fritz Bauer , German lawyer and judge (died 1968)1903 – Carmen Lombardo , Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1971)
1903 – Irmgard Flügge-Lotz , German mathematician and engineer (died 1974)[22]
1904 – Goffredo Petrassi , Italian composer and conductor (died 2003)1906 – Vincent Sherman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)1907 – Frances Horwich , American educator and television host (died 2001)1907 – Orville Redenbacher , American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's (died 1995)
1907 – Barbara Stanwyck , American actress (died 1990)
1910 – Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer (died 1968)1910 – Gordon Prange , American historian, author, and academic (died 1980)
1911 – Ginger Rogers , American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1995)1911 – Sonny Tufts , American actor (died 1970)
1912 – Milt Bocek , American baseball player (died 2007)1912 – Amy Patterson , Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (died 2019)
1915 – Barnard Hughes , American actor (died 2006)1915 – Elaine Barrie , American actress (died 2003)
1918 – Denis Edward Arnold , English soldier (died 2015)1918 – Paul Farnes , British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot (died 2020)
1918 – Samuel Victor Perry , English biochemist and rugby player (died 2009)
1919 – Hermine Braunsteiner , Austrian SS officer (died 1999)1919 – Choi Kyu-hah , South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (died 2006)
1920 – Anatole Broyard , American critic and editor (died 1990)1923 – Chris Argyris , American psychologist, theorist, and academic (died 2013)1923 – Bola Sete , Brazilian guitarist (died 1987)
1924 – James L. Greenfield , American journalist and politician1924 – Bess Myerson , American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (died 2014)
1924 – Rupert Deese , Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (died 2010)
1925 – Frank Jobe , American sergeant and surgeon (died 2014)1925 – Rosita Quintana , Argentine actress (died 2021)
1925 – Cal Tjader , American jazz musician (died 1982)
1926 – Ivica Horvat , Croatian footballer and manager (died 2012)1926 – Irwin Rose , American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
1927 – Pierre F. Côté , Canadian lawyer and civil servant (died 2013)1927 – Shirley Hughes , English author and illustrator
1927 – Derek Hawksworth , English footballer (died 2021)
1928 – Anita Brookner , English novelist and art historian (died 2016)1928 – Bella Davidovich , Soviet-American pianist
1928 – Robert Sheckley , American author and screenwriter (died 2005)
1928 – Jim Rathmann , American race car driver (died 2011)
1928 – Dave Treen , American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (died 2009)
1928 – Andrzej Zawada , Polish mountaineer and author (died 2000)
1929 – Charles Ray Hatcher , American serial killer (died 1984)1929 – Sheri S. Tepper , American author and poet (died 2016)
1929 – Gaby Tanguy , French swimmer
1930 – Guy Béart , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (died 2015)1930 – Michael Bilirakis , American lawyer and politician
1930 – Bert Rechichar , American football defensive back and kicker (died 2019)
1931 – Fergus Gordon Kerr , Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province1931 – Norm Sherry , American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2021)
1932 – John Chilton , English trumpet player and composer (died 2016)1932 – Max McGee , American football player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1932 – Dick Thornburgh , American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General (died 2020)
1933 – Julian A. Brodsky , American businessman1934 – Tomás Eloy Martínez , Argentine journalist (died 2010)[23] 1934 – Katherine D. Ortega , 38th Treasurer of the United States
1934 – Donald M. Payne , American educator and politician (died 2012)
1935 – Carl Epting Mundy Jr. , American general (died 2014)1935 – Lynn Wyatt , American socialite and philanthropist
1936 – Yasuo Fukuda , Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan 1936 – Buddy Merrill , American guitarist
1936 – Jerry Norman , American sinologist and linguist (died 2012)
1936 – Venkataraman Subramanya , Indian-Australian cricketer
1937 – Richard Bryan , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada 1937 – John Daly , English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
1938 – Cynthia Enloe , American author and academic1938 – Tony Jackson , English singer and bass player (died 2003)
1939 – William Bell , American singer-songwriter1939 – Ali Khamenei , Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
1939 – Lido Vieri , Italian football manager and football player
1939 – Denise LaSalle , American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2018)
1939 – Ruth Perry , president of Liberia (died 2017)[24]
1939 – Shringar Nagaraj , Indian actor and producer (died 2013)
1939 – Corin Redgrave , English actor and activist (died 2010)
1939 – Mariele Ventre , Italian singer and conductor (died 1995)
1941 – Desmond Dekker , Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2006)1941 – Dag Solstad , Norwegian author and playwright
1941 – Hans Wiegel , Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1941 – Sir George Young, 6th Baronet , English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1942 – Margaret Court , Australian tennis player and minister1943 – Reinaldo Arenas , Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)1943 – Vernon Bogdanor , English political scientist and academic
1943 – Jimmy Johnson , American football player and coach
1944 – Angharad Rees , English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (died 2012)1946 – Louise Fréchette , Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946 – Barbara Lee , American politician
1946 – Ron Yary , American football player
1947 – Don Burke , Australian television host and producer1947 – Alexis Herman , American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
1947 – Assata Shakur , American-Cuban criminal and activist
1948 – Rubén Blades , Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor1948 – Lars Lagerbäck , Swedish footballer and manager
1948 – Kevin McKenzie , South African cricketer
1948 – Pinchas Zukerman , Israeli violinist and conductor
1949 – Alan Fitzgerald , American guitarist and keyboardist1950 – Pierre Paradis , Canadian lawyer and politician1950 – Dennis Priestley , English darts player
1950 – Frances Spalding , English historian and academic
1950 – Tom Terrell , American journalist and photographer (died 2007)
1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain , Canadian journalist1951 – Che Rosli , Malaysian politician
1952 – Stewart Copeland , American drummer and songwriter1952 – Richard Egielski , American author and illustrator
1952 – Marc Esposito , French director and screenwriter
1952 – Ken McEwan , South African cricketer
1953 – Douglas J. Feith , American lawyer and politician, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 1954 – Jeanette Mott Oxford , American politician1955 – Susan Wheeler , American poet and academic1955 – Saw Swee Leong , Malaysian badminton player
1956 – Tony Kushner , American playwright and screenwriter1957 – Faye Grant , American actress1957 – Alexandra Marinina , Ukrainian-Russian colonel and author
1958 – Mick Cornett , American politician[25] 1958 – Michael Flatley , American-Irish dancer and choreographer
1958 – Mike Rogers , American politician
1959 – Gary Anderson , South African-American football player1959 – James MacMillan , Scottish composer and conductor
1959 – Zoran Jolevski , Macedonian economist, politician, and diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
1959 – Jürgen Ligi , Estonian economist and politician, 25th Estonian Minister of Defence
1960 – Terry Pendleton , American baseball player and coach1962 – Grigory Leps , Russian singer-songwriter1963 – Phoebe Cates , American actress1963 – Srečko Katanec , Slovenian footballer and coach
1963 – Mikael Pernfors , Swedish tennis player
1964 – Phil Hellmuth , American poker player1964 – Miguel Induráin , Spanish cyclist
1965 – Michel Desjoyeaux , French sailor1965 – Claude Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Sherri Stoner , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jyrki Lumme , Finnish ice hockey player1967 – Will Ferrell , American actor, comedian, and producer1968 – Dhanraj Pillay , Indian field hockey player and manager1968 – Barry Sanders , American football player
1968 – Larry Sanger , American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
1968 – Michael Searle , Australian rugby league player and businessman
1968 – Robert Sherman , American songwriter and businessman
1968 – Olga Souza , Brazilian singer and dancer
1969 – Jules De Martino , English singer-songwriter and bass player1969 – Kathryn Harby-Williams , Australian netball player and sportscaster
1970 – Raimonds Miglinieks , Latvian basketball player and coach1970 – Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Corey Feldman , American actor1971 – Ed Kowalczyk , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Ben Cahoon , American-Canadian football player and coach1972 – François Drolet , Canadian speed skater
1973 – Shaun Pollock , South African cricketer1973 – Graham Robertson , American director and producer
1973 – Tim Ryan , American politician
1974 – Jeremy Enigk , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1974 – Maret Maripuu , Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1974 – Ryan McCombs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Wendell Sailor , Australian rugby player
1975 – Bas Leinders , Belgian race car driver1976 – Tomasz Kuchar , Polish race car driver1976 – Carlos Humberto Paredes , Paraguayan footballer
1976 – Anna Smashnova , Belarusian-Israeli tennis player
1977 – Bryan Budd , Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2006)1979 – Chris Mihm , American basketball player1979 – Mai Nakamura , Japanese swimmer
1979 – Kim Rhode , American sport shooter
1979 – Nathan Rogers , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Konstantin Skrylnikov , Russian footballer
1980 – Adam Scott , Australian golfer1981 – Giuseppe Di Masi , Italian footballer1981 – Robert Kranjec , Slovenian ski jumper
1981 – Zach Randolph , American basketball player
1981 – Vicente Rodríguez , Spanish footballer
1982 – André Greipel , German cyclist1982 – Carli Lloyd , American soccer player
1982 – Michael Umaña , Costa Rican footballer
1983 – Katrina Kaif , British Indian actress and model[26] 1983 – Duncan Keith , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Hayanari Shimoda , Japanese race car driver1984 – Attila Szabó , Hungarian decathlete
1985 – Mārtiņš Kravčenko , Latvian basketball player1986 – Dustin Boyd , Canadian ice hockey player1986 – Misako Uno , Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer
1987 – Mousa Dembélé , Belgian footballer1987 – AnnaLynne McCord , American actress and producer[27]
1987 – Knowshon Moreno , American football player[28]
1988 – Sergio Busquets , Spanish footballer1989 – Gareth Bale , Welsh footballer1990 – Bureta Faraimo , New Zealand rugby league player1990 – Wizkid , Nigerian singer and songwriter
1990 – Johann Zarco , French motorcycle racer
1991 – Nate Schmidt , American ice hockey player[29] 1991 – Andros Townsend , English footballer
1996 – Daniel Pearson , English actor and presenterPre-1600 [ edit ] 1601–1900 [ edit ] 1647 – Masaniello , Italian rebel (born 1622)1664 – Andreas Gryphius , German poet and playwright (born 1616)1686 – John Pearson , English bishop and scholar (born 1612)1691 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois , French politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1641)1729 – Johann David Heinichen , German composer and theorist (born 1683)1747 – Giuseppe Crespi , Italian painter (born 1665)1770 – Francis Cotes , English painter and academic (born 1726)1796 – George Howard , English field marshal and politician (born 1718)1831 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , French-Russian general (born 1763)1849 – Sarah Allen , African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1764)[32] 1868 – Dmitry Pisarev , Russian author and critic (born 1840)1879 – Edward Deas Thomson , Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (born 1800)1882 – Mary Todd Lincoln , First Lady of the United States 1861–1865 (born 1818)1885 – Rosalía de Castro , Spanish poet (born 1837)[33] 1886 – Ned Buntline , American journalist and author (born 1823)1896 – Edmond de Goncourt , French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (born 1822)1901–present [ edit ] 1915 – Ellen G. White , American theologian and author (born 1827)1917 – Philipp Scharwenka , German composer and educator (born 1847)1939 – Bartholomeus Roodenburch , Dutch swimmer (born 1866)1943 – Saul Raphael Landau , Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (born 1870)[34] 1949 – Vyacheslav Ivanov , Russian poet and playwright (born 1866)1953 – Hilaire Belloc , French-born British writer and historian (born 1870)1954 – Herms Niel , German soldier, trombonist, and composer (born 1888)1960 – Albert Kesselring , German field marshal (born 1881)1960 – John P. Marquand , American author (born 1893)
1964 – Rauf Orbay , Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)1965 – Boris Artzybasheff , Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)1969 – James Scott Douglas , English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (born 1930)1981 – Harry Chapin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)1982 – Charles Robberts Swart , South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (born 1894)1985 – Heinrich Böll , German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)1985 – Wayne King , American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1901)
1989 – Herbert von Karajan , Austrian conductor and manager (born 1908)1990 – Robert Blackburn , Irish educator (born 1927)1990 – Miguel Muñoz , Spanish footballer and manager (born 1922)
1991 – Meindert DeJong , Dutch-American soldier and author (born 1906)1991 – Robert Motherwell , American painter and academic (born 1915)
1991 – Frank Rizzo , American police officer and politician, 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia (born 1920)
1992 – Buck Buchanan , American football player and coach (born 1940)1994 – Julian Schwinger , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)1995 – May Sarton , American playwright and novelist (born 1912)1995 – Stephen Spender , English author and poet (born 1909)
1996 – Adolf von Thadden , German lieutenant and politician (born 1921)1998 – John Henrik Clarke , American historian and scholar (born 1915)1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr. , American lawyer and publisher (born 1960)1999 – Alan Macnaughton , Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (born 1903)
2001 – Morris , Belgian cartoonist (born 1923)2002 – John Cocke , American computer scientist and engineer (born 1925)2003 – Celia Cruz , Cuban-American singer and actress (born 1925)2003 – Carol Shields , American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (born 1935)
2004 – George Busbee , American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (born 1927)2004 – Charles Sweeney , American general and pilot (born 1919)
2005 – Pietro Consagra , Italian sculptor (born 1920)2005 – Camillo Felgen , Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (born 1920)
2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller , American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (born 1948)2007 – Caterina Bueno , Italian singer and historian (born 1943)2008 – Jo Stafford , American singer (born 1917)2008 – Lindsay Thompson , Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (born 1923)
2011 – Forrest Blue , American football player (born 1944)2012 – William Asher , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)2012 – Stephen Covey , American businessman and author (born 1932)
2012 – Gilbert Esau , American businessman and politician (born 1919)
2012 – Ed Lincoln , Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1932)
2012 – Masaharu Matsushita , Japanese businessman (born 1913)
2012 – Kitty Wells , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1919)
2013 – Talia Castellano , American internet celebrity (born 1999)[35] 2013 – Alex Colville , Canadian painter and academic (born 1920)
2013 – Marv Rotblatt , American baseball player (1927)
2014 – Karl Albrecht , German businessman, co-founded Aldi (born 1920)2014 – Mary Ellen Otremba , American educator and politician (born 1950)
2014 – Johnny Winter , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
2014 – Heinz Zemanek , Austrian computer scientist and academic (born 1920)
2015 – Denis Avey , English soldier, engineer, and author (born 1919)2015 – Evelyn Ebsworth , English chemist and academic (born 1933)
2015 – Alcides Ghiggia , Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1926)
2015 – Jack Goody , English anthropologist, author, and academic (born 1919)
2017 – George Romero , American filmmaker (born 1940)2019 – John Paul Stevens , American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)[36] 2020 – Tony Taylor , Cuban baseball player (born 1935)[37] 2021 – Biz Markie , American rapper (born 1964)[38] Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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^ Fr. Paul D'Souza, OCD. The Carmelite Scapular: History and Devotion
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