This article is about the date. For the Greek holiday held on October 28, see
Ohi Day .
Day of the year
October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 64 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1918 – World War I : A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War .
1918 – World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic .[ 5]
1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson 's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1922 – Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
1928 – Indonesia Raya , now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress .[ 6]
1940 – World War II : Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
1948 – Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
1948 – Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania .[ 7]
1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution : A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
1954 – Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk , killing 19.[ 8]
1958 – John XXIII is elected Pope .
1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
1965 – Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate , by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
1971 – Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
1982 – The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party .
1989 – Aloha Island Air Flight 1712 , a Twin Otter 300 , crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.[ 9] [ 10]
1990 – Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
1995 – The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
2006 – A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina .
2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program .
2009 – US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act .[ 11]
2013 – Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
2014 – A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia .
2018 – Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
2023 – The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis , France . It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 11 to 12, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup , becoming the first nation to do so.[ 12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1610 – Jacob Kettler , 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1682)
1667 – Maria Anna of Neuburg , Queen consort of Spain
1690 – Peter Tordenskjold , Norwegian admiral (d. 1720)
1693 – Šimon Brixi , Czech composer (d. 1735)
1696 – Maurice de Saxe , French general (d. 1750)
1703 – Antoine Deparcieux , French mathematician and engineer (d. 1768)
1718 – Ignacije Szentmartony , Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (d. 1793)
1733 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke , German composer (d. 1803)
1754 – John Laurens , American soldier (d. 1782)
1767 – Marie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1852)
1793 – Eliphalet Remington , American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861)
1794 – Robert Liston , Scottish surgeon (d. 1847)
1804 – Pierre François Verhulst , Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 1849)
1815 – Ľudovít Štúr , Slovak philologist and politician (d. 1856)
1816 – Malwida von Meysenbug , German writer (d. 1903)
1837 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu , Japanese shōgun (d. 1913)[ 13]
1839 – Edward P. Allen , American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1909)
1845 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist (d. 1888)
1846 – Auguste Escoffier , French chef and author (d. 1935)
1854 – Jean-Marie Guyau , French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)
1860 – Kanō Jigorō , Japanese martial artist (d. 1938)
1864 – Adolfo Camarillo , Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)
1867 – Sister Nivedita , Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (d. 1911)
1875 – Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor , Turkish-Canadian journalist (d. 1966)
1877 – Joe Adams , American baseball player and manager (d. 1952)
1879 – Channing H. Cox , American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
1880 – Wilhelm Anderson , Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1940)
1880 – Billy Wedlock , English footballer (d. 1965)
1881 – Vin Coutie , Australian footballer (d. 1951)
1884 – William Douglas Cook , New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (d. 1967)
1886 – O. G. S. Crawford , British archaeologist (d. 1957)[ 14]
1886 – Noel Macklin , English soldier and engineer (d. 1946)
1888 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (d. 1964)
1889 – Juliette Béliveau , Canadian actress and singer (d. 1975)
1892 – Dink Johnson , American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (d. 1954)
1893 – Christopher Kelk Ingold , British chemist (d. 1970)
1896 – Howard Hanson , American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1981)
1897 – Edith Head , American costume designer (d. 1981)
1897 – Hans Speidel , German general (d. 1984)
1901–present
1901 – Ambrogio Gianotti , Italian partigiano and priest (d. 1969)[ 15]
1901 – Eileen Shanahan , Irish poet (d. 1979)
1902 – Elsa Lanchester , English-American actress and singer (d. 1986)[ 16]
1903 – John Chamberlain , American historian, journalist, and critic (d. 1995)
1903 – Evelyn Waugh , English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1966)[ 16]
1904 – George Dangerfield , English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
1905 – Tatyana Ehrenfest , Dutch mathematician (d. 1984)
1907 – John Hewitt , Irish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987)
1908 – Arturo Frondizi , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995)
1909 – Francis Bacon , Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992)[ 16]
1912 – Richard Doll , English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005)
1914 – Glenn Robert Davis , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1988)
1914 – Jonas Salk , American biologist and physician (d. 1995)[ 16]
1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge , English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1916 – Pearl Hackney , English actress (d. 2009)
1917 – Jack Soo , American actor and singer (d. 1979)
1919 – Walt Hansgen , American race car driver (d. 1966)
1919 – Hans Klenk , German race car driver (d. 2009)
1921 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973)
1922 – Gershon Kingsley , German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1922 – Simon Muzenda , Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
1922 – Butch van Breda Kolff , American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
1923 – John Connell , American actor (d. 2015)
1924 – Antonio Creus , Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996)
1924 – Peddibhotla Suryakantam , Telugu actress (d. 1994)
1925 – Ian Hamilton Finlay , Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (d. 2006)
1926 – Bowie Kuhn , American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (d. 2007)[ 16]
1927 – Cleo Laine , English singer and actress[ 17]
1928 – Ion Mihai Pacepa , Romanian general (d. 2021)
1928 – William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank , English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1929 – Virginia Held , American philosopher, author, and academic
1929 – John Hollander , American poet, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
1929 – Joan Plowright , English actress[ 17] (d. 2025)[ 18]
1930 – Bernie Ecclestone , English businessman
1931 – Harold Battiste , American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2015)
1932 – Spyros Kyprianou , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (d. 2002)
1932 – Suzy Parker , American model and actress (d. 2003)
1933 – Garrincha , Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1933 – Michael Noakes , English painter and illustrator (d. 2018)
1934 – Charles A. Gargano , American diplomat, businessman and government official
1935 – Alan Clarke , English director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1936 – Charlie Daniels , American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (d. 2020)[ 16]
1936 – Ted Hawkins , American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1937 – Graham Bond , English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1974)
1937 – Lenny Wilkens , American basketball player and coach[ 16]
1938 – Keigo Abe , Japanese martial artist and coach (d. 2019)
1938 – Kenneth Best , Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
1938 – Howard Blake , English composer and conductor
1938 – Dave Budd , American basketball player
1938 – Gary Cowan , Canadian golfer
1938 – David Dimbleby , English journalist
1938 – Anne Perry , English author (d. 2023)
1939 – Jane Alexander , American actress and producer[ 17]
1939 – Andy Bey , American singer and pianist
1939 – Miroslav Cerar , Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
1939 – Curtis Lee , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1940 – Susan Harris , American screenwriter and producer
1941 – Hank Marvin , English singer and guitarist
1942 – Terence Donovan , English-Australian actor
1942 – Abdelkader Fréha , Algerian footballer (d. 2012)
1942 – Gillian Lovegrove , English computer scientist and academic
1942 – Kees Verkerk , Dutch speed skater
1943 – Jimmy McRae , Scottish race car driver
1943 – Karalyn Patterson , English psychologist and academic
1944 – Gerry Anderson , Irish radio and television host (d. 2014)
1944 – Coluche , French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
1944 – Dennis Franz , American actor[ 17]
1944 – Anton Schlecker , German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
1945 – Sandy Berger , American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2015)
1945 – Wayne Fontana , English pop singer (d. 2020)[ 19]
1945 – Don Iverson , American golfer
1946 – John Hewson , Australian economist and politician
1946 – Wim Jansen , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2022)
1946 – Sharon Thesen , Canadian poet and academic
1948 – Telma Hopkins , American singer and actress[ 17]
1949 – Dwight Davis , American basketball player[ 20]
1949 – Caitlyn Jenner , American decathlete and actress[ 16]
1950 – Sihem Bensedrine , Tunisian journalist and activist
1950 – Ludo Delcroix , Belgian cyclist
1951 – Peter Hitchens , English journalist and author
1951 – Joe R. Lansdale , American martial artist and author
1952 – Annie Potts , American actress[ 17]
1953 – Pierre Boivin , Canadian businessman
1953 – Desmond Child , American musician, songwriter, and producer[ 17]
1955 – Bill Gates , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft [ 16]
1955 – Indra Nooyi , Indian-American businesswoman
1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran [ 16]
1956 – Volker Zotz , Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
1957 – Marian Bell , English economist and academic
1957 – Stephen Morris , English drummer[ 17]
1957 – Zach Wamp , American businessman and politician
1958 – Concha García Campoy , Spanish journalist (d. 2013)
1958 – Ashok Chavan , Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1958 – William Reid , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 17]
1959 – James Keelaghan , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1959 – Toshio Masuda , Japanese composer
1959 – Randy Wittman , American basketball player and coach
1960 – Landon Curt Noll , American computer scientist and mathematician
1962 – Erik Thorstvedt , Norwegian footballer and manager
1962 – Daphne Zuniga , American actress[ 17]
1963 – Kevin Dineen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach[ 21]
1963 – Lauren Holly , American actress[ 17]
1963 – Sheryl Underwood , American comedian, actress, and talk show host[ 17]
1964 – Andrew Bridgen , English soldier and politician
1964 – Peter Coyne , Australian rugby league player
1965 – Jami Gertz , American actress[ 17]
1965 – David Warburton , English composer, businessman, and politician
1965 – Miyako Yoshida , Japanese ballerina
1966 – Steve Atwater , American football player
1966 – Chris Bauer , American actor[ 17]
1966 – Matt Drudge , American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
1966 – Andy Richter , American actor, producer, and screenwriter[ 17]
1966 – Aris Spiliotopoulos , Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
1967 – Kevin Macdonald , Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Julia Roberts , American actress and producer[ 17]
1967 – John Romero , American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
1968 – Chris Broussard , American journalist and sportscaster
1968 – Marc Lièvremont , French rugby player and coach
1968 – Mayumi Ozaki , Japanese wrestler
1969 – Steven Chamuleau , Dutch cardiologist[ 22]
1969 – Jeremy Davies , American actor[ 17]
1969 – Javier Grillo-Marxuach , Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
1969 – Ben Harper , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 17]
1969 – Wolfgang Kocevar , Austrian politician[ 23]
1969 – Noriyoshi Omichi , Japanese baseball player and coach
1970 – Alan Peter Cayetano , Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
1970 – Greg Eagles , American voice actor and producer
1971 – Roxana Briban , Romanian soprano and actress (d. 2010)
1971 – Caroline Dinenage , English businesswoman and politician
1972 – Terrell Davis , American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Brad Paisley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 17]
1972 – Trista Sutter , American reality star
1973 – Montel Vontavious Porter , American wrestler and actor
1973 – Aleksandar Stanojević , Serbian footballer and manager
1974 – Braden Looper , American baseball player
1974 – Vicente Moreno , Spanish footballer and manager
1974 – Joaquin Phoenix , American actor and producer[ 17]
1974 – Dejan Stefanović , Serbian footballer and coach
1974 – Dayanara Torres , Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
1976 – Keiron Cunningham , British rugby league player and coach
1976 – Martin Lepa , Estonian footballer
1976 – Simone Loria , Italian footballer
1978 – Gwendoline Christie , English actress[ 17]
1978 – Justin Guarini , American singer-songwriter and actor[ 17]
1979 – Olcay Çetinkaya , Turkish footballer
1979 – Jawed Karim , American computer scientist
1979 – Natina Reed , American rapper and actress (d. 2012)
1979 – Martin Škoula , Czech ice hockey player
1980 – Christy Hemme , American wrestler and ring announcer
1980 – Agnes Obel , Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
1980 – Alan Smith , English footballer and coach
1981 – Milan Baroš , Czech footballer
1981 – Shane Gore , English footballer
1981 – Nate McLouth , American baseball player
1981 – Nick Montgomery , English-Scottish footballer
1982 – Jeremy Bonderman , American baseball player
1982 – Enver Jääger , Estonian footballer
1982 – Anthony Lerew , American baseball player
1982 – Hironori Saruta , Japanese footballer
1982 – Matt Smith , English actor and director[ 17]
1983 – Jarrett Jack , American basketball player
1983 – Kayo Noro , Japanese singer and actress
1983 – Joe Thomas , English actor and screenwriter
1984 – Bryn Evans , New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Obafemi Martins , Nigerian footballer
1984 – Finn Wittrock , American actor[ 17]
1985 – Tyrone Barnett , English footballer
1985 – Troian Bellisario , American actress[ 17]
1985 – Anthony Fantano , American music critic
1986 – May Calamawy , Egyptian-Palestinian actress[ 24]
1986 – Isabelle Eriksson , Swedish athlete
1986 – Anthony Griffith , English footballer
1986 – Aki Toyosaki , Japanese voice actress and singer
1987 – Frank Ocean , American singer-songwriter[ 17]
1988 – Edd Gould , English cartoonist and animator (d. 2012)
1988 – Devon Murray , Irish actor[ 16]
1988 – Jamie xx , English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
1989 – Devin Ebanks , American basketball player[ 25]
1989 – Camille Muffat , French swimmer (d. 2015)
1991 – Lucy Bronze , English footballer
1992 – Lexi Ainsworth , American actress[ 17]
1992 – Jeon Ji-hee , South Korean table tennis player[ 26]
1992 – Maria Sergejeva , Estonian figure skater
1994 – Andrew Harrison , American basketball player[ 27]
1995 – Glen Kamara , Finnish footballer
1995 – Jae'Sean Tate , American basketball player[ 28]
1996 – Jasmine Jessica Anthony , American actress
1996 – Jack Eichel , American ice hockey player
1996 – Una Raymond-Hoey , Irish cricketer
1997 – Stetson Bennett , American football player[ 29]
1997 – Taylor Fritz , American tennis player[ 30]
1997 – Georgia Godwin , Australian artistic gymnast[ 31]
1998 – Nolan Gould , American actor[ 17]
2001 – Sonay Kartal , British tennis player[ 32] [ 33]
2006 – Yoon Do-young , South Korean footballer[ 34]
Deaths
Pre-1600
312 – Maxentius , Roman emperor (b. 278)
457 – Ibas of Edessa , Syrian bishop
816 – Beggo , count of Toulouse and Paris
875 – Remigius of Lyon , Frankish archbishop
1138 – King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
1225 – Jien , Japanese monk, historian, and poet (b. 1155)
1266 – Saint Arsenije I Sremac
1310 – Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (b. 1230)
1312 – Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262)
1412 – Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)[ 35]
1468 – Bianca Maria Visconti , Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
1568 – Ashikaga Yoshihide , Japanese shōgun (b. 1539)
1592 – Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq , Flemish diplomat
1594 – Ōkubo Tadayo , Japanese general (b. 1532)
1601–1900
1627 – Jahangir , Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
1639 – Stefano Landi , Italian composer and educator (b. 1587)
1646 – William Dobson , English painter (b. 1610)
1661 – Agustín Moreto y Cavana , Spanish priest and playwright (b. 1618)
1676 – Jean Desmarets , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
1703 – John Wallis , English mathematician and cryptographer (b. 1616)
1704 – John Locke , English physician and philosopher (b. 1632)
1708 – Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653)
1716 – Stephen Fox , English politician (b. 1627)
1740 – Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
1754 – Friedrich von Hagedorn , German poet (b. 1708)
1755 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier , French composer (b. 1689)
1763 – Heinrich von Brühl , German general and politician (b. 1700)
1768 – Michel Blavet , French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
1787 – Johann Karl August Musäus , German author (b. 1735)
1792 – Paul Möhring , German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
1792 – John Smeaton , English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
1800 – Artemas Ward , American general and politician (b. 1727)
1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith , English poet and author (b. 1749)
1818 – Abigail Adams , American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
1841 – Johan August Arfwedson , Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
1857 – Louis-Eugène Cavaignac , French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
1877 – Robert Swinhoe , English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
1879 – Marie Roch Louis Reybaud , French economist and politician (b. 1799)
1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler , German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
1900 – Max Müller , German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
1901–present
1906 – Jean Benner , French artist (b. 1836)[ 36]
1914 – Richard Heuberger , Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
1916 – Cleveland Abbe , American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
1916 – Oswald Boelcke , German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
1917 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
1917 – Dimitrios Votsis , Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
1918 – Ulisse Dini , Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
1929 – Bernhard von Bülow , German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
1936 – Newton Moore , Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
1939 – Alice Brady , American actress (b. 1892)
1941 – Filipp Goloshchyokin , Soviet politician (b. 1876)
1945 – Kesago Nakajima , Japanese general (b. 1881)
1952 – Billy Hughes , English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)[ 37]
1957 – Ernst Gräfenberg , German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
1959 – Camilo Cienfuegos , Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
1963 – Mart Saar , Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
1965 – Thomas Graham Brown , Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
1969 – Constance Dowling , American model and actress (b. 1920)
1970 – Baby Huey , American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1973 – Taha Hussein , Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
1973 – Sergio Tofano , Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
1975 – Georges Carpentier , French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
1975 – Oliver Nelson , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
1976 – Aarne Juutilainen , Finnish army captain (b. 1904)[ 38]
1978 – Rukmani Devi , Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
1983 – Otto Messmer , American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
1986 – John Braine , English author (b. 1922)
1987 – André Masson , French soldier and painter (b. 1896)
1989 – Henry Hall , English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898)
1993 – Juri Lotman , Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (b. 1922)
1997 – Paul Jarrico , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
1998 – Ted Hughes , English poet and playwright (b. 1930)
1999 – Antonios Katinaris , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2000 – Andújar Cedeño , Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
2001 – Gerard Hengeveld , Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
2002 – Margaret Booth , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
2002 – Erling Persson , Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
2003 – Sally Baldwin , Scottish social sciences professor (b. 1940)[ 39]
2004 – Eugene K. Bird , American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (b. 1926)
2005 – Bob Broeg , American soldier and journalist (b. 1918)
2005 – Raymond Hains , French photographer (b. 1926)
2005 – Tony Jackson , American basketball player (b. 1942)
2005 – Fernando Quejas , Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2005 – Richard Smalley , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
2005 – Ljuba Tadić , Serbian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2006 – Red Auerbach , American basketball player and coach (b. 1917)
2006 – Trevor Berbick , Jamaican-Canadian boxer (b. 1954)
2006 – Marijohn Wilkin , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2007 – Takao Fujinami , Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2007 – Porter Wagoner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
2009 – Taylor Mitchell , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1990)
2010 – Liang Congjie , Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
2010 – James MacArthur , American actor (b. 1937)
2010 – Jonathan Motzfeldt , Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
2010 – Ehud Netzer , Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
2011 – Tom Addington , English soldier (b. 1919)
2012 – Gordon Bilney , Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939)
2012 – John Cheffers , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936)
2012 – Jack Dellal , English businessman (b. 1923)
2013 – Tetsuharu Kawakami , Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2013 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
2013 – Aleksandar Tijanić , Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
2013 – Rajendra Yadav , Indian author (b. 1929)
2014 – Galway Kinnell , American poet and academic (b. 1927)
2014 – Michael Sata , Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
2018 – Colin Sylvia , Australian rules footballer (b. 1985)
2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1935)[ 40]
2023 – Matthew Perry , American-Canadian actor (b. 1969)[ 41]
2023 – Adam Johnson , American ice hockey player (b. 1994)[ 42]
2024 – Renato Martino , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1932)[ 43]
2024 – Paul Morrissey , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)[ 44]
2024 – Jamshid Sharmahd , German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (b. 1955)[ 45]
2024 – Kazuo Umezu , Japanese manga artist (b. 1936)[ 46]
Holidays and observances
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