Events

Pre-1600

• 538 Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.

• 1088 Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.

• 1158 German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I.

• 1391 Konrad von Wallenrode is elected the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (date is O.S.).

• 1579 Start of the Siege of Maastricht, part of the Eighty Years' War.

1601–1900

• 1622 Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

• 1689 James II of England lands at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.

• 1811 Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.

• 1862 Paddle steamer Brother Jonathan docks in Fort Victoria (now Victoria, British Columbia), carrying smallpox-infected passengers from San Francisco. The ensuing epidemic killed an estimated two-thirds of First Nations in the province of British Columbia.

1901–present

• 1912 The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

• 1913 The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.

• 1918 Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.

• 1920 The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.

• 1928 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.

• 1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.

• 1933 Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".

• 1938 Anschluss: German troops occupy and annex Austria.

• 1940 Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.

• 1940 The most destructive train accident in Finnish history kills 39 and injures 69 people in Turenki, Janakkala.

• 1942 The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Empire of Japan in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.

• 1947 Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

• 1950 The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.

• 1967 Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.

• 1968 Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.

• 1971 The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.

• 1989 Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.

• 1992 Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

• 1993 Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.

• 1993 North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

• 1999 Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

• 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.

• 2003 The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

• 2004 President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history.

• 2006 – In Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi is raped and murdered by five American soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, who also murder both of her parents and her sister.

• 2009 Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.

• 2011 A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

• 2014 A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

• 2018 US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.

• 2019 In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

• 2020 The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1270 Charles, Count of Valois (died 1325)

• 1515 Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer (died 1553)

1601–1900

• 1607 Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (died 1676)

• 1613 André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (died 1700)

• 1626 John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (died 1697)

• 1637 Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany (died 1671)

• 1672 Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (died 1729)

• 1685 George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (died 1753)

• 1710 Thomas Arne, English composer (died 1778)

• 1735 François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat (died 1821)

• 1753 Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (died 1827)

• 1766 Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian (died 1815)

• 1781 Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (died 1826)

• 1784 William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster (died 1856)

• 1795 William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (died 1861)

• 1795 George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician (died 1858)

• 1806 Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (died 1863)

• 1807 James Abbott, Indian Army officer (died 1896)

• 1815 Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician (died 1896)

• 1821 John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1893)

• 1821 Medo Pucić, Croatian writer and politician (died 1882)

• 1823 Katsu Kaishū, Japanese statesman (died 1899)

• 1824 Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (died 1887)

• 1832 Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (died 1897)

• 1834 Hilary A. Herbert, American politician, Secretary of the Navy (died 1919)

• 1835 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (died 1909)

• 1835 Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (died 1908)

• 1837 Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (died 1911)

• 1838 William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (died 1907)

• 1843 Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist (died 1904)

• 1855 Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (died 1920)

• 1857 William V. Ranous, American actor and director (died 1915)

• 1858 Adolph Ochs, American publisher (died 1935)

• 1859 Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician (died 1906)

• 1860 Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (died 1895)

• 1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1938)

• 1863 Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist (died 1945)

• 1864 W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (died 1922)

• 1864 Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (died 1943)

• 1868 Mary Karadja, Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (died 1943)

• 1869 George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1947)

• 1874 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer (died 1949)

• 1877 Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 1946)

• 1878 Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (died 1903)

• 1880 Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (died 1952)

• 1881 Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (died 1966)

• 1882 Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician (died 1943)

• 1883 Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist (died 1961)

• 1888 Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist (died 1965)

• 1888 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (died 1965)

• 1890 Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1976)

• 1896 Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1976)

• 1898 Tian Han, Chinese playwright (died 1968)

• 1898 Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician (died 1984)

• 1899 Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer (died 1955)

• 1900 Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete (died 1972)

• 1900 Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (died 1974)

• 1900 Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (died 1975)

1901–present

• 1904 Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (died 1976)

• 1905 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (died 1982)

• 1907 Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (died 2007)

• 1908 Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (died 1970)

• 1908 David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (died 1995)

• 1909 Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author (died 1947)

• 1910 László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal (died 1986)

• 1910 Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1980)

• 1911 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (died 1979)

• 1912 Willie Hall, English footballer (died 1967)

• 1912 Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (died 2006)

• 1913 Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1984)

• 1913 Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (died 2010)

• 1915 Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1995)

• 1915 Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist (died 1991)

• 1917 Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (died 1969)

• 1917 Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)

• 1917 Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (died 2011)

• 1918 Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (died 1989)

• 1918 Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (died 2012)

• 1921 Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (died 2001)

• 1921 Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (died 1986)

• 1922 Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (died 1969)

• 1922 Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (died 1999)

• 1923 Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (died 2013)

• 1923 Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (died 2005)

• 1923 Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2007)

• 1923 Mae Young, American wrestler (died 2014)

• 1925 Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1925 Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (died 2012)

• 1926 George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii (died 2026)

• 1926 Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (died 2015)

• 1926 John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (died 1988)

• 1926 David Nadien, American violinist (died 2014)

• 1927 Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (died 2009)

• 1927 Emmett Leith, American professor of electrical engineering and co-inventor of three-dimensional holography (died 2005)

• 1927 Sudharmono, Indonesian politician, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (died 2006)

• 1928 Edward Albee, American director and playwright (died 2016)

• 1929 Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (died 2014)

• 1930 Antony Acland, English former diplomat and Provost of Eton College (died 2021)

• 1930 Vern Law, American baseball player and manager

• 1931 Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (died 2000)

• 1932 Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (died 2014)

• 1932 Andrew Young, American pastor, civil rights movement activist, politician, and 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

• 1933 Myrna Fahey, American actress (died 1973)

• 1933 Barbara Feldon, American actress

• 1934 Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher (died 2023)

• 1935 Chiam See Tong, Singaporean lawyer and politician

• 1936 Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author (died 2002)

• 1936 Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy

• 1936 Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach (died 2020)

• 1937 Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer

• 1937 Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor (died 2017)

• 1938 Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor (died 2010)

• 1938 Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster

• 1938 Ken Spears, American writer (died 2020)

• 1938 Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop

• 1938 Ron Tutt, American drummer (died 2021)

• 1940 Al Jarreau, American singer (died 2017)

• 1941 Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer

• 1942 Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player (died 2020)

• 1943 Ratko Mladić, Serbian general

• 1944 Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player (died 2018)

• 1945 Anne Summers, Australian feminist writer, editor, publisher and public servant

• 1946 Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director

• 1946 Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer

• 1946 Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer

• 1947 Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician

• 1947 Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician

• 1947 David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter

• 1947 Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts

• 1948 Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

• 1948 Kent Conrad, American politician

• 1948 James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1949 Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1949 – Mary Catherine Lamb, American textile artist

• 1949 David Mellor, British politician

• 1950 Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1952 André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher

• 1952 John Mitchell, English footballer

• 1952 Yasuhiko Okudera, former Japanese footballer

• 1953 Pavel Pinigin, former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion

• 1954 Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor

• 1956 Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier

• 1956 Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper (died 2010)

• 1956 Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter

• 1956 Lesley Manville, English actress

• 1956 Dale Murphy, American baseball player

• 1956 Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager (died 2019)

• 1957 Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach

• 1957 Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer

• 1957 Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player (died 2022)

• 1958 Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist

• 1959 Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska

• 1959 Luenell, American comedian and actress

• 1959 Michael Walter, German luger (died 2016)

• 1960 Jason Beghe, American actor

• 1960 Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter

• 1962 Julia Campbell, American actress

• 1962 Andreas Köpke, German footballer

• 1962 Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor

• 1962 Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister

• 1962 Titus Welliver, American actor

• 1963 John Andretti, American race car driver (died 2020)

• 1963 Candy Costie, American swimmer

• 1963 Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach

• 1963 Reiner Gies, German boxer

• 1963 Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager

• 1963 Paul Way, English golfer

• 1963 Jake Weber, English actor

• 1964 Dieter Eckstein, German footballer

• 1964 Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna

• 1965 Steve Finley, American baseball player

• 1965 Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party

• 1966 David Daniels, American countertenor

• 1966 Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1967 Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager

• 1968 Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician

• 1968 Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer

• 1969 Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1969 Jake Tapper, American journalist and author

• 1970 Karen Bradley, English politician

• 1970 Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter

• 1970 Mathias Grönberg, Swedish golfer

• 1970 Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach

• 1971 Raúl Mondesí, Dominican baseball player and politician

• 1971 Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper

• 1971 Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper

• 1972 Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player

• 1974 Charles Akonnor, Ghanaian footballer

• 1974 Walid Badir, Israeli footballer

• 1975 Nicolae Grigore, Romanian footballer

• 1975 Edgaras Jankauskas, Lithuanian footballer

• 1975 Valérie Nicolas, French handball player

• 1975 Srđan Pecelj, Bosnian footballer

• 1976 Deron Quint, American ice hockey player

• 1976 Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer

• 1977 Michelle Burgher, track and field athlete

• 1977 Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player

• 1977 Amdy Faye, Senegalese footballer

• 1977 Brent Johnson, American ice hockey player

• 1978 Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer

• 1978 Casey Mears, American race car driver

• 1978 Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator

• 1979 Charlie Bell, American basketball player and coach

• 1979 Rhys Coiro, American actor

• 1979 Pete Doherty, English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist

• 1979 Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach

• 1979 Gerard López, Spanish footballer

• 1979 Ben Sandford, New Zealand skeleton racer

• 1979 Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer

• 1979 Tim Wieskötter, German sprint canoer

• 1980 Césinha, Brazilian footballer

• 1980 Becky Holliday, American pole vaulter

• 1980 Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist

• 1980 Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1981 Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer

• 1981 Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player

• 1981 Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1982 Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress

• 1982 Samm Levine, American actor and comedian

• 1982 Ilya Nikulin, Russian ice hockey player

• 1982 Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer

• 1982 Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer

• 1982 Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer

• 1983 Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer and actor

• 1983 Mikko Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1984 Jaimie Alexander, American actress

• 1984 Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer

• 1985 Marco Bonanomi, Italian racing driver

• 1985 Aleksandr Bukharov, Russian footballer

• 1985 Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist

• 1986 Martynas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player

• 1986 Oleh Dopilka, Ukrainian footballer

• 1986 Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1986 Ben Offereins, Australian runner

• 1986 František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (died 2017)

• 1987 Manuele Boaro, Italian cyclist

• 1987 Jessica Hardy, American swimmer

• 1987 Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player

• 1987 Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player

• 1987 Chris Seitz, American soccer player

• 1987 Vadim Shipachyov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1987 Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer

• 1988 Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer

• 1988 Kostas Mitroglou, Greek footballer

• 1988 Titi, Brazilian footballer

• 1989 Jordan Adéoti, French footballer

• 1989 Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian footballer

• 1989 Tyler Clary, American swimmer

• 1989 Evgenii Dadonov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1989 Richard Eckersley, English footballer

• 1989 Chen Jianghua, Chinese basketball player

• 1989 Dmitry Korobov, Belarusian ice hockey player

• 1989 Siim Luts, Estonian footballer

• 1990 Dont'a Hightower, American football coach and former player

• 1990 Marvin Jones, American football player

• 1990 Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer

• 1990 Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper

• 1990 Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer

• 1990 Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1990 Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer

• 1990 Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer

• 1990 Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer

• 1991 Leandro Fernandez, Argentine footballer

• 1991 Felix Kroos, German footballer

• 1992 Daniele Baselli, Italian footballer

• 1992 Jordan Ferri, French footballer

• 1992 Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner

• 1992 Jiří Skalák, Czech footballer

• 1993 Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer

• 1993 Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer

• 1994 Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist

• 1994 Jerami Grant, American basketball player

• 1994 Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)

• 1994 Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor

• 1996 Serhou Guirassy, French-Guinean footballer

• 1996 Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer

• 1996 Robert Murić, Croatian footballer

• 1996 Cene Prevc, Slovenian ski jumper

• 1997 Dean Henderson, English footballer

• 1997 Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer

• 1997 Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer

• 1998 Carsen Edwards, American basketball player

• 1998 Mecole Hardman, American football player

• 1998 Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater

• 1998 Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater

• 2001 Max Duggan, American football player

• 2001 Kim Min-kyu, South Korean singer and actor

• 2003 Andrea Brillantes, Filipino actress and model

• 2003 Malina Weissman, American actress and model

• 2004 DannyLux, American singer-songwriter

• 2008 Emma Kok, Dutch singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 417 Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church

• 604 Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 540)

• 1022 Symeon the New Theologian (born 949)

• 1160 Al-Muqtafi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (born 1096)

• 1316 Stefan Dragutin (born c. 1244)

• 1322 Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1276)

• 1539 Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (born 1477)

1601–1900

• 1699 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (born 1635)

• 1898 Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (born 1818)

1901–present

• 1916 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (born 1830)

• 1925 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (born 1866)

• 1929 Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (born 1851)

• 1935 Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (born 1858)

• 1942 William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)

• 1943 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (born 1869)

• 1946 Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (born 1897)

• 1949 Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (born 1879)

• 1954 Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (born 1870)

• 1955 Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (born 1920)

• 1955 Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (born 1892)

• 1957 Josephine Hull, American actress (born 1877)

• 1971 Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (born 1873)

• 1973 Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (born 1898)

• 1974 George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (born 1904)

• 1985 Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (born 1899)

• 1989 Maurice Evans, English-American actor (born 1901)

• 1991 Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)

• 1991 William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (born 1900)

• 1992 Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (born 1890)

• 1998 Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (born 1893)

• 1999 Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1916)

• 1999 Bidu Sayão, Brazilian-American soprano (born 1902)

• 2000 Aleksandar Nikolić, Yugoslav basketball coach (born 1924)

• 2001 Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (born 1933)

• 2001 Robert Ludlum, American author (born 1927)

• 2001 Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (born 1916)

• 2002 Hartini, former wife of Sukarno (born 1924)

• 2002 Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (born 1932)

• 2002 Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (born 1923)

• 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1952)

• 2003 Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (born 1914)

• 2003 Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (born 1948)

• 2004 Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (born 1917)

• 2006 Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (born 1947)

• 2008 Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (born 1949)

• 2008 Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (born 1897)

• 2010 Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (born 1920)

• 2011 Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (born 1919)

• 2012 Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

• 2012 Michael Hossack, American drummer (born 1946)

• 2012 Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (born 1938)

• 2013 Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (born 1936)

• 2013 Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (born 1937)

• 2014 Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)

• 2014 Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

• 2014 José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (born 1936)

• 2015 Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (born 1924)

• 2015 Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (born 1934)

• 2015 Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (born 1924)

• 2015 Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1948)

• 2016 Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (born 1942)

• 2016 Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (born 1935)

• 2016 Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

• 2021 Ronald DeFeo Jr., American criminal (born 1951)

• 2022 Gertraud Gruber, German beautician and businesswoman (born 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Arbor Day (China)

• Arbor Day (Taiwan)

• Aztec New Year

Christian feast day:

• Alphege

• Angela Salawa

• Bernard of Carinola (or of Capua)

• Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus of Nicomedia

• Mura (McFeredach)

• Fina

• Maximilian of Tebessa

• Paul Aurelian

• Pope Gregory I (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion)

• Theophanes the Confessor

• March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• National Day (Mauritius)

• World Day Against Cyber Censorship

• Youth Day (Zambia)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on March 12