World History of February 24

1876 Death

"Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)"

🌍 Historical Events

484
King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
1303
The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
1386
King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1525
A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
1527
Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.
1538
Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
1582
With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1597
The last battle of the Cudgel War takes place on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.
1607
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
1711
Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.
1739
Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1803
In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809
London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.
1809
Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique.
1812
Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
1813
Sinking of HMS Peacock by USS Hornet on the Demerara River, Guyana.
1821
Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
1822
The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1826
The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1831
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1848
King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1854
A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1863
Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868
Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1875
The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1876
The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
1881
China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1895
Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
1916
The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1917
World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1918
Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1920
Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1920
The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.
1942
Seven hundred ninety-one Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy.
1942
The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
1943
World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.
1945
Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
1946
Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
1949
The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1966
Ghanaian coup d'état by National Liberation Council overthrows Kwame Nkrumah's Government
1967
Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee.
1968
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hué.
1971
The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1976
The 1976 constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
1978
The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
1981
The 6.7 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
1983
A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
1984
Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
1989
United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
1991
Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
1996
Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
1999
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
2004
The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
2006
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
2007
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2008
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remained as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2015
A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
2016
Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
2020
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace the Pakatan Harapan government, which triggered the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis.
2022
Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

🐣 Notable Births

1103
Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)
1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
1360
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
1413
Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465)
1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
1494
Johan Friis, Danish statesman (died 1570)
1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
1536
Pope Clement VIII (died 1605)
1545
John of Austria (died 1578)
1553
Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (died 1615)
1557
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)
1593
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (died 1625)
1595
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (died 1640)
1604
Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (died 1652)
1619
Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (died 1690)
1622
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died 1665)
1709
Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)
1721
John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (died 1796)
1723
John Burgoyne, English general and politician (died 1792)
1736
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806)
1743
Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (died 1820)
1762
Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (died 1830)
1767
Rama II of Siam (died 1824)
1774
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
1786
Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (died 1869)
1786
Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (died 1859)
1788
Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (died 1857)
1797
Samuel Lover, Irish composer, writer and painter (died 1868)
1827
Lydia Becker, English-French activist (died 1890)
1829
Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist, literary theorist and translator
1830
Karolina Světlá, Czech female author
1831
Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)
1835
Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1899)
1836
Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (died 1910)
1837
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (died 1885)
1842
Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (died 1918)
1848
Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
1852
George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)
1857
Emma Ann Browne, British-born Australian philanthropist (died 1941)
1868
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (died 1949)
1869
Zara DuPont, American suffragist (died 1946)
1874
Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1955)
1877
Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
1877
Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (died 1936)
1881
Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco (died 1943)
1885
Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (died 1966)
1885
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (died 1939)
1890
Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)
1895
Şehzade Osman Fuad, Ottoman prince (died 1973)
1896
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (died 1991)
1898
Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (died 1983)
1900
Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)
1903
Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (died 1967)
1908
Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (died 1998)
1909
August Derleth, American anthologist and author (died 1971)
1914
Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (died 2005)
1914
Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (died 1955)
1915
Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (died 1986)
1919
John Carl Warnecke, American architect (died 2010)
1921
Abe Vigoda, American actor (died 2016)
1922
Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (died 2011)
1922
Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
1924
Hal Herring, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1924
Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2008)
1924
F. G. Bailey, British-American anthropologist (died 2020)
1925
Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
1926
Dave Sands, Australian boxer (died 1952)
1927
Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (died 2017)
1929
Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)
1930
Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (died 2013)
1931
Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931
Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (died 2015)
1932
Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
1932
Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)
1932
John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)
1933
Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (died 2008)
1933
Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 2014)
1933
David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (died 2009)
1934
Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
1934
Johnny Hills, English footballer (died 2021)
1934
George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)
1934
Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (died 2023)
1935
Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
1936
Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (died 2020)
1936
Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (died 2011)
1938
James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)
1938
Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1938
Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer
1939
Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)
1940
Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)
1940
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)
1940
Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)
1941
Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1942
Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942
Celia Kaye, American actress
1942
Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
1942
Jenny O'Hara, American actress
1942
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1943
Kent Haruf, American novelist (died 2014)
1943
Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (died 1967)
1943
Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1944
Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (died 1994)
1944
Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (died 2007)
1945
Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1946
Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1947
Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
1947
Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1948
Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2016)
1948
Dennis Waterman, English actor (died 2022)
1948
GM Quader, Bangladeshi politician
1949
John Lever, English Test cricketer
1950
George Thorogood, American musician
1951
David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951
Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951
Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951
Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1951
Andrew Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1952
Tommy Burleson, American basketball player
1953
Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (died 1974)
1954
Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (died 2016)
1954
Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954
Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1954
Željko Glasnović, Croatian politician and general
1954
Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, British peer, writer, and entrepreneur
1955
Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
1955
Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (died 2020)
1955
Alain Prost, French race car driver
1956
Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956
Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
1956
Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1958
Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Mark Moses, American actor
1959
Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959
Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1959
Abhishek Singhvi, Indian politician
1959
François Villeroy de Galhau, 30th Governor of the Bank of France
1961
Emilio Rivera, American actor
1961
Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
1961
John Grogan, British politician
1962
Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat
1962
Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter
1963
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer
1963
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963
Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1963
Mateu Alemany, Spanish lawyer, football director of FC Barcelona
1964
Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1964
Elizabeth Wilson, American politician
1965
Paul Gruber, American football player
1965
Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1966
Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1966
Katie Allen, Australian politician and medical researcher
1967
Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968
Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
1969
Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1970
Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970
Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach
1970
Jonathan Ward, American actor
1971
Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1971
Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1971
Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
1972
Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972
Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973
Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1973
Philipp Rösler, German politician
1974
Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974
Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Russian freestyle wrestler
1974
Gila Gamliel, Israeli politician and Minister of Science, Technology and Space
1975
Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1976
Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (died 1995)
1976
Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976
Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1977
Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977
Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
1977
Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
1980
Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980
Jorrit Faassen, Dutch businessman
1981
Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
1981
Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981
Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1981
Bob Sanders, American football player
1982
Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982
Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1982
Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982
Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1984
Wilson Bethel, American actor
1984
Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1984
Nani, Indian actor and film producer
1985
Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
1986
Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
1987
Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1987
Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player
1987
Mario Suárez, Spanish footballer
1987
Christopher Trimmel, Austrian footballer
1988
Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player
1988
Alexander Koch, American actor
1988
Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
1988
Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician
1989
Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989
Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
1989
Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player
1990
Dwayne Allen, American football player
1990
Derek Wolfe, American football player
1991
Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
1991
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1991
O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
1991
Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
1991
Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer
1992
Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
1994
Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
1994
Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
1996
Royce Freeman, American football player
1997
Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player
2000
Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
2000
Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player
2003
Honey Osrin, British swimmer
2004
Samuele Vignato, Italian football player
2004
Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer

🕯️ Notable Deaths

616
Æthelberht of Kent
951
Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
1018
Borrell, bishop of Vic
1114
Thomas, archbishop of York
1386
Charles III of Naples (born 1345)
1496
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (born 1445)
1525
Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (born 1470)
1525
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (born c. 1488)
1525
Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (born 1480)
1530
Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor
1563
Francis, Duke of Guise (born 1519)
1580
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)
1588
Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (born 1515)
1666
Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (born 1588)
1674
Prataprao Gujar, 3rd Commander-in-chief of Maratha Confederacy
1685
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (born 1629)
1704
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)
1714
Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1637)
1721
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1648)
1732
Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (born 1675)
1777
Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)
1785
Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (born 1746)
1799
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)
1810
Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)
1812
Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
1815
Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)
1825
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (born 1754)
1856
Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)
1876
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)
1879
Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (born 1825)
1910
Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (born 1842)
1914
Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (born 1828)
1925
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
1927
Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (born 1858)
1929
André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)
1930
Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (born 1850)
1953
Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (born 1895)
1953
Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (born 1875)
1967
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1886)
1970
Conrad Nagel, American actor (born 1897)
1974
Margaret Leech, American historian and author (born 1895)
1975
Hans Bellmer, German artist (born 1902)
1975
Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)
1978
Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (born1891)
1982
Virginia Bruce, American actress (born 1910)
1986
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (born 1904)
1986
Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1904)
1990
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born 1945)
1990
Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (born 1917)
1990
Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)
1990
Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927)
1991
John Daly, American journalist and game show host (born 1914)
1991
George Gobel, American actor (born 1919)
1991
Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921)
1993
Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (born 1917)
1993
Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (born 1941)
1994
Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (born 1906)
1994
Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born 1916)
1998
Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (born 1921)
1998
Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (born 1906)
1999
Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (born 1936)
2001
Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (born 1912)
2001
Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)
2002
Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1893)
2004
John Randolph, American actor (born 1915)
2005
Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (born 1927)
2006
Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (born 1947)
2006
Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (born 1924)
2006
John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (born 1947)
2006
Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
2007
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (born 1906)
2007
Damien Nash, American football player (born 1982)
2008
Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
2010
Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (born 1969)
2011
Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (born 1929)
2012
Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (born 1930)
2012
Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (born 1925)
2013
Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)
2013
Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (born 1923)
2014
Franny Beecher, American guitarist (born 1921)
2014
Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (born 1948)
2014
Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (born 1923)
2014
Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
2015
Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)
2015
Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)
2016
Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (born 1943)
2016
Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
2016
George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (born 1927)
2018
Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
2018
Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
2020
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)
2021
Ronald Pickup, English actor (born 1940)
2023
Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (born 1922)
2024
Kumar Shahani, Indian film director and screenwriter (born1940)
2025
Roberta Flack, American singer and pianist (born 1937)