World History of June 12

1980 Birth

"Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player"

🌍 Historical Events

910
Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1206
The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate.
1240
At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381
Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.
1418
Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.
1429
Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
1550
The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
1643
The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.
1653
First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
1665
Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
1758
French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
1772
French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men are killed by Māori in New Zealand.
1775
American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
1776
The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
1813
Capture of USRC Surveyor.
1817
The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
1821
Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1830
Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
1864
American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
1898
Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1899
New Richmond tornado: The ninth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1900
The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet would be the largest in the world.
1914
Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
1921
Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
1935
A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
1939
Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1939
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1940
World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1942
Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
1943
The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
1944
World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
1950
An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 46 people.
1954
Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints.
1963
NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
1963
The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time.
1964
Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
1967
The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
1975
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain: Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha rules against Indira Gandhi in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis.
1979
Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
1981
The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters.
1982
A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in New York City.
1987
The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
1987
Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1988
Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
1990
Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1991
In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.
1991
Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.
1993
An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.
1999
Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2009
A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
2014
Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.
2016
Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
2018
United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
2019
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
2024
A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people.
2025
Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashes shortly after takeoff into the B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 out of 242 onboard as well as 19 on the ground. This marked the first fatal crash and hull loss of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

🐣 Notable Births

950
Reizei, Japanese emperor (died 1011)
1107
Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1187)
1161
Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201)
1519
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
1561
Anna of Württemberg, German princess (died 1616)
1564
John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (died 1633)
1573
Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629)
1577
Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
1580
Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (died 1662)
1653
Maria Amalia of Courland, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711)
1686
Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet, French writer (died 1764)
1711
Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
1760
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
1771
Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)
1775
Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (died 1851)
1777
Robert Clark, American physician and politician (died 1837)
1798
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
1800
Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician (died 1836)
1802
Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author (died 1876)
1806
John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869)
1807
Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)
1812
Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
1819
Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)
1827
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
1831
Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
1841
Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928)
1843
David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
1851
Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (died 1940)
1857
Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)
1858
Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (died 1927)
1858
Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (died 1929)
1861
William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
1864
Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
1873
Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944)
1877
Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (died 1971)
1883
Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (died 1969)
1883
Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
1888
Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
1890
Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)
1892
Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)
1895
Eugénie Brazier, French chef (died 1977)
1897
Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
1899
Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1899
Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968)
1902
Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973)
1905
Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
1906
Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died 1977)
1908
Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)
1908
Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975)
1912
Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)
1912
Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (died 1961)
1913
Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996)
1913
Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005)
1914
William Lundigan, American actor (died 1975)
1914
Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (died 2014)
1915
Priscilla Lane, American actress (died 1995)
1915
Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
1915
David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017)
1916
Irwin Allen, American director and producer (died 1991)
1916
Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015)
1918
Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect (died 1999)
1918
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
1919
Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator (died 2004)
1920
Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)
1920
Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)
1921
Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
1921
James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
1922
Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)
1924
George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)
1924
Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)
1926
Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020)
1928
Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
1928
Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025)
1928
Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director (died 2024)
1929
Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (died 1995)
1929
Roy Bull, Australian rugby league player (died 2004)
1929
Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
1929
Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)
1929
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017)
1930
Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (died 1979)
1930
Donald Byrne, American chess player (died 1976)
1930
Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)
1930
Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (died 2017)
1931
Trevanian, American author and scholar (died 2005)
1931
Rona Jaffe, American novelist (died 2005)
1932
Mimi Coertse, South African soprano and producer
1932
Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
1933
Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (died 2004)
1934
John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)
1934
Kevin Billington, English director and producer (died 2021)
1935
Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (died 2014)
1935
Paul Kennedy, English lawyer and judge
1937
Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
1937
Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager (died 2015)
1937
Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
1937
Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016)
1938
Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016)
1938
Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
1939
Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2024)
1939
Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (died 2003)
1940
Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician
1941
Marv Albert, American sportscaster
1941
Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (died 2021)
1941
Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1941
Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1941
Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
1942
Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)
1942
Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945
Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer and coach
1946
Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946
Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
1946
Catherine Bréchignac, French physicist and academic
1948
Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver
1948
Herbert Meyer, German footballer
1948
Len Wein, American comic book writer and editor (died 2017)
1949
Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician
1949
Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
1949
John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)
1950
Oğuz Abadan, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950
Michael Fabricant, English politician
1950
Sonia Manzano, American actress
1951
Brad Delp, American musician and singer (died 2007)
1951
Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)
1952
Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
1952
Junior Brown, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953
Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953
Árni Steinar Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician (died 2015)
1956
Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1956
Michael Angelo Batio, American heavy metal guitarist
1957
Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
1957
Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1958
Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
1959
John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician
1959
Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and comedian
1960
Joe Kopicki, American basketball player and coach
1962
Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
1963
Philippe Bugalski, French racing driver (died 2012)
1963
Warwick Capper, Australian footballer, coach, and actor
1964
Takashi Yamazaki, Japanese filmmaker
1964
Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver
1965
Adrian Toole, Australian rugby league player
1965
Gwen Torrence, American sprinter
1965
Cathy Tyson, English actress
1966
Marc Glanville, Australian rugby league player
1966
Tom Misteli, Swiss cell biologist
1967
Aivar Kuusmaa, Estonian basketball player and coach
1967
Frances O'Connor, English-Australian actress
1968
Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach
1968
Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (died 1999)
1969
Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (died 2007)
1969
Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (died 2013)
1969
Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
1969
Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
1971
Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
1971
Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
1971
Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
1973
Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
1973
Darryl White, Australian footballer
1974
Flávio Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1974
Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
1975
Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and journalist
1975
Stéphanie Szostak, French-American actress
1976
Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976
Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer
1976
Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
1976
Paul Stenning, English author
1977
Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
1978
Lewis Moody, English rugby player
1979
Dallas Clark, American football player
1979
Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler
1979
Diego Milito, Argentine footballer
1979
Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1979
Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach
1980
Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player
1981
Raitis Grafs, Latvian basketball player
1981
Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress
1982
Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter
1982
James Tomlinson, English cricketer
1983
Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
1983
Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
1984
James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari runner
1984
Bruno Soriano, Spanish footballer
1985
Dave Franco, American actor
1985
Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
1985
Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1985
Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author
1986
Salim Mehajer, Australian politician
1988
Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
1988
Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
1989
Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989
Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
1990
Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
1990
David Worrall, English footballer
1991
Avisaíl García, Venezuelan baseball player
1992
Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
1992
Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician
1994
Don Toliver, American rapper and singer-songwriter
1996
Gustav Forsling, Swedish ice hockey player
1996
Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
1996
Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player
1999
CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber
2002
Koni De Winter, Belgian footballer

🕯️ Notable Deaths

796
Hisham I, Muslim emir (b. 757)
816
Pope Leo III (born 750)
918
Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870)
1020
Lyfing, English archbishop (born 999)
1036
Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990)
1144
Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075)
1152
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114)
1266
Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben (born 1215)
1294
John I of Brienne, Count of Eu
1418
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (born 1360)
1420
Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1362)
1435
John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1408)
1478
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412)
1524
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador (born 1465)
1560
Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (born 1506)
1560
Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyō (born 1519)
1565
Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (born 1512)
1567
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490)
1574
Renée of France, Duchess of Ferrara (born 1510)
1647
Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (born 1575)
1668
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (born 1599)
1675
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634)
1734
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1670)
1758
Prince Augustus William of Prussia (born 1722)
1772
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born 1724)
1778
Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (born 1716)
1816
Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757)
1818
Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
1841
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (born 1786)
1900
Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820)
1904
Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836)
1912
Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822)
1917
Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853)
1932
Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852)
1937
Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (born 1893)
1944
Erich Marcks, German general (born 1891)
1946
Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (born 1869)
1952
Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (born 1875)
1957
Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (born 1904)
1962
John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
1963
Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (born 1925)
1966
Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (born 1891)
1968
Herbert Read, English poet and critic (born 1893)
1969
Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
1972
Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)
1972
Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)
1976
Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)
1978
Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
1978
Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
1980
Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899)
1980
Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (born 1910)
1980
Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904)
1982
Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1953)
1982
Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
1983
Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (born 1902)
1989
Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
1990
Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1914)
1994
Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (born 1959) and Ron Goldman, restaurant employee (born 1968)
1994
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902)
1994
Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)
1995
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920)
1995
Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949)
1997
Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924)
1998
Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (born 1924)
1998
Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1999
Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, Iranian numismatist (born 1910)
1999
J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (born 1917)
2000
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
2002
Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (born 1922)
2002
Zena Sutherland, American reviewer of children's literature (born 1915)
2003
Gregory Peck, American actor and political activist (born 1916)
2005
Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
2006
Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (born 1915)
2006
György Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer and educator (born 1923)
2006
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (born 1923)
2008
Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (born 1951)
2008
Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1932)
2010
Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931)
2011
René Audet, Canadian bishop (born 1920)
2012
Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)
2012
Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)
2012
Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946)
2012
Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
2012
Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923)
2012
Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942)
2013
Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (born 1908)
2013
Jason Leffler, American racing driver (born 1975)
2015
Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946)
2018
Jon Hiseman, English drummer (born 1944)
2019
Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924)
2022
Philip Baker Hall, American actor (born 1931)
2022
Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (born 1948)
2023
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)
2023
Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955)
2023
John Romita Sr., comic book artist and author (born 1930)
2023
Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951)
2024
William H. Donaldson, American businessman (born 1931)
2024
Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (born 1940)
2024
Jerry West, American basketball player and executive (born 1938)