World History of November 4

2015 Death

"Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)"

🌍 Historical Events

512
Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.
1354
War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.
1429
Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1493
Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands.
1501
Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother - they would later marry.
1576
Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).
1677
The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1737
The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
1780
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
1783
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
1791
Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1798
The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins.
1839
Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1847
Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
1852
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1864
American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.
1868
Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
1890
City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
1918
World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
1921
The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
1921
Japanese prime minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1922
In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1924
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
1936
Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.
1939
World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1942
World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
1944
World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
1944
World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
1952
The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
1956
Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1960
At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
1962
The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1966
The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm (76 in).
1967
Iberia Flight 062 crashes in Blackdown, West Sussex, killing all 37 people on board including British actress June Thorburn.
1970
Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
1970
Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
1973
The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
1979
Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
1980
Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
1993
China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
1995
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
2002
Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
2008
Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
2010
Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
2010
Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
2015
A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
2015
A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
2020
The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.
2022
The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.
2025
UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashes into multiple buildings during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including the 3 crew members.

🐣 Notable Births

1448
Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)
1512
Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565)
1553
Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
1575
Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)
1592
Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)
1631
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)
1640
Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)
1649
Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)
1661
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
1740
Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)
1765
Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)
1787
Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)
1809
Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)
1816
Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)
1821
Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)
1836
Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912)
1840
William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)
1853
Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (died 1924)
1861
Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929)
1862
Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)
1868
La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)
1873
Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)
1874
Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946)
1879
Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
1883
Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
1884
Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)
1887
Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
1889
Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987)
1890
Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928)
1896
Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)
1897
Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)
1900
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
1901
Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)
1904
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)
1905
Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)
1906
Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974)
1908
Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)
1908
Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1909
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012)
1909
Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974)
1909
Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986)
1911
Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952)
1912
Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969)
1912
Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)
1912
Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)
1913
Gig Young, American actor (died 1978)
1914
Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)
1915
Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015)
1915
Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973)
1916
John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
1916
Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)
1916
Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)
1918
Art Carney, American actor (died 2003)
1918
Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994)
1919
Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
1919
Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)
1921
Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004)
1922
Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1923
Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002)
1923
Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)
1923
Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)
1925
Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)
1925
Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016)
1926
Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
1928
Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)
1928
Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)
1928
Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997)
1929
Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)
1929
Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)
1930
James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967)
1930
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)
1930
Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
1930
Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012)
1931
Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
1932
Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)
1932
Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)
1933
Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018)
1933
Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1933
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)
1935
Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host
1935
Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer (died 2025)
1936
C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
1937
Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025)
1937
Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)
1939
Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
1939
Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
1940
Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)
1940
Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
1940
Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
1941
Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
1941
Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
1942
Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
1943
Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1943
Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (died 2001)
1946
Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
1946
Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
1946
Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)
1947
Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress
1947
Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)
1947
Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)
1947
Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1947
Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
1947
Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
1948
Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)
1948
Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)
1949
Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
1950
Charles Frazier, American novelist
1950
Markie Post, American actress (died 2021)
1950
Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)
1951
Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
1952
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
1953
Mick Buckley, English footballer (died 2013)
1953
P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
1953
Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
1953
Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
1953
Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
1953
Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
1954
Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1955
Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
1955
Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
1956
Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter
1956
James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)
1956
Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter
1957
Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
1957
Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
1957
Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
1958
Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
1958
Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman
1959
Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
1960
Marc Awodey, American painter and poet (died 2012)
1960
Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
1960
Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player
1961
Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1961
Edward Knight, American composer and academic
1961
Ralph Macchio, American actor
1961
Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
1961
Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
1961
Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1962
Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
1963
Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist
1963
Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963
Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)
1964
Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
1965
Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1967
Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer
1967
Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
1967
Karin Greiner, Austrian politician
1967
Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967
Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer
1968
Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator
1968
Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1968
Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer
1969
Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969
Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
1969
Samantha Smith, American actress
1970
Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1970
Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
1970
Anthony Ruivivar, American actor
1970
Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
1971
Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
1971
Tabu, Indian actress
1972
Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
1973
Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
1975
Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
1975
Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player
1975
Mikki Moore, American basketball player
1975
Orlando Pace, American football player
1975
Heather Tom, American actress and director
1975
Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)
1976
Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1976
Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
1976
Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1976
Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist
1976
James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (died 2016)
1976
Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer
1976
Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
1977
Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
1978
John Grabow, American baseball player
1980
Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)
1980
Richard Owens, American football player and coach
1980
Emme Rylan, American actress
1980
Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
1981
Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
1981
Vince Wilfork, American football player
1982
Devin Hester, American football player
1982
Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)
1983
Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)
1984
Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
1984
Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
1985
Marcell Jansen, German footballer
1985
Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player
1986
Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
1986
Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
1986
Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
1986
Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
1987
Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
1987
Laura Geitz, Australian netball player
1987
Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
1988
Dez Bryant, American football player
1988
David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1988
Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player
1990
Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
1991
Alon Day, Israeli race car driver
1991
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
1992
Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer
1992
Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer
1992
Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
1993
Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner
1993
Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
1993
Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian
1994
Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
1996
Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
1996
Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
1996
John Olive, Australian rugby league player
1996
Eric Paschall, American basketball player
1998
Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
2000
Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player
2000
Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player
2006
Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast

🕯️ Notable Deaths

604
Yohl Ik'nal, Mayan queen
915
Zhang, Chinese empress (born 892)
1038
Jaromír, duke of Bohemia (born 970)
1203
Dirk VII, Count of Holland
1212
Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)
1360
Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1295)
1411
Khalil Sultan of Timurid (born 1384)
1428
Sophia of Bavaria, queen of Bohemia (born 1376)
1485
Françoise d'Amboise, duchess of Brittany (born 1427)
1485
Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (born 1408)
1576
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (born c. 1510)
1581
Mathurin Romegas, rival Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1525)
1652
Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1597)
1658
Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (born 1608)
1669
Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1603)
1698
Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (born 1625)
1702
John Benbow, English admiral (born 1653)
1704
Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (born 1654)
1781
Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (born 1721)
1801
William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (born 1712)
1847
Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
1847
Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (born 1807)
1856
Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (born 1797)
1886
James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (born 1820)
1893
Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (born 1827)
1895
Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
1906
John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (born 1832)
1918
Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
1921
Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
1924
Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1843)
1924
Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
1930
Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (born 1859)
1931
Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1877)
1931
Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (born 1861)
1940
Arthur Rostron, English mariner, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia during the Titanic disaster (born 1869)
1946
Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (born 1865)
1948
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)
1950
Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (born 1887)
1954
Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)
1955
Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896)
1955
Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (born 1867)
1956
Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1892)
1957
Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1897)
1959
Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1896)
1968
Horace Gould, English race car driver (born 1918)
1968
Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (born 1892)
1969
Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (born 1911)
1974
Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (born 1909)
1975
Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (born 1893)
1975
Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)
1976
Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906)
1977
Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (born 1935)
1980
Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (born 1905)
1982
Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (born 1889)
1982
Gil Whitney, American journalist (born 1940)
1984
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (born 1926)
1986
Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (born 1906)
1988
Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)
1992
George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (born 1904)
1994
Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (born 1923)
1995
Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
1995
Paul Eddington, English actor (born 1927)
1995
Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
1995
Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1916)
1997
Richard Hooker, American novelist (born 1924)
1999
Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1958)
2003
Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (born 1917)
2003
Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (born 1923)
2005
Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (born 1980)
2005
Sheree North, American actress and dancer (born 1932)
2005
Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)
2005
Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
2006
Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1915)
2006
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (born 1908)
2007
Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (born 1926)
2007
Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
2008
Michael Crichton, American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2008
Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (born 1920)
2008
Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1971)
2009
Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (born 1923)
2010
Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (born 1934)
2011
Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (born 1920)
2011
Andy Rooney, American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (born 1919)
2012
David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)
2013
John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1924)
2013
Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (born 1929)
2013
Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (born 1928)
2014
Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)
2014
George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)
2014
S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)
2015
Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
2015
René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
2015
Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
2015
Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
2016
Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
2016
Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
2017
Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
2017
Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
2019
Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
2020
Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
2023
Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
2024
Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
2024
Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)