World History of September 22

1941 Birth

"Jeremiah Wright, American pastor and theologian"

🌍 Historical Events

904
The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
1236
The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
1359
An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters.
1499
The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.
1586
Eighty Years' War: A Spanish force led by the Marquis del Vasto successfully fights its way past a joint English/Dutch ambush in the Battle of Zutphen.
1692
Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell are hanged, the last of those to be executed in the Salem witch trials.
1711
The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina.
1761
George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1776
Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
1789
The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
1789
Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
1792
Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
1823
Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
1857
The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
1862
A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
1866
The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
1885
Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
1891
The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.
1892
A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive.
1896
Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015).
1910
The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
1914
A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors.
1919
The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
1934
The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
1939
World War II: A joint German-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
1941
The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
1948
Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
1948
Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
1953
The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.
1957
In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
1960
The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
1965
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
1966
Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
1975
Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
1976
Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1979
A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
1980
Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran-Iraq War.
1981
During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground.
1991
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
1993
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
1993
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
1995
An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
1995
The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
2006
Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.
2013
At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2024
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.

🐣 Notable Births

1013
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (died 1075)
1211
Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (died 1282)
1373
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (died 1400)
1480
Tenali Rama, poet in the court of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire (died 1528)
1515
Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (died 1557)
1547
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (died 1590)
1593
Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and cartographer (died 1650)
1601
Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (died 1666)
1606
Li Zicheng, Chinese emperor (died 1645)
1680
Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (died 1747)
1694
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1773)
1715
Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (died 1786)
1741
Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (died 1811)
1743
Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author (died 1819)
1762
Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (died 1850)
1765
Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1822)
1788
Theodore Hook, English composer and educator (died 1841)
1791
Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (died 1867)
1806
Bernardino António Gomes, Portuguese physician and naturalist (died 1877)
1819
Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic (died 1897)
1829
Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (died 1883)
1833
Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic (died 1908)
1835
Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher (died 1891)
1841
Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian soldier and poet (died 1902)
1862
Anastasios Charalambis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1949)
1868
Louise McKinney, Canadian educator and politician (died 1931)
1870
Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (died 1966)
1870
Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1942)
1875
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (died 1911)
1876
André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France (died 1945)
1878
Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1967)
1880
Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (died 1958)
1882
Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal, head of the German armed forces (OKW), and convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)
1883
Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (died 1932)
1883
Frank George Woollard, English engineer (died 1957)
1885
Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library (died 1940)
1885
Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1951)
1885
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1957)
1887
Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist (died 1959)
1889
Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (died 1963)
1891
Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (died 1978)
1892
Billy West, American actor, director, and producer (died 1975)
1894
Elisabeth Rethberg, German soprano (died 1976)
1895
Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (died 1967)
1896
Uri Zvi Greenberg, Ukrainian-Israeli poet and journalist (died 1981)
1896
Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (died 1930)
1897
Frank O'Connor, American actor, rancher, and painter (died 1979)
1899
Elsie Allen, Native American Pomo basket weaver (died 1990)
1900
Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (died 1985)
1900
William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (died 1967)
1901
Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (died 1932)
1901
Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
1902
John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and producer (died 1988)
1905
Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician (died 2009)
1905
Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer (died 1964)
1906
Ilse Koch, German war criminal (died 1967)
1907
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (died 2003)
1907
Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (died 1981)
1907
Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic (died 1982)
1908
Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (died 2002)
1909
John Engstead, American photographer and journalist (died 1983)
1909
Allan Lane, American actor (died 1973)
1910
György Faludy, Hungarian poet and author (died 2006)
1912
Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (died 2011)
1912
Martha Scott, American actress (died 2003)
1913
Lillian Chestney, American painter and illustrator (died 2000)
1915
Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (died 2012)
1918
Hans Scholl, German activist and co-founder of the anti-Nazi resistance group White Rose (died 1943)
1918
Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (died 1988)
1920
Eric Baker, English activist, co-founded Amnesty International (died 1976)
1920
Anders Lassen, Danish-English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1945)
1920
Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (died 2000)
1920
William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (died 1993)
1921
Will Elder, American illustrator (died 2008)
1922
David Sive, American environmentalist and lawyer (died 2014)
1923
Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (died 2014)
1924
Bernard Gauthier, French cyclist (died 2018)
1924
Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (died 1988)
1924
Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (died 2019)
1924
Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2013)
1924
J. William Middendorf, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2025)
1924
Ray Wetzel, American trumpet player and composer (died 1951)
1925
Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (died 2004)
1925
Leila Hadley, American author (died 2009)
1926
Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (died 2020)
1927
Gordon Astall, English footballer and coach (died 2020)
1927
Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
1928
Eric Broadley, English engineer and businessman, founded Lola Cars (died 2017)
1928
James Lawson, American activist, author, and academic (died 2024)
1928
Eugene Roche, American actor (died 2004)
1928
Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (died 2001)
1928
Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (died 2001)
1929
Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (died 1986)
1929
Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2020)
1930
Joni James, American singer (died 2022)
1930
T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (died 2016)
1931
Fay Weldon, English author and playwright (died 2023)
1931
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (died 2003)
1932
Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (died 2010)
1932
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (died 2009)
1933
Leonardo Balada, Spanish-American composer and educator
1933
T. Cullen Davis, American businessman
1933
Carmelo Simeone, Italian-Argentinian footballer (died 2014)
1933
Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (died 2012)
1934
Jack McGregor, American captain, lawyer, and politician
1934
Lute Olson, American basketball player and coach (died 2020)
1934
T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (died 2010)
1936
Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (died 2000)
1936
Robin Gammell, Canadian actor
1937
Don Rutherford, English rugby player (died 2016)
1938
Gene Mingo, American football player
1939
Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian economist and engineer (died 2012)
1939
Deborah Lavin, South African-English historian and academic
1939
Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop (died 2007)
1939
Marlena Shaw, American jazz singer (died 2024)
1939
Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (died 2016)
1940
Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1941
Jeremiah Wright, American pastor and theologian
1942
Ole Anderson, American wrestler (died 2024)
1942
Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (died 2014)
1942
Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian cardinal
1942
David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (died 2020)
1943
Toni Basil, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1943
Barry Cable, Australian footballer and coach
1943
Paul Hoffert, American keyboard player, composer, and academic
1944
Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1945
Paul Le Mat, American actor
1946
Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
1946
King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947
Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author (died 2016)
1947
David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist
1947
Norma McCorvey, American activist (died 2017)
1947
Robert Morace, American author and academic
1948
Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
1948
Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist
1949
Harold Carmichael, American football player
1949
James Cartwright, American general
1949
Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia
1951
David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter
1951
Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (died 2012)
1951
Doug Somers, American wrestler (died 2017)
1952
Bob Goodlatte, American lawyer and politician
1952
Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai political scientist and politician, 15th Governor of Bangkok
1952
Américo Rocca, Mexican wrestler
1953
Richard Fairbrass, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
1953
Ségolène Royal, French politician
1955
Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach
1956
Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author
1956
Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1956
Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician
1957
Steve Carney, English footballer (died 2013)
1957
Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor
1957
Mark Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach
1957
Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1957
Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager
1958
Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1958
Beth Catlin, American autistic savant
1958
Neil Cavuto, American journalist and author
1958
Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1959
Tai Babilonia, American figure skater and talk show host
1959
Wally Backman, American baseball player
1959
Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
1960
Scott Baio, American actor
1961
Vince Coleman, American baseball player
1961
Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1961
Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1961
Diane Lemieux, Canadian lawyer and politician
1961
Catherine Oxenberg, American actress
1961
Michael Torke, American composer
1962
Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (died 2016)
1964
Juha Turunen, Finnish lawyer and politician
1964
Ken Vandermark, American saxophonist and composer
1965
Dan Bucatinsky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965
Andrii Deshchytsia, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1965
Mark Guthrie, American baseball player
1965
Robert Satcher, American physician, engineer, and astronaut
1966
Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966
Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
1966
Michael Shank, American racing team owner
1967
Matt Besser, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1967
Super Delfin, Japanese wrestler
1967
Brian Keene, American novelist
1967
Ian Mortimer, English historian and novelist
1967
Rickard Rydell, Swedish race car driver
1967
Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
1969
Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1969
Tuomas Kantelinen, Finnish composer and conductor
1969
Sue Perkins, English comedian, actress, and radio host
1969
Matt Sharp, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1970
Gladys Berejiklian, Australian politician, 45th Premier of New South Wales
1970
Mike Matheny, American baseball player and manager
1970
Mystikal, American rapper and actor
1970
Hitro Okesene, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1970
Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
1970
Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
1971
Elizabeth Bear, American author and poet
1971
Toomas Krõm, Estonian footballer
1971
Luther Reigns, American actor and wrestler
1973
Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (died 2014)
1973
Stéfan Louw, South African tenor and producer
1973
Bob Sapp, American wrestler, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor
1974
Jenn Colella, American actress and singer
1974
Kostas Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer and manager
1975
Mireille Enos, American actress
1975
Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1976
David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976
Mo Collins, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1977
Antti-Jussi Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
1978
Daniella Alonso, American actress and model
1978
Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and coach
1979
Emilie Autumn, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and poet
1979
Swin Cash, American basketball player and executive
1979
Michael Graziadei, American actor
1979
Phil Waugh, Australian rugby player
1981
Ashley Eckstein, American actress
1981
Janne Niskala, Finnish ice hockey player
1981
Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
1981
Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer-songwriter
1981
Ingrid Vetlesen, Norwegian soprano
1982
Katie Lowes, American actress
1982
Billie Piper, English actress and singer
1982
Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer
1983
Glenn Loovens, Dutch professional footballer
1984
Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer
1985
Jerma985, American internet personality
1985
Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
1985
Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer
1985
Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
1985
Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013)
1987
Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
1987
Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist
1987
Tom Felton, English actor
1987
Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer
1987
Teyonah Parris, American actress
1988
Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model
1989
Jon Bass, American actor
1989
Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1989
Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
1990
Denard Robinson, American football player
1991
Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
1992
Philip Hindes, English track cyclist
1994
Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1994
Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter
1994
Haason Reddick, American football player
1994
Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1995
Nayeon, South Korean singer
1999
Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor
1999
Kim You-jung, South Korean actress
2000
Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast
2000
Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer
2000
Seungmin, South Korean singer
2004
Jessie Murph, American singer and songwriter
2009
Coco Yoshizawa, Japanese skateboarder

🕯️ Notable Deaths

189
He Jin, Chinese general and regent (born 135)
530
Pope Felix IV
904
Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (born 867)
967
Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
1072
Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (born 1007)
1158
Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (born c. 1114)
1174
Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (born c. 1120)
1253
Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (born 1200)
1345
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (born 1281)
1399
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (born 1366)
1408
John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (born 1370)
1457
Peter II, Duke of Brittany (born 1418)
1482
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (born 1465)
1520
Selim I, Ottoman sultan (born 1465)
1531
Louise of Savoy, French regent (born 1476)
1539
Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (born 1469)
1554
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (born 1510)
1566
Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (born 1494)
1576
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (born 1541)
1598
Gabriel Spenser, English actor (born c. 1578)
1607
Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (born 1535)
1662
John Biddle, English minister and theologian (born 1615)
1692
Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (born 1620)
1703
Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1622)
1711
William Bartram, English-born politician and settler (born 1674)
1756
Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (born 1688)
1774
Pope Clement XIV (born 1705)
1776
Nathan Hale, American soldier (born 1755)
1777
John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (born 1699)
1828
Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (born 1787)
1852
William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (born 1783)
1862
Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and mercenary (born 1831)
1872
Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (born 1801)
1873
Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1801)
1881
Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (born 1831)
1914
Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (born 1886)
1917
John Henry Knight, English engineer (born 1847)
1919
Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (born 1848)
1933
Sime Silverman, American journalist and newspaper publisher (born 1873)
1934
Cecil Chubb, English barrister and last private owner of Stonehenge (born 1876)
1935
Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (born 1858)
1952
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (born 1865)
1956
Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
1957
Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (born 1885)
1961
Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (born 1897)
1969
Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (born 1909)
1973
Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1893)
1979
Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (born 1903)
1981
Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (born 1893)
1987
Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1908)
1987
Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1922)
1988
Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (born 1914)
1989
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian academic and politician (born 1929)
1989
Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (born 1888)
1992
Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (born 1948)
1993
Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (born 1903)
1994
Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (born 1914)
1996
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (born 1924)
1996
Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (born 1914)
1999
George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (born 1927)
2000
Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (born 1916)
2001
Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (born 1920)
2002
Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (born 1914)
2003
Gordon Jump, American actor (born 1932)
2003
Hugo Young, English journalist and author (born 1938)
2004
Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (born 1927)
2004
Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (born 1963)
2006
Edward Albert, American actor (born 1951)
2006
Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (born 1950)
2007
ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (born 1911)
2007
Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (born 1923)
2008
Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (born 1963)
2008
Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (born 1967)
2009
Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (born 1930)
2010
Jackie Burroughs, British-born Canadian actress (born 1939)
2010
Eddie Fisher, American singer (born 1928)
2010
Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (born 1971)
2011
Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (born 1924)
2012
Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (born 1919)
2012
Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (born 1913)
2012
Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (born 1919)
2012
Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (born 1915)
2012
Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (born 1914)
2013
Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (born 1930)
2013
Jane Connell, American actress and singer (born 1925)
2013
David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
2013
Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (born 1923)
2013
Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (born 1926)
2013
Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926)
2014
Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1923)
2014
Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1927)
2014
Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1945)
2014
Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (born 1936)
2015
Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)
2016
Delphine Medjo, Cameroonian politician (born 1941)
2018
Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943)
2018
Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957)
2020
Neil Brannon, American politician (born 1940)
2022
Hilary Mantel, British author (born 1952)
2022
Pal Singh Purewal, Punjabi engineer, author, scholar, and teacher (born 1931/1932)
2023
Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (born 1958)
2024
Roy Clay, American computer scientist (born 1929)
2024
Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (born 1934)