World History of September 4

1994 Birth

"Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer"

🌍 Historical Events

476
Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626
Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
929
Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
1260
The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282
Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1479
The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1607
The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland (14 September N.S.).
1666
In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774
New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781
Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797
Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1800
The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1812
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1827
The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
1839
Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
1862
American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870
Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882
The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
1886
American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912
Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923
Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1936
Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
1939
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1941
World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
1944
World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944
World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949
Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.
1950
Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951
The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1957
American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
1963
Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964
Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967
Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970
Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972
Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972
The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
1975
The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1977
The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1985
The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989
In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1995
The 1995 Okinawa rape occurred, when 3 US servicemen abducted and raped a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.
1998
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
2001
Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002
The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
2007
Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2020
Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
2022
Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan.
2024
A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.

🐣 Notable Births

973
Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (died 1048)
1241
Alexander III, king of Scotland (died 1286)
1383
Felix V, antipope of Rome (died 1451)
1454
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (died 1483)
1557
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1631)
1563
Wanli, Chinese emperor (died 1620)
1580
George Percy, English explorer (died 1632)
1596
Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (died 1687)
1681
Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1749)
1717
Job Orton, English minister and author (died 1783)
1745
Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (died 1812)
1755
Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (died 1810)
1768
François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (died 1848)
1776
Stephen Whitney, American businessman (died 1860)
1803
Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (died 1891)
1809
Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (died 1880)
1809
Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (died 1849)
1824
Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (died 1896)
1825
Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1917)
1826
Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (died 1905)
1832
Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (died 1915)
1846
Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
1848
Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (died 1928)
1848
Jennie Lee, American actress (died 1925)
1850
Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (died 1928)
1851
John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (died 1927)
1862
Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (died 1881)
1877
Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (died 1942)
1885
Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (died 1971)
1886
Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (died 1967)
1887
Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)
1888
Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (died 1943)
1890
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1947)
1891
Fritz Todt, German engineer, politician, and senior Nazi official (died 1942)
1892
Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (died 1974)
1896
Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (died 1948)
1901
William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (died 1985)
1902
Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer (died 1996)
1905
Mary Renault, English-South African author (died 1983)
1905
Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (died 2003)
1906
Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (died 1964)
1906
Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1907
Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
1908
Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (died 1999)
1908
Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (died 1960)
1909
Eduard Wirths, German physician (died 1945)
1910
Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 1993)
1912
Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (died 2004)
1912
Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (died 1999)
1913
Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (died 1976)
1913
Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (died 2009)
1913
Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)
1913
Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (died 2005)
1913
Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (died 2015)
1914
Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (died 2003)
1917
Henry Ford II, American businessman (died 1987)
1918
Paul Harvey, American radio host (died 2009)
1918
Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
1919
Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
1919
Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
1919
Kurnianingrat, Indonesian educator (died 1993)
1920
Clemar Bucci, Argentine race car driver (died 2011)
1920
Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (died 2000)
1920
Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (died 1994)
1922
Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (died 1992)
1923
Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2003)
1924
Joan Aiken, English author (died 2004)
1924
Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (died 1997)
1925
Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (died 1979)
1926
George William Gray, British chemist, developer of stable liquid crystals (died 2013)
1926
Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (died 2002)
1926
Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
1927
John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (died 2011)
1927
Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1928
Dick York, American actor (died 1992)
1929
Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (died 2007)
1929
Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (died 2015)
1930
Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (died 1992)
1930
William Maxson, American general (died 2013)
1931
Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)
1931
Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
1932
Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico (died 2021)
1932
Vince Dooley, American football player and coach (died 2022)
1934
Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1934
Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (died 2012)
1934
Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (died 2012)
1934
Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist
1935
Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (died 2013)
1935
Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (died 2013)
1937
Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
1937
Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (died 2010)
1937
Virgil A. Richard, American general (died 2013)
1937
Les Allen, English footballer and manager
1939
Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (died 2005)
1941
Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
1941
Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1941
Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
1941
Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
1942
Raymond Floyd, American golfer
1942
Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter (died 2023)
1942
Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer
1944
Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (died 2017)
1944
Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
1944
Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
1944
Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (died 2020)
1944
Jennifer Salt, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
1945
Danny Gatton, American guitarist (died 1994)
1945
Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)
1946
Gary Duncan, American guitarist (died 2019)
1946
Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1946
Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
1947
Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster (died 2021)
1947
Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
1949
Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
1949
Dean Pees, American football player and coach
1949
Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
1950
Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1950
Frank White, American baseball player and politician
1951
Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
1951
Judith Ivey, American actress
1951
Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1952
Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
1953
Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
1953
Michael Stean, English chess player and author
1953
Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
1955
David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955
Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
1955
Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
1956
Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957
Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1958
Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
1958
Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
1958
Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
1959
Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1959
Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
1960
Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
1960
Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
1960
Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961
Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
1962
Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962
Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education
1962
Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1963
Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer
1963
John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1963
Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player
1964
Guy Boros, American golfer
1964
Tomas Sandström, Finnish-Swedish ice hockey player
1964
Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
1965
Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1966
Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter (died 1991)
1966
Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1967
Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant
1967
Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
1968
John DiMaggio, American voice actor
1968
Mike Piazza, American baseball player
1969
Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer
1969
Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist (died 2013)
1969
Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia
1969
Richard Speight Jr., American actor and director
1969
Noah Taylor, Australian actor
1969
Inga Tuigamala, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1970
Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer
1970
Deni Hines, Australian singer-songwriter
1970
Ivan Iusco, Italian composer
1970
Sven Meyer, German footballer
1970
Ione Skye, English-American actress
1971
Craig Conroy, American ice hockey player and executive
1971
Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
1971
Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer and coach
1972
Steve Leonard, Northern Irish veterinarian and television personality
1973
Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (died 2022)
1973
Aaron Fultz, American baseball player and coach
1973
Lazlow Jones, American radio presenter, producer and screenwriter
1974
Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach
1974
Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
1975
Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer
1975
Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records
1975
Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer
1976
Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
1976
Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
1977
Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
1977
Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1977
Kia Stevens, American wrestler
1978
Wes Bentley, American actor and producer
1978
Terence Newman, American football player
1978
Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist
1978
Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1979
Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979
Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer
1979
Max Greenfield, American actor
1979
Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
1980
Pat Neshek, American baseball player
1981
Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter
1981
Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1981
Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter
1982
Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1982
Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter
1983
Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host
1983
Guy Pnini, Israeli basketball player
1983
Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
1983
Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player
1984
Jonathan Adam, Scottish race car driver
1984
Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer
1984
Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1985
Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
1985
Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
1985
Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
1986
Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
1986
Xavier Woods, American wrestler
1987
Wesley Blake, American wrestler
1987
Marisa Kabas, American journalist
1988
Adam Duvall, American baseball player
1988
John Tyler Hammons, American politician
1988
JJ Hickson, American basketball player
1989
Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player
1989
Elliott Whitehead, English rugby league player
1990
James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990
Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
1990
Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter
1991
Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist
1991
Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player
1992
Kevin Lee, American mixed martial artist
1992
Hanna Schwamborn, German actress
1992
Zerkaa, English YouTuber
1993
Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer
1993
Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
1993
Jody Fannin, English race car driver
1993
Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
1993
Mark Tuan, American rapper
1994
Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
1994
Thomas Minns, English rugby player
1994
Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player
1995
Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
1996
Ashton Golding, English rugby league player
1996
Jordan Lilley, English rugby league player
1998
Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality
2000
Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer
2001
Talitha Bateman, American actress

🕯️ Notable Deaths

422
Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church
799
Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (born 745)
1037
Bermudo III, king of León (born c. 1017)
1063
Tughril, Seljuq sultan (born 990)
1199
Joan of England, queen of Sicily (born 1165)
1308
Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (born 1250)
1323
Gegeen Khan, Chinese emperor (born 1302)
1332
García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist
1416
John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count
1417
Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop
1537
Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (born 1475)
1571
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (born 1516)
1588
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (born 1532)
1625
Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (born 1558)
1676
John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (born 1600)
1767
Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1725)
1780
John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (born 1721)
1784
César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (born 1714)
1794
John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (born 1724)
1804
Richard Somers, American lieutenant (born 1778)
1820
Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (born 1743/4)
1821
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (born 1785)
1849
Friedrich Laun, German author (born 1770)
1852
William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (born 1796)
1864
John Hunt Morgan, American general (born 1825)
1907
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1843)
1909
Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (born 1865)
1911
John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (born 1854)
1914
Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (born 1873)
1923
Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (born 1889)
1940
George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (born 1869)
1944
Erich Fellgiebel, German general (born 1886)
1963
Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (born 1886)
1965
Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1974
Creighton Abrams, American general (born 1914)
1974
Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (born 1899)
1974
Charles Arnison, English airman (born 1893)
1974
Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (born 1884)
1977
Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
1977
Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (born 1894)
1977
E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (born 1911)
1982
Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (born 1900)
1983
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)
1985
Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (born 1938)
1985
George O'Brien, American actor and singer (born 1899)
1986
Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1917)
1986
Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
1987
Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (born 1908)
1989
Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (born 1903)
1989
Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (born 1903)
1990
Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (born 1925)
1990
Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (born 1898)
1990
Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)
1991
Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913)
1991
Tom Tryon, American actor and author (born 1926)
1991
Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1932)
1993
Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (born 1943)
1995
Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1950)
1995
William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (born 1919)
1996
Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (born 1917)
1996
Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (born 1903)
1997
Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
1997
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
1998
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (born 1905)
1998
Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (born 1912)
1999
Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (born 1919)
2002
Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (born 1904)
2003
Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (born 1921)
2003
Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (born 1921)
2004
Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
2004
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
2006
Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (born 1942)
2006
Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)
2006
Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (born 1920)
2006
Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (born 1918)
2007
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (born 1923)
2010
Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (born 1926)
2011
Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (born 1954)
2012
Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (born 1929)
2012
Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
2012
George Savitsky, American football player (born 1924)
2012
Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (born 1930)
2012
Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2013
Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1949)
2013
Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (born 1930)
2013
Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (born 1980)
2013
Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (born 1940)
2013
Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (born 1951)
2014
Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)
2014
Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)
2014
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)
2014
Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)
2015
Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2015
Jean Darling, American actress (born 1922)
2015
Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (born 1927)
2015
Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
2016
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1933)
2018
Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (born 1927)
2018
Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (born 1967)
2020
Lloyd Cadena, Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (born 1993)
2021
Tunch Ilkin, Turkish-American football player (born 1957)
2021
Willard Scott, American weather presenter and television personality (born 1934)
2022
Cyrus Mistry, Indian-Irish businessman (born 1968)
2022
Peter Straub, American novelist (born 1943)
2023
Steve Harwell, American singer (born 1967)
2024
Bora Đorđević, Serbian singer (born 1952)
2025
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (born 1934)
2025
Katharine, Duchess of Kent, member of the British royal family (born 1933)