December 10
Day of the year
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December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 1317 â The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.[1]
- 1508 â The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.[2]
- 1520 â Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.[3]
- 1541 â Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.[4]
1601â1900
- 1652 â Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
- 1665 â The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter.
- 1684 â Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
- 1768 â The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1799 â France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
- 1817 â Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
- 1861 â American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
- 1861 â Forces led by Nguyá» n Trung Trá»±c, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
- 1864 â American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
- 1877 â Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
- 1896 â Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
- 1898 â SpanishâAmerican War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines.[5]
1901âpresent
- 1901 â The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
- 1902 â The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
- 1906 â U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.[6]
- 1907 â The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.[7]
- 1909 â Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.[8]
- 1932 â Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1936 â Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
- 1941 â World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
- 1941 â World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
- 1942 â World War II: Government of Poland in exile send RaczyÅski's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
- 1948 â The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
- 1949 â Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
- 1953 â British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1963 â Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 1963 â An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
- 1968 â Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
- 1978 â ArabâIsraeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 â Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- 1983 â Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl AlfonsÃn.
- 1984 â United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
- 1989 â Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
- 1991 â The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.[9]
- 1991 â Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.[10]
- 1991 â The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.[11]
- 1992 â Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.[12][13]
- 1993 â The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
- 1994 â Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
- 1995 â The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
- 1996 â The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
- 1999 â Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.[14][15]
- 2005 â Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.[16]
- 2014 â Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
- 2015 â Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.[17][18][19]
- 2016 â Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
- 2017 â ISIL is defeated in Iraq.[20]
- 2019 â The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.[21]
- 2021 â A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others.[22] Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.[23]
Births
Pre-1600
- 553 â Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (died 604)
- 1376 â Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (died 1409)[24]
- 1452 â Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1531)[25]
- 1472 â Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481)[26]
- 1489 â Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (died 1512)
- 1588 â Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (died 1637)[27]
1601â1900
- 1610 â Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1685)[28]
- 1654 â Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (died 1719)
- 1658 â Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (died 1743)
- 1713 â Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (died 1747)
- 1751 â George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (died 1813)
- 1776 â Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (died 1848)
- 1783 â MarÃa Bibiana BenÃtez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (died 1873)
- 1787 â Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (died 1851)
- 1804 â Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (died 1851)
- 1805 â William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (died 1879)
- 1805 â Joseph Å koda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (died 1881)
- 1811 â Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (died 1894)[29]
- 1815 â Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1852)[30]
- 1821 â Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (died 1877)
- 1822 â César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (died 1890)
- 1824 â George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (died 1905)
- 1827 â Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1913)
- 1830 â Emily Dickinson, American poet (died 1886)
- 1851 â Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931)
- 1866 â Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (died 1930)
- 1870 â Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (died 1958)[31]
- 1870 â Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (died 1933)[32]
- 1870 â Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (died 1925)
- 1878 â C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (died 1972)[33]
- 1878 â Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (died 1931)[34]
- 1882 â Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (died 1945)[35]
- 1882 â Shigenori TÅgÅ, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1950)
- 1883 â Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (died 1968)
- 1885 â Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (died 1973)[36]
- 1885 â Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1967)
- 1886 â Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (died 1959)
- 1889 â Ray Collins, American actor (died 1965)
- 1890 â László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1946)
- 1891 â Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969)
- 1891 â Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1967)
- 1891 â Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
- 1896 â Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (died 1948)
1901âpresent
- 1903 â Una Merkel, American actress (died 1986)
- 1904 â AntonÃn Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975)
- 1906 â Harold Adamson, American lyricist (died 1980)
- 1906 â Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (died 1973)
- 1907 â Rumer Godden, English author and poet (died 1998)[37]
- 1907 â Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (died 2005)
- 1907 â Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (died 1979)
- 1908 â Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (died 1992)
- 1909 â Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (died 1990)
- 1910 â Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (died 1996)
- 1911 â Chet Huntley, American journalist (died 1974)
- 1912 â Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (died 1976)
- 1912 â Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (died 1988)[38]
- 1912 â René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (died 1990)
- 1913 â Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (died 1988)
- 1913 â Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
- 1913 â Harry Locke, English actor (died 1987)
- 1913 â Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (died 1976)
- 1914 â Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (died 1996)
- 1915 â Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006)
- 1916 â Walt Arfons, American race car driver (died 2013)
- 1918 â Anne Gwynne, American actress (died 2003)[39]
- 1918 â Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
- 1919 â Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (died 2008)
- 1920 â Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (died 1977)[40]
- 1920 â Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (died 2002)
- 1921 â Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2012)[41]
- 1922 â Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (died 2016)
- 1923 â Harold Gould, American actor (died 2010)
- 1923 â Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (died 2013)
- 1924 â Ken Albers, American singer and musician (died 2007)
- 1924 â Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 1997)[42]
- 1925 â Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (died 2014)
- 1926 â Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
- 1927 â Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (died 2015)
- 1927 â Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (died 2013)
- 1928 â Barbara Nichols, American actress (died 1976)
- 1930 â Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1930 â Ray Felix, American basketball player (died 1991)[43]
- 1930 â Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1931 â Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (died 2016)
- 1933 â Philip R. Craig, American author (died 2007)
- 1933 â Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (died 2006)
- 1934 â Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1935 â Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer (died 2024)
- 1935 â Jaromil JireÅ¡, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2001)
- 1936 â Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (died 2014)
- 1938 â Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
- 1938 â Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (died 2023)
- 1939 â Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
- 1939 â Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
- 1941 â Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1941 â Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer[44]
- 1941 â Tommy Kirk, American actor (died 2021)[40]
- 1941 â Tommy Rettig, American child actor (died 1996)
- 1941 â Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
- 1942 â Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
- 1944 â Andris BÄrziÅÅ¡, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
- 1944 â John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
- 1944 â Steve Renko, American baseball player
- 1945 â Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
- 1946 â Douglas Kenney, American satirist (died 1980)
- 1947 â Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
- 1948 â DuÅ¡an BajeviÄ, Bosnian footballer and manager
- 1948 â Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1948 â Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (died 2013)
- 1949 â Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
- 1949 â David Perdue, American politician
- 1950 â John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
- 1950 â Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
- 1951 â Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)[44]
- 1952 â Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
- 1952 â Susan Dey, American actress[44]
- 1952 â Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
- 1952 â Greg Laurie, American author and pastor
- 1952 â Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
- 1953 â Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
- 1954 â Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
- 1954 â Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
- 1954 â Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1956 â Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
- 1956 â Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
- 1956 â Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1957 â Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (died 2012)[40]
- 1957 â Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer[44]
- 1957 â Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
- 1958 â Cornelia Funke, German-American author
- 1958 â Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
- 1959 â Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 â Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
- 1959 â Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (died 2013)
- 1959 â Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
- 1960 â Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter[44]
- 1960 â KÅichi SatÅ, Japanese actor
- 1961 â Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
- 1961 â Nia Peeples, American singer and actress[44]
- 1962 â Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (died 2015)
- 1962 â John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963 â Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player[45]
- 1964 â Stephen Billington, English actor
- 1964 â Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
- 1964 â Bobby Flay, American chef and author[44]
- 1964 â Edith González, Mexican actress (died 2019)
- 1965 â Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 1965 â J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[44]
- 1965 â Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 â Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
- 1966 â Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 â Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
- 1966 â Penelope Trunk, American writer[46]
- 1968 â YÅko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
- 1969 â Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1969 â Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1970 â Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1970 â Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 â Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
- 1972 â Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1973 â Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach[47]
- 1973 â Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress
- 1974 â Meg White, American drummer[44]
- 1975 â Steve Bradley, American wrestler (died 2008)
- 1975 â Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress[44]
- 1975 â Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
- 1976 â Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
- 1978 â Anna JesieÅ, Polish hurdler
- 1978 â Summer Phoenix, American actress
- 1979 â Matt Bentley, American wrestler
- 1979 â Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
- 1979 â Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer[48]
- 1980 â Sarah Chang, American violinist
- 1981 â Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
- 1981 â Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player[49]
- 1981 â Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 â Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
- 1982 â Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person[50]
- 1983 â Patrick Flueger, American actor[44]
- 1983 â Xavier Samuel, Australian actor[40]
- 1984 â JTG, American wrestler[51]
- 1985 â Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
- 1985 â Roman Äervenka, Czech ice hockey player[52]
- 1985 â Matt Forte, American football player[53]
- 1985 â Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
- 1985 â Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer[44]
- 1985 â Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986 â Kahlil Bell, American football player
- 1987 â Gonzalo HiguaÃn, French-Argentinian footballer
- 1988 â Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
- 1988 â Neven SubotiÄ, Serbian footballer
- 1989 â Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
- 1989 â Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
- 1990 â Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
- 1990 â Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
- 1990 â Wil Myers, American baseball player[54]
- 1990 â Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress[44]
- 1990 â Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2010)
- 1991 â KiKi Layne, American actress[44]
- 1991 â Eric Reid, American football player[55]
- 1991 â Dion Waiters, American basketball player[56]
- 1992 â Carlos Rodón, American baseball player[57]
- 1992 â Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress[40]
- 1994 â Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
- 1994 â Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- 1995 â Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player[58]
- 1996 â Joe Burrow, American football player[59]
- 1996 â Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur[60]
- 1997 â Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer[61]
- 1998 â Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player[62][63]
- 1999 â Reiss Nelson, English footballer[64]
- 2000 â Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer[65]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 925 â Sancho I, king of Pamplona
- 949 â Herman I, Duke of Swabia
- 990 â Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht[66]
- 1041 â Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (born 1010)
- 1081 â Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002)
- 1113 â Radwan, ruler of Aleppo
- 1310 â Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1271)
- 1454 â Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[67]
- 1475 â Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397)
- 1508 â René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451)
- 1541 â Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (born 1514)
- 1541 â Francis Dereham, English courtier (born c. 1513)
- 1561 â Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
1601â1900
- 1618 â Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1551)
- 1626 â Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (born 1581)
- 1665 â Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594)
- 1736 â António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663)
- 1791 â Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (born 1726)
- 1831 â Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (born 1770)
- 1850 â Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (born 1794)
- 1850 â François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787)
- 1865 â Leopold I of Belgium (born 1790)
- 1867 â Sakamoto RyÅma, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836)
- 1896 â Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833)
1901âpresent
- 1909 â Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (born 1822)
- 1911 â Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (born 1817)
- 1917 â Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823)
- 1920 â Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868)
- 1922 â Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (born 1852)
- 1926 â Nikola PaÅ¡iÄ, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845)
- 1928 â Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (born 1868)
- 1929 â Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (born 1898)
- 1932 â Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857)
- 1936 â Bobby Abel, English cricketer (born 1857)
- 1936 â Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
- 1939 â John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879)
- 1941 â Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (born 1915)
- 1944 â John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922)
- 1945 â Theodor Dannecker, German captain (born 1913)
- 1946 â Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887)
- 1946 â Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884)
- 1948 â Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896)
- 1951 â Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (born 1869)
- 1953 â Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872)
- 1956 â David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891)
- 1957 â Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (born 1891)
- 1958 â Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864)
- 1963 â K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894)
- 1967 â Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941)
- 1968 â Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (born 1886)
- 1968 â George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921)
- 1968 â Thomas Merton, American monk and author (born 1915)
- 1970 â Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892)[68]
- 1972 â Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894)
- 1973 â Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922)
- 1974 â Toshinari ShÅji, Japanese general (born 1890)
- 1977 â Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (born 1901)
- 1978 â Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
- 1979 â Ann Dvorak, American actress (born 1911)
- 1982 â Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899)
- 1987 â Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901)
- 1988 â Richard S. Castellano, American actor (born 1933)
- 1988 â Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (born 1911)
- 1988 â Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (born 1895)
- 1990 â Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898)
- 1991 â Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901)
- 1992 â Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908)
- 1993 â Alice Tully, American soprano (born 1902)
- 1994 â Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918)
- 1994 â Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905)
- 1995 â Darren Robinson, American rapper (born 1967)
- 1996 â Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)
- 1999 â Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943)
- 1999 â Franjo TuÄman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922)
- 1999 â Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (born 1912)
- 2000 â Marie Windsor, American actress (born 1919)
- 2001 â Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911)
- 2002 â Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945)
- 2002 â Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925)[69]
- 2003 â Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (born 1924)
- 2004 â Gary Webb, American journalist and author (born 1955)
- 2005 â Mary Jackson, American actress (born 1910)
- 2005 â Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916)
- 2005 â Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
- 2006 â Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (born 1908)
- 2006 â Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915)
- 2007 â Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913)
- 2009 â Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925)
- 2010 â John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
- 2010 â J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)
- 2010 â MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921)
- 2012 â Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931)
- 2012 â Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930)
- 2012 â Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (born 1942)
- 2013 â Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2013 â Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (born 1930)
- 2013 â Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (born 1923)
- 2013 â Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(born 1946)
- 2014 â Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (born 1923)
- 2014 â Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931)
- 2014 â Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
- 2014 â Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (born 1944)
- 2014 â Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (born 1944)
- 2015 â Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (born 1948)
- 2015 â Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (born 1940)
- 2015 â Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989)
- 2015 â Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
- 2017 â Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937)[70]
- 2017 â Max Clifford, British publicist (born 1943)
- 2017 â Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (born 1950)[71]
- 2017 â Curtis W. Harris, American minister (born 1924)[72]
- 2019 â Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964)
- 2019 â Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922)[73]
- 2019 â Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932)[74]
- 2020 â Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958)[75]
- 2020 â Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)[76]
- 2020 â Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944)[77]
- 2020 â Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937)[78]
- 2021 â Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)[79]
- 2023 â Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)[80]
- 2024 â Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)[81]
- 2024 â Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940)[82]
- 2024 â Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935)[83]
- 2024 â S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)[84]
- 2025 â Jeffery Garcia, American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)[85]
Holidays and observances
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Human Rights Day (International)[88]
