Day of the year
September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 118 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
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.[ 4]
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.[ 5]
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[ 6] .
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.[ 7]
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 .[ 8]
2024 – A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia .[ 9]
Births
Pre-1600
973 – Al-Biruni , Persian physician and polymath (died 1048)
1241 – Alexander III , king of Scotland (died 1286)[ 10]
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)
1601–1900
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)[ 11]
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)
1877 – Kārlis Ulmanis , Latvian prime minister and president (died 1942)[ 12]
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)[ 13]
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–present
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)[ 14]
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)[ 15]
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)[ 15]
1918 – Gerald Wilson , American trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
1919 – Émile Bouchard , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)[ 16]
1919 – Howard Morris , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
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)[ 17]
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)[ 18]
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)[ 15]
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)[ 19]
1931 – Mitzi Gaynor , American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)[ 20]
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[ 15]
1942 – Jerry Jarrett , American wrestler and promoter (died 2023)
1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight , American singer[ 21]
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)[ 22]
1944 – Jennifer Salt , American actress, screenwriter, and producer[ 21]
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[ 15]
1950 – Doyle Alexander , American baseball player
1950 – Frank White , American baseball player and politician[ 23]
1951 – Martin Chambers , English drummer and singer[ 21]
1951 – Judith Ivey , American actress[ 21]
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[ 21]
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[ 21]
1960 – Shailesh Vara , Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
1960 – Damon Wayans , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 21]
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[ 24]
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[ 21]
1969 – Noah Taylor , Australian actor[ 21]
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[ 21]
1971 – Craig Conroy , American ice hockey player and executive[ 25]
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)[ 26]
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 [ 21]
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[ 21]
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[ 21]
1979 – Kosuke Matsuura , Japanese race car driver
1980 – Pat Neshek , American baseball player
1981 – Beyoncé , American singer-songwriter[ 27]
1981 – Richard Garcia , Australian footballer
1981 – Lacey Sturm , American singer-songwriter
1982 – Whitney Cummings , American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter[ 21]
1982 – Mark Lewis-Francis , English sprinter
1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru , Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host
1983 – Guy Pnini , Israeli basketball player[ 28]
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[ 21]
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[ 29] [ 30]
1988 – Adam Duvall , American baseball player[ 31]
1988 – John Tyler Hammons , American politician
1988 – JJ Hickson , American basketball player[ 32]
1989 – Andrelton Simmons , Curaçaoan baseball player[ 33]
1989 – Elliott Whitehead , English rugby league player
1990 – James Bay , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 21]
1990 – Jonny Lomax , English rugby player
1990 – Danny Worsnop , English singer-songwriter
1991 – Adrien Bart , French sprint canoeist[ 34]
1991 – Anders Zachariassen , Danish handball player
1992 – Kevin Lee , American mixed martial artist
1992 – Hanna Schwamborn , German actress
1992 – Zerkaa , English YouTuber[ 35]
1993 – Emma Brownlie , Scottish footballer[ 36]
1993 – Yannick Carrasco , Belgian footballer
1993 – Jody Fannin , English race car driver
1993 – Chantal Škamlová , Slovak tennis player
1993 – Mark Tuan , American rapper[ 37]
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[ 38]
2000 – Sergio Gómez , Spanish footballer[ 39]
2001 – Talitha Bateman , American actress[ 15]
Deaths
Pre-1600
422 – Boniface I , pope of the Catholic Church[ 40]
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[ 41]
1342 – Anna Anachoutlou , empress of Trebizond
1416 – John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen , German count[ 42]
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)
1601–1900
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)
1901–present
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)[ 43]
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)[ 44]
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)[ 45]
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)[ 46]
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)[ 47]
2018 – Krzysztof Sitko , Polish association football player (born 1967)[ 48]
2020 – Lloyd Cadena , Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (born 1993)[ 49]
2021 – Tunch Ilkin , Turkish-American football player (born 1957)[ 50]
2021 – Willard Scott , American weather presenter and television personality (born 1934)[ 51]
2022 – Cyrus Mistry , Indian-Irish businessman (born 1968)[ 52]
2022 – Peter Straub , American novelist (born 1943)[ 53]
2023 – Steve Harwell , American singer (born 1967)[ 54]
2024 – Bora Đorđević , Serbian singer (born 1952)[ 55]
2025 – Giorgio Armani , Italian fashion designer (born 1934)[ 56]
2025 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent , member of the British royal family (born 1933)[ 57]
Holidays and observances
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