Showing posts with label September 28th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September 28th. Show all posts

Tuesday

Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie.



Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie.
Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie. is my saying for today (September 28th)!

Quote of the day: "I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me." by Dick Martin

Word of the day: withershins - adverb: in a direction contrary to the normal one

September 28th is the 271st day of the year (272nd in a leap year) and there are 94 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Famous People who born on September 28th

  • 551 BC, Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479)
  • 58 BC, Livia Drusilla, Wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)
  • 1330, French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel (d. 1418)
  • 1493, Italian poet, Agnolo Firenzuola (d. 1545)
  • 1605, French astronomer, Ismaël Bullialdus (d. 1694)
  • 1667, Japanese warlord, Asano Naganori (d. 1701)
  • 1681, German composer, Johann Mattheson (d. 1764)
  • 1705, English statesman, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (d. 1774)
  • 1746, English philologist, Sir William Jones (d. 1794)
  • 1792, Grandfather of Adolf Hitler, Johann Georg Hiedler (d. 1857)
  • 1803, French author, Prosper Mérimée (d. 1870)
  • 1809, American physician and botanist, Alvan Wentworth Chapman (d. 1899)
  • 1821, American politician, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (d. 1874)
  • 1823, French painter, Alexandre Cabanel (d. 1889)
  • 1824, British critic and poet, Francis Turner Palgrave (d. 1897)
  • 1835, Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
  • 1836, English inventor, Thomas Crapper (d. 1910)
  • 1841, French politician, Georges Clemenceau (d. 1929)
  • 1852, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Henri Moissan (d. 1907)
  • 1856, American children's author, Kate Douglas Wiggin (d. 1923)
  • 1861, Queen of Portugal, Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)
  • 1867, Prime Minister of Japan, Hiranuma Kiichiro (d. 1952)
  • 1881, American actor, Pedro de Cordoba (d. 1950)
  • 1887, American athlete and sports official, Avery Brundage (d. 1975)
  • 1889, American baseball player, Jack Fournier (d. 1973)
  • 1891, American actress, Myrtle Gonzalez (d. 1918)
  • 1893, Greek writer and dramatist, Giannis Skaribas (d. 1984)
  • 1898, Nazi concentration camp doctor, Carl Clauberg (d. 1957)
  • 1899, American heiress, Alice de Janzé (d. 1941)
  • 1901, American radio and television executive, William S. Paley (d. 1990)
  • 1901, American television show host, Ed Sullivan (d. 1974)
  • 1905, German boxer, Max Schmeling (d. 2005)
  • 1907, Finnish gymnast, Heikki Savolainen (d. 1997)
  • 1909, American cartoonist, Al Capp (d. 1979)
  • 1910, 9th President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal (d. 1997)
  • 1910, Filipino politician and resistance leader, Wenceslao Vinzons (d. 1942)
  • 1913, Swiss artist and illustrator, Warja Honegger Lavater (d. 2007)
  • 1915, Soviet spy, Ethel Rosenberg (d. 1953)
  • 1916, English born actor, Peter Finch (d. 1977)
  • 1918, Argentinian football player and coach, Ángel Labruna (d. 1983)
  • 1918, American comic actor, Arnold Stang (d. 2009)
  • 1919, American actress, Doris Singleton
  • 1923, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician, John Scott (d. 2007)
  • 1923, American actor, William Windom
  • 1924, Italian actor, Marcello Mastroianni (d. 1996)
  • 1925, American computer scientist, Seymour Cray (d. 1996)
  • 1925, South African composer, Cromwell Everson (d. 1991)
  • 1926, American comedian, Jerry Clower (d. 1998)
  • 1929, Indian playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar
  • 1930, American sociologist, Immanuel Wallerstein
  • 1932, Chilean folk singer and activist, Víctor Jara (d. 1973)
  • 1933, Sculptor, Miguel Berrocal (d. 2006)
  • 1934, French actress, Brigitte Bardot
  • 1934, British actress, Janet Munro (d. 1972)
  • 1935, British actress, Heather Sears (d. 1994)
  • 1937, English politician and labor leader, Alice Mahon
  • 1937, American television announcer, Rod Roddy (d. 2003)
  • 1938, American r&b singer, Ben E. King
  • 1939, American biologist, Stuart Kauffman
  • 1939, Trinidadian born British actor, Rudolph Walker
  • 1941, German politician, Edmund Stoiber
  • 1942, American actor, Marshall Bell
  • 1942, French actor, Pierre Clémenti (d. 1999)
  • 1942, Brazilian singer, Tim Maia (d. 1998)
  • 1943, Canadian musician, Nick St. Nicholas
  • 1943, American actor, J. T. Walsh (d. 1998)
  • 1943, American media executive, Warren Lieberfarb
  • 1945, Japanese Red Army Founder, Fusako Shigenobu.
  • 1946, American actor, Jeffrey Jones
  • 1946, English singer, Helen Shapiro
  • 1947, Australian politician, Bob Carr
  • 1947, Bangladeshi politician, Sheikh Hasina
  • 1949, Canadian actor and writer, Jim Henshaw
  • 1950, American musician, Laurie Lewis
  • 1950, American director and screenwriter, John Sayles
  • 1951, Canadian journalist, Wei Chen
  • 1952, Dutch actress, Sylvia Kristel
  • 1954, American football player and U.S. Congressman, Steve Largent
  • 1954, American musician, George Lynch
  • 1955, Canadian politician, Stéphane Dion
  • 1957, Zydeco musician, C. J. Chenier
  • 1959, Canadian race car driver, Ron Fellows
  • 1959, American actor, Steve Hytner
  • 1959, Nauruan politician, Dantes Tsitsi
  • 1960, American pop singer, Jennifer Rush
  • 1961, Pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Quentin Kawananakoa
  • 1962, Canadian hockey player, Grant Fuhr
  • 1962, American music journalist, Chuck Taylor
  • 1963, American professional wrestler, Steve Blackman
  • 1964, Argentine football manager, Claudio Borghi
  • 1964, American actress, Laura Cerón
  • 1964, American actress and comedian, Janeane Garofalo
  • 1964, English football manager, Paul Jewell
  • 1966, American actress, Singer, Maria Canals Barrera
  • 1966, American musician, Ginger Fish
  • 1966, Indian film director, Puri Jagannadh
  • 1967, American actress, Mira Sorvino
  • 1967, American singer and actress, Moon Unit Zappa
  • 1968, Finnish race car driver, Mika Häkkinen
  • 1968, English born Australian actress, Naomi Watts
  • 1968, American NASCAR driver, Rob Moroso (d. 1990)
  • 1969, Dutch decathlete, Marcel Dost
  • 1969, American fugitive, Mark Everett (d. 2008)
  • 1969, American author, Ben Greenman
  • 1969, Canadian singer, Éric Lapointe
  • 1969, Belgian footballer, Nico Vaesen
  • 1970, American baseball player, Mike DeJean
  • 1970, Brazilian racing driver, Gualter Salles
  • 1971, English footballer, Alan Wright
  • 1971, American singer songwriter, Joseph Arthur
  • 1972, American burlesque artist, Dita Von Teese
  • 1973, Finnish electronic musician, Jori Hulkkonen
  • 1973, American hockey player, Brian Rafalski
  • 1974, Italian footballer, Marco Di Loreto
  • 1974, Russian swimmer, Mariya Kiselyova
  • 1974, Finnish footballer, Joonas Kolkka
  • 1974, Australian rugby player, Shane Webcke
  • 1974, English actor, John Light
  • 1975, Australian cricketer, Stuart Clark
  • 1975, American swimmer, Lenny Krayzelburg
  • 1976, Russian mixed martial artist, Fedor Emelianenko
  • 1976, German footballer, Timo Hampf
  • 1977, American rapper, Young Jeezy
  • 1977, Polish footballer, Ireneusz Marcinkowski
  • 1977, Korean golfer, Se Ri Pak
  • 1978, German rapper, Bushido
  • 1979, American skateboarder, Bam Margera
  • 1981, Spanish basketball player, José Calderón
  • 1981, Ecuadorian footballer, Jorge Guagua
  • 1981, Turkish model and actress, Gül Gölge
  • 1981, Brazilian musician, Iracema Trevisan
  • 1982, Russian footballer, Aleksandr Anyukov
  • 1982, Canadian hockey player, Ray Emery
  • 1982, Indian actor, Ranbir Kapoor
  • 1982, French singer, Nolwenn Leroy
  • 1982, American basketball player, Emeka Okafor
  • 1982, Canadian hockey player, Dustin Penner
  • 1982, Brazilian basketball player, Anderson Varejão
  • 1982, Indian shooter, Abhinav Bindra
  • 1983, English footballer, Stefan Moore
  • 1984, American singer and dancer, Melody Thornton
  • 1984, American baseball player, Ryan Zimmerman
  • 1985, Korean Singer, Shindong
  • 1986, Mexican footballer, Andrés Guardado
  • 1987, American actress, Singer, Hilary Duff
  • 1988, Croatian tennis player, Marin Cilic
  • 1988, Dutch singer, Esmée Denters
  • 1988, Australian footballer, Aleks Vrteski
  • 1989, English footballer, Mark Randall
  • 1990, American actress, Kirsten Prout
  • 1992, American actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak
  • 2000, American actor, Frankie Jonas

    Famous People who died on September 28th

  • 48 BC, Roman general and politician, Pompey (b. 106 BC)
  • 235, Saint Pontianus, Pope
  • 876, King of Eastern Francia, Louis the German (b. 804)
  • 935, Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I (b. 907)
  • 1104, King of Aragon and Navarre, Pedro I (b. 1068)
  • 1197, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI (b. 1165)
  • 1429, Wife of Duke Ernest of Austria, Cymburgis of Masovia
  • 1582, Scottish historian, George Buchanan (b. 1506)
  • 1618, English poet, Joshua Sylvester (b. 1563)
  • 1687, Swiss theologian, Francis Turretin (b. 1623)
  • 1694, French scientist, Gabriel Mouton (b. 1618)
  • 1702, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman, Robert Spencer (b. 1640)
  • 1742, French churchman, Jean Baptiste Massillon (b. 1663)
  • 1781, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein (b. 1717)
  • 1829, Russian general, Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky (b. 1771)
  • 1844, Russian general and statesman, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy (b. 1769)
  • 1873, French writer and journalist, Émile Gaboriau (b. 1832)
  • 1891, American novelist, Herman Melville (b. 1819)
  • 1895, French scientist, Louis Pasteur (b. 1822)
  • 1914, Businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), Richard Sears (b. 1863)
  • 1915, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita, Saitou Hajime (b. 1844)
  • 1918, German sociologist and philosopher, Georg Simmel (b. 1858)
  • 1918, American soldier, Freddie Stowers (b. 1896)
  • 1935, Scottish inventor, W.K. Dickson (b. 1860)
  • 1938, American automobile manufacturer, Charles Duryea (b. 1861)
  • 1953, American astronomer, Edwin Hubble (b. 1889)
  • 1956, American aviation pioneer, William Edward Boeing (b. 1881)
  • 1957, Uruguayan composer and musician, Luis Cluzeau Mortet (b. 1888)
  • 1959, German race car driver, Rudolf Caracciola (b. 1901)
  • 1964, American comedian and actor, Harpo Marx (b. 1888)
  • 1966, French poet, André Breton (b. 1896)
  • 1970, American novelist, John Dos Passos (b. 1896)
  • 1970, The second President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser (b. 1918)
  • 1978, Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
  • 1979, Canadian physicist, John Herbert Chapman (b. 1921)
  • 1981, President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt (b. 1908)
  • 1982, American actress, Mabel Albertson (b. 1901)
  • 1989, President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos (b. 1917)
  • 1991, American jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis (b. 1926)
  • 1993, American novelist, Peter De Vries (b. 1910)
  • 1993, Canadian jazz saxophonist, Fraser MacPherson (b. 1928)
  • 1993, American soldier, Alexander A. Drabik (b. 1910)
  • 1994, Estonian singer and musician, Urmas Alender (b. 1953)
  • 1994, Mexican politician, José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (b. 1946)
  • 1994, American film producer, Harry Saltzman (b. 1915)
  • 2000, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau (b. 1919)
  • 2002, U.S. Congresswoman, Patsy Mink (b. 1927)
  • 2002, Canadian businessman, Senator and sports executive, Hartland Molson (b. 1907)
  • 2003, American tennis player, Althea Gibson (b. 1927)
  • 2003, Greek born American film director, Elia Kazan (b. 1909)
  • 2003, Saint Lucian politician, George Odlum (b. 1934)
  • 2004, American fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene (b. 1924)
  • 2004, American disc jockey, Scott Muni (b. 1930)
  • 2005, American judge, Constance Baker Motley (b. 1921)
  • 2007, French mountaineer, René Desmaison (b. 1930)
  • 2007, Founder of the NHRA, Wally Parks (b. 1913)
  • 2009, Swedish actor, Ulf Larsson (b. 1956)
  • 2009, Former President of Panama, Guillermo Endara (b. 1936)
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    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

    Famous People who born on September 28th

  • 551 BC, Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479)
  • 58 BC, Livia Drusilla, Wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)
  • 1330, French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel (d. 1418)
  • 1493, Italian poet, Agnolo Firenzuola (d. 1545)
  • 1605, French astronomer, Ismaël Bullialdus (d. 1694)
  • 1667, Japanese warlord, Asano Naganori (d. 1701)
  • 1681, German composer, Johann Mattheson (d. 1764)
  • 1705, English statesman, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (d. 1774)
  • 1746, English philologist, Sir William Jones (d. 1794)
  • 1792, Grandfather of Adolf Hitler, Johann Georg Hiedler (d. 1857)
  • 1803, French author, Prosper Mérimée (d. 1870)
  • 1809, American physician and botanist, Alvan Wentworth Chapman (d. 1899)
  • 1821, American politician, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (d. 1874)
  • 1823, French painter, Alexandre Cabanel (d. 1889)
  • 1824, British critic and poet, Francis Turner Palgrave (d. 1897)
  • 1835, Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
  • 1836, English inventor, Thomas Crapper (d. 1910)
  • 1841, French politician, Georges Clemenceau (d. 1929)
  • 1852, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Henri Moissan (d. 1907)
  • 1856, American children's author, Kate Douglas Wiggin (d. 1923)
  • 1861, Queen of Portugal, Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)
  • 1867, Prime Minister of Japan, Hiranuma Kiichiro (d. 1952)
  • 1881, American actor, Pedro de Cordoba (d. 1950)
  • 1887, American athlete and sports official, Avery Brundage (d. 1975)
  • 1889, American baseball player, Jack Fournier (d. 1973)
  • 1891, American actress, Myrtle Gonzalez (d. 1918)
  • 1893, Greek writer and dramatist, Giannis Skaribas (d. 1984)
  • 1898, Nazi concentration camp doctor, Carl Clauberg (d. 1957)
  • 1899, American heiress, Alice de Janzé (d. 1941)
  • 1901, American radio and television executive, William S. Paley (d. 1990)
  • 1901, American television show host, Ed Sullivan (d. 1974)
  • 1905, German boxer, Max Schmeling (d. 2005)
  • 1907, Finnish gymnast, Heikki Savolainen (d. 1997)
  • 1909, American cartoonist, Al Capp (d. 1979)
  • 1910, 9th President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal (d. 1997)
  • 1910, Filipino politician and resistance leader, Wenceslao Vinzons (d. 1942)
  • 1913, Swiss artist and illustrator, Warja Honegger Lavater (d. 2007)
  • 1915, Soviet spy, Ethel Rosenberg (d. 1953)
  • 1916, English born actor, Peter Finch (d. 1977)
  • 1918, Argentinian football player and coach, Ángel Labruna (d. 1983)
  • 1918, American comic actor, Arnold Stang (d. 2009)
  • 1919, American actress, Doris Singleton
  • 1923, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician, John Scott (d. 2007)
  • 1923, American actor, William Windom
  • 1924, Italian actor, Marcello Mastroianni (d. 1996)
  • 1925, American computer scientist, Seymour Cray (d. 1996)
  • 1925, South African composer, Cromwell Everson (d. 1991)
  • 1926, American comedian, Jerry Clower (d. 1998)
  • 1929, Indian playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar
  • 1930, American sociologist, Immanuel Wallerstein
  • 1932, Chilean folk singer and activist, Víctor Jara (d. 1973)
  • 1933, Sculptor, Miguel Berrocal (d. 2006)
  • 1934, French actress, Brigitte Bardot
  • 1934, British actress, Janet Munro (d. 1972)
  • 1935, British actress, Heather Sears (d. 1994)
  • 1937, English politician and labor leader, Alice Mahon
  • 1937, American television announcer, Rod Roddy (d. 2003)
  • 1938, American r&b singer, Ben E. King
  • 1939, American biologist, Stuart Kauffman
  • 1939, Trinidadian born British actor, Rudolph Walker
  • 1941, German politician, Edmund Stoiber
  • 1942, American actor, Marshall Bell
  • 1942, French actor, Pierre Clémenti (d. 1999)
  • 1942, Brazilian singer, Tim Maia (d. 1998)
  • 1943, Canadian musician, Nick St. Nicholas
  • 1943, American actor, J. T. Walsh (d. 1998)
  • 1943, American media executive, Warren Lieberfarb
  • 1945, Japanese Red Army Founder, Fusako Shigenobu.
  • 1946, American actor, Jeffrey Jones
  • 1946, English singer, Helen Shapiro
  • 1947, Australian politician, Bob Carr
  • 1947, Bangladeshi politician, Sheikh Hasina
  • 1949, Canadian actor and writer, Jim Henshaw
  • 1950, American musician, Laurie Lewis
  • 1950, American director and screenwriter, John Sayles
  • 1951, Canadian journalist, Wei Chen
  • 1952, Dutch actress, Sylvia Kristel
  • 1954, American football player and U.S. Congressman, Steve Largent
  • 1954, American musician, George Lynch
  • 1955, Canadian politician, Stéphane Dion
  • 1957, Zydeco musician, C. J. Chenier
  • 1959, Canadian race car driver, Ron Fellows
  • 1959, American actor, Steve Hytner
  • 1959, Nauruan politician, Dantes Tsitsi
  • 1960, American pop singer, Jennifer Rush
  • 1961, Pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Quentin Kawananakoa
  • 1962, Canadian hockey player, Grant Fuhr
  • 1962, American music journalist, Chuck Taylor
  • 1963, American professional wrestler, Steve Blackman
  • 1964, Argentine football manager, Claudio Borghi
  • 1964, American actress, Laura Cerón
  • 1964, American actress and comedian, Janeane Garofalo
  • 1964, English football manager, Paul Jewell
  • 1966, American actress, Singer, Maria Canals Barrera
  • 1966, American musician, Ginger Fish
  • 1966, Indian film director, Puri Jagannadh
  • 1967, American actress, Mira Sorvino
  • 1967, American singer and actress, Moon Unit Zappa
  • 1968, Finnish race car driver, Mika Häkkinen
  • 1968, English born Australian actress, Naomi Watts
  • 1968, American NASCAR driver, Rob Moroso (d. 1990)
  • 1969, Dutch decathlete, Marcel Dost
  • 1969, American fugitive, Mark Everett (d. 2008)
  • 1969, American author, Ben Greenman
  • 1969, Canadian singer, Éric Lapointe
  • 1969, Belgian footballer, Nico Vaesen
  • 1970, American baseball player, Mike DeJean
  • 1970, Brazilian racing driver, Gualter Salles
  • 1971, English footballer, Alan Wright
  • 1971, American singer songwriter, Joseph Arthur
  • 1972, American burlesque artist, Dita Von Teese
  • 1973, Finnish electronic musician, Jori Hulkkonen
  • 1973, American hockey player, Brian Rafalski
  • 1974, Italian footballer, Marco Di Loreto
  • 1974, Russian swimmer, Mariya Kiselyova
  • 1974, Finnish footballer, Joonas Kolkka
  • 1974, Australian rugby player, Shane Webcke
  • 1974, English actor, John Light
  • 1975, Australian cricketer, Stuart Clark
  • 1975, American swimmer, Lenny Krayzelburg
  • 1976, Russian mixed martial artist, Fedor Emelianenko
  • 1976, German footballer, Timo Hampf
  • 1977, American rapper, Young Jeezy
  • 1977, Polish footballer, Ireneusz Marcinkowski
  • 1977, Korean golfer, Se Ri Pak
  • 1978, German rapper, Bushido
  • 1979, American skateboarder, Bam Margera
  • 1981, Spanish basketball player, José Calderón
  • 1981, Ecuadorian footballer, Jorge Guagua
  • 1981, Turkish model and actress, Gül Gölge
  • 1981, Brazilian musician, Iracema Trevisan
  • 1982, Russian footballer, Aleksandr Anyukov
  • 1982, Canadian hockey player, Ray Emery
  • 1982, Indian actor, Ranbir Kapoor
  • 1982, French singer, Nolwenn Leroy
  • 1982, American basketball player, Emeka Okafor
  • 1982, Canadian hockey player, Dustin Penner
  • 1982, Brazilian basketball player, Anderson Varejão
  • 1982, Indian shooter, Abhinav Bindra
  • 1983, English footballer, Stefan Moore
  • 1984, American singer and dancer, Melody Thornton
  • 1984, American baseball player, Ryan Zimmerman
  • 1985, Korean Singer, Shindong
  • 1986, Mexican footballer, Andrés Guardado
  • 1987, American actress, Singer, Hilary Duff
  • 1988, Croatian tennis player, Marin Cilic
  • 1988, Dutch singer, Esmée Denters
  • 1988, Australian footballer, Aleks Vrteski
  • 1989, English footballer, Mark Randall
  • 1990, American actress, Kirsten Prout
  • 1992, American actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak
  • 2000, American actor, Frankie Jonas

    Famous People who died on September 28th

  • 48 BC, Roman general and politician, Pompey (b. 106 BC)
  • 235, Saint Pontianus, Pope
  • 876, King of Eastern Francia, Louis the German (b. 804)
  • 935, Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I (b. 907)
  • 1104, King of Aragon and Navarre, Pedro I (b. 1068)
  • 1197, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI (b. 1165)
  • 1429, Wife of Duke Ernest of Austria, Cymburgis of Masovia
  • 1582, Scottish historian, George Buchanan (b. 1506)
  • 1618, English poet, Joshua Sylvester (b. 1563)
  • 1687, Swiss theologian, Francis Turretin (b. 1623)
  • 1694, French scientist, Gabriel Mouton (b. 1618)
  • 1702, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman, Robert Spencer (b. 1640)
  • 1742, French churchman, Jean Baptiste Massillon (b. 1663)
  • 1781, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein (b. 1717)
  • 1829, Russian general, Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky (b. 1771)
  • 1844, Russian general and statesman, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy (b. 1769)
  • 1873, French writer and journalist, Émile Gaboriau (b. 1832)
  • 1891, American novelist, Herman Melville (b. 1819)
  • 1895, French scientist, Louis Pasteur (b. 1822)
  • 1914, Businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), Richard Sears (b. 1863)
  • 1915, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita, Saitou Hajime (b. 1844)
  • 1918, German sociologist and philosopher, Georg Simmel (b. 1858)
  • 1918, American soldier, Freddie Stowers (b. 1896)
  • 1935, Scottish inventor, W.K. Dickson (b. 1860)
  • 1938, American automobile manufacturer, Charles Duryea (b. 1861)
  • 1953, American astronomer, Edwin Hubble (b. 1889)
  • 1956, American aviation pioneer, William Edward Boeing (b. 1881)
  • 1957, Uruguayan composer and musician, Luis Cluzeau Mortet (b. 1888)
  • 1959, German race car driver, Rudolf Caracciola (b. 1901)
  • 1964, American comedian and actor, Harpo Marx (b. 1888)
  • 1966, French poet, André Breton (b. 1896)
  • 1970, American novelist, John Dos Passos (b. 1896)
  • 1970, The second President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser (b. 1918)
  • 1978, Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
  • 1979, Canadian physicist, John Herbert Chapman (b. 1921)
  • 1981, President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt (b. 1908)
  • 1982, American actress, Mabel Albertson (b. 1901)
  • 1989, President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos (b. 1917)
  • 1991, American jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis (b. 1926)
  • 1993, American novelist, Peter De Vries (b. 1910)
  • 1993, Canadian jazz saxophonist, Fraser MacPherson (b. 1928)
  • 1993, American soldier, Alexander A. Drabik (b. 1910)
  • 1994, Estonian singer and musician, Urmas Alender (b. 1953)
  • 1994, Mexican politician, José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (b. 1946)
  • 1994, American film producer, Harry Saltzman (b. 1915)
  • 2000, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau (b. 1919)
  • 2002, U.S. Congresswoman, Patsy Mink (b. 1927)
  • 2002, Canadian businessman, Senator and sports executive, Hartland Molson (b. 1907)
  • 2003, American tennis player, Althea Gibson (b. 1927)
  • 2003, Greek born American film director, Elia Kazan (b. 1909)
  • 2003, Saint Lucian politician, George Odlum (b. 1934)
  • 2004, American fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene (b. 1924)
  • 2004, American disc jockey, Scott Muni (b. 1930)
  • 2005, American judge, Constance Baker Motley (b. 1921)
  • 2007, French mountaineer, René Desmaison (b. 1930)
  • 2007, Founder of the NHRA, Wally Parks (b. 1913)
  • 2009, Swedish actor, Ulf Larsson (b. 1956)
  • 2009, Former President of Panama, Guillermo Endara (b. 1936)
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