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March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
- 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
- 1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- 1735 – An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
- 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
- 1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 1816 – Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts are captured during the Action of Juncalito.
- 1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
- 1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
- 1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army in WWI.
- 1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
- 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
- 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
- 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1947 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 20 relating to Atomic Energy Commission is adopted.
- 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
- 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
- 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
- 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
- 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
- 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 2000 – The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
- 2005 – Tung Chee-hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
- 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
- 2015 – A passenger train collides with a lorry on a level crossing at Dien Sanh, Vietnam leaving one person dead and several others injured.
Births
- 852 – Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (d. 932)
- 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
- 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
- 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
- 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1572)
- 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (d. 1694)
- 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
- 1745 – John Gunby, American general (d. 1807)
- 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (d. 1838)
- 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840)
- 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829)
- 1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810)
- 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1862)
- 1787 – William Etty, English painter and academic (d. 1849)
- 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1857)
- 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and lawyer (d. 1886)
- 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
- 1845 – Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
- 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
- 1847 – Kate Sheppard, English-New Zealand activist (d. 1934)
- 1850 – Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
- 1853 – Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
- 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
- 1867 – Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement (d. 1940)
- 1870 – David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (d. 1938)
- 1873 – Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author (d. 1934)
- 1881 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (d. 1951)
- 1885 – Tamara Karsavina, Russian-English ballerina and educator (d. 1978)
- 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor and singer (d. 1961)
- 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (d. 1972)
- 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor and engineer (d. 1984)
- 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and educator (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1952)
- 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1943)
- 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (d. 1931)
- 1903 – Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (d. 1990)
- 1905 – Richard Haydn, English-American actor and director (d. 1985)
- 1908 – Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1914 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (d. 2010)
- 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (d. 1978)
- 1915 – Charles Groves, English conductor and director (d. 1992)
- 1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Frank Perconte, American soldier (d. 2013)
- 1918 – Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
- 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Boris Vian, French author and playwright (d. 1959)
- 1922 – Kiyoshi Yamashita, Japanese painter (d. 1971)
- 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, 58th Mayor of Houston (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Barbara Sinatra, American model
- 1927 – Marlia Hardi, Indonesian actress
- 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Sándor Iharos, Hungarian runner (d. 1996)
- 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician
- 1932 – Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian physicist and engineer
- 1933 – Ralph Emery, American radio and television host
- 1933 – Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Argentinian poet and translator (d. 2004)
- 1934 – Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower and coach
- 1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian footballer and coach
- 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman
- 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1938 – Ieronymos II of Athens, Greek archbishop
- 1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Hugh Johnson, English author and critic
- 1939 – Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (d. 2004)
- 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist
- 1940 – David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
- 1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
- 1943 – Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author
- 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
- 1945 – Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (d. 2001)
- 1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
- 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist and author
- 1947 – Andrew Parrott, English conductor and director
- 1947 – Tom Scholz, American guitarist and songwriter (Boston)
- 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and academic
- 1949 – Barbara Corcoran, American businesswoman
- 1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
- 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress and singer
- 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
- 1952 – Johanna Lindsey, German-American author
- 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1953 – Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
- 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog)
- 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
- 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter
- 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
- 1957 – Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian-American model and actress
- 1957 – Jim White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 – Garth Crooks, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player and farmer (d. 2006)
- 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- 1960 – Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German-American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nena)
- 1960 – Gail Greenwood, American bass player (Belly and L7)
- 1960 – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish journalist
- 1961 – Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast, actor, and stuntman
- 1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football player and coach
- 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
- 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1963 – Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Green River, and Mother Love Bone)
- 1963 – Felipe Ramos, Mexican footballer and referee
- 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer, founded Def Jam Recordings
- 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1964 – Jojo Lastimosa, Filipino basketball player and coach
- 1964 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter
- 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
- 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
- 1966 – Phil X, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (Triumph)
- 1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani-English poet and scholar
- 1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean lawyer and academic
- 1968 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
- 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
- 1969 – Walter Schreifels, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
- 1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer-songwriter (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
- 1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer and engineer
- 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director
- 1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
- 1972 – Timbaland, American rapper and producer (Timbaland & Magoo)
- 1973 – Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1973 – Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress
- 1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen and Machina
- 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer and manager
- 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Ribspreader, and Nightingale)
- 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean-American model, actor, and producer
- 1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
- 1975 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
- 1975 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer (Motif and Atomic)
- 1976 – Kisaki, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey, Phantasmagoria, and Anti Feminism)
- 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast and lawyer
- 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress and dancer
- 1978 – Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
- 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
- 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1979 – Masato, Japanese kick-boxer and actor
- 1979 – Ashley Callus, Australian swimmer
- 1979 – Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
- 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
- 1980 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (Jaga Jazzist and The National Bank)
- 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer and manager
- 1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer and manager
- 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
- 1982 – Keke Wyatt, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Sonim, Japanese singer and actress
- 1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
- 1983 – Lashinda Demus, American hurdler
- 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
- 1983 – Janet Mock, American journalist, author, and activist
- 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 – Ben May, English footballer
- 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress and producer
- 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Morgan Uceny, American runner
- 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
- 1987 – Sita Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
- 1987 – Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1987 – Ebba Jungmark, Swedish high jumper
- 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1987 – Emeli Sandé, English-Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Liu Shishi, Chinese actress and ballerina
- 1988 – Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
- 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
- 1991 – Bahaa al-Farra, Palestinian runner
- 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
- 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
- 1993 – Alfred Duncan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
- 1994 – JoJo Offerman, American wrestler and singer
- 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
- 1995 – Yui Sakuma, Japanese model and actress
- 1997 – Julia Barretto, Filipino actress and singer
- 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
Deaths
- 483 – Pope Simplicius
- 1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic and saint (b. 1244)
- 1391 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (b. 1445)
- 1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1443)
- 1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
- 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (b. 1533)
- 1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch chemist and engineer (b. 1604)
- 1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
- 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (b. 1719)
- 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
- 1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1746)
- 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
- 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
- 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
- 1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
- 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer, founded the House of Worth (b. 1826)
- 1897 – Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
- 1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
- 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
- 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. 1820)
- 1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper and lawyer (b. 1878)
- 1930 – Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet and songwriter (b. 1903)
- 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
- 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
- 1942 – Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
- 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
- 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
- 1950 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- 1965 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English engineer, founded Frazer Nash (b. 1889)
- 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1967 – Yiorgos Batis, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1885)
- 1973 – Bull Connor, American politician (b. 1897)
- 1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
- 1982 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (b. 1899)
- 1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
- 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (b. 1927)
- 1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1905)
- 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
- 1989 – Kermit Beahan, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
- 1990 – Otto Schuhart, German captain (b. 1901)
- 1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
- 1993 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
- 1996 – Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1920)
- 1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
- 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
- 2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
- 2003 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (b. 1950)
- 2004 – Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
- 2004 – Josef Hauser S. J., Hungarian zoologist and priest (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer-songwriter (Molly Hatchet and The Danny Joe Brown Band) (b. 1951)
- 2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
- 2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
- 2008 – Richard Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1971)
- 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Bert R. Bulkin, American engineer (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Mykola Plaviuk, Ukrainian politician, President Ukrainian People's Republic in Exile (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Nick Zoricic Canadian skier (b. 1983)
- 2013 – Jim Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Robert Chrisman, American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founded The Black Scholar (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
- 2013 – Danny Zialcita, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 2014 – Samuel W. Lewis, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Matthew Power, American journalist (b. 1974)
- 2014 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (b. 1961)
- 2015 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2015 – Tim Rucks, American football player and coach (b. 1960)
- 2015 – Claude Sitton, American journalist and academic (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Stuart Wagstaff, English-Australian actor (b. 1925)
- 2016 – Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (b. 1921)
- 2016 – Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Nice, The V.I.P.s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Emerson, Lake & Powell) (b. 1944)
- 2016 – Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1942)
- 2016 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1920)
Holidays and observances
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