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August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
- 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
- 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
- 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
- 1099 – Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope.
- 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
- 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
- 1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
- 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
- 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
- 1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister
- 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
- 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- 1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
- 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
- 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
- 1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
- 1876 – The premiere of Wagner's Ring Cycle, at the recently completed Bayreuth Festspielhaus, was performed over the next several days.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- 1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
- 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
- 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
- 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
- 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.
- 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
- 1942 – Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.
- 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
- 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
- 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
- 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
- 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- 1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.
- 1997 – The first episode of the American animated series South Park premiered on Comedy Central.
- 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
- 2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
- 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
- 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.
- 2014 – Three train cars derail and 11 people are injured after a landslide hits a mountain train in the Swiss Alps.
- 2015 – At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
Births
- 1311 – Alfonso XI of Castile (d. 1350)
- 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (d. 1640)
- 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
- 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)
- 1666 – William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)
- 1700 – Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (d. 1763)
- 1717 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)
- 1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)
- 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
- 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)
- 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849)
- 1803 – Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)
- 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
- 1818 – Lucy Stone, American activist (d. 1893)
- 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
- 1820 – George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
- 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
- 1831 – Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
- 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
- 1842 – Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd (d. 1914)
- 1851 – Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)
- 1860 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter (d. 1926)
- 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945)
- 1867 – George Luks, American painter and illustrator (d. 1933)
- 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
- 1879 – John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)
- 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)
- 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)
- 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
- 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
- 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
- 1898 – Jean Borotra, French tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1898 – Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
- 1899 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican–American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
- 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
- 1903 – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish political figure (d. 1981)
- 1904 – Buddy Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999)
- 1906 – Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)
- 1906 – Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)
- 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)
- 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor, singer, and pilot (d. 1998)
- 1911 – William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)
- 1912 – Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)
- 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
- 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
- 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Luis Mariano, Spanish actor and singer (d. 1970)
- 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1918 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
- 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1919 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Louis Frémaux, French conductor
- 1921 – Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba
- 1928 – John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host
- 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (d. 2016)
- 1930 – Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
- 1930 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
- 1930 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1933 – Madhur Jaffrey, Indian actress and author
- 1935 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (d. 2001)
- 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1936 – Kostas Hatzis, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pianist
- 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1943 – Fred Hill, American football player
- 1943 – Michael Willetts, English sergeant, George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
- 1944 – Divina Galica, English skier and race car driver
- 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor and director
- 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1945 – Gary Gregor, American basketball player
- 1945 – Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1945 – Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (d. 2016)
- 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
- 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
- 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1947 – Justus Thigpen, American basketball player
- 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
- 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
- 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1949 – Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
- 1950 – Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
- 1951 – Ric Parnell, English drummer and songwriter (Atomic Rooster and Nova)
- 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer) (d. 2002)
- 1952 – Tom Davis, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
- 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (d. 2002)
- 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
- 1953 – Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
- 1953 – Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
- 1953 – Peter Wright, English historian and author
- 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
- 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
- 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
- 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter
- 1958 – David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
- 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer (The Undertones)
- 1958 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
- 1959 – Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host (The Undertones)
- 1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
- 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
- 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1960 – Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
- 1960 – Phil Taylor (darts player), English Darts Player (16 times World Champion)
- 1961 – Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (d. 2014)
- 1961 – Sam Champion, American journalist
- 1961 – Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
- 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter
- 1961 – Tomasz Starzewski, English fashion designer
- 1961 – Cary Stayner, American serial killer
- 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter (Bang)
- 1962 – John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress and singer
- 1963 – Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist
- 1963 – Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
- 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
- 1964 – Ian Haugland, Swedish drummer (Europe, Last Autumn's Dream, and Baltimoore)
- 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
- 1964 – Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager
- 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
- 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
- 1966 – Scooter Barry, American basketball player
- 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
- 1967 – Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
- 1967 – Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
- 1968 – Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
- 1968 – Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
- 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
- 1970 – Will Clarke, American author
- 1970 – Spike Dudley, American wrestler and trainer
- 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
- 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
- 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
- 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
- 1971 – Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
- 1971 – David Monahan, American actor and screenwriter
- 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
- 1972 – Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
- 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist
- 1973 – Eric Medlen, American race car driver (d. 2007)
- 1974 – Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach
- 1974 – Dušan Jelić, Serbian-Greek basketball player
- 1974 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
- 1974 – Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player and coach
- 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1976 – Geno Carlisle, American basketball player
- 1976 – Grégory Fitoussi, French actor
- 1976 – Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
- 1976 – Özge Özberk, Turkish actress
- 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress, director, and producer
- 1977 – Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer
- 1977 – Damian O'Hare, Irish actor
- 1977 – Kenyan Weaks, American basketball player and coach
- 1978 – Dwight Smith, American football player
- 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
- 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
- 1980 – Álex González, Spanish actor
- 1980 – Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist
- 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
- 1981 – Jonathon Dutton, Australian actor and director
- 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
- 1982 – Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter and producer (Diddy – Dirty Money)
- 1982 – Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
- 1982 – Gil Ofarim, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1982 – Christopher Raeburn English fashion designer
- 1982 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
- 1983 – Dallas Braden, American baseball player
- 1983 – Aleš Hemský, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Stephen James King, Australian actor
- 1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
- 1983 – Christian Müller, German footballer
- 1983 – Elisha Yaffe, American actor and producer
- 1984 – L'Aura, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1984 – Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
- 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
- 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1984 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
- 1985 – Lacey Brown, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
- 1986 – Yasuhisa Furuhara, Japanese actor
- 1986 – Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist
- 1986 – Daniil Steptšenko, Estonian biathlete
- 1987 – Pepe Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1987 – Devin McCourty, American football player
- 1987 – Jason McCourty, American football player
- 1987 – Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer
- 1988 – MØ, Danish singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Keith Benson, American basketball player
- 1988 – Brandon Workman, American baseball player
- 1989 – Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer
- 1989 – Justin Greene, American basketball player
- 1989 – Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer
- 1990 – Shila Amzah, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
- 1990 – Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
- 1991 – Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Alexander Kačaniklić, Swedish footballer
- 1992 – Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 – Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
- 1993 – Dominika Stará, Slovak singer
- 1994 – Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1996 – Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
- 1996 – Thea Tolentino, Filipino actress
- 1998 – Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
- 2000 – Piper Reese, American blogger and actress
Deaths
- 586 – Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
- 604 – Emperor Wen of Sui (b. 541)
- 612 – Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (b. 580)
- 900 – Zwentibold, French son of Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 870)
- 1134 – Irene of Hungary (b. 1088)
- 1297 – Nawrūz, Mongol emir
- 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (b. 1358)
- 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
- 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (b. 1540)
- 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
- 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
- 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (b. 1665)
- 1744 – John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
- 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
- 1766 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (b. 1726)
- 1826 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
- 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
- 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
- 1910 – Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
- 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
- 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
- 1934 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
- 1946 – H. G. Wells, English journalist and author (b. 1866)
- 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1954 – Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
- 1958 – Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
- 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868)
- 1963 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
- 1965 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
- 1971 – W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
- 1975 – Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
- 1977 – Henry Williamson, English farmer and author (b. 1895)
- 1979 – Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
- 1982 – Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
- 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
- 1986 – Helen Mack, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
- 1989 – Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician (b. 1944)
- 1991 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (b. 1907)
- 1991 – Jack Ryan, American engineer (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
- 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
- 1995 – Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
- 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
- 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
- 1998 – Julien Green, American author (b. 1900)
- 1998 – Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- 1998 – Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947)
- 1999 – Ignatz Bubis, German religious leader (b. 1927)
- 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
- 1999 – Gopal Shankar Misra, Indian vichitra veena player and educator (b. 1957)
- 2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1965)
- 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
- 2001 – Jim Hughes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2004 – Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
- 2005 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- 2006 – Tony Jay, English-American voice actor and singer (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957)
- 2007 – Brian Adams, American wrestler (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist and author (b. 1902)
- 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
- 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
- 2008 – Sandy Allen, American actress (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
- 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
- 2008 – Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
- 2009 – Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (b. 1980)
- 2009 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (b. 1969)
- 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
- 2010 – Lance Cade, American wrestler (b. 1981)
- 2010 – Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
- 2011 – Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
- 2011 – Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (b. 1959)
- 2012 – Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958)
- 2012 – Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Kris Biantoro, Indonesian actor and singer (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Tompall Glaser, American singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Aaron Selber, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
- 2014 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (b. 1965)
- 2014 – Columba Domínguez, Mexican actress (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Robert Bruce Smith, IV, American historian and educator (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952)
- 2015 – Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2015 – Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (b. 1928)
- 2015 – John A. Nerud, American horse trainer (b. 1913)
Holidays and observances
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