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Acontecimientos (45)

  1. 989The death of Bardas Phokas the Younger in the battle of Abydos ends his second rebellion against Byzantine Emperor Basil II.
  2. 1055Election of Pope Victor II following the death of Pope Leo IX in the previous year.
  3. 1111Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Paschal II.
  4. 1175Saladin routs his Muslim opponents, the Zengids, in the battle of the Horns of Hama, consolidating his control over Syria except for Aleppo.
  5. 1204Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
  6. 1455Thirteen Years' War: the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof.
  7. 1612Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō in a duel at Funajima island.
  8. 1613Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
  9. 1699The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saintsby Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
  10. 1742George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
  11. 1777American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
  12. 1829The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
  13. 1849Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
  14. 1861American Civil War: Union forces surrender Fort Sumter to Confederate forces.
  15. 1865American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union forces.
  16. 1870The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  17. 1873The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax, Louisiana, while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
  18. 1909The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  19. 1919Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India. Approximately 1,500 are injured.
  20. 1924A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
  21. 1941A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
  22. 1943World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
  23. 1943The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
  24. 1945World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
  25. 1945World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
  26. 1948In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
  27. 1953CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
  28. 1960The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
  29. 1964At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  30. 1970At 10:08 PM EST an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
  31. 1972The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
  32. 1972Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
  33. 1975Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
  34. 1976The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
  35. 1976Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.
  36. 1996Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
  37. 1997Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
  38. 2006The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
  39. 2009A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
  40. 2013Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
  41. 2013Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Indonesia, injuring 40 people.
  42. 2014Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park, Kansas.
  43. 2023The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
  44. 2024Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.
  45. 2025Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.

Nacimientos (209)

  1. 1229Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1294)
  2. 1350Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (died 1405)
  3. 1506Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1546)
  4. 1519Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (died 1589)
  5. 1570Guy Fawkes, English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; died 1606)
  6. 1573Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1625)
  7. 1593Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1641)
  8. 1618Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (died 1693)
  9. 1636Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist (died 1691)
  10. 1648Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (died 1717)
  11. 1713Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor (died 1797)
  12. 1729Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet (died 1811)
  13. 1732Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)
  14. 1735Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (died 1791)
  15. 1743Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826)
  16. 1747Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (died 1793)
  17. 1764Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1830)
  18. 1769Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (died 1830)
  19. 1771Richard Trevithick, Cornish-English engineer and explorer (died 1833)
  20. 1780Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (died 1868)
  21. 1784Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (died 1877)
  22. 1787John Robertson, American lawyer and politician (died 1873)
  23. 1794Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (died 1867)
  24. 1802Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
  25. 1808Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (died 1889)
  26. 1810Félicien David, French composer (died 1876)
  27. 1824William Alexander, Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (died 1911)
  28. 1825Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1868)
  29. 1828Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (died 1906)
  30. 1828Joseph Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (died 1889)
  31. 1832Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author and diplomat (died 1889)
  32. 1841Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (died 1905)
  33. 1850Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (died 1917)
  34. 1851Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (died 1928)
  35. 1851William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (died 1896)
  36. 1852Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (died 1919)
  37. 1854Lucy Craft Laney, American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (died 1933)
  38. 1856Urania Marquard Olsen, Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (died 1932)
  39. 1857Fanny Ingvoldstad, Norwegian painter (died 1935)
  40. 1860James Ensor, English-Belgian painter, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism (died 1949)
  41. 1865Lucie Lagerbielke, Swedish writer and painter (died 1931).
  42. 1866Butch Cassidy, American criminal (died 1908)
  43. 1872John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 1935)
  44. 1872Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (died 1945)
  45. 1873John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (died 1955)
  46. 1875Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1949)
  47. 1879Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (died 1943)
  48. 1879Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (died 1940)
  49. 1880Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (died 1955)
  50. 1885Vean Gregg, American baseball player (died 1964)
  51. 1885Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1942)
  52. 1885György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (died 1971)
  53. 1885Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician (died 1961)
  54. 1887Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (died 1995)
  55. 1889Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (died 1958)
  56. 1890Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (died 1949)
  57. 1890Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (died 1960)
  58. 1891Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1921)
  59. 1891Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (died 1964)
  60. 1891Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (died 1973)
  61. 1892Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal, head of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (died 1984)
  62. 1892Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented Radar (died 1973)
  63. 1894Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1973)
  64. 1894May Brodney, Australian labour activist (died 1973)
  65. 1896Fred Barnett, English footballer (died 1982)
  66. 1897Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)
  67. 1899Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (died 1993)
  68. 1899Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (died 1975)
  69. 1900Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (died 2006)
  70. 1900Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (died 1976)
  71. 1901Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1981)
  72. 1901Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (died 1988)
  73. 1902Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (died 1988)
  74. 1902Marguerite Henry, American author (died 1997)
  75. 1904David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1987)
  76. 1905Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (died 1964)
  77. 1906Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
  78. 1906Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)
  79. 1907Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (died 2001)
  80. 1909Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist (died 2001)
  81. 1911Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager (died 1946)
  82. 1911Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1994)
  83. 1911Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (died 1983)
  84. 1913Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach (died 1994)
  85. 1913Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot (died 2010)
  86. 1914Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (died 1950)
  87. 1916Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (died 2006)
  88. 1917Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (died 2007)
  89. 1917Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 2011)
  90. 1919Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (died 2007)
  91. 1919Howard Keel, American actor and singer (died 2004)
  92. 1919Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (died 1995)
  93. 1920Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (died 1982)
  94. 1920Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2012)
  95. 1920Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2017)
  96. 1920Theodore L. Thomas, American chemical engineer, Patent attorney and writer (died 2005)
  97. 1922Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (died 1994)
  98. 1922John Braine, English librarian and author (died 1986)
  99. 1922Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (died 1999)
  100. 1922Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (died 2002)
  101. 1923Don Adams, American actor and director (died 2005)
  102. 1923A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (died 2014)
  103. 1924John T. Biggers, American painter (died 2001)
  104. 1924Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 2016)
  105. 1924Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (died 2019)
  106. 1926Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (died 1983)
  107. 1926John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (died 2014)
  108. 1927Rosemary Haughton, English philosopher, theologian, and author (died 2024)
  109. 1927Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (died 1983)
  110. 1928Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (died 1999)
  111. 1928Gianni Marzotto, Italian racing driver and businessman (died 2012)
  112. 1929Marilynn Smith, American golfer (died 2019)
  113. 1931Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (died 2014)
  114. 1931Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (died 2001)
  115. 1931Dan Gurney, American race car driver and engineer (died 2018)
  116. 1931Jon Stone, American composer, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
  117. 1932Orlando Letelier, Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1976)
  118. 1934John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
  119. 1937Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
  120. 1937Edward Fox, English actor
  121. 1937Lanford Wilson, American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (died 2011)
  122. 1938Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter (died 2026)
  123. 1939Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
  124. 1939Paul Sorvino, American actor and singer (died 2022)
  125. 1940J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  126. 1940Vladimir Cosma, French composer, conductor and violinist
  127. 1940Max Mosley, English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA (died 2021)
  128. 1940Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist
  129. 1941Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  130. 1941Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (died 1983)
  131. 1942Bill Conti, American composer and conductor
  132. 1943Alan Jones, Australian rugby coach and radio host
  133. 1943Tim Krabbé, Dutch journalist and author
  134. 1944Susan Davis, Russian-American social worker and politician
  135. 1945Judy Nunn, Australian actress and author
  136. 1945Lowell George, American singer-songwriter and founder of Little Feat
  137. 1946Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
  138. 1947Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
  139. 1947Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
  140. 1947Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (died 2004)
  141. 1947Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and politician (died 2019)
  142. 1948Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral
  143. 1948Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright
  144. 1948Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
  145. 1949Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician
  146. 1949Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (died 2011)
  147. 1950Ron Perlman, American actor
  148. 1950Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2021)
  149. 1950William Sadler, American actor
  150. 1951Leszek Borysiewicz, Welsh immunologist and academic
  151. 1951Peabo Bryson, American singer (died 2026)
  152. 1951Peter Davison, English actor
  153. 1951Joachim Streich, German footballer (died 2022)
  154. 1951Max Weinberg, American musician and bandleader
  155. 1952Gabrielle Gourdeau, Canadian writer (died 2006)
  156. 1952Sam Bush, American mandolinist
  157. 1952Jonjo O'Neill, Irish jockey and trainer
  158. 1955Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  159. 1955Muwenda Mutebi II, current King of Buganda Kingdom
  160. 1955Safet Sušić, Bosnian footballer and manager
  161. 1956César, Brazilian footballer (died 2024)
  162. 1958Jean-Marc Pilorget, French footballer and manager
  163. 1959John Middendorf, American mountain climber (died 2024)
  164. 1960Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager
  165. 1963Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author
  166. 1964Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster
  167. 1965Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
  168. 1966Mando, Greek singer
  169. 1967Dana Barros, American basketball player and coach
  170. 1967Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
  171. 1970Ricky Schroder, American actor
  172. 1971Franck Esposito, French swimmer
  173. 1971Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor
  174. 1971Bo Outlaw, American basketball player
  175. 1972Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  176. 1973Bokeem Woodbine, American actor
  177. 1975Lou Bega, German singer
  178. 1976Jonathan Brandis, American actor (died 2003)
  179. 1976Dan Campbell, American football player and coach
  180. 1976Glenn Howerton, American actor
  181. 1977Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician
  182. 1978Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
  183. 1979Baron Davis, American basketball player
  184. 1980Kelli Giddish, American actress
  185. 1980Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
  186. 1982Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
  187. 1982Ty Dolla Sign, American singer, songwriter, and musician
  188. 1983Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer
  189. 1983Hunter Pence, American baseball player
  190. 1984Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer
  191. 1986Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player
  192. 1987Steven De Vuyst, Belgian politician
  193. 1988Allison Williams, American actress and singer
  194. 1988Anderson, Brazilian footballer
  195. 1989Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
  196. 1991Josh Gordon, American football player
  197. 1992Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
  198. 1993Melvin Gordon, American football player
  199. 1993Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
  200. 1994Kahraba, Egyptian footballer
  201. 1996Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer
  202. 1997Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
  203. 1997Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer
  204. 1999Alessandro Bastoni, Italian footballer
  205. 1999András Schäfer, Hungarian footballer
  206. 2000Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
  207. 2000Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer
  208. 2001Neco Williams, Welsh footballer
  209. 2002Karl Hein, Estonian footballer

Fallecimientos (115)

  1. 548Lý Nam Đế, Vietnamese emperor (born 503)
  2. 585Hermenegild, Visigothic prince and saint
  3. 799Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (born 720)
  4. 814Krum, khan of the Bulgarian Khanate
  5. 862Donald I, king of the Picts (born 812)
  6. 989Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general
  7. 1035Herbert I, Count of Maine
  8. 1093Vsevolod I of Kiev (born 1030)
  9. 1113Ida of Lorraine, saint and noblewoman (born c. 1040)
  10. 1138Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1076)
  11. 1213Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany
  12. 1275Eleanor of England (born 1215)
  13. 1367John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (born 1313)
  14. 1592Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1511)
  15. 1605Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (born 1551)
  16. 1612Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (born 1585)
  17. 1635Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (born 1572)
  18. 1638Henri, Duke of Rohan (born 1579)
  19. 1641Richard Montagu, English bishop (born 1577)
  20. 1695Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (born 1621)
  21. 1716Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (born 1648)
  22. 1722Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (born 1650)
  23. 1793Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (born 1763)
  24. 1794Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (born 1741)
  25. 1826Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1763)
  26. 1853Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (born 1788)
  27. 1853James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (born 1788)
  28. 1855Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (born 1796)
  29. 1868Tewodros II of Ethiopia (born 1818)
  30. 1878Bezalel HaKohen, Russian rabbi (born 1820)
  31. 1880Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (born 1812)
  32. 1882Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (born 1809)
  33. 1886John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (born 1811)
  34. 1890Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1828)
  35. 1909Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (born 1830)
  36. 1910William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (born 1832)
  37. 1911John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1852)
  38. 1911George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (born 1827)
  39. 1912Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (born 1886)
  40. 1917Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1856)
  41. 1918Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (born 1870)
  42. 1920Stefanos Streit, Greek jurist, banker and politician (born 1896)
  43. 1927Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (born 1866)
  44. 1927Sabás Reyes Salazar, Mexican Catholic priest (born 1888)
  45. 1936Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1876)
  46. 1938Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1888)
  47. 1941Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (born 1863)
  48. 1941William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (born 1879)
  49. 1942Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (born 1883)
  50. 1942Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (born 1879)
  51. 1944Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (born 1857)
  52. 1945Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (born 1874)
  53. 1954Samuel Jones, American high jumper (born 1880)
  54. 1954Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1890)
  55. 1956Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (born 1867)
  56. 1959Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (born 1901)
  57. 1961John A. Bennett, American soldier (born 1936)
  58. 1962Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (born 1876)
  59. 1964Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (born 1891)
  60. 1966Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (born 1921)
  61. 1966Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (born 1881)
  62. 1966Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (born 1884)
  63. 1967Nicole Berger, French actress (born 1934)
  64. 1969Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (born 1901)
  65. 1969Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (born 1901)
  66. 1971Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1949)
  67. 1971Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (born 1921)
  68. 1973Henry Darger, American janitor and author (born 1892)
  69. 1975Larry Parks, American actor and singer (born 1914)
  70. 1975François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (born 1918)
  71. 1978Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (born 1931)
  72. 1978Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (born 1900)
  73. 1980Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (born 1956)
  74. 1983Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (born 1934)
  75. 1983Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (born 1896)
  76. 1984Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichordist and musicologist (born 1911)
  77. 1984Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (born 1912)
  78. 1988Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (born 1920)
  79. 1992Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (born 1923)
  80. 1992Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (born 1921)
  81. 1992Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (born 1968)
  82. 1993Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1909)
  83. 1996Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (born 1910)
  84. 1997Bryant Bowles, American soldier and white supremacist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (born 1920)
  85. 1997Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (born 1920)
  86. 1997Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (born 1896)
  87. 1997Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (born 1903)
  88. 1998Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (born 1960)
  89. 1999Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (born 1924)
  90. 1999Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (born 1914)
  91. 2000Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (born 1916)
  92. 2000Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (born 1910)
  93. 2004Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (born 1962)
  94. 2005Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (born 1924)
  95. 2005Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (born 1912)
  96. 2006Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (born 1918)
  97. 2008John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (born 1911)
  98. 2012Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (born 1941)
  99. 2012Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (born 1936)
  100. 2013Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (born 1924)
  101. 2014Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (born 1935)
  102. 2014Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (born 1951)
  103. 2015Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (born 1940)
  104. 2015Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
  105. 2015Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (born 1939)
  106. 2017Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932)
  107. 2018Art Bell, American radio host (born 1945)
  108. 2022Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (born 1925)
  109. 2022Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (born 1921)
  110. 2024Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (born 1930)
  111. 2025Richard Armitage, American diplomat and government official (born 1945)
  112. 2025Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
  113. 2025Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (born 1934)
  114. 2026Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (born 1952)
  115. 2026Dave McGinnis, American football player and coach (born 1951)

Celebraciones (5)

  1. April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  2. Songkran
  3. Songkran (Thailand)
  4. Water-Sprinkling Festival
  5. Vaisakhi (between 1902 and 2011)

Santoral (5)

  1. Caradoc
  2. Ida of Louvain
  3. Pope Martin I
  4. Margaret of Castello
  5. Sabás Reyes Salazar