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Acontecimientos (55)

  1. 1457 a. C.Battle of Megiddo: The first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
  2. 69Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide.
  3. 73Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.
  4. 556Pope Pelagius I is consecrated following Imperial approval by Emperor Justinian I.
  5. 682Pope Leo II is elected head of the Catholic Church, although he will not be consecrated until 17 August.
  6. 1346Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans.
  7. 1520The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
  8. 1582Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
  9. 1746The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.
  10. 1780Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
  11. 1797The Spithead mutiny begins, immobilising the Channel fleet.
  12. 1799French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
  13. 1818The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
  14. 1838The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War.
  15. 1847Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
  16. 1853The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
  17. 1858The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved.
  18. 1862American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
  19. 1862American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
  20. 1863American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
  21. 1878The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish.
  22. 1881In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
  23. 1908Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  24. 1910The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  25. 1912Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  26. 1917Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  27. 1919Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
  28. 1919Polish–Lithuanian War: The Polish Army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
  29. 1922The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
  30. 1925During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
  31. 1941World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
  32. 1941World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
  33. 1943Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
  34. 1944World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
  35. 1945World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
  36. 1945World War II: The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
  37. 1945World War II: More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
  38. 1947An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
  39. 1947Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  40. 1948The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
  41. 1961In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
  42. 1963U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.
  43. 1972Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  44. 2001India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  45. 2003The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
  46. 2007Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
  47. 2008The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
  48. 2012The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
  49. 2012The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
  50. 2013A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Balochistan province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
  51. 2013The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
  52. 2014The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
  53. 2016Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.
  54. 2018The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
  55. 2024The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.

Nacimientos (199)

  1. 1488Jungjong of Joseon (died 1544)
  2. 1495Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557)
  3. 1516Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (died 1550)
  4. 1569John Davies, English poet and lawyer (died 1626)
  5. 1635Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681)
  6. 1646Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708)
  7. 1660Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753)
  8. 1661Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)
  9. 1682John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (died 1744)
  10. 1697Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778)
  11. 1728Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799)
  12. 1730Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795)
  13. 1755Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (died 1842)
  14. 1786John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847)
  15. 1800George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)
  16. 1808Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864)
  17. 1812Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and national revivalist (died 1882)
  18. 1821Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (died 1893)
  19. 1823Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852)
  20. 1826Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891)
  21. 1827Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879)
  22. 1834Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862)
  23. 1839Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1908)
  24. 1844Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
  25. 1847Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (died 1906)
  26. 1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919)
  27. 1851Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930)
  28. 1865Harry Chauvel, Australian general (died 1945)
  29. 1866José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918)
  30. 1867Wilbur Wright, American inventor (died 1912)
  31. 1871John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909)
  32. 1874Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (died 1936)
  33. 1878R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (died 1914)
  34. 1882Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (died 1972)
  35. 1884Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963)
  36. 1885Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960)
  37. 1886Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957)
  38. 1886Ernst Thälmann, German politician (died 1944)
  39. 1888Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940)
  40. 1889Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977)
  41. 1890Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954)
  42. 1890Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979)
  43. 1891Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (died 1980)
  44. 1892Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966)
  45. 1892Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (died 1980)
  46. 1893Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (died 1968)
  47. 1893John Norton, American hurdler (died 1979)
  48. 1895Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (died 1988)
  49. 1896Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944)
  50. 1899Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (died 1988)
  51. 1900Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (died 1962)
  52. 1903Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
  53. 1904Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983)
  54. 1905Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005)
  55. 1907Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (died 1964)
  56. 1907August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (died 1947)
  57. 1908Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (died 2004)
  58. 1908Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (died 1979)
  59. 1910Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (died 1994)
  60. 1911Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963)
  61. 1914John Hodiak, American actor (died 1955)
  62. 1916Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979)
  63. 1917Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (died 2013)
  64. 1918Spike Milligan, Indian-Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002)
  65. 1919Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
  66. 1919Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (died 2011)
  67. 1919Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (died 2013)
  68. 1920Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012)
  69. 1920Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
  70. 1921Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014)
  71. 1921Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
  72. 1922Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995)
  73. 1922Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (died 2014)
  74. 1922Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
  75. 1923Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006)
  76. 1923Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (died 2015)
  77. 1924Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)
  78. 1924Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013)
  79. 1926Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013)
  80. 1927Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008)
  81. 1927Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022)
  82. 1927Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013)
  83. 1928Night Train Lane, American football player (died 2002)
  84. 1929Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969)
  85. 1929Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012)
  86. 1930Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003)
  87. 1931Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)
  88. 1932Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
  89. 1933Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
  90. 1933Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
  91. 1933Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023)
  92. 1934Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (died 2016)
  93. 1934Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales
  94. 1934Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (died 2012)
  95. 1935Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter
  96. 1935Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013)
  97. 1935Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (died 2013)
  98. 1935Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (died 2013)
  99. 1935Bobby Vinton, American singer
  100. 1936Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015)
  101. 1937Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
  102. 1937George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017)
  103. 1939Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999)
  104. 1940Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
  105. 1940David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022)
  106. 1940Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017).
  107. 1940Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
  108. 1942Nikos Gioutsos, Greek footballer (died 2023)
  109. 1942Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (died 2021)
  110. 1943Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
  111. 1943John Watkins, Australian cricketer
  112. 1945Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician
  113. 1945Stefan Grossman, American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer
  114. 1946Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014)
  115. 1946Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (died 2015)
  116. 1947Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
  117. 1947Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
  118. 1948Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011)
  119. 1950David Graf, American actor (died 2001)
  120. 1950Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
  121. 1951Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
  122. 1952Michel Blanc, French actor and director (died 2024)
  123. 1952Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
  124. 1952Bill Belichick, American football coach
  125. 1953Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
  126. 1954Ellen Barkin, American actress
  127. 1954John Bowe, Australian racing driver
  128. 1954Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
  129. 1955Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  130. 1956David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
  131. 1956T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010)
  132. 1956Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
  133. 1957Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009)
  134. 1958Tim Flach, English photographer and director
  135. 1958Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist
  136. 1959Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
  137. 1960Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007)
  138. 1960Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
  139. 1960Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
  140. 1961Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (died 2014)
  141. 1962Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
  142. 1963Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
  143. 1963Jimmy Osmond, American singer
  144. 1964Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (died 2008)
  145. 1965Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
  146. 1965Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  147. 1965Martin Lawrence, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  148. 1966Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer
  149. 1968Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
  150. 1968Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
  151. 1969Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
  152. 1969Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
  153. 1970Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer
  154. 1970Margreth Olin, Norwegian filmmaker
  155. 1971Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
  156. 1971Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995)
  157. 1971Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
  158. 1971Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
  159. 1972Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
  160. 1973Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
  161. 1973Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
  162. 1973Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
  163. 1976Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
  164. 1976Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
  165. 1977Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
  166. 1979Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver
  167. 1979Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
  168. 1979Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
  169. 1981Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
  170. 1982Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress
  171. 1982Boris Diaw, French basketball player
  172. 1983Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
  173. 1983Cat Osterman, American softball player
  174. 1984Claire Foy, English actress
  175. 1984Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
  176. 1984Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer
  177. 1984Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
  178. 1985Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
  179. 1985Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist
  180. 1985Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
  181. 1985Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.
  182. 1985Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
  183. 1986Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
  184. 1986Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player
  185. 1986Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast
  186. 1987Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player
  187. 1987Aaron Lennon, English international footballer
  188. 1988Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player
  189. 1990Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
  190. 1990Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
  191. 1990Tony McQuay, American sprinter
  192. 1991Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
  193. 1991Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
  194. 1992Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician
  195. 1993Chance the Rapper, American rapper
  196. 1993Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater
  197. 1996Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress
  198. 1996Taylor Townsend, American tennis player
  199. 2002Sadie Sink, American actress

Fallecimientos (119)

  1. 665Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint
  2. 1090Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (born c. 1040)
  3. 1113Sviatopolk II of Kiev (born 1050)
  4. 1118Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
  5. 1198Frederick I, Duke of Austria (born 1175)
  6. 1234Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (born 1191)
  7. 1375John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (born 1347)
  8. 1496Charles II, Duke of Savoy (born 1489)
  9. 1587Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497)
  10. 1640Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (born 1579)
  11. 1645Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (born 1569)
  12. 1687George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (born 1628)
  13. 1689Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
  14. 1742Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (born 1672)
  15. 1756Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677)
  16. 1783Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (born 1719)
  17. 1788Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (born 1707)
  18. 1828Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746)
  19. 1846Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (born 1763)
  20. 1850Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (born 1761)
  21. 1859Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805)
  22. 1879Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (born 1844)
  23. 1888Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845)
  24. 1899Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (born 1875)
  25. 1904Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888)
  26. 1904Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812)
  27. 1914George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838)
  28. 1915Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (born 1841)
  29. 1916George Wilbur Peck, American politician, 17th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1840)
  30. 1925Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867)
  31. 1930José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894)
  32. 1935Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (born 1884)
  33. 1937Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870)
  34. 1938Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (born 1874)
  35. 1941Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (born 1880)
  36. 1942Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878)
  37. 1942Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (born 1862)
  38. 1946Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American racing driver and engineer (born 1884)
  39. 1947Rudolf Höss, German SS officer, commandant of Auschwitz, convicted war criminal (born 1900)
  40. 1950Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1905)
  41. 1950Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (born 1867)
  42. 1955David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872)
  43. 1957Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (born 1888)
  44. 1958Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (born 1920)
  45. 1960Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884)
  46. 1961Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (born 1912)
  47. 1965Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (born 1885)
  48. 1966Eric Lambert, Australian author (born 1918)
  49. 1968Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)
  50. 1968Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)
  51. 1969Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904)
  52. 1970Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892)
  53. 1970Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897)
  54. 1972Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
  55. 1972Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (born 1894)
  56. 1973István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (born 1929)
  57. 1978Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (born 1898)
  58. 1980Morris Stoloff, American composer (born 1898)
  59. 1985Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924)
  60. 1988Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (born 1935)
  61. 1988Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (born 1954)
  62. 1989Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (born 1899)
  63. 1989Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (born 1915)
  64. 1989Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (born 1940)
  65. 1989Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910)
  66. 1991David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
  67. 1992Neville Brand, American actor (born 1920)
  68. 1992Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (born 1915)
  69. 1992Andy Russell, American singer and actor (born 1919)
  70. 1994Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (born 1919)
  71. 1994Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (born 1913)
  72. 1996Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (born 1917)
  73. 1997Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (born 1921)
  74. 1997Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (born 1938)
  75. 1998Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (born 1920)
  76. 1998Fred Davis, English snooker player (born 1913)
  77. 1998Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (born 1880)
  78. 1999Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
  79. 2001Robert Osterloh, American actor (born 1918)
  80. 2002Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (born 1952)
  81. 2002Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (born 1927)
  82. 2002Robert Urich, American actor (born 1946)
  83. 2005Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
  84. 2007Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (born 1909)
  85. 2007Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962)
  86. 2007Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (born 1915)
  87. 2007Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
  88. 2008Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917)
  89. 2009Michael Martin Dwyer, Irish security guard (born 1984)
  90. 2009Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (born 1960)
  91. 2010Rasim Delić, Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (born 1949)
  92. 2011Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (born 1928)
  93. 2011Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925)
  94. 2011Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (born 1910)
  95. 2012Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914)
  96. 2012George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956)
  97. 2012Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913)
  98. 2012Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948)
  99. 2013Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928)
  100. 2013Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926)
  101. 2013Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
  102. 2013George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909)
  103. 2013Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930)
  104. 2013Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (born 1919)
  105. 2014Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949)
  106. 2014Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929)
  107. 2014Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923)
  108. 2015Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)
  109. 2015Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969)
  110. 2018Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952)
  111. 2021Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (born 1939)
  112. 2021Helen McCrory, British actress (born 1968)
  113. 2021Liam Scarlett, British choreographer (born 1986)
  114. 2021John Dawes, Welsh rugby union player (born 1940)
  115. 2024Carl Erskine, American baseball player (born 1926)
  116. 2024Bob Graham, American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th governor of Florida (born 1936)
  117. 2025Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist (born 1953)
  118. 2026Justin Fairfax, American lawyer and politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1979)
  119. 2026Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer (born 1977)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico, United States)
  2. Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
  3. Flag Day (Jordan)
  4. Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C., United States)
  5. Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust (Hungary)
  6. National Healthcare Decisions Day (United States)
  7. Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan)
  8. World Voice Day

Santoral (10)

  1. Benedict Joseph Labre
  2. Bernadette Soubirous
  3. Drogo
  4. Engratia
  5. Fructuosus of Braga
  6. Isabella Gilmore (Church of England)
  7. Martyrs of Zaragoza
  8. Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church)
  9. Turibius of Astorga
  10. April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)