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Acontecimientos (59)

1. 37Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor.
2. 417Pope Zosimus is elected following the death of Pope Innocent I.
3. 1068An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula leaves up to 20,000 dead.
4. 1229Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
5. 1241First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
6. 1314Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
7. 1438Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of the Romans.
8. 1571Valletta is made the capital city of Malta.
9. 1608Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
10. 1644The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
11. 1673English lord John Berkeley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers.
12. 1741New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
13. 1766American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
14. 1793The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
15. 1793Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
16. 1834Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
17. 1848The premiere of William Henry Fry's Leonora in Philadelphia is the first known performance of a grand opera by an American composer.
18. 1848Revolutions of 1848: A rebellion arises in Milan which in five days of street fighting drove Marshal Radetzky and his Austrian soldiers from the city.
19. 1861Spain would annex annex the Dominican Republic, which would last for four years.
20. 1865American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
21. 1871Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
22. 1899Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn, becomes the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, by William Henry Pickering.
23. 1901The Kumasi Mutiny of 1901 begins.
24. 1902Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
25. 1913King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
26. 1915World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
27. 1921The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
28. 1921The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
29. 1921Mongolian Revolution of 1921: The Mongolian People's Army defeats local Chinese forces at Altanbulag, Selenge (then known as Maimachen). This battle was seen as the birthday of the People's Army and completed the expulsion of Chinese militants in Mongolia.
30. 1922In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
31. 1925The 1925 Tri-State tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
32. 1937The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
33. 1937Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
34. 1938Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
35. 1940World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
36. 1942The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
37. 1944Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
38. 1945World War II: 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, lands unopposed in Tigbauan, forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General Macario Peralta and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras.
39. 1948Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin split.
40. 1953An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people.
41. 1959The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
42. 1962The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
43. 1965Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
44. 1966United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashes on approach to Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, killing 30 people.
45. 1967The supertanker runs aground off the Cornish coast.
46. 1968Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
47. 1969The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
48. 1970Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
49. 1971Peru: A landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
50. 1974Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
51. 1980A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
52. 1990Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
53. 1990In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
54. 1994Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
55. 1996A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
56. 1997The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
57. 2014The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
58. 2015The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. Twenty-four people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
59. 2025Israel launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children.

Nacimientos (240)

1. 1075Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar and theologian (died 1144)
2. 1495Mary Tudor, Queen of France (died 1533)
3. 1548Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (died 1616)
4. 1552Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian (died 1610)
5. 1554Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (died 1588)
6. 1555Francis, Duke of Anjou (died 1584)
7. 1578Adam Elsheimer, German painter (died 1610)
8. 1590Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (died 1649)
9. 1597Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal (died 1659)
10. 1609Frederick III of Denmark (died 1670)
11. 1634Madame de La Fayette, French author (died 1693)
12. 1640Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1719)
13. 1657Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (died 1743)
14. 1690Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic (died 1764)
15. 1701Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company (died 1776)
16. 1733Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller (died 1811)
17. 1780Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince (died 1860)
18. 1782John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (died 1850)
19. 1789Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor (died 1871)
20. 1798Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (died 1872)
21. 1800Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz (died 1854)
22. 1813Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (died 1864)
23. 1819James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria (died 1893)
24. 1820John Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist (died 1891)
25. 1823Antoine Chanzy, French general (died 1883)
26. 1828Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908)
27. 1837Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (died 1908)
28. 1842Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (died 1898)
29. 1844Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic (died 1908)
30. 1845Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (died 1904)
31. 1857Harriet Converse Moody, American businesswoman and arts patron (died 1932)
32. 1858Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (died 1913)
33. 1862Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter (died 1915)
34. 1863William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (died 1941)
35. 1869Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940)
36. 1870Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician (died 1917)
37. 1874Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian (died 1948)
38. 1877Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic (died 1945)
39. 1877Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (died 1945)
40. 1880Kalle Hakala, Finnish politician (died 1947)
41. 1882Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (died 1973)
42. 1884Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author (died 1968)
43. 1886Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1970)
44. 1890Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (died 1969)
45. 1893Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (died 1978)
46. 1893Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (died 1918)
47. 1899Marjorie Abbatt, English toy-maker and businesswoman (died 1991)
48. 1901Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian mystic, author and philosopher (died 1990)
49. 1903Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1944)
50. 1903E. O. Plauen, German cartoonist (died 1944)
51. 1904Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author (died 1926)
52. 1905Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer (died 1985)
53. 1905Robert Donat, English actor (died 1958)
54. 1907John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (died 1997)
55. 1908Loulou Gasté, French composer (died 1995)
56. 1909Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (died 2007)
57. 1911Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1967)
58. 1913René Clément, French director and screenwriter (died 1996)
59. 1913Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (died 1941)
60. 1915Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter (died 1996)
61. 1918Mitchell WerBell III, American mercenary (died 1983)
62. 1922Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (died 2015)
63. 1922Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic (died 2006)
64. 1922Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (died 2020)
65. 1922Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (died 2011)
66. 1923Andy Granatelli, American race car driver and businessman (died 2013)
67. 1925Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician (died 2017)
68. 1926Peter Graves, American actor and director (died 2010)
69. 1927John Kander, American pianist and composer
70. 1928Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (died 2013)
71. 1928Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines (died 2022)
72. 1929Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (died 2015)
73. 1930James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
74. 1932John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 2009)
75. 1933Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (died 2019)
76. 1934Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (died 1983)
77. 1934Charley Pride, American country music singer and musician (died 2020)
78. 1935Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician (died 2022)
79. 1935Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (died 2016)
80. 1936F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
81. 1937Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster (died 2016)
82. 1937Mark Donohue, American race car driver (died 1975)
83. 1938Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
84. 1938Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer (died 2017)
85. 1938Timo Mäkinen, Finnish racing driver (died 2017)
86. 1938Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (died 2006)
87. 1939Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
88. 1941Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
89. 1942Kathleen Collins, American filmmaker and playwright (died 1988)
90. 1942Jeff Mullins, American basketball player and coach
91. 1944Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (died 2012)
92. 1945Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer (died 2020)
93. 1945Susan Tyrrell, American actress (died 2012)
94. 1946Michel Leclère, French racing driver
95. 1947Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
96. 1947David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
97. 1947Drew Struzan, American artist, illustrator and poster/cover designer (died 2025)
98. 1948Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
99. 1948Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
100. 1948Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (died 2005)
101. 1949Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
102. 1950Brad Dourif, American actor
103. 1950Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic
104. 1950Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver
105. 1951Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's
106. 1951Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer
107. 1952Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (died 2015)
108. 1953Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (died 2015)
109. 1953Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
110. 1956Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
111. 1956Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (died 2008)
112. 1956Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
113. 1957Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
114. 1958Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 1990)
115. 1959Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
116. 1959Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)
117. 1960Richard Biggs, American actor (died 2004)
118. 1960Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
119. 1960James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player
120. 1961Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
121. 1961Geoffrey Owens, American actor
122. 1962Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and martial artist
123. 1962James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
124. 1962Mike Rowe, American television personality
125. 1962Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director
126. 1962Volker Weidler, German race car driver and engineer
127. 1963Jeff LaBar, American guitarist (died 2021)
128. 1963Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
129. 1964Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
130. 1964Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver
131. 1964Jo Churchill, British politician
132. 1964Isabel Noronha, Mozambican film director
133. 1964Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
134. 1965David Cubitt, English-Canadian actor
135. 1966Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
136. 1966Peter Jones, English businessman
137. 1966Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
138. 1967Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
139. 1968Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager
140. 1968Temur Ketsbaia, Georgian footballer and manager
141. 1968Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician
142. 1969Michael Bergin, American actor
143. 1969Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer
144. 1969Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
145. 1969Shaun Udal, English cricketer
146. 1970Katy Gallagher, Australian politician
147. 1970Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
148. 1971Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player
149. 1971Mike Bell, American wrestler (died 2008)
150. 1971Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
151. 1971Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician
152. 1972Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
153. 1972Reince Priebus, American lawyer and politician
154. 1973Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter
155. 1974Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
156. 1974Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
157. 1975Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
158. 1975Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
159. 1975Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player
160. 1975Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
161. 1976Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
162. 1976Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player
163. 1976Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
164. 1976Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
165. 1977Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
166. 1977Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster
167. 1977Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player
168. 1977Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager
169. 1977Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player and coach
170. 1978Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player
171. 1978Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2014)
172. 1978Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
173. 1978Hu Jun, Chinese actor
174. 1978Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
175. 1978Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
176. 1979Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
177. 1980Sébastien Frey, French footballer
178. 1980Sophia Myles, English actress
179. 1980Vitaly Vishnevskiy, Russian ice hockey player
180. 1980Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
181. 1981Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
182. 1981Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
183. 1981Leslie Djhone, French sprinter
184. 1981Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress
185. 1981Kasib Powell, American basketball player
186. 1981Tom Starke, German footballer
187. 1981Doug Warren, American soccer player
188. 1981Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
189. 1982Chad Cordero, American baseball player
190. 1982Timo Glock, German race car driver
191. 1982Matthew Lombardi, Canadian ice hockey player
192. 1982Mantorras, Angolan footballer
193. 1982Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
194. 1983Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
195. 1983Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
196. 1983Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
197. 1983Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
198. 1984Simone Padoin, Italian footballer
199. 1984Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
200. 1984Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
201. 1985Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver
202. 1985Duane Henry, English actor
203. 1985Marvin Humes, English singer
204. 1985Vince Lia, Australian footballer
205. 1986Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
206. 1986Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter
207. 1986Cory Schneider, American ice hockey player
208. 1986Eric Wood, American football player and sportscaster
209. 1987C. J. Miles, American basketball player
210. 1987Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
211. 1989Robert Bortuzzo, Canadian ice hockey player
212. 1989Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
213. 1989Lily Collins, English-American actress
214. 1989Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
215. 1989Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
216. 1989Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer
217. 1989Ming Xi, Chinese model
218. 1991Travis Frederick, American football player
219. 1991Leury García, Dominican baseball player
220. 1991Solomon Hill, American basketball player
221. 1991Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
222. 1991J. T. Realmuto, American baseball player
223. 1992Anthony Barr, American football player
224. 1992Trey Mancini, American baseball player
225. 1992Ryan Truex, American race car driver
226. 1992Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
227. 1993Solo Sikoa, American wrestler
228. 1994Kris Dunn, American basketball player
229. 1994Ronnie Stanley, American football player
230. 1995Irina Bara, Romanian tennis player
231. 1995Julia Goldani Telles, American actress and dancer
232. 1996Skal Labissière, Haitian basketball player
233. 1997Ciara Bravo, American actress
234. 1997Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player
235. 1997Jordan Whitehead, American football player
236. 1997Ivica Zubac, Croatian basketball player
237. 1997Cary and Michael Huang, the twins who founded BFDI
238. 1998Emmanuel Clase, Dominican baseball player
239. 1999Diogo Dalot, Portuguese footballer
240. 2002Brenden Rice, American football player

Fallecimientos (87)

1. 978Edward the Martyr, English king (born 962)
2. 1076Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (born 1018)
3. 1086Anselm of Lucca, Italian bishop (born 1036)
4. 1227Pope Honorius III (born 1148)
5. 1308Yuri I of Galicia
6. 1314Jacques de Molay, Frankish knight (born 1244)
7. 1314Geoffroy de Charney, Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar
8. 1321Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch (born c. 1260/5)
9. 1582Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (born 1562)
10. 1675Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (born 1606)
11. 1689John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (born 1607)
12. 1703Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (born 1645)
13. 1745Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1676)
14. 1768Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (born 1713)
15. 1781Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1727)
16. 1793Karl Abraham Zedlitz, Prussian minister of education (born 1731)
17. 1823Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (born 1753)
18. 1835Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (born 1769)
19. 1845Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (born 1774)
20. 1871Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (born 1806)
21. 1898Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (born 1826)
22. 1900Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (born 1835)
23. 1907Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1827)
24. 1913George I of Greece (born 1845)
25. 1918Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (born 1847)
26. 1930Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (born 1863)
27. 1936Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1864)
28. 1939Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (born 1859)
29. 1941Henri Cornet, French cyclist (born 1884)
30. 1947William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (born 1861)
31. 1954Walter Mead, English cricketer (born 1868)
32. 1956Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (born 1896)
33. 1962Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (born 1880)
34. 1963C. C. Martindale, English Jesuit priest (born 1879)
35. 1964Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1870)
36. 1965Farouk of Egypt (born 1920)
37. 1973Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (born 1880)
38. 1977Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (born 1938)
39. 1977Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (born 1944)
40. 1978Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (born 1915)
41. 1978Peggy Wood, American actress (born 1892)
42. 1980Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (born 1900)
43. 1980Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (born 1898)
44. 1982Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (born 1901)
45. 1983Umberto II of Italy (born 1904)
46. 1984Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (born 1933)
47. 1986Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (born 1914)
48. 1987Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and revue actress (born 1914)
49. 1988Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (born 1917)
50. 1990Robin Harris, American comedian (born 1953)
51. 1993Kenneth E. Boulding, English-American economist and activist (born 1910)
52. 1996Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
53. 2000Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and academic (born 1909)
54. 2001John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)
55. 2002R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author (born 1914)
56. 2003Karl Kling, German race car driver (born 1910)
57. 2003Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (born 1939)
58. 2004Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (born 1927)
59. 2006Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer and cinematographer (born 1922)
60. 2007Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1948)
61. 2008Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (born 1954)
62. 2009Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger (born 1980)
63. 2009Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (born 1963)
64. 2010Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (born 1924)
65. 2011Warren Christopher, American lawyer and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (born 1925)
66. 2012Furman Bisher, American journalist and author (born 1918)
67. 2012William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1932)
68. 2012William G. Moore Jr., American general (born 1920)
69. 2012George Tupou V of Tonga (born 1948)
70. 2013Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and pilot (born 1935)
71. 2013Henry Bromell, American novelist, screenwriter, and director (born 1947)
72. 2013Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
73. 2014Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (born 1951)
74. 2014Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1953)
75. 2014Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (born 1943)
76. 2015Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1961)
77. 2015Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian (born 1939)
78. 2015Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (born 1930)
79. 2016Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (born 1939)
80. 2016Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1936)
81. 2016Tray Walker, American football player (born 1992)
82. 2016Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1961)
83. 2017Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926)
84. 2020Alfred Worden, American test pilot, engineer and astronaut (born 1932)
85. 2024Thomas P. Stafford, American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1930)
86. 2025Kanzi, Bonobo research subject (born 1980)
87. 2025Jessie Hoffman Jr., American convicted murderer (born 1978)

Celebraciones (7)

1. Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
2. Flag Day (Aruba)
3. Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey)
4. Men's and Soldiers' Day (Mongolia)
5. Ordnance Factories' Day (India)
6. Sheelah's Day (Ireland, Canada, Australia)
7. Teacher's Day (Syria)

Santoral (8)

1. Blessed Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller
2. Alexander of Jerusalem
3. Anselm of Lucca
4. Cyril of Jerusalem
5. Edward the Martyr
6. Fridianus
7. Salvator
8. March 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)