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Acontecimientos (48)

1. 1206Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
2. 1600The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
3. 1602The Dutch East India Company is established.
4. 1616Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
5. 1760The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
6. 1815After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
7. 1848German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
8. 1852Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
9. 1854The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
10. 1861An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
11. 1883The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
12. 1888The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
13. 1890Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
14. 1896With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
15. 1903The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers.
16. 1913Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
17. 1914In the Curragh incident, over 100 British Army officers threaten to resign if ordered to march against the Ulster Volunteers.
18. 1916Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his general theory of relativity, to the journal Annalen der Physik.
19. 1921The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held.
20. 1922The is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
21. 1923The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
22. 1926Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou.
23. 1933Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appoints Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
24. 1942World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
25. 1948With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
26. 1951Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
27. 1952The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan.
28. 1956Tunisia gains independence from France.
29. 1964The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
30. 1969A United Arab Airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan International Airport, killing 100 people.
31. 1972The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
32. 1985Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
33. 1987The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
34. 1988Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
35. 1990Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
36. 1993The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
37. 1995The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 14 and wounding over 6,200 people.
38. 1999Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
39. 2000Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
40. 2003Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq.
41. 2006Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.
42. 2010Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.
43. 2012At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
44. 2014Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
45. 2015A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.
46. 2015Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict.
47. 2019Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
48. 2021La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles.

Nacimientos (255)

1. 43 a. C.Ovid, Roman poet (died 17)
2. 1253Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (died 1307)
3. 1319Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1348)
4. 1469Cecily of York (died 1507)
5. 1477Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (died 1527)
6. 1479Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (died 1520)
7. 1502Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (died 1575)
8. 1532Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1611)
9. 1612Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (died 1672)
10. 1615Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (died 1659)
11. 1639Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709)
12. 1680Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (died 1736)
13. 1725Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (died 1789)
14. 1737Rama I, Thai king (died 1809)
15. 1771Heinrich Clauren, German author (died 1854)
16. 1796Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (died 1862)
17. 1799Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (died 1839)
18. 1800Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (died 1845)
19. 1805Thomas Cooper, British poet (died 1892)
20. 1811Napoleon II, French emperor (died 1832)
21. 1811George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (died 1879)
22. 1821Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (died 1886)
23. 1824Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (died 1876)
24. 1828Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906)
25. 1831Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (died 1897)
26. 1831Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (died 1881)
27. 1834Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (died 1926)
28. 1836Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)
29. 1836Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (died 1919)
30. 1840Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (died 1894)
31. 1843Ambrosio Flores, Filipino politician (died 1912)
32. 1851Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (died 1914)
33. 1856John Lavery, Irish painter (died 1941)
34. 1856Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (died 1915)
35. 1865Mike Griffin, American baseball player (died 1908)
36. 1870Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (died 1964)
37. 1871Joe McGinnity, American baseball player
38. 1874Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (died 1945)
39. 1876Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)
40. 1879Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (died 1960)
41. 1882René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (died 1962)
42. 1882Harold Weber, American golfer (died 1933)
43. 1884Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1966)
44. 1884John Jensen, Australian public servant (died 1970)
45. 1885Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (died 1958)
46. 1888Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (died 1971)
47. 1890Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (died 1973)
48. 1894Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (died 1974)
49. 1895Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (died 1981)
50. 1897Frank Sheed, Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (died 1981)
51. 1898Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (died 1954)
52. 1899Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (died 1941)
53. 1900Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (died 1942)
54. 1903Edgar Buchanan, American actor (died 1979)
55. 1904B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (died 1990)
56. 1905Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (died 1949)
57. 1906Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (died 2001)
58. 1906Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (died 1975)
59. 1907Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (died 1990)
60. 1908Michael Redgrave, English actor (died 1985)
61. 1909Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969)
62. 1910Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (died 1999)
63. 1911Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
64. 1912Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)
65. 1913Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (died 1968)
66. 1914Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (died 1968)
67. 1915Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (died 2000)
68. 1915Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 1997)
69. 1915Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)
70. 1915Stan Spence, American baseball player (died 1983)
71. 1916Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007)
72. 1917Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (died 1984)
73. 1917Vera Lynn, English singer and actress (died 2020)
74. 1918Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (died 1984)
75. 1918Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (died 2013)
76. 1918Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (died 2013)
77. 1918Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (died 1970)
78. 1919Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (died 1983)
79. 1920Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (died 1988)
80. 1921Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (died 1971)
81. 1921Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (died 1977)
82. 1921Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1970)
83. 1922Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2017)
84. 1922Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (died 1990)
85. 1923Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)
86. 1923Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)
87. 1925John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (died 1999)
88. 1927John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (died 2019)
89. 1928Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (died 2002)
90. 1928James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2013)
91. 1928Fred Rogers, American television host and author
92. 1929William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2013)
93. 1929Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (died 2015)
94. 1930S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (died 1998)
95. 1931Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (died 2020)
96. 1931Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter
97. 1933Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2012)
98. 1933George Altman, American baseball player
99. 1934Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
100. 1934David Malouf, Australian author and playwright (died 2026)
101. 1935Ted Bessell, American actor and director (died 1996)
102. 1935Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (died 1995)
103. 1936Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (died 2021)
104. 1936Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
105. 1937Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008)
106. 1937Lois Lowry, American writer
107. 1938Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (died 2024)
108. 1938John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
109. 1939Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
110. 1939Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
111. 1939Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (died 2014)
112. 1939Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2024)
113. 1940Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
114. 1940Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (died 2015)
115. 1940Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (died 2012)
116. 1941Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
117. 1941Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner
118. 1942Robin Luke, American singer-songwriter
119. 1943Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
120. 1943Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (died 2015)
121. 1943Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (died 2018)
122. 1944John Cameron, English composer and conductor
123. 1944Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist
124. 1944Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
125. 1945Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (died 2015)
126. 1945Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
127. 1945Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive
128. 1945Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
129. 1946Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
130. 1946Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (died 2014)
131. 1947John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (died 1994)
132. 1948John de Lancie, American actor
133. 1948Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
134. 1948Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
135. 1949Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
136. 1950William Hurt, American actor (died 2022)
137. 1950Carl Palmer, English drummer
138. 1952Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
139. 1952David Greenaway, English economist and academic
140. 1953Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
141. 1954Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator
142. 1954Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
143. 1954Paul Mirabella, American baseball player
144. 1954Charlie Simmer, Canadian ice hockey player
145. 1955Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
146. 1955Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
147. 1955Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
148. 1956Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
149. 1956Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
150. 1956Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
151. 1957David Foster, Australian woodchopper
152. 1957Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
153. 1957Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
154. 1957Theresa Russell, American actress
155. 1958Rickey Jackson, American football player
156. 1958Holly Hunter, American actress
157. 1959Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach
158. 1959Mary Roach, American author
159. 1959Sting, American wrestler
160. 1959Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer
161. 1960Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor
162. 1960Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic
163. 1960Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
164. 1961Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician
165. 1961Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
166. 1961Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist
167. 1962Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
168. 1963Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach
169. 1963Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (died 2007)
170. 1963David Thewlis, English actor
171. 1963Kathy Ireland, American model, actress and businessowoman
172. 1964Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter
173. 1965William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author
174. 1967Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter
175. 1967Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
176. 1968A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
177. 1968Paul Merson, English footballer and manager
178. 1968Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter
179. 1968Ken Ono, Japanese-American mathematician
180. 1969Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
181. 1969Fabien Galthié, French rugby player
182. 1970Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
183. 1970Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (died 2021)
184. 1970Michael Rapaport, American actor and comedian
185. 1971Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
186. 1971Touré, American journalist and author
187. 1972Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
188. 1972Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
189. 1972Greg Searle, English rower
190. 1972Marco Sejna, German footballer
191. 1972Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier
192. 1973Nicky Boje, South African cricketer
193. 1973Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner
194. 1973Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman
195. 1973Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian
196. 1974Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
197. 1975Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter
198. 1975Isolde Kostner, Italian skier
199. 1976Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (died 2017)
200. 1978Kevin Betsy, English-Seychelles footballer and manager
201. 1978Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player
202. 1979Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
203. 1979Daniel Cormier, American mixed martial artist
204. 1979Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
205. 1979Freema Agyeman, English actress
206. 1979Bianca Lawson, American actress
207. 1980Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
208. 1980Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
209. 1980Michelle Snow, American basketball player
210. 1980Mikey Day, American actor and comedian
211. 1981Ian Murray, Scottish footballer
212. 1981Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
213. 1982Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
214. 1982Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
215. 1982José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
216. 1983Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist
217. 1983Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer
218. 1983Dennis Wideman, Canadian ice hockey player
219. 1984Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer
220. 1984Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice hockey player
221. 1984IJustine, American YouTuber
222. 1984Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
223. 1985Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer
224. 1985Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
225. 1985Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer
226. 1986Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
227. 1986Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer
228. 1986Román Torres, Panamanian footballer
229. 1986Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model
230. 1987Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer
231. 1987Jon Brockman, American basketball player
232. 1987Jô, Brazilian footballer
233. 1987Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
234. 1987Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
235. 1989Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
236. 1989Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
237. 1990Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
238. 1990Brad Hand, American baseball player
239. 1990Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
240. 1991Mattia Destro, Italian footballer
241. 1991Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer
242. 1991Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player
243. 1992Justin Faulk, American ice hockey player
244. 1993Fabian Fahl, German politician
245. 1993JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player
246. 1993Sloane Stephens, American tennis player
247. 1995Lindsay Allen, American basketball player
248. 1995Kei, South Korean singer
249. 1995Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player
250. 1995Samantha Weinstein, Canadian actress (died 2023)
251. 2000Hyunjin, South Korean rapper
252. 2001Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player
253. 2002Jahmyr Gibbs, American football player
254. 2003Cooper Hoffman, American actor
255. 2004Belle, American singer

Fallecimientos (105)

1. 687Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (born 634)
2. 703Wulfram, archbishop of Sens
3. 842Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (born 759)
4. 851Ebbo, archbishop of Reims
5. 1181Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (born 1118)
6. 1191Pope Clement III (born 1130)
7. 1239Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (born 1179)
8. 1302Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich
9. 1336Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (born 1270)
10. 1351Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi
11. 1390Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1338)
12. 1413Henry IV of England (born 1367)
13. 1440Sigismund I of Lithuania
14. 1475Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
15. 1549Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1508)
16. 1568Albert, Duke of Prussia (born 1490)
17. 1619Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1557)
18. 1673Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (born 1603)
19. 1688Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (born 1642)
20. 1730Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (born 1692)
21. 1746Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (born 1656)
22. 1780Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (born 1699)
23. 1793William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1705)
24. 1835Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (born 1794)
25. 1849James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (born 1780)
26. 1855Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (born 1788)
27. 1865Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (born 1833)
28. 1874Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (born 1810)
29. 1878Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (born 1814)
30. 1894Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1802)
31. 1897Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1821)
32. 1899Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (born 1822)
33. 1909Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (born 1842)
34. 1918Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (born 1828)
35. 1925George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (born 1859)
36. 1929Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (born 1851)
37. 1930Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (born 1876)
38. 1931Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
39. 1933Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed)
40. 1940Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (born 1860)
41. 1941Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (born 1883)
42. 1945Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (born 1883)
43. 1945Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (born 1887)
44. 1946Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (born 1870)
45. 1947Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (born 1884)
46. 1952Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (born 1892)
47. 1958Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915)
48. 1964Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (born 1923)
49. 1965Daniel Frank, American long jumper (born 1882)
50. 1966Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (born 1879)
51. 1966Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (born 1895)
52. 1968Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (born 1889)
53. 1969Henri Longchambon, French politician (born 1896)
54. 1971Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1894)
55. 1972Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (born 1921)
56. 1974Chet Huntley, American journalist (born 1911)
57. 1977Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1909)
58. 1977Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (born 1919)
59. 1978Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (born 1895)
60. 1981Gerry Bertier, American football player (born 1953)
61. 1983Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1891)
62. 1990Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1907)
63. 1990Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (born 1929)
64. 1992Georges Delerue, French composer (born 1925)
65. 1993Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
66. 1994Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (born 1946)
67. 1997V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (born 1900)
68. 1999Patrick Heron, British painter (born 1920)
69. 2000Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)
70. 2001Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1949)
71. 2004Juliana of the Netherlands (born 1909)
72. 2004Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel and politician (born 1917)
73. 2005Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish director and screenwriter (born 1912)
74. 2007Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1933)
75. 2007Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (born 1938)
76. 2007Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (born 1948)
77. 2010Ai, American poet and academic (born 1947)
78. 2010Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924)
79. 2010Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1920)
80. 2011Johnny Pearson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1925)
81. 2012Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (born 1955)
82. 2012Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (born 1938)
83. 2012Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
84. 2012Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966)
85. 2013James Herbert, English author (born 1943)
86. 2013George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (born 1924)
87. 2013Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (born 1929)
88. 2014Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (born 1934)
89. 2014Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)
90. 2014Tonie Nathan, American politician (born 1923)
91. 2014Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (born 1915)
92. 2015Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (born 1929)
93. 2015Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930)
94. 2016Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1922)
95. 2017David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915)
96. 2018C. K. Mann, Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (born 1936)
97. 2019Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (born 1924)
98. 2020Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (born 1926)
99. 2020Kenny Rogers, American singer (born 1938)
100. 2023John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)
101. 2023Kyle White, Australian rugby league player (born 1970)
102. 2025Eddie Jordan, Irish businessman, television personality and motorsport team owner (born 1948)
103. 2026Nicholas Brendon, American actor (born 1971)
104. 2026Filaret Denysenko, Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (born 1929)
105. 2026Robert Mueller, American attorney, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1944)

Celebraciones (7)

1. Great American MeatOut (United States)
2. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tunisia from France in 1956.
3. International Day of Happiness (United Nations)
4. International Francophonie Day (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie), and its related observances:
5. UN French Language Day (United Nations)
6. National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
7. World Sparrow Day

Santoral (12)

1. Alexandra
2. Blessed John of Parma
3. Clement of Ireland
4. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
5. Herbert of Derwentwater
6. John of Nepomuk
7. Józef Bilczewski
8. María Josefa Sancho de Guerra
9. Martin of Braga
10. Michele Carcano
11. Wulfram
12. March 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)