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Acontecimientos (53)

  1. 753 a. C.Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
  2. 43 a. C.Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
  3. 900The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
  4. 1092The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.
  5. 1506The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
  6. 1509Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
  7. 1526The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi, is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
  8. 1615The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
  9. 1782The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  10. 1789John Adams sworn in as first US Vice President (nine days before George Washington).
  11. 1789George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
  12. 1792Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  13. 1796War of the First Coalition: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later and decisively turning the Italian campaign in France's favor.
  14. 1802Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.
  15. 1806Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
  16. 1809Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
  17. 1821Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
  18. 1836Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
  19. 1856Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
  20. 1894Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
  21. 1898Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  22. 1914Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
  23. 1918World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
  24. 1926Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
  25. 1934The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  26. 1945World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
  27. 1946The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a tornado which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was , among the widest tornadoes on record.
  28. 1948United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
  29. 1950The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
  30. 1952Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
  31. 1958United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
  32. 1960Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
  33. 1962The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
  34. 1963The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith.
  35. 1964A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
  36. 1965The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
  37. 1966Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
  38. 1967A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
  39. 1967A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
  40. 1972Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing.
  41. 1975Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
  42. 1977Annie opens on Broadway.
  43. 1982Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
  44. 1985The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
  45. 1987The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
  46. 1989Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
  47. 1993The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
  48. 1996Four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland.
  49. 2004Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
  50. 2010The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
  51. 2012Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others.
  52. 2019Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 269.
  53. 2021Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board.

Nacimientos (164)

  1. 1132Sancho VI, king of Navarre (died 1194)
  2. 1488Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523)
  3. 1523Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian lawyer and military officer (died 1571)
  4. 1555Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1619)
  5. 1619Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town (died 1677)
  6. 1630Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (died 1700)
  7. 1631Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (died 1700)
  8. 1642Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (died 1729)
  9. 1651Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (died 1711)
  10. 1652Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (died 1719)
  11. 1671John Law, Scottish economist (died 1729)
  12. 1673Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1742)
  13. 1713Louis de Noailles, French general (died 1793)
  14. 1730Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (died 1788)
  15. 1752Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (died 1807)
  16. 1752Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (died 1818)
  17. 1774Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1862)
  18. 1775Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver (died 1870)
  19. 1783Reginald Heber, English priest (died 1821)
  20. 1790Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (died 1876)
  21. 1810John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (died 1864)
  22. 1811Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (died 1903)
  23. 1814Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
  24. 1816Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855)
  25. 1837Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922)
  26. 1838John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (died 1914)
  27. 1854William Stang, German-American bishop (died 1907)
  28. 1864Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (died 1920)
  29. 1868Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (died 1932)
  30. 1868Mary Rogers Miller, American author and educator (died 1971)
  31. 1870Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941)
  32. 1874Vincent Scotto, French composer and actor (died 1952)
  33. 1882Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
  34. 1885Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (died 1967)
  35. 1887Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (died 1978)
  36. 1889Marcel Boussac, French businessman (died 1980)
  37. 1889Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
  38. 1889Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1985)
  39. 1892Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (died 1956)
  40. 1893Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (died 1973)
  41. 1897Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (died 1975)
  42. 1898Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (died 1934)
  43. 1899Randall Thompson, American composer and academic (died 1984)
  44. 1903Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
  45. 1904Jean Hélion, French painter (died 1987)
  46. 1904Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (died 1945)
  47. 1905Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (died 1996)
  48. 1911Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000)
  49. 1911Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (died 1991)
  50. 1912Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (died 2012)
  51. 1912Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (died 1982)
  52. 1913Norman Parkinson, English photographer (died 1990)
  53. 1914Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (died 2013)
  54. 1915Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (died 2003)
  55. 1915Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (died 2001)
  56. 1916Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
  57. 1918Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
  58. 1919Don Cornell, American singer (died 2004)
  59. 1919Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (died 1981)
  60. 1919Licio Gelli, Italian financer (died 2015)
  61. 1922Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (died 1987)
  62. 1922Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer (died 2011)
  63. 1923John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (died 2009)
  64. 1924Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (died 1965)
  65. 1925Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia (died 2026)
  66. 1925John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (died 2018)
  67. 1926Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (died 2022)
  68. 1926Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager, and cricketer (died 2002)
  69. 1927Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (died 1991)
  70. 1928Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)
  71. 1930Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 2004)
  72. 1930Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989)
  73. 1930Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (died 1998)
  74. 1930Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (died 2012)
  75. 1931Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (died 2020)
  76. 1932Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer (died 2021)
  77. 1932Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
  78. 1932Angela Mortimer, English tennis player (died 2025)
  79. 1933Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013)
  80. 1933Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2023)
  81. 1933Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)
  82. 1935Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (died 2021)
  83. 1935Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
  84. 1936James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family (died 2025)
  85. 1936Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009)
  86. 1937Gary Peters, American baseball player (died 2023)
  87. 1937Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player
  88. 1939John McCabe, English pianist and composer (died 2015)
  89. 1939Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author
  90. 1939Reni Santoni, American actor (died 2020)
  91. 1940Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  92. 1940Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
  93. 1941David Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)
  94. 1942Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
  95. 1945Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire
  96. 1945Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (died 2017)
  97. 1945Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (died 2000)
  98. 1947Al Bumbry, American baseball player
  99. 1947Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  100. 1947John Weider, English bass player
  101. 1948Gary Condit, American businessman and politician
  102. 1948Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2008)
  103. 1948Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist
  104. 1948Dieter Fromm, German runner
  105. 1949Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
  106. 1950Shivaji Satam, Indian actor
  107. 1951Tony Danza, American actor and producer
  108. 1951Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic
  109. 1951Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
  110. 1951Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
  111. 1951Soledad Gallego-Díaz, Spanish journalist (died 2026)
  112. 1952Gerald Early, American author and academic
  113. 1952Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (died 2021)
  114. 1953John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
  115. 1954Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  116. 1954James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  117. 1954Mike Wingfield, South African academic and scientist
  118. 1955Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright
  119. 1956Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
  120. 1956Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist
  121. 1957Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
  122. 1957Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
  123. 1958Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer
  124. 1958Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (died 2009)
  125. 1958Michael Zarnock, American author
  126. 1959Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter
  127. 1959Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  128. 1961David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (died 2011)
  129. 1963Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (died 2004)
  130. 1963John Cameron Mitchell, American actor and director
  131. 1965Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian
  132. 1966Michael Franti, American singer-songwriter and rapper
  133. 1969Toby Stephens, English actor
  134. 1970Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2026)
  135. 1970Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian
  136. 1970Nicole Sullivan, American actress and comedian
  137. 1971Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (died 2008)
  138. 1973Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter
  139. 1974David Peachey, Australian rugby league player
  140. 1975Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer
  141. 1976Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
  142. 1977Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
  143. 1977Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
  144. 1979Virginie Basselot, French chef
  145. 1979James McAvoy, Scottish actor
  146. 1980Tony Romo, American football player and announcer
  147. 1983Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (died 2020)
  148. 1983Kim Wall, British sprinter
  149. 1988Ricky Berens, American swimmer
  150. 1988Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
  151. 1988Christoph Sanders, American actor
  152. 1989Nikki Cross, Scottish wrestler
  153. 1991Frank Dillane, British actor
  154. 1992Isco, Spanish footballer
  155. 1992Joc Pederson, American baseball player
  156. 1994Ludwig Augustinsson, Swedish footballer
  157. 1995Ana Grozdanović, Serbian politician
  158. 1996Arianne Hartono, Dutch tennis player
  159. 1997Mikel Oyarzabal, Spanish footballer
  160. 1998Jarrett Allen, American basketball player
  161. 1999Choi Hyun-suk, South Korean rapper
  162. 2003Xavi Simons, Dutch footballer
  163. 2007Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark
  164. 2008Hyein, South Korean singer

Fallecimientos (86)

  1. 234Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (born 181)
  2. 586Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths
  3. 847Odgar, Frankish archbishop of Mainz
  4. 866Bardas, de facto regent of the Byzantine Empire
  5. 941Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
  6. 1073Pope Alexander II
  7. 1109Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (born 1033)
  8. 1136Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (born )
  9. 1142Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079)
  10. 1213Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (born 1182)
  11. 1329Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1282)
  12. 1400John Wittlebury, English politician (born 1333)
  13. 1509Henry VII of England (born 1457)
  14. 1557Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1495)
  15. 1574Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1519)
  16. 1591Sen no Rikyū, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (born 1522)
  17. 1650Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (born 1607)
  18. 1668Jan Boeckhorst, Flemish painter (born )
  19. 1699Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639)
  20. 1719Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1640)
  21. 1720Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (born 1646)
  22. 1722Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (born 1673)
  23. 1736Prince Eugene of Savoy (born 1663)
  24. 1740Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (born 1685)
  25. 1758Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (born 1679)
  26. 1815Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (born 1746)
  27. 1825Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (born 1765)
  28. 1852Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (born 1787)
  29. 1863Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (born 1782)
  30. 1900Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (born 1819)
  31. 1910Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)
  32. 1918Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot, known popularly as the Red Baron (born 1892)
  33. 1924Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born 1858)
  34. 1930Robert Bridges, English poet and author (born 1844)
  35. 1932Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
  36. 1938Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani National philosopher and poet (born 1877)
  37. 1941Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (born 1875)
  38. 1945Walter Model, German field marshal (born 1891)
  39. 1946John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (born 1883)
  40. 1947Meir Feinstein (born 1929, disputed) with Moshe Barazani (born 1927), suicide militants.
  41. 1948Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (born 1887)
  42. 1952Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (born 1890)
  43. 1954Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (born 1897)
  44. 1956Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)
  45. 1965Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
  46. 1971François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (born 1907)
  47. 1973Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
  48. 1973Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (born 1910)
  49. 1977Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (born 1892)
  50. 1978Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (born 1947)
  51. 1978Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
  52. 1980Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (born 1894)
  53. 1980Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (born 1928)
  54. 1983Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (born 1902)
  55. 1984Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (born 1895)
  56. 1984Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (born 1943)
  57. 1985Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
  58. 1985Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)
  59. 1986Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (born 1901)
  60. 1986Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1930)
  61. 1987Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
  62. 1990Erté, Russian-French illustrator (born 1892)
  63. 1991Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (born 1909)
  64. 1992Väinö Linna, Finnish author (born 1920)
  65. 1996Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (born 1925)
  66. 1996Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (born 1919)
  67. 1997Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (born 1910)
  68. 1998Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1924)
  69. 1999Buddy Rogers, American actor (born 1904)
  70. 2003Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (born 1933)
  71. 2005Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1917)
  72. 2010Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
  73. 2010Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1920)
  74. 2010Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930)
  75. 2011Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1920)
  76. 2012Doris Betts, American author and academic (born 1932)
  77. 2013Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (born 1929)
  78. 2013Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (born 1905)
  79. 2014George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (born 1936)
  80. 2014Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (born 1930)
  81. 2016Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958)
  82. 2017Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (born 1972)
  83. 2018Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1900)
  84. 2019Polly Higgins, Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist (born 1968)
  85. 2024Terry A. Anderson, American journalist (born 1947)
  86. 2025Pope Francis (born 1936)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Natale di Roma (Rome)
  2. Parilia (ancient Rome)
  3. Civil Service Day (India)
  4. Grounation Day (Rastafari)
  5. National Tea Day (United Kingdom)
  6. National Tree Planting Day (Kenya)
  7. San Jacinto Day (Texas)

Santoral (9)

  1. Abdecalas
  2. Anastasius Sinaita
  3. Anselm of Canterbury
  4. Conrad of Parzham
  5. Holy Infant of Good Health
  6. Máel Ruba
  7. Shemon Bar Sabbae
  8. Wolbodo
  9. April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)