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Acontecimientos (47)

  1. 215 a. C.A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
  2. 599Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
  3. 711Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.
  4. 1014Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
  5. 1016Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.
  6. 1343St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.
  7. 1348The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.
  8. 1500Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil).
  9. 1516The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria.
  10. 1521Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
  11. 1635The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded.
  12. 1655The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
  13. 1660Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
  14. 1661King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
  15. 1724Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music.
  16. 1815The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
  17. 1879Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  18. 1891Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.
  19. 1909In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75.
  20. 1918World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
  21. 1919The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu.
  22. 1920The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
  23. 1927Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
  24. 1935The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
  25. 1940The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
  26. 1941World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
  27. 1942World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  28. 1945World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.
  29. 1946Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  30. 1949Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  31. 1951Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
  32. 1961During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him.
  33. 1966Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.
  34. 1967Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.
  35. 1968Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
  36. 1971Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  37. 1979SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.
  38. 1979Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
  39. 1985Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  40. 1990Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  41. 1993Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
  42. 1993Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
  43. 2005The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
  44. 2013At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
  45. 2018A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
  46. 2019The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.
  47. 2024The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Nacimientos (231)

  1. 1185Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)
  2. 1408John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (died 1462)
  3. 1420George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (died 1471)
  4. 1464Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)
  5. 1464Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (died 1521)
  6. 1484Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (died 1558)
  7. 1500Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (died 1565)
  8. 1500Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (died 1576)
  9. 1512Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (died 1580)
  10. 1516Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (died 1571)
  11. 1564William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (died 1616)
  12. 1598Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (died 1653)
  13. 1621William Penn, English admiral and politician (died 1670)
  14. 1628Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1704)
  15. 1661Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)
  16. 1715Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (died 1797)
  17. 1720Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (died 1797)
  18. 1744Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (died 1770)
  19. 1748Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (died 1794)
  20. 1791James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (died 1868)
  21. 1792Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (died 1882)
  22. 1794Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (died 1856)
  23. 1805Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
  24. 1812Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)
  25. 1813Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (died 1861)
  26. 1813Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (died 1853)
  27. 1818James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (died 1894)
  28. 1819Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1901)
  29. 1853Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1920)
  30. 1856Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (died 1910)
  31. 1857Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died 1919)
  32. 1858Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
  33. 1860Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (died 1932)
  34. 1861Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (died 1936)
  35. 1861John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (died 1906)
  36. 1865Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (died 1943)
  37. 1867Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)
  38. 1876Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (died 1925)
  39. 1880Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1942)
  40. 1882Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (died 1953)
  41. 1888Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1967)
  42. 1889Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (died 1942)
  43. 1894Frank Borzage, American actor and director (died 1962)
  44. 1895Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (died 1982)
  45. 1897Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (died 1965)
  46. 1897Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (died 1972)
  47. 1898Lucius D. Clay, American general (died 1978)
  48. 1899Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
  49. 1899Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (died 1982)
  50. 1900Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1959)
  51. 1900Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (died 1996)
  52. 1901E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (died 1988)
  53. 1902Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
  54. 1903Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (died 1974)
  55. 1904Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (died 1980)
  56. 1904Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (died 2001)
  57. 1904Duncan Renaldo, American actor (died 1985)
  58. 1907Lee Miller, American model and photographer (died 1977)
  59. 1907Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (died 1975)
  60. 1908Myron Waldman, American animator and director (died 2006)
  61. 1910Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (died 1960)
  62. 1910Simone Simon, French actress (died 2005)
  63. 1911Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
  64. 1913Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (died 2013)
  65. 1915Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (died 2000)
  66. 1916Ivo Lola Ribar, Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (died 1943)
  67. 1916Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (died 2009)
  68. 1916Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (died 1982)
  69. 1917Dorian Leigh, American model (died 2008)
  70. 1917Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
  71. 1918Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (died 2009)
  72. 1919Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (died 1963)
  73. 1920Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (died 2018)
  74. 1921Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (died 2012)
  75. 1921Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (died 2013)
  76. 1921Janet Blair, American actress and singer (died 2007)
  77. 1921Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)
  78. 1923Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (died 2010)
  79. 1923Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (died 1993)
  80. 1924Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (died 2019)
  81. 1924Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (died 2007)
  82. 1926J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (died 2017)
  83. 1926Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (died 1990)
  84. 1928Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (died 2014)
  85. 1929George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (died 2020)
  86. 1932Halston, American fashion designer (died 1990)
  87. 1932Jim Fixx, American runner and author (died 1984)
  88. 1932Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary, activist, and journalist (died 2002)
  89. 1933Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (died 2011)
  90. 1934George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (died 2004)
  91. 1936Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
  92. 1937Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
  93. 1937David Mills, English cricketer (died 2013)
  94. 1937Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (died 2001)
  95. 1939Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (died 2022)
  96. 1939Bill Hagerty, English journalist (died 2025)
  97. 1939Lee Majors, American actor
  98. 1939Ray Peterson, American pop singer (died 2005)
  99. 1940Michael Copps, American academic and politician
  100. 1940Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (died 2007)
  101. 1940Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2014)
  102. 1941Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
  103. 1941Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (died 2018)
  104. 1941Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
  105. 1941Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (died 2019)
  106. 1941Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (died 2016)
  107. 1941Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (died 2016)
  108. 1942Sandra Dee, American model and actress (died 2005)
  109. 1943Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
  110. 1943Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
  111. 1943Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
  112. 1943Hervé Villechaize, French actor (died 1993)
  113. 1944Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (died 2021)
  114. 1946Blair Brown, American actress
  115. 1946Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (died 2014)
  116. 1947Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic (died 2022)
  117. 1947Glenn Cornick, English bass player (died 2014)
  118. 1947Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
  119. 1948Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
  120. 1948Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
  121. 1949Paul Collier, English economist and academic
  122. 1949David Cross, English violinist
  123. 1949John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (died 2021)
  124. 1950Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
  125. 1950Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
  126. 1951Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
  127. 1952Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
  128. 1953James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  129. 1954Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
  130. 1954Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
  131. 1955Judy Davis, Australian actress
  132. 1955Tony Miles, English chess player (died 2001)
  133. 1955Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (died 2008)
  134. 1955Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (died 2024)
  135. 1957Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
  136. 1957Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (died 2014)
  137. 1958Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
  138. 1958Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  139. 1959Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
  140. 1960Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
  141. 1960Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1991)
  142. 1960Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
  143. 1960Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  144. 1960Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  145. 1961George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
  146. 1961Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
  147. 1962John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
  148. 1962Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
  149. 1963Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
  150. 1963Robby Naish, American windsurfer
  151. 1964Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
  152. 1965Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
  153. 1966Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
  154. 1966Matt Freeman, American bass player
  155. 1966Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (died 1999)
  156. 1967Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)
  157. 1967Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
  158. 1968Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
  159. 1968Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  160. 1968Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (died 2001)
  161. 1969Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
  162. 1969Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (died 2018)
  163. 1970Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
  164. 1970Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
  165. 1970Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
  166. 1970Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
  167. 1970Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
  168. 1971Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
  169. 1972Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
  170. 1972Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
  171. 1972Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
  172. 1973Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
  173. 1974Carlos Dengler, American bass player
  174. 1974Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
  175. 1975Bobby Shaw, American football player
  176. 1976Gabriel Damon, American actor
  177. 1976Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  178. 1977John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
  179. 1977Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
  180. 1977David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
  181. 1977Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
  182. 1977John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  183. 1977Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
  184. 1977Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
  185. 1977Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
  186. 1978Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
  187. 1979Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
  188. 1979Jaime King, American actress and model
  189. 1979Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
  190. 1979Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
  191. 1980Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
  192. 1982Kyle Beckerman, American footballer
  193. 1982Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
  194. 1983Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
  195. 1983Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
  196. 1983Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
  197. 1984Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
  198. 1984Moose, American professional wrestler and football player
  199. 1984Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
  200. 1985Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
  201. 1986Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
  202. 1986Alysia Montaño, American runner
  203. 1986Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
  204. 1987Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
  205. 1987John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
  206. 1987Emily Fox, American basketball player
  207. 1988Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
  208. 1988Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician
  209. 1988Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
  210. 1988Patrick Maroon, American ice hockey player
  211. 1988Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
  212. 1988Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
  213. 1989Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
  214. 1990Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer
  215. 1990Dev Patel, English actor
  216. 1991Britt Baker, American professional wrestler
  217. 1991Nathan Baker, English footballer
  218. 1991Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
  219. 1991Kyle Juszczyk, American football player
  220. 1991Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
  221. 1994Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
  222. 1994Song Kang, South Korean actor
  223. 1995Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
  224. 1995Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler
  225. 1996Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player
  226. 1997Zach Apple, American swimmer
  227. 1999Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter
  228. 1999Laufey, Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician
  229. 2000Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
  230. 2000Lee Jeno, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer
  231. 2018Prince Louis of Wales, British royal

Fallecimientos (124)

  1. 711Childebert III, Frankish king (born 670)
  2. 725Wihtred of Kent
  3. 871Æthelred of Wessex (born 837)
  4. 915Yang Shihou, Chinese general
  5. 944Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
  6. 990Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot
  7. 997Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (born 956)
  8. 1014Brian Boru, Irish king (born 941)
  9. 1014Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
  10. 1016Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968)
  11. 1124Alexander I of Scotland (born 1078)
  12. 1151Adeliza of Louvain (born 1103)
  13. 1170Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (born 1139)
  14. 1196Béla III of Hungary (born )
  15. 1200Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (born 1130)
  16. 1217Inge II of Norway (born 1185)
  17. 1262Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
  18. 1266Gilles of Saumur, French archbishop
  19. 1307Joan of Acre (born 1272)
  20. 1400Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (born c. 1338)
  21. 1407Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (born 1326)
  22. 1501Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (born 1442)
  23. 1554Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (born 1523)
  24. 1605Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (born 1551)
  25. 1616William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (born 1564)
  26. 1616Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (born 1539)
  27. 1620Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Jewish scholar (born 1542)
  28. 1625Maurice, Prince of Orange (born 1567)
  29. 1695Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (born 1621)
  30. 1702Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (born 1614)
  31. 1781James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (born 1706)
  32. 1784Solomon I of Imereti (born 1735)
  33. 1792Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (born 1741)
  34. 1794Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (born 1721)
  35. 1827Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (born 1780)
  36. 1839Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (born 1768)
  37. 1850William Wordsworth, English poet and author (born 1770)
  38. 1850John Joel Glanton, American outlaw, soldier, mercenary, and Texas ranger (born ~1819)
  39. 1865Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (born 1838)
  40. 1889Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (born 1808)
  41. 1895Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1815)
  42. 1905Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (born 1823)
  43. 1907Alferd Packer, American prospector and convicted cannibal (born 1842)
  44. 1915Rupert Brooke, English poet (born 1887)
  45. 1936Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (born 1889)
  46. 1951Jules Berry, French actor and director (born 1883)
  47. 1951Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1865)
  48. 1959Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (born 1872)
  49. 1965George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (born 1891)
  50. 1966George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (born 1893)
  51. 1981Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (born 1897)
  52. 1983Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (born 1908)
  53. 1984Red Garland, American pianist (born 1923)
  54. 1985Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
  55. 1985Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (born 1916)
  56. 1986Harold Arlen, American composer (born 1905)
  57. 1986Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (born 1922)
  58. 1986Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1905)
  59. 1990Paulette Goddard, American actress (born 1910)
  60. 1991Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
  61. 1992Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
  62. 1992Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1912)
  63. 1993Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (born 1927)
  64. 1995Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (born 1895)
  65. 1995Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (born 1918)
  66. 1995Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (born 1904)
  67. 1995John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (born 1904)
  68. 1996Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (born 1913)
  69. 1996P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (born 1899)
  70. 1997Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (born 1918)
  71. 1998Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1907)
  72. 1998James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (born 1928)
  73. 1998Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (born 1920)
  74. 2003Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (born 1910)
  75. 2004Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (born 1911)
  76. 2005Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (born 1911)
  77. 2005Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (born 1917)
  78. 2005Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (born 1928)
  79. 2005John Mills, English actor (born 1908)
  80. 2005Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927)
  81. 2005Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (born 1934)
  82. 2006Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (born 1940)
  83. 2007Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (born 1932)
  84. 2007David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born 1934)
  85. 2007Peter Randall, English sergeant (born 1930)
  86. 2007Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (born 1931)
  87. 2010Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (born 1929)
  88. 2011James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (born 1922)
  89. 2011Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1943)
  90. 2011Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (born 1921)
  91. 2011Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (born 1924)
  92. 2011John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
  93. 2012Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (born 1943)
  94. 2012Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (born 1947)
  95. 2012Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (born 1947)
  96. 2012Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (born 1921)
  97. 2012LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (born 1918)
  98. 2013Bob Brozman, American guitarist (born 1954)
  99. 2013Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (born 1943)
  100. 2013Tony Grealish, English footballer (born 1956)
  101. 2013Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (born 1924)
  102. 2013Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (born 1924)
  103. 2013Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (born 1907)
  104. 2014Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (born 1946)
  105. 2014Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1959)
  106. 2014Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)
  107. 2014Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (born 1911)
  108. 2014F. Michael Rogers, American general (born 1921)
  109. 2014Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (born 1951)
  110. 2014Patric Standford, English composer and educator (born 1939)
  111. 2015Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (born 1944)
  112. 2015Ray Jackson, Australian activist (born 1941)
  113. 2015Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (born 1950)
  114. 2015Jim Steffen, American football player (born 1936)
  115. 2015Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (born 1967)
  116. 2016Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (born 1915)
  117. 2016Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (born 1932)
  118. 2019Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (born 1983)
  119. 2019Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1921)
  120. 2021Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (born 1979)
  121. 2022Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (born 1934)
  122. 2024Frank Field, British politician (born 1942)
  123. 2024Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (born 1933)
  124. 2026Łukasz Litewka, Polish Parliament Member (born 1989)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Canada Book Day (Canada)
  2. Castile and León Day (Castile and León)
  3. Khongjom Day (Manipur)
  4. National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Turkey and Northern Cyprus)
  5. Navy Day (China)
  6. World Book Day
  7. UN English Language Day (United Nations)
  8. UN Spanish Language Day (United Nations)

Santoral (13)

  1. Adalbert of Prague
  2. Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus
  3. Saint George
  4. Blessed Giles of Assisi
  5. Gerard of Toul
  6. Ibar of Beggerin (Meath)
  7. Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
  8. Toyohiko Kagawa (Episcopal and Lutheran Church)
  9. Saint George's Day and its related observances:
  10. Saint George's Day (Catalonia)
  11. Saint George's Day (England)
  12. Blessed Teresa Maria Manetti
  13. April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)