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Acontecimientos (47)

  1. 1479 a. C.Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
  2. 1183 a. C.Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
  3. 858Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.
  4. 934Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi succeeds him as caliph.
  5. 1547Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
  6. 1558Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre-Dame de Paris.
  7. 1704The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  8. 1793French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.
  9. 1800The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
  10. 1837The great fire in Surat, India causes more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.
  11. 1877Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  12. 1885American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  13. 1895Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop Spray.
  14. 1913The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  15. 1914The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  16. 1915The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
  17. 1916Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  18. 1916Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken .
  19. 1918World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
  20. 1922The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  21. 1924Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).
  22. 1926The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  23. 1932Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
  24. 1933Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
  25. 1944World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
  26. 1953Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
  27. 1955The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
  28. 1957Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
  29. 1963Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
  30. 1965Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
  31. 1967Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
  32. 1967Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
  33. 1970China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
  34. 1970The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  35. 1980Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
  36. 1990STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  37. 1990Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
  38. 1993An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
  39. 1994A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.
  40. 1996In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
  41. 2004The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  42. 2005Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
  43. 2006Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80.
  44. 2011WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
  45. 2013A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 others.
  46. 2013Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
  47. 2025A mass stabbing at a school in Nantes, France, leaves one person dead and three others wounded.

Nacimientos (206)

  1. 1086Ramiro II of Aragon (died 1157)
  2. 1492Sabina of Bavaria, Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (died 1564)
  3. 1532Thomas Lucy, English politician (died 1600)
  4. 1533William I of Orange, founding father of the Netherlands (died 1584)
  5. 1538Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (died 1587)
  6. 1545Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, English Earl (died 1581)
  7. 1562Xu Guangqi, Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (died 1633)
  8. 1581Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (died 1660)
  9. 1608Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (died 1660)
  10. 1620John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (died 1674)
  11. 1706Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer (died 1780)
  12. 1718Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator (died 1784)
  13. 1743Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (died 1823)
  14. 1784Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist (died 1860)
  15. 1815Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (died 1882)
  16. 1823Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1889)
  17. 1829Luisa Cappiani, Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (died 1919)
  18. 1845Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
  19. 1856Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (died 1951)
  20. 1860Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (died 1935)
  21. 1862Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist (died 1957)
  22. 1868Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer (died 1944)
  23. 1876Erich Raeder, German admiral (died 1960)
  24. 1878Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (died 1958)
  25. 1879Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer (died 1984)
  26. 1880Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (died 1954)
  27. 1880Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (died 1964)
  28. 1882Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (died 1970)
  29. 1885Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper (died 1962)
  30. 1885Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (died 1961)
  31. 1887Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (died 1931)
  32. 1888Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator (died 1973)
  33. 1889Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1952)
  34. 1889Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and academic (died 1924)
  35. 1897Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955)
  36. 1897Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (died 1941)
  37. 1899Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic (died 1986)
  38. 1900Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (died 1984)
  39. 1903José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (died 1936)
  40. 1904Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (died 1997)
  41. 1905Al Bates, American long jumper (died 1999)
  42. 1905Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (died 1989)
  43. 1906William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)
  44. 1906Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
  45. 1907Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer (died 1997)
  46. 1908Marceline Day, American actress (died 2000)
  47. 1908Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (died 1991)
  48. 1908Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (died 1963)
  49. 1912Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (died 1994)
  50. 1913Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (died 2014)
  51. 1914William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
  52. 1914Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1991)
  53. 1914Justin Wilson, American chef and author (died 2001)
  54. 1916Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (died 2002)
  55. 1919David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic (died 2010)
  56. 1919Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (died 2013)
  57. 1920Gino Valenzano, Italian race car driver (died 2011)
  58. 1922Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist and academic (died 2014)
  59. 1923Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2005)
  60. 1923Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (died 2011)
  61. 1924Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (died 2009)
  62. 1924Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (died 2002)
  63. 1925Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter (died 1992)
  64. 1926Marilyn Erskine, American actress
  65. 1926Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2016)
  66. 1927Josy Barthel, Luxembourgish runner and politician, Luxembourgish Minister for Energy (died 1992)
  67. 1928Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2020)
  68. 1928Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (died 2008)
  69. 1928Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (died 2012)
  70. 1929Dr. Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (died 2006)
  71. 1930Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author (died 2019)
  72. 1930Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
  73. 1930José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil
  74. 1931Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (died 2013)
  75. 1931Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
  76. 1934Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (died 2015)
  77. 1934Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
  78. 1936David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
  79. 1936Jill Ireland, English actress (died 1990)
  80. 1937Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (died 2001)
  81. 1940Sue Grafton, American author (died 2017)
  82. 1941Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2010)
  83. 1941John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
  84. 1942Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
  85. 1942Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
  86. 1943Richard Sterban, American country and gospel bass singer
  87. 1943Gordon West, English footballer (died 2012)
  88. 1944Peter Cresswell, English judge
  89. 1944Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
  90. 1944Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer
  91. 1945Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter
  92. 1946Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2013)
  93. 1946Phil Robertson, American hunter and television personality (died 2025)
  94. 1947Josep Borrell, Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
  95. 1947João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
  96. 1947Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  97. 1947Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
  98. 1947Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  99. 1948Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2013)
  100. 1948Eliana Gil, Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author
  101. 1949Eddie Hart, American sprinter
  102. 1949Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
  103. 1950Rob Hyman, American singer-songwriter and musician
  104. 1951Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
  105. 1951Christian Bobin, French author and poet (died 2022)
  106. 1951Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter
  107. 1951Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
  108. 1952Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
  109. 1952Ralph Winter, American film producer
  110. 1953Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
  111. 1954Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer
  112. 1954Jack Blades, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  113. 1955Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
  114. 1955John de Mol Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
  115. 1955Eamon Gilmore, Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
  116. 1955Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
  117. 1955Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (died 1992)
  118. 1955Michael O'Keefe, American actor
  119. 1955Bill Osborne, New Zealand rugby player
  120. 1956James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
  121. 1957Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
  122. 1958Brian Paddick, English police officer and politician
  123. 1959Paula Yates, British-Australian television host and author (died 2000)
  124. 1961Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
  125. 1962Clemens Binninger, German politician
  126. 1962Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
  127. 1962Steve Roach, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
  128. 1963Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  129. 1963Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
  130. 1963Mano Solo, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2010)
  131. 1964Helga Arendt, German sprinter (died 2013)
  132. 1964Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
  133. 1964Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer
  134. 1964Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
  135. 1965Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  136. 1966Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
  137. 1966Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
  138. 1966David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
  139. 1967Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
  140. 1967Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
  141. 1968Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
  142. 1968Todd Jones, American baseball player
  143. 1968Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
  144. 1968Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
  145. 1969Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
  146. 1969Rory McCann, Scottish actor
  147. 1969Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
  148. 1970Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  149. 1971Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
  150. 1971Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  151. 1972Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
  152. 1972Chipper Jones, American baseball player
  153. 1972Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
  154. 1973Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
  155. 1973Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
  156. 1973Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
  157. 1973Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
  158. 1973Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
  159. 1973Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
  160. 1973Lee Westwood, English golfer
  161. 1974Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  162. 1974Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
  163. 1975Marte Mjøs Persen, Norwegian politician
  164. 1975Dejan Savić, Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player
  165. 1976Hedda Berntsen, Norwegian skier
  166. 1976Steve Finnan, Irish international footballer
  167. 1976Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach
  168. 1977Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  169. 1977Diego Placente, Argentine footballer
  170. 1978Diego Quintana, Argentine footballer
  171. 1979Avey Tare, American musician
  172. 1980Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
  173. 1980Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (died 2008)
  174. 1981Taylor Dent, American tennis player
  175. 1981Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
  176. 1982Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host
  177. 1982David Oliver, American hurdler
  178. 1982Simon Tischer, German volleyball player
  179. 1983Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
  180. 1985Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
  181. 1986Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
  182. 1987Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  183. 1987Kris Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
  184. 1987Rein Taaramäe, Estonian cyclist
  185. 1987Jan Vertonghen, Belgian international footballer
  186. 1987Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
  187. 1989Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player
  188. 1989David Boudia, American diver
  189. 1989Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
  190. 1990Kim Tae-ri, South Korean actress
  191. 1990Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player
  192. 1991Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model
  193. 1991Morgan Ciprès, French figure skater
  194. 1991Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer
  195. 1992Laura Kenny, English cyclist
  196. 1992Jack Quaid, American actor
  197. 1993Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
  198. 1994Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
  199. 1994Caspar Lee, British-South African YouTuber
  200. 1995Kehlani, American singer-songwriter
  201. 1996Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
  202. 1997Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
  203. 1997Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
  204. 1998Ryan Newman, American actress
  205. 1999Ziyu He, Chinese violinist
  206. 1999Jerry Jeudy, American football player

Fallecimientos (81)

  1. 624Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury
  2. 1149Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
  3. 1288Gertrude of Austria (born 1226)
  4. 1338Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (born 1291)
  5. 1479Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (born 1440)
  6. 1513Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (born 1465)
  7. 1617Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1575)
  8. 1622Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (born 1577)
  9. 1656Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (born 1561)
  10. 1692Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (born 1633)
  11. 1731Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (born 1660)
  12. 1748Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (born 1683)
  13. 1779Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (born 1711)
  14. 1794Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1719)
  15. 1852Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1783)
  16. 1889Zulma Carraud, French author (born 1796)
  17. 1891Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (born 1800)
  18. 1924G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (born 1844)
  19. 1931David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (born 1862)
  20. 1935Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (born 1857)
  21. 1938George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (born 1863)
  22. 1939Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (born 1881)
  23. 1941Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (born 1900)
  24. 1942Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (born 1874)
  25. 1944Charles Jordan, American magician (born 1888)
  26. 1945Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician and SS officer, facilitator of medical experiments on concentration camp inmates (born 1899)
  27. 1947Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1873)
  28. 1948Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (born 1863)
  29. 1954Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (born 1910)
  30. 1960Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
  31. 1961Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (born 1888)
  32. 1962Milt Franklyn, American composer (born 1897)
  33. 1964Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895)
  34. 1965Louise Dresser, American actress (born 1878)
  35. 1966Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (born 1902)
  36. 1967Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (born 1927)
  37. 1967Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (born 1885)
  38. 1968Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (born 1876)
  39. 1970Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (born 1930)
  40. 1972Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (born 1892)
  41. 1974Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (born 1897)
  42. 1976Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (born 1890)
  43. 1980Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904)
  44. 1982Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (born 1896)
  45. 1983Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (born 1938)
  46. 1983Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (born 1943)
  47. 1984Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (born 1891)
  48. 1986Wallis Simpson, American socialite, Duchess of Windsor, wife of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duke of Windsor (born 1896)
  49. 1993Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (born 1917)
  50. 1993Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (born 1917)
  51. 1995Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (born 1903)
  52. 1997Allan Francovich, American director and producer (born 1941)
  53. 1997Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (born 1927)
  54. 1997Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (born 1922)
  55. 2001Josef Peters, German racing driver (born 1914)
  56. 2001Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (born 1928)
  57. 2002Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgish sculptor (born 1908)
  58. 2003Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (born 1910)
  59. 2004José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (born 1923)
  60. 2004Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (born 1906)
  61. 2005Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (born 1924)
  62. 2005Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (born 1910)
  63. 2006Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
  64. 2006Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
  65. 2008Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (born 1921)
  66. 2011Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (born 1926)
  67. 2014Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)
  68. 2014Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
  69. 2014Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
  70. 2014Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
  71. 2015Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
  72. 2016Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
  73. 2017Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)
  74. 2022Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (born 1950)
  75. 2023Wang Xiaolong, Chinese Coast guardsman (born 1995)
  76. 2024Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
  77. 2024Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
  78. 2024Donald Payne Jr., American politician (born 1958)
  79. 2024Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
  80. 2025Roy Phillips, British musician (born 1941)
  81. 2026Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1951)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, California, France)
  2. Concord Day (Niger)
  3. Democracy Day (Nepal)
  4. Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
  5. Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
  6. National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
  7. Republic Day (The Gambia)
  8. World Day for Laboratory Animals

Santoral (16)

  1. Benedict Menni
  2. Dermot of Armagh
  3. Dyfnan of Anglesey
  4. Ecgberht of Ripon
  5. Elizabeth Hesselblad
  6. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  7. Gregory of Elvira
  8. Ivo of Ramsey
  9. Johann Walter (Lutheran)
  10. Mary of Clopas
  11. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
  12. Mellitus
  13. Salome (disciple)
  14. Wilfrid (Catholic Church and Church of England)
  15. William Firmatus
  16. April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)