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{{pp-move}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1450s BC|1457 BC]] – [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|Battle of Megido]] – the first [[battle]] to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Redford |first=Donald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uDdg8bDVzMC&pg=PA206 |title=The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III |publisher=BRILL |year=2003 |isbn=978-90-04-12989-4 |pages=197–198 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cline |first=Eric H |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DM32ynvakvEC |title=The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-472-06739-8 |pages=18, 21, 22 |language=English}}</ref> *[[AD 69|69]] – Defeated by [[Vitellius]]' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor [[Otho]] commits suicide.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=218|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[AD 73|73]] – [[Masada]], a Jewish fortress, falls to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] after several months of siege, ending the [[First Jewish–Roman War]].<ref>Duncan B. Campbell, "Capturing a desert fortress: Flavius Silva and the siege of Masada", [[Ancient Warfare (magazine)|''Ancient Warfare'']] Vol. IV, no. 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 28–35. The dating is explained on pp. 29 and 32.</ref> *[[1346]] – [[Stefan Dušan]], "the Mighty", is crowned [[Emperor of the Serbs]] at [[Skopje]], [[Serbian Empire|his empire]] occupying much of the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Fine | first=John Van Antwerp Jr. |author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. |title = The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest | publisher = [[University of Michigan Press]]| place =Ann Arbor | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-472-08260-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC|page=309}}</ref> *[[1520]] – The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] begins in Spain against the rule of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Haliczer |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Haliczer |title=The Comuneros of Castile: The Forging of a Revolution, 1475–1521 |year=1981 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=0-299-08500-7 |page=160}}</ref> *[[1582]] – Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Hernando de Lerma]] founds the settlement of [[Salta]], Argentina. ===1601–1900=== *[[1746]] – The [[Battle of Culloden]] is fought between the French-supported [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] and the British [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] forces commanded by [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], in Scotland.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL6|desc=Battle of Culloden|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg]] founds the [[University of Münster]]. *[[1799]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)|Battle of Mount Tabor]]: [[Napoleon]] drives [[Ottoman Turks]] across the [[River Jordan]] near [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. *[[1818]] – The [[United States Senate]] ratifies the [[Rush–Bagot Treaty]], limiting naval armaments on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[Lake Champlain]]. * 1838 – The [[French Army]] [[Battle of Veracruz (1838)|captures Veracruz]] in the [[Pastry War]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=On This Day – What Happened on April 16 |url=https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-16|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> *[[1847]] – Shooting of a [[Māori people|Māori]] by an English sailor results in the opening of the [[Wanganui Campaign]] of the [[New Zealand Wars]]. *[[1853]] – The [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] opens the first passenger rail in India, from [[Bori Bunder]] to [[Thane]]. *[[1858]] – The [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], is dissolved. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle at Lee's Mills]] in [[Virginia]]. * 1862 – American Civil War: The [[District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act]], a bill ending [[slavery in the District of Columbia]], becomes law. *[[1863]] – American Civil War: During the [[Vicksburg Campaign]], [[gunboat]]s commanded by acting Rear Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] run downriver past Confederate [[Artillery battery|artillery batteries]] at Vicksburg. *[[1878]] – The [[Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland]] issues a declaration establishing a city of [[Kotka]] on the southern part islands from the [[Kymi, Finland|old Kymi parish]].<ref>[http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 Kotkan synty ja kasvu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520225231/http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 |date=2015-05-20 }} (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1881]] – In [[Dodge City, Kansas]], [[Bat Masterson]] fights his last gun battle. ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Natural Bridges National Monument]] is established in [[Utah]]. *[[1910]] – The oldest existing indoor [[ice hockey]] arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, [[Matthews Arena|Boston Arena]], opens for the first time. *[[1912]] – [[Harriet Quimby]] becomes the first woman to fly an [[Aircraft|airplane]] across the [[English Channel]]. *[[1917]] – [[Russian Revolution]]: [[Vladimir Lenin]] returns to [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], [[Russian Provisional Government|Russia]], from exile in Switzerland. *[[1919]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] by the British colonial troops three days earlier. * 1919 – [[Polish–Lithuanian War]]: The [[Polish Land Forces|Polish Army]] launches the [[Vilna offensive]] to capture [[Vilnius]] in modern [[Lithuania]]. *[[1922]] – The [[Treaty of Rapallo (1922)|Treaty of Rapallo]], pursuant to which [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] re-establish [[Diplomacy|diplomatic relations]], is signed. *[[1925]] – During the [[Communist]] [[St. Nedelya Church assault|St Nedelya Church assault]] in [[Sofia]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The Italian-German ''Tarigo'' convoy is [[Battle of the Tarigo Convoy|attacked and destroyed]] by British ships. * 1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated [[Ustaše]] is put in charge of the [[Independent State of Croatia]] by the [[Axis powers]] after [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Operation 25]] is effected. *[[1942]] – King [[George VI]] awarded the [[Award of the George Cross to Malta|George Cross to the people of Malta]] in appreciation of their heroism.<ref>{{cite web|title=The GC Collective Awards |url=http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm |access-date=22 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428221147/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm |archive-date=28 April 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Albert Hofmann]] accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug [[LSD]]. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on [[April 19]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: Allied forces start [[Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II|bombing Belgrade]], killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Red Army]] begins the [[Battle of Berlin|final assault]] on [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the [[Battle of the Seelow Heights]]. * 1945 – The [[United States Army]] liberates Nazi ''Sonderlager'' (high security) [[prisoner-of-war camp]] [[Oflag IV-C]] (better known as [[Colditz Castle|Colditz]]). * 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship ''[[Goya (ship)|Goya]]'' is sunk by a Soviet [[submarine]]. *[[1947]] – An [[Texas City disaster|explosion]] on board a freighter in port causes the city of [[Texas City, Texas]], United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fertilizer-explosion-kills-581-in-texas|title=Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas|date=July 28, 2019|website=HISTORY|access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Bernard Baruch]] first applies the term "[[Cold War]]" to describe the relationship between the United States and the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1948]] – The [[OECD|Organization of European Economic Co-operation]] is formed.<ref name=":0" /> *[[1961]] – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]] declares that he is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] and that Cuba is going to adopt [[Communism]]. *[[1963]] – U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] writes his open [[letter from Birmingham Jail]], sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], for protesting against segregation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tiefenbrun|first=Susan|date=1992|title=Semiotics and Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.2307/743322|journal=[[Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature]]|language=en|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|volume=4|issue=2|pages=255–287|doi=10.2307/743322|jstor=743322|url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Apollo program]]: The launch of [[Apollo 16]] from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]]. *[[2001]] – India and [[Bangladesh]] begin a [[2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes|five-day border conflict]], but are unable to resolve the disputes about [[Bangladesh–India border|their border]]. *[[2003]] – The [[Treaty of Accession 2003|Treaty of Accession]] is signed in [[Athens]] admitting ten new member states to the [[European Union]]. *[[2007]] – [[Virginia Tech shooting]]: [[Seung-Hui Cho]] murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. *[[2008]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in the ''[[Baze v. Rees]]'' decision that [[Lethal injection|execution by lethal injection]] does not violate the [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth Amendment]] ban against [[cruel and unusual punishment]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United States: Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injection Cocktail is Constitutional|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2008-05-02/united-states-supreme-court-rules-lethal-injection-cocktail-is-constitutional/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> *[[2012]] – The [[Trial of Anders Behring Breivik|trial]] for [[Anders Behring Breivik]], the perpetrator of the [[2011 Norway attacks]], begins in [[Oslo]], Norway. * 2012 – The [[2012 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] winners were announced, it was the first time [[1977 Pulitzer Prize|since 1977]] that no book won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Fiction Prize]]. *[[2013]] – A 7.8-[[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] [[2013 Saravan earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]], Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. * 2013 – The [[2013 Baga massacre]] is started when [[Boko Haram]] militants engage government soldiers in [[Baga, Borno|Baga]]. *[[2014]] – The [[South Korea]]n ferry [[MV Sewol|MV ''Sewol'']] [[Sinking of MV Sewol|capsizes and sinks]] near [[Jindo (island)|Jindo Island]], killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities. *[[2016]] – [[2016 Ecuador earthquake|Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years]] kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six months report Ecuador: Earthquake|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MDREC0126m.docx.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MDREC0126m.docx.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|date=November 2016|work=ReliefWeb}}</ref> *[[2018]] – ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] for breaking news of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Disis|first=Brian Stelter and Jill|date=2018-04-16|title=New Yorker and New York Times win 2018 Pulitzer for Harvey Weinstein reporting|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/16/media/pulitzer-prizes-2018/index.html|access-date=2022-01-10|publisher=CNN Money}}</ref> *[[2024]] – The historic [[Børsen]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire |url=https://apnews.com/article/copenhagen-fire-spire-stock-exchange-045be0d926a7dd590d4f32e5cea07360 |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=Associated Press News |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1488]] – [[Jungjong of Joseon]] (died 1544) *[[1495]] – [[Petrus Apianus]], German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Kanas|title=Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xepttjhzaH8C&pg=PA89|date=30 June 2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-71668-8|page=89}}</ref> *[[1516]] – [[Tabinshwehti]], Burmese king (died 1550)<ref name=hy-2-180>(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 180): Wednesday, first waning of Kason 878 ME = 16 April 1516; {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}</ref> *[[1569]] – [[John Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies]], English poet and lawyer (died 1626)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hutchinson|title=A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw-3QC98d_UC&pg=PA69|year=2003|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-58477-323-8|page=69}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1635]] – [[Frans van Mieris the Elder]], Dutch painter (died 1681)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Otto Naumann|author2=Frans van Mieris|title=Frans Van Mieris (1635-1681), the Elder: Text & comparative illustrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldtOAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Davaco|isbn=978-90-70288-04-4}}</ref> *[[1646]] – [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]], French architect (probable;<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, a New Survey of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IeD64iVkF8C|year=1957|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|page=823}}</ref> (died 1708) *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753)<ref>{{cite book|author=[[John Hemsley Pearn|John Pearn]]|title=A Doctor in the Garden: Nomen Medici in Botanicis: Australian Flora and the World of Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm8QAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Amphion Press|isbn=978-1-86499-503-9|page=333}}</ref> *[[1661]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (died 1715)<ref>{{cite book|author=National cyclopaedia|title=The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vVb7yP8_4kC&pg=PA109|year=1879|page=109}}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[John Hadley]], English mathematician, invented the [[octant (instrument)|octant]] (died 1744) *[[1697]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Görner]], German organist and composer (died 1778) *[[1728]] – [[Joseph Black]], French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799) *[[1730]] – [[Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)|Henry Clinton]], English general and politician (died 1795) *[[1755]] – [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun|Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (died 1842)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank N.|last=Magill|title=The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4|location=Abingdon|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=978-0-89356-316-5|page=1376}}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[John Franklin]], English admiral and politician, fourth [[Governor of Tasmania|Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land]] (died 1847) *[[1800]] – [[George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan]], English field marshal and politician (died 1888) *[[1808]] – [[Caleb Blood Smith]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (died 1864) *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English soldier and painter (died 1893) *[[1823]] – [[Gotthold Eisenstein]], German mathematician and academic (died 1852) *[[1826]] – [[Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet]], British politician (died 1891) *[[1827]] – [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879) *[[1839]] – [[Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì]], Italian politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (died 1908) *[[1834]] – [[Charles Lennox Richardson]], English merchant (died 1862) *[[1844]] – [[Anatole France]], French journalist, novelist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1924) *[[1847]] – [[Hans Auer]], Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]] (died 1906) *[[1848]] – [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian author and activist (died 1919) *[[1851]] – [[Ponnambalam Ramanathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third [[Solicitor General of Sri Lanka]] (died 1930) *[[1864]] – [[Rose Talbot Bullard]], American medical doctor and professor (died 1915) *[[1865]] – [[Harry Chauvel]], Australian general (died 1945) *[[1866]] – [[José de Diego]], Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918) *[[1867]] – [[Wilbur Wright]], American inventor (died 1912) *[[1871]] – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909) *[[1874]] – [[Jōtarō Watanabe]], Japanese general (died 1936) *[[1878]] – [[R. E. Foster]], English cricketer and footballer (died 1914) *[[1882]] – [[Seth Bingham]], American organist and composer (died 1972) *[[1884]] – [[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell]], English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963) *[[1885]] – [[Leó Weiner]], Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960) *[[1886]] – [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957) * 1886 – [[Ernst Thälmann]], German politician (died 1944) *[[1888]] – [[Billy Minter]], English footballer and manager (died 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/billy-minter/|title=Billy Minter|website=managerstats.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977) *[[1890]] – [[Fred Root]], English cricketer and umpire (died 1954) * 1890 – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (died 1979) *[[1891]] – [[Dorothy P. Lathrop]], American author and illustrator (died 1980) *[[1892]] – [[Dora Richter]], German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female [[gender-affirming surgery]] (died 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=Was wurde aus Dora? |trans-title=What became of Dora? |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/rbb-was-wurde-aus-dora-100.html |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |language=de}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Howard Mumford Jones]], American author, critic, and academic (died 1980) *[[1893]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (died 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref> * 1893 – [[John Norton (athlete)|John Norton]], American hurdler (died 1979) *[[1895]] – [[Ove Arup]], English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]] (died 1988) *[[1896]] – [[Robert Henry Best]], American journalist (died 1952) * 1896 – [[Árpád Weisz]], Hungarian footballer (died 1944) *[[1899]] – [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist and academic (died 1988) *[[1900]] – [[Polly Adler]], Russian-American madam and author (died 1962)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/7|title=Notable American women: the modern period: a biographical dictionary|date=1980|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |editor=Sicherman, Barbara |editor2=Green, Carol Hurd |isbn=978-0-674-62733-8|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|page=7 |oclc=6487187|url-access=registration}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Paul Waner]], American baseball player and manager (died 1965) *[[1904]] – [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983) *[[1905]] – [[Frits Philips]], Dutch businessman (died 2005) *[[1907]] – [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]], Canadian inventor and businessman, founded [[Bombardier Inc.]] (died 1964) * 1907 – [[August Eigruber]], Austrian-German politician (died 1947) *[[1908]] – [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman and activist (died 2004) * 1908 – [[Ray Ventura (pianist)|Ray Ventura]], French jazz bandleader (died 1979) *[[1910]] – [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (died 1994) *[[1911]] – [[Guy Burgess]], English-Russian spy (died 1963) *[[1914]] – [[John Hodiak]], American actor (died 1955) * [[1915]] – [[Robert Speck (politician)|Robert Speck]], Canadian politician, first [[Mayor of Mississauga]] (died 1972) *[[1916]] – [[Behçet Necatigil]], Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979) *[[1917]] – [[Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli]] (died 2013) * 1917 – [[Barry Nelson]], American actor (died 2007) *[[1918]] – [[Hsuan Hua]], Chinese-American monk and author (died 1995) * 1918 – [[Spike Milligan]], Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |title=Spike Milligan (obituary) |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh |date=28 February 2002 |access-date=25 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200953/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |archive-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (died 2009) * 1919 – [[Nilla Pizzi]], Italian singer (died 2011) * 1919 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect (died 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Ananda Dassanayake]], Sri Lankan politician (died 2012) * 1920 – [[Prince Georg of Denmark]] (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McNaughton |first1=Arnold |title=The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy |date=1973 |publisher=Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co |isbn=0-8129-0280-7 |page=187}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (died 2014) * 1921 – [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004) *[[1922]] – [[Kingsley Amis]], English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995) * 1922 – [[Lawrence N. Guarino]], American colonel (died 2014) * 1922 – [[Leo Tindemans]], Belgian politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (died 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Warren Barker]], American composer (died 2006) * 1923 – [[Arch A. Moore Jr.]], American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (died 2015) *[[1924]] – [[John Harvey-Jones]], English academic and businessman (died 2008) * 1924 – [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and conductor (died 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-mancini-19940615-20160609-snap-htmlstory.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Henry Mancini, Composer of Elegant Music, Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Madanjeet Singh]], Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], French pharmacist, founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]] (died 2013) *[[1927]] – [[Edie Adams]], American actress and singer (died 2008) * 1927 – [[Pope Benedict XVI]] (died 2022)<ref>{{cite book|author=John L. Allen|title=Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR8weSA-f9gC&pg=PA1|date=1 September 2001|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1361-1|page=1}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Rolf Schult]], German actor (died 2013) *[[1928]] – [[Night Train Lane]], American football player (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick (Night Train) Lane |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dick-night-train-lane/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Roy Hamilton]], American singer (died 1969) * 1929 – [[Ralph Slatyer]], Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012) * 1929 – [[Ed Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003) *[[1930]] – [[Doug Beasy]], Australian footballer and educator (died 2013) * 1930 – [[Herbie Mann]], American flute player and composer (died 2003) *[[1931]] – [[Julian Carroll]], American politician, 54th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll dies at 92 |url=https://www.wkyt.com/2023/12/10/former-kentucky-governor-julian-carroll-dies-92/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |publisher=WKYT |date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Maury Meyers]], American lawyer and politician (died 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Marcos Alonso Imaz]], Spanish footballer (died 2012) * 1933 – [[Joan Bakewell]], English journalist and author * 1933 – [[Perry Botkin Jr.]], American composer, arranger and musician (died 2021) * 1933 – [[Vera Krepkina]], Russian long jumper (died 2023) * 1933 – [[Ike Pappas]], American journalist and actor (died 2008) *[[1934]] – [[Vince Hill]], English singer-songwriter (died 2023) * 1934 – [[Robert Stigwood]], Australian producer and manager (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Dando-Collins|title=Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPElDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|date=2 October 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House Australia|isbn=978-1-925324-76-1|page=13}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Barrie Unsworth]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of New South Wales]] * 1934 – [[Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (died 2012) *[[1935]] – [[Marcel Carrière]], Canadian director and screenwriter * 1935 – [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]], German poet and author (died 2013) * 1935 – [[Lennart Risberg]], Swedish boxer (died 2013) * 1935 – [[Dominique Venner]], French journalist and historian (died 2013) * 1935 – [[Bobby Vinton]], American singer *[[1936]] – [[Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)|Vadim Kuzmin]], Russian physicist and academic (died 2015) *[[1937]] – [[Gert Potgieter (athlete)|Gert Potgieter]], South African hurdler and coach * 1937 – [[George Steele]], American wrestler and actor (died 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |title=George Steele, 'the Animal' Wrestler and Mild-Mannered Teacher, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/sports/george-steele-the-animal-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=17 February 2017}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Rich Rollins]], American baseball player * 1938 – [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]], Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017) *[[1939]] – [[John Amabile (American football)|John Amabile]], American football player and coach (died 2012) * 1939 – [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer and record producer (died 1999) *[[1940]] – [[Benoît Bouchard]], Canadian academic and politician, 18th [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Transport]] * 1940 – [[David Holford]], Barbadian cricketer (died 2022) * 1940 – [[Fotis Kafatos]], Greek biologist, founding president of the [[European Research Council|European Research Council (ERC)]] (died 2017).<ref name="imbbobit">{{cite web |author=Anon |year=2017 |title=Obituary Fotis Kafatos: 16th April 1940 – 18th November 2017 |url=http://www.imbb.forth.gr/news/FotisKafatosObituaryEN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122011827/http://www.imbb.forth.gr/news/FotisKafatosObituaryEN.pdf |archive-date=2017-11-22 |website=imbb.forth.gr}}</ref> * 1940 – Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Joan Snyder]], American painter * 1940 – [[Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (died 2023) *[[1941]] – [[Allan Segal]], American director and producer (died 2012) *[[1942]] – [[Nikos Gioutsos]], Greek footballer (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ανδρουλάκης |first=Μάνος |date=2018-04-15 |title=Ουγγαρία, ούζο, Ολυμπιακός: "Έμπαινε Γιούτσο, έμπαινε" - Sport-Retro.gr |url=https://sport-retro.gr/ouggaria-ouzo-olympiacos-empaine-gioutso-empaine/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |language=el}}</ref> *1942 – [[Jim Lonborg]], American baseball pitcher * 1942 – [[Sir Frank Williams]], English businessman, founded the [[Williams F1|Williams F1 Racing Team]] (died 2021) *[[1943]] – [[Petro Tyschtschenko]], Austrian-German businessman * 1943 – [[John Watkins (Australian cricketer)|John Watkins]], Australian cricketer *[[1945]] – [[Tom Allen (Maine politician)|Tom Allen]], American lawyer and politician *[[1946]] – [[Margot Adler]], American journalist and author (died 2014) * 1946 – [[Ernst Bakker]], Dutch politician (died 2014) * 1946 – [[Johnnie Lewis]], Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Chief Justice of Liberia]] (died 2015) * 1946 – [[R. Carlos Nakai]], American flute player *[[1947]] – [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], American basketball player and coach * 1947 – [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Romanowski|author2=Holly George-Warren|author3=Jon Pareles|title=The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hKFAAAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Fireside|isbn=978-0-684-81044-7|page=1971}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Reg Alcock]], Canadian businessman and politician, 17th [[President of the Treasury Board (Canada)|Canadian President of the Treasury Board]] (died 2011) *[[1950]] – [[David Graf]], American actor (died 2001) * 1950 – [[Colleen Hewett]], Australian singer and actress *[[1951]] – [[Ioan Mihai Cochinescu]], Romanian author and photographer *[[1952]] – [[Michel Blanc]], French actor and director (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=2024-10-06 |title=Michel Blanc Dies: César-Winning Actor & 'Les Bronzés' Star Was 72 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/michel-blanc-dead-cesar-award-french-actor-les-bronzes-1236108431/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Esther Roth-Shahamorov]], Israeli sprinter and hurdler *[[1953]] – [[Peter Garrett]], Australian singer-songwriter and politician *[[1954]] – [[Ellen Barkin]], American actress * 1954 – [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]], Australian racing driver * 1954 – [[Mike Zuke]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1955]] – [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |date=3 June 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63939-8 |page=359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[David M. Brown]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003) * 1956 – [[T Lavitz]], American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010) * 1956 – [[Lise-Marie Morerod]], Swiss skier *[[1957]] – [[Patricia De Martelaere]], Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009) *[[1958]] – [[Tim Flach]], English photographer and director * 1958 – [[Ulf Wakenius]], Swedish guitarist *[[1959]] – [[Alison Ramsay]], English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer *[[1960]] – [[Wahab Akbar]], Filipino politician (died 2007) * 1960 – [[Rafael Benítez]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1960 – [[Pierre Littbarski]], German footballer and manager *[[1961]] – [[Jarbom Gamlin]], Indian lawyer and politician, seventh [[Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh]] (died 2014) *[[1962]] – [[Anna Dello Russo]], Italian journalist *[[1963]] – [[Saleem Malik]], Pakistani cricketer * 1963 – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=James Gregory|title=At Last... Donny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSjtAbRnS18C|year=1973|page=50}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Esbjörn Svensson]], Swedish pianist (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries|title=Esbjörn Svensson|author=John Fordham|date=17 June 2023|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Yves-François Blanchet]], Canadian politician * 1965 – [[Jon Cryer]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Jarle Vespestad]], Norwegian drummer *[[1968]] – [[Vickie Guerrero]], American wrestler and manager * 1968 – [[Rüdiger Stenzel]], German runner *[[1969]] – [[Patrik Järbyn]], Swedish skier * 1969 – [[Fernando Viña]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1970]] – [[Dero Goi]], German singer-songwriter and drummer * 1970 – [[Margreth Olin]], Norwegian filmmaker<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margreth Olin |first1=Lillian |last1=Bikset |first2=Sverre Olav |last2=Lundal |first3=Bjørn Ivar Austevik |last3=Voll |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margreth_Olin |language=no|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Walt Williams]], American basketball player *[[1971]] – [[Cameron Blades]], Australian rugby player * 1971 – [[Selena]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995) * 1971 – [[Seigo Yamamoto]], Japanese racing driver * 1971 – [[Natasha Zvereva]], Belarusian tennis player *[[1972]] – [[Conchita Martínez]], Spanish-American tennis player * 1972 – [[Tracy K. Smith]], American poet and educator *[[1973]] – [[Akon]], Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter * 1973 – [[Charlotta Sörenstam]], Swedish golfer * 1973 – [[Teddy Cobeña]], Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor *[[1976]] – [[Lukas Haas]], American actor and musician * 1976 – [[Kelli O'Hara]], American actress and singer *[[1977]] – [[Freddie Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer *[[1979]] – [[Christijan Albers]], Dutch racing driver * 1979 – [[Lars Börgeling]], German pole vaulter * 1979 – [[Daniel Browne]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Anestis Agritis]], Greek footballer * 1981 – [[Maya Dunietz]], Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist * 1981 – [[Matthieu Proulx]], Canadian football player *[[1982]] – [[Gina Carano]], American mixed martial artist and actress * 1982 – [[Boris Diaw]], French basketball player * 1982 – [[Jonathan Vilma]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Marié Digby]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress * 1983 – [[Cat Osterman]], American softball player *[[1984]] – [[Teddy Blass]], American composer and producer * 1984 – [[Claire Foy]], English actress * 1984 – [[Tucker Fredricks]], American speed skater * 1984 – [[Paweł Kieszek]], Polish footballer * 1984 – [[Kerron Stewart]], Jamaican sprinter *[[1985]] – [[Luol Deng]], Sudanese-English basketball player * 1985 – [[Nate Diaz]], American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Diaz |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335679/nate-diaz |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Brendon Leonard]], New Zealand rugby player * 1985 – [[Katerina Stikoudi]], Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Λυσσέας |first=Χρήστος |date=2019-04-18 |title=Γενέθλια για την Κατερίνα Στικούδη: Έσβησε τα κεράκια της πάνω σε... pizza! [video] |url=https://www.tlife.gr/eidhseis-nea/genethlia-gia-tin-katerina-stikoudi-esvise-ta-kerakia-tis-pano-se-pizza-video/904971/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=TLIFE |language=el}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Taye Taiwo]], Nigerian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Shinji Okazaki]], Japanese footballer * 1986 – [[Peter Regin]], Danish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/peter-regin-8471299|title=Peter Regin|website=NHL|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Epke Zonderland]], Dutch gymnast *[[1987]] – [[Cenk Akyol]], Turkish basketball player * 1987 – [[Aaron Lennon]], English international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=36113|title=Aaron Lennon|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Kyle Okposo]], American ice hockey player *[[1990]] – [[Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)|Reggie Jackson]], American basketball player * 1990 – [[Vangelis Mantzaris]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57911/sid/4752/tid/291/_/2006_U16_European_Championship_Men_DIVISION_A/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203002717/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57911/sid/4752/tid/291/_/2006_U16_European_Championship_Men_DIVISION_A/index.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014|title=Evangelos Mantzaris|website=FIBA|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Tony McQuay]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/tony-mcquay-14371133|title=Tony McQuay|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nolan Arenado]], American baseball player * 1991 – [[Kim Kyung-jung]], South Korean footballer *[[1993]] – [[Chance the Rapper]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chance-the-rapper|title=Chance the Rapper|website=Biography.comcs|date=23 September 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Mirai Nagasu]], Japanese-American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirai Nagasu |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109004720/http://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |website=[[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|Team USA]] |access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], Argentine-British actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|title=Anya Taylor-Joy|work=Empire|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903204108/https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Taylor Townsend]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor Townsend {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318609/taylor-townsend |access-date=2022-10-20 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Sadie Sink]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/stranger-things/who-is-sadie-sink-max-actress-age/|title=Who Is Sadie Sink And Is Max From Stranger Things Friends With Millie Bobby Brown IRL?|date=3 July 2019|website=Capital FM|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 69]] – [[Otho]], Roman emperor (born AD 32) * [[665]] – [[Fructuosus of Braga]], French archbishop and saint *[[1090]] – [[Sikelgaita]], duchess of Apulia (born c. [[1040]]) *[[1113]] – [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] (born 1050) *[[1118]] – [[Adelaide del Vasto]], regent of Sicily, mother of [[Roger II of Sicily]], queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem *[[1198]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick I, Duke of Austria]] (born 1175) *[[1234]] – [[Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]] (born 1191) *[[1375]] – [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (born 1347)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant|last=Cokayne|first=G. E.|publisher=St Catherine Press|year=1945|editor-last=Gibb|editor-first=V.|edition=14 volumes 1910 – 1959, 2nd|volume=X|location=London|pages=390–4 +nn|oclc=1000621451|editor-last2=Doubleday|editor-first2=H. A.|editor-last3=White|editor-first3=G. H.|editor-last4=de Walden|editor-first4=H.}}</ref> *[[1496]] – [[Charles II, Duke of Savoy]] (born 1489) *[[1587]] – [[Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset]] (born 1497) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau]] (born 1579) *[[1645]] – [[Tobias Hume]], Scottish soldier, [[viol]] player, and composer (born 1569) *[[1687]] – [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English poet and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire]] (born 1628) *[[1689]] – [[Aphra Behn]], English author and playwright (born 1640) *[[1742]] – [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], Italian poet and translator (born 1672) *[[1756]] – [[Jacques Cassini]], French astronomer (born 1677) *[[1783]] – [[Christian Mayer (astronomer)|Christian Mayer]], Czech astronomer and educator (born 1719) *[[1788]] – [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (born 1707) *[[1828]] – [[Francisco Goya]], Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746) *[[1846]] – [[Domenico Dragonetti]], Italian bassist and composer (born 1763) *[[1850]] – [[Marie Tussaud]], French-English sculptor, founded the [[Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds Wax Museum]] (born 1761)<ref>{{cite book|first=George F.|last=Nafziger|title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era|location=New York|publisher=Scarecrow|year=2002|page=281|isbn=978-0-81084-092-8}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], French historian and philosopher, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1805) *[[1879]] – [[Bernadette Soubirous]], French nun and saint (born 1844)<ref name=Soubirous>{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski]], Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845) *[[1899]] – [[Emilio Jacinto]], Filipino journalist and activist (born 1875) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Maximilian Kronberger]], German poet and author (born 1888) * 1904 – [[Samuel Smiles]], Scottish-English author (born 1812) *[[1914]] – [[George William Hill]], American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838) *[[1915]] – [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], American businessman and politician (born 1841) *[[1925]] – [[Stefan Nerezov]], Bulgarian general (born 1867) *[[1928]] – [[Henry Birks]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Henry Birks and Sons]] (born 1840) * 1928 – [[Roman Steinberg]], Estonian wrestler (born 1900) *[[1930]] – [[José Carlos Mariátegui]], Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894) *[[1935]] – [[Panait Istrati]], Romanian journalist and author (born 1884) *[[1937]] – [[Jay Johnson Morrow]], American military engineer and politician, third [[Governor of the Panama Canal Zone]] (born 1870) *[[1938]] – [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer and manager (born 1874) *[[1940]] – [[Tony D'Arcy]], Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (born 1908) *[[1941]] – [[Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp]], English economist and civil servant (born 1880) *[[1942]] – [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (born 1878) * 1942 – [[Denis St. George Daly]], Irish polo player (born 1862) *[[1946]] – [[Arthur Chevrolet]], Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (born 1884) *[[1947]] – [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (born 1900) *[[1950]] – [[Eduard Oja]], Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1905) * 1950 – [[Anders Peter Nielsen]], Danish target shooter (born 1867) *[[1955]] – [[David Kirkwood]], Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872) *[[1958]] – [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist and academic (born 1920)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Burtron H. |last2=Strom |first2=E. Thomas |title=Rosalind Franklin: Her Pathway to DNA |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=265–282 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch011|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Mihály Fekete]], Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884) *[[1961]] – [[Carl Hovland]], American psychologist and academic (born 1912) *[[1965]] – [[Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)|Francis Balfour]], English soldier and colonial administrator (born 1884) *1965 – [[Sydney Chaplin]], English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (born 1885) *[[1966]] – [[Eric Lambert (author)|Eric Lambert]], Australian author (born 1918) *[[1968]] – [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (born 1893) * 1968 – [[Edna Ferber]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Hem Vejakorn]], Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904) *[[1970]] – [[Richard Neutra]], Austrian-American architect, designed the [[Los Angeles County Hall of Records]] (born 1892) * 1970 – [[Péter Veres (politician)|Péter Veres]], Hungarian politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Defence]] (born 1897) *[[1972]] – [[Yasunari Kawabata]], Japanese novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1899) * 1972 – [[Frank O'Connor (public servant)|Frank O'Connor]], Australian public servant (born 1894) *[[1973]] – [[István Kertész (conductor)|István Kertész]], Hungarian conductor and educator (born 1929) *[[1978]] – [[Lucius D. Clay]], American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (born 1898) *[[1980]] – [[Morris Stoloff]], American composer (born 1898) *[[1985]] – [[Scott Brady]], American actor (born 1924) *[[1988]] – [[Khalil al-Wazir]], Palestinian commander, founded [[Fatah]] (born 1935) * 1988 – [[Youri Egorov]], Russian pianist (born 1954) *[[1989]] – [[Jocko Conlan]], American baseball player and umpire (born 1899) * 1989 – [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] Japanese author and educator (born 1915) * 1989 – [[Miles Lawrence]], English cricketer (born 1940) *1989 – [[Hakkı Yeten]], Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910) *[[1991]] – [[David Lean]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908) *[[1992]] – [[Neville Brand]], American actor (born 1920) * 1992 – [[Alexandru Nicolschi]], Romanian spy and activist (born 1915) * 1992 – [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], American singer and actor (born 1919) *[[1994]] – [[Paul-Émilien Dalpé]], Canadian labor unionist (born 1919) * 1994 – [[Ralph Ellison]], American novelist and critic (born 1913) *[[1996]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (born 1917) *[[1997]] – [[Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid]], Colombian politician (born 1921) * 1997 – [[Roland Topor]], French actor, director, and painter (born 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Alberto Calderón]], Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (born 1920) * 1998 – [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]], English snooker player (born 1913) * 1998 – [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]], Canadian super-centenarian (born 1880) *[[1999]] – [[Skip Spence]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946) *[[2001]] – [[Robert Osterloh]], American actor (born 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5206-4 |pages=227–228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Man+%281949%29%2C+I+Cheated+the+Law+%281949%2C+The%22&pg=PA227 |access-date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2025}} * 2001 – [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) * 2001 – [[Alec Stock]], English footballer and manager (born 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Billy Ayre]], English footballer and manager (born 1952) * 2002 – [[Ruth Fertel]], American businesswoman, founded [[Ruth's Chris Steak House]] (born 1927) * 2002 – [[Robert Urich]], American actor (born 1946) *[[2003]] – [[Graham Jarvis]], Canadian actor (born 1930) * 2003 – [[Graham Stuart Thomas]], English horticulturalist and author (born 1909) *[[2005]] – [[Kay Walsh]], English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911) *[[2007]] – [[Frank Bateson]], New Zealand astronomer (born 1909) * 2007 – [[Gaétan Duchesne]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962) * 2007 – [[Maria Lenk]], Brazilian swimmer (born 1915) * 2007 – [[Chandrabose Suthaharan]], Sri Lankan journalist *[[2008]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917) *[[2009]] – [[Michael Martin Dwyer]], Irish security guard (born 1984)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-15 |title=Media and campaigners did disservice to Michael Dwyer |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20359354.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509224854/https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20359354.html |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |newspaper=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> *2009 – [[Eduardo Rózsa-Flores]], Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romero |first=Simon |date=2009-04-28 |title=Plot Foiled? In Bolivia, Truth Is Elusive |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509223036/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (born 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/general-rasim-delic-obituary|title=General Rasim Delic obituary|date=19 May 2010|author=Gabriel Partos|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Daryl Gates]], American police officer, created the [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E. Program]] (born 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Gerry Alexander]], Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (born 1928) * 2011 – [[Allan Blakeney]], Canadian scholar and politician, tenth [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (born 1925) * 2011 – [[Sol Saks]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1910) *[[2012]] – [[Sári Barabás]], Hungarian soprano (born 1914) * 2012 – [[Marian Biskup]], Polish author and academic (born 1922) * 2012 – [[Alan Hacker]], English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938) * 2012 – [[George Kunda]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Vice-President of Zambia]] (born 1956) * 2012 – [[Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller]], Danish businessman (born 1913) * 2012 – [[Carlo Petrini (footballer)|Carlo Petrini]], Italian footballer and coach (born 1948) *[[2013]] – [[Charles Bruzon]], Gibraltarian politician (born 1938) * 2013 – [[Ali Kafi]], Algerian politician (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Kafi: Politician who led Algeria following the 1992 coup |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ali-kafi-politician-who-led-algeria-following-the-1992-coup-8595478.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Siegfried Ludwig]], Austrian politician, 18th [[List of governors of Lower Austria|Governor of Lower Austria]] (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Pentti Lund]], Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925) * 2013 – [[George Beverly Shea]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909) * 2013 – [[Pat Summerall]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1930) * 2013 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect, designed the [[Tijuana Cultural Center]] and [[National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)|National Museum of Anthropology]] (born 1919) *[[2014]] – [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949) * 2014 – [[Aulis Rytkönen]], Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fin/news/newsid=2091523.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011838/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fin/news/newsid=2091523.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |title=Finland mourns pioneering striker Rytkönen |date=16 April 2014 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ernst Florian Winter]], Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Valery Belousov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/04/16/234096.html|title=RIP Valery Belousov|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Stanislav Gross]], Czech lawyer and politician, fifth [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]] (born 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/cena-grossova-floridskeho-bytu-klesla-kvuli-krizi-o-petinu-p4k-/domaci.asp?c=A081029_221746_domaci_zra|title=Cena Grossova floridského bytu klesla kvůli krizi o pětinu |date=30 October 2008 |language=cs}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Harry Anderson]], American actor and magician (born 1952)<ref name="WPO">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417042821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-date=April 17, 2018|title='Night Court' Star, Harry Anderson, Dead at 65|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Andrew Peacock]], Australian politician (born 1939)<ref name="andrewpeacock">{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-16/vic-former-liberal-leader-andrew-peacock-dies/100075920|title = Former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock dies aged 82|publisher = ABC News|location=Australia|date = 16 April 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Helen McCrory]], British actress (born 1968)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2021/04/16/news/-beautiful-and-mighty-harry-potter-star-helen-mccrory-dies-aged-52-2291410/ |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |title='Beautiful and mighty' Harry Potter star Helen McCrory dies aged 52 |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Liam Scarlett]], British choreographer (born 1986)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=Liam Scarlett obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/19/liam-scarlett-obituary|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[John Dawes]], Welsh [[rugby union]] player (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=John Dawes obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/11/john-dawes-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Carl Erskine]], American baseball player (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Carl Erskine, Dodgers legend and human rights icon, dies: 'The best guy I've ever known' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/carl-erskine-dodgers-legend-human-151527633.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |publisher=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bob Graham]], American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th [[List of governors of Florida|governor of Florida]] (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/bob-graham-dead.html |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Nora Aunor]], Filipino actress and recording artist (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moorman |first=Taijuan |date=April 17, 2025 |title=Nora Aunor, most awarded actress in Filipino cinema, dies at 71: 'Touched generations' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/17/nora-aunor-death-filipino-actress/83135887007/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Benedict Joseph Labre]] **[[Bernadette Soubirous]]<ref name=Soubirous /> **[[Saint Drogo|Drogo]] **[[Engratia]]<ref name="magnificat.ca">{{Cite web |url=http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/04-16.htm |title=Lives of the Saints, April 16, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Engratia and the Eighteen Martyrs of Saragossa<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504175734/http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/04-16.htm |archive-date=2008-05-04 }}</ref> **[[Fructuosus of Braga]] **[[Isabella Gilmore]] ([[Church of England]]) **[[Martyrs of Zaragoza]] **[[Molly Brant|Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni)]] ([[Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada)|Anglican Church of Canada]], [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Turibius of Astorga]] **[[April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Birthday of José de Diego]] ([[Puerto Rico]], United States) *[[Birthday of Queen Margrethe II]] (Denmark)<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> *[[Emancipation Day]] ([[Washington, D.C.]], United States) *[[Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust]] (Hungary) *[[List of awareness days#April|National Healthcare Decisions Day]] (United States) *[[Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]]) *[[World Voice Day]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=16}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/16 Historical Events on April 16] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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