today.nukz.net: Almanac September 11

Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia, U.S.) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Kottke overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand to emerge as a widely-recognized master of his instrument. Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone famously self-described as sounding like "geese farts on a muggy day". In concert, Kottke intersperses humorous and often bizarre monologues with vocal and instrumental selections from throughout his career, played solo on his signature 6- and 12-string guitars.

Events

506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1185 – Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1226 – The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1526 – The Ottoman army occupies Buda after the crushing Hungarian defeat in the Battle of Mohács.
1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta, End of the Great Siege of Malta.
1609 – Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
1683 – Battle of Vienna.
1697 – Battle of Zenta.
1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power.
1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
1777 – American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1786 – The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.
1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington D.C..
1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
1847 – Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1852 The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on 17 September 17, 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event.
1857 – The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
1903 – The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
1922 – The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
1922 – One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
1931 – Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
1932 – Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm.
1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's first independent declaration of war
1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
1943 – World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
1943 – World War II: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
1944 – World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.

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1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service.
1973 – A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until toppled in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1976 – A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they revealed the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed properly, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
1980 – Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Picochet.
1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit
1988 – The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
1997 – 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
1998 – Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
2000 – Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.
2001 – In the USA three hijacked aircraft are deliberately crashed into the twin World Trade Center towers (which collapse) in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in a co-ordinated attack which became known as "9/11". Another hijacked airliner in the same attack crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed.
2003 – Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh dies at Karolinska University Hospital, age 47, following the knife attack against her the preceding day.
2004 – All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others, including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

Births

1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)
1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
1611 – Turenne, 3rd Marshal General of France (d. 1675)
1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)
1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer (d. 1837)
1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer of Africa (d. 1806)
1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)
1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, American politician (d. 1866)
1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)
1825 – Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
1838 – John Ireland, American archbishop (d. 1918)
1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
1861 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1921)
1862 – Dr H.H. Crippen, American murderer hanged in England (d. 1910)
1862 – O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
1862 – Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer (d. 1935)
1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
1876 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (d. 1924)
1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Communist revolutionary (d. 1926)
1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English scientist (d. 1946)
1883 – Emil Rausch, German freestyle swimmer (d. 1954)
1884 – Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian Independence activist (d. 1974)
1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
1885 – Herbert Stothart, American song writer, composer (d. 1949)
1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
1892 – Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
1892 – Pinto Colvig, American actor and cartoonist (d. 1967)
1893 – Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974)
1895 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian human rights advocate (d. 1982)
1895 – Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, musician, spiritual teacher, and judge (d. 1974)
1898 – Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, British military administrator (d. 1979)
1899 – Jimmie Davis, American politician and musician (d. 2000)
1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi leader (d. 1945)
1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
1903 – Theodor Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969)
1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (d. 2010)
1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (d. 1974)
1908 – Alvar Lidell, British BBC announcer (d. 1981)
1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
1913 – Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)
1914 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, Serbian spiritual leader (d. 2009)
1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1917 – Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)
1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British film actor
1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)
1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)
1921 – Edwin Richfield, British actor (d. 1990)
1923 – Alan Badel, British actor (d. 1982)
1923 – Betsy Drake, French born actress
1924 – Daniel Akaka, American politician
1924 – Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)
1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Canadian professor (d. 2006)
1925 – Alan Bergman, American lyricist, song writer
1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1927 – G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)
1927 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
1927 – Willie Christine King, American professor
1928 – Reubin O'Donovan Askew, American politician
1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor
1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
1929 – Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew, UK politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1930 – Cathryn Damon, American actress (d. 1987)
1920 – Jean-Claude Forest, French writer and illustrator (d. 1998)
1930 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (d. 1997)
1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)
1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
1931 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (d. 1986)
1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
1934 – Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
1934 – Norma Croker, Australian sprinter
1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
1935 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1936 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor
1937 – Iosif Kobzon, Soviet-Russian singer and businessman
1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium
1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut
1938 – David Higgins, British composer and conductor (d. 2006)
1939 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
1940 – Brian De Palma, American film director
1940 – Theodore Olson, American politician
1940 – Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese politician
1940 – Robert Palmer, American businessman
1942 – Lola Falana, American singer
1942 – Gerome Ragni, American playwright
1943 – André Caillé, Canadian businessman
1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer
1943 – Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian political activist
1943 – Khun Htun Oo, Burmese politician
1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician
1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian conductor and composer
1945 – Leo Kottke, American guitarist
1945 – Felton Perry, American actor
1946 – Jim Shoulder, British footballer and coach
1946 – Dennis Tufano, American singer
1948 – John Martyn, English musician (d. 2009)
1949 – Bill Whittington, American race car driver
1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian rules footballer
1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
1950 – Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist (d. 2003)
1951 – Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician
1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentine rugby player
1951 – Miroslav Dvorák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1953 – Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality
1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian jazz, soul and R&B singer
1953 – Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer
1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director
1957 – Brad Bird, American director and animator
1957 – Jeff Sluman, American golfer
1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer
1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor, and television personality
1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor
1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress
1958 – Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer
1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress
1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
1961 – Philip Ardagh, British writer
1962 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress
1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer
1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
1962 – Jenny Sanford, American heiress and businesswoman
1963 – Patrick McWilliams, Irish author
1963 – Colin Wells, English actor
1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player
1964 – Victor Wooten, American musician
1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
1965 – Paul Heyman, American sports figure
1965 – Moby, American musician
1965 – David Roe, English snooker player
1966 – Princess Akishino of Japan
1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American news anchor
1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer
1967 – Tony David, Australian darts player
1968 – Kay Hanley, American musician
1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director
1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian contemporary artist
1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician (d. 2008)
1969 – Eduardo Perez, American baseball player
1970 – Chris Garver, American tattoo artist
1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
1970 – William Joppy, American boxer
1970 – Taja Kramberger, Slovenian poet and sociologist
1970 – Ted Leo, American musician
1970 – Laura Wright, American actress
1971 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer
1971 – Markos Moulitsas, American writer
1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian
1971 – Shelton Quarles, American football player
1972 – Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player
1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer
1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
1975 – Mark Klepaski, American musician
1976 – Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
1976 – Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
1977 – Jon Buckland, British guitarist
1977 – Ludacris, American rapper
1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
1977 – Tobias Zellner, German footballer
1978 – Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
1978 – Dejan Stankovic, Serbian footballer
1979 – Éric Abidal, French footballer
1979 – Frank Francisco, American baseball player
1979 – Steve Hofstetter, American comedian and radio personality
1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress
1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
1980 – Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian journalist
1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter
1981 – Luscious Lopez, American pornographic actress
1981 – Dylan Klebold, American shooter partially responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
1982 – Shriya Saran, Indian actress
1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Darvin Edwards, Saint Lucian high jumper
1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby union footballer
1987 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
1987 – Mai Oshima, Japanese singer (AKB48)
1989 – Asuka Kuramochi, Japanese singer (AKB48)
1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player
1992 – Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower

Deaths

1063 – King Béla I of Hungary
1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1185 – Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English archbishop (b. c. 1215)
1298 – Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, Bohemian-born duchess and countess (b. 1315)
1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1677 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
1680 – Roger Crab, English political writer (b. 1621)
1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
1733 – François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
1822 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Zólkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772)
1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
1896 – Francis James Child, American professor (b. 1825)
1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)
1915 – William Sprague IV, American politician (b. 1830)
1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American businessman (b. 1843)
1917 – Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)
1921 – Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
1923 – Ole Østmo, Norwegian sharpshooting champion (b. 1866)
1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
1932 – Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilot (b. 1901)
1932 – Franciszek Zwirko, Polish pilot (b. 1895)
1935 – Charles Norris, American medical examiner (b. 1867)
1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873)
1947 – Alice Keppel, English socialite and mistress of King Edward VII (b. 1868)
1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876)
1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
1950 – Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman (b. 1870)
1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian fighter pilot (b. 1894)
1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)
1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician (b. 1889)
1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator (b. 1878)
1966 – C. E. Woolman, American businessman (b. 1889)
1967 – Tadeusz Zylinski, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
1968 – René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
1971 – Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b. 1894)
1971 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928)
1971 – Errikos Kontarinis, Greek actor (b. 1906)
1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator (b. 1883)
1973 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908)
1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
1974 – Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean socialist
1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)
1978 – Janet Parker, British medical figure (b. c.1938)
1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)
1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
1985 – William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)
1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian novelist (b. 1901)
1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician and academic, twice Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English children's writer (b. 1895)
1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (b. 1944)
1988 – John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
1991 – Ernst Herbeck, German poet (b. 1920)
1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian political activist
1994 – Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist and composer (b. 1910)
1994 – William Obanhein, American police officer (b. 1924)
1995 – Anita Harding, British neurologist (b. 1952)
1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian hockey player (b. 1933)
1997 – Hannah Weiner American experimental poet (b. 1928)
1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)
1999 – Bobby Limb, Australian entertainer (b. 1924)
1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
2001 – Casualties of the September 11 attacks:
- David Angell, American television producer (b. 1946)
- Mohamed Atta, Egyptian hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1968)
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player (b. 1948)
- Todd Beamer, American 9/11 figure (b. 1968)
- Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model (b. 1948)
- Carolyn Beug, American filmmaker (b. 1953)
- Bill Biggart, American photojournalist (b. 1947)
- Mark Bingham, American businessman and 9/11 figure (b. 1970)
- Ronald Paul Bucca, American fire marshal (b. 1954)
- Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949)
- Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
- William M. Feehan, American firefighter (b. 1929)
- Wilson Flagg, American Rear admiral (b. 1938)
- Peter J. Ganci, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1946)
- Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1979)
- Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1980)
- Hani Hanjour, Saudi hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1972)
- Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1976)
- Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1981)
- Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1975)
- Mychal Judge, American priest (b. 1933)
- Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and entrepreneur (b. 1970)
- Timothy Maude, American military officer (b. 1947)
- Eamon McEneaney, American lacrosse player (b. 1954)
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1975)
- Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1977)
- John P. O'Neill, American counterterrorism expert (b. 1952)
- John Ogonowski, American commercial airplane pilot (b. 1951)
- Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1979)
- Betty Ong, American flight attendant (b. 1956)
- Rick Rescorla, American Army officer (b. 1939)
- Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1978)
- Wail al-Shehri, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1973)
- Madeline Amy Sweeney, American flight attendant (b. 1966)
2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (b. 1957)
2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
2004 – Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b. 1933)
2004 – David Mann, American painter (b. 1939)
2005 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1924)
2006 – Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
2006 – Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
2007 – Gene Savoy, American author and cleric (b. 1927)
2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist (b. 1925)
2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
2009 – Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian (b. 1894)
2009 – Pierre Cossette, Canadian television and theatre producer (b. 1923)
2009 – Larry Gelbart, American screen and television writer (b. 1928)
2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958)
2010 – Harold Gould, American actor (b. 1923)
2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (b. 1972)
2011 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
2011 – Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
2011 – Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)