today.nukz.net: Almanac September 7

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and innovations inspired and influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton, and exerted a profound influence on popular music. Holly was among the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time".

Events

70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1652 – Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
1812 – French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest batlle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1920 – Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1921 – Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1940 – World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1942 – Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1942 – Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1970 – Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1977 – The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
1996 – American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2005 – Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong.
2011 – A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

Births

786 – Emperor Saga Japan
1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
1683 – Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
1731 – Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, singer, organist and harpsichordist (d. 1765)
1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1801 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
1817 – Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
1848 – Emma Cooke, American archer (d. 1929)
1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
1894 – George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
1900 – Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
1903 – Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
1904 – C.B. Colby, American children's book writer (d. 1977)
1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
1908 – Max Kaminsky (musician), jazz trumpeter and band leader (d. 1994)
1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer (d. 2012)
1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
1917 – Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
1924 – Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
1925 – Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian jurist
1927 – Eric Hill, British children's author
1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
1930 – King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
1930 – Maureen Toal, Irish actress (d. 2012)
1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
1935 – Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician
1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
1937 – Cüneyt Arkin, Turkish film actor
1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
1937 – Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist
1939 – Latimore (musician), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
1942 – Alan Oakes, British footballer
1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
1944 – Earl "The Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
1950 – Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman (d. 1991)
1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
1950 – Peggy Noonan, American author
1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
1951 – Mammootty, Indian actor
1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
1953 – Michael Byron (composer), American composer and editor of contemporary music anthologies
1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1954 – Doug Bradley, English actor
1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
1960 – Brad Houser, American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
1960 – Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
1961 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
1963 – Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
1965 – Darko Pancev, Macedonian footballer
1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
1966 – Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
1968 – Marcel Desailly, French footballer
1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
1974 – Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980 – Emre Belözoglu, Turkish footballer
1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
1987 – Danny North, English Footballer
1987 – Tommy Elphick, English Footballer
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
1990 – Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
1991 – Montana Fishburne, American porn actress
1991 – Amar Garibovic, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
1991 – Jennifer Veal, English actress
1992 – Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast
1993 – Taylor Gray, American actor

Deaths

251 – Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
1151 – Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
1312 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
1552 – Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
1655 – François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
1719 – John Harris, English writer
1729 – William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
1741 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral.
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
1833 – Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist (b. 1745)
1840 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
1871 – Kimenzan Tanigoro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
1881 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
1893 – Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (b. 1808)
1910 – William Holman Hunt, British painter (b. 1827)
1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
1929 – Frederic Weatherly, English song lyricist (Danny Boy, The Holy City) (b. 1848)
1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British statesman (b. 1862)
1939 – Kyoka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
1943 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Québec Premier (b. 1890)
1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
1962 – Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
1969 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
1971 – Ludwig Suthaus, German opera Heldentenor (b. 1906)
1978 – Cecil Aronowitz, British violist (b. 1916)
1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
1978 – Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
1984 – Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian Catholic cardinal (b. 1892)
1984 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
1985 – José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
1986 – Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
1989 – Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist, composer (b. 1917)
1990 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
1990 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
1994 – James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
1994 – Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
1995 – Russell Johnson, cartoonist (b. 1893)
1997 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951)
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
1999 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
2000 – Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929)
2001 – Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915)
2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
2002 – Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
2003 – The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
2003 – Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
2006 – Robert Earl Jones, American actor and father of James Earl Jones
2006 – Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer
2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
2008 – Peter Glossop, English operatic baritone (b. 1928)
2008 – Don Haskins, American college basketball coach (b. 1930)
2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
2010 – Amar Garibovic, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
2010 – Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
2010 – John Kluge, American businessman (b. 1914)
2010 – Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
2011 – Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
- Pavol Demitra, Slovokian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- Stefan Liv, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- Karel Rachunek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Karlis Skrastinš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Ruslan Salei, Belorussian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Josef Vašícek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)