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Annie Besant (née Wood, 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. She was married at 19 to Frank Besant but separated from him over religious differences. She then became a prominent speaker for the National Secular Society (NSS) and writer and a close friend of Charles Bradlaugh. In 1877 they were prosecuted for publishing a book by birth control campaigner Charles Knowlton. The scandal made them famous and Bradlaugh was elected Member of Parliament for Northampton in 1880.

She became involved with Union organisers including the Bloody Sunday demonstration and the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and was a leading speaker for the Fabian Society and the Marxist Social Democratic Federation (SDF). She was elected to the London School Board for Tower Hamlets, topping the poll even though few women were qualified to vote at that time. In 1890 Besant met Helena Blavatsky and over the next few years her interest in Theosophy grew while her interest in secular matters waned. She became a member of the Society and a highly successful lecturer in Theosophy. As part of her Theosophy-related work, she travelled to India where in 1898 she helped establish the Central Hindu College, and in 1902 she established the first overseas Lodge of the International Order of Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain in England. Over the next few years she established lodges in many parts of the British Empire. In 1907 she became President of the Theosophical Society.

She also became involved in politics in India, joining the Indian National Congress. When World War I broke out in 1914 she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire. This led to her election as president of the India National Congress in late 1917. After the war she continued to campaign for Indian independence and for the causes of Theosophy until her death in 1933.

Events

331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
959 – Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1795 – Belgium is conquered by France.
1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1832 – Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1905 – František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janácek to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia" capture Damascus.
1920 – Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1942 – USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
1942 – First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1946 – Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1947 – The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1949 – The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1965 – General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
1975 – The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
1979 – The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1985 – The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
1987 – The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
1991 – The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

Births

208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)
1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (d. 1617)
1577 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss martyr and saint (d. 1622)
1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
1644 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
1671 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
1691 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
1730 – Richard Stockton, American attorney and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian author (d. 1859)
1800 – Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist (d. 1861)
1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884)
1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
1835 – Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek saint (d. 1920)
1847 – Annie Besant, English activist and author (d. 1933)
1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Josiah Edward Spurr, American geologist (d. 1950)
1877 – Clement Deykin, English rugby player (d. 1969)
1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
1888 – Charles Jordan, American magician (d. 1944)
1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
1893 – Cliff Friend, American songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
1896 – Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist (d. 1979)
1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian politician, 1st Leader of the Opposition (d. 1977)
1906 – Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish composer and pianist (d. 1998)
1909 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author and activist (d. 1998)
1909 – Sam Yorty, American politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (d. 1983)
1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist (d. 1998)
1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician and politician
1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (d. 1998)
1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
1915 – Jerome Bruner, American cognitive psychologist
1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish archbishop (d. 2009)
1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
1922 – Kim Ki-young, South Korean director (d. 1998)
1922 – Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
1925 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American judge (d. 2006)
1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)
1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-South African actor (d. 1973)
1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player
1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (The Robins) (d. 2011)
1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (The Strangers) (d. 2006)
1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver (d. 2009)
1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer-songwriter, producer, and director (d. 2002)
1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1934 – Geoff Stephens, English songwriter
1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
1935 – Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 – Stella Stevens, American actress
1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordionist, created the Cajun accordion
1942 – Herb Fame, American singer (Peaches & Herb)
1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1973)
1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director
1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter
1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone and Rubicon)
1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader (Gateway)
1946 – Tim O'Brien, American author
1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player
1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor
1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Wishbone Ash)
1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer
1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
1950 – Jeane Manson, American model, singer, and actress
1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan)
1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach
1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, director and screenwriter (Abraxas) (d. 2012)
1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
1953 – John Hegley, English comedian and poet
1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner (d. 2011)
1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Mayor of Berlin
1954 – Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer (Shalamar)
1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist
1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
1956 – Theresa May, English politician
1957 – Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Godot)
1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer (Dreams Come True)
1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer
1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author
1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, actor, and politician
1960 – Gerald Scheunemann, German footballer
1961 – Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
1961 – Robert Rey, Brazilian surgeon
1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer
1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer
1963 – Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian, actor, and author
1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian chess player, scientist, and author
1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor and comedian
1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
1965 – Ted King, American actor
1965 – Cindy Margolis, American model and actress
1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer
1967 – Mike Pringle, American football player
1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player
1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Better Than Ezra)
1968 – Jon Guenther, American author
1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor
1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor
1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist (Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello, and Firewater)
1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan politician, 27th President of Nauru
1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
1970 – Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
1970 – Kam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 – Song Il-gook, South Korean actor
1971 – Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television host
1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author
1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
1972 – Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amorphis)
1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
1973 – John Mackey, American composer
1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player
1974 – Christian Borle, American actor
1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress
1975 – Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
1975 – Kim Sun-a, South Korean actress
1976 – Kona Carmack, American model and actress
1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
1976 – Dora Venter, Hungarian porn actress
1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
1978 – Leticia Cline, American model
1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979 – Michael McGillicutty, American wrestler
1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Rupert Friend, English actor
1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1982 – Aleksandar Ðuricic, Serbian author
1982 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
1982 – Reese Rideout, American porn actor
1983 – Mirko Vucinic, Montenegrin footballer
1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 – Porcelain Black, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
1985 – Maikel Nabil Sanad, Egyptian activist and blogger
1985 – Revazi Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
1986 – Matthew Gonzalez,American figure skater
1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer
1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
1988 – Cariba Heine, South African-Australian actress and dancer
1990 – Charlie McDonnell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chameleon Circuit)
1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1997 – Sam Verlinden, New Zealand singer and actor
2003 – Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealand survivor of the meningococcal disease

Deaths

959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish knight
1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
1500 – John Alcock, English bishop (b. 1430)
1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
1578 – John of Austria, German military leader (b. 1547)
1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian composer (b. 1532)
1684 – Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1708 – John Blow, English composer and organist (b. 1649)
1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
1876 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (b. 1796)
1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir (b. 1844)
1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1919 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
1930 – Paul Wiesner, German sailor (b. 1855)
1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
1970 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine race car driver (b. 1893)
1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist (b. 1903)
1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1985 – E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
1992 – Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
1996 – Pat McGeown, Irish activist (b. 1956)
1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and inventor (b. 1923)
1998 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
1999 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
2000 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
2000 – Reginald "Reggie" Kray, English gangster (b. 1933)
2001 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (b. 1921)
2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat (b. 1908)
2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian base player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946)
2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
2006 – André Viger, Canadian wheelchair racer (b. 1952)
2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
2007 – Harry Lee, American sheriff (b. 1932)
2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
2007 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and director (b. 1931)
2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
2008 – Nick Reynolds, American guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)
2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1931)
2012 – Dirk Bach, German actor (b. 1961)
2012 – Walter G. Church, Sr., American politician (b. 1927)
2012 – Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (b. 1984)
2012 – Abdelkader Freha, Algerian footballer (b. 1942)
2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentine director (b. 1935)
2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
2012 – Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and politician
2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist (b. 1926)
2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)