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{{pp-move}} {{other uses}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[404 BC]] – Admiral [[Lysander]] and King [[Pausanias of Sparta]] blockade Athens and bring the [[Peloponnesian War]] to a successful conclusion. * [[775]] – The [[Battle of Bagrevand]] puts an end to an [[Armenians|Armenian]] rebellion against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. Muslim control over the [[South Caucasus]] is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian ''[[nakharar]]'' families lose power and their remnants flee to the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[799]] – After mistreatment and [[disfigurement]] by the citizens of Rome, [[Pope Leo III]] flees to the [[Francia|Frankish]] court of king [[Charlemagne]] at [[Paderborn]] for protection. *[[1134]] – The name [[Zagreb]] was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094. ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: The Dutch fleet [[Battle of Gibraltar (1607)|destroys]] the anchored Spanish fleet at [[Gibraltar]]. *[[1644]] – [[Transition from Ming to Qing]]: The [[Chongzhen Emperor]], the last Emperor of [[Ming dynasty|Ming China]], commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by [[Li Zicheng]]. *[[1707]] – A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at [[Battle of Almansa|Almansa]] (Spain) in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. *[[1792]] – [[Highwayman]] [[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier|Nicolas J. Pelletier]] becomes the first person executed by [[guillotine]]. * 1792 – "[[La Marseillaise]]" (the French [[national anthem]]) is composed by [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]]. *[[1808]] – [[Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809]]: The [[Battle of Trangen]] took place at Trangen in [[Flisa]], [[Hedmark|Hedemarkens Amt]], between Swedish and Norwegian troops.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Slaget ved Trangen |first=Oskar |last=Aanmoen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=6 February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Slaget_ved_Trangen |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Charles Fremantle]] arrives in [[HMS Challenger (1826)|HMS ''Challenger'']] off the coast of modern-day [[Western Australia]] prior to declaring the [[Swan River Colony]] for the [[British Empire]]. *[[1846]] – [[Thornton Affair]]: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of [[Texas]], triggering the [[Mexican–American War]]. *[[1849]] – The [[Governor General of Canada]], [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]], signs the [[Rebellion Losses Bill]], outraging [[Montreal]]'s [[English Canadian|English]] population and triggering the [[Montreal Riots]]. *[[1859]] – British and French engineers break ground for the [[Suez Canal]]. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|U.S.]] [[Admiral]] [[David Farragut]] [[Capture of New Orleans|demand the surrender]] of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] city of [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]. *[[1864]] – American Civil War: In the [[Battle of Marks' Mills]], a force of 8,000 [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] soldiers attacks 1,800 [[Union Army|Union]] soldiers and a large number of wagon [[teamster]]s, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants. *[[1882]] – [[French Third Republic|French]] and [[Nguyễn dynasty|Vietnamese]] troops clashed in [[Tonkin]], when Commandant [[Henri Rivière (naval officer)|Henri Rivière]] [[Battle of Hanoi (1882)|seized]] the [[citadel of Hanoi]] with a small force of marine infantry. *[[1892]] – [[Véry bombing]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892–1894)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Merriman |first=John M. |title=The dynamite club: how a bombing in Fin-de-Siècle Paris ignited the age of modern terror |title-link=The Dynamite Club |date=2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-21792-6 |location=New Haven |pages=70–90}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Spanish–American War]]: The United States Congress [[United States declaration of war upon Spain|declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain]] has existed since April 21, when an American naval [[blockade]] of the Spanish colony of [[Cuba]] began.<ref>{{cite book|last=Trask|first=David F.|title=The War With Spain in 1898|location=Lincoln, Neb.|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|date=1996|isbn=9780803294295|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2f0Gf0DQfmUC|page=57}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Vehicle registration plates of New York|New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates]]. *[[1915]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Gallipoli]] begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at [[Landing at Anzac Cove|Anzac Cove]] and [[Landing at Cape Helles|Cape Helles]]. *[[1916]] – [[Anzac Day]] is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove. *[[1920]] – At the [[San Remo conference]], the principal [[Allies of World War I|Allied Powers of World War I]] adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" [[League of Nations mandate]]s for administration of the former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]-ruled lands of the Middle East. *[[1933]] – [[Nazi Germany]] issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Law Limits Jews in Public Schools |url=https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/law-limits-jews-in-public-schools|access-date=2022-01-10|website=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum }}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[U.S. Supreme Court]] delivers its opinion in ''[[Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins]]'' and overturns a century of federal common law. *[[1944]] – The [[United Negro College Fund]] is incorporated. *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: [[United States Armed Forces|United States]] and [[Soviet Armed Forces|Soviet]] reconnaissance troops meet in [[Torgau]] and [[Strehla]] along the River [[Elbe]], cutting the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' of [[Nazi Germany]] in two. This would be later known as [[Elbe Day]]. * 1945 – World War II: [[Liberation Day (Italy)]]: The [[National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy]] calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the [[Italian Social Republic]]. * 1945 – [[United Nations Conference on International Organization]]: Founding negotiations for the [[United Nations]] begin in [[San Francisco]]. * 1945 – World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the [[Lapland War]]. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland. *[[1951]] – [[Korean War]]: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the [[Battle of Kapyong]]. *[[1953]] – [[Francis Crick]] and [[James Watson]] publish "[[Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid]]" describing the [[double helix]] structure of [[DNA]]. *[[1954]] – The first practical [[Solar cell#History|solar cell]] is publicly demonstrated by [[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]]. *[[1959]] – The [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]], linking the North American [[Great Lakes]] and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping. *[[1960]] – The United States Navy submarine {{USS|Triton|SSRN-586|6}} completes the [[Operation Sandblast|first submerged circumnavigation of the globe]]. *[[1961]] – [[Robert Noyce]] is granted a [[patent]] for an [[integrated circuit]]. *[[1972]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Nguyen Hue Offensive]]: The [[North Vietnam]]ese 320th Division forces 5,000 [[South Vietnam]]ese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of [[Kontum]]. *[[1974]] – [[Carnation Revolution]]: A leftist military [[coup]] in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' regime. *[[1980]] – One hundred forty-six people are killed when [[Dan-Air Flight 1008]] crashes near [[Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport|Los Rodeos Airport]] in [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-46 G-BDAN Esperanzo Forest |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800425-0 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1981]] – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the [[Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant]] in Japan. *[[1982]] – [[Israel]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] per the [[Camp David Accords]]. *[[1983]] – [[Cold War]]: American schoolgirl [[Samantha Smith]] is invited to visit the [[Soviet Union]] by its leader [[Yuri Andropov]] after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about [[nuclear warfare|nuclear war]]. * 1983 – ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' travels beyond [[Pluto]]'s orbit. *[[1990]] – [[Violeta Chamorro]] takes office as the [[President of Nicaragua]], the first woman to hold the position. *[[2001]] – President [[George W. Bush]] pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[2004]] – The [[March for Women's Lives]] brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the [[Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act]] of 2003, and other restrictions on [[abortion]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-25 |title=Flashback: Over One Million March for Women's Lives {{!}} National Organization for Women |url=https://now.org/blog/over-one-million-march-for-womens-lives/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=now.org |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2005]] – The final piece of the [[Obelisk of Axum]] is returned to [[Ethiopia]] after being stolen by the invading Italian army in [[1937]]. * 2005 – A seven-car commuter train [[Amagasaki derailment|derails and crashes into an apartment building]] near [[Amagasaki Station (JR West)|Amagasaki Station]] in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.<ref name="journal465">{{cite journal |last=Nagase |first=Kazuhiko |date=July 2005 |title=福知山線脱線事故の問題を語る |trans-title=Discussing the problems of the Fukuchiyama Line derailment |journal=Railway Journal |location=Japan |publisher=Tetsudō Journal |volume=39 |issue=465 |pages=68–73}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] sign the [[Treaty of Accession 2005]] to join the [[European Union]]. *[[2007]] – [[Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin|Boris Yeltsin's funeral]]: The first to be sanctioned by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] in 1894. *[[2014]] – The [[Flint water crisis]] begins when officials at [[Flint, Michigan]] switch the city's water supply to the [[Flint River (Michigan)|Flint River]], leading to [[Lead poisoning|lead]] and [[Legionnaires' disease|bacteria contamination]].<ref name="startdate">{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Merrit |date=April 20, 2016 |title=Lead-Laced Water In Flint: A Step-By-Step Look At The Makings Of A Crisis |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> *[[2015]] – At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Portal |url=http://drrportal.gov.np/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=drrportal.gov.np}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1214]] – [[Louis IX of France]] (d. 1270)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Consoli |first1=Joseph P. |title=The Novellino or One Hundred Ancient Tales: An Edition and Translation based on the 1525 Gualteruzzi editio princeps |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-51105-9 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_lk-wKzYZAC&pg=PA158 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1228]] – [[Conrad IV of Germany]] (d. 1254)<ref>{{cite web |title=Conrad IV {{!}} king of Germany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Conrad-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1284]] – [[Edward II of England]] (d. 1327)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward II of England: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/edwardiiengland.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1287]] – [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1330) *[[1502]] – [[Georg Major]], German theologian and academic (d. 1574) *[[1529]] – [[Francesco Patrizi]], Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597) *[[1599]] – [[Oliver Cromwell]], English general and politician, [[Lord Protector|Lord Protector of Great Britain]] (d. 1658)<ref>{{cite book |title=Oliver Cromwell |date=1919 |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |page=1 |last1=Harrison |first1=Frederic |access-date=27 May 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_KS-001-693/ |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery]], English soldier and politician (d. 1679) *[[1666]] – [[Johann Heinrich Buttstett]], German organist and composer (d. 1727) *[[1694]] – [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington]], English architect and politician, [[Lord High Treasurer of Ireland]] (d. 1753) *[[1710]] – [[James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)|James Ferguson]], Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776) *[[1723]] – [[Giovanni Marco Rutini]], Italian composer (d. 1797) *[[1725]] – [[Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel]], English admiral and politician (d. 1786) *[[1767]] – [[Nicolas Oudinot]], French general (d. 1847) *[[1770]] – [[Georg Sverdrup]], Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850) *[[1776]] – [[Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh]] (d. 1857) *[[1843]] – [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1878) *[[1849]] – [[Felix Klein]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1925) *[[1850]] – [[Luise Adolpha Le Beau]], German composer and educator (d. 1927) *[[1851]] – [[Leopoldo Alas]], Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901) *[[1854]] – [[Charles Sumner Tainter]], American engineer and inventor (d. 1940) *[[1862]] – [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon]], English ornithologist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (d. 1933) *[[1868]] – [[John Moisant]], American pilot and engineer (d. 1910) *[[1871]] – [[Lorne Currie]], French-English sailor (d. 1926) *[[1872]] – [[C. B. Fry]], English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956) *[[1873]] – [[Walter de la Mare]], English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956) * 1873 – [[Howard Garis]], American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962) *[[1874]] – [[Guglielmo Marconi]], Italian businessman and inventor, developed [[Marconi's law]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1937) * 1874 – [[Ernest Webb]], English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937) *[[1876]] – [[Jacob Nicol]], Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958) *[[1878]] – [[William Merz]], American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946) *[[1882]] – [[Fred McLeod (golfer)|Fred McLeod]], Scottish golfer (d. 1976) *[[1887]] – [[Kojo Tovalou Houénou]], Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936) *[[1892]] – [[Maud Hart Lovelace]], American author (d. 1980) *[[1896]] – [[Fred Haney]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977) *[[1897]] – [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood]] (d. 1965) *[[1900]] – [[Gladwyn Jebb]], English politician and diplomat, [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (d. 1996) * 1900 – [[Wolfgang Pauli]], Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1958) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Werner Heyde]], German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964) * 1902 – [[Mary Miles Minter]], American actress (d. 1984) *[[1903]] – [[Andrey Kolmogorov]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987) *[[1905]] – [[George Nēpia]], New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986) *[[1906]] – [[Joel Brand]], member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brand |first1=Joel |last2=Weissberg |first2=Alex |author-link2=Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski |title=Advocate for the Dead: The Story of Joel Brand |date=1958 |publisher=Andre Deutsch |location=London |oclc=1199641}} First published as ''Die Geschichte von Joel Brand'', 1956; also published as ''Desperate Mission: Joel Brand's Story''.</ref> * 1906 – [[William J. Brennan Jr.]], American colonel and [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court]] (d. 1997) *[[1908]] – [[Edward R. Murrow]], American journalist (d. 1965) *[[1909]] – [[William Pereira]], American architect, designed the [[Transamerica Pyramid]] (d. 1985) *[[1910]] – [[Arapeta Awatere]], New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976) *[[1911]] – [[Connie Marrero]], Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014) * 1911 – [[George Roth]], American gymnast (d. 1997)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Roth |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31418 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=15 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Earl Bostic]], American saxophonist (d. 1965) *[[1913]] – [[Nikolaos Roussen]], Greek captain (d. 1944) *[[1914]] – [[Ross Lockridge Jr.]], American author and academic (d. 1948) *[[1915]] – [[Mort Weisinger]], American journalist and author (d. 1978) *[[1916]] – [[Jerry Barber]], American golfer (d. 1994) *[[1917]] – [[Ella Fitzgerald]], American singer (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ella Fitzgerald {{!}} Biography, Music, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ella-Fitzgerald |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1917 – [[Jean Lucas (racing driver)|Jean Lucas]], French racing driver (d. 2003) *[[1918]] – [[Graham Payn]], South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005) * 1918 – [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]], French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995) * 1918 – [[Astrid Varnay]], Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006) *[[1919]] – [[Finn Helgesen]], Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011) *[[1921]] – [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Francis Graham-Smith]], English astronomer and academic * 1923 – [[Melissa Hayden (dancer)|Melissa Hayden]], Canadian ballerina (d. 2006) * 1923 – [[Albert King]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992) *[[1924]] – [[Ingemar Johansson (racewalker)|Ingemar Johansson]], Swedish race walker (d. 2009) * 1924 – [[Franco Mannino]], Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005) * 1924 – [[Paulo Vanzolini]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013) *[[1925]] – [[Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher]], English trade union leader and businessman * 1925 – [[Sammy Drechsel]], German comedian and journalist (d. 1986) * 1925 – [[Louis O'Neill (politician)|Louis O'Neil]], Canadian academic and politician (d. 2018) *[[1926]] – [[Johnny Craig]], American author and illustrator (d. 2001) * 1926 – [[Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner]], Austrian politician (d. 2008) * 1926 – [[Patricia Castell]], Argentine actress (d. 2013) *[[1927]] – [[Corín Tellado]], Spanish author (d. 2009) * 1927 – [[Albert Uderzo]], French author and illustrator (d. 2020) *[[1928]] – [[Cy Twombly]], American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011) *[[1929]] – [[Yvette Williams]], New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 2019) *[[1930]] – [[Paul Mazursky]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) * 1930 – [[Godfrey Milton-Thompson]], English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012) * 1930 – [[Peter Schulz]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Hamburg|Mayor of Hamburg]] (d. 2013) *[[1931]] – [[Felix Berezin]], Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980) * 1931 – [[David Shepherd (artist)|David Shepherd]], English painter and author (d. 2017) *[[1932]] – [[Nikolai Kardashev]], Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019) * 1932 – [[Meadowlark Lemon]], African-American basketball player and minister (d. 2015) * 1932 – [[Lia Manoliu]], Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998) *[[1933]] – [[Jerry Leiber]], American songwriter and producer (d. 2011) * 1933 – [[Joyce Ricketts]], American baseball player (d. 1992) *[[1934]] – [[Peter McParland]], Northern Irish footballer and manager *[[1935]] – [[Bob Gutowski]], American pole vaulter (d. 1960) * 1935 – [[Reinier Kreijermaat]], Dutch footballer (d. 2018) *[[1936]] – [[Henck Arron]], Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000) *[[1938]] – [[Roger Boisjoly]], American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012) * 1938 – [[Ton Schulten]], Dutch painter and graphic designer *[[1939]] – [[Tarcisio Burgnich]], Italian footballer and manager (d. 2021) * 1939 – [[Michael Llewellyn-Smith]], English academic and diplomat * 1939 – [[Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky]], English historian and academic * 1939 – [[Veronica Sutherland]], English academic and British diplomat *[[1940]] – [[Al Pacino]], American actor and director *[[1941]] – [[Bertrand Tavernier]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021) * 1941 – [[Dorothy Shea (librarian)|Dorothy Shea]], Australian librarian (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Death notice for SHEA, Dorothy Ailsa |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/shea-dorothy-ailsa/6162724/ |website=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Jon Kyl]], American lawyer and politician *[[1943]] – [[Tony Christie]], English singer-songwriter and actor *[[1944]] – [[Len Goodman]], English dancer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web| title= Len Goodman: Tributes pour in for the 'class act' from Strictly and Dancing with the Stars| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65378754 | date= 24 April 2023| work= [[BBC News Online]]| accessdate= 24 April 2023 }}</ref> * 1944 – [[Mike Kogel]], German singer-songwriter * 1944 – [[Stephen Nickell]], English economist and academic * 1944 – [[Bruce Ponder]], English geneticist and cancer researcher *[[1945]] – [[Stu Cook]], American bass player [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], songwriter, and producer * 1945 – [[Richard C. Hoagland]], American theorist and author * 1945 – [[Björn Ulvaeus]], Swedish singer-songwriter and producer *[[1946]] – [[Talia Shire]], American actress * 1946 – [[Peter Sutherland]], Irish lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General of Ireland]] (d. 2018) * 1946 – [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]], Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2022) *[[1947]] – [[Johan Cruyff]], Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016) * 1947 – [[Jeffrey DeMunn]], American actor * 1947 – [[Cathy Smith]], Canadian singer and drug dealer (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2020-09-04|title=Cathy Smith, Who Injected John Belushi With Fatal Drugs, Dies at 73|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/cathy-smith-dead.html|access-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709203756/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/cathy-smith-dead.html|archive-date=2021-07-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Mike Selvey]], English cricketer and sportscaster * 1948 – [[Yu Shyi-kun]], Taiwanese politician, 39th [[Premier of the Republic of China]] *[[1949]] – [[Vicente Pernía]], Argentinian footballer and race car driver * 1949 – [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]], French economist, lawyer, and politician, [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|French Minister of Finance]] * 1949 – [[James Fenton]], English poet, journalist and literary critic *[[1950]] – [[Donnell Deeny]], Northern Irish lawyer and judge * 1950 – [[Steve Ferrone]], English drummer * 1950 – [[Peter Hintze]], German politician (d. 2016) * 1950 – [[Valentyna Kozyr]], Ukrainian high jumper *[[1951]] – [[Ian McCartney]], Scottish politician, [[Minister of State for Trade]] *[[1952]] – [[Ketil Bjørnstad]], Norwegian pianist and composer * 1952 – [[Vladislav Tretiak]], Russian ice hockey player and coach * 1952 – [[Jacques Santini]], French footballer and coach *[[1953]] – [[Ron Clements]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter * 1953 – [[Gary Cosier]], Australian cricketer * 1953 – [[Anthony Venables]], English economist, author, and academic *[[1954]] – [[Melvin Burgess]], English author * 1954 – [[Randy Cross]], American football player and sportscaster * 1954 – [[Róisín Shortall]], Irish educator and politician *[[1955]] – [[Américo Gallego]], Argentinian footballer and coach * 1955 – [[Parviz Parastui]], Iranian actor and singer * 1955 – [[Zev Siegl]], American businessman, co-founded [[Starbucks]] *[[1956]] – [[Dominique Blanc]], French actress, director, and screenwriter * 1956 – [[Abdalla Uba Adamu]], Nigerian professor, media scholar *[[1957]] – [[Theo de Rooij]], Dutch cyclist and manager *[[1958]] – [[Mike DeVault]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20DeVault |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov |title=West Virginia House of Delegates }}</ref> * 1958 – [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], Scottish singer-songwriter * 1958 – [[Misha Glenny]], British journalist *[[1959]] – [[Paul Madden (diplomat)|Paul Madden]], English diplomat, [[British High Commissioner to Australia]] * 1959 – [[Daniel Kash]], Canadian actor and director * 1959 – [[Tony Phillips]], American baseball player (d. 2016) *[[1960]] – [[Paul Baloff]], American singer (d. 2002) * 1960 – [[Robert Peston]], English journalist *[[1961]] – [[Dinesh D'Souza]], Indian-American journalist and author * 1961 – [[Miran Tepeš]], Slovenian ski jumper *[[1962]] – [[Foeke Booy]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1963]] – [[Joy Covey]], American businesswoman (d. 2013) * 1963 – [[David Moyes]], Scottish footballer and manager * 1963 – [[Paul Wassif]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1964]] – [[Hank Azaria]], American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer * 1964 – [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], English singer-songwriter *[[1965]] – [[Eric Avery]], American bass player and songwriter * 1965 – [[Mark Bryant (basketball)|Mark Bryant]], American basketball player and coach * 1965 – [[John Henson (puppeteer)|John Henson]], American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014) *[[1966]] – [[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Diego Domínguez]], Argentinian-Italian rugby player * 1966 – [[Femke Halsema]], Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician * 1966 – [[Darren Holmes (baseball)|Darren Holmes]], American baseball player and coach *[[1967]] – [[Angel Martino]], American swimmer *[[1968]] – [[Thomas Strunz]], German footballer *[[1969]] – [[Joe Buck]], American sportscaster * 1969 – [[Martin Koolhoven]], Dutch director and screenwriter * 1969 – [[Jon Olsen]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Olsen|url=https://www.olympic.org/jon-olsen|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Darren Woodson]], American football player and sportscaster * 1969 – [[Renée Zellweger]], American actress and producer *[[1970]] – [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer *[[1971]] – [[Sara Baras]], Spanish dancer *[[1973]] – [[Carlota Castrejana]], Spanish triple jumper * 1973 – [[Barbara Rittner]], German tennis player *[[1975]] – [[Jacque Jones]], American baseball player and coach *[[1976]] – [[Gilberto da Silva Melo]], Brazilian footballer * 1976 – [[Tim Duncan]], American basketball player * 1976 – [[Breyton Paulse]], South African rugby player * 1976 – [[Rainer Schüttler]], German tennis player and coach *[[1977]] – [[Constantinos Christoforou]], Cypriot singer-songwriter * 1977 – [[Marguerite Moreau]], American actress and producer * 1977 – [[Matthew West]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor *[[1978]] – [[Matt Walker (swimmer)|Matt Walker]], English swimmer * [[1980]] – [[Daniel MacPherson]], Australian actor and television host * 1980 – [[Alejandro Valverde]], Spanish cyclist *[[1981]] – [[Felipe Massa]], Brazilian racing driver * 1981 – [[John McFall (athlete)|John McFall]], English sprinter * 1981 – [[Anja Pärson]], Swedish skier<ref>{{cite web |title=Anja Pärson {{!}} Swedish skier |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anja-Parson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Monty Panesar]], English cricketer *[[1983]] – [[Johnathan Thurston]], Australian rugby league player * 1983 – [[DeAngelo Williams]], American football player *[[1985]] – [[Giedo van der Garde]], Dutch racing driver *[[1986]] – [[Alexei Emelin]], Russian ice hockey player * 1986 – [[Gwen Jorgensen]], American triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwen Jorgensen Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/gwen-jorgensen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/gwen-jorgensen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Claudia Rath]], German heptathlete *[[1987]] – [[Razak Boukari]], Togolese footballer * 1987 – [[Jay Park]], American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer *[[1988]] – [[Jonathan Bailey]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Bailey News - Us Weekly |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jonathan-bailey/ |website=usmagazine.com |publisher=US Weekly |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Sara Paxton]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Lee |title=Sara Paxton: 'Excited About Spending My Birthday In The Homeland Of My Mother's Family' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-paxton-excited-about_n_1452964 |publisher=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=20 April 2023 |date=25 April 2012}}</ref> * 1988 – [[James Sheppard]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1989]] – [[Marie-Michèle Gagnon]], Canadian skier<ref>{{cite web |title=GAGNON Marie-Michele - Athlete Information |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=al&competitorid=104663 |website=www.fis-ski.com |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Michael van Gerwen]], Dutch darts player * 1989 – [[Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]], the 11th Panchen Lama *[[1990]] – [[Jean-Éric Vergne]], French racing driver * 1990 – [[Taylor Walker (footballer)|Taylor Walker]], Australian footballer *[[1991]] – [[Jordan Poyer]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Poyer |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15979/jordan-poyer |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Alex Shibutani]], American ice dancer *[[1993]] – [[Alex Bowman]], American race car driver * 1993 – [[Daniel Norris (baseball)|Daniel Norris]], American baseball player * 1993 – [[Raphaël Varane]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Raphaël Varane |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5782/Rapha%C3%ABl-Varane/overview |publisher=[[Premier League]] |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Omar McLeod]], Jamaican hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar McLeod|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/omar-mcleod-262884|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Maggie Rogers]], American musician<ref>{{cite web |title=Maggie Rogers - The Vogue |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/maggie-rogers/ |website=thevogue.com |publisher=Vogue |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Sam Fender]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |title=WATCH: Sam Fender teaches us Geordie slang|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/sam-fender/watch-sam-fender-teaches-us-geordie-slang/ |publisher=[[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]] |website=radiox.co.uk |date=25 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Lewis Baker (footballer)|Lewis Baker]], English footballer * 1995 – [[Packy Hanrahan]], American bowler<ref name=Packy-PBA>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Hanrahan {{!}} PBA|url=https://www.pba.com/players/patrick-hanrahan|access-date=2023-05-12|website=www.pba.com}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mack Horton]], Australian swimmer *[[1998]] – [[Satou Sabally]], German-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Satou Sabally Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1630149/satou-sabally |website=WNBA.com |publisher=WNBA |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Dejan Kulusevski]], Swedish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Dejan Kulusevski - Sweden - European Qualifiers |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/teams/players/250103985--dejan-kulusevski/ |website=[[UEFA]] |publisher=UEFA |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[501]] – [[Rusticus (archbishop of Lyon)|Rusticus]], saint and [[archbishop of Lyon]] (b. 455) * [[775]] – [[Smbat VII Bagratuni]], Armenian prince * 775 – [[Mushegh VI Mamikonian]], Armenian prince * [[908]] – [[Zhang Wenwei]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] *[[1074]] – [[Herman I, Margrave of Baden]] *[[1077]] – [[Géza I of Hungary]] (b. 1040) *[[1185]] – [[Emperor Antoku]] of Japan (b. 1178)<ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1217]] – [[Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia]] *[[1228]] – Queen [[Isabella II of Jerusalem]] (b. 1212) *[[1243]] – [[Boniface of Valperga]], Bishop of Aosta<ref>{{citation|contribution=Beato Bonifacio di Valperga|first=Fabio|last=Arduino|year=2005|title=Santi beati e testimoni|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92288|language=it}}.</ref> *[[1264]] – [[Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester]], medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195) *[[1295]] – [[Sancho IV of Castile]] (b. 1258) *[[1342]] – [[Pope Benedict XII]] (b. 1285) *[[1397]] – [[Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent]], English nobleman *[[1472]] – [[Leon Battista Alberti]], Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404) *[[1516]] – [[John Yonge]], English diplomat (b. 1467) *[[1566]] – [[Louise Labé]], French poet and author (b. 1520) * 1566 – [[Diane de Poitiers]], mistress of King [[Henry II of France]] (b. 1499) *[[1595]] – [[Torquato Tasso]], Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Naresuan]], Siamese King of [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (b. c. 1555) *[[1644]] – [[Chongzhen Emperor]] of China (b. 1611) *[[1660]] – [[Henry Hammond]], English cleric and theologian (b. 1605) *[[1690]] – [[David Teniers the Younger]], Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610) *[[1744]] – [[Anders Celsius]], Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701) *[[1770]] – [[Jean-Antoine Nollet]], French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700) *[[1800]] – [[William Cowper]], English poet (b. 1731) *[[1840]] – [[Siméon Denis Poisson]], French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781) *[[1873]] – [[Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy]], Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783) *[[1875]] – [[12th Dalai Lama]] (b. 1857) *[[1878]] – [[Anna Sewell]], English author (b. 1820) *[[1890]] – [[Crowfoot]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830) *[[1891]] – [[Nathaniel Woodard]], English priest and educator (b. 1811) *[[1892]] – [[Henri Duveyrier]], French explorer (b. 1840) * 1892 – [[Karl von Ditmar]], Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[John Knowles Paine]], American composer and educator (b. 1839) *[[1911]] – [[Emilio Salgari]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1862) *[[1913]] – [[Joseph-Alfred Archambeault]], Canadian bishop (b. 1859) *[[1915]] – [[Frederick W. Seward]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (b. 1830) *[[1919]] – [[Augustus D. Juilliard]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836) *[[1921]] – [[Emmeline B. Wells]], American journalist and women's rights advocate (b. 1828) *[[1923]] – [[Louis-Olivier Taillon]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1840) *[[1928]] – [[Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel]], Russian general (b. 1878) *[[1936]] – [[Wajed Ali Khan Panni]], Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871)<ref name="rcv">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Panni, Wazed Ali Khan|author=Mir Shamsur Rahman}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Salih Bozok]], Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko]], Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858) *[[1944]] – [[George Herriman]], American cartoonist (b. 1880) * 1944 – [[Tony Mullane]], Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859) * 1944 – [[William Stephens (American politician)|William Stephens]], American engineer and politician, 24th [[Governor of California]] (b. 1859) *[[1945]] – [[Huldreich Georg Früh]], Swiss composer (b. 1903) *[[1950]] – [[John Ernest Adamson]], English educationalist and Director of Education of the [[Colony of Transvaal]] (b. 1867)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|last=Kallaway|first=Peter|date=6 January 2011|title=Adamson, Sir John Ernest|url=https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30338}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Robert Garrett]], American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875) *[[1970]] – [[Anita Louise]], American actress (b. 1915) *[[1972]] – [[George Sanders]], English actor (b. 1906) *[[1973]] – [[Olga Grey]], Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896) *[[1974]] – [[Gustavo R. Vincenti]], Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Social and Personal: In Memoriam |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20020425/slug/social-and-personal.176906 |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=25 April 2002 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074034/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20020425/slug/social-and-personal.176906 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Mike Brant]], Israeli singer and songwriter (b. 1947) *[[1976]] – [[Carol Reed]], English director and producer (b. 1906) * 1976 – [[Markus Reiner]], Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886) *[[1982]] – [[John Cody]], American cardinal (b. 1907) *[[1983]] – [[William S. Bowdern]], American priest and author (b. 1897) *[[1988]] – [[Carolyn Franklin]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1944) * 1988 – [[Clifford D. Simak]], American journalist and author (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Dexter Gordon]], American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923) *[[1992]] – [[Mamoru Nakamura]], Palauan jurist (b. 1939/1940)<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNStfKu9C_YC |title=1992 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |date=1992 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1977 |title=Major Appointments |url=https://pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-info-Sonsorol--00-3-21-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&cl=search&d=HASH138eb552717ce6ee55c228.41&p=text |url-status=live |journal=Micronesian Reporter |publisher=Public Information Office, [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406192116/https://pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-info-Sonsorol--00-3-21-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&cl=search&d=HASH138eb552717ce6ee55c228.41&p=text |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-06 |via=Pacific Digital Library}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Yutaka Ozaki]], Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=22 July 1995 |title=Yutaka Ozaki has unique role in Japanese pop; death of 'rock 'n roll rebel' remains a mystery |url= |magazine=Billboard |page=11 |volume=107 |issue=29 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Art Fleming]], American game show host (b. 1925) * 1995 – [[Ginger Rogers]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) * 1995 – [[Lev Shankovsky]], Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer and director (b. 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Wright Morris]], American author and photographer (b. 1910) *[[1999]] – [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin]], Irish journalist and author (b. 1914) * 1999 – [[Roger Troutman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951) *[[2000]] – [[Lucien Le Cam]], French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924) * 2000 – [[David Merrick]], American director and producer (b. 1911) *[[2001]] – [[Michele Alboreto]], Italian racing driver (b. 1956) *[[2002]] – [[Lisa Lopes]], American rapper and dancer (b. 1971) *[[2003]] – [[Samson Kitur]], Kenyan runner (b. 1966) *[[2004]] – [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (b. 1929) *[[2005]] – [[Jim Barker (politician)|Jim Barker]], American politician (b. 1935) * 2005 – [[Swami Ranganathananda]], Indian monk and educator (b. 1908) *[[2006]] – [[Jane Jacobs]], American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916) * 2006 – [[Peter Law]], Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948)<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516661/Peter-Law.html Peter Law - Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Alan Ball Jr.]], English footballer and manager (b. 1945) * 2007 – [[Arthur Milton]], English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928) * 2007 – [[Bobby Pickett]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) *[[2008]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921) *[[2009]] – [[Bea Arthur]], American actress and singer (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Bea Arthur |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/27/obituary-bea-arthur |website=the Guardian |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=26 April 2009}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Dorothy Provine]], American actress and singer (b. 1935) * 2010 – [[Alan Sillitoe]], English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Poly Styrene]], British musician (b. 1957) *[[2012]] – [[Gerry Bahen]], Australian footballer (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Denny Jones]], American rancher and politician (b. 1910) * 2012 – [[Moscelyne Larkin]], American ballerina and educator (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Louis le Brocquy]], Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916) *[[2013]] – [[Brian Adam]], Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Brian Adam MSP, politician and biochemist |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-brian-adam-msp-politician-and-biochemist-2469339 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=27 April 2013 |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jacob Avshalomov]], American composer and conductor (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[György Berencsi]], Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Rick Camp]], American baseball player (b. 1953) *[[2014]] – [[Dan Heap]], Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[William Judson Holloway Jr.]], American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Earl Morrall]], American football player and coach (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Tito Vilanova]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968) * 2014 – [[Stefanie Zweig]], German journalist and author (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Jim Fanning]], American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Matthias Kuhle]], German geographer and academic (b. 1948) * 2015 – [[Don Mankiewicz]], American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Mike Phillips (basketball)|Mike Phillips]], American basketball player (b. 1956) *[[2016]] – [[Tom Lewis (Australian politician)|Tom Lewis]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1922) *[[2018]] – [[Madeeha Gauhar]], Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956)<ref name=TheNation>{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/25-Apr-2018/madeeha-gauhar-passes-away-lahore|title=Madeeha Gauhar passes away in Lahore|website=The Nation (newspaper)|access-date=8 December 2019|date=25 April 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[John Havlicek]], American basketball player (b. 1940)<ref name="powers">{{citation |last=Powers|first=John|title=John Havlicek, one of the greatest Celtics ever, dies at 79 | work=[[Boston Globe]] |date=April 25, 2019|url=https://www2.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/04/25/john-havlicek-one-greatest-celtics-ever-dies/Dwh59K8YIZO9PZ0b3lMQ7J/story.html}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> *[[2023]] – [[Harry Belafonte]], American singer, activist, and actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Harry Belafonte: Singer and civil rights activist dies aged 96 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65390525 |access-date= 26 April 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Marla Adams]], American television actress (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brounstein |first=Diane |date=2024-04-26 |title=Marla Adams, Y&R's Dina Mergeron, Has Died At Age 85 |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/marla-adams-yrs-dina-mergeron-has-died-at-age-85/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Soap Opera Digest |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Laurent Cantet]], French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-04-25 |title=Laurent Cantet Dies: Palme D'Or-Winning 'The Class' Director Was 63 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/laurent-cantet-dies-french-cannes-winning-director-63-1235894758/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * [[Anzac Day]] ([[Australia]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://info.australia.gov.au/about-australia/special-dates-and-events/public-holidays | title=Public holidays | access-date=2022-04-26 | archive-date=2020-04-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414132759/https://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/special-dates-and-events/public-holidays | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[New Zealand]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates/ | title=Public holidays and anniversary dates | date=20 September 2022 }}</ref> [[Tonga]])<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/tonga/2022 | title=National Holidays in Tonga in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref> * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Giovanni Battista Piamarta]] ** [[Rogation Day|Major Rogation]] ([[Western Christianity]]) ** [[Feast of Saint Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] ** [[Maughold]] ** [[Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur]] ** [[Philo and Agathopodes]] ** [[Pope Anianus of Alexandria|Anianus of Alexandria]] ** [[April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Freedom Day (Portugal)|Freedom Day]] ([[Portugal]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27166719 |title=Anger as Portugal marks 40 years of democracy |work=BBC News |language=en |date=26 April 2014}}</ref>) * [[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]] ([[Italy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ponti e festività 2023 in Italia: calendario |url=https://www.italia.it/it/italia/cosa-fare/ponti-e-festivita-in-italia |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Italia.it |language=it}}</ref>) * [[Military Foundation Day]] ([[North Korea]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/north-korea/military-foundation-day |title=Military Foundation Day in North Korea in 2023}}</ref>) * [[World Malaria Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/25 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=25}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/25 Historical Events on April 25] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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