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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1199]] – King [[Richard I of England]] is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in [[France]], leading to his death on [[April 6]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Sir James Mackintosh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ofdMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA88 |title=The history of England...By the Right Hon. Sir James Mackintosh |publisher=Carey & Lea |year=1836 |pages=88}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard I | Biography, Achievements, Crusade, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-I-king-of-England |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - History - King Richard I |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/richard_i_king.shtml |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1387]] – [[Kingdom of England|English]] victory over a [[Kingdom of France|Franco]]-[[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]-[[County of Flanders|Flemish]] [[Naval fleet|fleet]] in the [[Battle of Margate]] off the coast of [[Margate]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Diana E. S. Dunn |title=War and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Jx4x1WRdYwC&pg=PA43 |year=2000 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-0-85323-885-0 |pages=43}}</ref> *[[1401]] – [[Turco-Mongol]] emperor [[Timur]] sacks [[Damascus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timur | Biography, Conquests, Empire, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timur |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Jeanette |date=2017-03-24 |title=Today In History: Turco-Mongol Emperor Timur Sacks Damascus (1401) |url=https://historycollection.com/today-history-turco-mongol-emperor-timur-sacks-damascus-1401/ |website=historycollection.com |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[James I of England|James VI of Scotland]] is proclaimed King James I of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], upon the death of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].<ref>{{cite book |author=James Doelman |title=King James I and the Religious Culture of England |url=https://archive.org/details/kingjamesireli00jame |url-access=registration |year=2000 |publisher=DS Brewer |isbn=978-0-85991-593-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/kingjamesireli00jame/page/20 20]}}</ref> * 1603 – [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is granted the title of ''[[shōgun]]'' from [[Emperor Go-Yōzei]], and establishes the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - History - Tokugawa Ieyasu |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ieyasu_tokugawa.shtml |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokugawa Ieyasu | shogun of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1663]] – The [[Province of Carolina]] is granted by charter to eight [[Lords Proprietor]] in reward for their assistance in [[Restoration (England)|restoring]] [[Charles II of England]] to the throne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolina Charter Issued, 1663 | NC DNCR |url=https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/03/24/carolina-charter-issued-1663 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.ncdcr.gov |date=24 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thorpe |first=Francis Newton |date=1998-12-18 |title=The Federal and State constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the state[s], territories, and colonies now or heretofore forming the United States of America /compiled and edited under the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906 |url=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nc01.asp |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=avalon.law.yale.edu}}</ref> *[[1720]] – Count [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick of Hesse-Kassel]] is elected King of [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] by the [[Riksdag of the Estates]], after his consort [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden|Ulrika Eleonora]] abdicated the throne on 29 February.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick (I) | king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-I-king-of-Sweden |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulrika Eleonora | queen of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulrika-Eleonora |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1721]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] dedicated six [[concerto]]s to [[Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt]], now commonly called the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], BWV 1046–1051.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johann Sebastian Bach | Biography, Music, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Sebastian-Bach |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Marissen |first=Michael |date=2018-12-20 |title=There's More Religion Than You Think in Bach's 'Brandenburgs' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/arts/music/bach-brandenburg-concertos.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1765]] – [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] passes the [[Quartering Act]], which requires the [[Thirteen Colonies]] to house [[British Army during the American Revolutionary War|British troops]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quartering Act | Summary, Significance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quartering Act of 1765 |url=https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/quartering.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.ushistory.org |language=en}}</ref> *[[1794]] – In [[Kraków]], [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] [[Kościuszko's proclamation|announces]] a [[Kościuszko Uprising|general uprising]] against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the [[Commander-in-chief|Commander in Chief]] of all of the [[Polish Armed Forces|Polish forces]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=On this Day, in 1794: Tadeusz Kościuszko led an uprising against the Partition of Poland - Kafkadesk |url=https://kafkadesk.org/2021/03/24/on-this-day-in-1794-tadeusz-kosciuszko-led-an-uprising-against-the-partition-of-poland/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=kafkadesk.org |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-01 |title=A Hero to Poles and Americans Alike |url=https://warsawinstitute.org/hero-poles-americans-alike/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=Warsaw Institute |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/thko/learn/historyculture/kosciuszkobio.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> *[[1829]] – The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] passes the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]], allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emancipation |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/religion/overview/emancipation/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Emancipation Act | United Kingdom [1829] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catholic-Emancipation-Act |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1832]] – In [[Hiram, Ohio]], a group of men beat and [[tar and feather]] [[Mormon]] leader [[Joseph Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=March 24, 1832 | Joseph Smith Chronology |url=https://jschronology.byustudies.byu.edu/events/march-24-1832 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=jschronology.byustudies.byu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bushman |first=Richard |title=Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling |publisher=Knopf |year=2005 |isbn=1400042704 |pages=178 |language=English}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[José Gregorio Monagas]] abolishes slavery in Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite news |title=José Gregorio Monagas | Venezuelan politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Gregorio-Monagas |access-date=2021-12-07 |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=Afro-Venezuelans |url=https://minorityrights.org/minorities/afro-venezuelans/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Minority Rights Group |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Sakuradamon Incident (1860)|Sakuradamon Incident]]: Japanese Chief Minister ([[Tairō]]) [[Ii Naosuke]] is assassinated by ''[[rōnin]]'' ''[[samurai]]'' outside the [[Sakurada Gate]] of [[Edo Castle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ii Naosuke | Japanese feudal lord |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ii-Naosuke |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1869]] – The last of [[Tītokowaru]]'s forces surrendered to the [[Colony of New Zealand|New Zealand government]], ending [[Tītokowaru's War|his uprising]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taurangaika |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/titokowarus-war/taurangaika |access-date=2021-12-12 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> *[[1870]] – A Chilean prospecting party led by José Díaz Gana discovers the silver ores of [[Caracoles]] in the Bolivian portion of [[Atacama Desert]],<ref name=arqueo>{{Cite journal |title=Arquelogía histórica en el mineral de Caracoles, Región de Antofagasta, Chile (1870-1989) |journal=Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana |url= |last1=García-Albarido |first1=Francisco |issue= |volume=4 |pages=169–194 |last2=Lorca |first2=Rodrigo |year=2010 |language=Spanish |last3=Rivera |first3=Francisco}}</ref> leading to the last of the [[Chilean silver rush]]es<ref name=ChSI>{{Cite book |isbn=978-0-521-43375-4 |title=Chile Since Independence |editor1-last=Bethell |editor1-first=Leslie |year=1993 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=[[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]] |pages=13–14 |oclc=25873947 |lccn=92017160}}<!-- Bethel, "Chile Since Independence", 1993 --></ref> and a diplomatic dispute over its taxation between Chile and Bolivia.<ref name=mem2>{{Cite web |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-92800.html |title=Mineral de Caracoles |trans-title= |website=[[Memoria Chilena]] |publisher=[[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]] |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=El problema marítimo boliviano |journal=Agenda Internacional |last=Prudencia Lizón |first=Ramiro |issue=21 |volume=XI |language=Spanish |pages=27–45 |year=2004 |doi=10.18800/agenda.200402.002 |s2cid=258521758 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1878]] – The British frigate {{HMS|Eurydice|1843|6}} sinks, killing more than 300.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-10-28 |title=Haunted history of HMS Eurydice |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8327000/8327961.stm |access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Algernon Yockney (1843-1912) - HMS Eurydice struck by a squall off Shanklin, 24 March 1878 |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/450058/hms-eurydice-struck-by-a-squall-off-shanklin-24-march-1878 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Last Four Days of the Eurydice |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/library-archive/last-four-days-eurydice |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.rmg.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Robert Koch]] announces the discovery of ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', the [[bacterium]] responsible for [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Perspectives Centennial: Koch's Discovery of the Tubercle Bacillus |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000222.htm#:~:text=On%20March%2024,%201882,%20Robert,of%20Tuberculosis%22%20(1). |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.cdc.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-24 |title=The day we discovered the cause of the 'white death' |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/march-24-1882-robert-koch-announces-his-discovery-of-the-cause-of-tuberculosis |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Mayor of New York City]] [[Robert Anderson Van Wyck]] breaks ground for a new underground "[[New York City Subway|Rapid Transit Railroad]]" that would link [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=nycsubway.org: The First Subway |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_First_Subway |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.nycsubway.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Almanac: Building the New York City subway |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-building-the-new-york-city-subway/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=24 March 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening ceremonies, New York subway, Oct. 27, 1904 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2016600205/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Carnegie Steel Company]] is formed in [[New Jersey]]; its capitalization of $160 million is the largest to date.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1987 |page=12 |isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1921]] – The [[1921 Women's Olympiad]] began in [[Monte Carlo]], becoming the first international [[women's sports]] event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From pigeons to Olympic participation – Centenary of the first Women's Olympiad | FEATURE | World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/centenary-first-womens-olympiad |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1921 Women's Olympiad: 100 years of women's sport |url=https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-1921-women-s-olympiad-one-hundred-years-of-women-s-international-sport |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref> *[[1922]] – The [[McMahon killings]] take place in [[Belfast]]. Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted. Police were suspected as being responsible, but no one was prosecuted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/27/the-dead-of-the-belfast-pogrom-counting-the-cost-of-the-revolutionary-period-1920-22/comment-page-1/ |title=The Dead of the Belfast Pogrom |last=Glennon |first=Kieran |date=27 October 2020 |website=The Irish Story |publisher= |access-date=24 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Nanking incident of 1927|Nanking Incident]]: Foreign warships bombard [[Nanjing]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]], in defence of the foreign citizens within the city.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-03-25 |title=Washington Acts Quickly – Orders More Cruisers to China and Gives Admiral Fullest Backing – Grave Messages Received – Nanking Incident and Unrest Elsewhere Taken Seriously by Officials – No Light on Casualties – Admiral Hough Simply Reports Some Americans Were Slain on Socony Hill |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/03/25/archives/washington-acts-quickly-orders-more-cruisers-to-china-and-gives.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1927 Incident – The Nanking Incident – The View from Ginling |url=https://mct.barnard.edu/the-1927-incident/the-nanking-incident |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=mct.barnard.edu}}</ref> *[[1934]] – The [[Tydings–McDuffie Act]] is passed by the [[United States Congress]], allowing the [[Philippines]] to become a self-governing [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|commonwealth]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tydings-McDuffie Act | United States [1934] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tydings-McDuffie-Act |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philippines, 1898–1946 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/APA/Historical-Essays/Exclusion-and-Empire/The-Philippines/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}</ref> *[[1939]] – The [[1939 Liechtenstein putsch]] takes place; approximately 40 members of the [[German National Movement in Liechtenstein|VBDL]] starting from [[Nendeln]] march towards [[Vaduz]] with the intention of overthrowing [[Third Hoop cabinet|the government]] and provoking Liechtenstein's annexation into Germany.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Anschlussputsch |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Anschlussputsch |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops [[Ardeatine massacre|massacre 335 Italian civilians]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Italian Resistance and the Ardeatine Caves Massacre |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/italian-resistance-and-ardeatine-caves-massacre |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=The National WWII Museum | New Orleans |date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Nazi Officer Admits Witnessing Massacre of 335 Italians |url=https://apnews.com/article/67fb0eca95d32de9c85f988c92a38089 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> * 1944 – [[World War II]]: In an event later dramatized in the movie ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', 76 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] prisoners of war begin breaking out of the [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|German camp]] [[Stalag Luft III]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Escape | The Three That Got Away | PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/three.html#:~:text=Editor%27s%20Note:%20On%20the%20night,Within%20days%20most%20were%20recaptured. |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Great Escape |url=https://www.rafbf.org/great-escape/about-the-great-escape |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=RAF Benevolent Fund |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hevesi |first=Dennis |date=2012-04-21 |title=Alex Cassie, Who Aided 'Great Escape' From Nazis, Dies at 95 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/world/europe/alex-cassie-who-aided-great-escape-from-nazis-dies-at-95.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1946]] – A [[1946 Cabinet Mission to India|British Cabinet Mission arrives in India]] to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the [[British Raj]] to Indian leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Mission - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Cabinet_Mission |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Mission | Mahatma Gandhi Pictorial Biography |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/biography/cabinetm.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Hanns Albin Rauter]], a chief [[SS and Police Leader]], in the [[Netherlands]], is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.<ref>[https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675030786_Hanns-Albin-Rauter_judges-in-tribunal_courtroom-trial_lawyers Trial of Hanns Albin Rauter in the Hague, Netherlands]</ref> *[[1961]] – The [[Office québécois de la langue française|Quebec Board of the French Language]] is established.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec | The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ministere-des-affaires-culturelles-du-quebec-emc |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Direct rule (Northern Ireland)|Direct rule]] is imposed on [[Northern Ireland]] by the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] under [[Edward Heath]].<ref>[https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/collapse-of-stormont-1972-unionism-rallied-when-westminster-said-direct-rule-3624894 Collapse of Stormont 1972: Unionism rallied when Westminster said ‘direct rule’]</ref> *[[1976]] – In [[Argentina]], the [[Argentine Army|armed forces]] [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|overthrow]] the constitutional government of [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Isabel Perón]] and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the ''[[National Reorganization Process]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Juan |last=de Onis |date=1976-03-24 |title=Mrs. Peron Overthrown by Military in Argentina and Reported Arrested |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/24/archives/mrs-peron-overthrown-by-military-in-argentina-and-reported-arrested.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabel Peron | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabel-Peron |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Morarji Desai]] became the [[Prime Minister of India]], the first Prime Minister not to belong to [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morarji Desai | prime minister of India |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Morarji-Desai |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Morarji Desai, 81, Becomes India's Prime Minister |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/03/25/morarji-desai-81-becomes-indias-prime-minister/2d0d431f-246e-4d3f-91b8-01b507999dbe/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[El Salvador]]ian [[Archbishop]] [[Óscar Romero]] is assassinated while celebrating [[Mass (Catholic Church)|Mass]] in [[San Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Oscar Romero | Biography & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Arnulfo-Romero |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibb |first=Tom |date=2000-03-23 |title=The killing of Archbishop Oscar Romero was one of the most notorious crimes of the cold war. Was the CIA to blame? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/23/features11.g21 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1982]] – Bangladeshi President [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]] is deposed in a [[1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état|bloodless coup]] led by [[Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)|Army Chief]] Lieutenant general [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]], who suspends the [[Constitution of Bangladesh|Constitution]] and imposes [[martial law]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bose |first=Ajoy |date=1982-03-25 |title=Martial law after coup in Bangladesh |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jun/23/archive-martial-law-coup-bangladesh |access-date=2022-12-24}}</ref> *[[1986]] – The [[Loscoe gas explosion]] leads to new UK laws on [[landfill gas migration]] and gas protection on [[landfill]] sites.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=G. M. |last2=Aitkenhead |first2=N. |date=1991-05-01 |title=Lessons from Loscoe: the uncontrolled migration of landfill gas |url=https://qjegh.lyellcollection.org/content/24/2/191 |journal=Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology |language=en |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=191–207 |doi=10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1991.024.02.03 |bibcode=1991QJEGH..24..191W |s2cid=131578727 |issn=1470-9236}}</ref> *[[1989]] – In [[Prince William Sound]] in Alaska, the ''[[Exxon Valdez oil spill|Exxon Valdez]]'' spills {{convert|240000|oilbbl|m3}} of [[crude oil]] after running aground.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exxon Valdez | Oil Spills | Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program |url=https://darrp.noaa.gov/oil-spills/exxon-valdez#:~:text=On%20March%2024,%201989%20the,11%20million%20gallons%20of%20oil. |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=darrp.noaa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exxon Valdez oil spill | Response, Animals, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Exxon-Valdez-oil-spill |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war|Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War]] ends with last ship of [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] leaving [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-25-mn-200-story.html Last Indian Troops Leave Sri Lanka][https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/03/25/force-of-indian-soldiers-ends-sri-lankan-mission/3a821742-12d6-44dd-9258-1ce17ffe1766/]</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-45]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-45 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-45.htm |access-date=March 4, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]] is discovered by [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker|Carolyn]] and [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker|Eugene Shoemaker]], and [[David H. Levy|David Levy]] at the [[Palomar Observatory]] in [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Depth | P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/p-shoemaker-levy-9/in-depth |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=NASA Solar System Exploration|date=9 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This Month in Astronomical History: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 | American Astronomical Society |url=https://aas.org/posts/story/2016/07/month-astronomical-history-comet-shoemaker-levy-9 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=aas.org}}</ref> *[[1998]] – Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, [[1998 Westside Middle School shooting|open fire]] upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]; five people are killed and ten are wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas school shooter who killed five in 1998 dies in head-on car crash |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arkansas-school-shooter-who-killed-five-1998-dies-head-car-n1035606 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=NBC News |date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Washingtonpost.com: The Shots That Struck Home |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/jonesboro050199.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> * 1998 – A [[tornado]] sweeps through [[Dantan]] in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1998-03-25 |title=World News Briefs; Tornado in India Kills at Least 105 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/25/world/world-news-briefs-tornado-in-india-kills-at-least-105.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1998 – Dr. [[Rüdiger Marmulla]] performed the first [[Automation|computer-assisted]] [[Bone segment navigation|Bone Segment Navigation]] at the [[University of Regensburg]], [[Germany]].<ref>Marmulla, Rüdiger (inventor), Carl Zeiss (submitter): System and method for bone segment navigation. United States Patent 6.241.735, 2001</ref><ref>Marmulla R, Niederdellmann H: Computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 26: 347–359, 1998</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Kosovo War]]: [[NATO]] began attacks on [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] without [[United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council (UNSC)]] approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Andrew |last=Glass |title=NATO begins bombing Serbia, March 24, 1999 |url=https://politi.co/2FvyXIO |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Politico |date=24 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |date=1999-03-24 |title=NATO Authorizes Bomb Strikes; Primakov, in Air, Skips U.S. Visit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/24/world/conflict-balkans-overview-nato-authorizes-bomb-strikes-primakov-air-skips-us.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour [[Mont Blanc Tunnel fire|catches fire]] inside the [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]], creating an inferno that kills 38 people.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=1999-03-27 |title=35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/27/6 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] – The [[Arab League]] votes 21–1 in favor of a resolution demanding an end to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Arab leaders declare opposition to war in Iraq - Mar. 2, 2003 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/01/sprj.irq.arab.ministers/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-30 |title=Arab League Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/meast/arab-league-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Bhutan]] officially becomes a [[democracy]], with its [[2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election|first ever general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-03-21 |title=King drags Bhutan into democracy and first elections |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bc-bhutan-election-idUSB32601720080321 |access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Germanwings Flight 9525]] crashes in the [[French Alps]] in an apparent [[Suicide by pilot|pilot mass murder-suicide]], killing all 150 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bilefsky |first1=Dan |last2=Clark |first2=Nicola |date=2015-03-26 |title=Fatal Descent of Germanwings Plane Was 'Deliberate,' French Authorities Say |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/europe/germanwings-crash.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Turkish Armed Forces]] (TAF) and [[Syrian National Army]] (SNA) take full control of [[Afrin District]], marking the end of the [[Afrin offensive (January–March 2018)|Afrin offensive]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-takes-full-control-syrias-afrin-region-reports-say-411255038 |title=Turkey takes full control of Syria's Afrin region, reports say |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – Students across the [[United States]] stage the [[March for Our Lives]] demanding gun control in response to the [[Parkland high school shooting|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center |url=https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=millercenter.org |language=en}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Jakarta MRT]], a [[Rapid transit|rapid transit system]] in [[Jakarta]], began operation.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Farras |first1=Bernhart |last2=Asmara |first2=Chandra Gian |date=2019-03-24 |title=Resmikan MRT Jakarta, Jokowi: Sebuah Peradaban Baru Dimulai |trans-title=Inaugurating Jakarta MRT, Jokowi: A New Civilization Begins |url=https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20190324100126-4-62549/resmikan-mrt-jakarta-jokowi-sebuah-peradaban-baru-dimulai |access-date=2020-09-11 |website=news |language=id-ID}}</ref> *[[2023]] – An [[2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado|EF4 tornado]] strikes the towns of [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]] and [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]], [[Mississippi]], causing mass destruction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction in Mississippi |url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151138/tornado-leaves-path-of-destruction-in-mississippi |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – The [[2024 Senegalese presidential election]] is held following [[2023–2024 Senegalese protests|anti-government protests]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=7 March 2024 |title=Senegal to hold delayed presidential election on March 24 |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/07/senegal-to-hold-delayed-presidential-election-on-march-24/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315063335/https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/07/senegal-to-hold-delayed-presidential-election-on-march-24/ |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |work=[[Africanews]] |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1103]] – [[Yue Fei]], Chinese military general (d. 1142)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair |url-access=registration |title=Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization |last1=Mair |first1=Victor H. |last2=Chen |first2=Sanping |last3=Wood |first3=Frances |date=2013-05-01 |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |isbn=9780500771471 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair/page/120 120]–121 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[1441]] – [[Ernest, Elector of Saxony]], German ruler of Saxony (d. 1486)<ref>{{cite book |title=Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPFTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA572 |year=1878 |pages=572}}</ref> *[[1494]] – [[Georgius Agricola]], German mineralogist and scholar (d. 1555)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Niels H. Gregersen (éd) |author2=Michael W. S. Parsons |author3=Christoph Wassermann |title=The Concept of Nature in Science and Theology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qn3f2bTj-ToC&pg=PA34 |year=1997 |publisher=Labor et Fides |isbn=978-2-8309-0859-6 |pages=34–}}</ref> *[[1577]] – [[Francis, Duke of Pomerania]]-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (d. 1620)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francis, Duke of Pomerania (1577-1620) |url=https://global.museum-digital.org/?t=people_to_people&id=29870f |website=global.museum-digital.org |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – [[Michiel de Ruyter]], Dutch admiral (d. 1667)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Leonard George Carr Laughton |author2=Roger Charles Anderson |author3=William Gordon Perrin |title=The Mariner's Mirror |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j57fAAAAMAAJ |year=1958 |publisher=Society for Nautical Research |page=3}}</ref> *[[1628]] – [[Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. 1685) *[[1657]] – [[Arai Hakuseki]], Japanese academic and politician (d. 1725)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arai Hakuseki | Japanese statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arai-Hakuseki |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1693]] – [[John Harrison]], English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the [[Marine chronometer]] (d. 1776)<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2009 |title=John Harrison: Timekeeper to Nostell and the world! |work=BBC Bradford and West Yorkshire |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2009/04/06/nostell_john_harrison_feature.shtml |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Harrison | British horologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Harrison-British-horologist |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1725]] – [[Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)|Samuel Ashe]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[Governor of North Carolina]] (d. 1813)<ref name="NCPedia1">{{cite web |last1=Whiteside |first1=Heustis P. |title=Samuel Ashe |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/ashe-samuel |access-date=April 23, 2019 |website=NCPedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Ashe |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-ashe/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=National Governors Association |date=5 January 2013}}</ref> * 1725 – [[Thomas Cushing]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1788)<ref>{{Cite news |title=William Cushing | United States jurist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Cushing |access-date=2021-12-11 |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CUSHING, Thomas | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CUSHING,-Thomas-(C001017)/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rufus King | American statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rufus-King |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1755]] – [[Rufus King]], American lawyer and politician, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (d. 1827) *[[1762]] – [[Marcos Portugal]], Portuguese organist and composer (d. 1830) *[[1775]] – [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]], Indian poet and composer (d. 1835)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar: composer per excellence |url=http://indianculture.gov.in/sri-muthuswami-dikshitar-composer-excellence |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en}}</ref> *[[1782]] – [[Orest Kiprensky]], Russian-Italian painter (d. 1836)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orest Adamovich Kiprensky | Russian artist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Orest-Adamovich-Kiprensky |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Zulma Carraud]], French author (d. 1889)<ref>{{cite web |title=Zulma Carraud |url=https://mediatheque.ville-chateauroux.fr/lire-ecouter-voir/dossiers/portraits/191-zulma-carraud |website=Les Bibliothèques de Châteauroux |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> * 1796 – [[John Corry Wilson Daly]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1878)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Daly, John Corry Wilson – Volume X (1871-1880) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/daly_john_corry_wilson_10E.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Egerton Ryerson]], Canadian minister, educator, and politician (d. 1882)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egerton Ryerson | Canadian educator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Egerton-Ryerson |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1808]] – [[Maria Malibran]], Spanish-French soprano (d. 1836)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maria Malibran | Spanish opera singer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Malibran |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1809]] – [[Mariano José de Larra]], Spanish journalist and author (d. 1837)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariano José de Larra | Spanish writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mariano-Jose-de-Larra-y-Sanchez-de-Castro |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1809 – [[Joseph Liouville]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1882)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RSE-Fellows-BiographicalIndex-2.pdf |title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 |date=July 2006 |publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh |isbn=0-902-198-84-X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Liouville | French mathematician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Liouville |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1816]] – [[Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos]], Mexican politician and Roman Catholic [[archbishop]], [[regent]] during the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida |title=Excmo. Sr. Don Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (1855–1863) |publisher=Arquidiocesis de Puebla |language=es |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529225354/http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1820]] – [[Edmond Becquerel]], French physicist and academic (d. 1891)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Timeline - Alexandre Edmond Becquerel |url=https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/becquerel.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=micro.magnet.fsu.edu}}</ref> * 1820 – [[Fanny Crosby]], American poet and composer (d. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fanny Crosby | Biography, Hymns, Poems, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fanny-Crosby |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1823]] – [[Thomas Spencer Baynes]], English philosopher and critic (d. 1887)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Spencer Baynes | British scholar and editor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Spencer-Baynes |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], American activist and author (d. 1898)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matilda Joslyn Gage | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-Joslyn-Gage |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1828]] – [[Horace Gray]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1902)<ref name="TLHall2001">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Timothy L. |url=https://archive.org/details/supremecourtjust00timo |title=Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary |publisher=[[Facts on File]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-8160-4194-7 |location=New York, New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/supremecourtjust00timo/page/186 186]–189 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Horace Gray | United States jurist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Gray |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline of the Justices: Horace Gray, 1882-1902 |url=https://supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court-timeline-of-the-justices-horace-gray-1882-1902/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=The Supreme Court Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[George Francis Train]], American businessman (d. 1904)<ref>{{Citation |last=Potts |first=E. Daniel |title=Train, George Francis (1829–1904) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/train-george-francis-4745 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Round the World Flights |url=https://www.wingnet.org/rtw/RTW001O.HTM |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.wingnet.org}}</ref> * 1829 – [[Ignacio Zaragoza]], Mexican general (d. 1862)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zaragoza, Ignacio Seguín |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/zaragoza-ignacio-seguin |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[Robert Hamerling]], Austrian poet and playwright (d. 1889)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Hamerling | German poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Hamerling |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1834]] – [[William Morris]], English textile designer, poet, and author (d. 1896)<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Morris | British artist and author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Morris-British-artist-and-author |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1834 – [[John Wesley Powell]], American soldier, geologist, and explorer (d. 1902)<ref name="mcnamee">{{cite web |last1=McNamee |first1=Gregory |title=John Wesley Powell |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wesley-Powell |access-date=9 December 2019 |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Joseph Stefan]], Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josef Stefan | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josef-Stefan |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Honoré Beaugrand]], Canadian journalist and politician, 18th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (d. 1906)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Beaugrand, HonoréEAUGRAND, HONORÉ (baptized Marie-Louis-Honoré) – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beaugrand_honore_13E.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beaugrand, Honoré (P675) - Digitized Documents | Fonds | Musée McCord Museum |url=http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=18&tablename=fond&elementid=174__true |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca}}</ref> *[[1850]] – [[Silas Hocking]], English minister and author (d. 1935)<ref name="sutherland">{{cite book |last=Sutherland |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/stanfordcompanio0000suth |title=The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1989 |page=[https://archive.org/details/stanfordcompanio0000suth/page/301 301] |isbn=9780804715287 |url-access=registration |author-link=John Sutherland (author)}}</ref><ref name="brunett">{{cite book |last=Burnett |first=R. G. |title=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |chapter=Hocking, Silas Kitto (1850–1935) rev. Sayoni Basu}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Henry Lefroy]], Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1930)<ref>{{Citation |last=Cameron |first=Catherine |title=Lefroy, Sir Henry Bruce (1853–1930) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lefroy-sir-henry-bruce-7159 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Andrew W. Mellon]], American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Mellon | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Mellon |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1855 – [[Olive Schreiner]], South African author and activist (d. 1920)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olive Schreiner | South African writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olive-Schreiner |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Frank Weston Benson]], American painter and educator (d. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Weston Benson |url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/33601/frank-weston-benson |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=The Art Institute of Chicago |date=1862 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Weston Benson |url=https://useum.org/artist/Frank-Weston-Benson |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=USEUM |language=en}}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Émile Fabre]], French author and playwright (d. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Émile Fabre | French dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Fabre |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Alec Hurley]], English music hall singer (d. 1913) *[[1874]] – [[Luigi Einaudi]], Italian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of the Italian Republic]] (d. 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luigi Einaudi | president of Italya |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Einaudi |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1874 – [[Harry Houdini]], Hungarian-American magician and actor (d. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Houdini | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[William Burns (lacrosse)|William Burns]], Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billy Burns |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17301 |access-date=2021-12-11 |work=[[Olympedia]]}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Neyzen Tevfik]], Turkish philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neyzen Teyfik (1879–1953) |website=Anatolia Interculturual Organization |date=15 January 2015 |url=https://anatoliaintercultural.org/about-turkey/culture/philosophers/neyzen-teyfik-1879-1953/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neyzen Tevfık |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/neyzen-tevfik |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi |language=tr}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Marcel Lalu]], French gymnast (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Olympedia]] |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29968 |title=Marcel Lalu}}</ref> * 1882 – [[George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway]], English politician, 5th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (d. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McLintock |first1=Alexander Hare |last2=Bernard John Foster |first2=M. A. |last3=Taonga |first3=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu |title=GALWAY, Sir George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell, Eighth Viscount |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/galway-sir-george-vere-arundell-monckton-arundell-eighth-viscount |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Dorothy Campbell]], Scottish-American golfer (d. 1945) *[[1884]] – [[Peter Debye]], Dutch-American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1936/debye/biographical/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Debye | American physical chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Debye |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1884 – [[Chika Kuroda]], Japanese chemist (d. 1968)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain |url-access=registration |title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 |last1=Haines |first1=Catharine M. C. |last2=Stevens |first2=Helen M. |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781576070901 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain/page/164 164] |language=en}}</ref> * 1884 – [[Eugène Tisserant]], French cardinal (d. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - June 15, 1936 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1936.htm |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=cardinals.fiu.edu}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Charles Daniels (swimmer)|Charles Daniels]], American swimmer (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Daniels | American swimmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Daniels |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1885 – [[Dimitrie Cuclin]], Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dimitrie Cuclin |url=https://www.icr.ro/pagini/dimitrie-cuclin |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.icr.ro}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Edward Weston]], American photographer (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Weston | American photographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Weston-American-photographer |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1886 – [[Robert Mallet-Stevens]], French architect and designer (d. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Mallet-Stevens | French architect |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Mallet-Stevens |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Roscoe Arbuckle]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roscoe Arbuckle | American actor and director |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roscoe-Arbuckle |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Viktor Kingissepp]], Estonian politician (d. 1922) *[[1889]] – [[Albert Hill (athlete)|Albert Hill]], English-Canadian runner (d. 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Albert Hill's Olympic double, on its 100th anniversary | NEWS | World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/albert-hill-olympic-double-centenary |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Agnes Macphail]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agnes Campbell Macphail | Canadian politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Campbell-Macphail |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 1951) *[[1892]] – [[Marston Morse]], American mathematician and academic (d. 1977)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-06-26 |title=Harold Marston Morse Dies at 85; Served With Einstein at Princeton |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/26/archives/harold-marston-morse-dies-at-85-served-with-einstein-at-princeton.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-09 |title=Marston Morse - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study |url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/marston-morse |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.ias.edu |language=en}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Walter Baade]], German astronomer and author (d. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-01 |title=Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade |url=http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/walter-baade |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Department of Physics & Astronomy at Sonoma State University |language=en}}</ref> * 1893 – [[George Sisler]], American baseball player and scout (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Sisler | American baseball player |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Sisler |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Wilhelm Reich]], Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic (d. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilhelm Reich | Austrian psychologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Reich |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Ub Iwerks]], American animator, director, and producer, co-created [[Mickey Mouse]] (d. 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ub Iwerks | American animator and special-effects technician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ub-Iwerks |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Thomas E. Dewey]], American lawyer and politician, 47th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas E. Dewey | governor of New York |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-E-Dewey |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[Adolf Butenandt]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1995)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1939/butenandt/biographical/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1903 – [[Malcolm Muggeridge]], English journalist, author, and scholar (d. 1990)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Muggeridge | British journalist and social critic |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-Muggeridge |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Pura Santillan-Castrence]], Filipino author and diplomat (d. 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-20 |title=Pura Santillan Castrence is 100 and still writing |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2005/03/20/opinion/analysis/pura-santillan-castrence-is-100-and-still-writing/844462 |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Paul Sauvé]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Sauvé |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joseph-mignault-paul-sauve |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Clyde Barrow]], American criminal (d. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSHA | Barrow, Clyde Chesnut |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/barrow-clyde-chesnut |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Richard Wurmbrand]], Romanian pastor and evangelist (d. 2001)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-16 |title=Obituary: Pastor Richard Wurmbrand |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/16/guardianobituaries.stephenbates |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Richard Conte]], American actor, singer, and director (d. 1975) *[[1911]] – [[Joseph Barbera]], American animator, director, and producer, co-founded [[Hanna-Barbera]] (d. 2006)<ref name="obitguardian">{{cite news |last=Gifford |first=Dennis |date=December 20, 2006 |title=Joe Barbera |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/dec/20/usa |url-status=live |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109090912/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/dec/20/usa |archive-date=January 9, 2016}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Dorothy Height]], American educator and activist (d. 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Dorothy Height Biography |url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dorothy-height |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Dr. Dorothy Height Biography |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Eugène Martin]], French racing driver (d. 2006) *[[1916]] – [[Donald Hamilton]], Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding Aid for the Donald Hamilton papers, 1945-1995 |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6s2007cn/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=oac.cdlib.org}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Harry B. Whittington]], English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fortey |first=Richard A. |date=2012-12-31 |title=Harry Blackmore Whittington. 24 March 1916 — 20 June 2010 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=58 |pages=299–325 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2012.0033 |s2cid=87067971 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Constantine Andreou]], Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/30300202 |title=Intercultural references: The influence of the Mediterranean on the work of Constantine Andreou, artist of the Greek Diaspora |last1=Mortaki |first1=Sapfo}}</ref> * 1917 – [[John Kendrew]], English biochemist and crystallographer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1997)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1962/kendrew/biographical/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], American poet and publisher, co-founded [[City Lights Bookstore]] (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-28 |title=Tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, March 24, 1919 - February 23, 2021 - Poet, Publisher, Painter, Raconteur |url=https://ksqd.org/tribute-to-lawrence-ferlinghetti-march-24-1919-february-23-2021-poet-publisher-painter-raconteur/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=ksqd.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-23 |title=Lawrence Ferlinghetti—the San Francisco poet, publisher and bookseller—has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-02-23/lawrence-ferlinghetti-city-lights-dead |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=2021-02-23 |title=Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 101 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obituaries/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Robert Heilbroner]], American economist and historian (d. 2005)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Noble |first=Holcomb B. |date=2005-01-12 |title=Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/robert-heilbroner-writer-and-economist-dies-at-85.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Gene Nelson]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)<ref name="Smith">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=September 18, 1996 |title=Gene Nelson Is Dead at 76; Athletic Hollywood Dancer |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/18/movies/gene-nelson-is-dead-at-76-athletic-hollywood-dancer.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |date=September 17, 1996 |title=Gene Nelson, Dancer in '50s Musicals, Also Directed Features and TV |work=[[AP News]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/b62d95bfdba64d3653a9d50dc1a32188 |access-date=December 26, 2021}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Mary Stolz]], American author (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2007-01-22 |title=Mary Stolz, Who Wrote Novels for the Young, Is Dead at 86 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/books/22stolz.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Franciszek Blachnicki]], Polish priest (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=100. rocznica urodzin ks. Franciszka Blachnickiego |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja-i-nauka/100-rocznica-urodzin-ks-franciszka-blachnickiego |website=www.gov.pl/web/edukacja-i-nauka/ |publisher=Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=pl |quote=Ks. Franciszek Blachnicki urodził się 24 marca 1921 r. w Rybniku.}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Vasily Smyslov]], Russian chess player (d. 2010)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McClain |first=Dylan Loeb |date=2010-03-28 |title=Vasily Smyslov, Former World Chess Champion, Dies at 89 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/crosswords/chess/28smyslov.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Onna White]], Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2005)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2005-04-11 |title=Onna White, 83, Choreographer Who Won Oscar for 'Oliver!,' Dies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/arts/dance/onna-white-83-choreographer-who-won-oscar-for-oliver-dies.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Murray Hamilton]], American actor (d. 1986) * 1923 – [[Michael Legat]], English author and publisher (d. 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-02 |title=Michael Legat: Editorial director of Corgi Books and prolific author |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-legat-editorial-director-of-corgi-books-and-prolific-author-of-writers-guides-2348453.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Norman Fell]], American actor (d. 1998) *[[1926]] – [[Desmond Connell]], Irish cardinal (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite news |last=O’Shea |first=Sinead |date=2017-02-24 |title=Cardinal Desmond Connell, 90, Dies; Dublin Archbishop During Abuse Scandal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/world/europe/cardinal-desmond-connell-dublin-dead.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Dario Fo]], Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1997/fo/biographical/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1926 – [[William Porter (athlete)|William Porter]], American hurdler (d. 2000) *[[1927]] – [[John Woodland Hastings]], American biochemist and academic (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2014-08-09 |title=J. W. Hastings, 87, a Pioneer in Bioluminescence Research, Dies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/science/j-w-hastings-87-a-pioneer-in-bioluminescence-research-dies.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Martin Walser]], German author and playwright (d. 2023) *[[1928]] – [[Byron Janis]], American pianist and composer (d. 2024) *[[1929]] – [[Pat Renella]], Italian-American actor (d. 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2012-11-30 |title=Pat Renella, Who Played a Bad Guy in 'Bullitt,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pat-renella-bullitt-mannix-dies-396166/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[David Dacko]], Central African politician, 1st [[President of the Central African Republic]] (d. 2003)<ref name="birth-and-death">{{cite news |date=21 November 2003 |title=CAR's first president dies |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3227672.stm |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=David Dacko | Biography, Central African Republic, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Dacko |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Steve McQueen]], American actor and producer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |date=November 8, 1980 |title=Movie Hero Steve McQueen Dies of Heart Attack at Age of 50 |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/11/08/movie-hero-steve-mcqueen-dies-of-heart-attack-at-age-of-50/ceff4040-3090-4b71-bc61-3283452d1146/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009122943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/11/08/movie-hero-steve-mcqueen-dies-of-heart-attack-at-age-of-50/ceff4040-3090-4b71-bc61-3283452d1146/ |archive-date=October 9, 2018}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Hanno Drechsler]], German educator and politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (d. 2003) *[[1933]] – [[Stephen De Staebler]], American sculptor and educator (d. 2011)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=2011-05-25 |title=Stephen De Staebler, Sculptor of Bronze and Clay, Dies at 78 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/arts/design/stephen-de-staebler-sculptor-dies-at-78.html |access-date=2021-08-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Lee Mendelson]], American television producer (d. 2019)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |date=2019-12-28 |title=Lee Mendelson, Producer Behind 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' Dies at 86 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/arts/television/lee-mendelson-dead.html |access-date=2019-12-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Mary Berry]], English writer, chef, author, and television presenter<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 24: Jim Parsons, Tommy Hilfiger |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/24/Famous-birthdays-for-March-24-Jim-Parsons-Tommy-Hilfiger/2781679617300/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 March 2024 |date=24 March 2023}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Carol Kaye]], American bass guitarist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaye, Carol (b. 1935) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20800 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Don Covay]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)<ref name="post">{{cite news |author=Terence McArdle |title=Don Covay, soul singer of 'Mercy, Mercy', dies at 76 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/don-covay-soul-singer-of-mercy-mercy-dies-at-76/2015/02/03/3cf0aa24-aa3c-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html |access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=2015-02-07 |title=Don Covay, Performer and Writer of R&B Hits, Dies at 78 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/arts/music/don-covay-performer-and-writer-of-rb-hits-dies-at-78.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Alex Olmedo]], Peruvian-American tennis player (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2020-12-13 |title=Alex Olmedo, 84, Dies; Tennis Star Known for a Remarkable Year |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/sports/tennis/alex-olmedo-dead.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Billy Stewart]], American singer and pianist (d. 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Otis |date=2021-06-16 |title=Billy Stewart II (1937-1970) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/billy-stewart-ii-1937-1970/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Holger Czukay]], German musician (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=2017-09-06 |title=Holger Czukay obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/holger-czukay-obituary |access-date=2024-03-12 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 1938 – [[David Irving]], English historian and author<ref>{{cite news |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=15 January 2009 |title=David Irving: 'Hitler appointed me biographer' |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/david-irving-im-hitlers-biographer-1366464.html |access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Craig">{{cite news |last=Craig |first=Olga |date=26 February 2006 |title=David, what on earth would Mother think? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511495/David-what-on-earth-would-Mother-think.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511495/David-what-on-earth-would-Mother-think.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Larry Wilson (American football)|Larry Wilson]], American football player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Belson |first1=Ken |title=Larry Wilson, Who Made Safety an N.F.L. Threat, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/sports/football/larry-wilson-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=18 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Bob Mackie]], American fashion designer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Mackie |url=https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Bob-Mackie/328763 |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Britannica Kids |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Michael Masser]], American songwriter, composer and producer (d. 2015)<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-08-ca-9259-story.html Los Angeles Times: "Masser's Greatest Love" by Jackie Helman] June 8, 1986</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Michael Masser, Composer Who Wrote Whitney Houston Hits, Dies at 74 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 July 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/arts/music/michael-masser-composer-who-wrote-hits-for-whitney-houston-dies-at-74.html |access-date=2016-03-01 |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Jesús Alou]], Dominican baseball player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/former-major-leaguer-jesus-alou-dies-at-80 |title=Jesús Alou, youngest of famed brother trio, dies at 80 |last=Guardado |first=Maria |work=MLB.com |date=March 10, 2023 |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[R. Lee Ermey]], American sergeant and actor (d. 2018)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Matt |date=2018-04-16 |title=R. Lee Ermey, Harsh Drill Instructor in 'Full Metal Jacket,' Dies at 74 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/obituaries/r-lee-ermey-dead-actor.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Vojislav Koštunica]], Serbian academic and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Serbia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vojislav Koštunica | last president of Yugoslavia and prime minister of Serbia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vojislav-Kotunica |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Robert T. Bakker]], American paleontologist and academic * 1945 – [[Curtis Hanson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)<ref name="latobit2">{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |last2=Vankin |first2=Deborah |date=September 20, 2016 |title=Curtis Hanson dead at 71 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-curtis-hanson-snap-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bromwich |first=Jonah Engel |date=2016-09-21 |title=Curtis Hanson, Director of Wicked Noir 'L.A. Confidential,' Dies at 71 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/obituaries/curtis-hanson-director-of-wicked-noir-la-confidential-dies-at-71.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Patrick Malahide]], English actor and screenwriter *[[1946]] – [[Klaus Dinger]], German guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lusk |first=Jon |date=2008-05-04 |title=Obituary: Klaus Dinger |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/05/germany.electronicmusic |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Kitty O'Neil]], American stuntwoman (d. 2018)<ref name="smith1">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |date=November 4, 2018 |title=Kitty O'Neil, deaf daredevil who became 'world's fastest woman,' dies at 72 |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/kitty-oneil-deaf-daredevil-who-became-worlds-fastest-woman-dies-at-72/2018/11/04/5d88dc9c-e044-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html |access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Dennis Erickson]], American football player and coach * 1947 – [[Christine Gregoire]], American lawyer and politician, 22nd [[Governor of Washington]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Reid |date=July 25, 2012 |title=Chris Gregoire (D) |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chris-gregoire-d/gIQA1eOFAP_topic.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029001309/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chris-gregoire-d/gIQA1eOFAP_topic.html |archive-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Mick Jones (footballer, born 1947)|Mick Jones]], English footballer and coach (d. 2022) * 1947 – [[Alan Sugar]], English businessman *[[1948]] – [[Javier Diez Canseco]], Peruvian sociologist and politician (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIEZ CANSECO CISNEROS, Javier |url=http://diccionario.cedinci.org/diez-canseco-cisneros-javier/ |access-date=2021-12-27 |language=es}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Jerzy Kukuczka]], Polish mountaineer (d. 1989) * 1948 – [[Lee Oskar]], Danish musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1949]] – [[Tabitha King]], American author and poet * 1949 – [[Ruud Krol]], Dutch footballer and coach * 1949 – [[Steve Lang]], Canadian bass player (d. 2017) * 1949 – [[Nick Lowe]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1949 – [[Ali Akbar Salehi]], Iranian academic and politician, 36th [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boroujerdi |first=Mehrzhad |date=31 January 2011 |title=Iran's New Foreign Minister: Ali Akbar Salehi |work=[[PBS]] |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/01/irans-new-foreign-minister-ali-akbar-salehi.html |access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-23 |title=Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe celebrates his 69th birthday – March 24th |url=https://www.timeslanka.com/2018/03/23/prime-minister-ranil-wickremesinghe-celebrates-his-69th-birthday-march-24th/ |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=TSL - The Times of Sri Lanka (Published in Canada) - All Rights Reserved (Editor: Upali Obeyesekere)}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Gary Wichard]], American football player and agent (d. 2011)<ref name="www2.nbc17.com">[http://www2.nbc17.com/sports/orange-county/2011/mar/11/suspended-nfl-agent-gary-wichard-dies-60-ar-855331/ "Suspended NFL Agent Gary Wichard Dies At 60" ''NBC-17''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314020729/http://www2.nbc17.com/sports/orange-county/2011/mar/11/suspended-nfl-agent-gary-wichard-dies-60-ar-855331/|date=2011-03-14}} October 26, 2011</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |author=Tom Friend |date=March 11, 2011 |title=NFL player agent Gary Wichard dies at 60 from diabetes, pancreatic cancer |publisher=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=6207397 |access-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Peter Boyle (footballer, born 1951)|Peter Boyle]], Scottish-Australian footballer and manager (d. 2013) * 1951 – [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]], American golfer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pat Bradley |url=https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Pat-Bradley/317951 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=Britannica Kids |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Tommy Hilfiger]], American fashion designer, founded the [[Tommy Hilfiger Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=Happy birthday Tommy Hilfiger: Meet the designer extraordinaire |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/happy-birthday-tommy-hilfiger-meet-the-designer-extraordinaire/story-OFw8h3SjNSBsSkYjuLxfCN.html |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Dougie Thomson]], Scottish bass player<ref name="AP"/> * 1951 – [[Anna Włodarczyk]], Polish long jumper and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna WŁODARCZYK | Profile | World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/poland/anna-wlodarczyk-14349006 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Greg McCrary]], American football player (d. 2013) *[[1953]] – [[Anita L. Allen]], American lawyer, philosopher, and academic * 1953 – [[Louie Anderson]], American actor and comedian (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louie Anderson's Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/louie-anderson |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=www.concertarchives.org}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Robert Carradine]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 24, 2023 includes celebrities Jim Parsons, Alyson Hannigan |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-24-2023-includes-celebrities-jim-parsons-alyson-hannigan.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 March 2024 |date=24 March 2023}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Rafael Orozco Maestre]], Colombian singer (d. 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rafael Orozco Maestre |url=https://www.buenamusica.com/rafael-orozco/biografia |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=BuenaMusica.com}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Donna Pescow]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/> *[[1955]] – [[Doug Jarvis]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1955 – [[Pat Price (ice hockey)|Pat Price]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1956]] – [[Steve Ballmer]], American businessman * 1956 – [[William Wray (artist)|Bill Wray]], American cartoonist and painter *[[1957]] – [[Pierre Harvey]], Canadian cyclist and skier *[[1958]] – [[Mike Woodson]], American basketball player and coach *[[1959]] – [[Emmit King]], American sprinter (d. 2021) * 1959 – [[Renaldo Nehemiah]], American hurdler and football player * 1959 – [[Derek Statham]], English footballer *[[1960]] – [[Jan Berglin]], Swedish cartoonist * 1960 – [[Barry Horowitz]], American wrestler * 1960 – [[Kelly Le Brock]], English-American actress and model<ref name="AP"/> * 1960 – [[Nena]], German singer-songwriter and actress * 1960 – [[Scott Pruett]], American race car driver * 1960 – [[Annabella Sciorra]], American actress *[[1961]] – [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]], Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Dean Jones obituary | Adam Collins |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/25/dean-jones-obituary |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-09 |title=Dean Jones: Charismatic cricket player who drove Australia into a new era |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dean-jones-dead-cricket-player-australia-one-day-world-cup-winner-b859216.html |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Yanis Varoufakis]], Greek economist and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Greece)|Greek Minister of Finance]] *[[1962]] – [[Angèle Dubeau]], Canadian violinist * 1962 – [[Star Jones]], American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host<ref name="AP"/> * 1962 – [[Irina Meszynski]], German discus thrower *[[1963]] – [[Vadym Tyshchenko]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Vadim Tishchenko |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701273 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Raimond van der Gouw]], Dutch footballer and coach * 1963 – [[Torsten Voss]], German decathlete and bobsledder *[[1964]] – [[Patterson Hood]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-10 |title=Drive-By Truckers' 'Southern Rock Opera' Turns 20 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2159953/drive-by-truckers-southern-rock-opera/reviews/the-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Peter Jacobson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1965 – [[The Undertaker]], American wrestler and actor<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1966]] – [[Floyd Heard]], American sprinter and coach * 1966 – [[Rico Hizon]], Filipino broadcast journalist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rico turns 'gold' |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/07/07/1600169/rico-turns-gold?nomobile=1 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=www.philstar.com}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Diann Roffe]], American skier *[[1968]] – [[Minarti Timur]], Indonesian badminton player *[[1969]] – [[Stephan Eberharter]], Austrian skier * 1969 – [[Ilir Meta]], Albanian politician, incumbent [[Presidents of Albania|President of Albania]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-29 |title=Ilir Meta elected as new President of Albania |url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/04/29/ilir-meta-elected-as-new-president-of-albania/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=European Western Balkans |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Lauren Bowles]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1970 – [[Lara Flynn Boyle]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1970 – [[Sharon Corr]], Irish singer-songwriter and violinist<ref name="AP"/> * 1970 – [[Judith Draxler]], Austrian swimmer * 1970 – [[Erica Kennedy]], American journalist and author (d. 2012)<ref name="nyt2">{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=June 18, 2012 |title=Erica Kennedy, a Music Writer Who Satirized the Hip-Hop World, Dies at 42 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/books/erica-kennedy-music-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-42.html |access-date=June 19, 2012}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Mike Vanderjagt]], Canadian-American football player *[[1971]] – [[Tig Notaro]], American comedian and actor<ref name="UPI"/> * 1971 – [[Megyn Price]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Christophe Dugarry]], French footballer * 1972 – [[Steve Karsay]], American baseball player and coach *[[1973]] – [[Jacek Bąk]], Polish footballer * 1973 – [[Philippe Boucher]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager * 1973 – [[Steve Corica]], Australian footballer and coach * 1973 – [[Jure Ivanušič]], Slovenian actor, concert pianist and [[chansonnier]] * 1973 – [[Mette Jacobsen]], Danish swimmer * 1973 – [[Glen Jakovich]], Australian footballer * 1973 – [[Jim Parsons]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1974]] – [[Alyson Hannigan]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1974 – [[Sergey Klyugin]], Russian high jumper * 1974 – [[Tado (comedian)|Tado]], Filipino comedian and activist (d. 2014) *[[1975]] – [[Thomas Johansson]], Swedish-Monégasque tennis player *[[1976]] – [[Aaron Brooks (American football)|Aaron Brooks]], American football player * 1976 – [[Aliou Cissé]], Senegalese footballer and coach * 1976 – [[Athanasios Kostoulas]], Greek footballer * 1976 – [[Peyton Manning]], American football player and entrepreneur<ref name="AP"/> *[[1977]] – [[Olivia Burnette]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1977 – [[Jessica Chastain]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1977 – [[Maxim Kuznetsov]], Russian ice hockey player *[[1978]] – [[Amir Arison]], American actor * 1978 – [[Michael Braun (footballer)|Michael Braun]], Australian footballer and coach * 1978 – [[Tomáš Ujfaluši]], Czech footballer and manager * 1978 – [[José Valverde]], Dominican baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Lake Bell]], American actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1979 – [[Norris Hopper]], American baseball player * 1979 – [[Periklis Iakovakis]], Greek hurdler * 1979 – [[Graeme Swann]], English cricketer *[[1980]] – [[Ramzi Abid]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramzi Abid |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ramzi-abid-8467356 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Andrew Hutchinson (ice hockey)|Andrew Hutchinson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Hutchinson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/andrew-hutchinson-8467927 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Tassos Venetis]], Greek footballer *[[1981]] – [[Mike Adams (safety)|Mike Adams]], American football player * 1981 – [[Ron Hainsey]], American ice hockey player * 1981 – [[Dirk Hayhurst]], American baseball player * 1981 – [[Mark Looms]], Dutch footballer * 1981 – [[Gary Paffett]], English racing driver * 1981 – [[Philip Winchester]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1982]] – [[Epico Colon]], Puerto Rican professional wrestler * 1982 – [[Jake Hager]], American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler * 1982 – [[Corey Hart (baseball)|Corey Hart]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Jimmy Hempte]], Belgian footballer * 1982 – [[Dustin McGowan]], American baseball player *[[1983]] – [[Luca Ceccarelli (footballer, born 24 March 1983)|Luca Ceccarelli]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[T. J. Ford]], American basketball player * 1983 – [[Riccardo Musetti]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1984]] – [[Benoît Assou-Ekotto]], French-Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=41107 |title=Benoît Assou-Ekotto |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Park Bom]], South Korean singer * 1984 – [[Chris Bosh]], American basketball player * 1984 – [[Adrian D'Souza]], Indian field hockey player * 1984 – [[Lucy Wangui Kabuu]], Kenyan runner * 1984 – [[Philipp Petzschner]], German tennis player *[[1985]] – [[Haruka Ayase]], Japanese actress and singer * 1985 – [[CJ Perry]], American wrestler, manager, and actress *[[1987]] – [[Shakib Al Hasan]], Bangladeshi cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shakib Al Hasan profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shakib-al-hasan-56143 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Yuma Asami]], Japanese actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://actress.dmm.co.jp/-/detail/=/actress_id=15365/ |title=麻美ゆま (Yuma Asami DMM Profile)}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Billy Jones (footballer, born 1987)|Billy Jones]], English footballer<ref>{{Hugman|10555| Billy Jones|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Ramires]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramires Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/99025/ramires |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Aiga Grabuste]], Latvian heptathlete<ref>[http://www.olimpiade.lv/lat/lov/sportisti/45/343/ Aiga Grabuste] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004184022/http://www.olimpiade.lv/lat/lov/sportisti/45/343/|date=2011-10-04}}. Latvian Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.</ref> * 1988 – [[Ryan Higgins (cricketer, born 1988)|Ryan Higgins]], Zimbabwean cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Higgins |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55518.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Finn Jones]], English actor<ref name="UPI"/> * 1988 – [[Matías Martínez]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Argentina - M. Martínez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/matias-martinez/18045/ |access-date=2021-12-17 |website=us.soccerway.com}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Kardo Ploomipuu]], Estonian swimmer<ref name="ipc">{{cite web |title=Athlete Biographies |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletes/Athlete_Biographies |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] |access-date=14 August 2010 |archive-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815040058/http://www.paralympic.org//Athletes//Athlete_Biographies// |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Matt Todd]], New Zealand rugby union player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Brendon Todd |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/120403.html |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Zyzz]], Russian-Australian bodybuilder and internet personality (d. 2011)<ref name="behind">{{cite news |date=11 August 2011 |title=Heart condition 'behind bodybuilder's death' |newspaper=[[Ninemsn]] |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8284072/heart-condition-behind-bodybuilders-death |url-status=dead |access-date=14 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912154130/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8284072/heart-condition-behind-bodybuilders-death |archive-date=12 September 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="ninemsn Thailand">{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Les |date=10 August 2011 |title=Sydney bodybuilder dies in Thailand sauna |newspaper=[[Ninemsn]] |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8283698/sydney-bodybuilder-dies-in-thailand-sauna |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-date=13 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913150828/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8283698/sydney-bodybuilder-dies-in-thailand-sauna |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Aljur Abrenica]], Filipino actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2021 |first=Stephanie |last=Shi |title=They're OK! Aljur Abrenica Celebrates His Birthday With Kylie Padilla And Their Sons |url=https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/aljur-abrenica-birthday-kylie-padilla-sons-a434-20210327 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=COSMO.PH |language=en-ph}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Keisha Castle-Hughes]], Australian-New Zealand actress<ref>{{cite news |author=Andrea LeVasseur |date=9 April 2015 |title=Keisha Castle Hughes |work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Movies & TV Dept. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/340214/Keisha-Castle-Hughes/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410013657/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/340214/Keisha-Castle-Hughes/biography |archive-date=10 April 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Starlin Castro]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starlin Castro Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30450/starlin-castro |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Lacey Evans]], American wrestler<ref name="PostAndCourier">{{cite web |last=Mooneyham |first=Mike |date=August 26, 2017 |title=From the Marines to the mat: Sky is the limit for NXT's Lacey Evans |url=http://www.postandcourier.com/sports/from-the-marines-to-the-mat-sky-is-the-limit/article_3d960626-89a1-11e7-b4e0-0b483e135067.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090240/https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/from-the-marines-to-the-mat-sky-is-the-limit/article_3d960626-89a1-11e7-b4e0-0b483e135067.html |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=[[The Post and Courier]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Jan |date=August 9, 2019 |title=SummerSlam: Lacey Evans is the 'lady of WWE' |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/wrestling/summerslam-lacy-evans-is-the-lady-of-wwe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916182156/https://torontosun.com/sports/wrestling/summerslam-lacy-evans-is-the-lady-of-wwe/ |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 15, 2019 |title=WWE Profile Page – Lacey Evans |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/25765073/wwe-profile-page-lacey-evans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603223401/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/25765073/wwe-profile-page-lacey-evans |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Alyssa Healy]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alyssa Healy |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/275486.html |access-date=2021-03-26 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> * 1990 – [[JonTron]], American YouTuber<ref>{{cite tweet |author=JonTron |author-link=JonTron |user=JonTronShow |number=977644807681167361 |date=March 24, 2018 |title=Thanks for all the birthday wishes, turns out I don't get to join the 27 club after all. :( |language=en |access-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024081805/https://twitter.com/jontronshow/status/977644807681167361 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nick Browne (cricketer)|Nick Browne]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=Ian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8n3BQAAQBAJ&dq=Nick+Browne,+English+cricketer+%22birthday%22&pg=PA1876 |title=Playfair Cricket Annual 2015 |date=2015-04-09 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-1-4722-1219-1 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Dalila Jakupovic]], Slovenian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dalila Jakupovic |url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/results/_/id/2669/dalila-jakupovic |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dalila Jakupovic - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/dalila-jakupovic_prs385602/person.shtml |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Daniel Sazonov]], Finnish politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hel.fi/static/helsinki/pormestarit/cv/cv-daniel-sazonov-en.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwij45jXi9qMAxVPHBAIHf9nNisQFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0azem-SpgZhsYfPLbf1eYh|title=Daniel Sazonov – Helsinki|website=hel.fi|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Enzo Zidane]], French-Spanish footballer<ref>{{soccerway|enzo-alan-zidane-fernandez/314135}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Myles Turner]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Myles Turner |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626167/myles-turner |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Mina (Japanese singer)|Mina]], Japanese singer and dancer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twice |url=http://twice.jype.com/ |access-date=2020-11-05 |website=twice.jype.com |language=ko}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Christopher Briney]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Briney |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/christopher_briney |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616201748/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/christopher_briney |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Damar Hamlin]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damar Hamlin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4036060/damar-hamlin |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Ethel Cain]], American singer-songwriter, record producer, and model<ref>{{Cite web |first=Ryan|last=Dombal|title=Ethel Cain Fears No Darkness |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/ethel-cain-interview/ |date=20 April 2021|access-date=24 March 2025 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Katie Swan]], English tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katie Swan | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323145/katie-swan |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Clara Burel]], French tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clara Burel | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325320/clara-burel |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[809]] – [[Harun al-Rashid]], Arab caliph (b. 763)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hārūn al-Rashīd | ʿAbbāsid caliph |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harun-al-Rashid |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * [[832]] – [[Wulfred]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=EBK: Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury |url=http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/wulfred.html |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=www.earlybritishkingdoms.com}}</ref> *[[1284]] – [[Hugh III of Cyprus]] (b. 1235)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugh III | king of Cyprus |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugh-III |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1296]] – [[Odon de Pins]], Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller<ref>{{cite web |title=Odon de Pins - The 23rd Grandmaster of The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta |url=http://www.smom-za.org/grandmasters/23.htm |publisher=www.smom-za.org |access-date=2007-11-11}}</ref> *[[1381]] – [[Catherine of Vadstena]], Swedish saint (b. 1332)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Catherine of Sweden | Swedish saint |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Catherine-of-Sweden |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1396]] – [[Walter Hilton]], English mystic and saint (b. 1340)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walter Hilton | English mystic and author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Hilton |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1399]] – [[Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk]] (b.c. 1320)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Margaret AUDLEY (D. Norfolk) |url=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MargaretAudley.htm |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=www.tudorplace.com.ar}}</ref> *[[1443]] – [[James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas]] (b. 1371)<ref>{{cite book |last=Maxwell |first=Herbert |date=1902 |title=A History of the House of Douglas: Volume I |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhouseof01maxw_0 |location=Cambridge, England |publisher=Freemantle & Co. |page=ix}}</ref> *[[1455]] – [[Pope Nicholas V]] (b. 1397)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas V | Vatican Library & Dum Diversas |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-V-pope |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1499]] – [[Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire]], English nobleman (b. 1470)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burke |first=Bernard |url=http://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ |title=A genealogical history of the dormant : abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire |date=1866 |publisher=London : Harrison |others=Harvard University}}</ref> *[[1563]] – [[Hosokawa Harumoto]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1514){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} *[[1575]] – [[Joseph ben Ephraim Karo]], Spanish-Portuguese rabbi and author (b. 1488)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph ben Ephraim Karo | Jewish scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-ben-Ephraim-Karo |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Elizabeth I of England]] (b. 1533)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth I | Biography, Facts, Mother, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1653]] – [[Samuel Scheidt]], German organist and composer (b. 1587)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Scheidt | German composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Scheidt |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1684]] – [[Pieter de Hooch]], Dutch painter (b. 1629)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pieter de Hooch | Dutch painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pieter-de-Hooch |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1684 – [[Elizabeth Ridgeway]], English woman convicted of poisoning her husband<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buVbAAAAQAAJ |title=A true relation of four most barbarous ... murders committed in Leicester-shire by Elizabeth Ridgeway |last=Ridgway |first=Elizabeth |date=1684 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1773]] – [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]], English politician, [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] (b. 1694)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield | English writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-Dormer-Stanhope-4th-Earl-of-Chesterfield |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[John Harrison]], English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the [[Marine chronometer]] (b. 1693)<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Harrison | British horologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Harrison-British-horologist |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1824]] – [[Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux]], French lawyer (b. 1753)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux | French politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Marie-de-La-Revelliere-Lepeaux |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1838]] – [[Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet|Abraham Hume]], English [[floriculturist]] and [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]] politician (b. 1748/49)<ref name="DNB">See [[wikisource:Hume, Abraham (1749-1838) (DNB00)|''Hume, Abraham (1749–1838)'']], in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 28.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HUME, Sir Abraham, 2nd Bt. (1749-1838), of Wormleybury, Herts. | History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/hume-sir-abraham-1749-1838 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily]], Queen of France (b. 1782)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marie-Amélie de Bourbon | queen of France | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Amelie-de-Bourbon |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=6 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Antoine-Henri Jomini]], French-Russian general (b. 1779)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henri, baron de Jomini | French general and historian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-baron-de-Jomini |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse]], French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Delesse, Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph|volume=7|page=953}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet and educator (b. 1807)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Biography, Poems, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Ivan Kramskoi]], Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy (08.06.1837 - 05.04.1887) - Biography, Interesting Facts, Famous Artworks |url=https://arthive.com/ivankramskoi |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Arthive}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Vsevolod Garshin]], Russian author (b. 1855)<ref>{{cite web |title=Introduction to 'The Signal and Other Stories, by W. M. Garshin |url=https://archive.org/stream/signalotherstori00gars#page/n11/mode/1up |access-date=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vsevolod Mikhaylovich Garshin | Russian writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vsevolod-Mikhaylovich-Garshin |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Jules Verne]], French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)<ref name="Notice">{{cite news |date=15 March 1905 |title=Mr. Jules Verne Lies Dead at Amiens |publisher=Titusville Herald |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-25-1905-2747079/ |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite book |author=Evans, Arthur B. |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=23 April 2020 |editor=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |edition=online |chapter=Jules Verne: French author |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920065922/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne |archive-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)<ref>{{Cite web |title=J.M. Synge | Biography, Plays, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-M-Synge |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-10 |title=J. M. Synge |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/j-m-synge |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Margaret Lindsay Huggins]], Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)<ref>Brück, M. T. & Elliott, I., "The Family Background of Lady Huggins", ''Irish Astronomical Journal'', Vol.20, NO. 3/MAR, 1992 P.[http://adsbit.harvard.edu//full/1916MNRAS..76R.278./0000278.000.html 210]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=1915JRASC...9..149C Page 149 |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1915JRASC...9..149C |access-date=2021-12-11 |journal=Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |bibcode=1915JRASC...9..149C |last1=Chant |first1=C. A. |year=1915 |volume=9 |page=149}}</ref> * 1915 – [[Karol Olszewski]], Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite news |title=Kraków: szczątki prof. Karola Olszewskiego złożono w Panteonie Narodowym |url=https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/krakow-szczatki-prof-karola-olszewskiego-zlozono-w-panteonie-narodowym |access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Enrique Granados]], Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)<ref>David Walton, ''The Last Journey of Enrique Granados''. Opus Publications p. 71.</ref><ref>Daniel Sargent, quoted in [[Lyn MacDonald]], ''The Roses of No Man's Land''. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 141. A photograph of the empty drifting raft is among plates between pp. 64–5.</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Phan Chu Trinh|Phan Châu Trinh]], Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phan Chau Trinh | Vietnamese leader |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phan-Chau-Trinh |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-19 |title=Phan Chau Trinh and a Strategy for Democritazatin in Vietnam |url=https://tapchidantri.org/phan-chau-trinh-and-a-strategy-for-democratization-in-vietnam/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Tạp chí Dân trí |language=vi}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Frantz Reichel]], French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |title=The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8952-7 |page=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Yondonwangchug]], Mongolian politician (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book |title=Yondonwangchug |url=https://hyperleap.com/topic/Yondonwangchug}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Édouard Branly]], French physicist and academic (b. 1844)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-03-25 |title=E. Branley Dead; Famed Physicist – Devised Coherer First Used in Detecting and Receiving of Wireless Impulses – Aided Marconi Invention – Member of French Academy Predicted Talking Pictures --Had Studied Medicine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/25/archives/e-branly-dead-famed-physicist-devised-coherer-first-used-in.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edouard Branly | French engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edouard-Branly |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Orde Wingate]], Indian-English general (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of Major-General Orde Wingate |url=http://www.chindits.info/Thursday/DeathWingate.htm |access-date=5 August 2010 |website=Chindits.info}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Alexander Alekhine]], Russian chess player (b. 1892)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alekhine's Death by Edward Winter |url=https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/alekhine3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160633/https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/alekhine3.html |archive-date=2021-10-25 |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=www.chesshistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 March 2006 |title=Alekhine's death – an unresolved mystery? |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505082215/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3005 |archive-date=5 May 2008 |access-date=2008-05-20}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Carl Schuhmann]], German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Carl Schuhmann |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70502 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Sigrid Hjertén]], Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commemoratives of Famous Women for |url=https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/on-this-day/24-03-1955 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.fembio.org}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[James Rudolph Garfield]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1865)<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=25 March 1950 |title=J.R. Garfield, 84, Son of President |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/03/25/96212935.pdf |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Lorna Hodgkinson]], Australian educator and [[educational psychologist]] (b. 1887)<ref name="adb2">{{cite web |last=Turtle |first=Alison M. |year=1996 |title=Hodgkinson, Lorna Myrtle (1887–1951) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hodgkinson-lorna-myrtle-10515 |work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Turtle |first=Alison M. |title=Hodgkinson, Lorna Myrtle (1887–1951) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hodgkinson-lorna-myrtle-10515 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Mary of Teck]], [[Queen of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1867)<ref>{{citation |title=1953: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/24/newsid_2785000/2785265.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |date=24 March 1953 |access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[E. T. Whittaker]], British mathematician and physicist (b. 1873)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Temple |first=G. F. J. |author-link=George Frederick James Temple |date=1 November 1956 |title=Edmund Taylor Whittaker, 1873-1956 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=2 |pages=299–325 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1956.0021 |s2cid=121968984 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Jean Goldkette]], French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)<ref name="impulse">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160207071611/http://www.impulsebrass.com/duffee/files/goldkettebio.pdf www.impulsebrass.com]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldkette, Jean - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/106499/Goldkette_Jean |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Auguste Piccard]], Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |date=26 March 1962 |title=Auguste Piccard, Explorer, Is Dead. Auguste Piccard Is Dead at 78. Stratosphere and Sea Explorer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/26/archives/auguste-piccard-explorer-is-dead-auguste-piccard-is-dead-at-78.html}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Alice Guy-Blaché]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Guy-Blaché | French director |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alice-Guy-Blache |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Arne Jacobsen]], Danish architect, designed the [[Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen|Radisson Blu Royal Hotel]] and [[Aarhus City Hall]] (b. 1902)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arne Jacobsen | Danish architect |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arne-Jacobsen |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arne Jacobsen Architect | Biography, Buildings, Projects and Facts |url=https://www.famous-architects.org/arne-jacobsen/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Famous Architects |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Arthur Metcalfe (public servant)|Arthur Metcalfe]], Australian public servant (b. 1895)<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |date=27 March 1971 |title=Medical man dies, 76 |page=7 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110345426}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Bertram Stevens (politician)|Bertram Stevens]], Australian accountant and politician, 25th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1889)<ref name="adb">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=John M|last=Ward|title=Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale (1889–1973)|id2=stevens-sir-bertram-sydney-8650|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]], English field marshal (b. 1887)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-03-24 |title=Field Marshal Montgomery Dead at 88 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/24/archives/field-marshal-montgormery-dead-at-88-lord-montgomery-dead-led-el.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery | British military commander |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Law-Montgomery-1st-Viscount-Montgomery |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Park Mok-wol]], influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)<ref name="Donga19780324">{{cite news |date=1978-03-24 |title=詩人 朴木月씨 別世 |trans-title=Poet Park Mok-wol passes away |page=5 |newspaper=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1978032400209207016&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1978-03-24&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=17375&publishType=00020 |access-date=September 24, 2018 |via=Naver News Library}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Óscar Romero]], Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)<ref name="nytimesmurder">{{cite news |date=25 March 1980 |title=Salvador Archbishop Assassinated By Sniper While Officiating at Mass |pages=1, 8 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/25/archives/salvador-archbishop-assassinated-by-sniper-while-officiating-at.html}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Sam Jaffe]], American actor (b. 1891)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Richard |date=March 26, 1984 |title=Character Actor Sam Jaffe, 93, Dies of Cancer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/03/26/character-actor-sam-jaffe-93-dies-of-cancer/db9743b9-8830-4d92-a9f8-e49878a6857c/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Turhan Feyzioğlu]], Turkish academic and politician, 27th [[List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turhan Feyzioğlu |url=http://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/17860 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=www.biyografya.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Ray Goulding]], American comedian and radio host (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fowler |first=Glenn |date=March 26, 1990 |title=Ray Goulding, 68, Genial Satirist As Part of Bob and Ray, Is Dead (Published 1990) |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/obituaries/ray-goulding-68-genial-satirist-as-part-of-bob-and-ray-is-dead.html}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[John Kerr (governor-general)|John Kerr]], Australian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news |date=26 March 1991 |title=Sir John Kerr dies alone at 76: the storm goes on |pages=1 |work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122351646 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Albert Arlen]], Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (b. 1905)<ref>{{Citation |last=Koehne |first=James |title=Arlen, Albert (1905–1993) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/arlen-albert-22073 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref> * 1993 – [[John Hersey]], American journalist and author (b. 1914)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Bart |date=1993-03-25 |title='Hirosima' Autor John Hersey, 78, Dies |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/03/25/hiroshima-author-john-hersey-78-dies/f8f86654-dd69-436a-ae6d-6680adc95526/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Hersey | American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Hersey |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1993-03-29 |title=John Hersey |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/john-hersey |access-date=2021-12-11 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Joseph Needham]], English historian and academic (b. 1900)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyall |first=Sarah |date=1995-03-27 |title=Joseph Needham, China Scholar From Britain, Dies at 94 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/27/obituaries/joseph-needham-china-scholar-from-britain-dies-at-94.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-03-26 |title=Obituary:Joseph Needham |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/obituary-joseph-needham-1612984.html |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Gertrud Scholtz-Klink]], German politician (b. 1902)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frasier |first=Mary |date=2021-04-01 |title=Women's Advocate or Racist Hypocrite: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink and the Contradictions of Women in Nazi Ideology |url=https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/940 |journal=Student Publications}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Birdie Tebbetts]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)<ref name="Birdie Tebbetts, Plain Speaker With 53-Year Baseball Career">{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |date=March 26, 1999 |title=Birdie Tebbetts, Plain Speaker With 53-Year Baseball Career |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/26/sports/birdie-tebbetts-plain-speaker-with-53-year-baseball-career.html |access-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Muriel Young]], English television host and producer (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muriel Young - People - Transdiffusion Broadcasting System |url=https://www.transdiffusion.org/2002/01/01/muriel |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=www.transdiffusion.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-29 |title=Obituary: Muriel Young |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/mar/29/guardianobituaries.broadcasting1 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[César Milstein]], Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1984/milstein/facts/ |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=César Milstein | Argentine immunologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesar-Milstein |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-03-27 |title=Obituary: César Milstein |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Bob Said]], American race car driver and bobsledder (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boris SAID Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/boris-said |access-date=August 2, 2022 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Hans Hermann Groër]], Austrian cardinal (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |last=Meisner |first=Joachim |date=5 April 2003 |title=Bound with Mary |url=http://www.gottgeweiht.at/gg402predigtkardinalmeisnerengl.html |access-date=26 March 2017 |work=Gottgeweiht}}</ref><ref name="Gerhard Heger 2006 pp. 529-534">Gerhard Heger, ''Hans Hermann Groër'', Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon 26 (2006), pp. 529–534.</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Rudra Rajasingham]], Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1926)<ref name="SO260306">{{cite news |date=26 March 2006 |title=Rudra, Godfather of Police Rugby is no more |newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]] |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/03/26/spo10.html}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Shripad Narayan Pendse]], Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]] novelist (b. 1913){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} *[[2008]] – [[Chalmers Alford]], American guitarist (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenman |first1=Ben |title=Heavenly Sounds |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/heavenly-sounds |website=New Yorker |date=12 August 2008 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Neil Aspinall]], Welsh-English record producer and manager (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news |date=25 March 2008 |title=Neil Aspinall, 'the fifth Beatle', dies aged 66 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582594/Neil-Aspinall-the-fifth-Beatle-dies-aged-66.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582594/Neil-Aspinall-the-fifth-Beatle-dies-aged-66.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=23 September 2012 |quote=Neil Aspinall, who has died aged 66, was the Beatles' original road manager and went on to run the group's business empire for 40 years; he became their chief confidant and, although not the only contender for the title of the fifth Beatle, perhaps deserved the accolade more than most. ...}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=McCartney Visits Aspinall as he Fights |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/mccartney-visits-aspinall-as-he-fights-r498936.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329001906/http://www.pr-inside.com/mccartney-visits-aspinall-as-he-fights-r498936.htm |archive-date=29 March 2008 |access-date=24 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="AspinallObituary">{{cite news |date=24 March 2008 |title=Obituary: Neil Aspinall |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7311862.stm |access-date=25 March 2008}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Rafael Azcona]], Spanish author and screenwriter (b. 1926)<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |date=2008-04-04 |title=Rafael Azcona, Spanish Writer, Dies at 81 |work=[[New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/books/04azcona.html |access-date=2008-04-06}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (b. 1914)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Screen Villain and Gunslinger Richard Widmark Dies |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-richardwidmarkobit-story.html |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=chicagotribune.com |date=26 March 2008 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Widmark: 1914-2008 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/richard-widmark-1914-2008/ |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=26 March 2008 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Boris Dvornik]], Croatian actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preminuo Boris Dvornik |url=https://www.b92.net/o/info/vesti/index?yyyy=2008&mm=03&dd=24&nav_id=290565}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[George Kell]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)<ref name="DFPobit">{{cite web |last=Lowe |first=John |date=March 24, 2009 |title=George Kell, Tiger great and longtime broadcaster, dies at 86 |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20090324/SPORTS02/90324034/George+Kell++Tiger+great++and+longtime+broadcaster++dies+at+86 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327145406/http://www.freep.com/article/20090324/SPORTS02/90324034/George+Kell++Tiger+great++and+longtime+broadcaster++dies+at+86 |archive-date=March 27, 2009 |access-date=2009-03-24 |publisher=Detroit Free Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2009-03-24 |title=Hall of Fame baseball player George Kell passes away |url=http://www.kait8.com/global/story.asp?s=10061862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328231517/http://www.kait8.com/global/story.asp?s=10061862 |archive-date=2009-03-28 |access-date=2009-03-24 |publisher=[[KAIT]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ginsburg |first=Steve |editor-first=Justin |editor-last=Palmer |date=25 March 2009 |title=Hall of Fame third baseman Kell dies |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE52N66B20090324?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&sp=true |access-date=25 March 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Hans Klenk]], German racing driver (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituaries 2009 |url=https://group-media.mercedes-benz.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/Obituaries-2009.xhtml?oid=9912155 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=marsMediaSite |language=en}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Gábor Ocskay]], Hungarian ice hockey player (b. 1975)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Hungarian hockey player Gabor Ocskay dies of heart attack at age 33 |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/top-hungarian-hockey-player-gabor-ocskay-dies-of-heart-attack-at-age-33/c-415309 |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nincs többé 19-es mez a válogatottban |url=http://jegkorong.blog.hu/2009/03/26/a_magyar_finnen_vonultatjak_vissza_a_19_est |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=Jégkorong}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ocskayról nevezik el a jégcsarnokot |url=http://jegkorong.blog.hu/2009/03/25/ocskayrol_nevezik_el_a_jegcsarnokot |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=Jégkorong}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Robert Culp]], American actor (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last=Leopold |first=Todd |title=Actor Robert Culp dies after fall |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/24/obit.robert.culp/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] }}</ref> * 2010 – [[Jim Marshall (photographer)|Jim Marshall]], American photographer (b. 1936)<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/03/jim-marshall-photographer-for-woodstock-cash-dylan-and-others-dies-at-74.html "Jim Marshall Photographer for Woodstock, Cash, Dylan, and Others Dies at 74" ''latimes.com''] March 24, 2010</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Paul Callaghan]], New Zealand physicist and academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Paul Callaghan passes away |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sir-paul-callaghan-passes-away/23M4TEAAVA2W3WVRU3RMAS66HA/ |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=28 September 2011 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Nick Noble (singer)|Nick Noble]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)<ref name="Dead">[http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2012.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] – accessed March 25, 2012</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Barbara Anderson (writer)|Barbara Anderson]], New Zealand author (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Writer Barbara Anderson dies |url=https://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2013/03/26/writer-barbara-anderson-dies/ |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=Library Blog |date=26 March 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbara Anderson | Arts Foundation Icon |url=https://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/barbara-anderson?token=40 |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=Arts Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Inge Lønning]], Norwegian theologian, academic, and politician (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |date=25 March 2013 |title=Inge Lønning er død |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/Inge-Lonning-er-dod-7157734.html |access-date=November 1, 2020 |website=Aftenposten}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Gury Marchuk]], Russian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1925)<ref>[http://www.itar-tass.com/c1/685927.html ИТАР-ТАСС Скончался академик Гурий Марчук, последний президент Академии наук СССР Itar-tass.com] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Paolo Ponzo]], Italian footballer (b. 1972)<ref name="death">{{cite web |title=Infarto in gara, muore Paolo Ponzo | Liguria | Savona | Il Secolo XIX |url=http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/savona/2013/03/24/APWUC86E-infarto_muore_paolo.shtml |url-status=dead |publisher=Ilsecoloxix.it |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329011719/http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/savona/2013/03/24/APWUC86E-infarto_muore_paolo.shtml |archive-date=29 March 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Mohamed Yousri Salama]], Egyptian dentist and politician (b. 1974)<ref name="ene24mar">{{cite news |author=Ahmad Aboul Enein |date=24 March 2013 |title=Mohamed Yousry Salama passes away |newspaper=Daily News |url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/03/24/mohamed-yousry-salama-passes-away/ |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="lina27mar">{{cite news |author=Lina Attalah |date=27 March 2013 |title=Obituary: Mohamed Yousry Salama |newspaper=Egypt Independent |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/obituary-mohamed-yousry-salama |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow]], English diplomat (b. 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord Thurlow |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9953225/Lord-Thurlow.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9953225/Lord-Thurlow.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=25 March 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Oleksandr Muzychko]], Ukrainian activist (b. 1962)<ref name="bbcPoliceRaid">{{cite news |date=25 March 2014 |title=Ukraine far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid' |newspaper=Ukraine far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26729273 |access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbc-20140402">{{cite news |date=2 April 2014 |title=Ukraine far-right leader Sashko Bily 'shot himself' |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26849934 |access-date=12 April 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[John Rowe Townsend]], English author and scholar (b. 1922)<ref name="obituary">{{cite web |author=Stephanie Nettell |date=2 April 2014 |title=John Rowe Townsend obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/02/john-rowe-townsend |publisher=theguardian.com |access-date=2014-04-02}}</ref> * 2014 – [[David A. Trampier]], American illustrator (b. 1954)<ref name="obituary2">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2014 |title=David Trampier |url=http://thesouthern.com/news/local/obituaries/david-trampier/article_e5b7b0bf-f9f8-500a-9b5e-2a3194c214e9.html |work=[[The Southern Illinoisan]] |access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Yehuda Avner]], English-Israeli diplomat (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghert-Zand |first=Renee |title=Avner's Death |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/yehuda-avner-a-devoted-public-servant-who-lived-israels-history/ |publisher=The Times of Israel}}</ref> * 2015 – notable deaths of the [[Germanwings Flight 9525]] crash: ** [[Oleg Bryjak]], Kazakhstani-German opera singer (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite web |author=John Shammas |date=24 March 2015 |title=Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash: First pictures of opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak among 150 dead |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/germanwings-airbus-a320-plane-crash-5394028 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |location=London |access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Garry Humphreys |date=26 March 2015 |title=Maria Radner: Internationally acclaimed contralto who was due to make her Bayreuth Festival debut later this year |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maria-radner-internationally-acclaimed-contralto-who-was-due-to-make-her-bayreuth-festival-debut-later-this-year-10134086.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> ** [[Maria Radner]], German opera singer (b. 1981)<ref name="waz">{{cite news |date=March 26, 2015 |title=Musikwelt trauert um Altistin Maria Radner (33) – sie starb mit Mann und Sohn (2) beim Absturz |language=de |work=[[Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung]] |url=https://www.derwesten.de/kultur/musikwelt-trauert-um-altistin-maria-radner-33-sie-starb-mit-mann-und-sohn-2-beim-absturz-aimp-id10501258.html |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212920/http://www.derwesten.de/kultur/musikwelt-trauert-um-altistin-maria-radner-33-sie-starb-mit-mann-und-sohn-2-beim-absturz-aimp-id10501258.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="met">{{cite web |date=25 March 2015 |title=Remembering Maria Radner (1981–2015) |url=http://www.metopera.org/metopera/news/features/news-flash/remembering-maria-radner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419030153/http://metopera.org/metopera/news/features/news-flash/remembering-maria-radner |archive-date=19 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |publisher=Met opera company}}</ref><ref>Tim Hepher [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-crash-germanwings-idUSKCN0WF0C5 France urges tougher pilot checks after Germanwings crash] Reuters, March 13, 2016</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Johan Cruyff]], Dutch footballer (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |date=24 March 2016 |title=Netherlands great Johan Cruyff dies of cancer aged 68 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35892775}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Garry Shandling]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1949)<ref>"Shandling collapsed calling 911 for help." Tampa Tribune, The (FL), Tribune first ed., sec. NationWorld, 26 Mar. 2016, p. 2. NewsBank: Access World News, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/15BD8ED5841C6DE0. Accessed 4 Sept. 2019.</ref><ref>@Nyltiaccc, Caitlyn Hitt. "Comedian Garry Shandling To Be Honored With Buddhist Funeral; Posthumously Made A Monk." International Business Times (USA), sec. Media & Culture, 31 Mar. 2016. NewsBank: Access World News, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/15BF8E45C88CF700. Accessed 4 Sept. 2019.</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Lys Assia]], Swiss singer and First Winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] (b. 1924)<ref name="tot">{{cite news |date=24 March 2018 |title=Lys Assia ist tot |url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/lys-assia-ist-tot-ld.1369175 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325050240/https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/lys-assia-ist-tot-ld.1369175 |archive-date=25 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018 |website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |last1=Klette |first1=Kathrin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nerssessian |first=Joe |date=24 March 2018 |title=The first ever winner of Eurovision, Lys Assia, has died aged 94 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lys-assia-dead-eurovision-first-winner-dies-aged-94-a8272461.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324220551/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lys-assia-dead-eurovision-first-winner-dies-aged-94-a8272461.html |archive-date=24 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018 |work=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Print Ltd. |location=London, England}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Rim Banna]], Palestinian singer, [[composer]], [[arranger]] and activist (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-08 |title=Rim Banna Website |url=http://www.rimbanna.com/cv_e.htm |access-date=2022-03-18 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208060845/http://www.rimbanna.com/cv_e.htm |archive-date=8 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Joseph Pilato]], American film and voice actor (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joseph-pilato-dead-pulp-fiction-14186186 |title=Joseph Pilato dead: Pulp Fiction and Day of the Dead star dies aged 70 |newspaper=The Mirror |date=2019-03-26}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Albert Uderzo]], French comic book artist (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/albert-uderzo-dead-french-asterix-illustrator-writer-was-92-1286127/ |title=Albert Uderzo, French Illustrator and Writer of 'Asterix,' Dies at 92 |first1=Georg |last1=Szalai |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Manu Dibango]], [[Cameroon]]ian musician and songwriter (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-30 |title=Notable African deaths of 2020: From jazz legends to football heroes |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55334098 |access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Jessica Walter]], American actress and voice artist (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0 |access-date=2021-03-27 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Dagny Carlsson]], Swedish blogger and influencer (b. 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/bloggaren-dagny-carlsson-ar-dod |title=Bloggaren Dagny Carlsson är död – blev 109 år gammal |first=Daniel |last=Wyser |date=24 March 2022 |website=SVT Nyheter |accessdate=24 March 2022 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324114525/https://www.svt.se/kultur/bloggaren-dagny-carlsson-ar-dod |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Gordon Moore]], American businessman, engineer and co-founder of [[Intel Corporation]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |first1=Holcomb B. |last1=Noble |first2=Katie |last2=Hafner |title=Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore's Law, Dies at 94 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2023 |access-date=25 March 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/obituaries/gordon-moore-dead.html}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Pradeep Sarkar]], Indian writer and director (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68. Filmmaker's funeral to take place at 4 pm in Mumbai |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/pradeep-sarkar-dies-at-68-filmmakers-funeral-to-take-place-at-4-pm-in-mumbai-2350837-2023-03-24 |date=24 March 2023 |access-date=25 March 2023 |magazine=India Today |first1=Zinia |last1=Bandyopadhyay}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Lou Whittaker]], American mountaineer, mountain guide, and businessman (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|title=Lou Whittaker, renowned mountaineer and Rainier guide, dies at 95|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/29/lou-whittaker-dead-mountaineer/|date=March 29, 2024|last=Smith|first=Harrison|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Dick Carlson]], American journalist and diplomat (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Dick Carlson, who led Voice of America at Cold War’s end, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/03/27/dick-carlson-tucker-voa-dies/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Catherine of Vadstena]] **[[Hildelith]] of Barking **[[Mac Cairthinn of Clogher]] **[[Óscar Romero]] ([[Catholic Church]], [[Anglican Communion]], [[Lutheranism]]) **[[Paul Couturier]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]]) **[[Walter Hilton]] ([[Church of England]]) **[[March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice]] ([[Argentina]]) *[[International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Right to Truth Day |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/right-to-truth-day#:~:text=The%20right%20to%20the%20truth%20implies%20knowing%20the%20full%20and,as%20the%20reasons%20for%20them. |website=United Nations |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Right to the Truth |url=https://www.ictj.org/gallery-items/right-truth |website=International Center for Transitional Justice |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=en |date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023085438/https://www.ictj.org/gallery-items/right-truth |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)]] *[[World Tuberculosis Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<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/march/24 BBC: On This Day] *{{NYT On this day|month=3|day=24}} *[https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/24 Historical Events on March 24] {{months}} [[Category:Days of March]]
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