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{{Short description | Day 85 of the year in Gregorian calendar}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[590]] – Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] proclaims his son [[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]] as co-emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=J. R. Martindale|title=The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElkwedRWCXkC&pg=PA1293|date=15 October 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-20160-5|pages=1293}}</ref> * [[624]] – First [[Eid al-Fitr]] celebration. *[[1021]] – The death of the [[Fatimid]] caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, [[al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link=Heinz Halm | title=Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fāṭimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language=de | trans-title=The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher=C. H. Beck | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-406-48654-1 | url={{Google Books|Hj2bhVntO3EC|plainurl=yes}} | pages=307–308}}</ref> *[[1027]] – [[Pope John XIX]] crowns [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. *[[1169]] – [[Saladin]] becomes the [[emir]] of [[Egypt]]. *[[1244]] – The [[crown of Aragon]] and the [[crown of Castile]] agree in the [[Treaty of Almizra]] on the limits of their respective expansion into [[al-Andalus]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=Robert I. |editor1-last=Gerli |editor1-first=E. Michael |title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77162-0 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en |chapter=Mudéjars}}</ref> *[[1344]] – The [[Siege of Algeciras (1342–44)|Siege of Algeciras]], one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. *[[1351]] – [[Combat of the Thirty]]: Thirty [[Duchy of Brittany|Breton]] knights call out and defeat thirty English knights. *[[1484]] – [[William Caxton]] prints his translation of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''. *[[1552]] – [[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the Third [[Sikh guru]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1636]] – [[Utrecht University]] is founded in the [[Netherlands]]. *[[1640]] – The [[Royal Academy of Turku]], the first university of [[Finland]], is founded in the city of [[Turku]] by Queen [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina of Sweden]] at the proposal of Count [[Per Brahe the Younger|Per Brahe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maailmanmuisti.fi/index.php?page=archives-of-the-royal-academy-of-turku-and-the-imperial-alexander-university|title=Archives of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University|work=Memory of the World Programme|publisher=[[UNESCO|UNESCO National Committee]]|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jussi Välimaa|title=A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century|chapter=The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku in 1640|pages=77–78|publisher=Springer|year=2019|isbn=978-3030208073}}</ref> *[[1651]] – The [[Real Situado|Silver-loaded]] Spanish ship ''San José'', pushed south by strong winds, [[wreckage of San José|is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile]] and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous [[Cunco people|Cuncos]].<ref name=Solano1899>{{cite book |last=Solano Astaburuaga |first=Francisco|edition=2nd|orig-year=1867 |date=1899 |title=Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile |page=280 |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|chapter-url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|date=|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=Spanish|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=340}}</ref> *[[1697]] – [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] government troops [[Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)|take control of Basra]]. *[[1700]] – [[William Dampier]] is the first European to circumnavigate [[New Britain]], discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnstone|first=Christine Isobel|title=Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Buccaneers|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|date=1831|oclc=1259930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtkDAAAAQAAJ|pages=444–445}}</ref> *[[1812]] – An [[1812 Caracas earthquake|earthquake]] devastates [[Caracas]], Venezuela. * 1812 – A political cartoon in the ''Boston-Gazette'' coins the term "[[gerrymander]]" to describe oddly shaped [[electoral district]]s designed to help incumbents win reelection. *[[1830]] – The [[Book of Mormon]] is published in [[Palmyra (town), New York|Palmyra, New York]]. *[[1839]] – The first [[Henley Royal Regatta]] is held. *[[1871]] – The elections of Commune council of the [[Paris Commune]] are held. *[[1885]] – The [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] people of the [[District of Saskatchewan]] under [[Louis Riel]] begin the [[North-West Rebellion]] against [[Canada]]. *[[1896]] – [[Brunner Mine disaster|An explosion]] at the [[Brunner Mine]] near [[Greymouth]], New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brunner Mine explosion|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/brunner-mine-explosion/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=|publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]]|language=en-NZ}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1913]] – [[First Balkan War]]: [[Bulgaria]]n forces [[Siege of Adrianople (1912–13)|capture]] [[Adrianople]]. *[[1915]] – The [[Vancouver Millionaires]] win the [[1915 Stanley Cup Finals]], the first championship played between the [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]] and the [[National Hockey Association]]. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[First Battle of Gaza]]: British troops are halted after 17,000 [[Turkish people|Turks]] block their advance. *[[1922]] – The [[German Social Democratic Party of Poland|German Social Democratic Party]] is founded in Poland. *[[1931]] – [[Swissair]] is founded as the [[national airline]] of [[Switzerland]]. * 1931 – [[Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union]] is founded in [[Vietnam]]. *[[1934]] – The [[United Kingdom driving test]] is introduced. *[[1939]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] begin their [[Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War|final offensive]] of the war. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The first female prisoners arrive at [[Auschwitz]] [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] in [[Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany|German-occupied Poland]]. *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] ends as the island is officially secured by American forces. *[[1954]] – [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: The [[Castle Romeo|Romeo shot]] of [[Operation Castle]] is detonated at [[Bikini Atoll]]. Yield: 11 megatons. *[[1955]] – [[Pan Am Flight 845/26]] ditches in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the coast of [[Oregon]], killing four.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 2011 |title=March 26, 1955: Pan Am Flight 845/26 Crashes Off Oregon Coast |url=http://portland.daveknows.org/2011/03/26/march-26-1955-pan-am-flight-84526-crashes-off-oregon-coast/ |accessdate=13 November 2015 |work=Dave Knows Portland}}</ref> *[[1958]] – The United States Army launches [[Explorer 3]]. * 1958 – The [[African Regroupment Party]] is launched at a meeting in [[Paris]]. *[[1967]] – Ten thousand people gather for one of many [[Central Park be-ins]] in [[New York City]]. *[[1970]] – [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] implements a [[Land to the Tiller (South Vietnam)|land reform program]] to solve the problem of [[Tenant farmer|land tenancy]]. *[[1971]] – [[East Pakistan]], then province of [[Pakistan]], [[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence|declares its independence]] from Pakistan to form [[Bangladesh]]; the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh's War of Independence]] begins. *[[1975]] – The [[Biological Weapons Convention]] comes into force. *[[1979]] – [[Anwar al-Sadat]], [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Jimmy Carter]] sign the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] in Washington, D.C. *1979 – An [[Interflug]] [[Ilyushin Il-18]] [[1979 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crash|crashes]] at [[Quatro de Fevereiro Airport]] during a [[rejected takeoff]], killing 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D DM-STL Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD)<!-- The title was added by a bot --> |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720033307/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-date=2013-07-20 |access-date=2018-02-12 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Social Democratic Party (UK)]] is founded as a party. *[[1982]] – A groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] is held in Washington, D.C. *[[1991]] – [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Paraguay]] sign the [[Treaty of Asunción]], establishing [[Mercosur]], the South Common Market. *1991 – [[Singapore Airlines Flight 117]] is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to [[Changi Airport]].<ref name="FC">{{Cite news |title=As a Special Forces soldier, he stormed a hijacked Singapore Airlines plane. Now he's a monk |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/special-forces-storm-hijack-singapore-airlines-monk-fred-cheong-11279702 |access-date=2020-07-15 |work=CNA |language=en}}</ref> *[[1997]] – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]] [[mass suicide]]s. *[[1998]] – During the [[Algerian Civil War]], the [[Oued Bouaicha massacre]] sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. *[[2005]] – Around 200,000 to 300,000 [[Taiwan]]ese demonstrate in [[Taipei]] in opposition to the [[Anti-Secession Law]] of [[China]]. *[[2010]] – The South Korean Navy corvette ''[[ROKS Cheonan|Cheonan]]'' is [[ROKS Cheonan sinking|torpedoed]], killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] blames North Korea. *[[2017]] – [[2017–2018 Russian protests|Russia-wide anti-corruption protests]] in 99 cities. The [[Levada Center]] survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption. *[[2024]] – The [[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]] [[Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse|collapses]] following a collision between the [[MV Dali]] container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Baltimore Key Bridge: Rescuers searching river after Baltimore bridge collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=BBC News |quote=(14:15 UTC) Six people are unaccounted for, officials tell reporters. This is down from a previous report of seven. |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326072943/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1516]] – [[Conrad Gessner]], Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565) *[[1554]] – [[Charles, Duke of Mayenne|Charles of Lorraine]], duke of Mayenne (d. 1611) *[[1584]] – [[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John II]], duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635) ===1601–1900=== *[[1633]] – [[Mary Beale]], British artist (d. 1699) *[[1634]] – [[Domenico Freschi]], Italian priest and composer (d. 1710) *[[1656]] – [[Nicolaas Hartsoeker]], Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725) *[[1687]] – [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]], queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757) *[[1698]] – [[Prokop Diviš]], Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765) *[[1749]] – [[William Blount]], American politician (d. 1800)<ref>{{CongBio |name=BLOUNT, William |id=B000570|inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1753]] – [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-French physicist and politician, [[Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (d. 1814) *[[1773]] – [[Nathaniel Bowditch]], American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838) *[[1794]] – [[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]], German painter (d. 1872) *[[1804]] – [[David Humphreys Storer]], American physician and academic (d. 1891) *[[1824]] – [[Julie-Victoire Daubié]], French journalist (d. 1874)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5215126/julie-victoire-daubie-google-doodle/|title=What to Know About French Feminist Julie-Victoire Daubié|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Théodore Aubanel]], French poet (d. 1886) * 1829 – [[Georg Andreas Bull]], Norwegian architect (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Georg Andreas Bull |first=Ola |last=Storsletten |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Georg_Andreas_Bull |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[Dewitt Clinton Senter]], American politician, 18th [[Governor of Tennessee]] (d. 1898)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dewitt Clinton Senter|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/dewitt-clinton-senter/|author=Thweatt, John H.|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> *[[1842]] – [[Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre]], French occultist (d. 1909) *[[1850]] – [[Edward Bellamy]], American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898) *[[1852]] – [[Élémir Bourges]], French author (d. 1925) *[[1854]] – [[Maurice Lecoq]], French target shooter (d. 1925) *[[1856]] – [[William Massey]], Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1925) *[[1857]] – [[Théodore Tuffier]], French surgeon (d. 1929) *[[1859]] – [[A. E. Housman]], English poet and scholar (d. 1936) * 1859 – [[Adolf Hurwitz]], German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919) *[[1860]] – [[André Prévost (tennis)|André Prévost]], French tennis player (d. 1919) *[[1866]] – [[Fred Karno]], English producer and manager (d. 1941) *[[1868]] – King [[Fuad I of Egypt]] (d. 1936) *[[1873]] – [[Dorothea Bleek]], South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948) *[[1874]] – [[Robert Frost]], American poet and playwright (d. 1963) *[[1875]] – [[Max Abraham]], Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922) * 1875 – [[Syngman Rhee]], South Korean journalist and politician, 1st [[President of South Korea]] (d. 1965) *[[1876]] – [[William, Prince of Albania|William of Wied]], prince of Albania (d. 1945) * 1876 – [[Kate Richards O'Hare]], American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948) *[[1879]] – [[Othmar Ammann]], Swiss-American engineer, designed the [[George Washington Bridge]] and [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]] (d. 1965) * 1879 – [[Waldemar Tietgens]], German rower (d. 1917) *[[1881]] – [[Guccio Gucci]], Italian fashion designer, founded [[Gucci]] (d. 1953) *[[1882]] – [[Hermann Obrecht]], Swiss politician (d. 1940) *[[1884]] – [[Wilhelm Backhaus]], German pianist and educator (d. 1969) * 1884 – [[Georges Imbert]], French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950) *[[1886]] – [[Hugh Mulzac]], Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971) *[[1888]] – [[Elsa Brändström]], Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948) *[[1893]] – [[James Bryant Conant]], American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st [[United States Ambassador to West Germany]] (d. 1978) * 1893 – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (d. 1964) *[[1894]] – [[Viorica Ursuleac]], Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985) *[[1895]] – [[Vilho Tuulos]], Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967) *[[1898]] – [[Rudolf Dassler]], German businessman, founded [[Puma SE]] (d. 1974) * 1898 – [[Charles Shadwell (musician)|Charles Shadwell]], English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979) *[[1900]] – [[Angela Maria Autsch]], German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Angela_Autsch.html|title=Angela vom Heiligen Herzen Jesu Autsch - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon|website=www.heiligenlexikon.de|language=de|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Joseph Campbell]], American mythologist and author (d. 1987) * 1904 – [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986) * 1904 – [[Attilio Ferraris]], Italian footballer (d. 1947) * 1904 – [[Xenophon Zolotas]], Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) *[[1905]] – [[Monty Berman]], English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006) * 1905 – [[André Cluytens]], Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967) * 1905 – [[Viktor Frankl]], Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997) * 1905 – [[Mona Williams (writer, born 1905)|Mona Williams]], American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113923729/rutland-daily-herald/ "Local"]. ''Rutland Daily Herald''. March 27, 1905. p. 8.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J1-JL8 : accessed 26 December 2022), Vermona Goodwyn in household of Goodwyn Goodwyn, Springfield Ward 8, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 657, sheet 10B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 592; FHL microfilm 1,374,605.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituaries |author=Detro, John |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_005017/page/n25/mode/2up?q=%22Mona+Goodwyn+Williams%22 |quote=|work=Carmel Pine Cone |date=December 12, 1991 |accessdate=}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981) * 1906 – [[H. Radclyffe Roberts]], American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Howard R(adclyffe) Roberts |encyclopedia=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |location=Farmington Hills, MI |id={{Gale|H1000083455}} <!--|access-date=February 12, 2022--> |via=Gale In Context: Biography }}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Azellus Denis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Postmaster General of Canada]] (d. 1991) * 1907 – [[Mahadevi Varma]], Indian poet and activist (d. 1987) *[[1908]] – [[Franz Stangl]], Austrian-German [[SS]] officer (d. 1971) *[[1909]] – [[Chips Rafferty]], Australian actor (d. 1971) * 1909 – [[Héctor José Cámpora]], former President of Argentina (d. 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81109076.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)|last=Congress|first=The Library of|website=id.loc.gov|access-date=2023-02-02}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[K. W. Devanayagam]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th [[Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan Minister of Justice]] (d. 2002) *[[1911]] – [[Lennart Atterwall]], Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001) * 1911 – [[J. L. Austin]], English philosopher and academic (d. 1960) * 1911 – [[Bernard Katz]], German-English biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2003) * 1911 – [[Tennessee Williams]], American playwright, and poet (d. 1983) *[[1913]] – [[Jacqueline de Romilly]], Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010) * 1913 – [[Paul Erdős]], Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996) *[[1914]] – [[Toru Kumon]], Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995) * 1914 – [[William Westmoreland]], American general (d. 2005) *[[1915]] – [[Lennart Strandberg]], Swedish sprinter (d. 1989) * 1915 – [[Hwang Sun-won]], North Korean author and poet (d. 2000) *[[1916]] – [[Christian B. Anfinsen]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1995) * 1916 – [[Bill Edrich]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986) * 1916 – [[Sterling Hayden]], American actor and author (d. 1986) *[[1917]] – [[Rufus Thomas]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) *[[1919]] – [[Strother Martin]], American actor (d. 1980) * 1919 – [[Roger Leger]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965) *[[1920]] – [[Sergio Livingstone]], Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012) *[[1922]] – [[William Milliken]], American politician, 44th [[Governor of Michigan]] (d. 2019) * 1922 – [[Oscar Sala]], Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010) * 1922 – [[Guido Stampacchia]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978) *[[1923]] – [[Gert Bastian]], German general and politician (d. 1992) * 1923 – [[Bob Elliott (comedian)|Bob Elliott]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016) *[[1925]] – [[Maqsood Ahmed]], Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999) * 1925 – [[Pierre Boulez]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016) * 1925 – [[Vesta Roy]], American politician, [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 2002) * 1925 – [[Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton]], English soldier and politician (d. 2020) * 1925 – [[Ben Mondor]], Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010) * 1925 – [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010) *[[1927]] – [[Harold Chapman (photographer)|Harold Chapman]], English photographer (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Field |first=Douglas |date=2022-09-08 |title=Harold Chapman obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/08/harold-chapman-obituary |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Charles Dumont (singer)|Charles Dumont]], French singer and composer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Charles Dumont, Who Wrote Enduring Melodies for Édith Piaf, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/arts/music/charles-dumont-dead.html |access-date=November 27, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *1929 – [[Edward Sorel]], American illustrator and caricaturist * 1929 – [[Edwin Turney]], American businessman, co-founded [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (d. 2008) *[[1930]] – [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (d. 2001) * 1930 – [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed to Supreme Court, has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-12-01/sandra-day-oconnor |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=1 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Leonard Nimoy]], American actor (d. 2015) *[[1932]] – [[Leroy Griffith]], American businessman * 1932 – [[James Andrew Harris]], American chemist and academic (d. 2000) *[[1933]] – [[Tinto Brass]], Italian director and screenwriter *[[1934]] – [[Alan Arkin]], American actor (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lucy Lawless adds another candle to cake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968753/lucy-lawless-adds-another-candle-to-cake/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily News Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=24 March 2000 |page=28 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa]], Brazilian footballer (d. 2002) *[[1937]] – [[Wayne Embry]], American basketball player and manager * 1937 – [[Barbara Jones (athlete)|Barbara Jones]], American sprinter * 1937 – [[James Lee (Canadian politician)|James Lee]], Canadian businessman and politician, 26th [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] (d. 2023) *[[1938]] – [[Norman Ackroyd]], English painter and illustrator * 1938 – [[Anthony James Leggett]], English-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1940]] – [[James Caan]], American actor and singer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Model|first=Betsy|title=The Ultimate Caan|magazine=Cigar Aficionado|url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|access-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206221723/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|archive-date=December 6, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pulver |first1=Andrew |title=The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-aged-82 |work=The Guardian |date=July 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Nancy Pelosi]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{CongBio |name=PELOSI, Nancy |id=P000197|inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Richard Dawkins]], Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Randy Moore|author2=Mark D. Decker|title=More Than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution-creationism Controversy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBI7AQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34155-7|page=88}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Jörg Streli]], Austrian architect<ref name="Trauer">{{cite web | url = https://traueranzeigen.tt.com/traueranzeige/3486271-joerg-streli.html | title = Jörg Streli | website = traueranzeigen.tt.com | date = 16 February 2019 | language = de | accessdate = 20 February 2019 }}</ref> * 1941 – [[Lella Lombardi]], Italian racing driver (d. 1992) *[[1942]] – [[Erica Jong]], American novelist and poet *[[1943]] – [[Mustafa Kalemli]], Turkish physician and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of the Interior]] * 1943 – [[Bob Woodward]], American journalist and author *[[1944]] – [[Diana Ross]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress *[[1945]] – [[Paul Bérenger]], Mauritian politician, [[Prime Minister of Mauritius]] * 1945 – [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004) *[[1946]] – [[Johnny Crawford]], American actor and singer (d. 2021) * 1946 – [[Alain Madelin]], French politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Minister of Finance]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dod's|author2=Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited|title=Dod's European Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sW5mAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Dod|page=195|isbn=9780905702292}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Subhash Kak]], Indian-American professor and author * 1947 – [[John Rowles]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter *[[1948]] – [[Kyung-wha Chung]], South Korean violinist and educator * 1948 – [[Richard Tandy]], English pianist and keyboard player (d. 2024) * 1948 – [[Steven Tyler]], American singer-songwriter and actor *[[1949]] – [[Jon English]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016) * 1949 – [[Rudi Koertzen]], South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022) * 1949 – [[Vicki Lawrence]], American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer * 1949 – [[Fran Sheehan]], American bass player * 1949 – [[Patrick Süskind]], German author and screenwriter * 1949 – [[Ernest Lee Thomas]], American actor *[[1950]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2010) * 1950 – [[Graham Barlow]], English cricketer * 1950 – [[Martin Short]], Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer * 1950 – [[Alan Silvestri]], American composer and conductor *[[1951]] – [[Željko Pavličević]], Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player * 1951 – [[Carl Wieman]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1952]] – [[Didier Pironi]], French racing driver (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Laban|title=Winners: a who's who of motor racing champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMweYFCjPAAC|year=1981|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-0-85613-042-7|page=138}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Lincoln Chafee]], American academic and politician, 74th [[Governor of Rhode Island]]<ref>{{CongBio |name=CHAFEE, Lincoln Davenport |id=C001040 |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Elaine Chao]], Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of Labor]] * 1953 – [[Tatyana Providokhina]], Russian runner *[[1954]] – [[Clive Palmer]], Australian businessman and politician * 1954 – [[Curtis Sliwa]], American talk show host and activist, founded [[Guardian Angels]] * 1954 – [[Dorothy Porter]], Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008) *[[1956]] – [[Charly McClain]], American [[country music]] singer * 1956 – [[Park Won-soon]], South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th [[Mayor of Seoul]] (d. 2020) *[[1957]] – [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]], Scottish lawyer and politician * 1957 – [[Leeza Gibbons]], American talk show host and television personality * 1957 – [[Paul Morley]], English journalist, producer, and author * 1957 – [[Shirin Neshat]], Iranian visual artist *[[1958]] – [[Elio de Angelis]], Italian racing driver (d. 1986) *[[1960]] – [[Marcus Allen]], American football player and sportscaster * 1960 – [[Jennifer Grey]], American actress and dancer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA781|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=781}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Graeme Rutjes]], Australian-Dutch footballer *[[1961]] – [[William Hague]], English historian and politician, [[First Secretary of State]] *[[1962]] – [[Richard Coles]], English pianist, saxophonist, and priest * 1962 – [[Kevin Seitzer]], American baseball player and coach * 1962 – [[Yuri Gidzenko]], Russian pilot and cosmonaut * 1962 – [[John Stockton]], American basketball player and coach * 1962 – [[Eric Allan Kramer]], American-Canadian actor *[[1963]] – [[Natsuhiko Kyogoku]], Japanese author *[[1964]] – [[Martin Bella]], Australian rugby league player * 1964 – [[Martin Donnelly (racing driver)|Martin Donnelly]], Irish racing driver * 1964 – [[Maria Miller]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] * 1964 – [[Ulf Samuelsson]], Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1965]] – [[Trey Azagthoth]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1965 – [[Violeta Szekely]], Romanian runner *[[1966]] – [[Michael Imperioli]], American actor and screenwriter *[[1967]] – [[Jason Chaffetz]], American politician<ref>{{CongBio |name=CHAFFETZ, Jason |id=C001076 |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Laurent Brochard]], French cyclist * 1968 – [[Kenny Chesney]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1968 – [[James Iha]], American guitarist and songwriter *[[1969]] – [[Alessandro Moscardi]], Italian rugby player *[[1970]] – [[Paul Bosvelt]], Dutch footballer * 1970 – [[Jelle Goes]], Dutch footballer and coach * 1970 – [[Thomas Kyparissis]], Greek footballer * 1970 – [[Martin McDonagh]], English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director * [[1971]] – [[Martyn Day (politician)|Martyn Day]], Scottish politician * 1971 – [[Erick Morillo]], Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)<ref>Birchmeier, Jason. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/erick-more-morillo-mn0000803870/biography "Erick "More" Morillo"]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved July 7, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Selig|first1=David|last2=Morejon|first2= Liane |url=https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/01/dj-erick-morillo-found-dead-in-miami-beach/|work=[[WPLG]]|title=DJ Erick Morillo found dead in Miami Beach|date=September 1, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901193724/https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/01/dj-erick-morillo-found-dead-in-miami-beach/}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Rennae Stubbs]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster * 1971 – [[Paul Williams (footballer, born 1971)|Paul Williams]], English footballer and manager *[[1972]] – [[Leslie Mann]], American actress * 1972 – [[Jason Maxwell]], American baseball player *[[1973]] – [[Larry Page]], American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of [[Google]] * 1973 – [[T. R. Knight]], American actor *[[1974]] – [[Irina Spîrlea]], Romanian tennis player * 1974 – [[Vadimas Petrenko]], Lithuanian footballer * 1974 – [[Michael Peca]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1976]] – [[Amy Smart]], American actress and former model * 1976 – [[Alex Varas]], Chilean footballer * 1976 – [[Eirik Verås Larsen]], Norwegian sprint kayaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Eirik Veraas Larsen|url=https://www.olympic.org/eirik-veraas-larsen|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Kevin Davies]], English footballer * 1977 – [[Bianca Kajlich]], American actress * 1977 – [[Sylvain Grenier]], Canadian wrestler *[[1978]] – [[Anastasia Kostaki]], Greek basketball player *[[1979]] – [[Nacho Novo]], Spanish footballer * 1979 – [[Ben Blair]], New Zealand rugby union footballer * 1979 – [[Hiromi Uehara]], Japanese pianist and composer * 1979 – [[Pierre Womé]], Cameroonian footballer * 1979 – [[Juliana Paes]], Brazilian actress *[[1980]] – [[Margaret Brennan]], American journalist * 1980 – [[Son Ho-young]], South Korean singer * 1980 – [[Richie Wellens]], English footballer *[[1981]] – [[Sébastien Centomo]], Canadian ice hockey player *1981 – [[Zayar Thaw]], Burmese rapper and politician (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-22 |title=အကြမ်းဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းဖြစ်သော NUG ၏ စေခိုင်းချက်အရ NLD ပါတီဝင် မောင်ကျော်(ခ) ဖြိုးဇေယျာသော်မှ လက်နက်/ခဲယမ်းများ ထုတ်ပေး၍ ရန်ကုန်မြို့ အတွင်း အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ငန်းများ ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့မှုအချို့အား ဆက်လက်ဖော်ထုတ်ရရှိ |language=my |work=Myawaddy |url=https://myawady.net.mm/node/18714}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Baruch Dego]], Ethiopian-Israeli footballer * 1981 – [[Massimo Donati]], Italian footballer * 1981 – [[Josh Wilson (baseball player)|Josh Wilson]], American baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Mikel Arteta]], Spanish footballer * 1982 – [[Brendan Ryan (baseball)|Brendan Ryan]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Nate Kaeding]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Andreas Hinkel]], German footballer * 1983 – [[Floriana Lima]], American actress * 1983 – [[Roman Bednář]], Czech footballer * 1983 – [[Mike Mondo]], American wrestler *[[1984]] – [[Jimmy Howard]], American ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Drew Mitchell]], Australian rugby player * 1984 – [[Felix Neureuther]], German skier * 1984 – [[Marco Stier]], German footballer * 1984 – [[Gregory Strydom]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1984 – [[Sara Jean Underwood]], American model, television host, and actress *[[1985]] – [[Keira Knightley]], English actress * 1985 – [[Matt Grevers]], American swimmer * 1985 – [[Jonathan Groff]], American actor and singer * 1985 – [[Prosper Utseya]], Zimbabwean cricketer *[[1986]] – [[Maxime Biset]], Belgian footballer * 1986 – [[Rob Kearney]], Irish rugby player * 1986 – [[Emma Laine]], Finnish tennis player *[[1987]] – [[Kim Dong-suk]], South Korean footballer * 1987 – [[Jermichael Finley]], American football player * 1987 – [[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Steven Fletcher]], Scottish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Simon Kjær]], Danish footballer * 1989 – [[Von Miller]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Von Miller |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13976/von-miller |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Choi Woo-shik]], South Korean actor * 1990 – [[Matteo Guidicelli]], Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/03/26/12/matteo-turns-22 | title=Matteo Turns 22 |work=ABS-CBN News| access-date=July 7, 2022| date= March 26, 2012}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Patrick Ekeng]], Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016) * 1990 – [[Yuya Takaki]], Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor * 1990 – [[Xiumin]], South Korean singer and actor *[[1991]] – [[Matt Davidson (baseball)|Matt Davidson]], American baseball player *1991 – [[Ramy Youssef]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramy Youssef |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/ramy-youssef/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Nina Agdal]], Danish model * 1992 – [[Stoffel Vandoorne]], Belgian racing driver *[[1994]] – [[Ryan Arcidiacono]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Arcidiacono |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627853/ryan-arcidiacono |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Alison Van Uytvanck]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317819/alison-van-uytvanck|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Alison Van Uytvanck|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Paige VanZant]], American mixed martial artist and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hendricks |first1=Jaclyn |title=Paige VanZant kicks off her 28th birthday with sexy photoshoot |url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/28/paige-vanzant-kicks-off-28th-birthday-with-sexy-photo-shoot/ |publisher=[[New York Post]] |access-date=13 March 2023 |date=28 March 2022}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Jed Wallace]], English footballer * 1994 – [[Marcela Zacarías]], Mexican tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association - Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316607/marcela-zacarias |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Ibai Llanos]], Spanish internet personality<ref>{{cite web |access-date=24 September 2021 |date=11 August 2021 |language=es |title=Quién es Ibai Llanos: historia del caster que se convirtió en un influencer global |url=https://marketing4ecommerce.net/quien-es-ibai-llanos-historia-del-caster-que-se-convirtio-en-influencer/ |website=Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> *[[1996]] – [[Zane Musgrove]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1996 – [[Kathryn Bernardo]], Filipino actress<ref>{{cite news |title='I celebrate who I was, who I am, and who I will be': Kathryn Bernardo marks 26th birthday |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/kathryn-bernardo-celebrates-26th-birthday/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |publisher=Rappler |date=March 26, 2022}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Satoko Miyahara]], Japanese figure skater *[[2000]] – [[Gefen Primo]], Israeli judoka<ref>[https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/95367/Gefen_Primo/judo-career "Gefen Primo,"] JudoInside.com</ref> * 2000 – [[Andrei Svechnikov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei Svechnikov Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/player/andrei-svechnikov-8480830 |website=NHL.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Jameson Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jameson Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillJa11.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Bhad Bhabie]], American rapper and social media personality<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8261436/bhad-bhabie-lil-yachty-gucci-flip-flops|title=Bhad Bhabie Celebrates 15th Birthday With New Song 'Gucci Flip Flops,' Feat. Lil Yachty|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Awra Briguela]], Filipino actor and comedian<ref>{{cite news |title=Awra Briguela turns 18 with photo shoot, celebration |url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/3/29/fresh-scoops/awra-turns-18-with-photo-shoot-celebration-199306 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |work=Push |publisher=ABS-CBN |date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Ella Anderson]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|title=Ella Anderson|work=Henry Danger {{!}} Dan Schneider|via=www.henry-danger-danschneider.com|first1=Dan|last1=Schneider|author1-link=Dan Schneider (TV producer)|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212404/http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|url-status=usurped}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[752]] – [[Pope-elect Stephen]] * [[809]] – [[Ludger]], Frisian [[missionary]] * [[903]] – [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese poet * [[908]] – [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Ai]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (b. 892) * [[922]] – [[Mansur Al-Hallaj]], Persian mystic and poet (b. 858) * [[929]] – [[Wang Du]], Chinese [[warlord]] and governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') * [[973]] – [[Guntram the Rich|Guntram]] ("the Rich"), Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] * [[983]] – [['Adud al-Dawla]], Iranian ruler (b. 936) *[[1091]] – [[Wallada bint al-Mustakfi]], Andalusian poet<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historiamujeres.es/aavcordo.html#Wallada|title=Mujeres andaluzas. Biografia. Mujer historia feminismo Andalucia|website=www.historiamujeres.es|language=es}}</ref> *[[1130]] – [[Sigurd the Crusader]], Norwegian king (b. 1090) *[[1132]] – [[Geoffrey of Vendôme]], French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065) *[[1212]] – [[Sancho I of Portugal]] (b. 1154) *[[1242]] – [[William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle]] *[[1324]] – [[Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France]] (b. 1304) *[[1326]] – [[Alessandra Giliani]], anatomist (b. c. 1307) *[[1350]] – [[Alfonso XI of Castile]] (b. 1312) *[[1402]] – [[David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay]], heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1437]] – [[Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl]], Scottish nobleman and regicide *[[1517]] – [[Heinrich Isaac]], Flemish composer (b. 1450) *[[1535]] – [[Georg Tannstetter]], Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482) *[[1546]] – [[Thomas Elyot]], English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490) *[[1566]] – [[Antonio de Cabezón]], Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510) ===1601–1900=== *[[1625]] – [[Giambattista Marini]], Italian poet (b. 1569) *[[1649]] – [[John Winthrop]], English lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] *[[1679]] – [[Johannes Schefferus]], Swedish historian and author (b. 1621) *[[1697]] – [[Godfrey McCulloch]], Scottish politician (b. 1640) *[[1726]] – [[John Vanbrugh]], English playwright and architect, designed [[Blenheim Palace]] and [[Castle Howard]] (b. 1664) *[[1772]] – [[Charles Pinot Duclos]], French author and politician (b. 1704) *[[1776]] – [[Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)|Samuel Ward]], American politician, 31st and 33rd [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (b. 1725) *[[1780]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (b. 1713) *[[1793]] – [[John Mudge]], English physician and engineer (b. 1721) *[[1797]] – [[James Hutton]], Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726) *[[1814]] – [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], French physician and politician (b. 1738) *[[1827]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German pianist and composer (b. 1770) *[[1858]] – [[John Addison Thomas]], American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (b. 1811) *[[1862]] – [[Uriah P. Levy]], American commander (b. 1792) *[[1881]] – [[Roman Sanguszko]], Polish general and activist (b. 1800) *1881 – [[Old Abe]], [[8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] Mascot (b. 1861) *[[1885]] – [[Anson Stager]], American general and businessman, co-founded [[Western Union]] (b. 1825) *[[1888]] – [[Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar]] (b. 1837) *[[1892]] – [[Walt Whitman]], American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Cecil Rhodes]], English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Cape Colony]] (b. 1853) *[[1905]] – [[Maurice Barrymore]], American actor (b. 1849) *[[1910]] – [[Auguste Charlois]], French astronomer (b. 1864) *[[1920]] – [[William Chester Minor]], American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834) *[[1923]] – [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844) *[[1926]] – [[Constantin Fehrenbach]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1852) *[[1931]] – [[Joseph Dutton]], assisted [[Father Damien]] on the island of [[Molokai]] for 45 years.<ref name="thewandererpress.com">{{cite web |title=Another Molokai Saint? Diocese Of Honolulu Investigates Brother Dutton's Life |url=http://thewandererpress.com/frontpage/another-molokai-saint-diocese-of-honolulu-investigates-brother-duttons-life/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=The Wanderer Newspaper|date=26 April 2014}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Henry M. Leland]], American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of [[Cadillac]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] (b. 1843) *[[1934]] – [[John Biller]], American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877) *[[1940]] – [[Wilhelm Anderson]], German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880) * 1940 – [[Spyridon Louis]], Greek runner (b. 1873) *[[1942]] – [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) * 1942 – [[Carolyn Wells]], American novelist and poet (b. 1862)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolyn Wells {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolyn-Wells |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[David Lloyd George]], English-Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1863) *[[1951]] – [[James F. Hinkle]], American banker and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Mexico]] (b. 1864) *[[1954]] – [[Charles Perrin]], French rower (b. 1875) *[[1957]] – [[Édouard Herriot]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1872) * 1957 – [[Max Ophüls]], German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902) *[[1958]] – [[Phil Mead]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887) *[[1959]] – [[Raymond Chandler]], American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888) *1965 - [[Alice Herz]], German peace activist who [[Self-immolation|self-immolated]] in protest of [[U.S. imperialism]] (b. 1882) [https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-alice-herz-death-noti/104368395/ 1] *[[1966]] – [[Victor Hochepied]], French swimmer (b. 1883) * 1966 – [[Cyril Hume]], American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)<ref name="Durward 1938">{{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Durward |title=America's Young Men |date=1938 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=March 28, 1966 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[John Kennedy Toole]], American novelist (b. 1937) *[[1973]] – [[Noël Coward]], English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899) * 1973 – [[Johnny Drake]], American football player (b. 1916) *[[1979]] – [[Beauford Delaney]], American-French painter (b. 1901) * 1979 – [[Jean Stafford]], American author and academic (b. 1915) *[[1980]] – [[Roland Barthes]], French linguist and critic (b. 1915) *[[1983]] – [[Anthony Blunt]], English historian and spy (b. 1907) *[[1984]] – [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], Guinean politician, 1st [[President of Guinea]] (b. 1922) *[[1987]] – [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (b. 1902) * 1987 – [[Walter Abel]], American actor (b. 1898) *[[1990]] – [[Halston]], American fashion designer (b. 1932) *[[1992]] – [[Barbara Frum]], American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937) *[[1993]] – [[Louis Falco]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942) *[[1995]] – [[Eazy-E]], American rapper and producer (b. 1964) *[[1996]] – [[Edmund Muskie]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1914) * 1996 – [[David Packard]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (b. 1912) * 1996 – [[John Snagge]], English journalist (b. 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Alex Comfort]], English physician and author (b. 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Randy Castillo]], American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950) *[[2003]] – [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], American sociologist and politician, 12th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1927) *[[2004]] – [[Jan Sterling]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[James Callaghan]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Frederick Rotimi Williams]], Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) *[[2006]] – [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]], Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944) * 2006 – [[Paul Dana]], American racing driver (b. 1975) * 2006 – [[Nikki Sudden]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) *[[2008]] – [[Robert Fagles]], American poet and academic (b. 1933) * 2008 – [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930) *[[2009]] – [[Shane McConkey]], Canadian skier and [[BASE jumping|BASE]] jumper (b. 1969) * 2009 – [[Arne Bendiksen]], Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926) *[[2010]] – [[Charles Ryskamp]], American art collector and curator (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Roger Abbott]], English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946) * 2011 – [[Geraldine Ferraro]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1935) * 2011 – [[Diana Wynne Jones]], English author (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Sisto Averno]], American football player (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Michael Begley (politician)|Michael Begley]], Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Thomas M. Cover]], American theorist and academic (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[David Craighead (organist)|David Craighead]], American organist and educator (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Manik Godghate]], Indian poet and educator (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Helmer Ringgren]], Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917) *[[2013]] – [[Tom Boerwinkle]], American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945) * 2013 – [[Krzysztof Kozłowski]], Polish journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)|Polish Minister of Interior]] (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Dave Leggett]], American baseball player (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964) *[[2014]] – [[Roger Birkman]], American psychologist and author (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Dick Guidry]], American businessman and politician (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball]], English politician (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Dinkha IV]], Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Friedrich L. Bauer]], German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Tomas Tranströmer]], Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1931) *[[2016]] – [[Jim Harrison]], American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937) *[[2018]] – [[Fabrizio Frizzi]], Italian television presenter (b. 1958) *[[2023]] – [[María Kodama]], Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent Vareed Thekkethala]], Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam actor Innocent passes away at 75 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-innocent-passes-away-8519027/ |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Jacob Ziv]], Israeli electrical engineer, developed the [[LZ77 and LZ78|LZ family]] of compression algorithms (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Israel Academy mourns the passing of its past President Prof. Jacob Ziv |url=https://www.academy.ac.il/News/NewsItem.aspx?nodeId=837&id=2518 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.academy.ac.il |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Esther Coopersmith]], American diplomat, [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador|UNESCO goodwill ambassador]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Esther Coopersmith, Washington diplomat and doyenne, dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/esther-coopersmith-washington-dead/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}</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]]s: **[[Castulus]] **[[Saint Emmanuel|Emmanuel and companions]] **[[Felicitas of Padua|Felicitas]] **[[Harriet Monsell]] ([[Church of England]]) **[[Saint Larissa|Larissa]] **[[Ludger]] **[[Richard Allen (bishop)|Richard Allen]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Independence Day (Bangladesh)|Independence Day and National Day]] ([[Bangladesh]]), celebrates the declaration of independence from [[Pakistan]] in 1971. *[[Public holidays in Mali|Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy]] ([[Mali]]) *[[National Science Appreciation Day]] ([[United States]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Science Appreciation Day |url=https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-science-appreciation-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128034149/https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-science-appreciation-day/ |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=Days of the Year}}</ref><ref name=SciS>{{Cite web |title=National Science Appreciation Day |url=https://sciencesaves.org/about-national-science-appreciation-day/#:~:text=Marked%20annually%20on%20March%2026th,the%20importance%20of%20critical%20thinking |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012005350/https://sciencesaves.org/about-national-science-appreciation-day/#:~:text=Marked%20annually%20on%20March%2026th,the%20importance%20of%20critical%20thinking |archive-date=12 October 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=ScienceSaves| date=27 April 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fidalgo |first=Paul |date=16 March 2022 |title=Ten States Plus D.C. Are First to Issue National Science Appreciation Day Proclamations |url=https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/nine-states-plus-d-c-are-first-to-issue-national-science-appreciation-day-proclamations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128041043/https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/nine-states-plus-d-c-are-first-to-issue-national-science-appreciation-day-proclamations/ |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=Center for Inquiry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vazquez |first=Bertha |authorlink=Bertha Vazquez|date=24 October 2023 |title=Setting aside a day to appreciate what science has done for us |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/24/setting-aside-a-day-to-appreciate-what-science-has-done-for-us-opinion/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029000909/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/24/setting-aside-a-day-to-appreciate-what-science-has-done-for-us-opinion/ |archive-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> *[[Prince Kūhiō Day]] ([[Hawaii]], United States) *[[Purple Day]] ([[Canada]] and [[United States]]) *[[Synaxis]] of the [[Archangel Gabriel]] ([[Eastern Christianity]]) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=26}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/26 Historical Events on March 26] {{months}} [[Category:Days of March]]
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