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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this page. 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.--> ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 37]] – [[Roman emperor]] [[Caligula]] accepts the titles of the [[Principate]], bestowed on him by the [[Senate]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bowman |first1=Alan K. |last2=Champlin |first2=Edward |last3=Lintott |first3=Andrew |title=The Cambridge Ancient History |date=8 February 1996 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-26430-3 |page=221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZLW4-wba7UC&pg=PA221 |language=en}}</ref> * [[193]] – After [[assassination|assassin]]ating the Roman Emperor [[Pertinax]], his [[Praetorian Guard]]s auction off the throne to [[Didius Julianus]].<ref>Herodian, [https://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodian/hre000.html ''Roman History''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504215548/http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodian/hre000.html |date=2015-05-04 }}, ii.6–13</ref> * [[364]] – Roman Emperor [[Valentinian I]] appoints his brother [[Valens|Flavius Valens]] co-[[emperor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Valentinian I {{!}} Roman emperor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valentinian-I |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1065]] – The [[Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–65|Great German Pilgrimage]], which had been under attack by [[Bedouin]] bandits for three days, is rescued by the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] governor of [[Ramla]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Einar Joranson |editor1-last=Paetow |editor1-first=Louis J. |title=The Crusades and Other Historical Essays Presented to Dana C. Munro by his Former Students |date=1928 |publisher=Crofts |location=New York |pages=3–43 |url=https://archive.org/details/crusadesotherhis0000unse/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065}}</ref> *[[1566]] – The foundation stone of [[Valletta]], [[Malta]]'s capital city, is laid<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lucca |first1=Denis De |title=Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in the Baroque Age |date=17 February 2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-22378-3 |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfUxAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA258 |language=en}}</ref> by [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ring |first1=Trudy |last2=Watson |first2=Noelle |last3=Schellinger |first3=Paul |title=Southern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places |date=5 November 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-25958-8 |page=414 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcr9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA414 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1745]] – [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: In the [[Battle of Vilshofen]], Austrian forces defeat French forces.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Thomas Carlyle |title=History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qM4nAQAAIAAJ&q=vilshofen |website=Google Books |publisher=Harper |access-date=3 April 2023|page=76|date=1880}}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] finds the site for the [[Presidio of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hagwood (Jr.) |first1=Joseph Jeremiah |title=Engineers at the Golden Gate |date=1982 |publisher=The Corps |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jO0pybUTp5UC&pg=PA12 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Partitions of Poland]]: The [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia]], a northern [[fief]] of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], ceases to exist and becomes part of [[Imperial Russia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Thomas |title=The Age of Napoleon |date=10 April 2018 |publisher=Ozymandias Press |isbn=978-1-5312-8449-7 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hPJ4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[Treaty of Florence]] is signed, ending the war between the [[French First Republic|French Republic]] and the [[Kingdom of Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Desmond|title=Sicily: The Insecure Base: A History of the British Occupation of Sicily, 1806–1815|location=Rutherford, N.J.|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|date=1987|isbn=978-0-8386-3306-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bE4NecYyJicC|pages=24–25}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers]] discovers [[2 Pallas]], the second [[asteroid]] ever to be discovered.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pallas {{!}} asteroid {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pallas |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1809]] – [[Peninsular War]]: France defeats Spain in the [[Battle of Medellín]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Emsley |first1=Clive |title=Napoleonic Europe |date=19 September 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-89780-4 |page=238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6GSPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA238 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: In the [[Battle of Valparaíso]], two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Malcomson |first1=Robert |title=The A to Z of the War of 1812 |date=24 August 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7004-8 |page=422 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWO_X3fb2qIC&pg=PA422 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1842]] – First concert of the [[Vienna Philharmonic|Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]], conducted by [[Otto Nicolai]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fifield |first1=Christopher |title=Hans Richter: New Edition |date=2016 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-021-7 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60VJDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Crimean War]]: France and Britain declare war on Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimean War {{!}} Map, Summary, Combatants, Causes, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Crimean-War |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[First Taranaki War]]: The Battle of Waireka begins.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q58623348}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: In the [[Battle of Glorieta Pass]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces stop the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] invasion of the [[New Mexico Territory]]. The battle began on [[March 26]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Molen |first1=Dayle H. |title=Decision at La Glorieta Pass |journal=Montana: The Magazine of Western History |date=1962 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=20–33 |jstor=4516582 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4516582.pdf |access-date=1 March 2022 |issn=0026-9891}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Henri Fabre]] becomes the first person to fly a [[seaplane]], the [[Fabre Hydravion]], after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murland |first1=Jerry |title=The Schneider Trophy Air Races: The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire |date=30 November 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword Aviation |isbn=978-1-5267-7002-8 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKg5EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[General (United States)|General]] [[John J. Pershing]], during [[World War I]], cancels [[42nd Infantry Division (United States)|42nd 'Rainbow' Division]]'s orders to [[Rolampont]] for further [[Military education and training|training]] and diverted it to the occupy the [[Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Baccarat]] sector.<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=D. Clayton |title=The Years of MacArthur Volume 1 1880-1941 |date=1 October 1970 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |location=Boston, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0395109489 |page=163 |edition=1st |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=76108685&searchType=1&permalink=y |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> Rainbow Division becomes "the first [[United States|American]] [[Division (military)|division]] to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=D. Clayton |title=The Years of MacArthur Volume 1 1880-1941 |date=1 October 1970 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |location=Boston, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0395109489 |page=164 |edition=1st |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=76108685&searchType=1&permalink=y |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> * 1918 – [[Finnish Civil War]]: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of [[Tampere]]", the [[White Guard (Finland)|Whites]] force the [[Red Guards (Finland)|Reds]] to attack the city center, where the [[Battle of Tampere|city's fiercest battles]] being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.<ref>{{cite book|author=Heikki Ylikangas|title=Tie Tampereelle: 1918: dokumentoitu kuvaus Tampereen antautumiseen johtaneista sotatapahtumista Suomen sisällissodassa|year=1993|location=Helsinki|publisher=WSOY| isbn=9510188972|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.is.fi/suomi100/art-2000005034833.html | title= Tampereen kevät 1918 oli ennennäkemätön verilöyly – näin punaisten ja valkoisten suurtaistelu eteni | work= [[Ilta-Sanomat]] | date= January 6, 2017 | access-date= March 23, 2022| language= fi}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920]] affects the [[Great Lakes]] region and [[Deep South]] states.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schmidlin |first1=Thomas W. |last2=Schmidlin |first2=Jeanne Appelhans |title=Thunder in the Heartland: A Chronicle of Outstanding Weather Events in Ohio |date=1996 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=978-0-87338-549-7 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QANPLARGXFMC&pg=PA252 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1933]] – The [[Imperial Airways]] biplane ''City of Liverpool'' is believed to be the first airliner lost to [[sabotage]] when a passenger [[1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash|sets a fire on board]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Milde |first1=Michael |title=International Air Law and ICAO |date=2008 |publisher=Eleven International Publishing |isbn=978-90-77596-54-8 |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqaYJ3R0nKQC&pg=PA228 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Generalissimo]] [[Francisco Franco]] conquers [[Madrid]] after [[Siege of Madrid|a three-year siege]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The end of the Spanish civil war - archive, 1939 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2019/apr/17/spanish-civil-war-end-franco-1939 |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en |date=17 April 2019}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: First day of the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]] in [[Greece]] between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/battles/cape-matapan/index.htm |title=Royal Navy |website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412171108/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/battles/cape-matapan/index.htm |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1942]] – World War II: A British [[Combined Operations Headquarters|combined force]] [[St Nazaire Raid|permanently disables]] the [[Louis Joubert Lock]] in [[Saint-Nazaire]] in order to keep the [[German battleship Tirpitz|German battleship ''Tirpitz'']] away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Raid on St Nazaire, 28 March 1942 {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-raid-on-st-nazaire-28-march-1942-182489 |website=artuk.org |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[United States Department of State]] releases the [[Acheson–Lilienthal Report]], outlining a plan for the international control of [[nuclear power]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Proceedings of the Section of International and Comparative Law (American Bar Association) |date=1951 |pages=49–58 |jstor=25742875 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25742875.pdf |access-date=2 March 2022 |issn=2158-7477|title=Report of the Committee on International Control of Atomic Energy }}</ref> *[[1959]] – The [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]] [[History of Tibet (1950–present)#1959–1976: Uprising and upheaval|dissolves the government of Tibet]].<ref>{{cite web |title=China declares provocative new holiday in Tibet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/20/tibet-holiday-dalai-lama |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en |date=20 January 2009}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)|ČSA Flight 511]] crashes in [[Igensdorf]], Germany, killing 52.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610328-0 ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V OK-OAD Nürnberg]</ref> *[[1965]] – An {{M|w}} [[1965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures|7.4 earthquake in Chile]] sets off a series of [[Tailings dam|tailings dam failures]], burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=M 7.4 - Valparaiso, Chile |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem858940/impact |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=USGS |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1968]] – Brazilian high school student [[Edson Luís de Lima Souto]] is killed by military police at a student protest.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heinz |first1=Wolfgang S. |last2=Frühling |first2=Hugo |title=Determinants of Gross Human Rights Violations by State and State-sponsored Actors in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina, 1960-1990 |date=27 September 2021 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-48180-0 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drBFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1969]] – Greek poet and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate [[Giorgos Seferis]] makes a famous statement on the [[BBC World Service]] opposing the junta in Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beaton |first1=Roderick |last2=Beaton |first2=Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History Language and Literature Roderick |title=George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel : a Biography |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10135-5 |page=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSs9uqYuxr4C&pg=PP436 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1970]] – An [[1970 Gediz earthquake|earthquake]] strikes western [[Turkey]] at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=William A. |title=Reconstruction after Disaster: The Gediz Earthquake of 1970 |journal=Geographical Review |date=1976 |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=296–313 |doi=10.2307/213887 |jstor=213887 |bibcode=1976GeoRv..66..296M |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/213887.pdf |access-date=1 March 2022 |issn=0016-7428}}</ref> *[[1978]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] hands down 5–3 decision in ''[[Stump v. Sparkman]]'', a controversial case involving involuntary [[Human sterilization|sterilization]] and [[judicial immunity]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=SHAMAN |first1=JEFFREY M. |title=Persons Who Are Mentally Retarded: Their Right to Marry and Have Children |journal=Family Law Quarterly |date=1978 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=61–84 |jstor=25739206 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25739206.pdf |access-date=1 March 2022 |issn=0014-729X}}</ref> *[[1979]] – A coolant leak at the [[Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station|Three Mile Island]]'s Unit 2 [[nuclear reactor]] outside [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] leads to the [[Three Mile Island accident|core overheating and a partial meltdown]].<ref name=Chase2020 /> * 1979 – The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] passes a [[1979 vote of no confidence in the government of James Callaghan|vote of no confidence]] against [[James Callaghan]]'s government by one vote, precipitating a [[1979 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1979: Early election as Callaghan defeated |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/28/newsid_2531000/2531007.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=28 March 1979}}</ref> *[[1990]] – United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] posthumously awards [[Jesse Owens]] the [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE SIDELINES : Bush Hails 'Hero' Jesse Owens |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-28-sp-424-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=28 March 1990}}</ref> *[[1994]] – In South Africa, [[African National Congress]] security guards [[Shell House massacre|kill]] dozens of [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] protesters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mandela: why I gave shoot to kill order |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-why-i-gave-shoot-to-kill-order-1585387.html |website=The Independent |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=en |date=7 June 1995}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Kosovo War]]: [[Serb paramilitary]] and military forces kill at least 130 [[Kosovo Albanians]] in [[Izbica massacre|Izbica]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krieger |first1=Heike |title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999 |date=12 July 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |page=529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA529 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Athens International Airport]] Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aia.gr/company-and-business/press-and-Media/press-office/press-releases/airport-opening | title=Athens International Airport - Airport Opening }}</ref> *[[2003]] – In a [[friendly fire]] incident, two American [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]] aircraft [[190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident|attack]] British tanks participating in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], killing one soldier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video shows 2003 friendly fire incident that killed British soldier in Iraq - Americas - International Herald Tribune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/world/americas/06iht-britain.4494719.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=6 February 2007}}</ref> *[[2005]] – An [[2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake|earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Petra |title=Earthquakes |date=15 December 2014 |publisher=Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |isbn=978-1-5026-0215-2 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2o9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2006]] – At least one million union members, students and unemployed [[2006 youth protests in France#28 March|take to the streets]] in France in protest at the government's proposed [[First Employment Contract|First Employment Contract law]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-03-28 |title=French protesters rally against labour law |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/28/france |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – An [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|earthquake]] strikes close to [[Mandalay]], [[Myanmar]] with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 100 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Volk |first=Kristina|title=Hundreds feared dead as quake hits Myanmar and Thailand, with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3A48703e7c-47a5-4180-b14c-9dc0f84dc00d |work=BBC News |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref> ==Births== <!--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.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1472]] – [[Fra Bartolomeo]], Italian painter (d. 1517)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fra Bartolommeo {{!}} Italian painter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fra-Bartolommeo |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1515]] – [[Teresa of Ávila]], Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1522]] – [[Albert Alcibiades]], German prince (d. 1557)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert II Alcibiades {{!}} margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-II-Alcibiades |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1592]] – [[John Amos Comenius]], Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Amos Comenius {{!}} Czech educator {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Amos-Comenius |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang]] of China (d. 1688)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hummel |first1=Arthur W. Sr |title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period: 1644-1911/2 |date=1 January 2018 |publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-61472-849-8 |page=705 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA705 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1638]] – [[Frederik Ruysch]], Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kooijmans |first1=Luuc |title=Death Defied: The Anatomy Lessons of Frederik Ruysch |date=7 December 2010 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-18856-3 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nd95DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1652]] – [[Samuel Sewall]], English judge (d. 1730)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Sewall {{!}} British colonial merchant {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Sewall |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1725]] – [[Andrew Kippis]], English minister and author (d. 1795)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cunningham |first=George Godfrey |author-link=George Godfrey Cunningham |title=Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen: From Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan |date=1837 |publisher=A. Fullarton |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfAxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA57 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1727]] – [[Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria]], (d. 1777)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximilian III Joseph {{!}} elector of Bavaria {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-III-Joseph |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1750]] – [[Francisco de Miranda]], Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1816)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco de Miranda {{!}} Venezuelan revolutionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-de-Miranda |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Thomas Clarkson]], English activist (d. 1846)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Thomas Clarkson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Henry Schoolcraft]], American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Rowe Schoolcraft {{!}} American explorer and ethnologist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Rowe-Schoolcraft |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Georg Heinrich Pertz]], German historian and author (d. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events |date=1877 |publisher=D. Appleton & Company |page=640 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4wEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA640 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Thomas Hare (political scientist)|Thomas Hare]], English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parsons |first1=F. |title=Thomas Hare and Political Representation in Victorian Britain |date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-24466-5 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uq6DDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1811]] – [[John Neumann]], Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1815]] – [[Arsène Houssaye]], French author and poet (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedic Review of Current History |date=1896 |publisher=Garretson, Cox & Company |page=247 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_rNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1818]] – [[Wade Hampton III]], American general and politician, 77th [[Governor of South Carolina]] (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wade Hampton {{!}} Family & Term of Office {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wade-Hampton |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Joseph Bazalgette]], English architect and engineer (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Joseph Bazalgette |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bazalgette_joseph.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Henry D. Washburn]], American politician and general (d. 1871)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Press |first1=C. Q. |title=Guide to Congress |date=10 August 2012 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4522-3532-5 |page=1635 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqN2AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1635 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Emmanuel Benner]], French artist (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER Emmanuel |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-emmanuel/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983}}</ref> *1836 – [[Jean Benner]], French artist (d. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER Jean |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-jean-2/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983}}</ref> *1836 – [[Frederick Pabst]], German-American brewer, founded the [[Pabst Brewing Company]] (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schlup |first1=Leonard C. |last2=Ryan |first2=James Gilbert |title=Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age |date=2003 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-2106-1 |page=350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhRqUo9HzVwC&pg=PA350 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1840]] – [[Emin Pasha]], German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mehmed Emin Pasha {{!}} German explorer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mehmed-Emin-Pasha |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1847]] – [[Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)|Gyula Farkas]], Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horvath |first1=Janos |title=A Panorama of Hungarian Mathematics in the Twentieth Century, I |date=28 June 2010 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-30721-1 |page=572 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWm4WzSaG3IC&pg=PA572 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1849]] – [[James Darmesteter]], French historian and author (d. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Darmesteter {{!}} French orientalist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Darmesteter |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1850]] – [[Kyrle Bellew]], English theatre actor (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Mills |first1=Julie |title=Bellew, Harold Kyrle Money (1850–1911) |id2=bellew-harold-kyrle-money-5198 |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Bernardino Machado]], Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd [[President of Portugal]] (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernardino Luís Machado {{!}} president of Portugal {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernardino-Luis-Machado |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Aristide Briand]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1926 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1926/briand/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Maxim Gorky]], Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)<ref name=Chase2020>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[John Geiger (rower)|John Geiger]], American rower (d. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – John Geiger |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40670 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Terence MacSwiney]], Irish republican politician and hunger striker; [[Lord Mayor of Cork]] (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=MacSwiney, Terence James {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/macswiney-terence-james-a5297 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Martin Sheridan]], Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Sheridan {{!}} American athlete {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Sheridan |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Angelos Sikelianos]], Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelos Sikelianós {{!}} Greek poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angelos-Sikelianos |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Beulah Dark Cloud]], American actress (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |page=25}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Paul Whiteman]], American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Rayno|title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA308|date=19 December 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2|pages=308}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Corneille Heymans]], Belgian physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1938/heymans/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Tom Maguire]], Irish republican General (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maguire, Tom {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/maguire-tom-a5368 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Spyros Skouras]], Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)<ref name=Gross>{{cite book |last1=Gross |first1=Ernie |last2=Worth |first2=Roland H. Jr |title=This Day in American History, 4th ed. |date=16 January 2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9312-8 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tA6mkQMHKuUC&pg=PA90 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Ernst Lindemann]], German captain (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grove |first1=Eric |title=German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1931-1941 |date=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7146-5208-5 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfo6jOQ0lJUC&pg=RA5-PA5 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Christian Herter]], American politician, [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1966)<ref name=Gross /> * 1895 – [[Donald Grey Barnhouse]], American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balmer |first1=Randall Herbert |last2=Fitzmier |first2=John R. |title=The Presbyterians |date=1993 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-26084-1 |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQpN_G2h4TEC&pg=PA125 |language=en}}</ref> * 1895 – [[Spencer W. Kimball]], American religious leader, 12th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=W. Paul Reeve |last1=Reeve |first1=W. Paul|author2-link=Ardis E. Parshall |last2=Parshall |first2=Ardis E. |title=Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia: A Historical Encyclopedia |date=13 August 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-108-4 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BI7dNT5NdmIC&pg=PA149 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Sepp Herberger]], German footballer and manager (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunmore |first1=Tom |title=Historical Dictionary of Soccer |date=16 September 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7188-5 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&pg=PA143 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Gussie Busch]], American businessman (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gussie Busch |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gussie-busch/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> * 1899 – [[Buck Shaw]], American football player and coach (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGowen |first1=Deane |title=Buck Shaw Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/20/archives/buck-shaw-dies-at-77-coached-eagles-to-nfl-crown-in-1960-the.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=30 March 2022 |date=20 March 1977}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Edward Wagenknecht]], American critic and educator (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Wagenknecht |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edward-wagenknecht-730638.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2004}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Flora Robson]], English actress (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Flora Robson {{!}} British actress {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Flora-Robson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[Rudolf Serkin]], Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book|author=Deborah Andrews|title=Annual Obituary, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3hO28Q2cwsC|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=306}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Margaret Tucker]], Australian author and activist (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patron of VACCA – Margaret Elizabeth Tucker, MBE |url=http://vacca.org/resources-information/patrons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924021838/http://vacca.org/resources-information/patrons |archive-date=24 September 2010 |publisher=[[Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency]] |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Pandro S. Berman]], American production manager and producer (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Pandro S. Berman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-pandro-s-berman-1329133.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en |date=16 July 1996}}</ref> * 1905 – [[Marlin Perkins]], American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Perkins, Marlin (1905-1986), zoo director and television personality |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302229 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302229|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Harmond |first1=Richard }}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Murray Adaskin]], Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Murray Adaskin {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murray-adaskin-emc |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> * 1906 – [[Robert Allen (actor)|Robert Allen]], American actor (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Allen |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba436a407 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513140310/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba436a407 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |website=BFI |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1906 – [[Dorothy Knowles (academic)|Dorothy Knowles]], South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy Knowles: Academic and leading authority on French literature |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dorothy-knowles-academic-and-leading-authority-on-french-literature-who-was-also-a-champion-fencer-2155815.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en |date=10 December 2010}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Irving Paul Lazar]], American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Irving Lazar |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-irving-lazar-1407453.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en |date=17 January 1994}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Nelson Algren]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nelson Algren {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nelson-Algren |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Jimmie Dodd]], American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=1 May 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |language=en}}</ref> * 1910 – [[Ingrid of Sweden]], Queen of Denmark (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thygesen |first1=Peter |title=Obituary: Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/08/guardianobituaries2 |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en |date=8 November 2000}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Consalvo Sanesi]], Italian race car driver (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayhoe |first1=David |title=Formula 1 - The Knowledge 2nd Edition |date=26 November 2021 |publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78711-822-5 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTBREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 |language=ar}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[A. Bertram Chandler]], English-Australian author (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Poorten |first1=Alf Van Der |title=Chandler, Arthur Bertram (Bert) (1912–1984) |id2=chandler-arthur-bertram-bert-12307 |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Marina Raskova]], Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Commire|editor-first=Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=6|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0|page=563}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Toko Shinoda]], Japanese artist (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/03/d82cea216d29-renowned-japanese-sumi-ink-artist-toko-shinoda-dies-at-107.html|title=Renowned Japanese sumi ink artist Toko Shinoda dies at 107|first=KYODO|last=NEWS|website=Kyodo News+}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Edward Anhalt]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Katz |first1=Ephraim |last2=Nolen |first2=Ronald Dean |title=The Film Encyclopedia 7th Edition: The Complete Guide to Film and the Film Industry |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-0-06-227711-4 |page=1573 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUujVPHXBZIC&pg=PA1573 |language=en}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Bohumil Hrabal]], Czech author (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bohumil Hrabal |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16869bf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518064944/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16869bf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Edmund Muskie]], American politician, 58th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward S. Mihalkanin|author2=Greenwood Press|title=American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_ORomNygLcC&pg=PA389|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30828-4|pages=389}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Everett Ruess]], American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balkan |first1=Evan L. |title=Vanished!: Explorers Forever Lost |date=10 May 2010 |publisher=Menasha Ridge Press |isbn=978-0-89732-793-0 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfBfost6sXQC&pg=PA52 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Jay Livingston]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jay Livingston |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/19/guardianobituaries1 |website=The Guardian |date=19 October 2001 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Tom Brooks (umpire)|Tom Brooks]], Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Brooks profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/tom-brooks-4211 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Eileen Crofton]], British physician and author (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Lady Eileen Crofton, MBE, Doctor and founder of Action on Smoking and Health |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-lady-eileen-crofton-mbe-doctor-and-founder-of-action-on-smoking-and-health-1-824570 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Vic Raschi]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vic Raschi |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/vic-raschi/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Harold Agnew]], American physicist and academic (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Broad |first1=William J. |title=Harold M. Agnew, Physicist Present at Birth of the Nuclear Age, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/us/harold-m-agnew-physicist-present-at-birth-of-the-nuclear-age-dies-at-92.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2022 |date=2 October 2013}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Dirk Bogarde]], English actor and author (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Dirk Bogarde {{!}} British actor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dirk-Bogarde |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Neville Bonner]], Australian politician (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Millar |first1=F. Ann |title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate |date=2010 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=978-0-86840-996-2 |page=356 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UKL7t8BAGYC&pg=PA356 |language=en}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Grace Hartigan]], American painter and educator (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Hartigan {{!}} Introduction & Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Hartigan |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Joey Maxim]], American boxer and actor (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joey Maxim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joey-maxim-9198691.html |website=The Independent |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=7 June 2001}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Paul C. Donnelly]], American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Granath |first1=Bob |title=Launch Operations Manager Donnelly was a Space Program Pioneer |url=https://www.nasa.gov/content/launch-operations-manager-donnelly-was-a-space-program-pioneer/ |website=NASA |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * 1923 – [[Thad Jones]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thad Jones |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100024719 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en }}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Freddie Bartholomew]], American actor (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Michael|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://archive.org/details/moviegreatsplaye00mich|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books|page=1959}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Innokenty Smoktunovsky]], Russian actor (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Innokenti Smoktunovsky |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-innokenti-smoktunovsky-1381520.html |website=The Independent |date=4 August 1994 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Dorothy DeBorba]], American child actress (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy De Borba |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2be2ab3bb4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307122312/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2be2ab3bb4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba]] (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Duchess of Alba obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/nov/20/duchess-of-alba |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=20 November 2014}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Polly Umrigar]], Indian cricketer (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Polly Umrigar |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/polly-umrigar-423528.html |website=The Independent |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=9 November 2006}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], Polish-American political activist and analyst; [[United States National Security Advisor]] (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Zbigniew Brzezinski obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/28/zbigniew-brzezinski-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=28 May 2017}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Alexander Grothendieck]], German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandre Grothendieck {{!}} German-French mathematician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Grothendieck |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Robert Ashley]], American composer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/arts/music/robert-ashley-opera-composer-who-painted-outside-the-lines-dies-at-83.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=7 March 2014}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Jerome Isaac Friedman]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerome Isaac Friedman {{!}} American physicist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerome-Isaac-Friedman |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Frank Murkowski]], American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th [[Governor of Alaska]]<ref>{{cite book |title=American Political Leaders 1789-2009 |date=22 September 2009 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4522-6726-5 |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktR1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Laurie Taitt]], Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Laurie Taitt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69520 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Michael Parkinson]], English journalist and author (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Parkinson |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba03da9e5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430232024/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba03da9e5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Józef Szmidt]], Polish triple jumper (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Józef Szmidt |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74833 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], Peruvian writer and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marx |first=Willem |date=April 14, 2025 |title=Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, dies at age 89 |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5364383/mario-vargas-llosa-dead-peru-nobel |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mario Vargas Llosa {{!}} Biography, Books, Nobel Prize, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-Vargas-Llosa |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Tony Barber]], English-Australian television host<ref name="SS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/speakers/tony-barber/|title=Tony Barber|website=Celebrity Speakers}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Luis Cubilla]], Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite news |title=How did Uruguay lose status as world's best? |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21740913 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *1940 – [[Michael Plumb]], American equestrian<ref>{{Cite web |title=J. Michael Plumb |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12574 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=12 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Daniel Dennett]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel C. Dennett {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Neil Kinnock]], Welsh politician, [[Vice-President of the European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Kinnock {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Kinnock-Baron-Kinnock-of-Bedwellty |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]], English director and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Newell |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0af3f9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321020009/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0af3f9 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 21, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Samuel Ramey]], American opera singer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Clifford |title=Contemporary World Musicians |date=7 October 2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-93961-8 |page=2027 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVYAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT2027 |language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Jerry Sloan]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite press release|title=Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan passes away at 78|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2020/05/22/jerry-sloan-passes-away-78|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|language=en|date=May 22, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Richard Eyre]], English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Robert |title=Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion |date=25 July 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83871-532-8 |page=489 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kgn8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT489 |language=en}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Conchata Ferrell]], American actress (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gates |first1=Anita |title=Conchata Ferrell, Memorable Maid on 'Two and a Half Men,' Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/conchata-ferrell-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=25 February 2022 |date=13 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Rick Barry]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite book |last1=Publishing |first1=Britannica Educational |title=The Britannica Guide to Basketball |date=1 May 2011 |publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing |isbn=978-1-61530-577-3 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deScAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 |language=en}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Ken Howard]], American actor (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Howard |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba07f1385 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315115552/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba07f1385 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Rodrigo Duterte]], Filipino politician, 16th [[President of the Philippines]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodrigo Duterte {{!}} Facts, Biography, Education, & Controversies {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rodrigo-Duterte |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Wubbo Ockels]], Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wubbo Ockels {{!}} Biography, Spaceflight, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wubbo-Ockels |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Henry Paulson]], American banker and politician, 74th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Paulson {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Paulson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Alejandro Toledo]], Peruvian economist and politician, [[President of Peru]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alejandro Toledo {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alejandro-Toledo |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Janice Lynde]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide |date=23 August 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1539-4 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |language=en}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Dianne Wiest]], American actress<ref name=Chase2020 /> * 1948 – [[Milan Williams]], American keyboard player (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Milan B. Williams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/milan-b-williams-6095530.html |website=The Independent |date=12 July 2006 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Ronnie Ray Smith]], American sprinter (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Ronnie Ray Smith |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79062 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Melchior Ndadaye]], Burundian banker and politician, 4th [[President of Burundi]] (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |date=17 April 2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 |page=358 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA358 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Donald Brown (musician)|Donald Brown]], American pianist and educator<ref>{{cite book |title=Notable Black Memphians |date=2008 |publisher=Cambria Press |isbn=978-1-62196-863-4 |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=po0UCjyTjuoC&dq=Donald+Brown+28+march+1954&pg=PA56 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Reba McEntire]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1957]] – [[Harvey Glance]], American sprinter (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Harvey Glance |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78456 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Edesio Alejandro]], Cuban composer (d. 2025)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schleifer |first1=Martha Furman |last2=Galván |first2=Gary |title=Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary |date=28 January 2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-8871-5 |page=185 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrZnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 |language=en}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Curt Hennig]], American wrestler (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singleterry |first1=Jabot |title=Family Affair VII: Larry and Curt Hennig |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/116729-family-affair-vii-the-hennigs |publisher=[[Bleacher Report]] |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=28 January 2009}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Laura Chinchilla]], Costa Rican politician, 46th [[President of Costa Rica]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Chinchilla {{!}} Biography, President of Costa Rica, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Chinchilla |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[José Maria Neves]], Cape Verdeian politician, [[Prime Minister of Cape Verde|4th Prime Minister of Cape Verde]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |date=3 June 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63940-4 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VO4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Byron Scott]], American basketball player and coach<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1962]] – [[Jure Franko]], Slovenian skier<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Jure Franko |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/85820 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Simon Bazalgette]], English businessman<ref>{{cite web |title=Bazalgette, Simon Louis, (born 28 March 1962), Chair, Global Venue Services, since 2020 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-249846 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U249846|isbn = 978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Karen Lumley]], English politician (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lumley, Karen Elizabeth, (born 28 March 1964) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251126 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251126|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Iris Chang]], Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Iris Chang, Who Chronicled Rape of Nanking, Dies at 36 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/12/arts/iris-chang-who-chronicled-rape-of-nanking-dies-at-36.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2022 |date=12 November 2004}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Nasser Hussain]], Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Nasser Hussain {{!}} guardian.co.uk Sport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/pictures/image/0,10593,-10904717659,00.html |website=www.theguardian.com |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Brett Ratner]], American director and producer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertiello |first1=Gina |title=Sexual Harassment and Misconduct: An Encyclopedia |date=9 August 2021 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6609-8 |page=268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXo8EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA268 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Vince Vaughn]], American actor<ref name=Chase2020 /> * 1970 – [[Jennifer Weiner]], American journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Weiner |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/weiner-jennifer |website=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Keith Tkachuk]], American ice hockey player<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1973]] – [[Björn Kuipers]], Dutch footballer and referee<ref>{{cite web |title=Björn Kuipers - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/bjorn-kuipers_prs170455/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]], American Samoan wrestler (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Should WWE Pay Tribute to Deceased Superstars at WWE Raw 20th Anniversary? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1483861-wwe-raw-20th-anniversary-should-wwe-pay-tribute-to-deceased-superstars |publisher=[[Bleacher Report]] |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=14 January 2013}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Kate Gosselin]], American television personality<ref name=Chase2020 /> * 1975 – [[Iván Helguera]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Iván Helguera - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/ivan-helguera_prs53/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Nathan Cayless]], Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/nathan-cayless/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Shakib Khan]], Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/298191/Happy-birthday-Shakib-Khan|title=Happy birthday, Shakib Khan|date=27 March 2018|website=Daily Sun|language=en|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Stiliani Pilatou]], Greek long jumper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellenicathletes.com/athletes.php?athlete_id=14 |title=Archived copy |website=www.hellenicathletes.com |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313155728/http://www.hellenicathletes.com/athletes.php?athlete_id=14 |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Luke Walton]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Walton Career NBA Coaching Record and Bio - ESPN |url=http://www.espn.com/nba/coaches/_/id/2027/luke-walton |website=ESPN.com |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Edwar Ramírez]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Edwar Ramirez |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/edwar-ramirez/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Julia Stiles]], American actress<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1983]] – [[Ladji Doucouré]], French sprinter and hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Ladji Doucoure - Player Profile - Athletics |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/athletics/ladji-doucoure_prs31345/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Christopher Samba]], Congolese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Samba - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/christopher-samba_prs74866/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Stefano Ferrario]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Stefano Ferrario - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/stefano-ferrario_prs230592/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Steve Mandanda]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Mandanda - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/steve-mandanda_prs30360/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Wawrinka - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/stan-wawrinka_prs25847/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Josh Bray (politician)|Josh Bray]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=71 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Mustafa Ali]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Mustafa Ali |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/18462380/wwe-profile-page-mustafa-ali |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=12 January 2017}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Bowe Bergdahl]], American sergeant<ref>{{cite web |title=Bowe Bergdahl Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/19/us/bowe-bergdahl-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=19 January 2014 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Lady Gaga]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name=Chase2020 /> * 1986 – [[J-Kwon]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kellman |first1=Andy |title=J-Kwon Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/j-kwon-mn0000089781/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Barbora Strýcová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbora Strýcová - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/barbora-strycova_prs142130/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[1987]] – [[Yohan Benalouane]], French-Tunisian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Yohan Benalouane - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/yohan-benalouane_prs115528/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Simeon Jackson]], Canadian soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Simeon Jackson - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/simeon-jackson_prs183718/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Jonathan Van Ness]], American hairdresser and television personality<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1988]] – [[Geno Atkins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Geno Atkins |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13311/geno-atkins |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Ryan Kalish]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Kalish |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ryan-kalish/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Logan Couture]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Logan Couture Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/player/logan-couture-8474053 |website=NHL.com |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Lukas Jutkiewicz]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lukas Jutkiewicz - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/lukas-jutkiewicz_prs207604/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=27 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Mira Leung]], Canadian figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Mira Leung - Player Profile - Figure Skating |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/figure-skating/mira-leung_prs375601/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Delroy Edwards (musician)|Delroy Edwards]], American musician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/brandon_avery_perlman_born_1990_20161757 |title= Brandon Avery Perlman at California Birth Index |website=[[California Birth Index]] |access-date=July 27, 2020 }}</ref> * 1990 – [[Laura Harrier]], American actress and model<ref name=Chase2020 /> *[[1991]] – [[Derek Carr]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek Carr |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16757/derek-carr |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Jordan McRae]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcraejo01.html|title=Jordan McRae Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Lisa-Maria Moser]], Austrian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa-Maria Moser |url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/photos/_/id/2457/lisa-maria-moser |website=ESPN.com |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Marie-Philip Poulin]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marie-Philip POULIN |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1036283-marie-philip-poulin.htm |website=olympics.com |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Ondřej Palát]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ondrej Palát - Player Profile - Ice Hockey |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/ice-hockey/ondrej-palat_prs276570/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Christian Walker]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Walker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkech02.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Hoya (singer)|Hoya]], South Korean singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|title=[현장] 호야(HOYA), 생일선물 대신한 데뷔 후 첫 솔로 앨범…그가 전하는 '샤워(Shower)' (종합)|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=388291#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=3 April 2018|access-date=11 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Sergi Gómez]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergi Gómez - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/sergi-gomez_prs247033/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jackson Wang]], Hong Kong rapper<ref>{{cite web|title=[HD스토리] "우리들의 자랑"…갓세븐 잭슨, 왕개야 스물 여섯번째 생일을 축하해|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=606244#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=28 March 2019|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Jonathan Drouin]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Drouin - Player Profile - Ice Hockey |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/ice-hockey/jonathan-drouin_prs380076/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Will Smith (catcher)|Will Smith]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Smith Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithwi05.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Matt Renshaw]], English-Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Renshaw profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/matt-renshaw-722303 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Max Strus]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Strus Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/strusma01.html |website=Basketball-Reference |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Lance Morris]], Australian cricketer<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1125317.html |title=Lance Morris |access-date=10 January 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Wang Xiyu]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326160/xiyu-wang|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Xiyu Wang|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Anna Shcherbakova]], Russian figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna SHCHERBAKOVA |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/figure-skating/athlete-profile-n1057108-anna-shcherbakova.htm |website=olympics.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304131529/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/figure-skating/athlete-profile-n1057108-anna-shcherbakova.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[193]] – [[Pertinax]], Roman emperor (b. 126)<ref>{{cite web |title=Publius Helvius Pertinax {{!}} Roman emperor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Publius-Helvius-Pertinax |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[592]] – [[Guntram]], French king (b. 532)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guntram {{!}} king of Burgundy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guntram-king-of-Burgundy |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[966]] – [[Flodoard]], Frankish [[Canon (priest)|canon]] and chronicler<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Edward |title=Flodoard of Rheims and the Writing of History in the Tenth Century |date=5 September 2019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-316-51039-1 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9GoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1072]] – [[Ordulf, Duke of Saxony]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=I. S. |title=Henry IV of Germany 1056-1106 |date=4 December 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54590-7 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QP8fNo5UNIYC&pg=PA72 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1134]] – [[Stephen Harding]], founder of the Cistercian order<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Stephen Harding {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Stephen-Harding |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1239]] – [[Emperor Go-Toba]] of Japan (b. 1180)<ref>{{cite web |title=Go-Toba {{!}} emperor of Japan {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Go-Toba |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1241]] – [[Valdemar II of Denmark]] (b. 1170)<ref>{{cite web |title=Valdemar II {{!}} king of Denmark {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valdemar-II |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1285]] – [[Pope Martin IV]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1346]] – [[Venturino of Bergamo]], Dominican preacher (b. 1304)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Musto |first1=Ronald G. |title=Apocalypse in Rome: Cola Di Rienzo and the Politics of the New Age |date=29 May 2003 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-23396-6 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_PN4WEKZj7oC&pg=PA123 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Carlsmith |first1=Christopher |title=A Renaissance Education: Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650 |date=1 January 2010 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-9254-0 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmND22SMbMcC&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1563]] – [[Heinrich Glarean]], Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Joseph P. |title=The A to Z of Sacred Music |date=2010 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-7621-7 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zR5jYvLP4nIC&pg=PA72 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1566]] – [[Sigismund von Herberstein]], Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herberstein |first1=Sigmund von |title=Notes Upon Russia: Being a Translation of the Earliest Account of that Country |date=1851 |publisher=Hakluyt Soc. |isbn=978-5-87630-211-3 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UghDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR136 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1584]] – [[Ivan the Terrible]], Russian king (b. 1530)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dowling |first1=Timothy C. |title=Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond [2 volumes] |date=2 December 2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-948-6 |pages=371–372 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA372 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1687]] – [[Constantijn Huygens]], Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)<ref>{{cite web |title=Constantijn Huygens {{!}} Dutch diplomat and poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantijn-Huygens |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1690]] – [[Emmanuel Tzanes]], Greek Renaissance painter (b. 1610)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://orthodoxcrete.com/en/crete/ | title=Crete - Orthodox Crete }}</ref> *[[1718]] – [[Thomas Micklethwaite]], [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] (b. 1678)<ref name="lt gov bio">{{cite web|url=https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|title=LT._GOV_BIO.xlsx|accessdate=August 19, 2023|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819112711/https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|archivedate=August 19, 2023}}</ref> *[[1818]] – [[Antonio Capuzzi]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |date=1996 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-37299-3 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA134 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Angelis Govios]], leader of the Greek War of Independence (b. 1780)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.matia.gr/egrapsan/kotsos-dimitrioy-aggelis-govios.html | title=Κώτσος Δημητρίου (Κώτσας Αρβανίτης ή Θηβαίος) και Αγγελής Γοβιός (Γοβγίνας) .: Έγραψαν .: Ματιά | date=15 July 2006 }}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan]], English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Thomas-Brudenell-7th-Earl-of-Cardigan |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[George Henry Thomas]], American general (b. 1816)<ref>{{cite web |title=George H. Thomas {{!}} United States general {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-H-Thomas |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Peter Andreas Hansen]], Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Andreas Hansen {{!}} German astronomer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Andreas-Hansen |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Modest Mussorgsky]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)<ref>{{cite web |title=Modest Mussorgsky {{!}} Russian composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Modest-Mussorgsky |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Georgios Zariphis]], Greek banker and financier (b. 1810)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pronews.gr/istoria/658045_georgios-zarifis-o-trapezitis-toy-galata-poy-midenise-dimosio-hreos-tis-othomanikis/ | title=Γεώργιος Ζαρίφης: Ο τραπεζίτης του Γαλατά που μηδένισε το δημόσιο χρέος της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας (φωτό) | date=22 August 2018 }}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Edmund Kirby Smith]], American general (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite web |title=E. Kirby-Smith {{!}} United States military officer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/E-Kirby-Smith |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Piet Joubert]], South African soldier and politician (b. c. 1831)<ref>{{cite web |title=Petrus Jacobus Joubert {{!}} South African politician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Petrus-Jacobus-Joubert |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Magdalene Thoresen]], Danish writer (b. 1819)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Magdalene Thoresen |first=Ellen Birgitte |last=Johnsrud |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Magdalene_Thoresen|language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Édouard Colonne]], French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tolansky |first1=Jon|title=Colonne, Édouard (Judas) |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001/acref-9780199579037-e-1499 |website=The Oxford Companion to Music |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001 |date=1 January 2011|isbn=978-0-19-957903-7 }}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[James Strachan-Davidson]], English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Mackail |first1 = John W. |title = James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir |publisher=[[Clarendon Press]] |page=123 |year=1925 |oclc=2328170 |author-link1=John William Mackail }}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Albert Pinkham Ryder]], American painter (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryder, Albert Pinkham (19 March 1847–28 March 1917), artist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1700766 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700766|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Dorra |first1=Henri }}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Charles Hubbard (archer)|Charles Hubbard]], American archer (b. 1849)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Charles Hubbard |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2233 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Katharine Lee Bates]], American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)<ref>{{cite web |title=Katharine Lee Bates {{!}} American author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katharine-Lee-Bates |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Lomer Gouin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Jean-Lomer Gouin {{!}} Canadian politician and statesman {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Lomer-Gouin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Mahmoud Mokhtar]], Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahmoud Mukhtar |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH226040 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Marcus Hurley]], American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |last2=Heijmans |first2=Jeroen |title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |date=11 August 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7522-7 |page=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC&pg=PA159 |language=en}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Woolf {{!}} Biography, Books, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virginia-Woolf |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Miguel Hernández]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=Miguel Hernández {{!}} Spanish author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miguel-Hernandez |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergey Rachmaninoff {{!}} Russian musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergey-Rachmaninoff |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Stephen Leacock]], English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Leacock {{!}} Canadian author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Leacock |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Karol Świerczewski]], Polish general (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Norman |title=God's Playground A History of Poland: Volume II: 1795 to the Present |date=24 February 2005 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-925340-1 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Tbed6iMNLEC&pg=PA419 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Jim Thorpe]], American football player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Thorpe {{!}} Biography, Achievements, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Thorpe-American-athlete |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Stylianos Lenas]], Greek-Cypriot member of the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters ([[EOKA]]) against the British rule (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/34482943 | title=The Death of Stylianos Lenas on 28 March 1957 and the British Archival Sources | journal=National Guard and History | date=January 2017 | last1=Karyos | first1=Andreas }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[W. C. Handy]], American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates (Jr.) |first1=Henry Louis |last2=Higginbotham |first2=Evelyn Brooks |title=Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-538795-7 |page=237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_vRLcgEdGoC&pg=PA237 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Hugo Wast]], Argentinian author (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Wast {{!}} Argentine writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Wast |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Antonius Bouwens]], Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Antoine Bouwens |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/43401 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Clemence Dane]], English author and playwright (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Clemence Dane |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba560ad66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050846/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba560ad66 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], American general and politician, 34th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwight D. Eisenhower {{!}} Biography, Cold War, Presidency, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dwight-D-Eisenhower |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Donie Bush]], American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Donie Bush |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/donie-bush/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Arthur Crudup]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur Crudup {{!}} American singer-songwriter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Big-Boy-Crudup |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Dorothy Fields]], American songwriter (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy Fields {{!}} American songwriter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dorothy-Fields |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Françoise Rosay]], French actress (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |title=Françoise Rosay |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6743a2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118073649/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6743a2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Richard Arlen]], American actor (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Arlen, Actor, Dies; Star of First Oscar Film |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/29/archives/richard-arlen-actor-dies-star-of-first-oscar-film.html |website=New York Times |date=29 March 1976 |access-date=5 April 2022|last1=Tomasson |first1=Robert E. }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Eric Shipton]], English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sale |first1=Richard |last2=Rodway |first2=George |title=Everest & Conquest in the Himalaya: Science and Courage on the World's Highest Mountain |date=12 July 2011 |publisher=Grub Street Publishers |isbn=978-1-78159-675-3 |page=231 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcOIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT231 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Emmett Kelly]], American clown and actor (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmett Kelly {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emmett-Kelly |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Dick Haymes]], Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parish |first1=James Robert |last2=Pitts |first2=Michael R. |title=Hollywood Songsters: Garland to O'Connor |date=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-94333-8 |page=373 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3HWDtBhLykC&pg=PA373 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[William Giauque]], Canadian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1949/giauque/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Marc Chagall]], Russian-French painter (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Chagall {{!}} Biography, Art, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marc-Chagall |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Virginia Gilmore]]. American actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Gilmore |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f483067 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627040701/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f483067 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Maria von Trapp]], Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0|page=77}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Nikolaos Platon]], Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://analogion.com/forum/index.php?threads/%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%82.22523/page-4 | title=Ερευνητές | date=23 April 2012 }}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Eugène Ionesco]], Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugène Ionesco {{!}} French dramatist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugene-Ionesco |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Shin Kanemaru]], Japanese politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Shin Kanemaru |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-shin-kanemaru-1344681.html |website=The Independent |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 March 1996}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Anthony Powell]], English soldier and author (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shrapnel |first1=Norman |title=Obituary: Anthony Powell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/mar/29/news |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 March 2000}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Peter Ustinov]], English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Peter Ustinov |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/30/broadcasting.artsobituaries |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2004}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Moura Lympany]], English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jack |first1=Adrian |title=Obituary: Dame Moura Lympany |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/31/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Robin Spry]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robin Spry |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee50a74 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408005615/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee50a74 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Pro Hart]], Australian painter (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Pro Hart dies |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-pro-hart-dies-20060328-gdn97q.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 March 2006 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Charles Schepens]], Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearce |first1=Jeremy |title=Charles L. Schepens, Eye Researcher, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/us/charles-l-schepens-eye-researcher-dies-at-94.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=8 April 2006}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Caspar Weinberger]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Caspar Weinberger |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/29/guardianobituaries.usa |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=28 March 2006}}</ref> *2006 – [[Jerry Brudos]], American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Jerome-Jerry-Brudos/6000000006578975589 | title=Jerome "Jerry" Henry Brudos | date=27 April 2022 }}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Maurice Jarre]], French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Maurice Jarre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/31/maurice-jarre-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Janet Jagan]], 6th [[President of Guyana]] (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Peter |title=Obituary: Janet Jagan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/30/janet-jagan-guyana-america-marxist |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2009 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[June Havoc]], American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=June Havoc obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/30/june-havoc-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2010}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[John Arden]], English author and playwright (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Arden obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/30/john-arden |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Ioannis Banias]], Greek politician (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.avgi.gr/politiki/411163_deka-hronia-horis-ton-gianni-mpania | title=Δέκα χρόνια χωρίς τον Γιάννη Μπανιά | date=26 March 2022 }}</ref> * 2012 – [[Harry Crews]], American novelist (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Crews obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/10/harry-crews |website=The Guardian |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Addie L. Wyatt]], African American labor leader (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-04-01-ct-met-wyatt-obit-20120401-story.html |title=The Rev. Addie L. Wyatt, 1924-2012 |first=Ronnie |last=Reese |website=chicagotribune.com |date=April 2012 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-20 }}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[George E. P. Box]], English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balakrishnan |first1=Narayanaswamy |last2=Koutras |first2=Markos V. |last3=Politis |first3=Konstadinos G. |title=Introduction to Probability: Multivariate Models and Applications |date=24 November 2021 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-54855-4 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyBREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA201 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Richard Griffiths]], English actor (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Griffiths obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/29/richard-griffiths |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 March 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Hugh McCracken]], American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Hugh McCracken, a Studio Musician in High Demand, Dies at 70 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=B8 |date=3 April 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/arts/music/hugh-mccracken-a-studio-musician-in-high-demand-dies-at-70.html?_r=0}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Bob Teague]], American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Bob Teague, WNBC Reporter Who Helped Integrate TV News, Is Dead at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/business/media/bob-teague-wnbc-reporter-who-helped-integrate-tv-news-dead-at-84.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=29 March 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Gus Triandos]], American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gus Triandos |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gus-triandos/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Jeremiah Denton]], American admiral and politician (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., 89, Dies; With Blinks, Vietnam P.O.W. Told of Torture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/us/politics/jeremiah-a-denton-jr-war-hero-and-senator-dies-at-89.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=28 March 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Lorenzo Semple, Jr.]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorenzo Semple obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/02/lorenzo-semple |website=the Guardian |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |date=2 April 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Chuck Brayton]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/college_sports/wsu_sports/wsu-coaching-legend-brayton-dies-at/article_1d50d6b7-2424-545d-8e69-71f615652ce3.html |newspaper=Yakima Herald |location=(Washington) |last=Underwood |first=Roger |title=WSU coaching legend Brayton dies at 89 |date=April 6, 2015 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Joseph Cassidy (priest)|Joseph Cassidy]], Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=57279|title = St Chad's Principal passes away|date = 29 March 2015|access-date = 9 May 2020|website = [[Palatinate (newspaper)|Palatinate]]|publisher = [[Durham University]]|last = Smith|first = Josh}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Miroslav Ondříček]], Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-oscar-nominated-cinematographer-miroslav-ondricek-dies/1198494|title=Czech Oscar-nominated cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek dies|website=ceskenoviny.cz|access-date=9 May 2020|date=29 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402000740/http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-oscar-nominated-cinematographer-miroslav-ondricek-dies/1198494|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Gene Saks]], American actor and director (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/theater/gene-saks-actor-and-director-of-stage-and-film-dies-at-93.html|title=Gene Saks, Tony-Winning Director of Neil Simon Hits, Dies at 93| first=Bruce| last=Weber| work=The New York Times| date=March 29, 2015| access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[James Noble (actor)|James Noble]], American actor (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/james-noble-dead-benson-governor-actor-1201727878|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160403130035/http://deadline.com/2016/03/james-noble-dead-benson-governor-actor-1201727878|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2016|title=James Noble Dies: 'Benson' Governor Was 94|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|website=Deadline|date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Didier Ratsiraka]], [[Malagasy people|Malagasy]] politician and naval officer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ratsimbaharison|first=Adrien|title=Didier Ratsiraka: the legacy of Madagascar's "Red Admiral"|url=http://theconversation.com/didier-ratsiraka-the-legacy-of-madagascars-red-admiral-143017|access-date=2021-04-04|website=The Conversation|date=30 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Joseph Edward Duncan]], American serial killer (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luck |first1=Melissa |title='The sun is a little brighter today': Serial killer Joseph Duncan is dead |url=https://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/the-sun-is-a-little-brighter-today-serial-killer-joseph-duncan-is-dead/article_52856b99-bdbc-5408-975b-578c28d1ef56.html |website=KXLY |date=28 March 2021 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Paul O'Grady]], English comedian, actor and drag queen (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cain |first1=Sian |title=Paul O'Grady, TV presenter and comedian, dies aged 67 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/paul-ogrady-presenter-and-comedian-dies-aged-67 |website=The Guardian |access-date=29 March 2023 |date=29 March 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-02 |title=Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65155073 |access-date=2023-04-02}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Larry Lloyd]], English professional [[Association football|football]] player and coach (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Larry Lloyd, former Liverpool and Nottingham Forest defender, dies at age 75 |url=https://apnews.com/article/larry-lloyd-obit-nottingham-forest-liverpool-026baefc40d3b3350b72b81e1bc788f0 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Mark Spiro]], American songwriter, record producer and recording artist (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Spiro: addio al celebre songwriter americano {{!}} MelodicRock.it |url=https://www.melodicrock.it/2024/03/mark-spiro-addio-al-celebre-songwriter-americano/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.melodicrock.it |language=it-IT}}</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]]: **[[Christopher Wharton]]<ref name="Martyrology">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |pages=211–213 |url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref> **[[Priscus (saint)|Priscus]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abbey |first1=Saint Augustine's |last2=Press |first2=Aeterna |title=The Book of Saints |date=1966 |publisher=Aeterna Press |page=908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hpfmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT908 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Pope Sixtus III]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=Pocket Dictionary of Popes |date=10 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-420-7 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWP_K-lZCB0C&pg=PA137 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Stephen Harding]] **[[March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Serfs Emancipation Day]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=China |first1=United States Congressional-Executive Commission on |title=A Year After the March 2008 Protests: Is China Promoting Stability in Tibet? : Roundtable Before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundredth Eleventh Congress, First Session, March 13, 2009 |date=2009 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-083576-6 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqOE-qVWjlEC&pg=PA30 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Teachers' Day]] ([[Czech Republic]]<ref name=Chase2020 /> and [[Slovakia]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goris |first1=Wouter |last2=Meyer |first2=Meinert A. |last3=Urbánek |first3=Vladimír |title=Gewalt sei ferne den Dingen!: Contemporary Perspectives on the Works of John Amos Comenius |date=16 October 2015 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-658-08261-1 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=baHDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/28 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=28}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/28 Historical Events on March 28] {{months}} [[Category:Days of March]]
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