March 22

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Events

Pre-1600

106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.<ref name="Monumenta">Template:Cite book</ref>
871 – Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1185 – Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1312 – Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, lead by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1668 – Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1792 – Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66.<ref name="ASN">Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.<ref>Template:Cite patent</ref>
1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.<ref name="ssmr-sts76">Template:Cite tech report</ref>
1997 – Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
2017 – Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)
875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1399)
1394 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)
1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1499 – Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (d. 1537)
1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (d. 1583)
1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (d. 1590)
1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (d. 1580)
1582 – John Williams, Archbishop of York (d. 1650)
1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (d. 1672)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (d. 1691)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1663 – August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)
1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)
1712 – Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (d. 1757)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)
1723 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (d. 1779)
1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (d. 1873)
1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1808 – Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (d. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)
1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (d. 1886)
1814 – Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)
1817 – Braxton Bragg, American general (d. 1876)
1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)
1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (d. 1895)
1841 – Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)
1846 – Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)
1846 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)
1852 – Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)
1852 – Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
1855 – Dorothy Tennant, British painter (d. 1926)
1857 – Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)
1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)
1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1869 – Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)
1873 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)
1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)
1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (d. 1951)
1884 – Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (d. 1959)
1885 – Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)
1886 – August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)
1887 – Chico Marx, American actor (d. 1961)
1890 – George Clark, American race car driver (d. 1978)
1892 – Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (d. 1931)
1892 – Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
1896 – He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
1899 – Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)

1901–present

1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)
1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)
1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008)
1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)
1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
1908 – Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)
1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (d. 1979)
1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985)
1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)
1913 – James Westerfield, American actor (d. 1971)
1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)
1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)
1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)
1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990)
1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (d. 2000)
1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)
1920 – Ross Martin, American actor (d. 1981)
1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (d. 2007)
1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (d. 2020)
1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1922 – John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (d. 2015)
1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"/>
1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI"/>
1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)
1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (d. 2016)
1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001)
1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)
1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist<ref name="UPI"/>
1929 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (d. 1973)
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (d. 2023)<ref name="AP"/>
1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"/>
1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – Ann Shulgin, psychedelic researcher and author (d. 2022)<ref name="NYTOB">Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)
1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)
1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (d. 2021)
1934 – May Britt, Swedish actress
1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"/>
1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist (d. 2024)
1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
1936 – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015)
1936 – Ron Carey, American trade union leader (d. 2008)
1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer (d. 2022)
1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter
1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2021)
1937 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (d. 2003)<ref>General Register Office; United Kingdom. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)
1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)
1941 – Billy Collins, American poet
1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (d. 2019)
1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1976)
1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
1946 – Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
1946 – Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
1946 – Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
1947 – James Patterson, American author and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1947 – Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
1948 – Wolf Blitzer, American journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)
1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1952 – Bob Costas, American sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress<ref name="AP"/>
1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1960 – Jim Covert, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Simon Furman, British comic book writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina
1963 – Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
1963 – Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Ice MC, British rapper<ref name="agent-bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)
1969 – Russell Maryland, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer<ref name="AP"/>
1971 – Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist<ref name="AP"/>
1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/>
1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
1974 – Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
1975 – Guillermo Díaz, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1975 – Anne Dudek, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player
1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – John Otto, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – Joey Porter, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Josh Heupel, American football player and coach<ref name="p833">Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist
1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Tiffany Dupont, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner
1981 – Mims, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
1982 – Michael Morse, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Constance Wu, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Thomas Davis Sr., American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Dexter Fowler, American baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player
1987 – Liam Doran, British rallycross driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
1988 – Chris Ivory, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player<ref>Template:Football stats</ref>
1991 – Dominique Fishback, American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
1992 – Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Taurean Prince, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Nick Robinson, American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
1997 – Alex Meret, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

235 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)
880 – Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
1144 – William of Norwich, child murder victim
1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)
1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)
1454 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)

1601–1900

1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
1881 – Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)

1901–present

1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b. 1864)
1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
1942 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
1942 – William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
1942 – María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (b. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
1971 – Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
1979 – Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
1981 – James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)
1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1985 – Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – Spyros Vassiliou, Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
1989 – Peta Taylor, English cricketer (b. 1912)
1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)
1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1899)
1996 – Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
1996 – Billy Williamson, American guitarist (b. 1925)
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
2004 – V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2005 – Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (b. 1920)
2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)
2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
2010 – James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)
2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)
2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)
2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2016 – Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
2016 – Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
2018 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (b. 1911)
2019 – Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Jessica Aber, American lawyer (b. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Bihar Day (Bihar, India)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Christian feast day:
Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Puerto Rico)
World Water Day (International)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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External links

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