Monday, April 11, 2016

April 12 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1777 – Henry Clay  (d. 29 Jun 1852)
      American lawyer and politician
      9th United States Secretary of State, 1825-1829
      U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1831-1842, 1849-1852
      U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 182-1825
      8th, 10th & 13th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1874 – William B. Bankhead  (d. 1940)
      American politician
      47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1936-1940
      U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1917-1940


Notable

1432 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (d. 1462)
1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger  (d. 1546)
      Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica
1500 – Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (d. 1574)
1526 – Muretus, French philosopher and author (d. 1585)
1550 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
      English courtier and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1604)
1577 – Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1705 – William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist (d. 1780)
1710 – Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer (d. 1783)
1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal  (d. 1796)
      French historian and author
1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1796)
1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1793)
1724 – Lyman Hall  (d. 19 Oct 1790)
      British-American physician, clergyman, and politician
      16th Governor of Georgia, 1783 - 1784
1748 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (d. 1836)
1778 – John Strachan  [Canadian clergyman] (d. 1 Nov 1867)
      1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto, 1839-1867
      Executive Council of Upper Canada, 1815-1836
      Legislative Council of Upper Canada, 1820-1841
1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham  (d. 1840)
      English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal
1794 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin  (d. 1847)
      Belgian mathematician and engineer
1796 – George N. Briggs  (d. 12 Sep 1861)
      American lawyer and politician
      19th Governor of Massachusetts, 1844-1851
      U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-1843
1799 – Henri Druey  (d. 1855)
      Swiss lawyer and politician
      2nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1801 – Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843)
1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator (d. 1886)
1838:  John Shaw Billings, American librarian and surgeon  (d. 11 Mar 1913)
1839 – Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1888)
1848 – José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican soldier and poet (d. 1880)
1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer and author (d. 1928)
1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann  (d. 1939)
      German mathematician and academic
1856 – Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington  (d. 1937)
      English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician
1861 – Walter Bingle, Australian public servant (d. 1928)
1866 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (d. 1929)
1868 – Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral (d. 1918)
1868 – Ella Gaunt Smith, American businesswoman (d. 1932)
1869 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
1871 – Ioannis Metaxas  (d. 1941)
     Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece
1876:  Vic WillisAmerican baseball player  (d. 3 Aug 1947)
1880 – Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1911)
1883 – Imogen Cunningham  (d. 1976)
      American photographer and educator
1883 – Dally Messenger  (d. 1959)
      Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor
1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (d. 1932)
1884 – Otto Meyerhof  (d. 1951)
      German physician and biochemist
      1922 Nobel Prize in Medicine
1885 – Robert Delaunay, French painter (d. 25 Oct 1941)
1887 – Harold Lockwood, American actor and director (d. 1918)
1888 – Dan Ahearn  (d. 1942)
     Irish-American long jumper and police officer
1888 – Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (d. 1945)
1888 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler (d. 1953)
1888 – Heinrich Neuhaus  (d. 1964)
      Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator
1892 – Johnny Dodds  (d. 1940)
      American clarinet player and saxophonist
1893 – Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
1894 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes  (d. 1964)
      Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal
1894:  Ben Nicholson, British painter  (d. 6 Feb 1982)
1898 – Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
1899:  Gladys Taber, American author  (d. 11 Mar 1980)
1901 – Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician (d. 1962)
1902 – Louis Beel  (d. 1977)
      Dutch academic and politician
      36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1903 – Jan Tinbergen  (d. 1994)
      Dutch economist and academic
      1969 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
1904:  Claud CockburnBritish journalist  (d. 15 Dec 1981)
1907 – Felix de Weldon  (d. 2003)
      Austrian-American sculptor
      designed the Marine Corps War Memorial
1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and painter (d. 1979)
1907 – Zawgyi (born Thein Han)  (d. 26 Sep 1990)
      Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, and academic
1908 – Ida Pollock, English author and painter (d. 2013)
1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006)
1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (d. 1976)
1912 – Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997)
1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX  (d. 1988)
      Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia
1912 – Hound Dog Taylor  (d. 1975)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1913 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist (d. 2013)
1914 – Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1916 – Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1916 – Beverly Cleary, American author and librarian
1916 – Russell Garcia  (d. 2011)
      American-New Zealand composer and conductor
1916 – Benjamin Libet  (d. 2007)
      American neuropsychologist and academic
1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999)
1917 – Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978)
1917 – Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015)
1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (d. 2012)
1919 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (d. 1991)
1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978)
1922 – Simon Kapwepwe  (d. 1980)
      Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia
1923 – Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 – Raymond Barre  (d. 2007)
      French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France
1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003)
1925 – Evelyn Berezin, American computer scientist and engineer
1925 – Joe Bowman, American target shooter and boot maker (d. 2009)
1925 – Ned Miller, American singer-songwriter
1925 – Oliver Postgate  (d. 2008)
      English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter
1926:  Jane Withers, American actress, model, and singer
1927 – Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1928 – Hardy Krüger, German actor and producer
1928 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor and author (d. 2013)
1929 – Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010)
1930 – John Landy
      Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria
1930 – Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter
1930 – Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (d. 2006)
1930 – Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician
1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar  (d. 2005)
      Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
      5th Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs
1932 – Tiny Tim (born Herbert B. Khaury)  (d. 30 Nov 1996)
      American singer and ukulele player
1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor
1932 – Julio Ojeda Pascual, Spanish-Peruvian bishop (d. 28 Apr 2013)
1933 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress
1933:  Charley LauAmerican baseball player  (d. 18 Mar 1984)
1934 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager
1935 – Jimmy Makulis, Greek-German singer (d. 2007)
1935 – Wendy Savage, English gynaecologist and activist
1936 – Charles Napier, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1936 – Kennedy Simmonds, Kittitian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
1937 – Dennis Banks, American author and activist
1937 – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1939 – Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach
1939:  Lyall Watson  (d. 25 Jun 2008)
      South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist,
            ethologist, and author
1940 – Bashir Ahmad, Indian-Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
1940 – Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and theologian
1940 – Herbie Hancock
      American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet)
1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
1942 – Frank Bank, American actor (d. 2013)
1942 – Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1942 – Carlos Reutemann
      Argentinian race car driver and politician, Governor of Santa Fe
1942 – Jacob Zuma
      South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
1943 – Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1943:  Michael OttoGerman businessman
1944 – Georgios Balanos
      Greek Greek translator, author, publisher and researcher
1944 – Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1944 – John Kay
      German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (The Sparrows and Steppenwolf)
1945 – Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (d. 2006)
1945:  Serge Schmemann, French American journalist, writer and editor
1946 – Ed O'Neill, American actor
1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
      Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
1947 – Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
1947 – Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014)
1947 – Alex Briley, American singer (Village People)
1947 – Tom Clancy, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1947 – Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist
1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor
1947 – David Letterman, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1947 – Wayne Northrop, American actor
1947:  Richard Lee Sharp, American Businessman  (d. 24 Jun 2014)
1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008)
1948 – Joschka Fischer
      German academic and politician
      Vice Chancellor of Germany, 1998-2005
      Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1998-2005
1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach
1948 – Lois Reeves, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
1949 – Scott Turow, American lawyer and author
      Malawian politician
      4th President of Malawi, 2012-2014
      Vice-President of Malawi, 2009-2012
      Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2006-2009
1950 – Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman
1950 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1950 – Nick Sackman, English composer and educator
1951 – Tom Noonan, American actor
1951:  Tim Walberg
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. MI, 2007-2009, 2011-Incumbent
1952 – Reuben Gant, American football player
1952 – Gary Soto, American author and poet
1952 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist (d. 2004)
1953 – Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator
1954 – John Faulkner
      Australian educator and politician
      52nd Australian Minister for Defence
1954 – Jon Krakauer, American mountaineer and author
1954 – Steve Stevaert  (d. 2015)
      Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg
1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Fabian Hamilton
      English graphic designer, engineer, and politician
1956:  Mike Bouchard, Michigan politician, R.
1956 – Andy García, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
1956:  Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker and film producer
1957 – Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
1957 – Vince Gill
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
1957 – Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer
1958 – J. Alexander, American-French model
1958 – Will Sergeant, English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion)
1958 – Klaus Tafelmeier, German javelin thrower
1958 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian hurdler
1959 – Howard Stableford, English radio and television host
1959 – Tracy Tormé, American screenwriter and producer
1960:  Joseph M. "Joe" Kyrillos, Jr., New Jersey politician, R
1960 – Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster
1961 – Enedina Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord
1961 – Corrado Fabi, Italian race car driver
1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer-songwriter (Dead Can Dance)
1961 – Charles Mann, American football player and sportscaster
1961 – Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
1962 – Art Alexakis
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
      (Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes)
1962 – Carlos Sainz, Spanish race car driver
1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle
1962:  Vijay Kumar, Indian roboticist and professor
1962 – Carlos Sainz, Spanish race car driver
1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler
1963 – Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and author
1964 – Amy Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indigo Girls)
1964 – Mark Simmonds, English surveyor and politician
1965 – Kim Bodnia, Danish actor and screenwriter
1965 – Tom O'Brien, American actor and producer
1965 – Chi Onwurah, English politician
1965 – Gervais Rufyikiri, Burundian politician
1965 – Mihai Stoica, Romanian footballer and manager
1966 – Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist and singer (Farmers Market)
1966 – Lorenzo White, American football player
1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer-songwriter (Saint Etienne)
1967 – Ulpiano Sergio Reyes (bka Mellow Man Ace)
      Cuban-American rapper (Cypress Hill)
1968 – Alicia Coppola, American actress
1968 – Toby Gad, German-American songwriter and producer
1968 – Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Ott, English musician and record producer
1969 – Jörn Lenz, German footballer and manager
1969 – Lucas Radebe, South African footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Michael Jackson, American football player and politician
1970 – Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater
1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor
1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress, director, and producer
1971 – Eyal Golan, Israeli singer
1971 – Nick Hexum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (311)
1972 – Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Dimitrios Kokotis, Greek high jumper
1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
1973 – Claudia Jordan, American model and actress
1973 – Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
1973 – Christina Moore, American actress
1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
1974 – Kiyomi Asai, Japanese voice actress
1974 – Sylvio Mendes Campos Júnior (bka Sylvinho)
      Brazilian footballer and manager
1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (d. 2006)
1974 – Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
1974 – Marley Shelton, American actress
1976 – Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner
1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player
1977 – Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 – Jason Price, Welsh footballer
1977 – Glenn Rogers, Australian-Scottish cricketer
1977 – Jordana Spiro, American actress
1978 – Guy Berryman, Scottish bass player and producer (Coldplay and Apparatjik)
1978 – Cheeming Boey, Singaporean-Malaysian illustrator
1978 – Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Svetlana Lapina, Russian high jumper
1978 – Riley Smith, American actor and singer
1978 – Robin Walker, English businessman and politician
1979 – Claire Danes, American actress and producer
1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast
1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress
1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor
1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer
1979:  Barton Seaver, American author, speaker and chef
1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter (Westlife)
1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian guitarist and composer
1981 – Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russian runner
1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer
1981:  Tulsi Gabbard
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. HI, 2013-Incumbent
1981 – Grant Holt, English footballer
1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1982 – Fuad Backović (bka Deen), Bosnian singer
1982 – Easton Corbin, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player
1983 – Genta Ismajli, Kosovan-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Luke Kibet, Kenyan runner
1983 – Dwayne Smith, Barbadian cricketer
1984 – Aleksey Dmitrik, Russian high jumper
1984:  Garrett Neff, American male model
1985 – James Alexandrou, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1985 – Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model
1985 – Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
1985 – Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress
1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter (Serebro)
1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
      (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, and Hangry & Angry)
1986 – Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
1986 – Lorena Gómez Pérez (bka Lorena), Spanish singer
1986 – Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player
1986Matt McGorry, American actor
1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
1987:  Ilana Glazer, American actress
1987 – Shawn Gore, Canadian football player
1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco)
1988 – Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
1988 – Stephen Brogan, English footballer
1988 – Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer
1988 – Jessie James Decker, American singer-songwriter
1988 – April Rose Pengilly, Australian model and actress
1989 – Travis Tatum Mills  (bka Travis Mills or T. Mills)
      American rapper, recording artist, singer-songwriter, and actor
1989 – Miguel Ángel Ponce, American-Mexican footballer
1989 – Dominic Roco, Filipino actor
1989 – Felix Roco, Filipino actor
1989 – Kaitlyn Weaver, Canadian-American ice dancer
1990 – Francesca Halsall, English swimmer
1991 – Torey Krug, American ice hockey player
1991 – Oliver Norwood, English footballer
1991 – Magnus Pääjärvi, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Jazz Richards, Welsh footballer
1992 – Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
1992 – Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
1993 – Jordan Archer, English-Scottish footballer
1993 – Dorial Green-Beckham, American football player
1993 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
1993 – Katelyn Pippy, American actress
1994 – Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer
1994 – Saoirse Ronan, U.S.-born Irish actress
1994 – Airi Suzuki, Japanese actress and singer (Aa!, Cute, and Buono!)
1995 – Pedro Cachín, Argentine tennis player
1996 – Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
1997 – Katelyn Ohashi, American gymnast
1999 – Akai Osei, English dancer
2000 – Suzanna von Nathusius, Polish actress


Family



Coulee City

Elaine Dormaier
Lonnie Powers
Jacob Pierpoint
Dorothy Peterson


Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City

Vic & Phyllis Spurbeck
Kevin & Kim Fuller
Bill & Dorothy Sieg
Ron & Sharon Thomas



Deaths

VIP

1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt  (b. 1882)
      American lawyer and politician
      32nd President of the United States


Notable

45 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)
238 – Gordian I, Roman emperor (b. 159)
238 – Gordian II, Roman emperor (b. 192)
352 – Pope Julius I
434 – Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1125 – Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)
1443 – Henry Chichele, English archbishop (b. 1364)
1550 – Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496)
1555 – Joanna of Castile (b. 1479)
1675 – Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1684 – Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
1687 – Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
1704 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
1748 – William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
1782 – Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
1788 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
1795 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1814 – Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
1817 – Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
1850 – Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
1866 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
1872 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
1878 – William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1902 – Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
1906 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya  (b. 1836)
      Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist
1912 – Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
1933 – Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
1937 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
1938 – Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
1943 – Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
1953 – Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
1962 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1923)
1966 – Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
1968 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
1971 – Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (b. 1931)
1971 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
1973 – Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
1975 – Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1906)
1977 – Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
1980 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (b. 1895)
1980 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
1981 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
1981 – Joe Louis, American boxer, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903)
1986 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
1987 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1964)
1988 – Colette Deréal, French actress and singer (b. 1927)
1988 – Alan Paton, South African historian and author (b. 1903)
1989 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)
1989 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer and actor (b. 1921)
1992 – Ilario Bandini, Italian race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
1997 – George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1998 – Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
1999 – Marion Albert Pruett, American spree killer (b. 1949)
1999 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2001 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
2002 – George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
2003 – Sydney Lassick, American actor (b. 1922)
2004 – Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
2005 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator (b. 1941)
2006 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929)
2006 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2006 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
2007 – Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
2008 – Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920)
2008 – Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
2008 – Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
2009 – Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2010 – Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (b. 1916)
2010 – Reynaldo Alfredo R. Hipolito (bka Palito), Filipino actor (b. 1934)
2010 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2011 – Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded Al-Wasat (b. 1962)
2012 – Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934)
2012 – Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores (bka Masakre), Mexican wrestler (b. 1954)
2012 – Linda Cook, American actress (b. 1948)
2012 – Elly Deliou, Greek musician (b. 1936)
2012 – Rodgers Grant, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
2012 – Amy Tryon, American horse rider (b. 1970)
2013 – Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928)
2013 – Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (b. 1964)
2013 – Michael France, American screenwriter (b. 1962)
2013 – Brennan Manning, American priest and author (b. 1934)
2013 – Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)
2013 – William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (b. 1922)
2013 – Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947)
2014 – Fred Ho, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1957)
2014 – Brita Koivunen, Finnish singer and actress (b. 1931)
2014 – Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)
2014 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)
2014 – Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2014 – Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)
2015 – Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
2015 – Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – Patrice Dominguez, Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (b. 1950)
2015 – Alfred Eick, German commander (b. 1916)
2015 – André Mba Obame, Gabonese politician (b. 1957)
2022 – Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 28 Feb 1955)




Family

1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)


Coulee City



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