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April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 257 days remain until the end of the year.
796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen , Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.[1] 1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms . He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros .1738 – Real Academia de la Historia Madrid .1775 – American Revolution : The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.1783 – Three-Fifths Compromise : the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation . This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.[2] 1831 – The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama .1847 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.1857 – "The Spirits Book " by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.1864 – Battle of Dybbøl : A Prussian -Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig . Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire .1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria .1902 – The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), killing between 800–2,000.1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco , California .1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I .1923 – Yankee Stadium : "The House that Ruth Built" opens.1925 – The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.[3] 1930 – The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report .1939 – Robert Menzies , who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons .[4] 1942 – World War II : The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama , Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France .
1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance , Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island .1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland , Germany.1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague , Netherlands.1949 – The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.1949 – The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding . However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals .
1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt .1955 – Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung , Indonesia , for the first Asian-African Conference .1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia ) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.1983 – A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut , killing 63 people.1987 – The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.[5] 1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.1997 – The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota . Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.[6] 1999 – Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League's all-time points scorer, plays his final game at Madison Square Garden as a teammate of the New York Rangers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky recorded his final career point, an assist, bringing his career point total to 2,857.2007 – A series of bombings , two of them being suicides , occur in Baghdad , killing 198 and injuring 251.2013 – A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.2018 – King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini .[7] 2019 - A redacted version of the Mueller Report is released to the United States Congress and the public.[8] 2020 - Coronavirus Pandemic : Europe surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. [9] 359 – Gratian , Roman emperor (d. 383)588 – K'an II , Mayan ruler (d. 658)812 – Al-Wathiq , Abbasid caliph (d. 847)1446 – Ippolita Maria Sforza , Italian noble (d. 1484)1480 – Lucrezia Borgia , daughter of Pope Alexander VI1503 – Henry II of Navarre , (d. 1555)1534 – William Harrison , English clergyman (d. 1593)1580 – Thomas Middleton , English Jacobean playwright and poet (d. 1627)1590 – Ahmed I , Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)1605 – Giacomo Carissimi , Italian priest and composer (d. 1674)1666 – Jean-Féry Rebel , French violinist and composer (d. 1747)1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet , English banker and politician (d. 1810)1759 – Jacques Widerkehr , French cellist and composer (d. 1823)1771 – Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (d. 1820)1772 – David Ricardo , British economist and politician (d. 1823)1794 – William Debenham , English founder of Debenhams (d. 1863)1797 – Adolphe Thiers , French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (d. 1877)1813 – James McCune Smith , African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (d. 1865)1819 – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes , Cuban lawyer and activist (d. 1874)1819 – Franz von Suppé , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1895)
1838 – Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran , French chemist and academic (d. 1912)1854 – Ludwig Levy , German architect (d. 1907 )1857 – Clarence Darrow , American lawyer (d. 1938)1858 – Dhondo Keshav Karve , Indian educator and activist, Bharat Ratna Awardee (d. 1962)1858 – Alexander Shirvanzade , Armenian playwright and author (d. 1935)
1863 – Count Leopold Berchtold , Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)1863 – Linton Hope , English sailor and architect (d. 1920)
1864 – Richard Harding Davis , American journalist and author (d. 1916)1874 – Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić , Croatian author and poet (d. 1938)1877 – Vicente Sotto , Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1950)1879 – Korneli Kekelidze , Georgian philologist and scholar (d. 1962)1880 – Sam Crawford , American baseball player, coach, and umpire (d. 1968)1882 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele , Nigerian ruler (d. 1964)1882 – Leopold Stokowski , English conductor (d. 1977)
1884 – Jaan Anvelt , Estonian educator and politician (d. 1937)1888 – Duffy Lewis , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)1889 – Jessie Street , Australian activist (d. 1970)[10] 1892 – Eugene Houdry , French-American mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1962)1893 – Violette Morris , French shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1944)1897 – Ardito Desio , Italian geologist and cartographer (d. 2001)1897 – Per-Erik Hedlund , Swedish skier (d. 1975)
1898 – Patrick Hennessy , Irish soldier and businessman (d. 1981)1900 – Bertha Isaacs , Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist (d. 1997)[11] 1901 – Al Lewis , American songwriter (d. 1967)1901 – László Németh , Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (d. 1975)
1902 – Waldemar Hammenhög , Swedish author (d. 1972)1902 – Giuseppe Pella , Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
1904 – Pigmeat Markham , African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)1905 – Sydney Halter , Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 1990)1905 – George H. Hitchings , American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1907 – Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian-American composer and conductor (d. 1995)1911 – Ilario Bandini , Italian businessman and racing driver (d. 1992)1911 – Maurice Goldhaber , Ukrainian Jewish-American physicist and academic (d. 2011)
1914 – Claire Martin , Canadian author (d. 2014)1915 – Joy Davidman , Polish-Ukrainian Jewish American poet and author (d. 1960)1916 – Carl Burgos , American illustrator (d. 1984)1916 – Doug Peden , Canadian basketball player (d. 2005)
1917 – Ty LaForest , Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1947)1918 – Gabriel Axel , Danish-French actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)1918 – André Bazin , French critic and theorist (d. 1958)
1918 – Shinobu Hashimoto , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1918 – Clifton Hillegass , American publisher, founded CliffsNotes
1918 – Tony Mottola , American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1919 – Virginia O'Brien , American actress and singer (d. 2001)1919 – Esther Afua Ocloo , Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending (d. 2002)
1920 – John F. Wiley , American football player and coach (d. 2013)1921 – Jean Richard , French actor and singer (d. 2001)1922 – Barbara Hale , American actress (d. 2017)1922 – Lord Kitchener , Trinidadian singer (d. 2000)
1923 – Alfred Bieler , Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2013)1923 – Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle , English engineer and politician (d. 2015)
1924 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)1924 – Henry Hyde , American commander, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
1924 – Roy Mason , English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2015)
1925 – Marcus Schmuck , Austrian mountaineer and author (d. 2005)1926 – Doug Insole , English cricketer (d. 2017)1927 – Samuel P. Huntington , American political scientist, author, and academic (d. 2008)1927 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013)
1927 – Charles Pasqua , French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 2015)
1928 – Karl Josef Becker , German cardinal and theologian (d. 2015)1928 – Otto Piene , German sculptor and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – Peter Hordern , English soldier and politician1930 – Clive Revill , New Zealand actor and singer1931 – Bill Miles , American director and producer (d. 2013)1934 – James Drury , American actor (d. 2020)1934 – George Shirley , African-American tenor and educator
1935 – Brian Clay , Australian rugby league player (d. 1987)1935 – Costas Ferris , Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1936 – Roger Graef , American-English criminologist, director, and producer1936 – Vladimir Hütt , Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1997)
1936 – "TV" Tommy Ivo , American actor and drag racer
1937 – Jan Kaplický , Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (d. 2009)1937 – Tatyana Shchelkanova , Russian long jumper and heptathlete (d. 2011)
1937 – Teddy Taylor , Scottish journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1939 – Glen Hardin , American pianist and arranger1939 – Thomas J. Moyer , American lawyer and judge (d. 2010)
1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein , American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate1940 – Mike Vickers , English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
1941 – Michael D. Higgins , Irish sociologist and politician, 9th President of Ireland 1942 – Michael Beloff , English lawyer and academic1942 – Steve Blass , American baseball player and sportscaster
1942 – Robert Christgau , American journalist and critic
1942 – Jochen Rindt , German-Austrian racing driver (d. 1970)
1944 – Kathy Acker , American author and poet (d. 1997)1944 – Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza , English academic and politician
1944 – Robert Hanssen , American FBI agent and double agent
1944 – Philip Jackson , Scottish sculptor and photographer
1945 – Bernard Arcand , Canadian anthropologist and author (d. 2009)1945 – Richard Bausch , American novelist and short story writer
1945 – Robert Bausch , American novelist and short story writer
1946 – Hayley Mills , English actress[12] 1946 – Tommy Shannon , American bass guitarist
1947 – Moses Blah , Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (d. 2013)1947 – Dorothy Lyman , American actress
1947 – Cindy Pickett , American actress
1947 – Jerzy Stuhr , Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – James Woods , American actor and producer
1948 – Régis Wargnier , French director, producer, and screenwriter1949 – Geoff Bodine , American race car driver1950 – Paul Callery , Australian footballer1950 – Tina Chow , American model and jewelry designer (d. 1992)
1950 – Kenny Ortega , American director, producer, and choreographer
1950 – Grigory Sokolov , Russian pianist and composer
1951 – Ricardo Fortaleza , Australian-Filipino boxer and coach1951 – Pierre Pettigrew , Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 – Rick Moranis , Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter1954 – Robert Greenberg , American pianist and composer1956 – Chris Jones , English footballer[13] 1956 – Eric Roberts , American actor
1957 – Ian Campbell , Australian jumper1958 – Gabi Delgado-López , Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F. 1958 – Malcolm Marshall , Barbadian cricketer and coach (d. 1999)
1959 – Susan Faludi , American journalist and author1959 – Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland , Scottish judge, former Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate
1960 – John Chiedozie , Nigerian international footballer[14] 1960 – Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova , Ukrainian runner
1961 – Kelly Hansen , American singer-songwriter1961 – Jane Leeves , English actress and dancer
1961 – John Podhoretz , American journalist and author
1962 – Jeff Dunham , American comedian and ventriloquist1962 – Nick Farr-Jones , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1963 – Eric McCormack , Canadian-American actor and producer1963 – Conan O'Brien , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
1963 – Phil Simmons , Trinidadian cricketer
1963 – Peter Van Loan , Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of International Trade
1964 – Niall Ferguson , Scottish historian and academic1964 – Rithy Panh , Cambodian director and screenwriter
1966 – Valeri Kamensky , Russian ice hockey player1967 – Maria Bello , American actress and writer1969 – Keith DeCandido , American author1969 – Stefan Schwarz , Swedish footballer and manager
1969 – Robert Změlík , Czech decathlete
1970 – Rico Brogna , American baseball player and coach1970 – Greg Eklund , American drummer and guitarist
1970 – Saad Hariri , Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
1970 – François Leroux , Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
1970 – Tatiana Stefanidou , Greek journalist and talk show host
1971 – Oleg Petrov , Russian ice hockey player1971 – Graham Rowntree , English rugby player
1971 – David Tennant , Scottish actor
1972 – Rosa Clemente , American journalist and activist1972 – Eli Roth , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Michael Rutter , English motorcycle racer
1973 – Derrick Brooks , American football player1973 – Brady Clark , American baseball player
1973 – Haile Gebrselassie , Ethiopian runner
1974 – Millie Corretjer , Puerto Rican-American actress and singer1974 – Mark Tremonti , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1976 – Gavin Creel , American actor and singer1976 – Melissa Joan Hart , American actress, director, and producer
1976 – Andrew Ilie , Romanian-Australian tennis player
1976 – Justin Ross , American politician
1976 – Staffan Strand , Swedish high jumper
1977 – Dan LaCouture , American ice hockey player1977 – Cindy Taylor , Paraguayan model and actress
1979 – Michael Bradley , American basketball player and coach1979 – Ethan Cohn , American actor
1979 – Matt Cooper , Australian rugby league player
1979 – Anthony Davidson , English racing driver
1979 – Kourtney Kardashian , American model and businesswoman
1980 – Rabiu Afolabi , Nigerian footballer and manager1980 – Justin Levens , American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)
1981 – Brian Buscher , American baseball player1981 – Milan Jovanović , Serbian footballer
1981 – Aldo Ramírez , Colombian footballer
1981 – Audrey Tang , Taiwanese computer scientist and academic
1982 – Ibrahim al-Asiri , Saudi Arabian terrorist1982 – Greg Camarillo , American football player
1982 – Ricardo Colclough , Canadian-American football player
1982 – Simone Farina , Italian footballer
1982 – Scott Hartnell , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Blair Late , American singer-songwriter and journalist
1982 – Darren Sutherland , Irish boxer (d. 2009)
1982 – Marie-Élaine Thibert , Canadian singer
1983 – Miguel Cabrera , Venezuelan baseball player1983 – Reeve Carney , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1984 – Red Bryant , American football player1984 – America Ferrera , American actress and producer
1985 – Łukasz Fabiański , Polish footballer1986 – Billy Butler , American baseball player1986 – Maurice Edu , American soccer player
1986 – Taylor Griffin , American basketball player
1986 – Conrad Logan , Irish footballer
1986 – Efraín Velarde , Mexican footballer
1987 – Brett Deledio , Australian footballer1987 – Danny Guthrie , English footballer
1987 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , English model and actress
1987 – Samantha Jade , Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Ivan Tričkovski , Macedonian footballer
1988 – Andre Frolov , Estonian footballer1988 – Alexander Hauck , South African-German rugby player
1989 – Jessica Jung , Korean American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer1990 – Henderson Álvarez , Venezuelan baseball player1990 – Anna van der Breggen , Dutch cyclist
1990 – Jake Howells , English footballer
1990 – Wojciech Szczęsny , Polish footballer
1990 – Junior Torunarigha , Nigerian footballer
1993 – Matt Salisbury , English cricketer1993 – Nathan Sykes , English singer-songwriter
1995 – Divock Origi , Belgian footballer1996 – Mariah Bell , American figure skater[15] 1996 – Ioana Ducu , Romanian tennis player[16]
1997 – Matthias Blübaum , German chess grandmaster[17] 1997 – Donny van de Beek , Dutch footballer[18] 727 – Agallianos Kontoskeles , Byzantine commander and rebel leader850 – Perfectus , Spanish monk and martyr [19] 909 – Dionysius II , Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch 943 – Fujiwara no Atsutada , Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 906)963 – Stephen Lekapenos , co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire [20] 1161 – Theobald of Bec , French-English archbishop (b. 1090)1176 – Galdino della Sala , Italian archdeacon and saint1552 – John Leland , English poet and historian (b. 1502)[21] 1555 – Polydore Vergil , English historian (b. 1470)[22] 1556 – Luigi Alamanni , Italian poet and politician (b. 1495)1567 – Wilhelm von Grumbach , German adventurer (b. 1503)1587 – John Foxe , English historian and author (b. 1516)[23] 1636 – Julius Caesar , English judge and politician (b. 1557)1650 – Simonds d'Ewes , English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)1674 – John Graunt , English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)1689 – George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys , Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)1732 – Louis Feuillée , French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)1742 – Arvid Horn , Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)[24] 1763 – Marie-Josephte Corriveau , Canadian murderer (b. 1733)1794 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden , English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)1796 – Johan Wilcke , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)1802 – Erasmus Darwin , English physician and botanist (b. 1731)1832 – Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet , French painter (b. 1761)1859 – Tatya Tope , Indian general (b. 1814)1864 – Juris Alunāns , Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)1873 – Justus von Liebig , German chemist and academic (b. 1803)1898 – Gustave Moreau , French painter and academic (b. 1826)1906 – Luis Martín , Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)1912 – Martha Ripley , American physician (b. 1843)[25] 1917 – Vladimir Serbsky , Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)1923 – Savina Petrilli , Italian religious leader (b. 1851)[26] [27] [28] 1936 – Milton Brown , American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)1936 – Ottorino Respighi , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
1938 – George Bryant , American archer (b. 1878)1942 – Aleksander Mitt , Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)1942 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney , American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
1943 – Isoroku Yamamoto , Japanese admiral (b. 1884)1945 – John Ambrose Fleming , English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)1945 – Ernie Pyle , American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
1947 – Jozef Tiso , Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)1951 – Óscar Carmona , Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)1955 – Albert Einstein , German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)1958 – Maurice Gamelin , Belgian-French general (b. 1872)1959 – Irving Cummings , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)1959 – Percy Smith , English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
1963 – Meyer Jacobstein , American academic and politician (b. 1880)1964 – Ben Hecht , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)1965 – Guillermo González Camarena , Mexican engineer (b. 1917)1967 – Karl Miller , German footballer (b. 1913)1974 – Marcel Pagnol , French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)1986 – Marcel Dassault , French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)1988 – Pierre Desproges , French journalist and actor (b. 1939)1988 – Oktay Rıfat Horozcu , Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1995 – Arturo Frondizi , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (b. 1908)1996 – Brook Berringer , American football player (b. 1973)1996 – Bernard Edwards , American bass player and producer (b. 1952)
1997 – Edward Barker , English cartoonist (b. 1950)1998 – Terry Sanford , American lieutenant and politician, 65th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1917)2002 – Thor Heyerdahl , Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (b. 1914)2002 – Wahoo McDaniel , American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
2003 – Edgar F. Codd , English-American soldier, pilot, and computer scientist (b. 1923)2004 – Kamisese Mara , Fijian politician, 2nd President of Fiji (b. 1920)2005 – Sam Mills , American football player and coach (b. 1959)2006 – Mercedes Palomino , Spanish-born Quebec actor and theatre director (b. 1913)2007 – Iccho Itoh , Japanese politician (b. 1945)2008 – Germaine Tillion , French ethnologist and anthropologist (b. 1907)2012 – Dick Clark , American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (b. 1929)2012 – René Lépine , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
2012 – K. D. Wentworth , American author (b. 1951)
2013 – Cordell Mosson , American bass player (b. 1952)2013 – Steuart Pringle , English general (b. 1928)
2013 – Goran Švob , Croatian philosopher and author (b. 1947)
2013 – Anne Williams , English activist (b. 1951)
2014 – Guru Dhanapal , Indian director and producer (b. 1959)2014 – Sanford Jay Frank , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1954)
2014 – Eduard Kosolapov , Russian footballer (b. 1976)
2014 – David McClarty , Northern Irish politician (b. 1951)
2014 – Brian Priestman , English conductor and academic (b. 1927)
2014 – Dylan Tombides , Australian footballer (b. 1994)
2015 – Roger Lobo , Macanese-Hong Kong businessman and politician (b. 1923)2015 – Erwin Waldner , German footballer (b. 1933)
2016 – Aleah Stanbridge , Swedish singer (b. 1977)2017 – Vic Albury , Major League pitcher (b. 1947)2018 – Bruno Sammartino , Italian professional wrestler (b. 1935)2018 – Dale Winton , British television presenter (b. 1955)
2019 – Lorraine Warren , American paranormal investigator. (b. 1927) [29] Holidays and observances [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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