EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 30/12

1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
1947 – King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
1958 – The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
2000 – Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
2006 – Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
2009 – A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
2011 – Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Births[edit]

39 – Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
1204 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Portuguese ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1371 – Vasily I of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1425)
1642 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736)
1678 – William Croft, English organist and composer (d. 1727)
1722 – Charles Yorke, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829)
1792 – Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (d. 1861)
1819 – Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
1819 – John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
1825 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1891)
1838 – Émile Loubet, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
1849 – John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)
1853 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)
1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1869 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d. 1944)
1869 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
1873 – Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944)
1875 – Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (d. 1938)
1878 – William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)
1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)
1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
1884 – Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1887 – William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American long-distance runner and coach (d. 1967)
1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973)
1897 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1898 – Väinö Muinonen, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1978)
1899 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (d. 2001)
1902 – Dennie Moore, American actress and activist (d. 1978)
1904 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
1914 – Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1914 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
1919 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor
1920 – Jack Lord, American actor and director (d. 1998)
1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
1922 – Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian activist (d. 1977)
1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer and director (d. 2002)
1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1927 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
1927 – Robert Hossein, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004)
1929 – Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
1930 – Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters) (d. 2004)
1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
1931 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer
1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general
1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor, singer, and dancer
1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
1935 – Antal Kiss, Hungarian race walker
1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1935 – Jack Riley, American actor
1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1938 – Mike Auldridge, American guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake) (d. 2012)
1938 – Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (d. 2013)
1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain) (d. 1983)
1940 – James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
1942 – Betty Aberlin, American actress
1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees and First National Band)
1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
1942 – Fred Ward, American actor and singer
1943 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)
1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher
1945 – Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012)
1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
1945 – Paola Pigni, Italian middle-distance runner
1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
1945 – Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer
1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
1947 – Michael Burns, American actor and historian
1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race)
1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
1949 – David Bedford, English runner
1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
1950 – Lewis Shiner, American author
1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
1950 – Martti Vainio, Finnish long-distance runner
1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer
1951 – Nick Rose, English runner
1952 – June Anderson, American soprano
1952 – Melissa Fay Greene, American author
1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler
1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010)
1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer
1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player
1955 – Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000)
1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress
1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress
1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
1956 – Jacek Wszoła, Polish high jumper
1957 – Matt Lauer, American journalist
1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Rod Harrington, English darts player and sportscaster
1957 – Nick Skelton, English horse rider
1958 – Steven Smith, American astronaut
1959 – Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1960 – Richard M. Durbin, British biologist
1961 – Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
1962 – Henry Cho, American actor
1962 – Joshua Clover, American author, poet, and critic
1962 – Heike Hartwig, German shot putter
1962 – Paavo Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
1963 – Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
1963 – John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1964 – Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (BMX Bandits)
1964 – Sophie Ward, English actress
1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American madam
1966 – Bennett Miller, American director and producer
1966 – Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler
1968 – Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Sandra Glover, American hurdler
1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
1969 – Anthuan Maybank, American sprinter
1969 – Shane McConkey, American skier and basejumper
1969 – Jay Kay, English singer-songwriter (Jamiroquai)
1969 – Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
1969 – Emmanuel Clérico, French racing driver
1970 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)
1971 – Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor
1972 – Kerry Collins, American football player
1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian activist
1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer (Papa Wheelie)
1973 – Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
1973 – Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn actor, director, and producer
1974 – G-Enka, Estonian rapper and producer (Toe Tag)
1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
1974 – S. Jithesh, Indian cartoonist, poet, and critic
1974 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
1976 – Kastro, American rapper (Outlawz)
1976 – Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily, Saudi Arabian hurdler
1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)
1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
1977 – Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish hurdler
1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian footballer
1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress
1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1978 – Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer (Behemoth, Azarath, and Witchmaster)
1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
1979 – Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer
1979 – Tommy Clufetos, American drummer (Black Sabbath)
1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
1980 – Kenny Kwan, Filipino-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Boy'z)
1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
1980 – Alison McGovern, English politician
1981 – K.Will, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
1981 – Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (d. 2007)
1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1981 – Reef the Lost Cauze, American rapper (JuJu Mob and Army of the Pharaohs)
1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
1982 – Robbie Gould, American football player
1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress and producer
1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
1983 – Josh Sussman, American actor
1983 – Nick Symmonds, American middle-distance runner
1983 – Kevin Systrom, American businessman, co-founded Instagram
1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby player
1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
1986 – Faye Marsay, English actress
1986 – Caity Lotz, American actress
1987 – Jake Cuenca, American-Filipino actor and footballer
1988 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
1988 – Kirsty-Leigh Porter, English actress
1989 – Natalie Korneitsik, Estonian beauty queen
1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and actor
1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer

Deaths[edit]

274 – Pope Felix I
1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443)
1460 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York(b. 1411)
1525 – Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459)
1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512)
1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504)
1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
1621 – Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b. 1550)
1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)
1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
1662 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
1768 – Ruth Blay, American murderer (b. 1737)
1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
1803 – Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
1867 – Sarah Booth, English actress (b. 1793)
1879 – Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
1896 – José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
1928 – Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
1937 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
1941 – El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
1944 – Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1945 – Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
1947 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
1947 – Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
1954 – Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
1955 – Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
1967 – Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
1970 – Angelos Evert, Greek police officer (b. 1894)
1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
1971 – Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
1971 – Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (b. 1919)
1979 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)
1981 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
1982 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian painter (b. 1896)
1984 – Massa, Ghanaian-American gorilla (b. 1930)
1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
1988 – Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b. 1925)
1989 – Leonore Lemmon, American girlfriend of George Reeves (b. 1923)
1990 – Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929)
1993 – Mack David, American songwriter (b. 1912)
1993 – Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907)
1993 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (b. 1907)
1994 – Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
1994 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (b. 1946)
1995 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
1995 – Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1996 – Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926)
1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
1998 – Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)
1998 – George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
1999 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian (b. 1880)
1999 – Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909)
2000 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
2002 – Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
2002 – Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1910)
2002 – Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
2003 – David Bale, South African–American businessman and activist (b. 1941)
2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American author and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2003 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
2004 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
2005 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
2005 – Rona Jaffe, American-English author (b. 1932)
2006 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938)
2006 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
2007 – Themis Cholevas, Greek basketball player (b. 1926)
2009 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (b. 1950)
2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban-Dutch singer and dancer (Boney M.) (b. 1949)
2011 – Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (b. 1920)
2012 – Catarina Castor, Guatemalan politician (b. 1980)
2012 – Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971)
2012 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923)
2012 – Mike Hopkins, New Zealand sound editor (b. 1959)
2012 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (b. 1949)
2012 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
2012 – Gloria Pall, American model and actress (b. 1927)
2012 – Irvine Patnick, English businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2012 – Sonam Topgyal, Tibetan politician (b. 1941)
2012 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928)
2013 – Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1991)
2013 – Katja Andy, German-American pianist and educator (b. 1907)
2013 – Martin Berkofsky, American pianist (b. 1943)
2013 – Charlie Hill, American actor (b. 1951)
2013 – Sjoerd Huisman, Dutch speed skater (b. 1986)
2013 – Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (b. 1929)
2013 – José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934)
2013 – Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Happy End) (b. 1948)
2013 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
2013 – Jan Steyn, South African judge (b. 1928)
2013 – Geoffrey Wheeler, English radio and television host (b. 1930)