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==Events== | |||
*] – The ] is instituted by ]. | |||
*] – The last naval battle in ] history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the ]. | |||
*] – ] begins his voyage, in which he will discover ] and ]. | |||
*] – ] dissolves the ]. | |||
*] – ] destroys a ] silver fleet under heavy fire at ]. | |||
* 1657 – ] is granted to the ]s of ] (later ]). | |||
*] – The former ] ], now deposed, lays siege to ]. | |||
*] – ]: the ] begins, following the battles at ]. | |||
*] – ] declares war on ], the beginning of ]. | |||
*] – The Governors of ] declares the national sovereignty from ]. | |||
*] – ] is first non-Muslim to enter ]. | |||
*] – ] passes an act creating the ]. | |||
*] – ]: ] resigns his commission in the ] in order to command the forces of the state of ]. | |||
*] – The first ] test completed by ] and ]. | |||
*] – ] | |||
*] – ] publishes the ], '']''. | |||
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*] – ] and ] refine ] ]. | |||
*] – Opening day of competition of the ]. | |||
*] – Opening day for ] ]s ] in ], ], and ] in ], ]. | |||
*] – Forty-five men, women, and children die in the ] during a ] coal-miner's strike. | |||
*] – ] played their first game at Weeghman Park (currently ]), defeating the ] 7-6 in 11 innings | |||
*] – ], aka ], shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day. | |||
*] – ] and ] announce ], a process to add sound to film. | |||
*] – ] records the first Civil Rights song "]" | |||
*] – ]: ] troops capture ], ], only to later cede the city to the ]. | |||
* 1945 – World War II: ]: ] makes his last trip to the surface to award ]es to boy soldiers of the ]. | |||
*] – Failure of the ] of US troops against ]. | |||
*] – ] launches with the ] because of the fire at ]. | |||
*] – A Globe Air ] turboprop crashes at ], ], killing 126. | |||
*] – A ] ] 707 crashes during takeoff at ], ], killing 122. | |||
* 1968 – ] politician ] makes his controversial ]. | |||
*] – ] lands on the ]. | |||
*] – ] shot down by ]. | |||
*] – Climax of ] in ] as hundreds of ] political activists are arrested. | |||
*] – ] raid on ] compound in northern ]. | |||
*] – Pianist ] performed in his native ] for the first time in 61 years. | |||
* 1986 – Professional basketball player ] sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics. | |||
*] – ] ]-200 chartered by ] crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from ], ], killing 53. | |||
*] – ] terrorist group ] announces their dissolution after 28 years. | |||
*] – ]: ] kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at ] located in ]. | |||
* ] – ] removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. | |||
*] – In ], 12 mortars are fired on ] by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92. | |||
*] – ]: A man with a ] barricades himself in ]'s ] in ], ] before killing a male hostage and himself. | |||
*] – ] wins the ] becoming the first female driver in history to win an ] race. | |||
==Births== | |||
*] – ], Muslim scholar (d. 765) | |||
*] – ], German Protestant reformer (d. 1566) | |||
*] – ], Peruvian saint (d. 1617) | |||
*] – ] (d. 1654) | |||
*] – ], French botanist (d. 1704) | |||
*] – ], English informer (d. 1680) | |||
*] – ], Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) | |||
*] – ], American missionary (d. 1747) | |||
*] – ], American Continental Congress delegate (d. 1781) | |||
*] – ], Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) | |||
*] – ], French physician (d. 1826) | |||
*] – ], Emperor of the French (d. 1873) | |||
*] – ], German-born inventor (d. 1893) | |||
*] – ], English author (d. 1887) | |||
*] – ], American sculptor (d. 1931) | |||
*] – ], Scottish golfer (d. 1875) | |||
*] – ], ]i scholar (d. 1961) | |||
*] – ], French couturier (d. 1944) | |||
*] – ], U.S. General (d. 1967) | |||
*] – ] (d. 1966) | |||
* 1889 – ], Turkish-born businessman and activist (d. 1996) | |||
* 1889 – ], German Chancellor (d. 1945) | |||
*] – ], ] of ] (d. 1959) | |||
*] – ], American actor (d. 1971) | |||
* 1893 – ], American ] (d. 2008) | |||
* 1893 – ], Spanish painter (d. 1983) | |||
*] – ], American musician (d. 1973) | |||
*] – ], Canadian aviator (d. 1952) | |||
* 1896 – ], French writer (d. 1972) | |||
*] – ], American actor (d. 1972) | |||
* 1904 – ], American scientist (d. 1995) | |||
*] – ], American musician (d. 2002) | |||
*] – ], American actress (d. 1999) | |||
*] – ], South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997) | |||
*] – ], American naval officer, author (d. 2002) | |||
* 1918 – ], Swedish physicist, ] laureate (d. 2007) | |||
*] – ], Australian pilot and author (d. 1943) | |||
*] – ], American jurist | |||
* 1920 – ], WWII Veteran (d. 2007) | |||
*] – ], French-Canadian actress | |||
*] – ], American nun and broadcaster | |||
* 1923 – ], American musician (d. 2000) | |||
*] – ], English actor | |||
*] – ], German-born American football player (d. 2006) | |||
*] – ], American race car driver (d. 2008) | |||
* 1927 – ], Swiss physicist, ] laureate | |||
*] – ], Irish footballer (d. 2007) | |||
* 1928 – ], English astronomer (d. 2003) | |||
*] – ], American politician | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
*] – ], American author | |||
* 1939 – ], former ] | |||
* 1939 – ], American singer | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
*] – ], English conductor | |||
* 1943 – ], American actress (d. 1971) | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
* 1945 – ], American football player and coach | |||
*] – ], French Canadian actor | |||
* 1946 – ], American racecar driver (d. 1982) | |||
* 1946 – ], American voice actor | |||
*] – ], Swedish singer (]) | |||
* 1947 – ], American journalist and author | |||
* 1947 – ], British actor, director and screenwriter | |||
*] – ], American musician (] & ]) | |||
* 1948 – ], American actor | |||
* 1948 – ], French Canadian politician | |||
*] – ], ] | |||
* 1949 – ], American actress | |||
* 1949 – ], Canadian figure skater and artist | |||
* 1949 – ], American actress | |||
*] – ], American novelist | |||
* 1950 – ], Russian general and politician (d. 2002) | |||
* 1950 – ], Indian politician | |||
*] – ], American singer (d. 2005) | |||
*] – ], Serbian basketball coach | |||
*] – ], British novelist | |||
*] – ], French-Canadian ice hockey player | |||
*] – ], Swedish politician | |||
*] – ], Welsh-born Canadian actor | |||
*] – ], Russian ice hockey player | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
*] – ], American baseball player | |||
* 1961 – ], Russian actor | |||
* 1961 – ], American radio host, writer, and musician | |||
*] – ], Brazilian racing driver | |||
* 1963 – ], British biomedical gerontologist | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
* 1964 – ], English actor | |||
* 1964 – ], American figure skater | |||
*] – ], American radio personality | |||
* 1965 – ], Greek politician | |||
* 1965 – ], Mexican racing driver | |||
* 1965 – ], American Musician | |||
*] – ], Australian philosopher | |||
*] – ], Dutch darts player | |||
* 1967 – ], American drummer (]) | |||
* 1967 – ], American actress | |||
*] – ], American game show host and television personality | |||
*] – ], English TV personality | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
* 1970 – ], Brazilian rodeo performer | |||
*] – ], Dutch swimmer | |||
* 1971 – ], American basketball player | |||
* 1971 – ], English singer | |||
*] – ], American actress | |||
* 1972 – ], Vietnamese footballer | |||
* 1972 – ], Jamaican musician | |||
*] – ], British radio presenter | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
* 1976 – ], Canadian ice hockey goaltender | |||
* 1976 – ], Irish footballer | |||
*] – ], professional wrestler | |||
*] – ], Japanese gravure idol | |||
*] – ], German singer | |||
*] – ], male fitness model | |||
*] – ], American television host | |||
* 1983 – ], Australian supermodel | |||
*] – ], American Skateboarder | |||
*] – ], American mixed martial artist | |||
*] – ], New Zealand director (d. 2003) | |||
*] – ], American actor | |||
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==Deaths== | |||
*] – ], English soldier (b. 1130) | |||
*] – ] (b. 1264) | |||
*] – ], Emperor of China (b. 1491) | |||
*] – ], English nun (executed) | |||
*] – ], German reformer (b. 1485) | |||
*] – ], German composer (b. 1567) | |||
*] – ], English royal chaplain (b. 1632) | |||
*] – ], American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) | |||
*] – ], Chief of the Ottawa | |||
*] – ], English surgeon (b. 1764) | |||
*] – ], English architect (b. 1798) | |||
*] – ], American politician (b. 1817) | |||
*] – ], Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) | |||
*] – ], German artist (b. 1820) | |||
*] – ], Irish author (b. 1847) | |||
*] – ], German physicist, ] laureate (b. 1850) | |||
*] – ], Italian mathematician (b. 1858) | |||
*] – ], German jurist (b. 1874) | |||
*] – King ] (b. 1870) | |||
*] – ], ] (b. 1873) | |||
*] – ], baseball player (b. 1899) | |||
*] – ], German football coach (b. 1897) | |||
*] – ], American poet and ] (b. 1892) | |||
*] – ], Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943) | |||
*] – ], Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916) | |||
*] – ], Romanian writer and fighter pilot (b. 1945) | |||
*] – ], British singer and songwriter (]) (b. 1947) | |||
* 1991 – ], American film director (b. 1912) | |||
*] – ], Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911) | |||
*] – ], French actor (b. 1920) | |||
*] – ], son of ] (b. 1920) | |||
* 1999 – ], Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981) | |||
* 1999 – ], Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981) | |||
* 1999 – ], American professional wrestler (b. 1958) | |||
* 1999 – ], Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896) | |||
*] – ], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946) | |||
*] – ], American singer (b. 1925) | |||
*] – ], American playwright and actress (b. 1908) | |||
* 2003 – ], Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) | |||
* 2003 – ], German-born biophysicist, recipient of the ] (b. 1911) | |||
*] – ], Japanese novelist (b. 1904) | |||
* 2005 – ], Polish football player (b. 1943) | |||
*] – ] (b. 1988) | |||
*] – ], American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931) | |||
* 2007 – ], Chinese bishop (b. 1931). | |||
*] – ], American Rapper (b. 1976) | |||
* 2008 – ], Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923) | |||
==Holidays and observances== | |||
*] begins at sunset (]). | |||
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April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 1303 – The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
- 1453 – The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his voyage, in which he will discover Canada and Labrador.
- 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
- 1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- 1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
- 1689 – The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- 1792 – France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1810 – The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.
- 1828 – René Caillié is first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
- 1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
- 1862 – The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
- 1871 – Civil Rights Act of 1871
- 1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus.
- 1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- 1908 – Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
- 1912 – Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1914 – Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
- 1916 – Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
- 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
- 1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
- 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit"
- 1945 – World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
- 1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
- 1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US troops against Cuba.
- 1964 – BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
- 1967 – A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
- 1968 – A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, Namibia, killing 122.
- 1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
- 1972 – Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
- 1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets.
- 1980 – Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
- 1985 – ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
- 1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
- 1986 – Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
- 1998 – TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.
- 1998 – German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
- 1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado.
- 2001 – China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
- 2004 – In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
- 2007 – Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
- 2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
Births
- 702 – Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)
- 1494 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
- 1586 – Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
- 1633 – Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
- 1646 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
- 1650 – William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
- 1668 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
- 1718 – David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
- 1723 – Cornelius Harnett, American Continental Congress delegate (d. 1781)
- 1727 – Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
- 1745 – Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
- 1808 – Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
- 1818 – Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
- 1826 – Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
- 1850 – Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)
- 1851 – Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
- 1870 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar (d. 1961)
- 1879 – Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
- 1882 – Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)
- 1884 – Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
- 1889 – Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and activist (d. 1996)
- 1889 – Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor (d. 1945)
- 1890 – Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec (d. 1959)
- 1893 – Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1893 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (d. 2008)
- 1893 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983)
- 1895 – Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1896 – Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
- 1896 – Henry de Montherlant, French writer (d. 1972)
- 1904 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1904 – George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1915 – Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)
- 1918 – Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (d. 1943)
- 1920 – John Paul Stevens, American jurist
- 1920 – Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Janine Sutto, French-Canadian actress
- 1923 – Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
- 1923 – Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
- 1924 – Leslie Phillips, English actor
- 1925 – Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)
- 1927 – Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 – Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
- 1936 – Pat Roberts, American politician
- 1937 – George Takei, American actor
- 1939 – Peter S. Beagle, American author
- 1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway
- 1939 – Johnny Tillotson, American singer
- 1941 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor
- 1943 – John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
- 1943 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1945 – Michael Brandon, American actor
- 1945 – Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
- 1946 – Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor
- 1946 – Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver (d. 1982)
- 1946 – Mel Winkler, American voice actor
- 1947 – Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
- 1947 – Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
- 1947 – David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter
- 1948 – Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger)
- 1948 – Gregory Itzin, American actor
- 1948 – Rémy Trudel, French Canadian politician
- 1949 – Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister of Italy
- 1949 – Veronica Cartwright, American actress
- 1949 – Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist
- 1949 – Jessica Lange, American actress
- 1950 – Steve Erickson, American novelist
- 1950 – Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
- 1950 – Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
- 1951 – Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1952 – Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
- 1953 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
- 1954 – Gilles Lupien, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 – Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
- 1957 – Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-born Canadian actor
- 1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1959 – Clint Howard, American actor
- 1961 – Don Mattingly, American baseball player
- 1961 – Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
- 1961 – Barry Smolin, American radio host, writer, and musician
- 1963 – Maurício Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver
- 1963 – Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
- 1964 – Crispin Glover, American actor
- 1964 – Andy Serkis, English actor
- 1964 – Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
- 1965 – Ralph Cirella, American radio personality
- 1965 – Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician
- 1965 – Adrian Fernández, Mexican racing driver
- 1965 – April March, American Musician
- 1966 – David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
- 1967 – Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
- 1967 – Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
- 1967 – Lara Jill Miller, American actress
- 1968 – J. D. Roth, American game show host and television personality
- 1969 – Chris Jarvis, English TV personality
- 1970 – Shemar Moore, American actor
- 1970 – Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
- 1971 – Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
- 1971 – Allan Houston, American basketball player
- 1971 – Tina Cousins, English singer
- 1972 – Carmen Electra, American actress
- 1972 – Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
- 1972 – Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician
- 1973 – Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter
- 1976 – Joey Lawrence, American actor
- 1976 – Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1976 – Shay Given, Irish footballer
- 1977 – Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler
- 1978 – Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
- 1980 – Jasmin Wagner, German singer
- 1981 – Matus Valent, male fitness model
- 1983 – Terrence J, American television host
- 1983 – Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel
- 1985 – Greg Lutzka, American Skateboarder
- 1984 – Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist
- 1986 – Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003)
- 1987 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor
Deaths
- 1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
- 1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
- 1521 – Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- 1534 – Elizabeth Barton, English nun (executed)
- 1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
- 1643 – Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567)
- 1703 – Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
- 1765 – Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
- 1769 – Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa
- 1831 – John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
- 1873 – William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
- 1874 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
- 1887 – Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)
- 1899 – Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
- 1912 – Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
- 1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
- 1932 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
- 1945 – Erwin Bumke, German jurist (b. 1874)
- 1947 – King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
- 1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
- 1964 – Eddie Dyer, baseball player (b. 1899)
- 1977 – Sepp Herberger, German football coach (b. 1897)
- 1982 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
- 1986 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Doru Davidovici, Romanian writer and fighter pilot (b. 1945)
- 1991 – Steve Marriott, British singer and songwriter (Humble Pie) (b. 1947)
- 1991 – Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911)
- 1994 – Jean Carmet, French actor (b. 1920)
- 1996 – Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Dylan Bennet Klebold, Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981)
- 1999 – Eric David Harris, Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981)
- 1999 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- 1999 – Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
- 2001 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
- 2002 – Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
- 2003 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
- 2003 – Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
- 2005 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)
- 2006 – Anna Svidersky (b. 1988)
- 2007 – Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931).
- 2008 – VL Mike, American Rapper (b. 1976)
- 2008 – Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
- Ridván begins at sunset (Bahá'í Faith).
- Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
- Saint Theotimus (d. 407)
- Blessed Oda (d. 1158)
- 420 (cannabis culture)
- Patriots' Day (2009)
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