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October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
- 1137 – Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.
- 1226 – Trần Thủ Độ, head of the Trần clan of Vietnam, forces Lý Huệ Tông, the last emperor of the Lý Dynasty, to commit suicide.
- 1270 – The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
- 1340 – Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Marinid invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
- 1485 – King Henry VII of England is crowned.
- 1501 – Ballet of Chestnuts – a banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.
- 1657 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 1806 – Believing he is facing a much larger force, Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrendered the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers commanded by General Lassalle.
- 1831 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
- 1863 – Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
- 1864 – Second Schleswig War ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.
- 1864 – Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".
- 1888 – Rudd Concession granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes led by Charles Rudd.
- 1894 – Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.
- 1905 – Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.
- 1918 – The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East.
- 1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- 1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
- 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
- 1929 – The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
- 1941 – World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
- 1941 – 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
- 1942 – Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code.
- 1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
- 1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.
- 1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
- 1950 – Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
- 1953 – Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
- 1960 – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
- 1961 – Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 50 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise.
- 1961 – Because of "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin wall with a plain granite marker instead.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: Just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas.
- 1970 – In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.
- 1972 – A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago kills 45 and injures 332.
- 1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
- 1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.
- 1975 – Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
- 1980 – El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
- 1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.
- 1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
- 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.
- 1991 – The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.
- 1993 – The Troubles: The Ulster Defence Association, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary, carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are murdered and thirteen wounded.
- 2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Births
- 39 BC – Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (d. 14)
- 1218 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234)
- 1513 – Jacques Amyot, French bishop (d. 1593)
- 1624 – Paul Pellisson, French author (d. 1693)
- 1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia (d. 1705)
- 1735 – John Adams, American politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826)
- 1748 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
- 1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1816)
- 1762 – André Chénier, Turkish-French poet (d. 1794)
- 1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (d. 1871)
- 1799 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (d. 1885)
- 1839 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (d. 1899)
- 1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (d. 1904)
- 1861 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (d. 1929)
- 1871 – Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
- 1871 – Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (d. 1945)
- 1873 – Francisco I. Madero, Mexican politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)
- 1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
- 1882 – Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player (d. 1957)
- 1882 – William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (d. 1959)
- 1882 – Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
- 1885 – Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (d. 1972)
- 1886 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
- 1887 – Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (d. 1923)
- 1888 – Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek jumper (d. 1913)
- 1892 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)
- 1893 – Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1945)
- 1894 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977)
- 1894 – Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (d. 1930)
- 1895 – Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
- 1895 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1896 – Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
- 1896 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928)
- 1896 – Harry Randall Truman, American owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985)
- 1897 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
- 1897 – Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)
- 1898 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
- 1900 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Johnny Miles, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
- 1906 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966)
- 1906 – Hermann Fegelein, German general (d. 1945)
- 1906 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)
- 1907 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
- 1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963)
- 1909 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (d. 1966)
- 1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monacan organist and composer (d. 1994)
- 1911 – Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Hans Berndt, German footballer (d. 1988)
- 1914 – Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (d. 1986)
- 1914 – Anna Wing, English actress (d. 2013)
- 1914 – Leabua Jonathan, Basotho politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (d. 1987)
- 1915 – Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, French sculptor (d. 1923)
- 1915 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1917 – Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (d. 1994)
- 1917 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
- 1922 – Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Gloria Oden, American poet and academic
- 1925 – Tommy Ridgley, American singer (d. 1999)
- 1926 – Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
- 1928 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
- 1930 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)
- 1930 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Vince Callahan, American politician
- 1932 – Barun De, Indian historian and author (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor
- 1935 – Robert Caro, American journalist and author
- 1935 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian-Swiss author (d. 2011)
- 1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player
- 1935 – Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
- 1936 – Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
- 1937 – Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1939 – Jean Chapman, English author
- 1939 – Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 – Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and The Great Society)
- 1940 – Ed Lauter, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
- 1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 – Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations)
- 1942 – Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian
- 1943 – Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
- 1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer
- 1946 – Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1946 – Chris Slade, Welsh drummer (Asia, The Firm, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, and Michael Schenker Group)
- 1947 – Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Eagles and Poco)
- 1948 – Rusty Goffe, English actor
- 1948 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
- 1951 – Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter (Oregon and Tabla Beat Science)
- 1951 – Harry Hamlin, American actor
- 1951 – Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
- 1953 – Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American politician
- 1953 – Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
- 1954 – Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
- 1955 – Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
- 1956 – Juliet Stevenson, English actress
- 1957 – Kevin Pollak, American actor, producer, and game show host
- 1958 – Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
- 1958 – Stefan Dennis, Australian actor and singer
- 1958 – Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
- 1959 – Michael Fiedler, German footballer
- 1959 – Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
- 1960 – Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
- 1960 – Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1961 – Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
- 1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1962 – Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
- 1963 – Michael Beach, American actor
- 1963 – Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer
- 1963 – Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
- 1963 – Kristina Wagner, American actress
- 1964 – Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
- 1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
- 1964 – Howard Lederer, American poker player
- 1965 – Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bush and Institute)
- 1966 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (d. 2006)
- 1966 – Scott Innes, American voice actor and songwriter
- 1967 – Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Karim el-Mejjati, Moroccan terrorist (d. 2005)
- 1968 – Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (d. 2013)
- 1968 – Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
- 1968 – Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Posies, Big Star, The Disciplines, The Orange Humble Band and White Flag)
- 1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
- 1969 – Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
- 1970 – Ben Bailey, American comedian, actor, and game show host
- 1970 – Tory Belleci, American visual affects designer and television host
- 1970 – Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
- 1970 – Nia Long, American actress
- 1970 – Maja Tatić, Serbian singer
- 1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
- 1971 – Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
- 1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1971 – Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
- 1973 – Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
- 1973 – Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
- 1973 – Michael Oakes, English footballer
- 1975 – Ian D'Sa, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Talent)
- 1975 – Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1975 – Maria Thayer, American actress
- 1976 – Stephanie Izard, American chef
- 1976 – Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
- 1976 – Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
- 1977 – Jason Adelman, American actor
- 1978 – Martin Dossett, American football player
- 1978 – Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1978 – Amanda Swafford, American model
- 1978 – Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
- 1979 – Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
- 1979 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress and singer
- 1980 – Sarah Carter, Canadian actress and singer
- 1980 – Jon Foo, English actor and martial artist
- 1980 – Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1980 – Kareem Rush, American basketball player
- 1981 – Joshua Jay, American magician and author
- 1981 – Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
- 1981 – Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress (Coconuts Musume and Petitmoni)
- 1981 – Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
- 1981 – Ian Snell, American baseball player
- 1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
- 1982 – Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
- 1982 – Manny Parra, American baseball player
- 1983 – Trent Edwards, American football player
- 1983 – Iain Hume, Scottish-Canadian footballer
- 1983 – Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
- 1984 – Eva Marcille, American model and actress
- 1984 – Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
- 1986 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
- 1987 – Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
- 1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
- 1989 – Seth Adkins, American actor
- 1989 – Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
- 1989 – Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast
- 1989 – Vanessa White, English singer-songwriter and dancer (The Saturdays)
- 1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
- 1992 – MC Daleste, Brazilian rapper (d. 2013)
- 1992 – Tequan Richmond, American actor and rapper
- 1992 – Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
- 1996 – Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Shugo Chara Egg!)
- 1998 – Meimi Tamura, Japanese singer and actress (S/mileage)
Deaths
- 1459 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar (b. 1380)
- 1522 – Jean Mouton, French composer (b. 1459)
- 1553 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (b. 1489)
- 1602 – Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)
- 1611 – Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)
- 1626 – Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
- 1632 – Henri II de Montmorency, French commander and politician (b. 1595)
- 1654 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1633)
- 1680 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
- 1685 – Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1603)
- 1757 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (b. 1684)
- 1809 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
- 1816 – Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
- 1842 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
- 1853 – Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)
- 1883 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
- 1883 – Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. 1815)
- 1893 – John Abbott, Canadian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
- 1894 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
- 1896 – Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
- 1899 – William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)
- 1910 – Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
- 1912 – Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (b. 1840)
- 1912 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
- 1915 – Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
- 1917 – Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
- 1919 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850)
- 1923 – Andrew Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)
- 1933 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
- 1942 – Walter Buckmaster, English polo player (b. 1872)
- 1957 – Fred Beebe, American baseball player (b. 1880)
- 1961 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
- 1963 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- 1965 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
- 1966 – Yórgos Theotokás, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
- 1968 – Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
- 1968 – Conrad Richter, American author and playwright (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
- 1973 – Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
- 1974 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (b. 1914)
- 1975 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1979 – Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)
- 1979 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (b. 1887)
- 1982 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian writer (b. 1907)
- 1985 – Kirby Grant, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1987 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (b. 1904)
- 1988 – T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1990 – V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1901)
- 1993 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (b. 1911)
- 1996 – John Young, Scottish actor (b. 1916)
- 1997 – Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1999 – Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
- 2000 – Steve Allen, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Aliki Diplarakou, Greek model and actress (b. 1912)
- 2002 – Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.) (b. 1965)
- 2003 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)
- 2004 – Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Peggy Ryan, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
- 2005 – Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (b. 1942)
- 2006 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Washoe, American chimpanzee (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (b. 1945)
- 2007 – John Woodruff, American runner (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1908)
- 2010 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Franck Biancheri, French politician (b. 1961)
- 2012 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (b. 1961)
- 2012 – Leonard Termo, American actor (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Trevor West, Irish academic and politician (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Lebbeus Woods, American architect (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Bill Currie, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Climax Blues Band and ELO Part II) (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Ray Mielczarek, Welsh footballer (b. 1946)
- 2013 – Michael Palmer, American physician and author (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Ralph Tarrant, English super-centenarian (b. 1903)
- 2013 – Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (New York Jazz Quartet) (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances
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