July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 163 days remain until the end of the year.
Events 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus , one of the Seven Wonders of the World , is destroyed by arson .230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope .285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affects the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria . Many thousands were killed. 905 – King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona . King Louis III is captured and blinded for breaking his oath (see 902 ).[1] 1242 – Battle of Taillebourg : Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan .1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury : King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire , England.1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen : Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau .1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire , Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.1798 – French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman -Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids .1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium , first king of the Belgians.1861 – American Civil War : First Battle of Bull Run : At Manassas Junction, Virginia , the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri , Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.1873 – At Adair, Iowa , Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.1904 – Louis Rigolly , a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend , Belgium.1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California , killing 88 people.1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee , high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).[2] 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.[3] 1944 – World War II : Battle of Guam : American troops land on Guam , starting a battle that will end on August 10 .1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. 1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty .1952 – The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.1954 – First Indochina War : The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam .1959 – NS Savannah , the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace " initiative.1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox , the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox . 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka , becoming the world's first female head of government1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).1969 – Apollo program : At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday : The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway , Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs , the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland , is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.1979 – Jay Silverheels , a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4] 1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian , causing 25 people to die from suffocation.[5] 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis : The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan .2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.2005 – July 2005 London bombings occur.2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center .[6] 2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.Births 541 – Emperor Wen of Sui , emperor of the Sui Dynasty (d. 604)1030 – Kyansittha, King of Burma (d. 1112)1414 – Pope Sixtus IV (d. 1484)[7] 1462 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)1476 – Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (d. 1534)1476 – Anna Sforza , Italian noble (d. 1497) 1515 – Philip Neri , Italian Roman Catholic saint (d. 1595)1535 – García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete, Royal Governor of Chile (d. 1609)1616 – Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1676)1620 – Jean Picard , French astronomer (d. 1682)1648 – John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (d. 1689)1654 – Pedro Calungsod , Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized (d. 1672)1664 – Matthew Prior , English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1721)1693 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)1710 – Paul Möhring , German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)1783 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon , French general (d. 1853)1808 – Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)1810 – Henri Victor Regnault , French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)1811 – Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1873)1816 – Paul Reuter , German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)1858 – Maria Christina of Austria (d. 1929)1858 – Lovis Corinth , German painter (d. 1925) 1858 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe , New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941) 1863 – C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor (d. 1948)1866 – Carlos Schwabe , Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (d. 1926)1870 – Emil Orlík , Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer (d. 1932)1875 – Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)1880 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)1882 – David Burliuk , Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)1885 – Jacques Feyder , Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)1891 – Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (d. 1969)1893 – Hans Fallada , German author (d. 1947)1896 – Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (d. 1996)1898 – Sara Carter , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)1899 – Hart Crane , American poet (d. 1932)1899 – Ernest Hemingway , American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) 1900 – Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent (d. 1980)1903 – Russell Lee , American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)1903 – Roy Neuberger , American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010) 1908 – Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (d. 1996)1911 – Marshall McLuhan , Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)1911 – Umashankar Joshi , Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988) 1914 – Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1977)1917 – Alan B. Gold , Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)1920 – Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)1920 – Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001) 1920 – Jean Daniel , Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author (d. 2020) 1921 – James Cooke Brown , American sociologist and author (d. 2000)1921 – John Horsley , English actor (d. 2014) 1921 – Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa , Zulu sangoma (d. 2020) 1922 – Kay Starr , American singer (d. 2016)1922 – Mollie Sugden , English actress (d. 2009) 1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus , Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1923 – Queenie Watts , English actress and singer (d. 1980) 1924 – Rahimuddin Khan , Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan1924 – Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006) 1926 – Paul Burke , American actor (d. 2009)1925 – Johnny Peirson , Canadian hockey player1926 – Norman Jewison , Canadian actor, director, and producer 1926 – Bill Pertwee , English actor (d. 2013) 1926 – Karel Reisz , Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002) 1928 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)1929 – Bob Orton , American wrestler (d. 2006)1930 – Anand Bakshi , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)1930 – Helen Merrill , American singer 1931 – Sonny Clark , American pianist and composer (d. 1963)1931 – Plas Johnson , American saxophonist 1931 – Leon Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli painter and composer 1932 – Kaye Stevens , American singer and actress (d. 2011)1933 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982)1934 – Chandu Borde , Indian cricketer and manager1934 – Jonathan Miller , English actor, director, and author (d. 2019) 1935 – Norbert Blüm , German businessman and politician1935 – Moe Drabowsky , Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006) 1937 – Eduard Streltsov , Soviet footballer (d. 1990)1938 – Les Aspin , American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)1938 – Anton Kuerti , Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor 1938 – Janet Reno , American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General (d. 2016) 1939 – Jamey Aebersold , American saxophonist and educator1939 – Kim Fowley , American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 2015) 1939 – John Negroponte , English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1943 – Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (d. 2002)1943 – Edward Herrmann , American actor (d. 2014) 1943 – Henry McCullough , Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016) 1943 – Robert Shrum , American author and political advisor[8] 1944 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)1944 – Buchi Emecheta , Nigerian author and academic (d. 2017) 1944 – Paul Wellstone , American academic and politician (d. 2002) 1945 – Wendy Cope , English poet, critic, and educator1945 – Geoff Dymock , Australian cricketer 1945 – Barry Richards , South African cricketer 1946 – Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States1946 – Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer 1947 – Chetan Chauhan , Indian cricketer and politician1948 – Art Hindle , Canadian actor and director1948 – Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948 – Garry Trudeau , American cartoonist 1949 – Christina Hart, American playwright and actress1949 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2003) 1950 – Ubaldo Fillol , Argentinian footballer and coach1950 – Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, English politician, Minister of State for Transport 1951 – Richard Gozney , English politician and diplomat, 30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man , 139th Governor of Bermuda 1951 – Robin Williams , American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014) 1952 – John Barrasso , American physician and politician1952 – Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Malaysian economist 1953 – Eric Bazilian , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer1953 – Jeff Fatt , Australian keyboard player and actor 1953 – Bernie Fraser, New Zealand rugby player 1953 – Brian Talbot , English footballer and manager 1955 – Howie Epstein , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)1955 – Dannel Malloy, American lawyer and politician, 88th Governor of Connecticut 1955 – Henry Priestman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1955 – Taco, Indonesian-born Dutch singer and entertainer 1955 – Béla Tarr , Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter 1956 – Michael Connelly , American author1957 – Stefan Löfven, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden 1957 – Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer 1958 – Dave Henderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)1959 – Gene Miles , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster1959 – Reha Muhtar , Turkish journalist 1959 – Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster 1960 – Amar Singh Chamkila , Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)1960 – Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball player and coach 1960 – Fritz Walter, German footballer 1961 – Morris Iemma, Australian politician, 40th Premier of New South Wales1961 – Jim Martin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1962 – Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale , English businessman1963 – Kevin Poole , English footballer and manager1963 – Giant Silva , Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler 1964 – Steve Collins , Irish boxer and actor1964 – Ross Kemp , English actor and producer 1964 – Jens Weißflog , German ski jumper and journalist 1965 – Guðni Bergsson , Icelandic footballer and lawyer1965 – Mike Bordick , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster 1966 – Arija Bareikis , American actress1966 – Sarah Waters , Welsh author[9] 1968 – Brandi Chastain , American soccer player and sportscaster1968 – Aditya Srivastava, Indian actor 1968 – Lyle Odelein , Canadian ice hockey player 1969 – Godfrey , American comedian and actor1969 – Klaus Graf, German race car driver 1969 – Emerson Hart , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1969 – Isabell Werth , German equestrian 1970 – Michael Fitzpatrick, American singer-songwriter1971 – Emmanuel Bangué , French long jumper1971 – Charlotte Gainsbourg , English-French actress and singer 1971 – Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014) 1972 – Korey Cooper , American singer and guitarist1972 – Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner[10] 1974 – Geoff Jenkins , American baseball player and coach1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter 1975 – Christopher Barzak, American author and educator1975 – Cara Dillon , Irish singer-songwriter 1975 – Ravindra Pushpakumara , Sri Lankan cricketer 1975 – Mike Sellers, American football player 1976 – Jaime Murray , English actress1977 – Paul Casey , English golfer1978 – Justin Bartha , American actor1978 – Anderson da Silva Gibin, Brazilian footballer 1978 – Josh Hartnett , American actor 1978 – Julian Huppert, English academic and politician 1978 – Damian Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer 1978 – Gary Teale , Scottish footballer 1979 – David Carr, American football player1979 – Tamika Catchings , American basketball player 1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel , Mexican footballer 1979 – Andriy Voronin , Ukrainian footballer 1980 – Justin Griffith , American football player1980 – Sandra Laoura , French skier 1980 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player 1980 – Yvonne Sampson, Australian journalist and sportscaster 1981 – Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress1981 – Anabelle Langlois , Canadian figure skater 1981 – Joaquín, Spanish footballer 1981 – Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter 1981 – Stefan Schumacher , German cyclist[11] 1982 – Jason Cram, Australian swimmer1982 – Mao Kobayashi , Japanese newscaster and actress (d. 2017) 1984 – Jurrick Juliana , Dutch footballer1984 – Liam Ridgewell , English footballer 1985 – Mati Lember, Estonian footballer 1985 – Von Wafer , American basketball player 1986 – Anthony Annan , Ghanaian footballer1986 – Rebecca Ferguson, American-English singer-songwriter 1986 – Jason Thompson, American basketball player 1987 – Bilel Mohsni, French footballer1987 – Jesús Zavala, Mexican footballer 1988 – KB, American rapper1988 – DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player[12] 1988 – Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer (d. 2016) 1989 – Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer1989 – Juno Temple , English actress 1990 – Chris Martin, English footballer1990 – Jason Roy, English cricketer 1990 – Erislandy Savón, Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer 1990 – Franck Elemba, Congolese athlete 1991 – Sara Sampaio, Portuguese model 1992 – Rachael Flatt , American figure skater[13] 1996 – Mikael Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian footballer[14] Deaths 658 – K'an II, Mayan ruler (b. 588)710 – Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang dynasty710 – Wei, empress of the Tang Dynasty 710 – Shangguan Wan'er , Chinese poet (b. 664) 987 – Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou1259 – Gojong of Goryeo 1403 – Henry Percy, English soldier (b. 1364)1403 – Sir Walter Blount, English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV 1403 – Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford , English soldier 1425 – Manuel II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)1552 – Antonio de Mendoza , Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)1793 – Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)1796 – Robert Burns , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)1798 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)1798 – Anthony Perry , Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)1868 – William Bland , Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)1878 – Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)1880 – Hiram Walden , American general and politician (b. 1800)1889 – Nelson Dewey , American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)1920 – Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)[15] 1932 – Bill Gleason , American baseball player (b. 1858)1934 – Hubert Lyautey , French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)1938 – Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)1941 – Bohdan Lepky , Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)1943 – Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)1943 – Louis Vauxcelles , French Jewish art critic (b. 1870) 1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)1946 – Gualberto Villarroel , Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)1948 – Arshile Gorky , Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)1952 – Pedro Lascuráin , Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)[16] 1966 – Philipp Frank , Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)1967 – Jimmie Foxx , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)1967 – Albert Lutuli , South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) 1967 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892) 1968 – Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)1970 – Bob Kalsu , American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945) 1972 – Ralph Craig , American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck , Bhutanese king (b. 1928) 1977 – Lee Miller , American model and photographer (b. 1907)1982 – Dave Garroway , American journalist and actor (b. 1913)1991 – Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)1994 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)1997 – Olaf Kopvillem , Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)1998 – Alan Shepard , American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)1998 – Robert Young , American actor and singer (b. 1907) 2000 – Marc Reisner , American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina , Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)2003 – John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)2004 – Jerry Goldsmith , American composer and conductor (b. 1929)2004 – Edward B. Lewis , American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) 2005 – Long John Baldry , English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928) 2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)2006 – Ta Mok , Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926) 2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)2008 – Donald Stokes, English businessman (b. 1914)2010 – Luis Corvalán , Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)2010 – Ralph Houk , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919) 2010 – John E. Irving , Canadian businessman (b. 1932) 2012 – Alexander Cockburn , Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)2012 – Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924) 2012 – Ali Podrimja , Albanian poet and author (b. 1942) 2012 – James D. Ramage, American admiral and pilot (b. 1916) 2012 – Angharad Rees , English-born Welsh actress (b. 1944) 2012 – Don Wilson , English cricketer and coach (b. 1937) 2013 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981) 2013 – Det de Beus , Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958) 2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971) 2013 – Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920) 2014 – Louise Abeita , Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)2014 – Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961) 2014 – Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915) 2014 – Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943) 2014 – Rilwanu Lukman , Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)[17] 2014 – Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)[18] 2015 – Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)2015 – E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)[19] 2015 – Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (b. 1947) 2015 – Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)[20] 2015 – Dick Nanninga , Dutch footballer (b. 1949) 2016 – Dennis Green , American football player and coach (b. 1949)[21] 2017 – John Heard, American film and television actor (b. 1946)[22] 2018 – Alene Duerk, U.S. Navy first female admiral (b. 1920)[23] 2020 – Annie Ross , Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)[24] 2020 – Andrew Mlangeni South African political activist (b. 1925) [25] Holidays and observances References ^ Previté Orton, p. 337. The Gest Berengarii and Constantine Porphyrogenitus' De administrando imperio ^ http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/blue_bird_anniversary ^ Garcia Oliver, Juan (July 1937). "Los organismos revolucionarios - El Comité Central de las Milicias Antifascistas de Cataluña". De Julio a Julio (in Spanish). 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