September 20 in recent years
September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 102 days remain until the end of the year.
Events 1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland .[1] 1066 – At the Battle of Fulford , Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.[2] 1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.1260 – The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.[3] 1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.1498 – The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in. It has been outside since then.1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.1697 – The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.1737 – The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km2 ) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.1792 – French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.[4] 1835 – The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.1854 – Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma .1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.1860 – The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.1863 – American Civil War : The Battle of Chickamauga , in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.1870 – The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia , and complete the unification of Italy.1871 – Bishop John Coleridge Patteson , first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming president upon James A. Garfield's death.1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.1911 – The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke .[5] [6] 1920 – Irish War of Independence : British police known as "Black and Tans " burned the town of Balbriggan and killed two local men in revenge for an Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassination.[7] 1941 – The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.[8] 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv .[9] 1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.[10] 1946 – Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands. 1955 – The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.1961 – Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.[11] 1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.1965 – Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.1967 – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched Clydebank, Scotland.[12] 1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.[13] 1973 – Singer Jim Croce , songwiter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.[14] 1977 – Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.[15] 1979 – A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.[16] 1982 – 1982 NFL season : American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.[17] 1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.[18] 1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.[19] 2000 – The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.[20] 2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror ".2003 – Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.[21] 2007 – Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.[22] 2008 – A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.[23] 2011 – The United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.[24] 2017 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.[25] [26] 2018 – At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.[27] 2019 – Roughly 4 million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] Births 524 – Kan Bahlam I, Mayan ruler (d. 583)917 – Kyunyeo, Korean poet (d. 973)1161 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)1449 – Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1500)1486 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)[33] 1504 – Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1559)1514 – Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1590)1593 – Gottfried Scheidt , German organist and composer (d. 1661)1599 – Christian the Younger of Brunswick (d. 1623)1608 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (d. 1657)1614 – Martino Martini , Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (d. 1661)1685 – Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)1685 – Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista, President of the First Government Junta of Chile (d. 1811)[34] 1746 – Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (d. 1786)1758 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines , Haitian emperor (d. 1806)[35] 1778 – Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (d. 1852)1800 – Benjamin Franklin White , American singer and composer (d. 1879)1815 – Richard Dry , Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1869)1819 – Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (d. 1895)1820 – John F. Reynolds , American general (d. 1863)1831 – Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (d. 1917)1833 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta , Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)1842 – James Dewar , Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923)[36] 1844 – William H. Illingworth , English-American photographer (d. 1893)1847 – Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist (d. 1914)1851 – Henry Arthur Jones , English playwright and critic (d. 1929)1853 – Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (d. 1910)1861 – Herbert Putnam , American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)1872 – Maurice Gamelin , French general (d. 1958)1873 – Sidney Olcott , Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1949)1873 – Ferenc Szisz , Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944) 1875 – Matthias Erzberger , German publicist and politician (d. 1921)1876 – Carleton Ellis , American inventor and chemist (d. 1941)1878 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968)1878 – Francisco Lagos Cházaro , acting president of Mexico (1915) (d. 1932)[37] 1880 – Ildebrando Pizzetti , Italian composer, musicologist and critic (d. 1968)1884 – Maxwell Perkins, American editor (d. 1947)1885 – Enrico Mizzi , Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1950)1886 – Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1945)1889 – Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (d. 1962)1889 – Charles Reidpath , American runner and general (d. 1975) 1890 – Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (d. 1967)1891 – Tomás Garrido Canabal , Mexican revolutionary (d. 1943)1893 – Colin Fraser Barron , Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1958)1893 – Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (d. 1962) 1895 – Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science (d. 1937)1899 – Leo Strauss , German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)1902 – Stevie Smith , English author and poet (d. 1971)[38] 1906 – Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)1906 – Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (d. 1983) 1911 – Shriram Sharma, Indian philosopher and activist (d. 1991)1913 – Sidney Dillon Ripley , American ornithologist and academic (d. 2001)1914 – Kenneth More , English actor (d. 1982)1915 – Malik Meraj Khalid , Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)1917 – Red Auerbach , American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)1917 – Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) 1917 – Fernando Rey , Spanish actor (d. 1994) 1917 – Clarice Taylor , American actress (d. 2011) 1917 – Obdulio Varela , Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) 1918 – Horace Gould , English race car driver (d. 1968)1920 – Jay Ward , American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989)1921 – Chico Hamilton , American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)1923 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Indian actor and producer (d. 2014) 1923 – Maurice Sauvé , Canadian economist, academic, and politician (d. 1992) 1924 – Gogi Grant , American singer (d. 2016)1924 – Albert Marre , American director, and producer (d. 2012) 1924 – Jackie Paris , American singer and guitarist (d. 2004) 1925 – James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (d. 2001)1925 – Ananda Mahidol , King Rama VIII of Thailand (d. 1946) 1925 – Bobby Nunn, American R&B singer (d. 1986) 1926 – Libero Liberati , Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)1927 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)1927 – John Dankworth , English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2010) 1927 – Red Mitchell , American bassist, composer, and poet (d. 1992) 1927 – Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980) 1928 – Alberto de Lacerda , Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (d. 2007)1928 – Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (d. 2012) 1928 – Donald Hall , American poet, editor, and critic (d. 2018) 1929 – Anne Meara , American actress and playwright (d. 2015)1929 – Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2018) 1929 – Joe Temperley , Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2016) 1930 – Richard Montague , American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1971)1931 – Cherd Songsri , Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)1933 – Dennis Viollet , English footballer and manager (d. 1999)1934 – Hamit Kaplan , Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (d. 1976)1934 – Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor 1934 – Sophia Loren , Italian actress 1934 – David Marquand , English academic and politician 1934 – Jeff Morris , American actor (d. 2004) 1934 – Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (d. 2015) 1935 – David Pegg , English footballer (d. 1958)1935 – Keith Roberts , English author and illustrator (d. 2000) 1935 – Jim Taylor, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2018) 1936 – Andrew Davies , Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer1936 – Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (d. 2012) 1937 – Birgitta Dahl , Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment1937 – Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear , English police officer 1937 – Robert L. Gerry III , American businessman 1937 – Garry Johnson, English general 1937 – Monica Zetterlund , Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005) 1938 – Eric Gale , American guitarist and producer (d. 1994)1938 – Jane Manning, English soprano and educator 1940 – Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan 1940 – William Finley , American actor (d. 2012) 1940 – Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author 1941 – Dale Chihuly , American sculptor and educator1941 – Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer 1942 – Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2015)1942 – Gérald Tremblay , Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Montreal 1944 – Paul Madeley , English footballer (d. 2018)1946 – Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj , Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality[39] 1946 – Pete Coors , American businessman and politician 1946 – Markandey Katju , Indian lawyer and judge 1947 – Billy Bang , American violinist and composer (d. 2011)1947 – Jude Deveraux , American author 1947 – Mia Martini , Italian singer (d. 1995) 1947 – Chris Ortloff, American journalist and politician 1947 – Bruce Pasternack , American businessman 1947 – Patrick Poivre d'Arvor , French journalist and author 1948 – Rey Langit , Filipino journalist and radio host1948 – Victoria Mallory , American singer and actress (d. 2014) 1948 – George R. R. Martin , American novelist and short story writer 1948 – Chuck Panozzo , American bass player 1948 – John Panozzo , American drummer (d. 1996) 1949 – Mahesh Bhatt , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter1951 – Joanna Cameron , American actress and model (The Secrets of Isis )1951 – Guy Lafleur , Canadian ice hockey player 1951 – Javier Marías , Spanish journalist, author, and academic 1951 – Greg Valentine , American wrestler 1953 – Rocky Mattioli , Italian-Australian boxer1953 – Steve Tom , American actor 1954 – Anne McIntosh , Scottish lawyer and politician1954 – Henry Samueli , American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation 1955 – Betsy Brantley , American actress1955 – Johnny Kidd , English wrestler 1955 – José Rivero , Spanish golfer 1956 – Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist1956 – Gary Cole , American actor 1956 – Steve Coleman , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader 1956 – John Harle , English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer 1957 – Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter1957 – Michael Hurst , New Zealand actor and director 1958 – Arn Anderson , American wrestler and trainer1959 – Joseph Alessi , American trombonist and educator1959 – Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator 1959 – Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) 1960 – Lee Hall , English playwright and screenwriter1960 – Dave Hemingway , English singer-songwriter and drummer 1960 – Deborah Roberts , American journalist 1961 – Lisa Bloom , American lawyer and journalist1961 – Caroline Flint , English politician, Minister of State for Europe 1961 – Erwin Koeman , Dutch retired football player and coach 1962 – Jim Al-Khalili , Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic1963 – Anil Dalpat , Pakistani cricketer1964 – Randy Bradbury , American bass player1965 – Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen , Danish badminton player1966 – Nuno Bettencourt , Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist1967 – Roger Anderson, American wrestler1967 – Martin Harrison, American football player 1967 – Kristen Johnston , American actress 1967 – Gunnar Nelson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 – Matthew Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player 1968 – Ijaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach1968 – Leah Pinsent , Canadian actress 1968 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004) 1968 – Philippa Forrester , English television and radio presenter, producer and author 1969 – Patrick Pentland , Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1969 – Tim Rogers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1969 – Ben Shepherd , American musician and songwriter 1969 – Richard Witschge , Dutch footballer and coach 1970 – N'Bushe Wright , American actress and dancer1971 – Todd Blackadder , New Zealand rugby player and coach1971 – Masashi Hamauzu , Japanese pianist and composer 1971 – Henrik Larsson , Swedish footballer and manager 1971 – Dominika Peczynski , Swedish singer and television host 1972 – Victor Ponta, Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania 1973 – Ronald McKinnon , American football player1973 – Jo Pavey, English runner 1975 – Asia Argento , Italian actress1975 – Joel Gertner , American wrestling announcer 1975 – Juan Pablo Montoya , Colombian race car driver 1975 – Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer 1976 – Ainsley Earhardt , American political commentator1977 – Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic1978 – Jason Bay , Canadian-American baseball player1978 – Patrizio Buanne , Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer 1978 – Héctor Camacho Jr. , Puerto Rican-American boxer 1978 – Dante Hall , American football player 1978 – Scott Minto , Australian rugby league player 1980 – Vladimir Karpets , Russian cyclist1981 – Feliciano López , Spanish tennis player1981 – David McMillan, American football player (d. 2013) 1981 – Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby league player (d. 2014) 1981 – Jordan Tata , American baseball player 1982 – Jason Bacashihua , American ice hockey player1982 – Aaron Burkart, German race car driver 1982 – Brian Fortuna , American dancer and choreographer 1982 – Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukrainian-born sprint kayaker[40] 1982 – Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler 1982 – Athanasios Tsigas , Greek footballer 1983 – Freya Ross, Scottish runner1983 – Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player 1984 – Brian Joubert , French figure skater1985 – Ian Desmond, American baseball player1985 – Mami Yamasaki, Japanese model and actress 1986 – Hayato Fujita, Japanese wrestler1986 – Aldis Hodge, American actor 1986 – İbrahim Kaş, Turkish footballer 1986 – Jason Nightingale , New Zealand rugby league player 1987 – Gain, South Korean singer1987 – Jack Lawless, American drummer 1987 – Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player 1988 – Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player1988 – Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer 1988 – Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player 1990 – Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist1990 – John Tavares , Canadian ice hockey player 1991 – Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer1992 – Michał Żyro, Polish footballer1993 – Julian Draxler, German footballer 1995 – Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor1995 – Rob Holding, English footballer 1996 – Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis playerDeaths 855 – Gozbald, bishop of Würzburg1085 – Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 1049)1190 – Adelog of Hildesheim, German bishop1241 – Conrad II of Salzwedel, German nobleman and bishop1246 – Michael of Chernigov (b. 1185)1266 – Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków1328 – Ibn Taymiyyah , Syrian theologian and scholar (b. 1263)1384 – Louis I, Duke of Anjou (b. 1339)1440 – Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1371)1460 – Gilles Binchois , Flemish composer (b. 1400)1492 – Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1426)1501 – Agostino Barbarigo , Doge of Venice1501 – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset , stepson of Edward IV of England (b. 1457) 1533 – Veit Stoss , German sculptor (b. c. 1447) 1537 – Pavle Bakić, medieval Serb monarch; last Serb Despot 1565 – Cipriano de Rore , Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515)1586 – Sir Anthony Babington , English Catholic conspirator (b. 1561)1586 – Chidiock Tichborne , English conspirator and poet (b. 1558) 1590 – Lodovico Agostini , Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)1625 – Heinrich Meibom , German historian and poet (b. 1555)1627 – Jan Gruter , Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1560)1639 – Johannes Meursius , Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)1643 – Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1610)1684 – Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)1793 – Fletcher Christian , English lieutenant and mutineer (b. 1764)1803 – Robert Emmet , Irish commander (b. 1780)1815 – Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist and scholar (b. 1725)1839 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet , English admiral (b. 1769)1840 – José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia , Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)1845 – Matvei Gedenschtrom , Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)1852 – Philander Chase , American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)1855 – José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)1863 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)1884 – Leopold Fitzinger , Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)1898 – Theodor Fontane , German author and poet (b. 1819)1906 – Robert R. Hitt , American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)1908 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)1927 – George Nichols , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)1930 – Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)1932 – Francisco S. Carvajal , Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)[41] 1933 – Annie Besant , English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)1939 – Paul Bruchési , Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)1945 – Augusto Tasso Fragoso , Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)1945 – William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884) 1945 – Eduard Wirths , German physician (b. 1909) 1947 – Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)1947 – Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871) 1957 – Heino Kaski , Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)1957 – Jean Sibelius , Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865) 1970 – Alexandros Othonaios , Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)1971 – Giorgos Seferis , Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)1971 – James Westerfield , American actor (b. 1913) 1972 – Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)1973 – Jim Croce , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)1975 – Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)1979 – Ludvík Svoboda , Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)1984 – Steve Goodman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)1985 – Helen MacInnes , Scottish-American librarian and author (b. 1907)1987 – Michael Stewart , American playwright and composer (b. 1924)1993 – Erich Hartmann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1922)1994 – Abioseh Nicol , Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924)1994 – Jule Styne , American composer (b. 1905) 1996 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913)1996 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929) 1996 – Paul Weston , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912) 1999 – Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)2000 – Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)2002 – Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)2003 – Simon Muzenda , Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)2003 – Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn , Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941) 2004 – Brian Clough , English footballer and manager (b. 1935)2004 – Townsend Hoopes , American soldier and historian (b. 1922) 2005 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)2006 – Armin Jordan , Swiss conductor (b. 1932)2006 – Sven Nykvist , Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1922) 2006 – John W. Peterson , American pilot and songwriter (b. 1921) 2007 – Johnny Gavin , Irish footballer (b. 1928)2010 – Leonard Skinner, American soldier and educator (b. 1933)2011 – Oscar Handlin , American historian and author (b. 1915)2011 – Burhanuddin Rabbani , Afghan academic and politician, 10th President of Afghanistan (b. 1940) 2012 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1935)2012 – Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (b. 1936) 2012 – Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (b. 1920) 2013 – James B. Vaught, American general (b. 1926)2013 – Gilles Verlant , Belgian journalist and critic (b. 1957) 2014 – Anatoly Berezovoy , Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (b. 1942)2014 – Polly Bergen , American actress and singer (b. 1930) 2014 – Takako Doi , Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1928) 2014 – George Sluizer , French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) 2015 – Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)2015 – Jagmohan Dalmiya , Indian businessman (b. 1940) 2015 – Jack Larson , American actor (b. 1928) 2016 – Curtis Hanson , American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)2016 – Peter Leo Gerety , American bishop (b. 1912) Holidays and observances Christian feast day : Constitution Day (Nepal) Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized) National Youth Day (Thailand) Oil Workers' Day (Azerbaijan ) Universal Children's Day (Germany) References ^ Landeschronik Niederösterreich: 3000 Jahre in Daten, Dokumenten und Bildern, Seite 104, Karl Gutkas, C. 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