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Burns was declared incapacitated in October 1973 and was elected in 1974, becoming the first Asian-American to be elected governor of a U.S
Notable Deaths on April 19
89 people
843 – 2026
April 19 has seen 89 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 843 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2026 — George Ariyoshi
American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii (born 1926)
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A Democrat, he was Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S
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George Ryoichi Ariyoshi was an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986
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His lengthy tenure was a record likely to remain unbroken due to term limits enacted after he left office.
Frankish empress
Judith of Bavaria was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Marriage to Louis marked the beginning of her rise as an influential figure in the Carolingian court. She had two children with Louis,…
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843
English archbishop and saint (born 954)
Ælfheah, more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012. He became an anchorite before being elected abbot of Bath Abbey. His reputation…
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1012
1013
1044
1054
patriarch of Constantinople
Gerasimus I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1320 to 1321.
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1321
1390
1st Baron West, English nobleman (born 1335)
Thomas West, 1st Baron West was an English nobleman and member of parliament.
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1405
count of Waldeck (born 1362)
Adolph III, Count of Waldeck was Count of Waldeck-Landau from 1397 until his death. He was the founder of the elder Waldeck-Landau line.
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1431
German theologian and reformer (born 1497)
Philip Melanchthon was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential…
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1560
German monk and mathematician (born 1487)
Michael Stifel or Styfel was a German monk, Protestant reformer and mathematician. He was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther. He was later appointed professor of mathematics at Jena University.
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1567
Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
Nagao Kagetora , later known as Uesugi Kenshin , was a Japanese daimyō (magnate). He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. He was one of…
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1578
Italian painter (born 1528)
Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the…
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1588
1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1536)
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.
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1608
English priest and author (born 1566)
The Reverend Thomas Bastard was an English clergyman famed for his published English language epigrams.
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1618
Mughal empress (born 1573)
Manavati Bai, also spelled as Manvati Bai,, better known by her title, Jagat Gosain, was the second wife and the empress consort of the fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, Shah Jahan.
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1619
Italian composer (born 1582)
Sigismondo d'India was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote music in many of the same forms as the more famous…
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1629
Spanish historian and playwright (born 1610)
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra was a Spanish dramatist and historian. His work includes drama, poetry, and prose, and he has been considered one of the last great writers of Spanish Baroque literature.
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1686
1689
countess of Orkney (born 1657)
Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney was an English courtier from the Villiers family and the reputed mistress of William III, King of England and Scotland, from 1680 until 1695. She was a lady-in-waiting to his wife…
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1733
English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
Nicholas Saunderson was a blind English scientist and mathematician. According to one historian of statistics, he may have been the earliest discoverer of Bayes' theorem. He worked as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics…
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1739
1768
German rabbi and author (born 1697)
Jacob Emden, also known as the Yaʿavetz, was a leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed traditional Judaism in the face of the growing influence of the Sabbatean movement. He was widely acclaimed for his…
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1776
Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (born 1723)
Richard Price was a Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and American…
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1791
American physician and educator (born 1745)
Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social…
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1813
English-Scottish poet and playwright (born 1788)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest British poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy…
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1824
German astronomer and mathematician (born 1765)
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger was a German astronomer born at Simmozheim, Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen. In 1798, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the…
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1831
1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1756)
Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator. After seeing action at the capture of Charleston during the American Revolutionary War, he saw action again, as…
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1833
Canadian bishop (born 1777)
Jean-Jacques Lartigue, S.S., was a Canadian Sulpician, who served as the first Catholic Bishop of Montreal.
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1840
Scottish mineralogist and academic (born 1774)
Robert Jameson FRS FRSE was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist.
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1854
English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1804)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern…
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1881
English biologist and theorist (born 1809)
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is…
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1882
Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (born 1817)
Martin Georg Emil Körber was a Baltic German pastor, composer, writer and choir leader.
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1893
American publisher, founded The Dallas Morning News (born 1839)
Alfred Horatio Belo was the founder of The Dallas Morning News newspaper in Dallas, Texas, along with business partner George Bannerman Dealey. The company A. H. Belo Corporation, owner of The Dallas Morning News, was…
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1901
Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1820)
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of the…
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1903
French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography and magnetism. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, for their work on radioactivity. With…
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1906
English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875).
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1906
Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (born 1836)
Nathalie Sophia Nielsine Caroline Rink was a Danish writer and ethnologist. Together with her husband Hinrich, she founded Greenland's first newspaper, Atuagagdliutit, in 1861. She is credited as being the first woman…
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1909
American mathematician and philosopher (born 1839)
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, writing in 1934, Peirce was "the most…
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1914
English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (born 1837)
Thomas Playford was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia. He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia from 1901 to 1906 and as Minister for…
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1915
American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (born 1839)
Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He licensed it for manufacture through…
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1916
Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (born 1874)
Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov or Tschuprov was a Russian statistician who worked on mathematical statistics, sample survey theory and demography.
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1926
Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827)
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, was a Canadian businessman, statesman and senator. Dessaulles was one of the oldest serving politicians ever, only surpassed by Giovanni Battista Borea d'Olmo. Appointed to the Senate of…
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1930
1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (born 1856)
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington,, known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as well as in…
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1937
American entomologist and zoologist (born 1865)
William Morton Wheeler was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University.
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1937
Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike
Jack McNeela was an Irish republican and a senior member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland. McNeela was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike. As a young man,…
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1940
Austrian composer (born 1878)
Johanna Müller-Hermann was an Austrian composer and pedagogue.
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1941
Danish-Swedish figure skater (born 1877)
Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century.
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1949
French-German philologist and scholar (born 1886)
Ernst Robert Curtius was a German literary scholar, philologist, and Romance languages literary critic, best known for his 1948 study Europäische Literatur und Lateinisches Mittelalter, translated in English as European…
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1950
British singer (born 1921)
Steve Conway was a British singer who rose to fame in the 1940s, following the end of the Second World War. Known for romantic ballads, he made dozens of recordings for EMI's Columbia label, appeared regularly on BBC…
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1952
British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (born 1875)
Edward James Corbett was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of…
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1955
American economist and statistician (born 1894)
Beardsley Ruml was an American statistician, economist, philanthropist, planner, businessman and man of affairs in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
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1960
German swimmer (born 1882)
Max Otto Hainle was a German swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dortmund. As a member of the German swimming team he won the gold medal at the Paris Games. He also competed in the 1000…
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1961
Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (born 1881)
Väinö Alfred Tanner was a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and a pioneer and leader of the cooperative movement in Finland. He was Prime Minister of Finland in 1926–1927.
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1966
German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman and politician who served as the first chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union…
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1967
Italian race car driver (born 1913)
Luigi Piotti was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in nine Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on January 22, 1956. He scored no championship points.
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1971
American chemist and academic (born 1899)
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in…
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1975
Korean pilot (born 1901)
Kwon Ki-ok was a Korean aviator. She is the first Korean female pilot and one of the first female pilots to fly in China. Her name in Chinese is Quan Jiyu. Kwon went into exile in China during the Japanese occupation of…
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1988
English novelist and playwright (born 1907)
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier…
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1989
English-Australian director and producer (born 1905)
Stanley Gilbert Hawes MBE, was a British-born documentary film producer and director who spent most of his career in Australia, though he commenced his career in England and Canada. He was born in London, England and…
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1991
English actor and screenwriter (born 1917)
Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian.
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1992
American cult leader (born 1959)
David Koresh was an American cult leader and preacher who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet. His apocalyptic…
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1993
American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (born 1941)
George Speaker Mickelson was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa.
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1993
Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914)
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature,…
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1998
Austrian-German SS officer (born 1919)
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan was an Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps. She was the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face trial in…
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1999
Canadian composer and conductor (born 1918)
Louis Applebaum was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor.
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2000
American writer (born 1920)
Reginald Rose was an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote about controversial social and political issues. His realistic approach was particularly influential in the anthology programs of the 1950s.
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2002
English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (born 1925)
Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, right-wing political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for founding the…
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2004
English biologist and geneticist (born 1920)
John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the…
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2004
Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (born 1922)
Jenny Pike was a Canadian photographer and servicewoman. She worked in London during WWII, and was the only female photographer to help develop the first photos of the D-Day landings. After the war, she worked as a…
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2004
American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
Albert Scott Crossfield was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an…
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2006
French actor (born 1932)
Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor and dancer. A popular star of French cinema, he was initially known for his comedy film appearances, though he also proved a gifted dramatic actor, and accrued over 200 film and…
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2007
English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and…
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2009
English actress (born 1946)
Elisabeth Clara Miller, known professionally as Elisabeth Sladen, was an English actress. She was best known for her recurring role as Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who from 1973 to 1976, alongside Jon Pertwee and Tom…
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2011
American musician and actor (born 1940)
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Helm was known…
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2012
French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
François Jacob was a French biologist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis." He and…
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2013
American journalist, author, and publisher, founded USA Today (born 1924)
Allen Harold "Al" Neuharth was an American businessman, author, and columnist born in Eureka, South Dakota. He was the founder of USA Today, The Freedom Forum, and its Newseum.
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2013
English historian and academic (born 1919)
Sir Albert Raymond Maillard Carr was an English historian specialising in the history of Spain, Latin America, and Sweden. From 1968 to 1987, he was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford.
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2015
2015
Chilean politician (born 1918)
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. He was the first president to be elected after the end of Augusto…
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2016
Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (born 1929)
Lu Chao-Hsuan Chinese: 吕昭炫; pinyin: Lǚ Zhāoxuàn was a guitar composer, performer and educator. He was born in Guishan District, Taoyuan and attended the 21st International Guitarist Symposium in Japan in 1962, where he…
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2017
English singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Ian Timothy Whitcomb was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot…
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2020
American politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (born 1928)
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was an American politician who was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented…
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2021
American composer, lyricist (born 1947)
James Richard Steinman was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater,…
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2021
Japanese supercentenarian (born 1903)
Kane Tanaka was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018. She is the oldest…
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2022
2023
American musician (born 1950)
Ronald Allen Hamilton, also known as "Patch the Pirate", was an American Christian musician, composer, preacher, and radio personality. He was president and owner of Majesty Music, a Christian music publisher, and the…
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2023
American philosopher and author (born 1942)
Daniel Clement Dennett III was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to…
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2024
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Notable deaths
Who died on April 19?
George Ariyoshi — Governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986
FeaturedGeorge Ariyoshi
Death year2026
Known forA Democrat, he was Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S
Deaths on this date89 (843 – 2026)
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