Notable people who died on July 6 include: Cleombrotus I, Goar of Aquitaine, Wang Chongrong, William I, Genshin.

Notable Deaths on July 6

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Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (born 1985)

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Australian road racing cyclist (born 1985)

July 6 has seen 100 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 371 BC – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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Notable Deaths 100 people 371 BC – 2024

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She won the 2008 Australian National Criterium Championships and was second in that year's Tour de Perth

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She began riding competitive events in 2004 and went on to compete in several women's events organised by the UCI

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Carly Hibberd was an Australian professional road racing cyclist who competed in Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-sanctioned races

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Aged six, Hibberd took up BMX before moving onto mountain biking and then road cycling.through a talent identification scheme

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Hibberd was hit while riding her bike by a driver while training in Northern Italy and died from her injuries

Cleombrotus I

Spartan king

Cleombrotus I was a Spartan king of the Agiad line, reigning from 380 BC until 371 BC. Little is known of Cleombrotus' early life. Son of Pausanias, he became king of Sparta after the death of his brother Agesipolis I…

-371

Goar of Aquitaine

French bishop

Saint Goar of Aquitaine was a French priest and hermit of the seventh century. He was offered the position of Bishop of Trier, but prayed to be excused from the position. Goar is noted for his piety and is revered as a…

649

Wang Chongrong

Chinese warlord

Wang Chongrong, formally the Prince of Langye (瑯琊王), was a warlord of the late Chinese Tang dynasty who controlled Hezhong Circuit. He was instrumental in Tang's eventual defeat of the agrarian rebel Huang Chao, but at…

887

William I

duke of Aquitaine (born 875)

William I, called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus Manser. He made numerous monastic foundations, most important among them the…

918

Genshin

Japanese scholar (born 942)

Genshin was a prominent Japanese monk of the Tendai school, recognized for his significant contributions to both Tendai thought and Pure Land Buddhism. Genshin studied under Ryōgen, a key Tendai reformer, and became…

1017

Godelieve

Flemish saint (born 1049)

Godelieve was a Flemish saint.

1070

Henry II

king of England (born 1133)

Henry II was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France, an area that was later called the Angevin Empire, and…

1189

Odo III

duke of Burgundy (born 1166)

Odo III was Duke of Burgundy between 1192 and 1218. Odo was the eldest son of Duke Hugh III and his first wife Alice, daughter of Duke Matthias I of Lorraine.

1218

Alexander II

king of Scotland (born 1198)

Alexander II (1198–1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. He was the son of William the Lion and Ermengarde de Beaumont, succeeding to the throne at the age of sixteen. He ruled for thirty-five years,…

1249

Jan Hus

Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (born 1369)

Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of…

1415

Regiomontanus

German mathematician and astrologer (born 1436)

Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His contributions were instrumental in the…

1476

Antonio Squarcialupi

Italian composer (born 1416)

Antonio Squarcialupi was a Florentine organist and composer. He was the most famous organist in Italy in the mid-15th century.

1480

Ludovico Ariosto

Italian poet and playwright (born 1474)

Ludovico Ariosto was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516-1532). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of…

1533

Thomas More

English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and martyr (born 1478)

Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord…

1535

Edward VI

king of England and Ireland (born 1537)

Edward VI was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, Edward…

1553

Edmund Grindal

English archbishop (born 1519)

Edmund Grindal was successively Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political and religious power, he had risen rapidly…

1583

Thomas Aufield

English priest and martyr (born 1552)

Thomas Aufield, also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr.

1585

Man Singh I

Rajput Raja of Amer (born 1550)

Mirza Raja Man Singh I was the 24th Kachawaha ruler of the Kingdom of Amber from 1589 to 1614. For the Mughals, he also served as the foremost imperial Subahdar of Bihar Subah from 1587 to 1594, then for Bengal Subah…

1614

Peter Gunning

English bishop (born 1614)

Peter Gunning was an English Royalist church leader, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Ely.

1684

George Howe

3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (born 1725)

Brigadier-General George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe was a British Army officer. He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". Howe was killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish…

1758

Conrad Beissel

German-American religious leader (born 1690)

Johann Conrad Beissel was a German-born religious leader who in 1732 founded the Ephrata Community in the Province of Pennsylvania.

1768

Daniel Morgan

American general and politician (born 1736)

Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops during the…

1802

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

French general (born 1775)

Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle was a French cavalry general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Often called "The Hussar General," he first gained fame for his role in the Capitulation of…

1809

Granville Sharp

English activist (born 1735)

Granville Sharp was an English scholar, philanthropist and one of the first campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Born in Durham, he initially worked as a civil servant in the Board of Ordnance.…

1813

Samuel Whitbread

English politician (born 1764)

Samuel Whitbread was a British politician. The heir of a wealthy brewer, he was a staunch Whig sitting in Parliament from 1790 to his death. Shortly after the Battle of Waterloo he died by suicide, having been very…

1815

John Marshall

American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (born 1755)

John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and…

1835

Georg Ohm

German physicist and mathematician (born 1789)

Georg Simon Ohm was a German mathematician and physicist. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own…

1854

Harada Sanosuke

Japanese captain (born 1840)

Harada Sanosuke was a Japanese warrior (samurai) who lived in the late Edo period. He was the 10th unit captain of the Shinsengumi, and died during the Boshin War.

1868

Guy de Maupassant

French short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1850)

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social…

1893

Chlodwig Carl Viktor

German prince and chancellor (born 1819)

Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey, usually referred to as the Prince of Hohenlohe, was a German statesman, who served as the imperial chancellor of the German Empire…

1901

Maria Goretti

Italian martyr and saint (born 1890)

Maria Teresa Goretti was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family had to share…

1902

Abai Qunanbaiuly

Kazakh poet and philosopher (born 1845)

Abai Qūnanbaiūly was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. His name is also…

1904

August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein

German linguist and theologian (born 1826)

August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein was a Baltic German linguist, folklorist, ethnographer, and theologian.

1907

Georges Legagneux

French aviator (born 1882)

Georges Théophile Legagneux was a French aviator, the first person to fly an aircraft in several countries, and the first to fly a fixed-wing aircraft higher than both 10,000 and 20,000 feet.

1914

Odilon Redon

French painter and illustrator (born 1840)

Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist draftsman, printmaker, and painter.

1916

Wilhelm von Mirbach

German diplomat (born 1871)

Wilhelm Maria Theodor Ernst Richard Graf von Mirbach-Harff was a German diplomat. He was assassinated by Left Socialist-Revolutionaries while serving as ambassador to Russia.

1918

Maria Teresia Ledóchowska

Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (born 1863)

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, ; 29 April 1863 – 6 July 1922), was a Polish Catholic religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa. She was beatified in…

1922

Kenneth Grahame

Scottish-English author (born 1859)

Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England,…

1932

Horace Pippin

American painter (born 1888)

Horace Pippin was an American painter who painted a range of themes, including scenes inspired by his service in World War I, landscapes, portraits, and biblical subjects. Some of his best-known works address the U.S.'s…

1946

Adolfo Müller-Ury

Swiss-American painter (born 1862)

Adolfo Müller-Ury, KSG was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.

1947

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (born 1867)

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. A member of the Parti libéral du Québec, Taschereau's near 16-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Quebec…

1952

Cornelia Sorabji

Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866)

Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University. Returning to India after her studies at…

1954

George Grosz

German painter and illustrator (born 1893)

George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar…

1959

Aneurin Bevan

Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897)

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government. He is also…

1960

Scott LaFaro

American bassist (born 1936)

Rocco Scott LaFaro was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of accompaniment rather than playing…

1961

Woodall Rodgers

American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1890)

James Woodall Rodgers was an American attorney, businessman, and mayor of Dallas, Texas.

1961

Paul Boffa

Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1890)

Sir Paul Boffa, OBE, was a Maltese politician and medical doctor who served as prime minister in the Colony of Malta after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authorities, following the end of the Second…

1962

William Faulkner

American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)

William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his…

1962

Joseph August

archduke of Austria (born 1872)

Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia was a prominent member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, who was a Feldmarschall of the Austro-Hungarian Army, and briefly the head…

1962

George

duke of Mecklenburg (born 1899)

George, Duke of Mecklenburg was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1934 until his death. Through his father, he was a descendant of Emperor Paul I of Russia.

1963

Claude V. Ricketts

American admiral (born 1906)

Claude Vernon Ricketts was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1961 to 1964.

1964

Sad Sam Jones

American baseball player and manager (born 1892)

Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and…

1966

Hilda Taba

Estonian architect and educator (born 1902)

Hilda Taba was an architect, a curriculum theorist, a curriculum reformer, and a teacher educator. Taba was born in the small village of Kooraste, Estonia. Her mother's name was Liisa Leht, and her father was a…

1967

Louis Armstrong

American singer and trumpet player (born 1901)

Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in…

1971

Otto Klemperer

German-American conductor and composer (born 1885)

Otto Nossan Klemperer was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later better…

1973

Reşat Ekrem Koçu

Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (born 1905)

Reşad Ekrem Koçu was a Turkish writer and historian. His best known work is the unfinished Istanbul Encyclopedia, which recounts many tales of Istanbul from Ottoman times. Koçu and his colorful depictions of Ottoman…

1975

Zhu De

Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (born 1886)

Zhu De was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

1976

Fritz Lenz

German geneticist and physician (born 1887)

Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz was a German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party, and influential specialist in eugenics in Nazi Germany.

1976

Ödön Pártos

Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (born 1907)

Ödön Pártos [alternate transcription in English: Oedoen Partos, Hungarian: Pártos Ödön, Hebrew: עֵדֶן פרטוש ] was a Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer. A recipient of the Israel Prize, he taught and served as…

1977

Babe Paley

American socialite and fashion style icon (born 1915)

Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley was an American magazine editor and socialite. Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of magazine editing. In recognition of her…

1978

Van McCoy

American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)

Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful hit "The Hustle". He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit, and…

1979

Jagjivan Ram

Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1908)

Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as a minister with various portfolios for over 30 years, making him the longest-serving Union Cabinet minister in…

1986

Elli Stenberg

Finnish politician (born 1903)

Ellen Aleksandra Stenberg was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Finnish People's Democratic…

1987

János Kádár

Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (born 1912)

János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in…

1989

Mudashiru Lawal

Nigerian footballer (born 1954)

Mudashiru Babatunde "Muda" Lawal was a Nigerian footballer who played as a midfielder for both club and country.

1991

Marsha P. Johnson

American drag queen performer and activist (born 1945)

Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due…

1992

Ahmet Haxhiu

Kosovan activist (born 1932)

Ahmet Haxhiu was a Kosovo Albanian political activist and one of the main gunrunners for Kosovo Liberation Army in the early 1990s. He was one of the leading figures of the Revolutionary Movement for Albanian…

1994

Aziz Nesin

Turkish author and poet (born 1915)

Aziz Nesin was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of 1934 was passed. Although his…

1995

Chetan Anand

Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

Chetan Anand was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later, he co-founded…

1997

Roy Rogers

American cowboy, actor, and singer (born 1911)

Roy Rogers, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American actor, singer, television host, and rodeo performer.

1998

Joaquín Rodrigo

Spanish pianist and composer (born 1901)

Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire.

1999

Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist and composer (born 1911)

Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical…

2000

Dhirubhai Ambani

Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (born 1932)

Dhirajlal Hirachand "Dhirubhai" Ambani was an Indian businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958. Ambani took Reliance public in 1977. In 2016, he was honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, India's…

2002

John Frankenheimer

American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director, known both for his social dramas and his action/suspense pictures. Among his best-known theatrical film credits are Birdman of Alcatraz, The…

2002

Buddy Ebsen

American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1908)

Buddy Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer, widely known for his role as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) as well as his title role in the television detective drama…

2003

Çelik Gülersoy

Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (born 1930)

Çelik Gülersoy was a Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet. He is best remembered for the heritage conservation works he carried out on historical sites during his long-time tenure as director…

2003

Thomas Klestil

Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (born 1932)

Thomas Klestil was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as the president of Austria from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998.

2004

Syreeta Wright

American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Syreeta Wright, known as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband…

2004

Ed McBain

American author and screenwriter (born 1926)

Evan Hunter was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of the 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of the police procedural…

2005

Claude Simon

Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)

Claude Eugène Henri Simon was a French novelist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.

2005

Kasey Rogers

American actress (born 1925)

Kasey Rogers was an American actress and writer, best known for playing the second Louise Tate in the sitcom Bewitched.

2006

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

American author (born 1939)

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss was an American novelist. She pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel The Flame and the Flower.

2007

Vasily Aksyonov

Russian author and academic (born 1932)

Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov was a Soviet and Russian novelist. He became known in the West as the author of The Burn and of Generations of Winter, a family saga following three generations of the Gradov family between…

2009

Robert McNamara

American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1916)

Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy…

2009

Harvey Fuqua

American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

Harvey Fuqua was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.

2010

Hani al-Hassan

Palestinian engineer and politician (born 1939)

Hani al Hassan, also known as Abu Tariq and Abu-l-Hasan, was a leader of the Fatah organization in Germany and member of the Palestinian Authority Cabinet and the Palestinian National Council.

2012

Lo Hsing Han

Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (born 1935)

Lo Hsing Han or Law Sit Han was a Burmese businessman and drug trafficker. He later became a major business tycoon across Burma, with financial ties to Singapore. He was an ethnic Kokang-Chinese. His spouse, Zhang…

2013

Alan J. Dixon

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)

Alan John Dixon was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary of…

2014

Jerry Weintraub

American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)

Jerome Charles Weintraub was an American film producer, talent manager and actor whose television films won him three Emmys.

2015

Shoko Asahara

founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (born 1955)

Shoko Asahara , born Chizuo Matsumoto , was a Japanese cult leader and terrorist who founded and led the doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo…

2018

Cameron Boyce

American actor (born 1999)

Cameron Mica Boyce was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films Mirrors and Eagle Eye, along with the comedy film Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel. His first starring role…

2019

João Gilberto

Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (born 1931)

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often…

2019

Charlie Daniels

American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (born 1936)

Charles Edward Daniels was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock and progressive country. He was best known for his…

2020

Mary Kay Letourneau

American child rapist (born 1962)

Mary Katherine Fualaau was an American teacher who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child and subsequently married her victim/former student. The case received national attention.

2020

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928)

Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical…

2020

James Caan

American actor (born 1940)

James Edmund Caan was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He received a…

2022

Arnaldo Pambianco

Italian former professional road racing cyclist (born 1935)

Arnaldo Pambianco was an Italian professional road racing cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1966. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1961 Giro d'Italia. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics…

2022

Norah Vincent

American writer (born 1968)

Norah Mary Vincent was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for the national gay news magazine The Advocate. She was a columnist for…

2022

Khyree Jackson

American football player (born 1999)

Khyree Anthony Jackson was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the Fort Scott CC Greyhounds, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Oregon Ducks. The Minnesota Vikings selected him in the fourth round…

2024

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The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day. Wikipedia →

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An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard. Wikipedia →

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