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The Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) considered Tusi to be the greatest of the later Persian scholars
Notable Deaths on June 26
111 people
116 BC – 2025
June 26 has seen 111 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 116 BC – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1274 — Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)
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Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or simply as (al-)Tusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a well published author, writing on subjects of math, engineering, prose, and mysticism
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Additionally, al-Tusi made several scientific advancements
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In astronomy, al-Tusi created very accurate tables of planetary motion, an updated planetary model, and critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy
king of Egypt
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, nicknamed Physcon, was a king of the Ptolemaic kingdom. He was the younger son of King Ptolemy V and Queen Cleopatra I. His reign was characterised by fierce political and military…
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Roman emperor (born 332)
Julian was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism caused…
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king of León
Ramiro III, king of León (966–984), was the son of Sancho the Fat and his successor at the age of only five.
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985
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1095
duchess of Silesia (born 1203 or 1204)
Anne of Bohemia, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duchess of Silesia and High Duchess of Poland from 1238 to 1241, by her marriage to the Piast ruler Henry II the Pious. She was celebrated by the community of…
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1265
Byzantine philosopher and scholar (born 1415)
John Argyropoulos was a lecturer, philosopher, and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival of classical Greek learning in 15th century Italy.
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1487
Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471)
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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1541
comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (born 1530)
Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, Lord of Lorges and Ducey, was a French nobleman of Scottish extraction and captain of the Scots Guard of King Henry II of France. He is remembered for mortally injuring Henry II…
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1574
Italian architect, painter and engraver (born 1596)
Francesco Buonamici was an Italian Baroque architect, painter and engraver who was active in Lucca, Malta, Sicily and Rome during the 17th century. He played a significant role in the introduction of Baroque in Malta.
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1677
English philosopher and academic (born 1617)
Ralph Cudworth was an English Anglican clergyman, Christian Hebraist, classicist, theologian and philosopher, and a leading figure among the Cambridge Platonists who became 11th Regius Professor of Hebrew (1645–1688),…
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1688
Spanish cardinal (born 1664)
Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain.
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1752
Austrian field marshal (born 1705)
Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest-ranking officers serving the Habsburg Emperor during the middle of the 18th century. An Irish…
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1757
American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (born 1728)
Caesar Rodney was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the…
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1784
English ornithologist and ecologist (born 1720)
Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.
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1793
German linguist and translator (born 1747)
Johannes Jährig was a German Mongolist and translator of Tibetan and Mongolian texts.
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1795
Irish revolutionary (born 1776)
James Dickey was a young barrister from a Presbyterian family in Crumlin in the north of Ireland who was active in the Society of the United Irishmen and was hanged with Henry Joy McCracken for leading rebels at the…
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1798
Polish poet and politician (born 1748)
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic) and Field Lithuanian Hetman from 1780 to 1791, Great Lithuanian Treasurer from 1791, Great Lithuanian Marshal from 1793. Member of the Targowica…
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1808
French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740)
The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the…
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1810
George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his…
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1830
French soldier and composer (born 1760)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La…
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1836
German philosopher and author (born 1806)
Johann Caspar Schmidt, known by the pen name Max Stirner, was a German philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of…
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1856
American politician (born 1828)
George Montgomery White was an American politician in North Carolina who was a two-term member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County.
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1860
French lawyer and politician (born 1809)
Armand Barbès was a French Republican revolutionary and an opponent of the July Monarchy (1830–1848).
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1870
María de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
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1878
American general (born 1821)
Richard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican–American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the…
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1879
Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (born 1788)
Sir Edward Sabine was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.
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1883
Austrian poet and author (born 1843)
Peter Rosegger was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger went on to become a most prolific…
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1918
1922
French painter (born 1841)
Armand Guillaumin was a French Impressionist painter and lithographer.
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1927
American astronomer and academic (born 1900)
Adelaide Ames was an American astronomer and research assistant at Harvard University. She was best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral nebulae. She contributed to the study of…
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1932
American poet, lawyer and politician (born 1871)
James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
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1938
American golfer (born 1859)
Myra Abigail Pratt née Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics representing France. She won the bronze medal in the women's…
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1938
English novelist, poet, and critic (born 1873)
Ford Madox Ford was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were important in the development of early 20th-century English and American literature.
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1939
Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.
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1943
Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1872)
Emil Dominik Josef Hácha was a Czech lawyer, serving as the president of Czechoslovakia from November 1938 to March 1939. In March 1939, after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Hácha was the nominal president of the newly…
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1945
1946
Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1880)
Yōsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February…
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1946
Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1870)
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
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1947
South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (born 1876)
Kim Ku, also known by his art name Paekpŏm, was a Korean independence activist and statesman. He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Korean Provisional Government…
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1949
German engineer (born 1895)
Engelbert Zaschka was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor. Zaschka is one of the first German helicopter pioneers and he is a pioneer of flying with muscle power and the folding car. Zaschka devoted…
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1955
American trumpet player and composer (born 1930)
Clifford Benjamin Brown was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and…
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1956
American pianist (born 1931)
Richard Powell was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was not assisted in his musical development by Bud, his older and better known brother, but both played predominantly in the bebop style.
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1956
Polish-German physician and author (born 1878)
Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of literary…
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1957
English novelist and poet (born 1909)
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
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1957
Canadian runner and hurdler (born 1873)
George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes…
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1958
Croatian physician and scholar (born 1888)
Andrija Štampar was a distinguished scholar in the field of social medicine from Croatia.
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1958
American-Canadian businessman (born 1889)
Joseph Viateur "Léo" Dandurand, was an American-Canadian sportsman and businessman. He was the owner and coach of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). He also was an owner of race…
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1964
French actress and singer (born 1942)
Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Sylvie Dorléac and Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the musical comedy film, The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). Her other…
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1967
Spanish priest and saint (born 1902)
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II…
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1975
Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (born 1936)
Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman of the…
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1979
German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1908)
Alexander Harbord Mitscherlich was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
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1982
Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)
Howard Charles Green was a Canadian federal politician.
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1989
1990
American wrestler (born 1921)
Buddy Rogers, better known by the ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era. His…
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1992
American baseball player and coach (born 1921)
Roy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor…
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1993
American political scientist and academic (born 1920)
William Harrison Riker was an American political scientist known for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped establish University of Rochester as a center of the behavioral revolution in…
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1993
Bangladeshi author and activist (born 1929)
Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring war criminals to trial for war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War. She has been called "Shaheed Janani".
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1994
Irish journalist (born 1958)
Veronica Guerin Turley was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel. Born in…
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1996
Turkish linguist and academic (born 1932)
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu was a Turkish poet, linguist and writer.
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1996
American football player and coach (born 1913)
Donald Montgomery Hutson, nicknamed "the Alabama Antelope", was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). In the era of the one-platoon football, he played as an end and…
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1997
Turkish businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)
Hacı Sabancı was a Turkish businessman, philanthropist, and second-generation member of the renowned Sabancı family.
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1998
2001
American football player (born 1914)
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American college football player and referee. In 1935, Berwanger was the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. At its…
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2002
English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (born 1913)
Arnold Brown was the 11th General of The Salvation Army (1977–1981).
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2002
Cameroon footballer (born 1975)
Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.
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2003
English soldier and businessman (born 1915)
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he became the first male prime ministerial…
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2003
American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (born 1902)
James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from…
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2003
2004
Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (born 1929)
Yash Johar was an Indian film producer and the founder of Dharma Productions. His films were known for their lavish sets, exotic locations, and emphasis on Indian traditions and family values. He was the father of Karan…
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2004
Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1930)
Naomi Shemer was an Israeli songwriter, composer, and performer, widely described as the "first lady of Israeli song". She became one of the most influential figures in modern Hebrew music, writing numerous songs that…
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2004
Estonian basketball player (born 1938)
Tõnno Lepmets was an Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket.
Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian…
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2005
English journalist and game show host (born 1943)
John Richard Whiteley was an English presenter and journalist, best known for his 23 years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley…
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2005
Dutch magician (born 1953)
Tommy Wonder was the stage name of Jacobus Maria Bemelman, a Dutch magician who performed both close-up and stage magic. Wonder performed in Las Vegas, Monte Carlo and on Fox television.
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2006
Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (born 1929)
Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that could be mixed…
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2007
New Zealand rugby player (born 1914)
Bernard Sydney "Joey" Sadler was a New Zealand rugby union player who played at halfback for the All Blacks in 1935–36.
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2007
Lithuanian engineer and politician, 4th President of Lithuania (born 1932)
Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the fourth president of Lithuania, in office from 1993 to 1998. He also served as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2001 to 2006. Brazauskas was the first democratically elected president…
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2010
Estonian physicist and academic (born 1912)
Harald Keres was an Estonian physicist considered to be the father of the Estonian school of relativistic gravitation theory. In 1961 Keres became a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in the field of theoretical…
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2010
American actress (born 1923)
Edith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who became a child star in the 1930s. Best known for playing orphans and street urchins, Fellows was an expressive actress with a good singing voice. She made her screen…
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2011
Dutch footballer and coach (born 1948)
Jan van Beveren was a Dutch footballer and coach, who played as a goalkeeper.
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2011
Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (born 1915)
Carl Sverker Åström was a Swedish diplomat. After completing his studies, Åström began his career as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm. He served in the Soviet Union during World War II and…
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2012
American basketball player (born 1956)
Pat Cummings was an American professional basketball player.
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2012
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
Nora Ephron was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker. Known for writing and directing romantic comedy films, she received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for three…
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2012
Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
Mario Herrero O'Hara was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter known for his sense of realism often with dark but realistic social messages.
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2012
American actress (born 1919)
Dorthea "Doris" Singleton was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, Carolyn Appleby, in I Love Lucy.
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2012
Finnish trumpet player and composer (born 1939)
Henrik Otto Donner was a Finnish composer, musician and all-round music personality. His musical styles varied from pop and rock music to jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music. Donner's personal…
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2013
Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (born 1922)
Edward Huggins Johnstone was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
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2013
American politician (born 1964)
Byron Looper was a Democratic turned Republican politician in Tennessee and convicted murderer. To advance his political career, he legally changed his middle name from "Anthony" to "(Low Tax)", including the…
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2013
American baseball player (born 1977)
Justin Mark Miller was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played in…
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2013
2013
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (born 1925)
Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate minority leader and…
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2014
American-Canadian football player (born 1938)
William B. Frank, Jr. was a Canadian football offensive tackle in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He also was a member of the Dallas Cowboys in the…
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2014
American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (born 1931)
Rollin W. King was an American businessman and investment consultant. He is best known as the co-founder and former director of Southwest Airlines.
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2014
American football player and coach (born 1932)
Robert Michael Mischak (Pronounced: MIH-shak) was a college and professional American football guard and tight end who played six seasons in the American Football League (AFL), from 1960 to 1965. He was selected by his…
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2014
Austrian-American conductor (born 1921)
Julius Rudel was an Austrian-born American opera and orchestra conductor. He was born in Vienna and was a student at the city's Academy of Music. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 17 in 1938 after the…
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2014
American composer and author (born 1931)
Mary Rodgers was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the 1972 novel Freaky Friday, which served as the basis of a 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as…
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2014
Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1929)
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998, the…
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2015
American screenwriter and producer (born 1952)
Chris Thompson was an American television writer and producer. Beginning in 1977, he wrote and produced for the television series Laverne & Shirley and The Larry Sanders Show. He had also created, written and produced…
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2015
American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (born 1967)
Alice Elizabeth Chapman was an American bounty hunter and reality star who co-starred with her husband, Duane "Dog" Chapman, on the reality television shows Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, and Dog's…
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2019
American graphic designer (born 1929)
Milton Glaser was an American graphic designer whose most recognized works include the I ❤ NY logo, the 1966 Bob Dylan poster, as well as late 1960s publicity posters for the introduction of the Olivetti Valentine…
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2020
American politician (born 1930)
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice: in 2008 and 2020.…
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2021
American artist (born 1927)
Margaret D. H. Keane was an American artist known for her paintings of subjects with big eyes. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. The work achieved commercial success through…
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2022
Japanese voice actor (born 1967)
Taiki Matsuno was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He was attached to Aoni Production. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was Tatsuya Matsuno. Matsuno is most known for the role of…
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2024
American nurse and politician (born 1944)
Carolyn McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2015. A native of the suburban…
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2025
American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (born 1934)
Billy Don Moyers was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. He also served as the de facto…
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2025
Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1932)
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin was an Argentine and American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Initially prominent as a jazz composer, he was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which…
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2025
New Zealand politician (born 1975)
Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp was a New Zealand politician, community health leader and hip hop dance director. She won the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in the 2023 New Zealand general election and was a member of the New…
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2025
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi — Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
FeaturedNasir al-Din al-Tusi
Death year1274
Known forNasir al-Din al-Tusi was a well published author, writing on subjects of math, engineering, prose, and mysticism
Deaths on this date111 (116 BC – 2025)
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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, returns to Australia after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a Saipan court and subsequently being released by the United States Department of Justice. Wikipedia →
2015
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