Notable Deaths on November 16

Q: Who died on November 16?

Notable people who died on November 16 include: Gu Yanhui, Shen Lun, Ælfric of Abingdon, Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045), Dobrodeia of Kiev.

Q: What is Bert Olmstead known for?

Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)

2015 — Bert Olmstead

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)

November 16 has seen 123 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 897 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 16 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 123 people 897 – 2024

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Olmstead had his best statistical years playing for Montreal, leading the league in assists in 1954–55 with 48, and setting a league record for assists with 56 the following season

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Murray Albert Olmstead was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a left winger for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons

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He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985

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Olmstead began his career with the Black Hawks in 1949

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In December 1950, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens via Detroit

Gu Yanhui

Chinese warlord

Gu Yanhui (顧彥暉) was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty, who controlled Dongchuan Circuit from 891, when he succeeded his brother Gu Yanlang, to 897, when he, facing defeat against one-time ally Wang Jian,…

897

Shen Lun

Chinese scholar-official

Shen Lun, known as Shen Yilun before 976, was a scholar-official who successively served the Later Han, Later Zhou and Song dynasties. He was one of the Song dynasty grand councilors between 973 and 982.

987

Ælfric of Abingdon

Archbishop of Canterbury

Ælfric of Abingdon was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the abbot of Abingdon Abbey. After his…

1005

Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045)

Saint Margaret of Scotland, also known as Margaret of Wessex, was Queen of Alba from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of King Malcolm III. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". She was a member of the House of…

1093

Dobrodeia of Kiev

Rus princess and author of medical books

Dobrodeia Mstislavna of Kiev was a Byzantine empress by marriage to co-emperor Alexios Komnenos. She was also an author on medicine.

1131

Edmund Rich

English archbishop and saint (born 1175)

Edmund of Abingdon was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury. He became a respected lecturer in mathematics, dialectics and theology at the Universities of Paris and Oxford, promoting the…

1240

Ibn Arabi

Andalusian Arab philosopher (born 1165)

Ibn 'Arabī was a Sunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim philosopher from al-Andalus, who exercised notable influence within Sufi metaphysics and Islamic thought in general. There are 850 works…

1240

Emperor Lizong of Song China (born 1205)

Emperor Lizong of Song, personal name Zhao Yun, was the 14th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the fifth emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He reigned from 1224 to 1264.

1264

Henry III of England (born 1207)

Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

1272

Nasr

Sultan of Granada (born 1287)

Nasr, full name Abu al-Juyush Nasr ibn Muhammad, was the fourth Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada from 14 March 1309 until his abdication on 8 February 1314. He was the son of Muhammad II al-Faqih and Shams…

1322

Prince Hisaaki

Japanese shōgun (born 1276)

Prince Hisaaki , also known as Prince Hisaakira, was the 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.

1328

John

Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1406)

John, nicknamed the Alchemist was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and served as the peace-loving Margrave of Brandenburg after the abdication of his father, Frederick I, the first member of the House of Hohenzollern…

1464

Theda Ukena

German noble (born 1432)

Theda Ukena was from 1466 to about 1480 regent of the County of East Frisia.

1494

Marie of Baden-Sponheim

German Noblewoman (born 1507)

Maria Jakobäa of Baden-Sponheim was a German noblewoman and duchess consort of Bavaria.

1580

Charles Neville

6th Earl of Westmorland (born 1542)

Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth I in 1569. After the failure of the Rising, he fled first…

1601

Pierre Charron

French Catholic theologian and philosopher (born 1541)

Pierre Charron was a French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. He is remembered for his controversial form of skepticism and his separation of ethics from religion as an…

1603

Trajano Boccalini

Italian author and educator (born 1556)

Trajano Boccalini was an Italian satirist.

1613

Sofonisba Anguissola

Italian painter (born c. 1532)

Sofonisba Anguissola was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts, and her apprenticeship with local painters…

1625

Paolo Quagliati

Italian organist and composer (born 1555)

Paolo Quagliati was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was a transitional figure between the late Renaissance style and the earliest Baroque and was one of the…

1628

Bengt Gottfried Forselius

Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (born 1660)

Bengt Gottfried Forselius was a founder of public education in Estonia, author of the first ABC-book in the Estonian language, and creator of a spelling system which made the teaching and learning of Estonian easier.…

1688

Pierre Nicole

French philosopher and author (born 1625)

Pierre Nicole was a French writer and one of the most distinguished of the French Jansenists.

1695

Jack Sheppard

English criminal (born 1702)

John Sheppard, nicknamed "Honest Jack", "Gentleman Jack" or "Jack the Lad", was an English criminal who became notorious in early 18th-century London.

1724

James Butler

2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1665)

James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was an Irish statesman and army officer. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was…

1745

John Hawkesworth

English journalist and author (born 1715)

John Hawkesworth LLD was an English writer and book editor, born in London.

1773

Pehr Kalm

Finnish botanist and explorer (born 1716)

Pehr Kalm, also known as Peter Kalm, was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus.

1779

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

American politician (born 1723)

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer was an American politician and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States. He was active for many years in the Province of Maryland's colonial…

1790

Frederick William II of Prussia (born 1744)

Frederick William II was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was also Prince-elector of Brandenburg and Prince of Neuchâtel.

1797

André Michaux

French botanist and explorer (born 1746)

André Michaux was a French botanist and explorer. He is most noted for his study of North American flora. In addition Michaux collected specimens in England, Spain, France, and even Persia. His work was part of a larger…

1802

Moses Cleaveland

American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (born 1754)

Moses Cleaveland was an American lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor from Connecticut who founded the city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the American…

1806

Mustafa IV

Ottoman sultan (born 1779)

Mustafa IV was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.

1808

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

South African-French mycologist and academic (born 1761)

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycological taxonomy.

1836

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1874)

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was a Hessian and Rhenish princess, a member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the youngest child and fifth daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and…

1878

František Chvostek

Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (born 1835)

František Chvostek was a Czech-Austrian military physician and lecturer in internal medicine. He published articles on a wide variety of medical disorders but is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign which…

1884

Louis Riel

Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1844)

Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John…

1885

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1895)

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was a German Hessian and Rhenish child princess, the only daughter of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and his first wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg…

1903

Robert I

Duke of Parma (born 1848)

Robert I was the last sovereign Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 until 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont during the Risorgimento. He was a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma and descended from…

1907

Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière

French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (born 1829)

Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière,, lawyer, businessman and politician, served as the fourth premier of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

1908

A. A. Ames

American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (born 1842)

Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames was an American physician and politician who held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His fourth term was marked by multiple prosecutions for political corruption,…

1911

Lawrence Feuerbach

American shot putter (born 1879)

Lawrence Edward Joseph "Leon" Feuerbach was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.

1911

George Barham

English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (born 1836)

Sir George Barham was an English businessman and founder of the Express Country Milk Company, later to become Express Dairies. He is sometimes described as the father of the British dairying industry.

1913

Max Abraham

Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1875)

Max Abraham was a German physicist known for his work on electromagnetism and his opposition to the theory of relativity.

1922

Pierce Butler

American lawyer and jurist (born 1866)

Pierce Butler was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1923 until his death in 1939. He is notable for being the first Supreme Court justice from…

1939

Eduard Eelma

Estonian footballer (born 1902)

Eduard Eelma until 1937 Eduard-Vilhelm Ellmann, was an Estonian footballer — one of the most famous before World War II. He played 60 times for Estonia national football team and with 21 goals, was their record…

1941

Miina Härma

Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1864)

Miina Härma was an Estonian composer, organist, choir director, and music teacher, known for being Estonia's first professional female composer and organist.

1941

Giuseppe Volpi

Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (born 1877)

Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata was an Italian businessman and politician.

1947

Bob Smith

American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1879)

Robert Holbrook Smith, also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson.

1950

Ōtori Tanigorō

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (born 1887)

Ōtori Tanigorō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 24th yokozuna.

1956

Clark Gable

American actor (born 1901)

William Clark Gable was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres during a 37-year career, three decades of which he spent as…

1960

Sam Rayburn

American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1882)

Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time House minority…

1961

Donald C. Peattie

American botanist and author (born 1898)

Donald Culross Peattie was an American botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday. His…

1964

Edie Sedgwick

American model and actress (born 1943)

Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post was an American actress, model, and socialite. Best known as a Warhol superstar, she gained widespread recognition as a style icon; in 1965, Vogue magazine named her a "Youthquaker,"…

1971

Vera Karalli

Russian ballerina and actress (born 1889)

Vera Alexeyevna Karalli was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century.

1972

Alan Watts

English-American philosopher, author, and educator (born 1915)

Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.

1973

Walther Meissner

German physicist and engineer (born 1882)

Fritz Walther Meissner was a German physicist known for his work on superconductivity.

1974

Jack Foster

English cricketer (born 1905)

Jack Heygate Nedham Foster was an English army officer and cricketer. He was born at Rochester in Kent and educated at Harrow School.

1976

Pavel Alexandrov

Russian mathematician and academic (born 1896)

Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov, sometimes romanized Paul Alexandroff, was a Soviet mathematician. He wrote roughly three hundred papers, making important contributions to set theory and topology. In topology, the…

1982

Vic Dickenson

American trombonist (born 1906)

Victor Dickenson was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Earl Hines.

1984

Siobhán McKenna

Irish actress (born 1923)

Siobhán McKenna was an Irish stage and screen actress.

1986

Panditrao Agashe

Indian businessman (born 1936)

Jagdish "Panditrao" Chandrashekhar Agashe was an Indian industrialist, best remembered for serving as the joint managing director alongside his brother of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. from 1970 to 1978.…

1986

Jim Brewer

American baseball player and coach (born 1937)

James Thomas Brewer was an American professional baseball relief pitcher and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960 through 1976 for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and California Angels. He…

1987

Jean-Claude Malépart

Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Jean-Claude Malépart was a French Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until his death.

1989

Ege Bagatur

Turkish politician (born 1937)

Ege Bagatur is a Turkish politician, and served as the mayor of Adana from 1973 to 1977.

1990

Lucia Popp

Slovak-German soprano (born 1939)

Lucia Popp was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her…

1993

Achille Zavatta

Tunisia-born French clown (born 1915)

Achille Zavatta was a French clown, artist and circus operator.

1993

Chet Powers

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

Chester William Powers, Jr. was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwriter, he was…

1994

Daniel Nathans

American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)

Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. Along with American researcher Hamilton Smith and Swiss researcher Werner Arber, he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction…

1999

Robert Earl Davis

American hip-hop artist (born 1971)

Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique. He was a central and influential…

2000

Ahmet Kaya

Turkish-French singer-songwriter (born 1957)

Ahmet Kaya was a Turkish Kurd folk music artist. Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities. Kaya left Turkey in an act of self-exile, and moved to France, where he would shortly after die…

2000

Tommy Flanagan

American pianist and composer (born 1930)

Thomas Lee Flanagan was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of…

2001

Ralph Edwards

American radio and television host and producer (born 1913)

Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and reality documentary series This Is Your Life.

2005

Henry Taube

Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

Henry Taube was a Canadian-born American chemist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the second…

2005

Donald Watson

English activist, founded the Vegan Society (born 1910)

Donald Watson was an English animal rights and veganism advocate who co-founded The Vegan Society.

2005

Milton Friedman

American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)

Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of…

2006

Yuri Levada

Russian sociologist and political scientist (born 1930)

Yuri Alexandrovich Levada was a well known Russian sociologist, political scientist and the founder of the Levada Center.

2006

Harold Alfond

American businessman (born 1914)

Harold Alfond was an American businessman who founded the Dexter Shoe Company, established the first factory outlet store and was a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox.

2007

Grethe Kausland

Norwegian actress and singer (born 1947)

Grethe Kausland was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers, and she participated in several films as a child. She represented Norway in the 1972…

2007

Trond Kirkvaag

Norwegian actor and screenwriter (born 1946)

Trond Georg Kirkvaag was a Norwegian comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, author, director and television host. During his 39 years at the Norwegian TV network, NRK, he produced numerous comedy television…

2007

Vernon Scannell

English boxer, poet, and author (born 1922)

Vernon Scannell was a British poet and author. He was at one time a professional boxer, and wrote novels about the sport of boxing. He was a famous poet of English.

2007

Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (born 1928)

Janick "Jan" Krugier was a Polish born Swiss dealer in modern art most known for his relationship to the works of Pablo Picasso and a survivor of the Holocaust.

2008

Reg Varney

English actor and screenwriter (born 1916)

Reginald Alfred Varney was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom On the Buses (1969–1973) and its three spin-off…

2008

Antonio de Nigris

Mexican footballer (born 1978)

Antonio de Nigris Guajardo was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a striker.

2009

Sergei Magnitsky

Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (born 1972)

Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His arrest in 2008 and…

2009

Edward Woodward

English actor (born 1930)

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward was an English actor and singer. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention in the…

2009

Britton Chance

American biologist and sailor (born 1913)

Britton Chance was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. He was "a world leader in transforming theoretical science…

2010

Ronni Chasen

American publicist (born 1946)

Ronni Sue Chasen was an American publicist, who once represented such actors as Michael Douglas, as well as musicians such as Hans Zimmer and Mark Isham, among others. Chasen directed the Academy Award campaigns for…

2010

Wyngard Tracy

Filipino DJ and talent manager (born 1952)

Wyngard Tracy was a Filipino talent manager who had represented various actors and music artists, such as Side A in the Philippines through his office, Artiststation, Inc. From June 2008, he was one of three judges in…

2010

John Chapman

Australian evangelist and academic (born 1930)

John Charles Chapman (1930–2012), commonly known as Chappo, was an Australian Anglican evangelist and preacher. For twenty-five years he served as Director of the Anglican Department of Evangelism in Sydney, where he…

2012

Subhash Dutta

Bangladeshi actor and director (born 1930)

Subhash Dutta was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist. Dutta was heavily influenced by Satyajit Ray and his deep affection towards Satyajit earned him the…

2012

Patrick Edlinger

French mountaineer (born 1960)

Patrick Edlinger was a professional French rock climber. Edlinger is considered a pioneer and a legend of sport climbing and free solo climbing. He was the second-ever climber in history to redpoint routes of grade 7c…

2012

Aliu Mahama

Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (born 1946)

Alhaji Aliu Mahama was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January, 2001 to 7 January, 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-President.

2012

Eliyahu Nawi

Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1920)

Eliyahu Nawi was a judge, lawyer, poet, politician, Bible investigator, and mayor of Beersheba.

2012

Bob Scott

New Zealand rugby player (born 1921)

Robert William Henry Scott was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks between 1946 and 1954.

2012

Robert Conley

American journalist (born 1928)

Robert Conley was an American newspaper, television and radio reporter.

2013

Billy Hardwick

American bowler (born 1941)

William Bruce Hardwick was an American right-handed ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association.

2013

William McDonough Kelly

Canadian lieutenant and politician (born 1925)

William McDonough Kelly, CLJ was a Canadian political strategist and Senator.

2013

Tanvir Ahmad Khan

Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (born 1932)

Tanvir Ahmad Khan was a Pakistani diplomat.

2013

Oscar Lanford

American mathematician and academic (born 1940)

Oscar Erasmus Lanford III was an American mathematician working on mathematical physics and dynamical systems theory.

2013

Arne Pedersen

Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1931)

Arne Knut Pedersen was a Norwegian footballer. He was a deep-lying inside forward, or offensive midfielder by today's terminology, who spent his entire playing career at his hometown club Fredrikstad FK, where he was a…

2013

Louis D. Rubin

Jr., American author, critic, and academic (born 1923)

Louis Decimus Rubin Jr. was a noted American literary critic, writer, teacher, and publisher. He is credited with helping to establish Southern literature as a recognized area of study within the field of American…

2013

Charles Waterhouse

American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1924)

Charles H. Waterhouse was an American painter, illustrator and sculptor renowned for using United States Marine Corps historical themes as the motif for his works. His art spans subjects from Tun Tavern, the birthplace…

2013

Charles Champlin

American historian, author, and critic (born 1926)

Charles Davenport Champlin was an American film critic and writer.

2014

Jovan Ćirilov

Serbian poet and playwright (born 1931)

Jovan Ćirilov was a Serbian theatrologist, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, and poet.

2014

Ian Craig

Australian cricketer (born 1935)

Ian David Craig was an Australian cricketer who represented the Australian national team in 11 Tests between 1953 and 1958. A right-handed batsman, Craig holds the records for being the youngest Australian to make a…

2014

Juan Joseph

American football player and coach (born 1987)

Juan Joseph was an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Millsaps Majors. He was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2009.…

2014

Jadwiga Piłsudska

Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (born 1920)

Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska was a Polish pilot who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She was one of two daughters of Józef Piłsudski.

2014

Carl Sanders

American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (born 1925)

Carl Edward Sanders Sr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 74th governor of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.

2014

David Canary

American actor (born 1938)

David Hoyt Canary was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama Bonanza, and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera All My Children, for which…

2015

Michael C. Gross

American graphic designer and producer (born 1945)

Michael C. Gross was an American artist, designer, and film producer. From 1970 to 1974 he art-directed National Lampoon magazine, and subsequently co-ran a design company.

2015

Alton D. Slay

American general (born 1924)

General Alton Davis Slay, Sr. was a four star United States Air Force general and former commander, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

2015

Jay Wright Forrester

American computer engineer (born 1918)

Jay Wright Forrester was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as a graduate student in 1939, and…

2016

Melvin Laird

American politician and writer (born 1922)

Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 representing…

2016

Daniel Prodan

Romanian football player (born 1972)

Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan was a Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back.

2016

Hiromi Tsuru

Japanese actress (born 1960)

Hiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress and narrator. During her life, she was attached to the Himawari Theatre Group as a child and then to Aoni Production at the time of her death. She was most known for voicing the…

2017

Ann Wedgeworth

American actress (born 1934)

Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company, Hilda Hensley in Sweet Dreams, and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. She won the Tony Award for Best…

2017

William Goldman

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1931)

William Goldman was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright who wrote 16 novels and numerous screenplays in a career spanning seven decades. He received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best…

2018

John Campbell Brown

Scottish astronomer (born 1947)

John Campbell Brown was a Scottish astronomer who worked primarily in solar physics. He held the posts of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, the Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, and honorary…

2019

Terry O'Neill

British photographer (born 1938)

Terence Patrick O'Neill was a British photographer, known for documenting the fashions, styles, and celebrities of the 1960s. O'Neill's photographs capture his subjects candidly or in unconventional settings.

2019

Sheila Nelson

English string teacher (born 1936)

Sheila Mary Nelson was an English musician, music educator, writer and composer. She had played with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Menuhin Festival Orchestra but was best known…

2020

Jyrki Kasvi

Finnish journalist and politician (born 1964)

Jyrki Jouko Juhani Kasvi was a Finnish politician, and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League.

2021

Robert Clary

French-American actor and author (born 1926)

Robert Clary was a French actor who was mainly active in the United States. He is best known for his role as Corporal Louis LeBeau on the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). He also had recurring roles on the…

2022

Arthur Ngirakelsong

2nd Chief Justice of Palau (born 1941)

Arthur Ngirakelsong was a Palauan jurist who served as the chief justice of Palau from 1992 to 2020. Ngirakelsong was born on 28 December 1941. He obtained a masters degree from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1967. In…

2022

Vladimir Shklyarov

Russian ballet dancer (born 1985)

Vladimir Andreyevich Shklyarov was a Russian ballet dancer, who ranked as a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg. He had also been a guest principal with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich,…

2024

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Bert Olmstead — Canadian ice hockey player (1926–2015)

FeaturedBert Olmstead

Death year2015

Known forHe was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985

Deaths on this date123 (897 – 2024)

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2022

Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon. Wikipedia →

2009

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station. Wikipedia →

2005

Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Wikipedia →

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