Notable Deaths on September 24

Q: Who died on September 24?

Notable people who died on September 24 include: Pope Liberius, Pepin the Short, Gao Pian, Hermann of Reichenau, Welf II.

Q: What is Dean Jones known for?

Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)

102 people 366 – 2025

September 24 has seen 102 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 366 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2020 — Dean Jones

Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)

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Jones was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup

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Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was recognised as among the best ODI batsmen in the world, a view which has been validated in the retrospective ICC Player Rankings

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In 2019, Jones was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

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Dean Mervyn Jones was an Australian cricket player, coach and commentator who played Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia

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His batting was often characterised by his agile footwork against both pace and spin, aggressive running between wickets, and willingness to take risks and intimidate bowlers

Pope Liberius

Pope Liberius was the bishop of Rome from 17 May 352 until his death on 24 September 366. According to the Catalogus Liberianus, he was consecrated on 22 May as the successor to Julius I. He is not mentioned as a saint…

366

Pepin the Short

Frankish king (born 714)

Pepin the Short was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.

768

Gao Pian

general of the Tang Dynasty (born 821)

Gao Pian, courtesy name Qianli (千里), formally the Prince of Bohai (渤海王), was a Chinese military general, poet, and politician of the Tang dynasty. He initially gained renown for defeating Nanzhao incursions, but later…

887

Hermann of Reichenau

German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1013)

Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple, also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many…

1054

Welf II

Duke of Bavaria (born 1072)

Welf II, also known as Welfhard and called Welf the Fat, was Duke of Bavaria from 1101 until his death. He died at Kaufering. In the Welf genealogy, he is counted as Welf V.

1120

Agnes of Germany (born 1072)

Agnes of Waiblingen, also known as Agnes of Germany, Agnes of Franconia and Agnes of Saarbrücken, was a member of the Salian imperial family. Through her first marriage, she was Duchess of Swabia; through her second…

1143

Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II, born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143. His election as pope was controversial, and the first eight years of…

1143

Manuel I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor (born 1118)

Manuel I Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. His reign saw the last flowering of the Komnenian restoration,…

1180

Robert of Knaresborough (born 1160)

Robert of Knaresborough was a British hermit and saint who lived in a cave by the river Nidd at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Though not formally canonised, he is celebrated as a saint through popular acclaim in both…

1218

Stefan the First-Crowned

Serbian king (born 1165)

Stefan Nemanjić, known as Stefan the First-Crowned, was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first Serbian king by Nemanjić dynasty; due to his…

1228

Philip of Montfort

Lord of Castres

Philip ΙΙ of Montfort was a French nobleman, Count of Squillace in Italy from 1266/68, then Lord of Castres in 1270. He was the son of Philip I of Monfort, Lord of Tyre and Eleonore of Courtenay. His coat-of-arms was…

1270

Humphrey de Bohun

2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1208)

Humphrey IV de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and soldier who served as hereditary Constable of England.

1275

Isabeau of Bavaria (born 1370)

Isabeau of Bavaria was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of…

1435

Eric of Pomerania

King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born 1382)

Erik of Pomerania ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Erik is known as Erik III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Erik VII as…

1459

Poliziano

Italian poet and scholar (born 1454)

Agnolo Ambrogini, commonly known as Angelo Poliziano or simply Poliziano, anglicized as Politian, was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His scholarship was instrumental in the…

1494

Michael Glinski

Lithuanian prince (born c. 1470)

Michael Lvovich Glinski or Glinsky was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of distant Tatar extraction, who was also a tutor of his grand-nephew, Ivan the Terrible.

1534

Paracelsus

German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (born 1493)

Paracelsus, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

1541

Albert of Mainz

German cardinal (born 1490)

Albert von Brandenburg was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545.

1545

Henry Grey

4th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1495)

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent was Earl of Kent from 1524 to his death.

1562

Túpac Amaru

last of the Incas

Túpac Amaru or Thupa Amaru was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the…

1572

Manuel Mendes

Portuguese composer and educator (born 1547)

Manuel Mendes was a Portuguese composer and teacher of the Renaissance. While his music remains obscure, he was important as the teacher of several of the composers of the golden age of Portuguese polyphony, including…

1605

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

Polish commander (born 1560)

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1605 Grand Hetman of Lithuania. He was one of the most prominent…

1621

Duarte Lobo

Portuguese composer and educator (born 1565)

Duarte Lobo was a Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. He was one of the most famous Portuguese composers of the time, together with Filipe de Magalhães, Manuel Cardoso, composers who all began…

1646

Frederick

Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (born 1617)

Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege was from 1632 until his death Landgrave of the apanage of Hesse-Eschwege, which stood under the suzerainty of Hesse-Kassel.

1655

Vincenzo da Filicaja

Italian poet and author (born 1642)

Vincenzo da Filicaja was a poet and politician, citizen of Grand Duchy of Tuscany. His poetry was compared to that of Petrarch, and his association with the Accademia della Crusca gave him access to royal patronage. He…

1707

Emperor Reigen of Japan (born 1654)

Satohito , posthumously honored as Emperor Reigen was the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigen's reign spanned the years from 1663 through 1687.

1732

Johann Matthias Hase

German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1684)

Johann Matthias (Matyhias) Hase was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.

1742

John Keyse Sherwin

English engraver (born 1751)

John Keyse Sherwin was an English engraver and history-painter.

1790

Bartholomew Teeling

leader of the United Irishmen executed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (born c. 1774)

Bartholomew Teeling was an Irish military officer and nationalist who was the leader of the rebel forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and who carried out an act of bravery during the Battle of Collooney. He was…

1798

Alexander Radishchev

Russian author and critic (born 1749)

Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with his 1790…

1802

Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798)

Dom Pedro I, known in Brazil and in Portugal as "the Liberator" or "the Soldier King" in Portugal, was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826.

1834

Branwell Brontë

English painter and poet (born 1817)

Patrick Branwell Brontë was an English poet and artist. He was the only son of the Brontë literary family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.

1848

William Debenham

English businessman, founded Debenhams (born 1794)

William Debenham was the founder of Debenhams, once one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom.

1863

D. H. Hill

American general and academic (born 1821)

Daniel Harvey Hill, commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a Confederate general who commanded infantry in the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil War.

1889

Charles Leroux

American balloonist and skydiver (born 1856)

Charles Leroux was an American balloonist and parachutist.

1889

Patrick Gilmore

Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829)

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was an Irish-born American composer and military bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848. While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the…

1892

Louis Gerhard De Geer

Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)

Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the first Prime Minister of Sweden from 1876 to 1880. He previously served as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to…

1896

Niels Ryberg Finsen

Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

Niels Ryberg Finsen was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with…

1904

Mahidol Adulyadej

Thai prince (born 1892)

Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom, the Prince Father, formerly Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla or Mahidol Songkla, was the father of King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, and the…

1929

William A. MacCorkle

American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (born 1857)

William Alexander MacCorkle, was an American teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier. His residence in Charleston, known as Sunrise, is…

1930

Mike Donlin

American baseball player and actor (born 1878)

Michael Joseph Donlin was an American professional baseball outfielder and actor. His Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1899 to 1914 in which he played mainly in the National League for seven teams over 12…

1933

Alice Muriel Williamson

English author (born 1869)

Alice Muriel Williamson, who published chiefly under names the C. N. and A. M. Williamson and Mrs. C. N. Williamson, was an American-English author.

1933

József Klekl

Slovene priest and journalist (born 1879)

József Klekl Jr. was a Slovene writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest in Hungary, later in Prekmurje.

1936

Lev Schnirelmann

Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900)

Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann was a Soviet mathematician who worked on number theory, topology and differential geometry.

1938

Carl Laemmle

German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867)

Carl Laemmle was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers,…

1939

Charles Tatham

American fencer (born 1854)

Charles T. Tatham was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City and worked for his father's lead manufacturing company in Philadelphia. In 1891, Tatham was one of…

1939

Hans Geiger

German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882)

Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger was a German experimental physicist. He is known as the inventor of the Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, and for carrying out the Rutherford scattering…

1945

Andrew C. McLaughlin

American historian and author (born 1861)

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian known as an authority on U.S. Constitutional history.

1947

Warren William

American actor (born 1894)

Warren William Krech was an American stage and screen actor, who achieved Hollywood stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral leading men of…

1948

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1863)

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Princess Louis of Battenberg and then Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and…

1950

Charles Reisner

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)

Charles Francis Reisner was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.

1962

August Kippasto

Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (born 1887)

August Johannes Kippasto was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

1973

Josué de Castro

Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (born 1908)

Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro, was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger.

1973

Earle Cabell

American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906)

Earle Cabell was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of…

1975

Philip Gbeho

Ghanaian composer and educator (born 1904)

Philip Comi Gbeho was a Ghanaian musician, composer and teacher. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Arts Council of Ghana and was a director of music and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in…

1976

James Bassett

American journalist and author (born 1912)

James Elias Bassett Jr. was an American newspaper editor and author, most notably of the best-selling novel Harm's Way, which was later adapted into the motion picture In Harm's Way.

1978

Ida Noddack

German chemist and physicist (born 1896)

Ida Noddack, née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission. With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium.…

1978

Hasso von Manteuffel

German general and politician (born 1897)

Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a…

1978

Theodor Luts

Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1896)

Theodor Luts was an Estonian film director and cinematographer, brother of classic writer Oskar Luts. Theodor Luts was the first major figure of Estonian cinematography

1980

Patsy Kelly

American actress and dancer (born 1910)

Patsy Kelly was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of comedy shorts produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s. Kelly continued to appear in similar…

1981

Sarah Churchill

English actress (born 1914)

Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, was an English actress and dancer and a daughter of Winston Churchill.

1982

Józef Nawrot

Polish-English footballer (born 1906)

Józef Nawrot was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. He was one of the top scorers in the Polish top division with over 100 goals. During his career, he played for WKS 1 PP Leg Wilno, Cracovia, Legia Warsaw and…

1982

Neil Hamilton

American actor (born 1899)

James Neil Hamilton was an American stage, film and television actor, best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s, having first played a character by that name in 1928's…

1984

Dr. Seuss

American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904)

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of…

1991

Ian Stuart Donaldson

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957)

Ian Stuart Donaldson, more commonly known as Ian Stuart, was an English neo-Nazi musician. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, originally a punk band which, from 1983 onwards, he rebranded as a Rock…

1993

Bruno Pontecorvo

Italian physicist and academic (born 1913)

Bruno Pontecorvo was an Italian–Russian nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. A convinced communist, he defected to the…

1993

Barry Bishop

American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (born 1932)

Barry Chapman Bishop was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar. With teammates Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, he was a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition…

1994

Zeki Müren

Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931)

Zeki Müren was a Turkish classical music artist, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his…

1996

Jeff Moss

American composer and screenwriter (born 1942)

Jeff Moss was an American composer, lyricist, playwright and television writer, best known for his award-winning work on the children's television series Sesame Street.

1998

Youssouf Togoïmi

Chadian politician (born 1953)

Youssouf Togoïmi was a Chadian politician who served in the government under President Idriss Déby but subsequently led a rebel group, the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT), against Déby.

2002

Mike Webster

American football player (born 1952)

Michael Lewis Webster was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of…

2002

Rosalie Allen

American singer and radio host (born 1924)

Rosalie Allen was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host who was noted for her yodeling. She was known as the Queen of Yodeling and was the first woman inducted into…

2003

Lyle Bettger

American actor (born 1915)

Lyle Stathem Bettger was an American character actor who had roles in Hollywood films and television from the 1950s onward, often portraying villains. One such role was the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from…

2003

Françoise Sagan

French author and screenwriter (born 1935)

Françoise Sagan was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first,…

2004

Michael Ferguson

PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953)

Michael Ferguson was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for West Belfast from 2003 until 2006. Ferguson also served as a Lisburn City Councillor for Dunmurry Cross from 1989…

2006

Phil Latulippe

Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909)

Philippe Latulippe, better known as Phil Latulippe, C.M., C.Q., M.M.M., C.D., was a Canadian soldier, athlete and philanthropist.

2006

Oliver Crawford

American screenwriter and author (born 1917)

Oliver Crawford was an American screenwriter and author who overcame the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy Era of the 1950s to become one of the entertainment industry's most successful television writers, for…

2008

Irene Dailey

American actress (born 1920)

Irene Dailey was an American stage, film, and television actress.

2008

Mickey Vernon

American baseball player and coach (born 1918)

James Barton "Mickey" Vernon was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox (1956–1957), Milwaukee Braves (1959) and Pittsburgh…

2008

Nelly Arcan

Canadian author (born 1975)

Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

2009

Gennady Yanayev

Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)

Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and disputed President of the Soviet Union for three days. Yanayev's political career spanned the rules of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and…

2010

Pierre Adam

French cyclist (born 1924)

Pierre Louis Eugène Adam was a French cyclist. He was born in Paris. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Fernand Decanali, Charles Coste and Serge Blusson.

2012

Bruno Bobak

Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923)

Bruno Bobak, was a Polish-born Canadian Official war artist and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts.

2012

Pedro Vázquez Colmenares

Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)

Pedro Vázquez Colmenares was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Oaxaca from 1980 to 1985. He left the Oaxacan governor's office in 1985, before the expiration of his term, when Mexican President Miguel…

2012

Paul Dietzel

American football player and coach (born 1924)

Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (1955–1961), the United States Military Academy (1962–1965),…

2013

Margaret Feilman

Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921)

Margaret Anne Feilman was an Australian architect and Perth's first female town planner. She practiced as an architect and landscape designer. A founding member of the Western Australian Town Planning Institute in 1950,…

2013

Boris Karvasarsky

Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931)

Boris Dmitrievich Karvasarsky was a Russian psychiatrist, a disciple of V. N. Myasishchev.

2013

Anthony Lawrence

English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912)

Anthony John Lawrence, OBE was a British journalist. His most high-profile role was that of chief Far East correspondent for BBC Radio during the Vietnam War. He died in Hong Kong on 24 September 2013.

2013

Sagadat Nurmagambetov

Kazakh general and politician (born 1924)

Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov was a Soviet and Kazakh general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of Defense following the dissolution of…

2013

Paul Oliver

American football player (born 1984)

Paul J. Oliver was an American professional football safety of the National Football League (NFL) who was selected in the fourth round of the 2007 Supplemental NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. He was also briefly a…

2013

Deborah Cavendish

Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920)

Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of British…

2014

Christopher Hogwood

English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941)

Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically informed performance and…

2014

Madis Kõiv

Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929)

Madis Kõiv was an Estonian physicist, philosopher and writer.

2014

Alan Moore

Australian painter and educator (born 1914)

Alan Moore was an Australian war artist during World War II. He is best known for his images of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the Australian War Memorial holds many of his works.

2015

Wang Zhongshu

Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925)

Wang Zhongshu was a Chinese archaeologist who helped to establish and develop the field of archaeology in China. One of the most prominent Asian archaeologists, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Asian…

2015

Mel Charles

Welsh footballer (born 1935)

Melvyn Charles was a Welsh international footballer. Charles played as both a centre-half and centre-forward, with his preferred position being at right-half.

2016

Bill Mollison

Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928)

Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing and promoting the theory and practice of…

2016

Bill Nunn

American actor (born 1953)

William Goldwyn Nunn III was an American actor. He was known for his collaborations with director Spike Lee, notably as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing (1989). He also portrayed Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson in…

2016

Buckwheat Zydeco

American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947)

Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band,…

2016

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)

Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the…

2022

Sara Jane Moore

American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930)

Sara Jane Moore was an American accountant and FBI informant who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975.

2025

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Dean Jones — Australian cricketer (1961–2020)

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Known forHe had an excellent record in Test cricket and is best remembered for revolutionising the ODI format

Deaths on this date102 (366 – 2025)

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth. Wikipedia →

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At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Wikipedia →

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