March 3 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on March 3 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 12 Esfand 1404.

Occasions on this day in 2026

national
National Anesthesia Day (Iran)
religious
Purim
international
World Wildlife Day
international
World Hearing Day
countries
Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day, Japan)
countries
Liberation Day (Bulgaria)

This day in the calendar

Famous people born on March 3

Events (44)

473 (1553 years ago) Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 (1302 years ago) Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
880 (1146 years ago) Emperor Basil I ratifies the decrees of the Fourth Council of Constantinople, confirming the reinstatement of patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.
1575 (451 years ago) Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 (441 years ago) The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1776 (250 years ago) American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1779 (247 years ago) American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1795 (231 years ago) The Fédon Rebellion breaks out in Grenada, the rebels seizing Grenville and later Gouyave.
1799 (227 years ago) The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
1845 (181 years ago) Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1849 (177 years ago) The Territory of Minnesota is created.
1857 (169 years ago) Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1859 (167 years ago) The two-day Great Slave Auction, one of the largest such auctions in United States history, concludes.
1861 (165 years ago) Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1873 (153 years ago) Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
1878 (148 years ago) The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
1891 (135 years ago) Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
1913 (113 years ago) Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
1918 (108 years ago) Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
1923 (103 years ago) US magazine Time publishes its first issue.
1924 (102 years ago) The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924 (102 years ago) The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1938 (88 years ago) Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 (87 years ago) In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1940 (86 years ago) Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
1943 (83 years ago) World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1944 (82 years ago) The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1944 (82 years ago) A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1953 (73 years ago) A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people.
1958 (68 years ago) Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
1969 (57 years ago) Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1972 (54 years ago) Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1974 (52 years ago) Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1980 (46 years ago) The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1985 (41 years ago) A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1986 (40 years ago) The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
1991 (35 years ago) An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
1991 (35 years ago) United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board.
2005 (21 years ago) James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005 (21 years ago) Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2005 (21 years ago) Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
2013 (13 years ago) A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.

Births (184)

1455 (571 years ago) John II of Portugal,
1455 (571 years ago) Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (died 1505)
1506 (520 years ago) Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (died 1555)
1520 (506 years ago) Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575)
1583 (443 years ago) Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648)
1589 (437 years ago) Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676)
1606 (420 years ago) Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (died 1687)
1652 (374 years ago) Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (died 1685)
1678 (348 years ago) Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (died 1747)
1756 (270 years ago) William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836)
1778 (248 years ago) Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
1793 (233 years ago) William Macready, English actor and manager (died 1873)
1800 (226 years ago) Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862)
1803 (223 years ago) Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889)
1805 (221 years ago) Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (died 1861)
1816 (210 years ago) William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (died 1858)
1819 (207 years ago) Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912)
1825 (201 years ago) Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879)
1831 (195 years ago) George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897)
1839 (187 years ago) Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904)
1841 (185 years ago) John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914)
1845 (181 years ago) Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918)
1847 (179 years ago) Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922)
1860 (166 years ago) John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
1866 (160 years ago) Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914)
1868 (158 years ago) Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (died 1951)
1869 (157 years ago) Henry Wood, English conductor (died 1944)
1871 (155 years ago) Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (died 1957)
1872 (154 years ago) Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (died 1941)
1873 (153 years ago) William Green, American union leader and politician (died 1952)
1880 (146 years ago) Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946)
1882 (144 years ago) Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974)
1882 (144 years ago) Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949)
1883 (143 years ago) Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (died 1977)
1891 (135 years ago) Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 1949)
1893 (133 years ago) Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (died 1998)
1895 (131 years ago) Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1898 (128 years ago) Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
1900 (126 years ago) Edna Best, British stage and film actress (died 1974)
1902 (124 years ago) Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (died 1987)
1903 (123 years ago) Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (died 1967)
1911 (115 years ago) Jean Harlow, American actress (died 1937)
1911 (115 years ago) Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982)
1913 (113 years ago) Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (died 1972)
1913 (113 years ago) Harold J. Stone, American actor (died 2005)
1914 (112 years ago) Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
1916 (110 years ago) Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006)
1917 (109 years ago) Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952)
1918 (108 years ago) Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1920 (106 years ago) Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (died 1994)
1920 (106 years ago) James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005)
1920 (106 years ago) Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011)
1921 (105 years ago) Diana Barrymore, American actress (died 1960)
1922 (104 years ago) Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)
1923 (103 years ago) Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009)
1923 (103 years ago) Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (died 2005)
1923 (103 years ago) Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012)
1924 (102 years ago) Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 2025)
1926 (100 years ago) James Merrill, American poet and playwright (died 1995)
1927 (99 years ago) Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016)
1930 (96 years ago) Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025)
1932 (94 years ago) Roy Fisher, Australian rugby league player
1933 (93 years ago) Lee Radziwill, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019)
1934 (92 years ago) Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023)
1934 (92 years ago) Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (died 1976)
1935 (91 years ago) Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player (died 2026)
1935 (91 years ago) Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
1935 (91 years ago) Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015)
1939 (87 years ago) Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (died 2003)
1939 (87 years ago) M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999)
1940 (86 years ago) Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist (died 2021)
1940 (86 years ago) Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986)
1940 (86 years ago) Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010)
1941 (85 years ago) Novella Jafaroghlu, Azerbaijani chemist and politician
1941 (85 years ago) Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 (81 years ago) George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 (81 years ago) Hattie Winston, American actress
1947 (79 years ago) Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic (died 2021)
1947 (79 years ago) Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
1947 (79 years ago) Willie Wise, American basketball player
1948 (78 years ago) Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022)
1949 (77 years ago) Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
1949 (77 years ago) Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
1949 (77 years ago) Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (died 2011)
1950 (76 years ago) Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
1951 (75 years ago) Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013)
1951 (75 years ago) Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 (75 years ago) Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1952 (74 years ago) Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (died 2008)
1953 (73 years ago) Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 (73 years ago) Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
1954 (72 years ago) Keith Fergus, American golfer
1954 (72 years ago) Robert Gossett, American actor
1954 (72 years ago) John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 (72 years ago) Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 (71 years ago) Michele Singer Reiner, American film producer (died 2025)
1955 (71 years ago) John Ribot, Australian rugby league player and administrator
1955 (71 years ago) Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
1956 (70 years ago) Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
1956 (70 years ago) John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
1957 (69 years ago) Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
1957 (69 years ago) Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1958 (68 years ago) Johnny Moore, American basketball player and coach
1958 (68 years ago) Miranda Richardson, English actress
1959 (67 years ago) Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
1959 (67 years ago) Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach (died 2026)
1961 (65 years ago) Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
1961 (65 years ago) John Matteson, American biographer
1961 (65 years ago) Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1962 (64 years ago) Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper
1962 (64 years ago) Herschel Walker, American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist
1963 (63 years ago) Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia
1963 (63 years ago) Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
1964 (62 years ago) Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 (62 years ago) Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
1964 (62 years ago) Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
1965 (61 years ago) Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
1966 (60 years ago) Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
1966 (60 years ago) Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1968 (58 years ago) Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
1968 (58 years ago) Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1970 (56 years ago) Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 (56 years ago) Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 (55 years ago) Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
1971 (55 years ago) Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1972 (54 years ago) Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster
1972 (54 years ago) Martin Procházka, Czech ice hockey player
1973 (53 years ago) Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1974 (52 years ago) David Faustino, American actor
1975 (51 years ago) Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter
1976 (50 years ago) Kampamba Mulenga, Zambian politician
1976 (50 years ago) Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
1976 (50 years ago) Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017)
1976 (50 years ago) Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1977 (49 years ago) Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1977 (49 years ago) Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
1979 (47 years ago) Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1979 (47 years ago) Patrick Renna, American actor and film producer
1980 (46 years ago) Katherine Waterston, English-American actress
1981 (45 years ago) Lil' Flip, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
1981 (45 years ago) Julius Malema, South African politician
1981 (45 years ago) Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 (45 years ago) Tobias Forge, Swedish singer and songwriter
1982 (44 years ago) Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
1982 (44 years ago) Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer
1982 (44 years ago) Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 (44 years ago) Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1983 (43 years ago) Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1984 (42 years ago) Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984 (42 years ago) Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984 (42 years ago) Ivar, American wrestler
1984 (42 years ago) Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 (41 years ago) Toby Turner, American Internet personality
1986 (40 years ago) Jed Collins, American football player
1986 (40 years ago) Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
1986 (40 years ago) Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
1987 (39 years ago) Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player
1988 (38 years ago) Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
1988 (38 years ago) Michael Morrison, English footballer
1988 (38 years ago) Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988 (38 years ago) Max Waller, English cricketer
1989 (37 years ago) Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
1990 (36 years ago) Vlado Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1991 (35 years ago) Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1991 (35 years ago) Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
1993 (33 years ago) Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
1993 (33 years ago) Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
1993 (33 years ago) Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
1993 (33 years ago) Michael Thomas, American football player
1994 (32 years ago) Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player
1994 (32 years ago) Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
1995 (31 years ago) Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer
1995 (31 years ago) Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress
1996 (30 years ago) Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
1996 (30 years ago) Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer
1997 (29 years ago) Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
1997 (29 years ago) David Neres, Brazilian footballer
1998 (28 years ago) Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
1999 (27 years ago) Corey Kispert, American basketball player
2000 (26 years ago) Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player
2001 (25 years ago) Jvke, American singer-songwriter

Deaths (100)

532 (1494 years ago) Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (born c. 460)
1009 (1017 years ago) Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (born 983)
1195 (831 years ago) Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (born c. 1125)
1239 (787 years ago) Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1187)
1311 (715 years ago) Antony Bek, bishop of Durham
1323 (703 years ago) Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English military leader
1383 (643 years ago) Hugh III, Italian nobleman
1459 (567 years ago) Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (born 1397)
1542 (484 years ago) Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV
1554 (472 years ago) John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)
1578 (448 years ago) Sebastiano Venier, doge of Venice (born 1496)
1578 (448 years ago) Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu, Ottoman Greek magnate
1588 (438 years ago) Henry XI, duke of Legnica (born 1539)
1592 (434 years ago) Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born 1499)
1611 (415 years ago) William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (born 1552)
1616 (410 years ago) Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1538)
1700 (326 years ago) Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (born 1670)
1703 (323 years ago) Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (born 1635)
1744 (282 years ago) Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (born 1674)
1765 (261 years ago) William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (born 1687)
1768 (258 years ago) Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)
1789 (237 years ago) Ghulam Kadir, leader of the Afghan Rohilla
1792 (234 years ago) Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (born 1728)
1850 (176 years ago) Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (born 1806)
1894 (132 years ago) Ned Williamson, American baseball player (born 1857)
1901 (125 years ago) George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (born 1826)
1905 (121 years ago) Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830)
1927 (99 years ago) Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1878)
1927 (99 years ago) J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (born 1884)
1929 (97 years ago) Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874)
1932 (94 years ago) Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864)
1943 (83 years ago) George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (born 1877)
1949 (77 years ago) Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (born 1862)
1959 (67 years ago) Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906)
1961 (65 years ago) Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (born 1903)
1961 (65 years ago) Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (born 1887)
1966 (60 years ago) Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (born 1895)
1966 (60 years ago) William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887)
1966 (60 years ago) Alice Pearce, American actress (born 1917)
1981 (45 years ago) Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (born 1895)
1982 (44 years ago) Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896)
1982 (44 years ago) Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936)
1983 (43 years ago) Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907)
1987 (39 years ago) Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
1988 (38 years ago) Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (born 1918)
1988 (38 years ago) Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889)
1990 (36 years ago) Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (born 1898)
1991 (35 years ago) Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (born 1895)
1991 (35 years ago) William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
1993 (33 years ago) Mel Bradford, American author and critic (born 1934)
1993 (33 years ago) Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (born 1910)
1993 (33 years ago) Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1903)
1993 (33 years ago) Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (born 1906)
1994 (32 years ago) John Edward Williams, American author and academic (born 1922)
1995 (31 years ago) Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907)
1996 (30 years ago) Marguerite Duras, French author and director (born 1914)
1996 (30 years ago) John Krol, American cardinal (born 1910)
1998 (28 years ago) Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1915)
1999 (27 years ago) Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1999 (27 years ago) Lee Philips, American actor and director (born 1927)
2000 (26 years ago) Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
2001 (25 years ago) Louis Edmonds, American actor (born 1923)
2001 (25 years ago) Maija Isola, Finnish textile designer (born 1927)
2001 (25 years ago) Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (born 1923)
2002 (24 years ago) G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1951)
2003 (23 years ago) Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933)
2003 (23 years ago) Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (born 1913)
2003 (23 years ago) Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
2005 (21 years ago) Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)
2006 (20 years ago) Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923)
2006 (20 years ago) Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918)
2006 (20 years ago) William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (born 1914)
2007 (19 years ago) Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920)
2008 (18 years ago) Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921)
2008 (18 years ago) Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923)
2009 (17 years ago) Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935)
2010 (16 years ago) Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)
2010 (16 years ago) Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)
2011 (15 years ago) May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923)
2012 (14 years ago) Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929)
2012 (14 years ago) Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947)
2012 (14 years ago) Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931)
2013 (13 years ago) Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940)
2013 (13 years ago) James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944)
2015 (11 years ago) Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925)
2015 (11 years ago) M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934)
2016 (10 years ago) Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968)
2016 (10 years ago) Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973)
2016 (10 years ago) Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962)
2016 (10 years ago) Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914)
2016 (10 years ago) Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983)
2017 (9 years ago) René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)
2018 (8 years ago) Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)
2018 (8 years ago) Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943)
2018 (8 years ago) Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969)
2018 (8 years ago) David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)
2019 (7 years ago) Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930)
2020 (6 years ago) Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928)
2023 (3 years ago) Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935)
2023 (3 years ago) Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961)