May 28 History
May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 217 days remain until the end of the year.
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আমাদের উদ্দেশ্য হলো
মানুয়ের জ্ঞানের পরিধি বাড়ানো। আমাদের এই সাইডে থাকবে ১ বছরের সমস্থ ঘটে যাওয়া
ইতিহাস। তারিখ অনুসারে প্রতিটি বিশেষ দিনের ইতিহাস কোন তারিখে কি
ঘটেছিল। কোন ব্যাক্তির জন্য এবং বিশেষ ব্যাক্তির মৃত্যর তারিখ জানানো হবে। যদি কোন
মানুষ এই জ্ঞান অর্জন করতে চায় তাহলে আমাদের এই ওয়েবসাইডটি ভিজিট করুন । আপনার
জ্ঞানের সীমা অনেক বৃদ্ধি পাবে।
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty.
1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
1644 – English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
1754 – French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
1802 – In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
1871 – Fall of the Paris Commune.
1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
1907 – The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
1926 – The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
1932 – In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
1942 – World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
1948 – Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
1961 – Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
1974 – Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
1979 – Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
1987 – A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and released on August 3, 1988.
1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
1995 – The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
2003 – Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
2010 – In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
2011 – Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
Births
1140 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and politician (d. 1207)
1371 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)
1524 – Selim II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1574)
1588 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
1589 – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (d. 1674)
1660 – George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
1663 – António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (d. 1736)
1676 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1754)
1692 – Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (d. 1740)
1738 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
1759 – William Pitt the Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
1763 – Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (d. 1811)
1764 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State (d. 1836)
1779 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer (d. 1852)
1807 – Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (d. 1873)
1818 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (d. 1893)
1836 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1836 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (d. 1918)
1837 – George Ashlin, Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral (d. 1921)
1837 – Tony Pastor, American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (d. 1908)
1841 – Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (d. 1887)
1853 – Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (d. 1919)
1858 – Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch (d. 1939)
1872 – Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)
1878 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945)
1879 – Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1958)
1883 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (d. 1966)
1883 – Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (d. 1978)
1884 – Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1948)
1886 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (d. 1954)
1888 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
1888 – Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (d. 1947)
1888 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
1889 – Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author (d. 1929)
1892 – Minna Gombell, American actress (d. 1973)
1900 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d. 1939)
1903 – S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group (d. 1994)
1906 – Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997)
1908 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005)
1908 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (d. 1964)
1909 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1910 – Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1987)
1910 – Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
1910 – T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1911 – Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (d. 1994)
1911 – Thora Hird, English actress (d. 2003)
1911 – Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (d. 1986)
1912 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
1912 – Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981)
1912 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1914 – W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot (d. 1996)
1915 – Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic (d. 2001)
1916 – Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (d. 1990)
1917 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1918 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (d. 1990)
1921 – D. V. Paluskar, Indian Hindustani classical musician (d. 1955)
1921 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
1921 – Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (d. 2015)
1922 – Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and manager (d. 2017)
1922 – Roger Fisher, American author and academic (d. 2012)
1922 – Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier
1923 – György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator (d. 2006)
1923 – N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996)
1924 – Edward du Cann, English naval officer and politician (d. 2017)
1924 – Paul Hébert, Canadian actor (d. 2017)
1925 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
1925 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012)
1928 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1929 – Patrick McNair-Wilson, English politician
1930 – Edward Seaga, American-Jamaican academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2019)
1931 – Carroll Baker, American actress
1931 – Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (d. 2014)
1932 – Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
1933 – John Karlen, American actor
1933 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist (d. 2010)
1936 – Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
1936 – Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician (d. 2013)
1936 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (d. 1997)
1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1939 – Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (d. 2012)
1940 – David William Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
1940 – Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
1941 – Beth Howland, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1942 – Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1944 – Faith Brown, English actress and singer
1944 – Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
1944 – Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
1944 – Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (d. 2013)
1944 – Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1944 – Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor
1945 – Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
1945 – John N. Bambacus, American military veteran (USMC) and politician
1945 – John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945 – Jean Perrault, Canadian politician, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec
1945 – Helena Shovelton, English physician
1946 – Bruce Alexander, English actor
1946 – Skip Jutze, American baseball player
1946 – Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
1946 – K. Satchidanandan, Indian poet and critic
1946 – William Shawcross, English journalist and author
1947 – Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and academic
1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator
1947 – Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1948 – Michael Field, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
1948 – Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter (d. 2002)
1949 – Martin Kelner, English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
1949 – Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 1998)
1952 – Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
1953 – Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1954 – João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (d. 1999)
1954 – Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1988)
1954 – Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
1954 – Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (d. 2013)
1954 – John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician, 65th Mayor of Toronto
1955 – Laura Amy Schlitz, American author and librarian
1955 – Mark Howe, American ice hockey player and coach
1956 – Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
1956 – Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
1956 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
1956 – Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
1957 – Colin Barnes, English footballer
1957 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
1957 – Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish racing driver
1960 – Mark Sanford, American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
1960 – Mary Portas, English journalist and author
1963 – Houman Younessi, Australian-American biologist and academic
1964 – Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer and trainer
1964 – Armen Gilliam, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1964 – Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress
1964 – Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter
1965 – Chris Ballew, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1965 – Mary Coughlan, Irish politician
1966 – Roger Kumble, American director, screenwriter, and playwright
1966 – Miljenko Jergović, Bosnian novelist and journalist
1966 – Gavin Robertson, Australian cricketer
1967 – Glen Rice, American basketball player
1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1969 – Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and manager
1969 – Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d. 2016)
1970 – Glenn Quinn, American actor (d. 2002)
1971 – Isabelle Carré, French actress and singer
1971 – Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater and sportscaster
1971 – Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
1972 – Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
1972 – Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist and manager
1973 – Marco Paulo Faria Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager
1974 – Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
1974 – Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1975 – Maura Johnston, American journalist, critic, and academic
1976 – Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
1976 – Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach
1976 – Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
1976 – Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player and coach
1977 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
1978 – Jake Johnson, American actor
1979 – Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
1979 – Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
1980 – Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
1980 – Lucy Shuker, English tennis player
1981 – Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
1981 – Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
1981 – Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
1982 – Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
1983 – Steve Cronin, American soccer player
1983 – Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
1983 – Roman Atwood, American YouTube star
1985 – Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer
1985 – Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer
1986 – Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
1986 – Seth Rollins, American wrestler
1986 – Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
1987 – T.J. Yates, American football player
1988 – NaVorro Bowman, American football player
1988 – Percy Harvin, American football player
1988 – Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player
1990 – Kyle Walker, English footballer[1]
1991 – Sharrif Floyd, American football player
1991 – Alexandre Lacazette, French footballer
1991 – Kail Piho, Estonian skier
1992 – Tom Carroll, English footballer
1993 – Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
1993 – Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
1994 – John Stones, English footballer
1994 – Son Yeon-jae, South Korean gymnast
1998 – Dahyun, Korean singer (Twice) [2]
1999 – Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019)
2000 – Phil Foden, English footballer
Deaths
576 – Germain of Paris, French bishop and saint (b. 496)
741 – Ucha'an K'in B'alam, Mayan king
926 – Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
926 – Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
1023 – Wulfstan, English archbishop
1279 – William Wishart, English bishop
1327 – Robert Baldock, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England
1357 – Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
1427 – Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (b. 1397)
1556 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese samurai (b. 1494)
1626 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (b. 1561)
1651 – Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1594)
1672 – John Trevor, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1626)
1747 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (b. 1715)
1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1787 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1719)
1805 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1743)
1808 – Richard Hurd, English bishop (b. 1720)
1811 – Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1742)
1831 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
1843 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
1864 – Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1904 – Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
1916 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
1927 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
1937 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
1946 – Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
1947 – August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
1952 – Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
1953 – Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
1964 – Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
1968 – Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
1971 – Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
1972 – Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
1975 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
1976 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
1980 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
1981 – Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
1981 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
1982 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
1983 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
1984 – Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
1986 – Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
1988 – Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
1990 – Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940)
1994 – Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
1994 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American author and academic (b. 1916)
1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (b. 1948)
1999 – Michael Barkai, Israeli commander (b. 1935)
1999 – B. Vittalacharya, Indian director and producer (b. 1920)
2000 – George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (b. 1926)
2001 – Joe Moakley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2001 – Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
2002 – Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
2003 – Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)
2003 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2003 – Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934)
2004 – Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (b. 1979)
2004 – John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (b. 1930)
2006 – Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920)
2007 – Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945)
2007 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (b. 1945)
2008 – Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)
2011 – Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (b. 1920)
2012 – Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925)
2012 – Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1958)
2013 – Viktor Kulikov, Russian commander (b. 1921)
2013 – Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2013 – Gerd Schmückle, German general (b. 1917)
2014 – Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (b. 1928)
2014 – Stan Crowther, English footballer (b. 1935)
2014 – Oscar Dystel, American publisher (b. 1912)
2014 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
2014 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (b. 1932)
2014 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (b. 1971)
2015 – Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (b. 1948)
2015 – Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (b. 1927)
2015 – Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2018 – Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1963)
2018 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2018 – Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (b. 1941)[3]
