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What happend on 9. March in History
In our data base we found 301 events happened on 9. March:
• 1009: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. [category: Events]
• 1213: Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) [category: Births]
• 1230: Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. [category: Events]
• 1276: Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City. [category: Events]
• 141_bc: Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China. [category: Events]
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• 632: The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of Prophet Muhammad. [category: Events]
• 1202: King Sverre of Norway [category: Deaths]
• 1285: Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) [category: Births]
• 1422: Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) [category: Deaths]
• 1440: Saint Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) [category: Deaths]
• 1454: Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (d. 1512) [category: Births]
• 1500: The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas. [category: Events]
• 1564: David Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1617) [category: Births]
• 1566: David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1566: David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1568: Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591) [category: Births]
• 1627: John Bowne, English-born American Quaker (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1629: Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1649: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
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• 1661: Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Martín Sarmiento, Spanish writer and scholar (d.1772) [category: Births]
• 1709: Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat (b. 1638) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1727: Johann Gottlieb Preller, German cantor, composer, and land surveyor (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1737: Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1749: Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French writer and politician (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1753: Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1758: Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroscientist (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1763: William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1765: After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide. [category: Events]
• 1796: Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. [category: Events]
• 1806: Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1808: Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b. 1739) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Ozias Humphrey, English artist (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí. [category: Events]
• 1814: Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1815: David Davis, American politician and jurist; United States Senator from Illinois and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1820: Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1825: Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author (b.1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Frederick A. Schroeder, industrialist and mayor of Brooklyn (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1839: Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1841: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally. [category: Events]
• 1842: Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers. [category: Events]
• 1842: The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush. [category: Events]
• 1847: Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz. [category: Events]
• 1851: Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1856: Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships. [category: Events]
• 1877: Stuart Stickney, American golfer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1886: Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1887: Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1887: Phil Mead, English cricketer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: William I, German Emperor (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1890: Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1891: José P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1892: Vita Sackville-West, English writer and gardener (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1894: Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1895: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer and journalist (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa. [category: Events]
• 1897: Jamal-al-Din Afghani, Afghan political activist and Islamic nationalist (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1902: Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1904: Paul Klipsch, American engineer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1905: Gerard Helders, Dutch politician (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1909: Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1910: Samuel Barber, American composer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1910: The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins. [category: Events]
• 1915: Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1918: George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1918: Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Frank Wedekind, German writer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1921: Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1923: André Courrèges, French fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1923: James L. Buckley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1923: Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1923: Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1925: Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins. [category: Events]
• 1926: Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Gerald Bull, Canadian artillery designer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1929: Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh [category: Births]
• 1930: Taina Elg, Finnish-American actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1931: Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Keely Smith, American singer [category: Births]
• 1932: Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Lloyd Price, American singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Mel Lastman, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies. [category: Events]
• 1934: Del Close, American actor, writer and teacher (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1934: Joyce Van Patten, American actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Marlene Streit, Canadian golfer [category: Births]
• 1934: Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in space (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1935: Andrew Viterbi, American scientist and businessman [category: Births]
• 1936: Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1936: Mickey Gilley, American musician and singer [category: Births]
• 1936: Tom Sestak, American football player (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1937: Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003 [category: Births]
• 1937: Brian Redman, English racing driver [category: Births]
• 1937: Harry Neale, Canadian ice hockey coach, general manager and commentator [category: Births]
• 1937: Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Lill-Babs, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1940: Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1941: Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1942: John Cale, Welsh musician (The Velvet Underground) [category: Births]
• 1942: Mark Lindsay, American musician (Paul Revere & the Raiders) [category: Births]
• 1943: Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1943: Charles Gibson, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1943: Trish Van Devere, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Lee Irvine, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1944: The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing 757 people, mostly civilians. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days. [category: Events]
• 1945: Dennis Rader, American serial killer [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Calvert, English singer (Hawkwind) (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robin Trower, British rock musician (Procol Harum and The Paramounts) [category: Births]
• 1945: Margot Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish holocaust victim (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history. [category: Events]
• 1946: Jim Cregan, British rock musician (Blossom Toes and Family) [category: Births]
• 1946: Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds injured [category: Events]
• 1947: Chris Thompson, British rock musician (Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Night) [category: Births]
• 1947: Keri Hulme, New Zealand writer [category: Births]
• 1947: Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jhaverchand Meghani, Gujarati poet (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Emma Bonino, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Jeffrey Osborne, American singer (L.T.D.) [category: Births]
• 1949: Jamie Lyn Bauer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer [category: Births]
• 1949: Charles Bennett, British athlete (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Danny Sullivan, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1950: Doug Ault, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1951: Helen Zille, South African politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Michael Kinsley, American journalist and editor [category: Births]
• 1951: Zakir Hussain, Tabla player and Musician [category: Births]
• 1952: Bill Beaumont, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1954: Bobby Sands, IRA member (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1954: Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. [category: Events]
• 1955: Józef Pinior, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Ornella Muti, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Teo Fabi, Italian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1956: David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science (Conservative) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Dantonio, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1956: Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General [category: Births]
• 1956: Soviet military suppresses mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. [category: Events]
• 1957: Faith Daniels, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Mancina, American composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1957: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu. [category: Events]
• 1958: Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1958: Martin Fry, English pop singer (ABC and Vice Versa) [category: Births]
• 1959: Lonny Price, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1959: Tom Amandes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. [category: Events]
• 1960: Linda Fiorentino, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. [category: Events]
• 1961: Darrell Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Mike Leach, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Rick Steiner, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1961: Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight. [category: Events]
• 1962: Jan Furtok, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: David Pogue, Technology columnist [category: Births]
• 1963: Ivan Henjak, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian film director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Terry Mulholland, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Herbert Fandel, German football referee [category: Births]
• 1964: Juliette Binoche, French actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Phil Housley, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Steve Wilkos, American police officer and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1964: Valérie Lemercier, French actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Brian Bosworth, American football player [category: Births]
• 1966: Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi) [category: Births]
• 1966: Michael Patrick MacDonald, Irish-American activist and author [category: Births]
• 1966: Tony Lockett, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26. [category: Events]
• 1968: Brian Heidik, American reality-show contestant on Survivor: Thailand [category: Births]
• 1968: Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative, Danzig, A Pale Horse Named Death and Seventh Void) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rob Dukes, American musician (Exodus) [category: Births]
• 1968: Robert Sledge, American musician (Ben Folds Five) [category: Births]
• 1968: Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Stefie Shock, Canadian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Abdul Munim Riad general and chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: David Guido Pietroni, Italian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Martin Johnson, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1970: Shannon Leto, American drummer and actor (30 Seconds to Mars and The Wondergirls) [category: Births]
• 1971: C-Murder, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1971: Diego Torres, Argentine singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Emmanuel Lewis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Kerr Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Spencer Howson, Australian broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1973: Aaron Boone, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Chaske Spencer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Didiayer Snyder, Australian television personality [category: Births]
• 1975: Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host [category: Births]
• 1976: Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date. [category: Events]
• 1977: Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentine supermodel [category: Births]
• 1977: The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage. [category: Events]
• 1978: Lucas Neill, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Melina Perez, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Chingy, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Trent Croad, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Antonio Bryant, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Clay Rapada, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Mirjana Lucic, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Clint Dempsey, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ioannis Masmanidis, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (RBD) [category: Births]
• 1983: Wayne Simien, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Abdoulay Konko, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Joe Gilgun, English actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Julia Mancuso, American skier [category: Births]
• 1985: Jesse Litsch, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Parthiv Patel, Indian cricket player [category: Births]
• 1985: Rachel Nabors, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1985: Harry Catterick, English football manager (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Brittany Snow, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Bow Wow, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Alodia Gosiengfiao, Filipina cosplay artist and model [category: Births]
• 1988: Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon), South Korean singer (Girls' Generation) [category: Births]
• 1989: Robert Mapplethorpe, American artist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy. [category: Events]
• 1990: Aras Özbiliz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Bilel Ifa, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Daley Blind, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position. [category: Events]
• 1991: Domo Genesis, American rapper (OFWGKTA) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jim Hardin, American baseball player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. [category: Events]
• 1992: Luis Armand Garcia, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Larnell Cole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Bob Crosby, American bandleader and vocalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Charles Bukowski, American writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Gilbert Rondeau, Canadian politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Maurice Purtill, American Big Band drummer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Darsheel Safary, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1996: George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jean-Dominique Bauby, French Journalist & Author (b.1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter (b.1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day. [category: Events]
• 1999: Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Louiza Podimata, Greek actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Gerald Deskin, clinical child psychologist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Rust Epique, American guitarist and singer (Crazy Town and pre)Thing) (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Chris LeDoux, American country singer and rodeo competitor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Laura Stoica, Romanian singer, composer and actress (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brad Delp, American singer (Boston, RTZ and Beatlejuice) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: 'Granny D', American political activist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Willie Davis, American baseball player (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The first same-sex marriages in Washington, D.C., take place. [category: Events]
• 2011: David Broder, American journalist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. [category: Events]
• 2012: Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Bergman, American comedian The Firesign Theater. (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Polish mountaineers Adam Bielecki and Janusz Gołąb make the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum I. [category: Events]
• _: Catherine of Bologna [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Frances of Rome [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gregory of Nyssa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pacian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon) [category: Holidays and observances]