April 5

## Events
### Up to 1900 
* 823 &ndash; Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 1081 &ndash; Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1242 &ndash; During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
* 1566 &ndash; Two–hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. 
* 1614 &ndash; In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
* 1621 &ndash; The *Mayflower* sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
* 1654 &ndash; The Treaty of Westminster is signed, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
* 1690 &ndash; Patrizio Cardinal Ficca is elected pope and takes the name Patricius I.
* 1710 &ndash; The Statute of Anne receives the Royal Assent, establishing the copyright law of Great Britain. 
* 1722 &ndash; Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen reaches an island in the South Pacific on Easter Sunday. He names it Easter Island. He is the first European to visit the island.
* 1792 &ndash; United States President George Washington vetos a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States.
* 1804 &ndash; The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil, Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).
* 1815 &ndash; Tambora's eruption in Indonesia begins.
* 1818 &ndash; Battle of Maipu: Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose de San Martin, wins a decisive victory over Spain, with 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chileans patriots dying in the battle.
* 1847 &ndash; Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park in the United Kingdom, is opened in Birkenhead.
* 1862 &ndash; American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown. The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
* 1879 &ndash; Chile declares war on Peru and Bolivia.

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1902 &ndash; A stand at the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow collapses during a Scotland v. England football match, killing 25 people.
* 1904 &ndash; First international rugby league game.
* 1908 &ndash; The Germany national football team played its first–ever match, losing 5–3 to the Switzerland national football team, which recorded its first–ever win.
* 1922 &ndash; The American Birth Control League is incorporated.
* 1923 &ndash; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts production of balloon–tires.
* 1930 &ndash; In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
* 1932 &ndash; Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends.
* 1932 &ndash; Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building, leading to the end of self–government.
* 1936 &ndash; Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: A F5 tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in United States history.
* 1942 &ndash; World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy cruisers HMS *Cornwall* and HMS *Dorsetshire* are sunk southwest of the island.
* 1943 &ndash; World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally kill over 900 civilians in the town of Mortsel, Belgium.
* 1944 &ndash; World War II: 270 people living in the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by German troops.
* 1945 &ndash; Georgian Uprising of Texel takes place.
* 1945 &ndash; Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
* 1946 &ndash; Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark, after an 11–month occupation.
* 1949 &ndash; *Fireside Theatre* is first broadcast on television.
* 1949 &ndash; A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, United States, kills 77 people.
* 1951 &ndash; Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
* 1955 &ndash; Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
* 1956 &ndash; In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the general elections by many votes and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
* 1956 &ndash; Fidel Castro declares himself to be at war with the President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista.
* 1957 &ndash; In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala. E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
* 1969 &ndash; Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations are held in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the United States.
* 1971 &ndash; In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
* 1972 &ndash; Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces invade Binh Long Province, launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive.
* 1973 &ndash; Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France
* 1976 &ndash; In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
* 1976 &ndash; James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party, replacing Harold Wilson in both positions.
* 1980 &ndash; A memorial to Chiang Kai-shek is opened in Taipei, Taiwan, on the fifth anniversary of his death.
* 1986 &ndash; Bombing of the La Belle discothèque in West Berlin, Germany, kills three.
* 1991 &ndash; ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, killing all 23 aboard.
* 1992 &ndash; Several hundred–thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C..
* 1992 &ndash; The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protestor Suada Dilberovic on the Skenderija Bridge.
* 1993 &ndash; The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.
* 1994 &ndash; Kurt Cobain, popular musician in the rock music band Nirvana, commits suicide at the age of 27. His body is found three days later.
* 1998 &ndash; In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
* 1999 &ndash; Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
* 1999 &ndash; In Laramie, Wyoming, United States, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.

### From 2001 
* 2005 &ndash; ABC News anchor Peter Jennings announces on *World News Tonight* that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer. It was his last on–air appearance.
* 2009 &ndash; North Korea launches the Kwangmyongsong rocket, which passed over Japan, and led to international condemnation.
* 2012 &ndash; President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika dies aged 78; Joyce Banda replaces him.
* 2016 &ndash; Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigns after his name appeared in the Panama Papers about tax schemes of the rich and famous.

## Births
### Up to 1800 
* 1170 &ndash; Isabella of Hainault (died 1190)
* 1288 &ndash; Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)
* 1315 &ndash; James III of Mallorca (died 1349)
* 1472 &ndash; Bianca Maria Sforza, daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510)
* 1479 &ndash; Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (died 1574)
* 1568 &ndash; Pope Urban VIII (died 1644)
* 1588 &ndash; Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)
* 1593 &ndash; George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg (died 1603)
* 1595 &ndash; John Wilson, English composer and educator (died 1674)
* 1604 &ndash; Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1675)
* 1622 &ndash; Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (died 1703)
* 1649 &ndash; Elihu Yale, American university benefactor (died 1721)
* 1692 &ndash; Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died 1730)
* 1719 &ndash; Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier (died 1794)
* 1726 &ndash; Benjamin Harrison V, American politician (died 1791)
* 1727 &ndash; Pasquale Anfossi, Italian composer (died 1797)
* 1732 &ndash; Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (died 1806)
* 1761 &ndash; Sybil Ludington, heroine of the American Revolutionary War (died 1839)
* 1784 &ndash; Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (died 1859)

### 1801 &ndash; 1900 
* 1816 &ndash; Samuel Freeman Miller, United States Supreme Court justice (died 1890)
* 1820 &ndash; Nadar, French photographer, writer and balloonist (died 1910)
* 1827 &ndash; Joseph Lister, English surgeon (died 1912)
* 1832 &ndash; Jules Ferry, French statesman (died 1893)
* 1837 &ndash; Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (died 1909)
* 1839 &ndash; Robert Smalls, American pilot and politician (died 1915)
* 1840 &ndash; Ghazars Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911)
* 1856 &ndash; Booker T. Washington, American educator (died 1915)
* 1857 &ndash; Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (died 1893)
* 1863 &ndash; Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1950)
* 1869 &ndash; Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (died 1942)
* 1869 &ndash; Albert Roussel, French composer (died 1937)
* 1871 &ndash; Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer
* 1875 &ndash; Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (died 1956)
* 1877 &ndash; Walter Sutton, American geneticist (died 1916)
* 1878 &ndash; Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (died 1964)
* 1883 &ndash; Walter Huston, Canadian–born American actor (died 1950)
* 1884 &ndash; Ion Iaculet, Romanian statesman (died 1940)
* 1893 &ndash; Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died 1973)
* 1899 &ndash; Alfred Blalock, American surgeon (died 1964)
* 1899 &ndash; Elsie Thompson, American supercentenarian (died 2013)
* 1900 &ndash; Spencer Tracy, American actor (died 1967)
* 1900 &ndash; Herbert Bayer, Austrian–American graphic designer (died 1985)
* 1900 &ndash; Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1928)

### 1901 &ndash; 1925 
* 1901 &ndash; Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981)
* 1901 &ndash; Chester Bowles, American politician, Governor of Connecticut (died 1986)
* 1904 &ndash; Richard Eberhart, American poet (died 2005)
* 1905 &ndash; Sanya Dharmasakti, Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2002)
* 1905 &ndash; Bill Raisch, American actor (died 1984)
* 1908 &ndash; Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)
* 1908 &ndash; Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (died 1989)
* 1908 &ndash; Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (died 1986)
* 1909 &ndash; Albert R. Broccoli, American movie producer (died 1996)
* 1911 &ndash; Hedi Amaira Nouira, Prime Minister of Tunisia (died 1993)
* 1912 &ndash; John Le Mesurier, British actor (died 1983)
* 1912 &ndash; Ricardo Arias, 29th President of Panama (died 1993)
* 1912 &ndash; Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer (died 1997)
* 1912 &ndash; Bill Roberts, English sprinter (died 2001)
* 1913 &ndash; Ruth Smith, Faroese artist (died 1958)
* 1916 &ndash; Gregory Peck, American actor (died 2003)
* 1917 &ndash; Robert Bloch, American writer (died 1994)
* 1919 &ndash; Les Munro, New Zealand pilot (died 2015)
* 1920 &ndash; Barend Biesheuvel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
* 1920 &ndash; Chatichai Choonhavan, Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1998)
* 1920 &ndash; Arthur Hailey, American writer (died 2004)
* 1922 &ndash; Tom Finney, English footballer (died 2014)
* 1922 &ndash; Gale Storm, American singer and actress
* 1922 &ndash; Christopher Hewett, British actor (died 2001)
* 1923 &ndash; Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnamese president (died 2001)
* 1923 &ndash; Michael Gazzo, American actor (died 1995)

### 1926 &ndash; 1950 
* 1926 &ndash; Roger Corman, American movie director, producer, and writer
* 1929 &ndash; Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (died 2008)
* 1929 &ndash; Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist
* 1929 &ndash; Joe Meek, English record producer (died 1967)
* 1929 &ndash; Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (died 2001)
* 1930 &ndash; Mary Costa, American singer and actress
* 1931 &ndash; Boris Strugatsky, Russian writer (died 1991)
* 1933 &ndash; Larry Felser, American sports columnist and writer
* 1934 &ndash; Frank Gorshin, American actor (died 2005)
* 1934 &ndash; Roman Herzog, German politician, former President of Germany (died 2017)
* 1934 &ndash; Richard Peck, American novelist (died 2018)
* 1935 &ndash; Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer
* 1937 &ndash; Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
* 1939 &ndash; Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Albanian royal and pretender (died 2011)
* 1939 &ndash; David Winters, English–American actor and choreographer (died 2019)
* 1939 &ndash; Crispian St. Peters, British singer
* 1941 &ndash; Michael Moriarty, American actor and political activist
* 1942 &ndash; Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician
* 1942 &ndash; Allan Clarke, English singer
* 1942 &ndash; Peter Greenaway, Welsh movie director
* 1943 &ndash; Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (died 2018)
* 1943 &ndash; Max Gail, American actor
* 1944 &ndash; Peter T. King, American politician
* 1945 &ndash; Tommy Smith, English footballer (died 2019)
* 1946 &ndash; Jane Asher, English actress and writer
* 1947 &ndash; Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
* 1947 &ndash; Virendra Sharma, Indian–English actor
* 1948 &ndash; Dave Holland, English musician
* 1948 &ndash; Les Binks, Northern Irish drummer
* 1949 &ndash; Judith Resnik, American astronaut (died 1986)
* 1950 &ndash; Spencer Bohren, American guitarist (died 2019)
* 1950 &ndash; Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1952 &ndash; Alfie Conn Jr., Scottish footballer
* 1954 &ndash; Stan Ridgway, American musician
* 1955 &ndash; Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
* 1955 &ndash; Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer and screenwriter
* 1955 &ndash; Anthony Horowitz, British writer
* 1956 &ndash; Akmal Shaikh, British citizen executed for drug trafficking in China (died 2009)
* 1958 &ndash; Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (died 2009)
* 1958 &ndash; Johan Kriek, South African tennis player
* 1961 &ndash; Lisa Zane, American actress
* 1962 &ndash; Lana Clarkson, American actress (died 2003)
* 1962 &ndash; Richard Gough, Scottish footballer
* 1964 &ndash; Steve Beaton, English darts player
* 1964 &ndash; Princess Erika, French singer-songwriter and actress
* 1965 &ndash; Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
* 1965 &ndash; Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
* 1970 &ndash; Krishnan Guru-Murthy, British journalist
* 1970 &ndash; Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1971 &ndash; Ayoko Nishikawa, Japanese television personality, entertainer, comedian and surgeon
* 1972 &ndash; Paul Okon, Australian footballer
* 1972 &ndash; Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and movie director
* 1973 &ndash; Pharrell Williams, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
* 1974 &ndash; Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
* 1975 &ndash; John Hartson, Welsh footballer
* 1975 &ndash; Caitlin Moran, English journalist, writer and critic

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Kim Collins, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete
* 1976 &ndash; Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
* 1976 &ndash; Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
* 1977 &ndash; Stella Creasy, English psychologist and politician
* 1978 &ndash; Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
* 1978 &ndash; Dwain Chambers, British athlete
* 1978 &ndash; Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
* 1979 &ndash; Imany, French singer
* 1979 &ndash; Timo Hildebrand, German footballer, goalkeeper
* 1979 &ndash; Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
* 1979 &ndash; Daniel Majstorovic, Swedish footballer
* 1979 &ndash; Andrius Velicka, Lithuanian footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Erik Audé, American actor, stuntman and poker player
* 1981 &ndash; Stefan Ludik, Namibian cricketer, actor and singer
* 1981 &ndash; Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier (d. 2006)
* 1982 &ndash; Hayley Atwell, British actress
* 1982 &ndash; Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
* 1982 &ndash; Matt Pickens, American footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Jorge Andrés Martinez, Uruguayan footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player
* 1984 &ndash; Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Aram Mp3, Armenian singer
* 1984 &ndash; David Dillehunt, American movie director, producer and composer
* 1985 &ndash; Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean model and actor (died 2008)
* 1986 &ndash; Anna Sophia Berglund, American model
* 1988 &ndash; Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
* 1990 &ndash; Sophia Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
* 1990 &ndash; Haruma Miura, Japanese actor
* 1992 &ndash; Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer and dancer

## Deaths
### Up to 1900 
* 517 &ndash; Timothy I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
* 582 &ndash; Eutychus, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
* 1419 &ndash; Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
* 1617 &ndash; Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
* 1676 &ndash; John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
* 1693 &ndash; Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627) 
* 1697 &ndash; King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1655)
* 1717 &ndash; Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
* 1735 &ndash; William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
* 1735 &ndash; Samuel Wesley, English clergyman and poet (b. 1662)
* 1765 &ndash; Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
* 1794 &ndash; Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
* 1794 &ndash; Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
* 1804 &ndash; Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
* 1834 &ndash; Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral (b. 1757)
* 1864 &ndash; Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797)
* 1900 &ndash; Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1918 &ndash; George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
* 1923 &ndash; George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1886)
* 1936 &ndash; Chandler Egan, American golfer (b. 1884)
* 1940 &ndash; Charles Freer Andrews, English priest, missionary and educator (b. 1871)
* 1945 &ndash; Karl Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
* 1946 &ndash; Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
* 1964 &ndash; Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
* 1967 &ndash; Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist (b. 1890)
* 1969 &ndash; Ain-Erven Mere, Estonian military officer (b. 1903)
* 1970 &ndash; Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
* 1972 &ndash; Brian Donleavy, American actor (b. 1901)
* 1972 &ndash; Isabel Jewell, American actress (b. 1907)
* 1975 &ndash; Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
* 1975 &ndash; John A. Burns, Governor of Hawaii (b. 1909)
* 1976 &ndash; Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
* 1981 &ndash; Bob Hite, American singer (b. 1945)
* 1987 &ndash; Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist, writer and photographer (b. 1932)
* 1991 &ndash; Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947)
* 1992 &ndash; Sam Walton, American businessman (b. 1918)
* 1994 &ndash; Kurt Cobain, American singer/songwriter, frontman of Nirvana. (b. 1967)
* 1997 &ndash; Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
* 1998 &ndash; Cozy Powell, English musician (b. 1947)

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Layne Staley, American musician (b. 1967)
* 2004 &ndash; Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
* 2005 &ndash; Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (b. 1915)
* 2005 &ndash; Dale Messick, American cartoonist (b. 1906)
* 2006 &ndash; Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1940)
* 2007 &ndash; Mark St. John, American musician (b. 1956)
* 2008 &ndash; Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
* 2010 &ndash; Vitali Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
* 2011 &ndash; Ange-Félix Patassé, former President of the Central African Republic (b. 1937)
* 2011 &ndash; Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician (b. 1925)
* 2012 &ndash; Barney McKenna, Irish musician (Dubliners) (b. 1939)
* 2012 &ndash; Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi (b. 1934)
* 2012 &ndash; Jim Marshall, businessman and founder of Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
* 2012 &ndash; Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German businessman (b. 1935)
* 2014 &ndash; Peter Matthiessen, American writer (b. 1927)
* 2014 &ndash; John Pinette, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
* 2014 &ndash; José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director and producer (b. 1947)
* 2014 &ndash; Wayne Henderson, American jazz trombonist and record producer (b. 1939)
* 2015 &ndash; Donald N. Levine, American sociologist, social theorist and writer (b. 1931)
* 2015 &ndash; Julie Wilson, American actress (b. 1924)
* 2015 &ndash; Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist (b. 1949)
* 2015 &ndash; Richard Dysart, American actor (b. 1929)
* 2015 &ndash; Lon Simmons, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923)
* 2015 &ndash; Gordon Moyes, Australian radio evangelist and politician (b. 1938)
* 2016 &ndash; Roman Gribbs, American politician (b. 1925)
* 2016 &ndash; Zyta Gilowska, Polish politician (b. 1949)
* 2016 &ndash; Zena Latto, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
* 2016 &ndash; E. M. Nathanson, American writer (b. 1928)
* 2017 &ndash; Arthur Bisguier, American chess player (b. 1929)
* 2017 &ndash; John Chittick, American health activist (b. 1948)
* 2017 &ndash; David Gove, American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
* 2017 &ndash; Paul O'Neill, American producer, composer and songwriter (b. 1956)
* 2017 &ndash; Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947)
* 2017 &ndash; Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942)
* 2017 &ndash; Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958)
* 2018 &ndash; Yuriy Abramochkin, Russian photographer and photojournalist (b. 1936)
* 2018 &ndash; Eric Bristow, English darts player (b. 1957)
* 2018 &ndash; Frederick D. Reese, American civil rights activist (b. 1929)
* 2018 &ndash; Isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator and screenwriter (b. 1935)
* 2018 &ndash; Cecil Taylor, American jazz pianist and poet (b. 1929)
* 2018 &ndash; Tim O'Connor, American actor (b. 1927)
* 2018 &ndash; Jaime Thorne León, Peruvian politician (b. 1943)
* 2019 &ndash; Sydney Brenner, South African–British biologist (b. 1927)
* 2019 &ndash; Nikolay Kovalyov, Russian politician (b. 1949)
* 2019 &ndash; Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
* 2019 &ndash; Lasse Pöysti, Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer (b. 1927)
* 2019 &ndash; Shawn Smith, American singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1965)

## Observances 
* Feast Day of Saint Vincent Ferrer (Roman Catholicism)
* Sikmogil (South Korea)
* Children's Day (Palestinian territories)