What happened on March 1? There are more than 345 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 1
March 1 is the 61st day of the year 2024. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 9th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Springfield, Wisconsin 53176 sunrise occured at 06:26 AM and sunset occured at 05:45 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 334 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 1
- 86 BCLucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
- 509 BCPublius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
- 752 BCRomulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
- 293Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus as Caesar to Maximian.
- 317Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
- 350Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.
- 1457The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
- 156223 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
- 1565The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- 1593The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
- 1628Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
- 1633Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
- 1642Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
- 1692Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
- 1700Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
- 1781The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- 1790The first United States census is authorized.
- 1803Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
- 1805Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
- 1811Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
- 1815Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- 1836A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
- 1845President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 1847The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
- 1852Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- 1854German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
- 1867Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
- 1870Marshal F.S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1872Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.
- 1873E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
- 1886The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
- 1893Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1896Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo–Ethiopian War.
- 1896Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
- 1901The Australian Army was formed.
- 1910The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
- 1912Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
- 1914The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
- 1917The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
- 1919March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
- 1921The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
- 1932The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
- 1936A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen’s Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
- 1936The Hoover Dam is completed.
- 1939A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
- 1941W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.
- 1941World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
- 1946The Bank of England is nationalised.
- 1947The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
- 1950Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
- 1953Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
- 1954Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
- 1954Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
- 1956Formation of the National People’s Army
- 1956The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
- 1958Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
- 1961President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1961Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
- 1962American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
- 1964Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
- 1966The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
- 1966Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface.
- 1971A bomb explodes in a men’s room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
- 1971President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
- 1972The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
- 1973Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
- 1974Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- 1981Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
- 1989The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
- 1990Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1992Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1995Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
- 1995Yahoo! is incorporated.
- 2000Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
- 2000The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
- 2002The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 km above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
- 2002The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€).
- 2002U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
- 2003Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2003The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
- 2004Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.
- 2005US Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in “national standards,”.
- 2006English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
- 2007“Squatters” are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots.
- 2007Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama.
- 2008The Armenian police clashed with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008
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Who Were Born On March 1?
- 40Martial, Latin poet (d. 102)
- 1432Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
- 1445Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
- 1456King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
- 1474Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540)
- 1547Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
- 1597Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (d. 1652)
- 1611John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
- 1657Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
- 1683Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
- 1683Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (d. 1706)
- 1732William Cushing, American jurist (d. 1810)
- 1760François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1769François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
- 1781Javiera Carrera, Chilean aristoctrat (d. 1862)
- 1807Wilford Woodruff, American religious figure (d. 1898)
- 1810Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer (d. 1849)
- 1812Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
- 1817Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
- 1821Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
- 1837William Dean Howells, American writer, historian and politician (d. 1920)
- 1842Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
- 1848Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor (d. 1907)
- 1852Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
- 1858Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
- 1863Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
- 1865Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)
- 1871Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
- 1876Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian amateur sports executive (d. 1942)
- 1880Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (d. 1932)
- 1886Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (d. 1980)
- 1888Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
- 1889Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
- 1892Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
- 1893Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
- 1896Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (d. 1960)
- 1896Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
- 1899Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German Nazi official (d. 1972)
- 1904Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
- 1904Paul Hartman, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1905Doris Hare, Welsh actress (d. 2000)
- 1906Camilla Spira, German actress (d. 1997)
- 1906Pham Van Dong, Vietnamese politician (d. 2000)
- 1910Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1910David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
- 1912Boris Chertok, Polish-born Russian rocket designer (d. 2011)
- 1912Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian archbishop (d. 2003)
- 1914Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
- 1914Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
- 1917Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
- 1918Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1918João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1918Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
- 1920Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
- 1921Richard Wilbur, American poet
- 1921Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (d. 1983)
- 1922William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
- 1922Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)
- 1923Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999)
- 1924Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
- 1926Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992)
- 1926Pete Rozelle, American professional sports executive (d. 1996)
- 1926Robert Clary, French-born actor
- 1927Harry Belafonte, American actor and musician
- 1927Robert Bork, American legal scholar
- 1928Jacques Rivette, French film director
- 1928Seymour Papert, South African mathematician
- 1929Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
- 1930Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
- 1933Gerry Bron, British record producer
- 1934Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian artist (d. 2005)
- 1934Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1935Robert Conrad, American actor
- 1936Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
- 1936Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician
- 1937Jed Allan, American actor
- 1939Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
- 1940David Broome, Welsh showjumper
- 1940Robert Grossman, American illustrator
- 1941Donnie Walsh, American basketball coach and executive
- 1941Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
- 1942Richard Bowman Myers, American soldier, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1943Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast
- 1943Cha Katō, Japanese comedian and actor
- 1943Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist
- 1943José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer
- 1943Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
- 1943Richard H. Price, American physicist
- 1944John Breaux, American politician
- 1944Mike d'Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann)
- 1944Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
- 1945Dirk Benedict, American actor
- 1946Elvin Bethea, American football player
- 1946Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (d. 1990)
- 1946Lana Wood, American actress
- 1947Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
- 1948Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
- 1951Sergei Kourdakov, former KGB agent
- 1952Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach
- 1952Jerri Nielsen, American physician (d. 2009)
- 1952Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer and coach
- 1952Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1952Nevada Barr, American author
- 1952Steven Barnes, American writer
- 1954Catherine Bach, American actress
- 1954Ron Howard, American actor and director
- 1956Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician
- 1956Timothy Daly, American actor
- 1957Peter Athans, American mountaineer
- 1958Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
- 1958Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
- 1958Nik Kershaw, English musician
- 1959Diamanto Manolakou, Greek politician
- 1959Nick Griffin, British politician
- 1960William Bennett, English musician (Whitehouse)
- 1962Melanie Moore, American actress
- 1963Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
- 1963Maurice Benard, American actor
- 1963Rob Affuso, American drummer
- 1963Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963Russell Wong, American actor
- 1963Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
- 1964Clinton Gregory, American musician
- 1964Paul Le Guen, French football manager
- 1965Booker Huffman, American professional wrestler
- 1965Mary Lou Lord, American singer/songwriter
- 1965Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- 1966Susan Auch, Canadian speed-skater
- 1966Zack Snyder, American film-maker
- 1967Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
- 1967George Eads, American actor
- 1967Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete
- 1968Salil Ankola, Indian cricketer and TV actor
- 1969Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
- 1969Doug Creek, American baseball player
- 1969József Szabó, Hungarian swimmer
- 1969Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
- 1970Jason V Brock, American author
- 1971Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
- 1973Anton Gunn, American politician
- 1973Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ
- 1973Chris Webber, American basketball player
- 1973Jack Davenport, English actor
- 1973Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)
- 1974Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
- 1974Shane Harwood, Australian cricketer
- 1974Stephen Davis, American football player
- 1975Francesco Mazzariol, Italian rugby player
- 1975Maya Kulenovic, Canadian painter
- 1976Dave Malkoff, American TV news reporter
- 1976Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer
- 1977Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and model
- 1977Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
- 1978Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
- 1978Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star
- 1978Jensen Ackles, American actor
- 1980Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
- 1980Gennaro Bracigliano, French footballer
- 1980Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- 1981Adam LaVorgna, American actor
- 1981Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
- 1981Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
- 1981Will Power, Australian racing driver
- 1982Juan Manuel Ortiz, Spanish footballer
- 1982Shalva Didebashvili, Georgian-born German rugby player
- 1983Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player
- 1983Chris Hackett, English footballer
- 1983Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
- 1983Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1984Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player
- 1984Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1984Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1984Naima Mora, American model
- 1985Andreas Ottl, German footballer
- 1985J Leman, American football player
- 1986Jonathan Spector, American footballer
- 1987Ke$ha, American singer
- 1987Sammie, American singer
- 1988Freddie Smith, American actor
- 1988Katija Pevec, American actress
- 1988Trevor Cahill, American baseball player
- 1989Anjo Buckman, German rugby player
- 1989Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
- 1989Daniella Monet, American actress
- 1989Sonya Kitchell, American singer
- 1990Harry Eden, English actor
- 1993Josh McEachran Chelsea and England Footballer
- 1994Justin Bieber, Canadian pop star
- 1995Jonathan Krohn, American political prodigy
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Who Died On March 1?
- 317Valerius Valens, Roman Emperor
- 589Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500)
- 986King Lothair of France (b. 941)
- 1131King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
- 1233Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)
- 1244Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
- 1320Buyantu Khagan, Emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty (b. 1286)
- 1383Amadeus VI of Savoy (b. 1334)
- 1510Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer
- 1536Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (b. 1465)
- 1546George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1513)
- 1620Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
- 1633George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593)
- 1643Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (b. 1583)
- 1661Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
- 1697Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
- 1706Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)
- 1734Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653)
- 1757Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
- 1768Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
- 1773Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (b. 1700)
- 1777Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (b. 1715)
- 1792Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
- 1817Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian architect (b. 1744)
- 1825John Haggin, “Indian fighter” and one of the earliest settlers of Kentucky (b. 1753)
- 1841Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (b. 1764)
- 1862Peter Barlow, English mathematician (b. 1776)
- 1875Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845)
- 1879Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825)
- 1882Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, teacher (b. 1818)
- 1884Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820)
- 1895Pauline Musters, shortest woman ever (b. 1876)
- 1898George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825)
- 1906José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)
- 1911Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1912George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847)
- 1914Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b. 1845)
- 1920John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (b. 1842)
- 1920Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian Zionist (b. 1880)
- 1922Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
- 1929Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. 1881)
- 1932Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1906)
- 1933Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (b. 1900)
- 1936Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (b. 1871)
- 1938Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. 1863)
- 1940Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
- 1942George S. Rentz, Navy chaplain (b. 1882)
- 1943Alexandre Yersin, Swiss physician (b. 1863)
- 1952Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (b. 1873)
- 1963Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1963Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
- 1966Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903)
- 1970Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)
- 1974Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (b. 1935)
- 1979Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (b. 1903)
- 1980Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
- 1980Wilhelmina, Dutch-American model (b. 1940)
- 1982Frank Sargeson, New Zealand writer (b. 1903)
- 1984Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1988Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
- 1989Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (b. 1917)
- 1991Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor (Polaroid Corporation) (b. 1909)
- 1995Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1946)
- 1995Vladislav Listyev, Russian television journalist (b. 1956)
- 2001Henry Wade, American lawyer (b. 1914)
- 2005Peter Malkin, Israeli secret agent (b. 1927)
- 2006Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
- 2006Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
- 2006Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2006Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
- 2008Raul Reyes, second-in-command of FARC guerrilla (b. 1948)
- 2010Kristian Digby, British television presenter and director (b. 1977)
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